The One Thing (1982)

Music Artist: INXS

Directed by: Soren Jensen

Synopsis: A music video for the Australian band features a crazy feast.

Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): The band is sitting at a table with some beautiful women, all of whom are feasting on a huge meal of figs, bread and turkey. Also on the table are several cats and kittens.

The One Thing - INXS - band members with women and a gray and white marbled cat feasting at table
The One Thing - INXS - women and a tuxedo kitten feasting at table

The cats aren’t eating anything, they just seem stunned at the worsening bad manners displayed by the people around them.

The One Thing - INXS - band members with women and a gray kitten feasting at table
The One Thing - INXS - extreme close up of white cat with black markings
The One Thing - INXS - tuxedo kitten on table surrounded by food
The One Thing - INXS - Michael Hutchence with black kitten on table

If one wonders why the cats weren’t partaking in the food, it might be explained by an online quote from band member Tim Farriss about the making of the video in which he says they “fed valium to a few cats and had them running around a table while we had a feast with sexy models and Playboy centerfolds, ripping apart a turkey.”

The One Thing - INXS - tuxedo cat on table with feast
The One Thing - INXS - band members with women and cats feasting at table
The One Thing - INXS - band members with women and a gray and white marbeled cat feasting at table

Final Mewsings: If you invite cats to dinner, don’t feed them Valium!!

Many thanks to Robert Zverina for letting us know about the cats in this video.

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