Thank you @CBS and The Bold and the Beautiful!!

So I heard about "Morgan Spurlock Inside Man" and the episode on pet rescue from Jeanne, I went to my 'find shows' on my Tivo.  I found the episode, but I also was reminded that I once saved a search for "Kitten" which would show me all shows that had the word kitten somewhere in the name or description..

Oddly enough The Bold and The Beautiful popped.  I thought how odd since I recently found a news article online about a B&B actor showing off his new kitten.  I didn't pay much attention to the article, but seeing this listing made me look at the description of the show.  It said "Hope and Liam show off their new kitten"

Photos taken of my TV.. 

The kitten lover in me rejoiced in the fact that someone adopted a kitten, even if it was fictional, but the cynic in me wondered what kind of pure bred kitten this might be.  At the last minute I decided to record it and see what it was - and oh was I so totally overjoyed when I watched the episode. (and I was shocked to find the episode online - CBS isn't usually video friendly)

Since I came into this at the very end of the story arch, I did a few google searches and found not only did they do a three part story arch (with the above link being part three) but it started off with "Liam" interviewing Bob Barker.  "Liam" is doing a story for his magazine.. (which is repeated way too many times during the segments) and what better way to start than talking to the man who has been an advocate for homeless animals for decades (on the same network)

• Part one *
• Part two
• Part three

Now being a network show, there are quite a few advertisements in the above links.. 1 before you start, and five for each commercial break of which there are three for each 30 minute episode. You can skip over the segments that don't have anything to do with the shelter, but you can't skip over the commercials.  If you don't want to go through all of that, check out this.. a highlight of it at another website. (and here is another website talking about this)

With over 4 million viewers of this show, I can only imagine the impact this story line is going to have on the people out there.  I so hope this changes some people's minds about shelters and helps them understand they ARE a place to get an animal and many are a wonderful resource if you need help or have questions. (sadly that is often limited to the larger shelter, but I would encourage anyone to contact their local shelter and see what help they can provide, or direct you to if you need help)

* Bob Barker says that shelters will keep your name and number and will call you when a specific breed comes in if you are looking for a purebred animal and there isn't one there. Most shelters do not do this, but will refer you to breed specific rescues. There are a LOT of pure bred animals who have been surrendered to the shelter. A quick search of Petfinder.com will show you just how many.

So way to go CBS, The Bold and The Beautiful and the South Los Angeles Animal Shelter.  Thank you so much for doing this.. 

I'm a sucker for a kitty on a TV show

First it was Wilson on House.. Today it is Roe Saunders on Unforgettable.  Roe finds a kitten on his way home and brings it home.  He is made fun of (laugh at, make light of.. you choose your descriptive term of choice).  He names it.  He is made fun of and told not to get too attached.  He gets attached but he's allergic.  He's made fun of again, and in the end he rehomes the kitty.  A co-worker's niece is going to take it.

I was a little sad that the co-workers took the whole thing as they did.  Homeless kitties are not really all that funny, and it wasn't taken all that seriously EXCEPT by Roe.. Well and only he took this one kitty seriously.. but then again, until we fall in love it can be all too easy to dismiss things. I do think they missed a great big opportunity to talk about pet overpopulation, but hey, one step at a time.  I mean when was the last time you saw a homeless pet on a national TV show?

I want to praise Kevin Rankin's performance.  He was heartwarming, and sweet, and he played the rehoming bit so true.  I swear I've done the exact same thing, as I'm sure any of my former fosters new parents could tell you.

I wish I could link to the scene.  Unfortunately CBS in it's infinite wisdom has decided you can either watch the newest episode or some from months ago.  So you can keep an eye out on their website for the episode. I grabbed a few screen shots from my tivo.. Hopefully CBS won't object to them since this is mostly a love letter to the episode..

Kevin, "Stanley" and Daya Vaidya

Did I mention I loved how Kevin played the goodbye?  Unfortunately screen shots do not convey that emotion very well.

I LOVE Wilson (from House MD)

So I watched House last night.  Good episode, but what made me fall in love with the show all over again was the addition of Sarah.

Yes, I know, I'm a "crazy cat lady" (oh how I hate that term), but above that, Sarah is a diabetic cat that Wilson's neighbor owned.  The neighbor died and Wilson felt the need to take her in.

So no only do we have a diabetic cat on TV, we have a diabetic cat on TV being treated!!  Now granted he didn't test her blood sugar levels before injecting her (which would have probably made me faint) but he took care of Sarah's needs while having a conversation.  It showed pretty clearly that treating a diabetic is not the huge overwhelming thing that anyone who gets the diagnosis of diabetes in their cat fears.  It was just a matter of fact thing.  Yes House pointed out that Wilson would need to be home every twelve hours or risk the cat's death (pretty severe thought on the matter, but it is true you need to be home twice a day for optimal health)

YEA!!

screen shots taken from this video


I loved the end of the episode where Wilson was at home laying on the couch having quiet time with Sarah.. Very sweet.

I can't help but wonder if this is going to save kitty lives.