Out of Control – “Science”

Original Air Date: October 1984

Directed by: Bob Hughes

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode!

Synopsis: This episode of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy show starring Dave Coulier features a segment about a girl who brings home a “stray” cat.

Kitty Cameo: The sketch begins showing the girl luring the “lost” cat with a fish on a sting.

Out of Control - Science - girl leading longhair gray cat with fish on string

She carries the large gray longhair cat home and begs her mother to keep it. Her mother is adamant about her not having any more pets.

Out of Control - Science - girl carrying longhair gray cat home

The girl continues to plead and beg, painting a bleak picture for the poor “abandoned” cat who might starve or get hit by a car on the freeway until her mother agrees to let her bring it inside. The impending gag is spoiled slightly by a tuxedo cat coming out of the house behind the mother and a black cat on the ground outside.

Out of Control - Science - girl pleading with mom to keep longhair gray cat

Out of Control - Science - girl pleading with mom to keep longhair gray cat with tuxedo and black cats behind them

Cat Cattle Call: Once inside we see there are already countless cats in the home.

Out of Control - Science - numerous cats inside home
Out of Control - Science - close up on tortoiseshell cat
Out of Control - Science - numerous cats in home

The mother sighs at the end, saying, “Why can’t she just collect stamps?”

Out of Control - Science - close up on tabby cat doing blep

Out of Control - Science - close up on tabby cat doing blep animated gif

Out of Control - Science - close up on tabby and white cat
Out of Control - Science - girl on floor with numerous cats

The Critic (an animated character voiced by Coulier who would comment negatively on the sketches) then appears with a yellow cat beside him. “Cats? I love cats!” he states, “Especially medium rare!” The cartoon cat throws its food bowl into The Critic’s face.

Out of Control - Science - cartoon man The Critic with yellow cat
Out of Control - Science - cartoon man The Critic covered with cat food with yellow cat

Final Mewsings: You can never collect too many cats!

Many thanks to Erin T. Aardvark for letting us know about the cats in this episode!

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