The recipe used in our house is with a brown tabby. It is the quick version.
Wait until about 30 min before the alarm is set to go off.
Proceed to make bounding leaps onto the bed and the human, while loudly making 'Jetson' car sounds.
You may either step on sensitive body parts or stand in one spot putting all body weight on one paw so as to inflict deep penitrating owwwwwws!
Once the human gives up and rises out of the bed, go in the kitchen eat a few morsals of food and find a nice spot to curl up and snooze in.
It is just as effective as the longer recipe.
For an added touch getting the dog to start barking is quite a bonus.