1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:24,519 Speaker 1: This is pet Life Radio. Let's Talk Pets. 2 00:00:24,559 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 2: Hello, Fela and friends. Welcome Cat and Tu. I'm your 3 00:00:27,519 --> 00:00:31,600 show host, Michelle fern all right. Who likes to laugh? Well, 4 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:33,759 I do, and if you have cats, you should like 5 00:00:33,799 --> 00:00:37,240 to laugh. Because my next guest is a creator of 6 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,799 something very fun, a little comedy for all of us, 7 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:46,200 and he has some great knowledge about cats and humors. 8 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,240 So I'm excited to introduce you to We'll be right back. 9 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 3: You know the expression cats have nine lives, Well, what 10 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,399 if you can give them one more? They give them ten. 11 00:00:59,479 --> 00:01:02,719 Movement is on a mission to help give cats an 12 00:01:02,719 --> 00:01:07,439 extra life. How with spee and neoter, Spain or nootering 13 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,239 your cat helps them live a longer, healthier life and 14 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:16,000 it helps control free roaming cat populations too. Learn more 15 00:01:16,079 --> 00:01:19,640 about the benefits of spee and neoter and meet Scooter, 16 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:23,959 the neutered cat at give them ten dot org. Let's 17 00:01:24,079 --> 00:01:26,920 give them ten dot org. 18 00:01:29,159 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 4: Let's talk pets on Petlife Radio dot com. 19 00:01:42,799 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone. I'd like to welcome Tim Carton. He 20 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,040 is a keynote speaker and he's also the creator of 21 00:01:50,599 --> 00:01:53,959 hashtag nine cats, two lives. Welcome Tim all right. 22 00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 5: Thanks for CEO I appreciate it. 23 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 2: I'm excited to have you on the show. So I 24 00:01:58,599 --> 00:02:01,599 know you do keynote speaking. Another part of your life 25 00:02:01,959 --> 00:02:05,519 is you're the creator of this nine Cats, two Lives, funny, 26 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,639 humorous little show that you have online. Now you had 27 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,080 it and then you brought it back. So we'll talk 28 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:16,360 a little later. Can you first share your background. 29 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 5: With us well as you've already told them. I'm a 30 00:02:18,759 --> 00:02:22,680 keynot speaker, but I'm also a business infrastructure specialist and 31 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,840 author and a creator. So I help people literally frame 32 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:29,879 their businesses who do startups because most people they have 33 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,919 great ideas, but they don't know how to put them 34 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,000 into actual action. So I do that as well. And 35 00:02:35,039 --> 00:02:38,159 I've been in business for the past twenty five years. 36 00:02:38,199 --> 00:02:43,159 I've started over thirty businesses. I edit documents, over two 37 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,840 hundred thousand documents. I think I've done contracts, articles, resumes 38 00:02:46,879 --> 00:02:49,680 LinkedIn all of that stuff. I've also written twelve books 39 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,000 and I've published six of them, and five of those 40 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,879 books that I publish actually have to do with this 41 00:02:56,439 --> 00:02:59,680 nine Cast two Lives brand. So that's a little bit 42 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:00,560 about little o me. 43 00:03:01,159 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 2: Okay, well that's exciting. Yeah, So tell us, how did 44 00:03:05,439 --> 00:03:08,560 you say, your five books that have that are a 45 00:03:08,599 --> 00:03:12,319 route nine Cats in two Lives. So we weren't doing 46 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,479 anything about the bucks. So I don't know a lot 47 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,800 about your bucks. But tell us what is nine Cats 48 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:18,639 two lives? 49 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 5: Okay, Well, here's the thing, because this is an interesting story. 50 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 6: Now. 51 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 5: I don't know how people are when it comes to 52 00:03:27,159 --> 00:03:31,719 their accounts on YouTube, Facebook, all these different social media accounts. 53 00:03:31,759 --> 00:03:35,159 But one thing about these businesses is they like to 54 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:39,439 have content that people really like to see and that 55 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:44,199 they considered advertiser friendly. Well, I have several things. My 56 00:03:44,599 --> 00:03:47,039 friends called me a business Swiss army Knight because I've 57 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:51,000 mastered so many roums. But I had different things, politics, channels, 58 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,560 relationships channels, all this type of stuff. And what happened 59 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,479 was I wasn't getting the movement that I wanted to 60 00:03:56,479 --> 00:03:59,479 get with these things because YouTube is you know, they're 61 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,840 more app sereal towards those type of topics. So I 62 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,840 decided I'm going to come up with something else. And 63 00:04:05,879 --> 00:04:07,919 the story of how I came up with it is 64 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,120 actually fantastic. 