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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 got 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?
It's crazy, I love the fact that Minnesota 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 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
It's 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.
How you doing Scott?
Doin' well.
Cool, so, 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 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.
Argh!!!
Meeow! Yeah!
I'm so... just... What?
We are crazy cat people.
Look at our boots. We have our boots to prove it.
These are our cats.
Hey, can I ask you some questions?
So, what do cats mean to you?
Everything.
Everything?
Do you guys have a favorite cat video?
Anything with Grumpy Cat.
Grumpy Cat?
I'm looking forward to Grumpy Cat as well.
She has no idea she is famous like any of the cats here tonight
not at all she's completely oblivious she sleeps for most of it.
And her disposition, I mean she's here on the stage in front of
all these people and she's seems pretty- she doesn't seem like she's gonna
do anything particularly grumpy.
What's the main message that you're trying to spread with all of this?
Some sort of like an inspiration.
People always are like, "Oh, I feel bad for Bub."
You don't have to feel bad for bub. She's awesome.
She's totally happy with who she is and so should everyone else.
Did you wanna ask Bub a question?
Yeah.
Bub, are you excited for tonight? Hmm?
Wow, guys, that was awesome. I gotta tell you, I totally underestimated
the cat fans out there. I had no idea that man people were gonna
show up to this thing. The show was sold out, it was 13,000
people. And what you guys didn't see is that when they started showing the
actual videos of the cats, they arranged all the cat videos into different sections
like comedy and superheroes and all that stuff, and it was crazy to hear 13,000
people laughing at the same time.
So if you guys like cats, you should go next year.
We'll keep you updated on when the next one's gonna happen,
and trust me, it's definitely worth it.
My question for you is: what's your favorite cat video?
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