Consumerist Videodrome #1
It's Consumerist Videodrome #1! Wherein I make several important announcements about new changes coming to the site and show off my new cat.
Announcements:
1. Add your email to your commenter profile. (see this post, "If You Do Not Add A Working Email To Your Profile By Sunday You Will Lose Your Account." We are getting a new site probably Oct 27 and this is part of it.
2. First Consumerist Meetup, Wed Nov 4th, NYC. The "Internets Celebrities" (not us, these other guys who make cool videos like this one about check cashing places and this one about bodegas) will be showing their videos and talking about the joys of quarter water.
3. Observe giant plaque.
4. New cat! His name is Tigre.
5. Cash4Gold hit with class action lawsuit, dramatic reading ensues.
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Comments:
Good work, Ben, as always.
Was TGray medicated or just unsure about the LZ?
T-Gray is cute. Bit is it TeeGray? T-Gray? Or am I off the mark?
Lol Ben.. I just have to say.. You are soooooo white.
So.. so white.
Me too by the way.. but yeah... Way white.
Hehehehehehe.
And your Tigré looks just like my Bastien! So cuddly : )
Um... wow.
Ben, please, no more videos.
Off the hizzle, really now?
And your witholding of displaying new kitty till near the end of the video smacks of misleading advertising.
I may have to do an EECB to protest, unless of course you reveal the correct spelling of new kitty's name and discusss his oatmeal preferences.
Just keep Tea Grey away from that Xavier Gandhi guy.
Also, snap a cool pic of him in time for tomorrow's Open Pet Thread.
Can we please please please have a sneak preview of the site before it goes live - without having to attend some even in NY or wherever?
Adorkable. Seriously adorkable.
And the cat! He is precious. Now I just need to figure out how I can use the presence of a new Consumerist feline against the spouse's protests in my quest to get another cat.
@SkokieGuy: Tiigrayye was revealed around the 40% mark. Am I to assume that your attention fell so sharply after the kitty pimping that you thought the video had ended?
@valueofaloonie: I don't know.. they haven't even sent out anything.
Unless somehow I'm out of the loop.. There were lots of troubles with that survey, so I wouldn't be surprised if I thought I was on it.. but I'm really not.
Do we need the Cone of Silence?
You had me at "new cat". . .
OMG KITTY. Looks just like my EVE.
@Kimaroo - No Stars Upon Thars: Haha yes this is the first video of Ben I've watched and it was somewhat jarring. Consumerist, though at times snarky and silly, is still like no-jacket required work attire. This threw me off.
Much love though!
@Kimaroo - No Stars Upon Thars: *pushes up glasses* There are no more cones. You have to have a power for that now.
People and cats.. *eye roll*.. don't get it.
I@Radi0logy: I find it funny how so many people here are saying Tigre looks just like their cat. It's a cat. With very few exceptions they ALL look the same.
got to love how most of the comments are about the cat
@Kimaroo - No Stars Upon Thars: Yeah, he's clearly going to be somebody's Dorky Dad, isn't he? In a very nice way, of course (mine kind of was too).
@Kimaroo - No Stars Upon Thars: I was thinking "affected", but "white" sums it up pretty well. Ben reminds me of those guys I knew in college who described themselves as "quirky" and did really stupid dances when they got drunk at the hippie parties.
Tigre looks like a Bengal. Yes? Bengal?
@Lincolnsbeard33: Okay, I was wrong. That was stinkin' cute.
Of course, that's a kitten so it doesn't count.
Exploit your new kitteh all you want, but there is only one Lt Skeeter Commenting Cat!
this video cracked me up. More silly videos please...and T-Gree needs to make more cameos.
@SkokieGuy: I admit that I only lasted about 30 more seconds afterward. Clearly, Ben needs to learn the art of keeping viewers in suspense all the way to the end.
I cannot adequately express how jealous/sad I am that I cannot attend the parties. There just aren't words.
I can't wait to see the new site!!!
WOOHOOO!!!
Ben, you remind me of one of my German Professors. That is all I will say about that.
But on a more important note, you need to have a meet-up further down the East coast (or slightly west of the east coast, but still in the eastern time-zone). Namely, you need to have a meet-up in Knoxville. For obvious reasons.
@Homerjay is utterly alone.: My two look dramatically different from eachother:
Alfred
Bastien
So as you can see.. Bastien looks like Tigre, but Alfred does not.
(Thanks for giving me more excuses to post pictures of my kitties. : ) )
When Ben said "make love tonight", I felt a little bit...uncomfortable.
@Kimaroo - No Stars Upon Thars: Ah, we have one too. Tank. She's my fiance's cat. It took her 2 years to warm up to him, and 3 years to stop considering me the evil stepmommy. I just dunno about that cat...
Cat sez "wtf, y I floating?"
Bengal(ish) Kittehs rule over ALL!
(yeah, my latest is a Bengal(ish) rescue, although smaller than Ben's raccoon-sized beast)
@h3llc4t has a slow work day: Hm.. interesting. Bstien is always very friendly to people.. but he loves me the most. I think I'm "his female" even though he um.. isn't as male as he used to be.. if you catch my drift.
We've only had him a little over a year now.. he was a stray.
@Xerloq says Can I has Friday?: In keeping it so it parallels Captain Duvel Moneycat's structure, it should be:
Earl T-Gray.
T-Gray, or Tigre? How do you spell the kitty's name?