1 00:00:00,150 --> 00:00:01,552 (Music) 2 00:00:03,627 --> 00:00:06,525 Hey guys, I'm Alex Farnham and you're watching Animalist News. 3 00:00:06,566 --> 00:00:09,321 Back in August, I took a trip down to Minnesota 4 00:00:09,321 --> 00:00:12,216 to check out the internet Cat Video Film Festival 5 00:00:12,307 --> 00:00:15,076 I got a chance to hang out with Lil Bub and her dude Mike 6 00:00:15,089 --> 00:00:18,194 and to talk with some of the crazy coolest cat fans out there! 7 00:00:18,194 --> 00:00:20,192 So, let's take a look. Meoww! 8 00:00:20,450 --> 00:00:24,010 (Music) 9 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:28,969 Meooww! 10 00:00:29,313 --> 00:00:30,989 I'm here with Amy 11 00:00:30,989 --> 00:00:32,724 Amy, do you like cats? 12 00:00:32,922 --> 00:00:34,090 I love cats. 13 00:00:34,090 --> 00:00:36,127 I flew 2000 miles to be here 14 00:00:36,127 --> 00:00:37,814 to share all these great cat videos 15 00:00:37,816 --> 00:00:40,321 with thousands and thousands. of my new friends. 16 00:00:40,731 --> 00:00:43,060 What do you have to say about this whole event? 17 00:00:43,151 --> 00:00:46,488 It's crazy, I love the fact that Minnesota is the host for this. 18 00:00:46,716 --> 00:00:49,595 I am proud of my State, so much right now. 19 00:00:49,790 --> 00:00:51,082 So I'm here with Vanessa. 20 00:00:51,082 --> 00:00:52,879 Vanessa, you have a cat tattoo 21 00:00:52,916 --> 00:00:55,640 Yes, I do have a cat tattoo on my chest. 22 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,603 And do you call it a "cattoo"? 23 00:00:58,003 --> 00:01:01,528 Occasionally, yeah, on some social media websites 24 00:01:01,584 --> 00:01:03,530 I might throw out catto. 25 00:01:03,570 --> 00:01:06,311 So, I thought you'd be smaller in real life 26 00:01:07,238 --> 00:01:08,882 It's Little Bub, right? 27 00:01:08,972 --> 00:01:10,389 Hey guys, look who we found. 28 00:01:10,389 --> 00:01:12,287 we have Mike and Little Bub here. 29 00:01:12,367 --> 00:01:14,871 So, what do you guys expect from tonight? 30 00:01:15,406 --> 00:01:17,959 Oh, I don't know, I think Bub's going to win an award. 31 00:01:18,063 --> 00:01:22,912 I think there's going to be plenty of sensational cat videos. 32 00:01:22,912 --> 00:01:25,110 I think that's what people is expecting, right? 33 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:25,917 Right. 34 00:01:26,116 --> 00:01:29,952 And just, you know, it's a gathering of cat lovers, 35 00:01:30,363 --> 00:01:33,326 lots of them, I think there's like 13,000. 36 00:01:33,345 --> 00:01:34,779 Hey guys, I'm with Scott, 37 00:01:34,789 --> 00:01:37,229 the producer and creator of the Cat Video Festival. 38 00:01:37,379 --> 00:01:38,345 How you doing Scott? 39 00:01:38,345 --> 00:01:39,101 Doin' well. 40 00:01:39,101 --> 00:01:41,113 Cool, so, what do you like about cats? 41 00:01:41,113 --> 00:01:43,823 There's a lot of things and I think in the Cat Video world 42 00:01:43,823 --> 00:01:46,963 what I like about cats is I think cats don't perform for the camera 43 00:01:46,963 --> 00:01:49,053 and that's partly what makes them special. 44 00:01:49,053 --> 00:01:51,673 What do you want people to take away from this Festival? 45 00:01:51,673 --> 00:01:54,639 I hope that they take away like a sense of community from this 46 00:01:54,639 --> 00:01:57,671 and it's a way of cat culture coming together in the real world 47 00:01:57,671 --> 00:02:00,067 which I don't think happens as often as dog culture 48 00:02:00,067 --> 00:02:02,480 and I think through this, we found a way to do that 49 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,891 and I like to say is that it isn't about cat videos 50 00:02:04,891 --> 00:02:06,817 it's about watching cat videos together 51 00:02:06,817 --> 00:02:08,350 and that's why we're doing this. 52 00:02:08,350 --> 00:02:10,145 Things are getting crazy down here, 53 00:02:10,145 --> 00:02:10,894 it's insane. 