“Hey everybody! Happy New Year, let’s hope that 2015 brings you all prosperity and joy the world could use both! Here is the new episode of In Like Cyn – an adventure to another dimension – Catopia!” – Cynthia Troyer
In Like Cyn – Season 1 Episode 3
Catopia!
Published to YouTube January 1, 2015
My co-star in this episode — Chris Varaste! Here he is as we discovered a vintage jacket in Silverlake, with our friend Patricia Veneman ready for the Emmy limo to arrive, at the Egyptian on Hollywood Blvd. for a freak show, nothing like watching Nosferatu with someone dressed as the character going through the theater… and then in Amish Buddha headquarters air-kissing, in the 99 cent store goofing with St. Patrick’s Day glasses.
Catopia!
By Chris Varaste
I was lucky to attend Catopia with In Like Cyn host Cynthia Troyer. Cynthia knows how much I love cats so it was a win-win for us both. I didn’t know what to expect when we arrived. What could Catopia possibly be? A catopian universe? Homeless shelter for cats, crazy cat ladies or Cat Woman? Hmmm… it was a bit of all and more.
There were cats waiting for us before the start of the show. I thought it was cool for the theater to allow a pet adoption service for guests. I hope each kitty went to a new home after the curtain call.
Now, on with the show, there was much to admire. All of it obviously cat-centric! What I appreciated most was the stand-up comics and the slide shows. There was one sinister story about a demon cat. The way it was depicted on the slides was incredibly funny. The songs and skits featured Hollywood actors and actresses. A couple of recognizable faces from the LA-theater circuit performed but the focus never shifted to the obsession and power of cats.
As a cat lover, it was cool to just let our cat love flow! I’ve always had a cat by my side. Some people say the cat is my spirit animal. I don’t know about that, but I do know that I attract pussy, I mean, kitty, I mean cats. See? Anything cat-related is like catnip for me. Let me just say that I have known a Catwoman (or two), and some wonderful crazy cat ladies, therefore, feline worship comes naturally to me. Meow!
Here is Episode 3 – Catopia! Enjoy
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In Like Cyn – Season 1 Episode 3
Catopia!
Published to YouTube January 1, 2015
[KEY: Cyn: Cynthia Troyer; CV: Chris Varaste]
Cyn: Hello, hello and welcome to another episode of In Like Cyn. And today I am headed to an event called Catopia!
CYN VO: It was a full moon night and I was ready for adventure.
Cyn: Okay so – a friend of mine asked me if I had ever had a dog. Why do I love my cat so much? And I’m like, I don’t think that I love my animal like more than like the average person. Like she’s my only child. My only animal. And ah, a Chihuahua named Mitzy. And I had a poodle named Jo-Jo. I loved those dogs. I had a lot of dogs. I do – I love my cat. But I don’t have to pick up shit in the city. I love dogs. I just – I live in an apartment and I don’t have the space for it so. I’m a cat person. I’ve become a cat person. And cats outnumber dogs 2 to 1 now in America. So we’re going out to meet today’s co-star. And he has been a friend of mine for a long time. And you are going to love him as much as I do. Ah – Mr. Chris Varaste!
CV: I can be yours, I can be your baby tonight! Muah!
[CHRIS KISSES CYN’S CHEEK]
Cyn VO: And so we are headed to Catopia! Come with us to Catopia!
CV: Meow!
Cyn VO: We headed for Hollywood Boulevard. My selfie stick did the perfect trick and it got me past every cop that we encountered. It wasn’t long until we arrived at the Steve Allen Theater in the foothills below the Griffith Park Observatory and across from Barnsdale Park.
Cyn: Am I a wacko cat lover?
Cyn: So we’ve made it to Catopia! And we are going to go inside. They have like – they have like cats –
CV: These are the cats that are out. Some are like huddled together. They don’t all get along. MEOW!
Cyn: There were some cat fights going on in there. And um – they’re all up for adoption.
Cyn VO: They kitties were cute and varied in personality. If your interested in adopting a cat, you can contact www.graceanimalrescue.org .
Cyn: He’s trying to reach you.
CV: That’s because he likes me. There’s the boy that I love.
Cyn: I wanna see like am I – Am I a normal cat lover? Or am I like a medium cat lover? Like a crazy cat lover?
Cyn VO: We headed inside for some Cat-tastic entertainment. It was a standing room only crowd.
CV: We’re at the Steve Allen Theater. This is where I saw Re-Animator The Musical. It was awesome!
Cyn VO: The entertainers were all passionately devoted to one thing – cats!
Announcer: Well meow there, everybody. And welcome –
Performer: Right, yes. Totally. So here’s the thing. The familiar. Have you guys heard of familiars? Do you guys all know? The idea that witches again have these pets as a familiar which is like – you know – a demon or a spirit. But in fact they would think that the witches like shape-shifted basically into the cats – which is false. Which is not true. The idea that the witches were kind of like go into this trance and they would shape-shift into a cat. Of course it’s so silly, right. Like who would do that. What actually happened with the familiars was that the witch would be so close to their animal and love it so much that um – the language that they would speak to each other like Paul mentioned. It was actually more like you would have with a lover or a best friend.
Performer: Singing…
Performer: Meow, meow, meow… singing… These are the technological advancements made in the history of cats. You can see in January we start with trees. The first cat toy. All natural.
Performer: There’s the birds and mice category.
Performer: Yep that was like a moving tree.
Cyn VO: Okay the people of Catopia were making me look like a perfectly normal cat lover. And they were leaning more towards the crazy cat lover category, at least definitely a medium cat lover.
Announcer: Na-nannie!
Na-nannie: Na-nannie the happy cat.
Crowd: Woohoo!!
Announcer: Very well.
Na-Nannie: Oh sorry. That’s a mistake. Meow! Meow! Come to my house. It’s a whole fuckin penthouse.
Cyn VO: We had spent enough time in the Cat-mos (like Cosmos) and American Horror Story was on in ten minutes, so – we didn’t stay for the cat séance or a few other lectures… But it was a fun time.
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