"News back in the day had more substance and wasn't just inane feely-stories"
News back in the day:
I like that Waffles could be the name of the cat, the horse, or (much less likely but still possible), both!
Hmmm, smells like "Bremer Stadtmusikanten" in here. We are only missing the dog and the male chicken. ... Well and the horse needs to be a donkey