Comments on: Forecast: Raining cats. No dogs in sight.

Forecast: Raining cats. No dogs in sight.

grapefruitmoon — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:17:27 -0800

Cat wanders on stage during live weather broadcast. Judging from the reaction, this happens all the time in Germany.

By: Joe Beese

Joe Beese — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:24:27 -0800

Is there a German equivalent for "It's going to be raining cats and dogs?"

By: Rhomboid

Rhomboid — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:26:13 -0800

Insert Sprockets quote here.

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:27:41 -0800

What's he saying at the very end? Something something "katze" something.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:29:09 -0800

Judging by the cat's licking of the guy's beard when he picked it up, I think the cats motivations were clearly two-fold; 1) Try and eat the rat or mouse that was all the way up there on the humans face. 2) Gain international TV exposure to kick off plans for world domination in the process.

By: markkraft

markkraft — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:29:41 -0800

Ich liebe die Studiokatze.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:30:54 -0800

"What's he saying at the very end? Something something "katze" something." posted by soundofsuburbia at 9:27 AM on January 14 Katze = cat. For your further info, had he been saying 'Kater', it would have implied it was a male cat.

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:31:22 -0800

Cats. Ugh.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:31:57 -0800

I like how the cat would turn to look whenever the weatherman would turn toward the greenscreen "What? What are we looking at? Huh. I stare at nothing for a long time too and no one pays me for it." does anyone remember a PBS pet-advice show hosted by a vet who had about a billion animals just running around all over each other and on top of him while he gave advice like he was a pasty Beastmaster or something?

By: Joe Beese

Joe Beese — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:32:09 -0800

You know what other German was affectionate to domestic animals?

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:35:10 -0800

Effigy2000: Yeah, I know that. (Or, at least I know "katze" is "cat".) I was just wondering about his parting message, it seems to me that he breaks away from the script and says a few words about the cat. My german is very bad, so I could be wrong, though.

By: chimaera

chimaera — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:35:37 -0800

Studio Cat is Watching You Prognosticate.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:36:06 -0800

When the cat first entered the scene and only the tip of its tail was visible, that was the best part. After that, a shark fin should've appeared at the bottom of the screen, slowly gliding by. Moments later, the map of eastern Germany should've fallen down to reveal a charging herd of elephants, which would, of course, trample the weatherman (which is too bad, cause he seemed a likable sort) and, just after that, the cameraman. The clip would end with the now fallen and unmanned camera pointed toward the ceiling, and one final appearance of the cat, staring curiously into the lens of the camera. A final "meaow" would end the clip.

By: hifiparasol

hifiparasol — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:37:00 -0800

I like how the cat would turn to look whenever the weatherman would turn toward the greenscreen INVISIBLE WEATHER MAP

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:39:01 -0800

Sort of bizarre looking newscaster. Is that the equivalent of US network station local news or the equivalent of local cable access?

By: Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger

Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:39:48 -0800

UNSICHTBARER WETTERKARTE. (SICHTBARE WETTERKATZE).

By: Windigo

Windigo — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:39:49 -0800

I like the attached link under the cat video about the weatherman and the cockroach better.

By: Your Time Machine Sucks

Your Time Machine Sucks — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:43:26 -0800

His accent threw me a little (I almost never hear it around these parts) and I was slightly hypnotized by the cuteness, but the gist if I didn't mis-hear was that there were going to be some cold nights and hopefully the cats had thick fur.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:43:26 -0800

Sort of bizarre looking newscaster. He has such groovy-step dad hair I thought he was going to over me a joint and a dip in his Jacuzzi.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:43:26 -0800

Please tell me it was followed by a dog chasing his ass...

By: Acheman

Acheman — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:47:20 -0800

It's difficult to articulate why this is so soothing. Something about the way he scoops the cat up and lets it nuzzle him while he explains what the weather is going to be makes me feel like there couldn't possibly be anything bad in the world. There's nothing stagey about it - he doesn't make a great show of fussing over the cat, just absently strokes its neck as he proceeds with the forecast. I've just watched it through twice, and I haven't felt this happy since I had my last co-codamol.