65 00:04:09,479 --> 00:04:12,639 Speaker 2: Okay, So let's hear that story because I asked you 66 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,719 before we started. But let me ask you so our 67 00:04:14,759 --> 00:04:17,439 listeners know you don't really have nine casts. 68 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 5: No, I don't have nine cast. I had one and 69 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,959 I named it after I named it after the daughter 70 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,160 that I never had, Jasmine. I think it's a beautiful name. 71 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,279 But when me and my expert, you know, she took 72 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,439 the kids, as they say, which is the cat? So 73 00:04:34,519 --> 00:04:37,360 I don't have one now, but I actually love casts. 74 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 2: So you need one, and you know that they say, 75 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,319 you know you need two. So there you go. All right, 76 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,399 tell us the story of how it came about. 77 00:04:45,759 --> 00:04:47,759 Speaker 5: Well, because of that whole thing I just told you 78 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:49,639 with YouTube and all, I said, well, I have to 79 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,040 come up with a brand, some type of thing that 80 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,920 I can do on these social media platforms where they 81 00:04:56,959 --> 00:05:00,000 will give the advertisement to me. They won't be looking 82 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,959 and over their shoulder and me. It'll just be something 83 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,759 non controversial. So I came up with something I called 84 00:05:04,759 --> 00:05:08,360 my brand of Worlds. And I actually every one of 85 00:05:08,399 --> 00:05:11,959 these brands in with the word world. So I came 86 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,639 up with something called a Peaceful Dream World. Why I 87 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,199 help people sleep with these videos. But it took so 88 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:20,639 long because they were like ten hours. So I said, okay, 89 00:05:21,079 --> 00:05:23,759 came up with something called a Beautiful Travel World. People 90 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,639 love travel videos, but those videos weren't getting the attraction 91 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,639 that I wanted them to get as far as sub scarters. 92 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,279 Then I came up with something called a Healthy Food World, 93 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,519 teaching people how to be healthy. That's the site I 94 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,319 have as well. But when it came to another one, 95 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,480 I said, man, I got this great brand of worlds. 96 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,120 He said, but I like cats, Say hey, why don't 97 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,720 I do something with cats? And then the Cute and 98 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,240 Crazy Cat World was born. I always liked to try 99 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,519 to do things that are creative inside of a genre, 100 00:05:54,319 --> 00:05:56,600 not just do the thing that everybody else does. So 101 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,360 I created that, and I actually this time I made 102 00:05:59,399 --> 00:06:02,279 sure I wrote that all the stuff that came with 103 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,680 the creation of it, because when you documented in history, 104 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,519 it's easy to make the movie about it later. Yes. 105 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:13,199 Speaker 2: Yes, so the Nine Cats Two Lives came about to 106 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:17,160 help kind of faciliate your other businesses. But how is 107 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,079 that kind of enamorogy about cats? And did you think 108 00:06:20,199 --> 00:06:22,399 cats were that I guess adored by the. 109 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 5: Y Yeah, because the thing about I've noticed this, like 110 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,319 people love humans. Humans are awesome. You know, of course 111 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,839 you have some outlies, but humans are generally awesome, and 112 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,759 humans just love animals. I like cats, but I'm not 113 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,240 Steve Hren. You know, I'm not the guy who you 114 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,240 will see you in an ally or or something. But 115 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:47,120 people like animals. So when I came up with set. 116 00:06:47,079 --> 00:06:48,399 Speaker 2: We call them fur babes. 117 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,879 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, they cover fur babies. Right, So when people 118 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,000 think about animals, they think about, Okay, I like turtles, 119 00:06:55,079 --> 00:06:58,000 or I like fish, or I like this whatever type 120 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,079 of animal. And one thing about ass is that they're 121 00:07:01,199 --> 00:07:05,759 kind of loved by a lot of individual humans. They're 122 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:09,279 probably seeing more in homes and all than anything, probably 123 00:07:09,319 --> 00:07:12,120 except dogs. So I was like, hey, it's like, I 124 00:07:12,279 --> 00:07:14,720 like cats, so why don't I make a serious about 125 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,120 them because they are kind of hilarious. 