Simon's Cat
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Simon's cat |
| Original title | Simon's Cat |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| year | 2008 |
| Production company |
Simon's Cat Ltd., Tandem Films, ChannelFlip |
| length | 1 to 3 minutes |
| Episodes | 50 + |
| genre |
Slapstick sitcom |
| First broadcast | March 4, 2008 on YouTube |
Simon's Cat is a series of animated web videos , books and daily strips by British animator and illustrator Simon Tofield that tell episodes from the life of a domestic cat. They are published for the first time on the channel of the same name on YouTube . In Germany, the books are sold under the title Simon's cat .
Emergence
Simon Tofield says he is inspired by his cats. In an interview with Your Cat magazine, he stated that he owned three cats named Hugh, Jess and Maisie, of which Hugh would normally serve as a model for Simon's Cat. Later a fourth cat named Teddy was added.
Publications
So far, videos with the following titles have been released:
| title | Release date (on YouTube) |
|---|---|
| Cat Man Do | March 4, 2008 |
| Let me in! | March 4, 2008 |
| TV dinner | July 15, 2008 |
| Fly guy | July 24, 2009 |
| Hot spot | September 28, 2009 |
| Snow business | February 10, 2010 |
| The Box | August 18, 2010 |
| Cat chat | October 7, 2010 |
| Lunch break | November 12, 2010 |
| Santa Claws | December 10, 2010 |
| Sticky tape | February 28, 2011 |
| Hop it | April 21, 2011 |
| Hidden Treasure | June 10, 2011 |
| Cat & Mouse | September 2, 2011 |
| Double trouble | October 7, 2011 |
| Catnap | November 23, 2011 |
| Fowl Play | December 14, 2011 |
| Shelf life | March 14, 2012 |
| Tongue tied | May 25, 2012 |
| Window pain | July 9, 2012 |
| Ready, steady, slow | 4th August 2012 |
| Springtime | 3rd October 2012 |
| Fetch | October 29, 2012 |
| Nut Again | November 23, 2012 |
| Icecapade | December 7, 2012 |
| Feed me | 4th February 2013 |
| Screen grave | April 12th, 2013 |
| Flower Bed | 14th of June 2013 |
| Suitcase | August 2, 2013 |
| Mirror Mirror | September 13, 2013 |
| Scary Legs (A Halloween Special) | October 25, 2013 |
| Christmas Presence (Part 1) | December 6, 2013 |
| Christmas Presence (Part 2) | 17th December 2013 |
| Smitten (A Valentine's Special) | 3rd February 2014 |
| Crazy Time | 3rd April 2014 |
| Pawtrait | 5th June 2014 |
| Hot water | July 30, 2014 |
| Washed up | 5th September 2014 |
| Scaredy Cat (A Halloween Special) | October 9, 2014 |
| Let me out | November 6, 2014 |
| Catnip (A Christmas Special!) | 4th December 2014 |
| Butterflies (A Valentine's Special!) | February 10, 2015 |
| April Showers | 2nd April 2015 |
| Pizza Cat | 20th August 2015 |
| Box clever | October 1, 2015 |
| Pug Life | 5th November 2015 |
| Snow Cat (A Festive Special) | 3rd December 2015 |
| Tough Love (A Valentine's Special!) | 4th February 2016 |
| Fast track | April 7, 2016 |
| Field trip | May 12, 2016 |
| Muddy paws | 2nd June 2016 |
| Laser toy | July 14, 2016 |
| Fish tank | 5th August 2016 |
| Trash Cat | 2nd September 2016 |
| The monster | 20th October 2016 |
| Bed sheets | December 1, 2016 |
| Little box | December 16, 2016 |
| Dinner Date: Starters (A Valentine's Special) | February 10, 2017 |
| Dinner Date: Main Course | 17th March 2017 |
| Hop It: Easter Eggstravaganza | April 13, 2017 |
| Dinner Date: Just Desserts | April 28, 2017 |
| Copy Cat | 2nd June 2017 |
| Waiting game | June 30, 2017 |
| Bed head | 4th August 2017 |
| Scratch post | 1st September 2017 |
| Spider Cat (Halloween Special) | October 6, 2017 |
| Hambush | 3rd November 2017 |
| Fast Food (A Thanksgiving Special) | 23rd November 2017 |
| Kitten Crazy Time | November 30, 2017 |
| Fireworks | December 14, 2017 |
| Head Over Heels (A Valentines Special) | February 6, 2018 |
| Purrthday Cake (A 10th Birthday Special) | 4th March 2018 |
| The Tree (True Story!) | 15th March 2018 |
| Polished Paws | April 6, 2018 |
There are also two other films that are out of line in terms of content:
- RSPCA - Simon's Sister's Dog 'Fed Up'
- Simon's Cat: Beyond the Fence - UK
Simon's Cat does not appear in the film RSPCA - Simon's Sister's Dog 'Fed Up' . Instead, the focus is on a dog. The background is that the film was made for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) . However, this dog also appears in the later book Simon's Cat - Beyond the Fence .
The film Beyond the Fence - UK is produced for television commercial for the second book Simon's Cat - beyond the fence in the style of other films about Simon's Cat .
The animations were drawn in Adobe Flash , since 2014 with TVPaint . All films were uploaded to the YouTube video platform on the Simon's Cat channel , which had around 5.3 million subscribers and over 1.1 billion views in July 2020.
DVD
The Best of Simon's Cat DVD was released by Universal Studios in October 2012 . The YouTube films and making-ofs are included .
Books
Later on, books were added to the films:
- Simon's Cat (October 2009)
- Simon's Cat - Beyond the Fence (October 2010)
- Simon's Cat - in Kitten Chaos (October 2011)
- Simon's Cat - vs The World (October 2012)
The books were published by Canongate Books . The German versions are under the titles Simons cat , Simon's Cat - The wren , Kitten Chaos - Simons Cat in Goldmann Verlag sold.
Daily Strips
Since February 21, 2011 Simon's Cat has been published daily as a daily strip in the English newspaper Daily Mirror.
Awards
The first episode in the series, Cat Man Do , won the Best Comedy Prize at the British Animation Awards July 2008. The second episode, Let me in! , was awarded the Most Outstanding Animation award at the seventh Animae Caribe. The third episode, TV Dinner , was shown on The Culture Show on BBC Two . The DVD Das Beste von Simon's Cat was awarded platinum in Germany in 2013 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ YouTube. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Simon's Cat ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Canongate Books
- ↑ Simon's Cat - beyond the fence ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Canongate Books
- ^ Simon's cat in Goldmann Verlag
- ↑ Simon's cat - The wren in Goldmann Verlag
- ↑ Simon's cat - kitty chaos and Simon's cat against the rest of the world in Goldmann Verlag
- ^ Announcement of the Daily strips in the Daily Mirror by Simon Tofield on Twitter
- ^ First published strip in the Daily Mirror on February 21, 2011
- ↑ Article on the start of the Daily strips in the Daily Mirror
- ↑ Gold / platinum database of the Federal Music Industry Association, accessed on November 20, 2015