By: The Bellman

The Bellman — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:47:50 -0800

In other news, it is fucking cold in Germany.

By: markkraft

markkraft — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:50:24 -0800

Studiokatze can see what's on the green screen, even when mere humans can't.

By: markkraft

markkraft — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:52:32 -0800

Personally, I think that having a studio cat or two is a great idea. It would probably up the ratings noticeably.

By: JT

JT — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:54:17 -0800

Metafilter: they can't all be the best live news blooper ever.

By: davejay

davejay — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:55:43 -0800

Something about the presence of that advertisement on the start of the video makes me think this is a viral thing. Nevertheless, kitty!

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:03:20 -0800

I want to feel smug and superior about the weatherman's jump-on-a-chair hysterics but I'm no better

By: Joe Beese

Joe Beese — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:09:54 -0800

I want to feel smug and superior about the weatherman's jump-on-a-chair hysterics but I'm no better I once saw a roach - a small one - skitter across the floor of my bedroom. Not only did I scream a like a girl, I smashed it with the heel of my dress loafers (the nearest hard object to hand) over and over again until it was liquid - the way people in scary movies will repeatedly stab something after it's dead until their arm gets tired. And I was fully clothed at the time. It's not us. It's the roaches.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:10:12 -0800

davejay: Nevertheless, kitty! No! You're a kitty! <3 <3 <3 Those "<3" are mice heads because, you know, you're a kitty.

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:15:54 -0800

Something about the presence of that advertisement on the start of the video makes me think this is a viral thing. Nah, that's a German thing. They're saying the weather itself is presented by the bank. (That is honestly what the voiceover says, promise.)

By: desjardins

desjardins — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:18:10 -0800

This is my favorite thing that I've seen today.

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:21:10 -0800

Actually, those weather ads bring back memories of living in Germany and having my host grandmother suddenly turn up the volume when the "JETZT BEIM WETTER" ads started. It's like a signal "blah blah blah news, blah blah blah THIS AD MEANS THE WEATHER REPORT IS COMING! OH BOY! TURN UP THE VOLUME!"

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:24:23 -0800

I think I speak for many people with some sort of association with the USAF when I say: Huh. Cloudy and rainy* in K-town. Imagine. *Does green on the radar mean rain in Germany too?

By: mannequito

mannequito — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:25:13 -0800

Not only did I scream a like a girl, I smashed it with the heel of my dress loafers (the nearest hard object to hand) over and over again until it was liquid Ahh yes, the MrChiCity3 method!

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:29:36 -0800

Du. Du hast. Du hast katze.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:29:45 -0800

You know, if tv news people were smart, they'd see the interest in this clip as a sign pointing toward a new, more honest and human way of delivering news. If tv people were smart.

By: wildcrdj

wildcrdj — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:33:20 -0800

I beleive the bit at the end is "und die Katzen haben hoffentlich ein dickes fell in die nachte" --> "and hopefully the cats have a thick skin in the nights" (since it's clearly super cold).

By: Joe Beese

Joe Beese — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:41:25 -0800

You know, if tv news people were smart, they'd see the interest in this clip as a sign pointing toward a new, more honest and human way of delivering news. CNN's election-night holograms didn't do it for you?

By: armage

armage — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:43:32 -0800

i can haz Wetterbericht?

By: kliuless

kliuless — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:44:31 -0800

via cynical-c - "I noticed him when he rubbed against my leg and thought people might wonder what was happening. I figured it would be easier to control the cat by picking him up. Cats get annoyed if they feel ignored. So I made sure he didn't feel ignored."

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:00:25 -0800

From the weathermap, I believe the region here is the Rhineland.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:03:10 -0800

Something soothing about watching somebody cradle and scratch a cat during news. This should happen more often. And the guy having a hissy fir about the bug is hilarious. Almost as good as lizard jumps on tv host.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:05:13 -0800

*would you believe hissy fit?

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:09:01 -0800

Windigo: I like the attached link under the cat video about the weatherman and the cockroach better. For those who missed that link, here it is. Where grapefruitmoon's link is awesome, this clip is superduperawesome. Meanwhile, I'm packing my things to go to Deutschland to bekomme ein Wettermann.