126 00:07:17,439 --> 00:07:20,759 Speaker 2: They are. And I don't know the exact number anymore 127 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,680 because it changes all the time. But in the shows 128 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,360 I've had all that there's actually more dog pet parents, 129 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:32,040 but the total number of cats is larger, right because 130 00:07:32,079 --> 00:07:34,600 most people they might have won dog two dogs, but 131 00:07:34,759 --> 00:07:38,399 cats it's rare that there's one. There's usually two or three. 132 00:07:38,519 --> 00:07:41,759 I had five at once, but two were like outside 133 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,560 but catered to like the head of house. 134 00:07:43,639 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, they don't have there are people will have 135 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:50,480 a ton of cats because cats their size, them being 136 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,279 so much smaller, it's kind of a thing of well, 137 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:55,480 since they're so much smaller, they won't take up as 138 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,879 much room. But it's almost like how people when they 139 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,079 have more money, they spend more money. Well, when you 140 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,279 have more room because you have a smaller animal, guess 141 00:08:03,279 --> 00:08:06,399 what you do? You more animals to feel more room. 142 00:08:06,759 --> 00:08:10,000 So somebody may have one dog, but they'll have four cats. 143 00:08:10,279 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 2: They are smaller, but I don't think they're less expensive 144 00:08:14,439 --> 00:08:18,199 than dogs. Especially they'd like to play with each other. 145 00:08:18,519 --> 00:08:21,519 Speaker 5: Yeah, and that's part of the funny. 146 00:08:20,639 --> 00:08:23,839 Speaker 2: That's that's why we always say when you adopt a cat, 147 00:08:23,959 --> 00:08:27,199 you should adopt two, because one cat by itself, you know, 148 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,079 if you're at work and not home all the time, 149 00:08:29,199 --> 00:08:30,319 the cat, it's boards. 150 00:08:30,519 --> 00:08:33,279 Speaker 5: Yeah, they'll just sit under the table or something, or 151 00:08:33,399 --> 00:08:36,080 under the bed. But when you have two, they run 152 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:41,559 around like crazy fur bunnies as you say, fur babies rather. 153 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,759 So it's fun to watch though, because it's like a 154 00:08:44,799 --> 00:08:48,000 brother and sister, but brothers and sisters who have the 155 00:08:48,039 --> 00:08:51,960 speed of the flash in Superman. So you're just watching 156 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,799 them go crazy and it's like, wow, amazing animals. 157 00:08:55,840 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 2: When they get these especially zoom. All the zoo cats 158 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:04,159 get them too, not mine. Mine are all older and lazy, 159 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:08,279 but most of them. But I'll tell you anytime I am, 160 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:12,559 when I'm charging my tablet or a phone, all of 161 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,240 a sudden, Molly could care less about anything. She's a diva. 162 00:09:16,799 --> 00:09:19,679 She sees that cord go in and her ears perked up. 163 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:23,240 She's all excited. She wants to bite it. Why this 164 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,919 one cord? I don't know. She goes nuts for this 165 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,840 one cord. I don't know. I've heard cats see in 166 00:09:29,919 --> 00:09:32,559 black and white, and this one is a lighter colored cord, 167 00:09:32,799 --> 00:09:34,519 So I don't know if that has anything to do 168 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,559 with it, or she's just, you know, a cat. 169 00:09:37,799 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 5: Cats get enamored by things that make no sense to humans. 170 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,039 We'll look at them and they'll pick up something like 171 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,120 one thing about cast that people will probably notice, soupad 172 00:09:49,159 --> 00:09:52,919 cast is like if a cat is like not having keys, 173 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,279 their spade or neutered or something. They will pick up 174 00:09:56,639 --> 00:09:59,360 different items, like they'll pick up a sock, pick up 175 00:09:59,399 --> 00:10:02,840 a shirt, and in their mind that's like them carrying 176 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,960 their child. And you'll hear them start purring, making a 177 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,200 specific sound for them when they're just walking around with 178 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,159 their sting in their mouth because in their mind it's 179 00:10:12,159 --> 00:10:15,200 almost like they're carrying their baby, but it's a sock. 180 00:10:15,879 --> 00:10:17,720 Cats are extraordinarily interesting. 181 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 2: I never had my cats do that, but I don't 182 00:10:20,879 --> 00:10:24,600 doubt it. What do you think makes cats so funny? 183 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,279 Speaker 5: Well, I talk about my brother. My brother is hilarious, okay, 184 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,279 and everyone knows it. They just when they get around him. 185 00:10:32,279 --> 00:10:35,519 He's just somebody with whom you can just laugh. I 186 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:39,720 am too, but because I'm so serious a person, majority 187 00:10:39,759 --> 00:10:42,440 of the time, I don't show that to most people. 