Comments on: We've got girl cats, boy cats, used to be boy cats!

We've got girl cats, boy cats, used to be boy cats!

MaryDellamorte — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:16:27 -0800

Come on down to the Winnipeg Humane Society for Kitty Midnight Madness!

By: ericb

ericb — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:22:46 -0800

I love it! * *-- "Buy 1, Get 5 Free!"

By: maryr

maryr — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:37:09 -0800

Ah, so they've seen our local furniture store ads, then.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:39:31 -0800

That one cat, the one digging at the window with amazing speed? He's great. (Hey, it's a low-key kind of comment for a low-key kind of post. Like, meow.)

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:45:18 -0800

We got our cats on a two-for-one deal from our local Humane Society. They're a mom and daughter and since the daughter was the last kitten of the litter to be adopted, they threw mom in for free.

By: Tomorrowful

Tomorrowful — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:50:13 -0800

"We've even got a one-of-a-kind cat that looks like a pig! You can call him Oink."

By: bicyclefish

bicyclefish — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:56:19 -0800

He's got a bit of Michele Bachmann going on with the camera. In fact, I bet she'd be great at peddling kitties in Winnipeg. And wouldn't that be a win/win.

By: Ardiril

Ardiril — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:56:53 -0800

Need more kitteh!

By: Cool Papa Bell

Cool Papa Bell — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:57:15 -0800

Life would be so much better fir man and cat alike if everyone had half the sense of humor these guys do. Love how he's not looking at the camera ... And it only makes it funnier.

By: bicyclefish

bicyclefish — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:00:45 -0800

octothorpe: We got our cats on a two-for-one deal from our local Humane Society. They're a mom and daughter and since the daughter was the last kitten of the litter to be adopted, they threw mom in for free. Dad tells me this was the deal when I came home from the hospital, too. It worked out pretty well.

By: inedible

inedible — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:05:42 -0800

maryr: Ah, so they've seen our local furniture store ads, then. According to the reddit thread, the announcer is descended from a long line of furniture salesmen who've been using this style of pitch for years. Example 1, Example 2.

By: evening

evening — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:05:50 -0800

MetaFilter: NOT a guarantee

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:36:17 -0800

Missing the SoComeONNNNNDown! tag.

By: maryr

maryr — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:00:13 -0800

That needs to go on the Price Is Right thread as well.

By: PareidoliaticBoy

PareidoliaticBoy — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:13:09 -0800

I liked the part with the kitties. Great fun, thanks for finding it, Mary. As for the redittor's claim that his dad started this genre? Well that seems unlikely, as this pitch style has been used in pretty much every market on the continent from the earliest days of broadcasting.

By: Johnny Assay

Johnny Assay — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:32:21 -0800

As someone who grew up in Winnipeg, I found this hilarious. The cadence of the "C'MOOON DOWN!" is, apparently, still deeply ingrained somewhere in my brain, causing Proustian flashbacks to winter nights watching "Star Trek: The Next Generation." I love the fine print at the bottom near the end: "Many offers promoted by Andy Hill have not been approved by the WHS."

By: Kreiger

Kreiger — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:56:51 -0800

That pitch style may well have been used elsewhere, but that ad is a direct reference/homage/spoof of the Kern-Hill Furniture Co-op ads. Such a great bit, and perfectly targeted at the Winnipeg audience. I want a six-pack of cats now.

By: 5_13_23_42_69_666

5_13_23_42_69_666 — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:12:01 -0800

come ONNNNN down!

By: hippybear

hippybear — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:37:07 -0800

MetaFilter: a six-pack of cats

By: librarylis

librarylis — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:05:00 -0800

"Girl cats, boy cats, used to be boy cats..." Heee. This is a great ad and Andy Hill is a great person for helping put it together. Cats, at least where I'm from, are very hard to home and I had to stop volunteering at the shelter when I noticed that every week I'd go to the cattery and there'd be a whole new lineup of cats. So, good on the WHS for an ad focused on cats.

By: utsutsu

utsutsu — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:23:02 -0800

I remember when the current fellow starting appearing in commercials alongside his father... then eventually the father left entirely. He was really quite awkward at first, but over the years he has improved a lot.

By: Katjusa Roquette

Katjusa Roquette — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:15:21 -0800

I am sneezing and laughing at the same time.

By: Decani

Decani — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:29:39 -0800

"If we can't find you a cat you like, we'll give you a f!*@ing dog!" Priceless.