Features Podcasts Family Video Comics Music Tech Science Books Film & TV Games ✚

Jill

1937 Chevy Newsreels Pets - Pussyweight Boxing Cats Battle

Mark Frauenfelder at 12:01 pm Tue, Jan 10, 2012

— FEATURED —

THE LATEST

Gweek 098: Win Hugh Howey's Paperwhite Kindle!

Book Review

Lexicon: smart, sharp technothriller from Max "Jennifer Government" Barry

Book Review

The 'Geisters: spooky, scary novel

Science

Ants and Stars: Bruce Sterling and Jasmina Tesanovic visit the Sardinia Radio Telescope in Italy

— FOLLOW US —

Boing Boing is on Twitter and Facebook. Subscribe to our RSS feed or daily email.

 

— POLICIES —

Except where indicated, Boing Boing is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution

 

— FONTS —

Tweet
Kindle



[Video Link] Animal cruelty as entertainment in 1937. (Thanks, Felipe Li!)

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

More at Boing Boing

Ants and Stars: Bruce Sterling and Jasmina Tesanovic visit the Sardinia Radio Telescope in Italy

The Snowden Principle

  • http://twitter.com/PsychicWhoosh Michael W.

    So today I’ve learned that cats were pioneers in both space exploration and S&M fetish wear.  

    • CharredBarn

      You know, the real scandal isn’t what’s in the film. It’s the casting couch these cats had to curl up on to get this gig.

  • phisrow

    I can runz bartertown noaw?

  • xzzy

    I do think the word “pussyweight” needs to see more use, if we get nothing else out of this video.

    (typing it into google yields some amusing results)

  • pizzicato

    My nephew did me those exact paws of fury when I diabolically squeeze his squirt bottle while he is drinking.

  • PhosPhorious

    400 quatloos on the gray cat.

  • CharredBarn

    And again as entertainment in 2012. It’s like they say: comedy is animal cruelty  plus time.

    • http://twitter.com/ducchau99 duc chau

      Yay torture!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_STVMYKXJ6HV64DPVKV4F27KUW4 Spastic

    I’m guessing that they edited out the biting and kicking.  I guarantee that if my cats were in that ring those dogs would be da skeerd onez.  Also, I’d fully expect a large steamer on my pillow from my cats for putting gloves on their paws.

  • gellfex

    I dunno, I’ve seen my cats MUCH meaner to each other for their own chuckles with nobody urging them on.

    • Mark_Frauenfelder

      Same here. We have three cats. Our tiny female terrorizes the large male. It’s great family entertainment.

      • flosofl

        I have two Maine Coons, Cecil and Beanie,(smallish ones only around 19 lbs) and a 95 lb LARGE choc lab. The smallest of the three (the female ‘coon) rules the roost. It was touch and go for a while when Bull (the rescue dog) was introduced. The cats had an escape room with a sized entrance the dog can’t enter and could climb high. However, upon returning from work one day I noticed two *tiny* little scratches on Bull’s snout. From that point on, Bull will not only *not* enter a room until Beanie has left, he will actually vacate his dog bed if Beanie shows an interest in it.

  • Randwulf

    Took me a few seconds to remember where I saw part of this before.  At :27s of Fatboy Slim’s  – The Joker video.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgk9ouBuj-4

  • Hanglyman

    I wonder how much the person who did the poor impression of two cats fighting got paid. Whatever it was, it was too much.

  • Sutra

    I’ve fostered two litters of kittens and live with three cats. I know a puddi fight when I see one and those puddis were not fighting. If there was any cruelty here, it was keeping them penned up instead of letting ‘em run around and play chase.

  • hypnosifl

    I like that the sign on the fence said “Admishun”–early LOLspeak?

  • http://tokyofarm.com Spencer Cross

    And for perpetual reuse on discussion forums, the animated GIF version: http://mlkshk.com/r/BDNJ