188 00:10:42,759 --> 00:10:45,399 So this actual brand gave me a way to be 189 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:49,679 able to let out my funny by doing the things 190 00:10:49,759 --> 00:10:54,240 on these web series videos that Cat's doing real life. 191 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,120 They're like what I call my brother. I call them 192 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,759 and it's not an insult. I call him an individual idiot, 193 00:10:59,759 --> 00:11:02,080 because in some cultures, when you say, oh man, you're 194 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,360 an idiot, you're you're actually saying if they're funny, you 195 00:11:04,519 --> 00:11:08,039 just it's an actual compliment in the context. So I 196 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,559 called them like individual idias, like they can be by 197 00:11:10,639 --> 00:11:14,840 themselves and have fun with themselves and you're just sitting 198 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,159 there looking at them, like, what's going on in this 199 00:11:17,279 --> 00:11:21,000 cat's mind? I'm seeing a cat kick themselves in the 200 00:11:21,039 --> 00:11:24,639 face multiple times, and I'm city, I'm sitting there, like, 201 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,440 are you having an internal battle with yourself? 202 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 6: Sir? 203 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 5: I don't know what's happening. 204 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 2: You think they were trying to groom or something and 205 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:33,480 they just whack themselves. 206 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,919 Speaker 5: But yes, they were because they were they were looking. Yeah, 207 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,159 they were like grooming themselves. They're like Paul, and then 208 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,879 they just kicked themselves in the face four times. It 209 00:11:43,039 --> 00:11:45,440 just was like pat, Pat, pap, I'll said, what is 210 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:48,639 I don't know. Maybe they got upset with themselves because 211 00:11:48,639 --> 00:11:51,399 they didn't clean their Paul correctly. This is just the 212 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,600 types of silly things that they do. It's just hilarious 213 00:11:54,639 --> 00:11:55,080 to watch. 214 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 2: Okay, we're gonna take a quick thing and we'll be 215 00:11:57,759 --> 00:12:01,159 right back to talk more about your comedy and maybe 216 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,080 learn something about some of the stars of your series. 217 00:12:04,159 --> 00:12:05,120 So we'll right back. 218 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 7: Take a bite out of your competition, advertise your business 219 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,519 with an ad. In pet Life Radio podcasts and radio shows, 220 00:12:15,799 --> 00:12:18,480 there is no other pet related media that is as 221 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,600 large and reaches more pet parents and pet lovers than 222 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:25,600 pet Life Radio, with over seven million monthly listeners. 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We're talking to Tim Cartan and 232 00:13:13,639 --> 00:13:18,480 we are talking about his comedy series that he has resurrected. 233 00:13:18,919 --> 00:13:22,480 It's hashtag nine Cats, two Lives. So, Tim, what are 234 00:13:22,519 --> 00:13:25,159 some of the topics we will see in your cat comedy. 235 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 5: Well, here's the thing, and it's funny that you ask that, 236 00:13:28,399 --> 00:13:32,320 because most of the series that you see of people 237 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:38,759 online or on television wherever, they usually have a sequence. 238 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:43,240 So if you watch one episode, then you can watch 239 00:13:43,279 --> 00:13:46,240 the next episode and it'll be like in a sequence. Well, 240 00:13:46,279 --> 00:13:51,200 with me, I just make different subject matter videos that 241 00:13:51,399 --> 00:13:54,399 might not necessarily tie to the one before. So I 242 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:58,120 can make a video about the cats finding out what 243 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,480 a phone is. I'll make a VW about one cat 244 00:14:01,879 --> 00:14:04,879 getting scared because they heard a fan, and they never 245 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:08,720 heard a fan before. Just it could be any little 246 00:14:08,759 --> 00:14:12,399 thing because I know how to make the most but 247 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:16,919 nine thing funny, especially when you have the different characters 248 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:17,759 that I created. 249 00:14:18,039 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 2: Okay, can you share a little bit about your characters? 250 00:14:21,279 --> 00:14:24,559 Speaker 5: Okay? So this is one of the best things that 251 00:14:24,639 --> 00:14:28,240 I think about this series because the series is called 252 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:33,279 nine Cats, two Lives. Now, normally when people hear nine 253 00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:36,759 when it comes to a cat, what do they think? First? 254 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:42,240 They don't think nine cats, They think what nine lives? Exactly. 255 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,679 So it's called nine cats, two lies because it's a 256 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,320 play on the words. And the two lives are the 257 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:53,240 life that they had before they came into this particular home, 258 00:14:53,639 --> 00:14:56,159 and then this particular home life that they have is 259 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,000 the second life. That's why it's called two lives. But 260 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,519 the nine cat are because there are nine cats that 261 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,399 I'm bringing in. And it's funny because the cats were 262 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,799 named differently before, but I ended up changing it to 263 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,799 whar every single cat. I'll give this little titbitch, you're 264 00:15:11,799 --> 00:15:14,480 getting a little bit of an exclusive. All of the 265 00:15:14,519 --> 00:15:18,639 cats names, all nine of them, begin with an S, 266 00:15:19,159 --> 00:15:22,759 all of them. Yet only four cats have been introduced. 