By: librarianamy

librarianamy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:11:05 -0800

does anyone remember a PBS pet-advice show hosted by a vet who had about a billion animals just running around all over each other and on top of him while he gave advice like he was a pasty Beastmaster or something? I think maybe Marc Morrone? He had the biggest freaking rabbit on that set that I've ever seen.

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:15:13 -0800

hissy fir Ah, the venerable hissy fir. This once-noble tree, native to the Appalachians, now long logged into extinction to make that very particular type of supremely irritating paper used to "seal in the freshness" on plastic tubs of butter, and also the price stickers on books, which never come off quite right, and they always tear away improperly, taking square inches of the beautifully designed cover of your pristine copy of The Stars My Destination or, fuck, now I've got to get this off, because it just looks wrong, what a pain in the-...great, now I've got butter all over my fingers. That's. Just. Great. Thanks a whole lot.

By: kkokkodalk

kkokkodalk — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:29:32 -0800

I really liked the weatherman's quote about the situation from kliueless' link so I clicked on it to see if the guy had anything else to say, but am I the only one who was immensely tickled to find out the cat's name is Lupin? "Stupid weatherman, of course you don't know how he got in. Didn't you know? That cat is a master thief!!"

By: shadytrees

shadytrees — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:33:06 -0800

Meow meow meow meow we can invade Poland through this highway, mein cat brethren, meow meow meow lick.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:33:13 -0800

Yoga with Hayward and cat

By: wittgenstein

wittgenstein — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:34:56 -0800

Okay, to be fair, some palmetto bugs in florida and georgia have wings. several years ago I was cleaning an upstairs litterbox when I saw a roach. So, I grabbed a piece of newspaper to pick it up and flush it down the toilet when it FLEW UP AT ME. I ran screaming down the stairs until I could calm down. In the war between humans and roaches, the roaches with wings will win.

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:45:33 -0800

I wonder if the cat could pull a Wurzelbacher and end up as an anchor on DW.

By: crapmatic

crapmatic — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:46:16 -0800

50 comments and no translation? I figured there would be at least some excerpts translated into English about his reaction.

By: mynameisluka

mynameisluka — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:52:50 -0800

Approximate translation: And now...to the weather Presented by ______________ bank... Good evening, welcome to the weather... Blah blah blah ... temperatures in the early morning between 10 and 12 C... Blah blah blah...more weathery stuff...looking good for winter lovers... ...hopefully the cats have a thick skin for the cold nights. *bows*

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:54:32 -0800

crapmatic: 50 comments and no translation? I figured there would be at least some excerpts translated into English about his reaction. WEATHERMAN: It's going to be chilly in Bayern, with winds coming down out of the North-east, and, ahh, here's the producer's cat. She knows I'm allergic, and that it's my birthday, so Happy Birthday to Me! Say, this doesn't have anything to do with that time that I got crunk at your wedding, does it? Well, I'm going to cook this cat and eat it, how do you like that? Lows in the mid twenties.

By: Lesser Shrew

Lesser Shrew — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:00:30 -0800

You people are missing the point - Cats are the natural enemy of the roach. This weatherman is perpared. No hissy fit for him!

By: dawson

dawson — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:01:19 -0800

I like small and unexpected pleasures such as this.

By: krinklyfig

krinklyfig — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:57:32 -0800

I wonder if the cat could pull a Wurzelbacher and end up as an anchor on DW. The last time I pulled a Wurzelbacher I was in traction for a week.

By: jedicus

jedicus — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:01:43 -0800

Rough translation of the cat bits: "Our studio cat is also right here, without permission...One moment, I'll hold her anyway. Can you still hear me? Okay, yes, the microphone isn't being blocked." Also, at the end he mentions some cold weather and says "hopefully the cats have thick fur for the nights." Nothing too exciting, but this is a German weatherman we're talking about here.

By: Ian A.T.

Ian A.T. — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:13:27 -0800

In Germany, cats need permission to be in the studio.

