Jackson Galaxy, star of Animal Planet's "My Cat From HELL."

http://i.imgur.com/45h5b.jpg

need to see this show

it's good that you specified what network his show is on, otherwise i would've assumed he fronted a band called My Cat From Hell

I hate this cat demon man.

He carries around his cat supplies in a guitar case.

He is so emo about cats and their issues, I just can't.

I think I'm just going to keep posting reasons why I hate him.

I'd rather have the demon cat than the poor man's Guy Fieri in my house.

Those sideburns.

Him playing his Fieri rock to the cats.

"guys with sideburns but no hair on the top of their heads" should be a picture thread in and of itself

He's a very odd dude but quite effective in training humans to interact better with their cats.

Nothing is ever the cat's fault -- he's always blaming the owner for not buying the cat enough toys or rearranging their entire house/furniture to accommodate the cat. Sometimes cats are just assholes?

I have known some asshole cats

"guys with sideburns but no hair on the top of their heads" should be a picture thread in and of itself

― HalfNelson (some dude), Thursday, March 8, 2012 3:50 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

imagine you hung out with this guy. there'd be a moment like at the bar or at the end of dinner. he'd take off his glasses, and you could see the glasses-crease on the side of his face, and the flat top of the sideburn.

imagine how horrible that would be.

http://i.imgur.com/ppCe1.jpg

I have never seen this man before just now but good Christ what is going on here? Everything about his "look" makes me hate him. Awful.

http://i.imgur.com/Rzkiv.jpg

COMING TO A BAR NEAR YOU!

CAT DADDY?!

No. Just no.

http://i.imgur.com/rcsIf.jpg

OH GOD I HATE HIM SO MUCH

http://i.imgur.com/H4nmU.jpg

Hahah so it turns out that the other day at my birthday party down here, a friend of mine knows this guy! She said she's a longtime friend of his girlfriend, and says he's actually pretty cool in real life. I dunno, I was more bemused by the show than anything else.

He reminds me of this asshole I know who goes by D@ve-O and has annoying catch phrases. For example, if he shows up at a party and someone says, Hey, it's good to see you D@ve-O, he says "It's good to be seen!" He would think this cat idiot was super cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjojI3e7dWM

He looks awful but he's actually a pretty decent guy from what I can tell.

despite his terrible look, he really does come off as a great dude on the show. he has a quiet confidence that i find very admirable. (no homo)

ive never had a cat, and the idea of ~cat furniture~ is appaling to me, but i gotta admit this is kinda dope:

http://i.imgur.com/pLNZ2.jpg

would be a bummer if you went to all that trouble and your lazy ass cat never used them

Someone should stage a look intervention then because it's really really not good.

x-post - That is AWESOME.

"guys with sideburns but no hair on the top of their heads" should be a picture thread in and of itself

― HalfNelson (some dude), Thursday, 8 March 2012 21:50 (15 minutes ago) Permalink

Honestly can't understand why there isn't already. This has been a look for years.

he has a quiet confidence that i find very admirable. (no homo)

― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, March 8, 2012 4:11 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

would you say he is 'peacocking'

The show touts him as being a musician by night

For example, if he shows up at a party and someone says, Hey, it's good to see you D@ve-O, he says "It's good to be seen!"

Sounds like one of the seconday characters you encounter halfway thru a GTA game

he's an avid Vlogger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty4y7q3_iWU

He's a geek and sartorially embarrassing, but he knows cats. Cats really aren't that hard to figure out: the crazy ones need to play hunt, the mean ones are hurt or don't have a quiet spot to be alone, the ones with bad bathroom behavior are sick or have a grungy, badly placed or inappropriate litter box, and they all appreciate a little cat style communication (blinking, purr-talking, petting). I don't think he's a genius, but I do think a lot of cat owners are idiots.

"guys with sideburns but no hair on the top of their heads" should be a picture thread in and of itself

― HalfNelson (some dude)

not quite but related

bald, yet mustachioed

Sometimes cats are just assholes?

