Submission 20,268

Origin

In the early '90s, the Placer County SPCA made this video to showcase one of its homeless animals, a cat named Pinky. Just as the SPCA employee calls Pinky a "very loving cat," Pinky jumps out of his arms and begins to freak out, flopping around before attacking the employee.

According to Wikipedia, clips of the original video aired on three different clip shows on American television between 1993 and 1996: TV's Funniest Commercials, Real Funny hosted by Craig Shoemaker, and The World's Most Dangerous Animals III.

The video was uploaded to YouTube on November 5, 2005. On June 28, 2006, the NBC Nightly News featured the video in a segment called YouTube, don't you?. It appears around 2:06.

The segment was followed up with a blog post on the Nightly News' website in which senior producer Gena Fitzgerald tried to track Pinky down. Fitzgerald posted that she had called the SPCA to find out Pinky's whereabouts but she never followed up.

Over the years, many people have named the video as a favorite, including Simpsons creator Matt Groening in 2007 and Conan O'Brien in 2010.

Derivatives

Parody remake, 11/2006

Sped up, 02/2007

Reaction, 12/2007

Slo-Mo Action Replay, 01/2008

Backwards, 06/2008

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Origin

The video was uploaded to YouTube on November 5, 2005. On June 28, 2006, the NBC Nightly News featured the video in a segment called YouTube, don't you?. It appears around 2:06.

Over the years, many people have named the video as a favorite, including Simpsons creator Matt Groening in 2007 and Conan O'Brien in 2010.