267 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 2: Why why did they all start with an ass. 268 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:30,399 Speaker 5: Because I thought it would be cover for all nine 269 00:15:30,519 --> 00:15:33,879 siblings to have a name where it starts with the 270 00:15:33,919 --> 00:15:38,879 same letter, same sound. So it started off with three cats, 271 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,720 and the first carat is kind of a reflection of me. 272 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:46,759 My friends say that they're called serious Cat. Now here's 273 00:15:46,759 --> 00:15:49,759 the thing about Serious Cat. He's like the default leader 274 00:15:49,799 --> 00:15:52,759 of the siblings, but he doesn't really know it, and 275 00:15:52,799 --> 00:15:56,000 that's because he's kind of an owner. He's always serious 276 00:15:56,039 --> 00:15:58,879 and logical, even to a fault sometimes. But one of 277 00:15:58,879 --> 00:16:01,600 the cats that'll be name in the future is his 278 00:16:01,639 --> 00:16:04,639 best counsel. He keeps the other cats in check when 279 00:16:04,799 --> 00:16:07,799 things start to unravel in the home, but only when 280 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:11,519 he chooses to be the enforcement. So he's very protective 281 00:16:11,559 --> 00:16:14,600 of his sillies. That's one of the fore casts that 282 00:16:14,639 --> 00:16:17,440 have been introduced, Serious. 283 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 2: Cat, Serious Cat Hat. And then the second. 284 00:16:20,799 --> 00:16:23,879 Speaker 5: Cast, the second of the four, he's Silly Cat. Now 285 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,799 you can just imagine Silly Cat. He's the easy going one, 286 00:16:27,919 --> 00:16:30,559 always trying to tell jokes or make the others laugh, 287 00:16:30,879 --> 00:16:33,440 and he always knows what's going on in the house 288 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,759 before everyone else. So you'll notice a pattern of these cats. 289 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,559 They have a dichotomy with it. So although silly Cat 290 00:16:40,759 --> 00:16:44,679 is silly, his second piece of him is that he's 291 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:48,039 the one who knows everything that's going on. You see. 292 00:16:48,159 --> 00:16:51,960 It's so each cat has two parts to him. So 293 00:16:52,039 --> 00:16:54,919 the third cat, and this is this is a lot 294 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:59,360 of people's favorite cat. Okay, it's called special Cat. Now 295 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,319 special Cat. He's a really strong, physically strong cat, maybe 296 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,720 in the top three strongest of the bunch. But it's 297 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:10,839 almost always saying seemingly something that's kind of, you know, 298 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,400 missing the point, kind of a little bit of loose. 299 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,039 They don't know it. But this is because he came 300 00:17:16,079 --> 00:17:19,000 from like a clueless style family with the sister who 301 00:17:19,079 --> 00:17:22,039 was like if you've ever seen this show, married with children. 302 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,400 His sister was kind of like kind of like Kelly Bundy, 303 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:29,519 kind of dating myself. But however, remember each of them 304 00:17:29,519 --> 00:17:33,720 have two things about him. However, every Blue Moon Special 305 00:17:33,759 --> 00:17:37,680 Cat will say something that seems completely backwards but actually 306 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:40,839 makes the others go hmm. Like another old school show 307 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,599 ar Senior Hall used to like, such cat may say 308 00:17:43,599 --> 00:17:46,000 some people what he just said made sist. So that's 309 00:17:46,039 --> 00:17:49,960 his dichotomy. So those were the first three casts I introduced. 310 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,480 The other cats only get introduced once every one to 311 00:17:53,559 --> 00:17:56,839 two years. Literally, you won't see a new cat for 312 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,880 every one to two years. So a fourth cat came 313 00:18:00,279 --> 00:18:02,240 I think a year and a half to two years ago. 314 00:18:02,599 --> 00:18:04,720 And that fourth cat, which is these are on the 315 00:18:04,759 --> 00:18:09,359 only four that are actually public, it's called Somber Cat. 316 00:18:09,759 --> 00:18:11,519 And if you know what the word somber means, you 317 00:18:11,519 --> 00:18:16,240 can imagine every answer from him reeks of existential thread. 318 00:18:16,279 --> 00:18:18,279 Have you ever seen another old school show called the 319 00:18:18,319 --> 00:18:21,319 Smurfs and you not a grumpy Smurf? That's kind of 320 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,400 how Somber Cat is. When I thought about it, I said, 321 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,519 he kind of seems like grumpy Smurf, everything like weeks 322 00:18:26,519 --> 00:18:31,279 of existential dread. But here's his dichotomy. What he's saying 323 00:18:31,799 --> 00:18:36,200 is actual facts. So he's not just being a pessimist. 324 00:18:36,319 --> 00:18:38,839 He's saying something that if you actually looked at it, 325 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,799 you'd say, well, what he's saying is true. So just 326 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:46,839 imagine those four cats, Serious Cat, Silly Cat, Special Cat, 327 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:51,240 and Somber Cat having different conversations and different things happening 328 00:18:51,279 --> 00:18:55,839 inside the house. The series is fantastic. It's funny because 329 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,079 all of them together and these and these being cats 330 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:00,759 and how silly they are this in general, and me 331 00:19:00,839 --> 00:19:04,039 being able to let my silly side out. Oh, it's fantastic. 