#munkustance

With Jarrod Draper as Munkustrap and Mia Dabkowski-Chandler as Bombalurina. Australia tour, 17/6/25.

Am loving how Zurich Misto absolutely does a Munkustance while detecting Old Deut's arrival--and confirmed that he has exactly the same width in his stance as Munk's! He could fit a kitten or two in there easily.

IT’S MUNKUSTANCE MONDAY!!!

(I have been studying him. With a camera. 👀 I have catalogued the Stances for your education.)

1. Munkustance (classic), aka the Constipation Pose. (Patrick Hill, 2014 Asia tour.)

2. Straight-arm variant, aka Jenny Just Yelled 'POSTURE'. (Shiki 2018)

3. The Paw, aka Time For My Photo Op. (Luke Fraser Yates, International tour 2019.)

4 and 5: Explainy Up and Explainy Down, aka I Spend So Much Of My Time Grandstanding That I Need Multiple Stances For This. (Andy Huntington Jones, Broadway revival, and Alexander Auler, Vienna revival.)

6: The Declamatory, aka As Above Only More So. (Ivan Ozhogin, Moscow 2005.)

7. The Whisper You Can Hear From The Back Of The Auditorium, aka Munkustrap Why Are You Like This. (Dan Hoy, 2019 US tour.)

8. The Classic Reversed, aka Getting Tired Of Tugger's Shit And Pretending To Ignore Him. (Lloyd Davies, International tour 2019.)

9. The Accommodating, aka How Many Cats Can I Fit Between My Legs (needs accessory: at least one kitten). (Michael Gruber, 1998)

10. The Cuddly (for best results include two other cats), aka Tugger Is Too Tol To Cuddle Him Like This 🥺. (Shiki 2006, with Jemima and Sillabub.)

11. The Long Wiggle, aka Party Time! (Benjamin Colley, 2020 Asia tour.)

Today, I sat down and answered the question:

"We know what the Munkustance is, how BIG is the Munkustance?"

A Munkustance is best measured by munkuheads. The goal is each foot to be visible on either side of the munkuhead(s) Michael Gruber shows great consistency averaging 3 munkuheads into a Munkustance.

(Of course, when Old Deuteronomy is involved he ups it to four)

This Munkustance fits 1 kitten but only 2 and 3/4 munkuheads. It is a very functional and casual Munkustance for a nice day out on the town.

OLC Munkustance is 2 and 1/2 munkuheads wide.

Wow! 2016 Revival Munkustrap comes in with an easy three munkuheads. Truly impressive.

Asia Tour 2017 Munkustrap also does an excellent job at achieving the Gruber Standard

I have two possible Scientific Explanations for a 2 munkuhead Munkustance which is: 1. Wig is really just that big 2. He wasn't ready for the photo and was still sliding into a beautiful and wide Munkustance

A beautiful four munkuhead Munkustance from US Tour 6. The POWER here. Truly amazing

In summary:

-Merch says the Munkustance is 3 munkuheads wide

-Michael Gruber invented the Gruber Standard™ in 1998 and we should all thank him for it

-Munkustrap's power may be directly correlated to how far apart his legs are

~Think about the Munkustance more~