100 Ways to Love a Cat: Way 34

I think that's the latest by The Fray, right?

Haha. I'm nominating this for Best feature, best Song, best lead actor(!), best art direction and best cinematography...

And then what?!?

Well, the reason I don't think it's funny is because it isn't funny, but that's probably not why you think it *is* funny, so I'm stumped.

This reminds me of the two cats (Shorthair kitties) I once had. You should have seen them in the dryer, they hated it. :)/:(

MarkH,

A reason for a belief cannot be the very same belief itself; doing so is simply begging the question. If asked why the video isn't funny, by saying "Well, it is because it isn't funny" you are really not saying anything at all. We know you don't think it is funny; but what principled reason(s) do you have for thinking so?

I cried. There was something about the cat's disquieted perplexion that really moved me.

To be honest, I'm not sure why I find this video so hilarious. It really is bizarre what certain people find funny (and why).

So first off, you have the song, which contains quite a bit of understated stupidity:
1. The first notes matching with the appearance of the words in the title got a giggle out of me. (The two cat faces replacing the zeros is the punch line.)
2. I think the funniest part of the song itself is "Way 34!" Maybe it's the WAY he says it, or just the randomness of the number. (It's funny to me because it made me think of someone ACTUALLY making a list of literally 100 ways to love a cat, numbering each one for reasons that only make sense to the list-maker.)
3. "Set him by the window." Perhaps the makers of the video simply intended for this to be random, but I found it funny because...honestly, what else can you do to love a cat? Cats don't give a damn about anything you do around them, for them, or just in general. On some subconscious level, one might think that placing a cat by the window serves as a gesture of affection. (The punch-line here is the cat's reaction.)
4. The song is essentially the same line over and over again.

Then you have the shot of the cat, which only gets funnier every time I re-watch the video:
1. The cat's obvious confusion with the situation he's found himself in. His posture is....just funny...I'm not sure how to explain it...
2. The cat's indifference to being "set by the window." And the shot continues several seconds after the cat leaves just so the song can finish.

Hmmm.....I don't know. I'm probably just reading way to deep into a very simple video....

(But it's still funny...)

I also find it absolutely hilarious that you can choose to watch the video all the way up to blu-ray (1080p) resolution.

I watched that video when you posted it and didn't give it much thought. But, much to my surprise, I have kept remembering it at random times, and every time I do it seems funnier. I think some of it is the mind's need to re-construct memories in a way that makes sense, but in this case it can't be done. I remember that semi-whiney-sing-song voice, the obvious lack of participation of the cat, the way he says "way thirty four" as if there are actually 33 other videos like this. Every time this clip enters my mind, part of me is still trying to make sense of it, and that part of me keeps yelling an increasingly exasperated "WHAT THE HELL?"

Brilliant. Simply brilliant.

i love cats. so cute animals.

love this song it gets my sister out of my room and makes my mom want to clean