332 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 2: Thank you for sharing that with us, which was of 333 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,440 the four cats, and I know there's more to come. 334 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:14,200 We're closest to the personality of your cat, Jasmine. 335 00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:17,079 Speaker 5: You know, that's funny. I never thought about that. I've 336 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:20,359 never thought about that. Which one let me see. I 337 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:25,759 would say that it was more between maybe silly cat 338 00:19:26,079 --> 00:19:29,519 and serious cat, because I don't think Jazzmine was a 339 00:19:29,559 --> 00:19:32,079 somber so I would think it would be more between. 340 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:35,759 She was kind of a hybrid between serious, serious cat 341 00:19:35,759 --> 00:19:38,160 and silly cat. So I would say that that was 342 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,000 a great question. I never thought about that. 343 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 2: Well, I pick him out. I pick him out of there. 344 00:19:43,079 --> 00:19:46,440 So my listeners now though, sometimes something comes out of 345 00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:49,799 left field, and it's just like after doing so many shows, 346 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,319 I kind of can kind of imagine what my audience 347 00:19:53,319 --> 00:19:58,599 would like to know. Also, So now to change a 348 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,200 little bit up to but let's talk about sense of humor. 349 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:06,000 Why is it more important than ever for us to 350 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:10,160 keep a sense of humor, especially for pet parents. And 351 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,559 I know that these are challenging times, and I could 352 00:20:13,559 --> 00:20:16,599 get into politics better. Our show is about cast right, 353 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,240 so I'll get too political, although we do. All anybody 354 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:24,440 listenings is we're recording in August twenty twenty five, knows 355 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:26,400 that there's a lot going on in the world, a 356 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,359 whole lot of crazy. No matter what you believe, it's 357 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,920 just a whole lot of crazy, right, So I said 358 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,720 that to just set it up. I don't think anybody, 359 00:20:35,759 --> 00:20:38,079 no matter where it can say, oh yeah, everything's perfect 360 00:20:38,319 --> 00:20:41,000 and we're recording. You know we're North America, US. But 361 00:20:41,559 --> 00:20:43,680 there's a lot of crazy other word too. But so 362 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:48,519 keeping that in mind without going into politics, why is 363 00:20:48,519 --> 00:20:51,960 the sense of humor so important, especially for pet parents. 364 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:57,799 Speaker 5: Well, one thing about just existing itself. Existence itself can 365 00:20:57,839 --> 00:21:01,400 be something that's positive if you look at life a 366 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,920 certain way. You try to be optimistic, you try to 367 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,319 move forward, keep yourself around people, or are kinds awful 368 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:10,319 in the whole nine. But one thing about life is 369 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,480 it'll do some baseball on you. It'll throw you some curves. 370 00:21:13,599 --> 00:21:16,960 And when it throws you those curves, depending on how 371 00:21:17,039 --> 00:21:20,119 much you built up positivity of your life can be 372 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,759 a determining factor of how well you're able to knock 373 00:21:23,839 --> 00:21:26,240 those curves. Out of the park. If you had a 374 00:21:26,279 --> 00:21:30,000 life to where it's been consistently something negative, then what 375 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,039 happens is makes it more difficult for you to be 376 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:37,279 able to muster up things inside yourself to be able 377 00:21:37,319 --> 00:21:39,960 to just push through it and smile through all of 378 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:44,720 the pain. This is why having external things like this 379 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:49,319 web series, or having external things like television shows, old 380 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:53,200 school friends or old school Martin, things like that helps 381 00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:55,759 so well, because there are a lot of things in 382 00:21:55,799 --> 00:21:59,279 this world that can really bring down a person's attitude 383 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,200 and mindset when it comes to just existing, because you 384 00:22:03,559 --> 00:22:06,640 end up finding so many people after certain ages they 385 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,039 start looking at life as though they don't even want 386 00:22:09,079 --> 00:22:11,000 to be here anymore because there's so many things that happen. 