54 00:02:10,894 --> 00:02:11,848 Argh!!! 55 00:02:12,818 --> 00:02:13,818 Meeow! Yeah! 56 00:02:15,808 --> 00:02:18,374 I'm so... just... What? 57 00:02:21,250 --> 00:02:23,325 We are crazy cat people. 58 00:02:23,325 --> 00:02:26,012 Look at our boots. We have our boots to prove it. 59 00:02:27,764 --> 00:02:28,989 These are our cats. 60 00:02:29,559 --> 00:02:31,357 Hey, can I ask you some questions? 61 00:02:33,696 --> 00:02:36,187 So, what do cats mean to you? 62 00:02:36,547 --> 00:02:37,983 Everything. 63 00:02:37,983 --> 00:02:38,983 Everything? 64 00:02:38,983 --> 00:02:40,867 Do you guys have a favorite cat video? 65 00:02:41,217 --> 00:02:42,514 Anything with Grumpy Cat. 66 00:02:42,514 --> 00:02:43,368 Grumpy Cat? 67 00:02:43,368 --> 00:02:45,437 I'm looking forward to Grumpy Cat as well. 68 00:02:45,437 --> 00:02:49,106 She has no idea she is famous like any of the cats here tonight 69 00:02:49,894 --> 00:02:53,863 not at all she's completely oblivious she sleeps for most of it. 70 00:02:53,863 --> 00:02:57,360 And her disposition, I mean she's here on the stage in front of 71 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,890 all these people and she's seems pretty- she doesn't seem like she's gonna 72 00:03:00,890 --> 00:03:03,067 do anything particularly grumpy. 73 00:03:03,067 --> 00:03:07,067 What's the main message that you're trying to spread with all of this? 74 00:03:07,789 --> 00:03:09,389 Some sort of like an inspiration. 75 00:03:09,389 --> 00:03:11,789 People always are like, "Oh, I feel bad for Bub." 76 00:03:11,789 --> 00:03:14,209 You don't have to feel bad for bub. She's awesome. 77 00:03:14,209 --> 00:03:17,294 She's totally happy with who she is and so should everyone else. 78 00:03:17,294 --> 00:03:19,244 Did you wanna ask Bub a question? 79 00:03:19,244 --> 00:03:19,944 Yeah. 80 00:03:19,944 --> 00:03:22,466 Bub, are you excited for tonight? Hmm? 81 00:03:22,466 --> 00:03:26,016 Wow, guys, that was awesome. I gotta tell you, I totally underestimated 82 00:03:26,016 --> 00:03:29,808 the cat fans out there. I had no idea that man people were gonna 83 00:03:29,808 --> 00:03:33,808 show up to this thing. The show was sold out, it was 13,000 84 00:03:33,808 --> 00:03:37,808 people. And what you guys didn't see is that when they started showing the 85 00:03:37,808 --> 00:03:42,298 actual videos of the cats, they arranged all the cat videos into different sections 86 00:03:42,298 --> 00:03:50,568 like comedy and superheroes and all that stuff, and it was crazy to hear 13,000 87 00:03:50,568 --> 00:03:52,644 people laughing at the same time. 88 00:03:52,644 --> 00:03:55,730 So if you guys like cats, you should go next year. 89 00:03:55,730 --> 00:03:58,530 We'll keep you updated on when the next one's gonna happen, 90 00:03:58,530 --> 00:04:00,779 and trust me, it's definitely worth it. 91 00:04:00,779 --> 00:04:03,739 My question for you is: what's your favorite cat video? 92 00:04:03,739 --> 00:04:07,739 Don't forget to check out the episodes over here and the episodes over here, 93 00:04:07,739 --> 00:04:11,049 and to subscribe to the channel. Let me know what you guys wanna see. 94 00:04:11,049 --> 00:04:15,449 I will do anything. I will do anything for you.