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Thursday, March 8, 2012 4:52 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hah yes u should write him a srs email

I don't think he's a genius, but I do think a lot of cat owners are idiots.

Will agree with that!

There have been several episodes that have boiled down to "your boyfriend is an ass".

Ha yeah. Like the guy who wouldn't let the cats in the bedroom.

Cats are pretty simple andf ppl are, indeed, prone to be idiots. This is essentially the entire premise of the show.

Would be interested to know how he deals with cats who weren't properly weaned off their mama's teat, as this has been the case with every broken cat I've ever known. Also is some variant of this problem the reason why he makes himself look like that.

michael white and grady otm: the look is a huge, huge problem, but he seems like a decent guy, and he clearly knows & loves cats. figure his appearance is some consequence of horrible LA style and the need for everybody on TV to have some kind of trademark (same thing, i guess).

His head is really pointy.

also, he is in a rock n' roll band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_J-hmyAS6c

I don't have a lot of experience with improperly weaned cats who are terrified of everything (because I like to adopt the ones that will talk to me in the shelter), but the ones who don't know their limits in playfighting because of early socialization issues aren't too hard to deal with: control your fear and don't react big, punish only by ignoring, and (as Galaxy says every episode because, duh, these are cats), make sure they're playing enough and have appropriate stuff to kill. That's worked for me a couple of times.

is his surname actually galaxy

if it is he should be in a band with Danny Invincible and they should have powers and his could be CATS

the league of extraordinarily lame looking guys

can't hate on a cat bro

Animal Planet should make this available on their website or through Netflix so I can watch it while I drink coffee on Sunday mornings.

Oh, you can buy it from iTunes but boy, I don't know if that's worth it.

Animal Planet is running a "Cat-a-thon" today, so no doubt this poor idiot's going to appear at some point.

imagine you hung out with this guy. there'd be a moment like at the bar or at the end of dinner. he'd take off his glasses, and you could see the glasses-crease on the side of his face, and the flat top of the sideburn.

imagine how horrible that would be.

I can't stop thinking about this post.

the idea of ~cat furniture~ is appaling to me

Cat gazebo!

Cats really aren't that hard to figure out: the crazy ones need to play hunt, the mean ones are hurt or don't have a quiet spot to be alone, the ones with bad bathroom behavior are sick or have a grungy, badly placed or inappropriate litter box, and they all appreciate a little cat style communication (blinking, purr-talking, petting)

This does not fix all problems, and is an oversimplification. There are so many different things that can be going on with cats.

^^^yup.

Name three.

napkins, manky, and mr. boo

I've seen two shows and both contained interesting cat stuff and pretty amazing babes who happened to be the owner of the cats (one was a yoga instructor and the other one's cat was called minibar) - which made me suspect he only helped good looking women with cat issues, but that's entirely based on the only two shows I've seen - but um yeah, cool dude.

x-post

OK, you got me. Cats with dumb-ass names will rise up to destroy you for humiliating them, and cannot be stopped.

imagine you hung out with this guy. there'd be a moment like at the bar or at the end of dinner. he'd take off his glasses, and you could see the glasses-crease on the side of his face, and the flat top of the sideburn.

imagine how horrible that would be.

― goole, Thursday, March 8, 2012 12:00 PM (2 days ago)

this happened on the first episode i watched!!!!!!! i looked right at that crease!!!!!

lol, j/k. i agree with you in general, but but i have experienced a number of cat problems that don't fit easily into one of those groups. imbalances in dominance behavior among multiple cats, for instance, or the psychological/behavioral consequences of improper weaning (can be a real problem with kittens lost or abandoned very early on). there are general "rules" that apply to most cats, and i think you described them quite well, but like any living thing, there's still an enormous amount of variety from individual to individual. some cats are just outliers, have weird little fur-brains.

^ that to 3-word's xp

*sprays all over this thread since y'all are making me nervous*

aaaah. that's better.

