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Hey guys, I'm Alex Farnham
and you're watching Animalist News.
Back in August, I took a trip down to Minnesota
to check out the internet Cat Video Film Festival
I get a chance to hang out with Lil Bub and her dude Mike
and to talk with some of the crazy coolest cat fans out there!
So, let's take a look.
Meoww!
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Meooww!
I'm here with Amy
Amy, do you like cats?
I love cats.
I flew 2000 miles to be here
to share all these great cat videos
with thousands and thousands. of my new friends.
What do you have to say about this whole event?
I love the fact that Minnisoda is the host for this.
I am proud of my State, so much right now.
So I'm here with Vanessa.
Vanessa, you have a cat tattoo
Yes, I do have a cat tattoo on my chest.
And do do you call it a "cattoo"?
Occasionally, yeah, on some social media websites
I might throw out catto.
So, I thought you'd be smaller in real life
You are Little Bub, right?
Hey guys, look who we found.
we have Mike and Little Bub here.
So, what do you guys expect from tonight?
Oh, I don't know, I think Bub's going to win an award.
I think there's going to be plenty of sensational cat videos.
I think that's what people is expecting, right?
Right.
And just, you know, it's a gathering of cat lovers,
lots of them, I think there's like 13,000.
Hey guys, I'm with Scott,
the producer and creator of the Cat Video Festival.
So, how you're doing well?
What do you like about cats?
There's a lot of things and I think in the Cat Video world
what I like about cats is I think cats don't perform for the camera
and that's partly what makes them special.
What do you want people to take away from this Festival?
I hope that they take away like a sense of community from this
and it's a way of like cat culture coming together in the real world
which I don't think happens as often as dog culture
and I think through this, we found a way to do that
and I like to say is that it isn't about cat videos
it's about watching cat videos together
and that's why we're doing this.
Things are getting crazy down here,
it's insane.
Meeow!
I'm so...
We are crazy cat people.
Look at our foods we have our foods to prove it
These are our cats.
Hey, can I ask you some questions?
[No]
So, what do cats mean to you?
Everything. everything
Do you guys have a favorite cat video?
Anything with a grumpy cat.
I'm looking forward to grumpy cat as well.
She has no idea if she is famous like any of the cats here tonight
not at all she's completely oblivious she sleeps for most 2:53 of it and her disposition I mean she's 2:55 she's here on this stage in front of all 2:58 these people and she seems pretty 2:59 doesn't seem like she's going to do 3:01 anything particularly grumpy what's the 3:03 main message that you're trying to to 3:05 spread with all of this bub sort of like 3:08 an inspiration people always are like oh 3:10 I feel bad for bub but you don't have to 3:11 feel bad for bub she's awesome she's 3:13 totally happy with who she is and so 3:16 should everyone else did you want to ask 3:18 ask bub a question yeah bub are you 3:20 excited for 3:21 tonight wow guys that was awesome I got 3:23 to tell you I totally underestimated the 3:26 cat fans out there I had no idea that 3:28 many people were going to show up to 3:30 this thing this the show was sold out it 3:32 was 13,000 people and what you guys 3:35 didn't see is that when they started 3:37 showing the actual videos of the cats 3:38 they they arranged all the cat videos 3:41 into different sections like you know 3:43 comedy and superheroes and all that 3:46 stuff and it was crazy to hear 13,000 3:50 people laughing at the same time so if 3:53 you guys like cats you should go next 3:55 year we'll keep you updated on when the 3:57 next one's going to happen and trust me 3:59 it's definitely worth it my question for 4:01 you is what's your favorite cat video 4:03 don't forget to check out the episodes 4:05 over here and the episodes over here and 4:07 to subscribe to the channel let me know 4:09 what you guys want to see I will do 4:11 anything I will do anything for 4:16 you