The Text-Based Cat Cartoon Journal

[JoeDub]

A woman is looking disdainfully at her cat as it enters the room. She has her hands on her hips.

WOMAN : "This is a fine way to start the New Year!"

The cat is wearing a top hat and bow tie.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

We see a man in a suit, sitting in an office, behind a desk labelled "Personnel."

MAN: "May I call you Kitty?"

The interviewee is a cat.

 

[JoeDub]

A young woman with glasses is twirling her hair. Her sweater, skirt and stockings are all covered in cat hair.

AMY: "Hi, my name is Amy and I'm a cataholic."

Amy is wearing a shirt with a cat on it.

 

[JoeDub]

A man and a woman are talking to someone named Carlo seated at a kitchen table. They are drinking coffee.

MAN: "Let's discuss your options, Carlo: You can continue to act like a total maniac, upsetting everybody, or you can give us all a break and have the operation, with added benefit of freeing yourself from frustration for the rest of your life."

Carlo is a cat.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

A man in an overcoat and hat carrying a suitcase stops walking down a hallway to look back at his wife. She is standing in the doorway of their apartment.

WIFE: "We'll be fine--the cats like to talk to me about you when you're away."

Two cats are standing at her feet.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

A man is sitting in an arm-chair in his living room. He is speaking to his wife while watching television.

MAN: "I've decided to live vicariously through the cat."

At his feet, his cat is using the telelvision remote control.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

An elderly woman sits knitting a scarf in her living room. A terrible snow storm rages on outside. As we look closer, we realize that they yarn is not wrapped around a spool.

It is wrapped around a cat. The cat spins as she pulls more yarn to knit with.

The cat is sitting on a lazy susan.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

Two mice are talking in front of a mouse-hole. One mouse touches the sleeve of the other's fur coat.

FUR-WEARING MOUSE: "It's made from genuine fur balls."

There are no cats in this cartoon.

Progress?

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

A home office. We see a swivel chair and a desk with a laptop on it. Someone is shouting at the laptop.

SOMEONE:"Get this straight, pal-- I'm the only laptop around here!"

The someone yelling at the laptop is a cat.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

A sad woman is looking down at the floor, her hands folded. She looks as if she is about to break down and cry. Next to her, her cruel and unfeeling husband glares at her and points to the floor.

HUSBAND: "Now do you believe me that the cat is dead?!"

A cat lies peacefully on the floor, next to its food bowl, eyes shut. We see two mice playing jump-rope with the cat's tail.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

A living room. Two cats sit talking to each other on a couch.

Cat 1: "They're so cute when they purr!"

We see that they are talking about a sleeping man, who is snoring very loudly.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

A older woman in a pearl necklace and flower-print dress is talking to a cat. The cat is sitting on a pillow and wearing a bow around its neck. Despite the seemingly comfortable life it possesses, the cat is frowning and looking wistfully out of the window.

OLD WOMAN: "Don't complain. You're having a marvelous life as a cat."

The cat on the pillow is depressed.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

A living room. A woman is walking away from a tattered arm chair that sits in front of a television set. She turns back momentarily to make a comment.

WOMAN: "Don't get too comfortable--I'm coming right back."

Sitting in the arm chair are four cats.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

A suburban back yard. The ground is covered with newly fallen snow. A young girl dressed in winter clothing stands in front of a large bay window.

YOUNG GIRL: "You've been in the house too long--you're going to have to learn to be a cat again."

She is speaking to her cat. Her cat looks pretty cold.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

An old woman stands in front of an open closet consoling her friend who is hiding behind some boxes in the top of the closet. The old woman is frowning.

FRIEND: "Go away. I'm depressed."

The old woman's friend is a cat.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

An old woman sits in an arm-chair. She leans forward as she speaks. She wears a look of aggravation.

OLD WOMAN: "Could I have your attention while I continue to to pour my heart out?"


She is talking to a cat. The cat is giving itself a bath. The cat looks very determined.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

An old woman looks disapprovingly at her roommate.

OLD WOMAN: "I don't care where you're going tonight. You're not leaving with that on."

Her roommate is wearing a "shit-storm!" t-shirt. The woman's roommate is also a cat.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

A rich woman in a fur coat, standing in front of a mirror, turns around. She has been startled by the entrance of someone else into her room. She looks surprised and guilty.

RICH WOMAN: "It's a fake, OK?!"

The someone who entered the room is a very disappointed looking cat.

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joe wengert

 

[JoeDub]

A man sitting in an arm-chair is watching a baseball game in his living room. Apparently something has distracted him from the events of the game because his head is turned around, facing the entrance to another room.

His wife, wearing a paint suit covered in polka dots, is running from the room with a companion. She looks panicked. Behind them is an enormous wave of water.

WIFE: "So much for clipping his nails on the waterbed."

The companion is a cat.

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joe wengert