WEBVTT 00:00:00.150 --> 00:00:01.552 (Music) 00:00:03.627 --> 00:00:06.525 Hey guys, I'm Alex Farnham and you're watching Animalist News. 00:00:06.566 --> 00:00:09.321 Back in August, I took a trip down to Minnesota 00:00:09.321 --> 00:00:12.216 to check out the internet Cat Video Film Festival 00:00:12.307 --> 00:00:15.076 I got a chance to hang out with Lil Bub and her dude Mike 00:00:15.089 --> 00:00:18.194 and to talk with some of the crazy coolest cat fans out there! 00:00:18.194 --> 00:00:20.192 So, let's take a look. Meoww! 00:00:20.450 --> 00:00:24.010 (Music) 00:00:27.880 --> 00:00:28.969 Meooww! 00:00:29.313 --> 00:00:30.989 I'm here with Amy 00:00:30.989 --> 00:00:32.724 Amy, do you like cats? 00:00:32.922 --> 00:00:34.090 I love cats. 00:00:34.090 --> 00:00:36.127 I flew 2000 miles to be here 00:00:36.127 --> 00:00:37.814 to share all these great cat videos 00:00:37.816 --> 00:00:40.321 with thousands and thousands. of my new friends. 00:00:40.731 --> 00:00:43.060 What do you have to say about this whole event? 00:00:43.151 --> 00:00:46.488 It's crazy, I love the fact that Minnesota is the host for this. 00:00:46.716 --> 00:00:49.595 I am proud of my State, so much right now. 00:00:49.790 --> 00:00:51.082 So I'm here with Vanessa. NOTE Paragraph 00:00:51.082 --> 00:00:52.879 Vanessa, you have a cat tattoo 00:00:52.916 --> 00:00:55.640 Yes, I do have a cat tattoo on my chest. 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:57.603 And do you call it a "cattoo"? 00:00:58.003 --> 00:01:01.528 Occasionally, yeah, on some social media websites 00:01:01.584 --> 00:01:03.530 I might throw out catto. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:03.570 --> 00:01:06.311 So, I thought you'd be smaller in real life 00:01:07.238 --> 00:01:08.882 It's Little Bub, right? 00:01:08.972 --> 00:01:10.389 Hey guys, look who we found. 00:01:10.389 --> 00:01:12.287 we have Mike and Little Bub here. 00:01:12.367 --> 00:01:14.871 So, what do you guys expect from tonight? 00:01:15.406 --> 00:01:17.959 Oh, I don't know, I think Bub's going to win an award. 00:01:18.063 --> 00:01:22.912 I think there's going to be plenty of sensational cat videos. 00:01:22.912 --> 00:01:25.110 I think that's what people is expecting, right? 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:25.917 Right. 00:01:26.116 --> 00:01:29.952 And just, you know, it's a gathering of cat lovers, 00:01:30.363 --> 00:01:33.326 lots of them, I think there's like 13,000. 00:01:33.345 --> 00:01:34.779 Hey guys, I'm with Scott, 00:01:34.789 --> 00:01:37.229 the producer and creator of the Cat Video Festival. 00:01:37.379 --> 00:01:38.345 How you doing Scott? 00:01:38.345 --> 00:01:39.101 Doin' well. 00:01:39.101 --> 00:01:41.113 Cool, so, what do you like about cats? 00:01:41.113 --> 00:01:43.823 There's a lot of things and I think in the Cat Video world 00:01:43.823 --> 00:01:46.963 what I like about cats is I think cats don't perform for the camera 00:01:46.963 --> 00:01:49.053 and that's partly what makes them special. 00:01:49.053 --> 00:01:51.673 What do you want people to take away from this Festival? 00:01:51.673 --> 00:01:54.639 I hope that they take away like a sense of community from this 00:01:54.639 --> 00:01:57.671 and it's a way of cat culture coming together in the real world 00:01:57.671 --> 00:02:00.067 which I don't think happens as often as dog culture 00:02:00.067 --> 00:02:02.480 and I think through this, we found a way to do that 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:04.891 and I like to say is that it isn't about cat videos 00:02:04.891 --> 00:02:06.817 it's about watching cat videos together 00:02:06.817 --> 00:02:08.350 and that's why we're doing this. 00:02:08.350 --> 00:02:10.145 Things are getting crazy down here, 00:02:10.145 --> 00:02:10.894 it's insane. 