387 00:22:11,039 --> 00:22:14,839 But then you find these animals that become in essence 388 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:19,960 careers of the people who are caring for them. You know, dogs, cats, fish, 389 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,640 you know pir keets, things like that. So having these 390 00:22:23,759 --> 00:22:26,400 positive mindset and having these things where you can look 391 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,759 at and make you laugh, these little clips they work. 392 00:22:28,839 --> 00:22:31,519 That's part of the reason why I built my well 393 00:22:31,599 --> 00:22:35,519 wrote rather my books that I wrote. They're called motivational 394 00:22:35,559 --> 00:22:39,240 quotes and jokes. Think about you have motivational quotes in there. 395 00:22:39,319 --> 00:22:42,000 But then you have the actual cats from this series 396 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,839 telling jokes inside of the books. So I've created all 397 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,000 these different things to where people can grab them and 398 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:52,519 laugh with them, smile color, laugh at the jokes, tell 399 00:22:52,559 --> 00:22:55,240 their friends the jokes, show their friends the videos. Because 400 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,720 I think you said that you watched the first video 401 00:22:57,759 --> 00:23:00,119 I ever did from the nine Cast Two Lives series, 402 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,640 and it's about bringing joy, So I hope it brought 403 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,519 you joy, of course. 404 00:23:05,839 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 2: Well you know what, I think what you're saying is 405 00:23:08,759 --> 00:23:12,799 right on. And also you know there's I know Hobbrey, 406 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,799 which is like I think that is the hopefully imb 407 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,839 group quoting this correct because I don't have it in 408 00:23:17,839 --> 00:23:21,759 my notes, But Habrey and app O the Habrey is 409 00:23:21,799 --> 00:23:25,960 the human animal bond. And they've even talked about and 410 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:32,079 there's been discussion on instead of prescriptions for different medications, 411 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:36,599 prescribing pets. Right, Oh you're down, get yourself a cat, 412 00:23:36,759 --> 00:23:39,720 get yourself. Well here we just talk about cats. Or 413 00:23:40,039 --> 00:23:42,119 get a dog and a cat and have a cat. 414 00:23:42,519 --> 00:23:46,759 So there's something about cats that I think automatically it 415 00:23:46,799 --> 00:23:49,799 brings down blood pressure, it makes you feel better. I 416 00:23:49,839 --> 00:23:52,440 think I've read someplace and I don't know how true 417 00:23:52,519 --> 00:23:57,799 this status that cat parents are generally happier than none 418 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:01,039 I said cat pet parents. I met parents in general, 419 00:24:01,079 --> 00:24:04,839 mostly dog and cat, but they're happier in general than 420 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,160 households without pets. 421 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,400 Speaker 5: And you know what, I think the reason for that 422 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:18,079 is because humans like not just positive interaction, but they 423 00:24:18,319 --> 00:24:22,559 like the feeling of cuddling with someone. Because they talked 424 00:24:22,559 --> 00:24:26,440 about hugs things like that, releasing certain endorphins and making 425 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,920 people feel a certain way. Well, what these animals do 426 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:34,720 is they give humans those types of feelings every single 427 00:24:34,799 --> 00:24:37,920 time a human interacts with them. So imagine that. Imagine 428 00:24:38,079 --> 00:24:41,920 anytime that you need a dopamine hit as they called it, 429 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,680 from the hormone that comes up in your body that 430 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,279 makes you feel really good. Anytime you need one of 431 00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:49,920 those hits, you literally just go look at your cat 432 00:24:50,319 --> 00:24:51,680 and then it pick the cat up and put the 433 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,000 cat on your shoulder, or you call your dog and 434 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,680 the dog comes in wagging their tail and you know, 435 00:24:56,759 --> 00:24:59,119 jumping up on you in the whole nine and sometimes 436 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:05,000 looking you. You know, those things really give people this 437 00:25:05,279 --> 00:25:09,960 influx of just awesomeness and positivity. So if you can 438 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,680 clip that into some type of package. If you can 439 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,559 put that into something where a person can have it 440 00:25:17,039 --> 00:25:20,319 whenever they wish their hand out to grab it, oh man, 441 00:25:20,559 --> 00:25:22,079 then of course you're going to have it to where 442 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,480 a person will be much happier than someone who doesn't 443 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:26,920 have access to something like that. 444 00:25:27,319 --> 00:25:31,400 Speaker 2: Right, But I have a comment. So he said something cuddly. Okay, 445 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,680 only one of my cats is cuddly. He's old happy 446 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:39,279 Dennis is doing that. He's like sixteen or seventeen. Charlotte 447 00:25:39,319 --> 00:25:42,400 doesn't like me, so then it's Mollie and she doesn't 448 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,960 like to be picked up or cuddled, none of that. 449 00:25:45,559 --> 00:25:49,119 But I have to say though, I was thinking about this, 450 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,960 and I thought, well, my cats aren't really specially cuddly ones, 451 00:25:52,559 --> 00:25:55,559 and Dennis used to be. And then I thought, well, 452 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,440 I get happiness and enjoy when Mollie allows me to 453 00:25:59,519 --> 00:26:03,359 pattern that. It's kind of ridiculous, but you know, she's 454 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,759 looking at me, and then I