By: dirigibleman

dirigibleman — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:30:23 -0800

Okay, to be fair, some palmetto bugs in florida and georgia have wings. Also, they're about the size of that weatherman's cat.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:58:44 -0800

Ahhh, Marc Morrone and his huge collection of distracted, wandering animals. I remember him having even more on his other show, just cats and rats and turtles and birds and mice and puppies all crawling over him like he was the center of some Adorable Orgy.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:00:12 -0800

Also that clip features an African Grey playing with the monkey. Marc's nasally central jersey accent is just the icing on the cake.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:11:28 -0800

None of them went in the cage, or swung on the little wooden trapeze or ate any of the nice millet seed yum, yum...that was the news for parrots, and now over to cat's weather. This guy does have a soothing voice. I can see why the cat went over. Making me sleepy like watching Bob Ross paint and hide his smokes.

By: mike3k

mike3k — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:25:14 -0800

They're saying the weather itself is presented by the bank. (That is honestly what the voiceover says, promise.) Here the weather is presented by the Miccosukee tribe.

By: mike3k

mike3k — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:27:19 -0800

Cats get annoyed if they feel ignored. That explains why mine get so obnoxious when I'm working and ignore them.

By: fungible

fungible — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:29:44 -0800

Okay, I'll admit I'm jealous. You posted a Videogum post about where a cat walks in and basically nothing happens, and you got 64 comments. (now 65!) I posted a Videogum MLYT with some of the most nightmarishly amateurish music videos I've ever seen (the one right below this) and I only get 7. WTF? I know, I should really readjust my priorities in life. I just wanted to be really shallow for just a moment.

By: Del Far

Del Far — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:16:55 -0800

Fungible No, I understand how you feel, I'm pretty sure if I had posted it i would have gotten about 7 comments as well, and if there are more they would mostly be criticisms about the post. I feel yah.

By: awfurby

awfurby — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:35:29 -0800

I have often wished I worked in a place that had a cat.

By: shelleycat

shelleycat — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:02:14 -0800

I have often wished I worked in a place that had a cat. I often sneak home from work early and have a nap with my cat.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:28:16 -0800

After watching Marc's other videos I am now convinced that God is a slightly distracted, slightly fey man trying to keep the puppies from hitting the floor, turtles from biting tongues, and kittens from tormenting the lizards. "whoops! crash."

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:32:38 -0800

You posted a Videogum post about where a cat walks in and basically nothing happens, and you got 64 comments. (now 65!) I posted a Videogum MLYT with some of the most nightmarishly amateurish music videos I've ever seen (the one right below this) and I only get 7. WTF? I flagged your post because the Katt Productions tag made me think there was going to be cats in it, and there was only some no-necked dude who used Tom Waits' smooth voice.

By: foxy_hedgehog

foxy_hedgehog — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:05:22 -0800

librarianamy: Giant rabbit in Christmas PSA here.

By: Mr. Bad Example

Mr. Bad Example — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:19:32 -0800

Ich kann Wettermann hat?

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:43:20 -0800

fungible: BEHOLD THE POWER OF KITTIES.

By: punkfloyd

punkfloyd — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:29:29 -0800

Was it Caturday?

By: yoga

yoga — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:31:14 -0800

This is my favorite thing that I've seen today. posted by desjardins at 7:18 PM on January 13 [+] [!] Me too!

By: afx237vi

afx237vi — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:02:50 -0800

Surprised no-one else has mentioned this, but when he picks up the studio-cat there's a hidden cat face secretly placed on the weather map! Seriously, look at it again. There's two blobs of high pressure making the cat's eyes, a little red patch making the kitty nose and an isobar making the whiskers. How freaky is that?

By: minifigs

minifigs — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:13:13 -0800

I hereby claim Die Studiokatzen as my next band's name.

By: exogenous

exogenous — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:13:54 -0800

Cat removal backfires

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:36:10 -0800

This is very pleasing. The weatherman clearly knows and likes cats. The cat seems to know this, and has determined it is time for affection. The cat is all in his face because he is talking for no apparent reason, and not to the cat. He's nice to the cat and continues his broadcast. How many others would simply stop and demand the cat be removed? As for the guy with the roach: ROFLMAO!

By: homunculus

homunculus — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:09:54 -0800

Baby wombats at the office