The Joker (2004)

Music Artist: Fat Boy Slim featuring Bootsy Collins

Starring: Chandler, Sprocket and Pinto as “Fat Boy Slim”

Directed by: Jon Watts

Synopsis: The winner of the Fat Boy Slim Make a Music Video contest with an all-kitten cast in an updated version of the Steve Miller Band song.

Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): The video begins with a kitten as The Joker waking up in the morning. It is the day of the Fat Boy Slim concert!

The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - orange and white tabby kitten wearing joker hat in bed

Leaving the house, Joker passes a mailman.

The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - orange and white tabby kitten leaving house and passing mailman

Next stop is a bar where vintage footage of boxing cats is on television. Joker picks up the bartender to go to the concert.

The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - vintage footage of boxing cats in television
The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - grey and white kitten behind bar

They take the train to the big city. A hobo kitten is on the other side of a tunnel.

The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - kittens on train looking at ducklings
The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - hobo tabby kitten outside tunnel

In the city, fans are gathering around the concert venue. Two business kitties look on in contempt.

The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - tabby kittens dressed as businessmen

Joker and friend are flirted at by construction kitties as a police kitty keeps watch.

The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - orange and white tabby kitten wearing joker hat with grey and white kitten in bow tie
The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - kittens dressed as construction workers
The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - grey and white tabby kitten dressed as policeman

Going to a rougher section of town, the kittens encounter a homeless kitten and a pimp.

The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - tiny homeless kitten
The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - white kitten dressed as pimp

They score some catnip from a dealer and go through a weird trip.

The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - orange and white tabby kitten wearing joker hat and grey and white kitten in bow tie buying catnip from kitten dealer
The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - orange and white tabby kitten wearing joker hat licking paw

Because of this, they find the concert sold out when they return. Undaunted, they beat up the backstage guard and get into the club.

The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - orange and white tabby kitten wearing joker hat with grey and white kitten in bow tie
The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - kitten beating up other kitten

Inside the crowd is grooving to the spin styles of Fat Boy Slim (the kitten is actually riding around and around on the record player).

The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - kitten Pinto playing Fat Boy Slim on record player

This very clever music video definitely deserved to win a contest, but that story was actually just a story . . . nice one, guys! Yep, we fell for it!

The Joker - Fatboy Slim with Bootsy Collins - close up of tiny tabby kitten

Final Mewsings: All music videos should star kittens!

Many thanks to Mark Murton for letting us know about the cats in this video.

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