00:02:10.894 --> 00:02:11.848 Argh!!! NOTE Paragraph 00:02:12.818 --> 00:02:13.818 Meeow! Yeah! 00:02:15.808 --> 00:02:18.374 I'm so... just... What? 00:02:21.250 --> 00:02:23.325 We are crazy cat people. 00:02:23.325 --> 00:02:26.012 Look at our boots. We have our boots to prove it. 00:02:27.764 --> 00:02:28.989 These are our cats. 00:02:29.559 --> 00:02:31.357 Hey, can I ask you some questions? 00:02:33.696 --> 00:02:36.187 So, what do cats mean to you? 00:02:36.547 --> 00:02:37.983 Everything. 00:02:37.983 --> 00:02:38.983 Everything? 00:02:38.983 --> 00:02:40.867 Do you guys have a favorite cat video? 00:02:41.217 --> 00:02:42.514 Anything with Grumpy Cat. 00:02:42.514 --> 00:02:43.368 Grumpy Cat? 00:02:43.368 --> 00:02:45.437 I'm looking forward to Grumpy Cat as well. 00:02:45.437 --> 00:02:49.106 She has no idea she is famous like any of the cats here tonight 00:02:49.894 --> 00:02:53.863 not at all she's completely oblivious she sleeps for most of it. 00:02:53.863 --> 00:02:57.360 And her disposition, I mean she's here on the stage in front of 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:00.890 all these people and she's seems pretty- she doesn't seem like she's gonna 00:03:00.890 --> 00:03:03.067 do anything particularly grumpy. 00:03:03.067 --> 00:03:07.067 What's the main message that you're trying to spread with all of this? 00:03:07.789 --> 00:03:09.389 Some sort of like an inspiration. 00:03:09.389 --> 00:03:11.789 People always are like, "Oh, I feel bad for Bub." 00:03:11.789 --> 00:03:14.209 You don't have to feel bad for bub. She's awesome. 00:03:14.209 --> 00:03:17.294 She's totally happy with who she is and so should everyone else. 00:03:17.294 --> 00:03:19.244 Did you wanna ask Bub a question? 00:03:19.244 --> 00:03:19.944 Yeah. 00:03:19.944 --> 00:03:22.466 Bub, are you excited for tonight? Hmm? 00:03:22.466 --> 00:03:26.016 Wow, guys, that was awesome. I gotta tell you, I totally underestimated 00:03:26.016 --> 00:03:29.808 the cat fans out there. I had no idea that man people were gonna 00:03:29.808 --> 00:03:33.808 show up to this thing. The show was sold out, it was 13,000 00:03:33.808 --> 00:03:37.808 people. And what you guys didn't see is that when they started showing the 00:03:37.808 --> 00:03:42.298 actual videos of the cats, they arranged all the cat videos into different sections 00:03:42.298 --> 00:03:50.568 like comedy and superheroes and all that stuff, and it was crazy to hear 13,000 00:03:50.568 --> 00:03:52.644 people laughing at the same time. 00:03:52.644 --> 00:03:55.730 So if you guys like cats, you should go next year. 00:03:55.730 --> 00:03:58.530 We'll keep you updated on when the next one's gonna happen, 00:03:58.530 --> 00:04:00.779 and trust me, it's definitely worth it. 00:04:00.779 --> 00:04:03.739 My question for you is: what's your favorite cat video? 00:04:03.739 --> 00:04:07.739 Don't forget to check out the episodes over here and the episodes over here, 00:04:07.739 --> 00:04:11.049 and to subscribe to the channel. Let me know what you guys wanna see. 00:04:11.049 --> 00:04:15.449 I will do anything. I will do anything for you.