have to, you know, 455 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,240 touch your head a certain way. Pan't be too hard, 456 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,839 but you know, or rough a certain way, and then 457 00:26:11,839 --> 00:26:15,519 she'll bower her up let me get better. So I 458 00:26:15,559 --> 00:26:18,680 feel like like she's your highness or something, and so 459 00:26:18,839 --> 00:26:21,200 thank you. I get to pat your head and you're happy, 460 00:26:21,279 --> 00:26:25,640 Son felt better? Is that nuts? Is it? 461 00:26:25,759 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 5: Well? No, because it's a human thing, ironically, because humans 462 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:34,920 like to accomplish things. So if there's a cat who 463 00:26:35,039 --> 00:26:37,079 doesn't want to spend any time, or two, if it's 464 00:26:37,079 --> 00:26:39,519 a cat that runs every time you come in the room, 465 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,720 you just buy human nature want to overcome that. So 466 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:45,960 you may start changing the way you walk in the 467 00:26:46,039 --> 00:26:49,279 room instead of walking really fast because cats perceive that 468 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:50,880 as a potential threat. 469 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:51,640 Speaker 2: So if you. 470 00:26:51,599 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 5: Walk flore in the room, the cat won't necessarily run. 471 00:26:54,759 --> 00:26:57,559 Maybe you start making little changes like that, and then 472 00:26:57,599 --> 00:26:59,559 next thing you know, the cat's like, oh okay, I 473 00:26:59,599 --> 00:27:02,519 don't think this person is a threat, so kind of 474 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,200 I'm gonna walk in a little bit. And then you 475 00:27:05,319 --> 00:27:08,119 start hearing them make those songs. I think I got them. 476 00:27:08,519 --> 00:27:11,440 I think I think I. 477 00:27:11,759 --> 00:27:14,039 Speaker 2: Have to tell you I tried that with Charlotte. And 478 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,839 she'll let me get close, maybe bring a treat out. 479 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,400 Look at her, and then she darts away, and she 480 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,960 darts pretty fast. Considering she looks like an armadillo. 481 00:27:23,839 --> 00:27:27,440 Speaker 5: Wow, she must be she's she's serious cat then, and 482 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,960 in this scenario, she's serious cat. That's what she Oh, 483 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,319 she's a mixed attitude. Okay, gotcha. 484 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:40,039 Speaker 2: We call her misunderstood because she was. They're all cats 485 00:27:40,079 --> 00:27:43,119 that found me and even the other two that are 486 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,119 no longer with us, So she was Charlotte was sitting 487 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,599 in front of my front door for four months and 488 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,440 my partner said, oh, look, she wants to come in. 489 00:27:51,559 --> 00:27:55,400 Let's take her in. Well, she's misunderstood because she no 490 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,559 matter what I do with the little box, she still 491 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,559 occasionally has issues. We'll put it like that. 492 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 5: Okay, gotcha. 493 00:28:01,839 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 2: He's also sneaky cat, so there's a lot. There's a 494 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:09,559 lot for her. Anyways, we're just about wrapping up. Where 495 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:13,079 can all of our listeners find out more about you? 496 00:28:13,279 --> 00:28:17,039 And also about hashtag nine Cats two Lives. 497 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,039 Speaker 5: Well, they can find out about me. They can just 498 00:28:19,079 --> 00:28:23,400 google me, Tim Kart and Tim c isn't cat ironically 499 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:26,759 r th h o N and nine Casts two lives 500 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,720 or made it really easy to find me and just 501 00:28:29,799 --> 00:28:32,920 go to nine Cats two Lives dot com and they 502 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,480 can find out everything that they need to know. Also, 503 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,000 our website is acc cat World because the name of 504 00:28:39,039 --> 00:28:41,240 the brand is a Cute and Crazy Cat World. That's 505 00:28:41,279 --> 00:28:45,119 the main brand, so it's acccatworld dot com, but they 506 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,480 can find out nine Casts two lives by just going 507 00:28:47,519 --> 00:28:50,480 to the nine Cast two lives dot com domain. 508 00:28:50,839 --> 00:28:52,839 Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Tim for coming on Cat. 509 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 5: Too on your morning Welcome Anytime. 510 00:28:55,279 --> 00:28:58,119 Speaker 2: I want to thank my guest Tim Carthon for coming 511 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:02,720 on Panitude and sharing all about his new Cat series 512 00:29:02,799 --> 00:29:05,319 and how a sense of humor with your cats is 513 00:29:05,359 --> 00:29:09,160 so important. Thanks to my Cat crew Dennis, Charlotte Molly 514 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,960 that keep me amused all the time. Thanks to my 515 00:29:13,119 --> 00:29:16,799 loyal listeners of Katatude, thank you so much. I appreciate 516 00:29:16,839 --> 00:29:19,839 your listenership very much. And of course thank you to 517 00:29:20,079 --> 00:29:24,720 my producer Mark Winter for working his magic and making 518 00:29:24,799 --> 00:29:30,680 every show sound amazing. And remember, lose the attitude, have Katitude. 519 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:36,279 Speaker 4: Let's Talk Pets every week on demand only on Petlight 520 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:53,559 Radio dot com