Review: Regular Show “Cat Videos”

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Spoilers Below

Rigby and Mordecai introduce Benson to internet cat videos, and now the park manager is hooked. So hooked, that he absolutely could be seen as an addict, so much so that he even neglects his own cat in favor of watching other peoples’ cats. Benson is excited to learn that fans of cat videos can drop by a studio run by Cat Masterson and watching a taping for a bunch of cat videos. Unfortunately, we find out that Masterson doesn’t actually use cats in his videos, instead he mo-caps people whilst doing cat acts. Mordecai and Rigby find out and head to the studio to see what is up, but they both get strapped into suits and join Mordecai’s captivity. All three become part of Masterson’s sick fantasy, but everyone comes to and fights back against the their captor, only to find out that Cat Masteron is a cat. The studio owner heads to jail, and the guys head back to the park.

Our Take

Cat video jokes are somewhat passe now, but this week’s episode was still hilarious in that Benson effectively did for addiction of cat videos what Stan did for Guitar Hero. Worse yet, Masterson. His overblown director’s motif with an unsuspecting twist proves that Regular Show can make old gags seem new again.

Still though, remember when Regular Show did episodes with video game joysticks, VHS tapes, cassettes, etc? It’s interesting to see how Regular Show’s setting has changed over time which could help justify the aforementioned dated story lines.

SCORE
8/10