7/22/2002: Possible TV show for cats

Undertoad · 07-22-2002, 12:11 PM

Insanity: The company that makes Meow Mix cat food did a study, found that there are 85 million cat owners, and 22% of those will watch TV that they think their pets will enjoy. And so they are setting out to create "Meow TV", a 30-minute TV show just for cats.

"There will be squirrels, bouncing balls, birds and all the things cats love to watch," says the Meow Mix CEO.

OK. Be sure to outfit your TV with a complete 5.1 Dolby Surround system so that your cat is truly fooled into believing the projected animals are real.

The Ananova story: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_632374.html

sleemanj · 07-22-2002, 06:07 PM

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Originally posted by Undertoad
And so they are setting out to create "Meow TV", a 30-minute TV show just for cats.

Perhaps this could be thier first feature length movie :-)

elSicomoro · 07-22-2002, 06:58 PM

Now all that's needed is aromavision for the catnip.

Nic Name · 07-22-2002, 11:10 PM

Katkeeper · 07-23-2002, 07:11 AM

I was watching a nature show about lions one evening, and my cat started staring intently at it, then walked over and sat right in front of the set, watching, just like the cat in the image. He especially liked the shots of the lions hunting. But this has only happened once.
He used to watch the weatherperson, and especially liked the arm waving in front of the weather map which would appear, wave around, and then disappear off the edge of the screen. He tried to jump at it a few times.

So cats do watch TV. But mine, at least, gets bored with it, knowing that it is not interactive.

elemental · 07-23-2002, 09:23 AM

My former next-door neighbor's cat (she's my former neighbor, Rio is probably still a cat) used to hang out in my house all the time. He especially liked watching Animal Planet. While they aren't IOTD quality, I think these <a href="http://www.synaesthetic.net/~elemental/visual/photos.php?who=rio&page=2">pictures</a> are pretty good.

Senor Oso · 07-23-2002, 01:47 PM

My cat will watch anything on TV, especially if there's a lot of motion. I don't think it's that she cares about the images so much as the color and movement.

Katkeeper · 07-23-2002, 06:13 PM

The pictues of Rio are quite good. I have some somewhere of my cat Pewter batting at the set while the weather report was on, but don't know where they are. Yours show what Rio was watching.

07-22-2002, 12:11 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/22/2002: Possible TV show for cats Insanity: The company that makes Meow Mix cat food did a study, found that there are 85 million cat owners, and 22% of those will watch TV that they think their pets will enjoy. And so they are setting out to create "Meow TV", a 30-minute TV show just for cats. "There will be squirrels, bouncing balls, birds and all the things cats love to watch," says the Meow Mix CEO. OK. Be sure to outfit your TV with a complete 5.1 Dolby Surround system so that your cat is truly fooled into believing the projected animals are real. The Ananova story: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_632374.html

07-22-2002, 11:10 PM	#4
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Bugger

07-22-2002, 06:58 PM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Now all that's needed is aromavision for the catnip.

07-23-2002, 07:11 AM	#5
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	I was watching a nature show about lions one evening, and my cat started staring intently at it, then walked over and sat right in front of the set, watching, just like the cat in the image. He especially liked the shots of the lions hunting. But this has only happened once. He used to watch the weatherperson, and especially liked the arm waving in front of the weather map which would appear, wave around, and then disappear off the edge of the screen. He tried to jump at it a few times. So cats do watch TV. But mine, at least, gets bored with it, knowing that it is not interactive.

07-23-2002, 09:23 AM	#6
elemental Lurker Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3	My former next-door neighbor's cat (she's my former neighbor, Rio is probably still a cat) used to hang out in my house all the time. He especially liked watching Animal Planet. While they aren't IOTD quality, I think these <a href="http://www.synaesthetic.net/~elemental/visual/photos.php?who=rio&page=2">pictures</a> are pretty good.

07-23-2002, 01:47 PM	#7
Senor Oso Antagonistic Antagonist Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Posts: 22	My cat will watch anything on TV, especially if there's a lot of motion. I don't think it's that she cares about the images so much as the color and movement.

07-23-2002, 06:13 PM	#8
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	The pictues of Rio are quite good. I have some somewhere of my cat Pewter batting at the set while the weather report was on, but don't know where they are. Yours show what Rio was watching.

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