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June 13, 2006

The Best Idea Ever: A Reality Show About Kitty Cats

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Awesome! The Meow Mix House webcams are up. Why webcams? Why a house? Meow Mix is running its special cat reailty show where cats compete for a job with Meow Mix. Seriously. Cats from shelters across the country were selected to be put into a "house" at 425 Madison Avenue (Meow Mix's director of advertising and marketing, Ira Cohen, did tell the AP, "This thing is very tongue-in-cheek."). Each week, people can vote for the cats they want to stay in the house, and the winner will be named the "Feline Vice President of Research." But cats who are voted out will get placed in a home, plus a year of Meow Mix, as a prize, so not all is lost. In fact, one of the goals of the Meow Mix House stunt is to remind people about adoption season and how older cats need homes.

You can look inside - see all the webcams here. And wouldn't you know it, each has a blog (heh!). We think that Bambi is the New York City kitty - her entry reads, "I want a limo from Park Slope to the Meow Mix House, then!" The Meow Mix House segments will be shown for on Animal Planet starting as 3-minute segments starting Friday at 9PM, for 10 consecutive Fridays, but the stunt only runs for 10 days.

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Comments (10)

This will Drive the Cat Haters nuts...

 

A cafe for cats?

Where was this and for heaven's sake whose cat allowed them to take them to such an establishment?

 

A cafe for cats?

Where was this and for heaven's sake whose cat allowed them to take them to such an establishment?

 

Molly the Houston cat will win!

 

Here's another pussy who has a blog - - in Manhattan - - but this kitty is not up for adoption.
http://siamese-ny.blogspot.com/

 

Who's want to watch cats sleep and cough up furballs all day long?! Stupidest idea EVER!!

 

how will they show all the cat owners? Crying into a pint of Tasty-D and complaining to her gay boyfriends and girlfriends why she can't get a real boyfriend??

 

Jen, aren't you going to suggest that they take the cats to the Shake Shack?

 

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Thats a good idea,cause i mean other kids that dont have cats can watch what its like to be a cat or like to have a cat. P.S. but it could be kinda boring cause all cats do is sleep and cuddle up with a nother kitty

 
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