Declawing and abuse can both have damaging psychological effects on a cat, and I don't think the solutions are always as simple as giving the cat space or toys, etc.

No, that's fair enough -- but I think about my "rules" as better describing the sorts of things humans can do to help cats than a description of various forms of cat psychology. For example, I had a cat with extreme aggression problems that were certainly part physiological (hyperthyroidism), and probably (but I could never know this) in part the result of trauma AND improper weaning. A real mess, but he was fixable, and it wasn't that complicated a fix -- the right meds, and learning the difference between scared defensive aggression and overly aggressive play, and comforting the one and getting the other into shape by combining withdrawal of attention for really bad behavior and getting the good craziness out on toys -- it made a huge difference, and he became an amazing friend to me. Domestic cats are social animals and liking the people you depend on and making them like you is a matter of survival -- that simplifies the whole thing. But it is also true that I always start with a cat by seeing if it reacts to my peaceful attempts at communication, and I don't take the ones who don't home. I do think that a cat who is not completely feral and not brain damaged or -- and yes, I admit there are cats like this -- really stupid can learn to live with people.

http://www.youtube.com/user/CitytheKitty

An alum from the program (StanM, one of his two mothers you may remember from her tight t-shirts).

no jackson galaxy, but i'm closing in on 2hrs of too cute (kittens!) on animal planet.

o ver loa ded

napkins is an awesome name for a cat btw

Especially if it's a functional name.

my 2nd cat was named Boo (as distinct from "'Mr' Boo".) current cat is named Tanky, which i guess is one letter away from 'manky'. contenderizer and i obv have similar leanings in cat names

this guy does seem like a bro. albeit one that has a crappy band.

http://www.moderncat.net/2012/03/09/cats-guitars-jackson-galaxys-place-gets-a-moderncat-makeover/#comments

That looks way too cluttered and he's got a litter box next to his bed and his desk, which is going to stink and result in a pound of litter in the sheets. D-

napkins is an awesome name for a cat btw

― Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, March 11, 2012 7:01 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Especially if it's a functional name.

― Alan Hale's Corn Casserole Recipe (Family Circle, June 1976) (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, March 11, 2012 7:05 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc376/copyranter/cat-1.gif

"zOooooooooooooooooooom"

was a little disappointed to find out "Jackson Galaxy" was not the name of a cat, because that's a good name for a cat.

also good names for cats: every single character from star trek: the next generation and deep space 9.

Also: Tuvok

can't hate on a cat bro

― some crap (electricsound), Thursday, March 8, 2012 6:41 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and Neelix. And Tuvix.
xp

napkin

I had a kitten once, for a day, I named him 'pizza'

did he end up thin crust?

if you want to hear me and Chaki talking about Jackson Galaxy and My Cat From HELL, skip to 19:26 here: http://www.fccfreeradio.com/shows/illogical/live/illogical_show.mp3

fuck did ILX eat my post?!?!?
i wrote like three paragraphs about my feelings for this guy a couple nights ago.

Well well well, lookit that

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/419827_256307441122481_133629033390323_580867_1658864241_n.jpg

If I only I lived in the right area, then we'd see how much of a cat expert Jackson really is.

http://www.moderncat.net/2012/05/08/book-review-cat-daddy-by-jackson-galaxy/

dude this guy fuckin rules

Anybody familiar with Jackson’s show My Cat from Hell (currently filming Season 3) has witnessed—and marveled at—how the man connects with cats, winning over even the toughest cases with his trademark “cat mojo.” (Like MCFH, the book includes lots of practical advice about behavior, nutrition, and environmental enrichment—or “catification”—for readers, whether their cats are from Hell or not.)

I am still stuck with a hellcat, so I'm v. bitter about this show.

I enjoy this program and miss my dearly departed cat.

I'm kind of surprised nobody upthread mentioned the equally bizarre racing stripes between the sideburns and beard.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/380362_10150794773571596_681036595_10122983_505801268_n.jpg

http://www.prillycharmin.com/images/1toys/toys/willy2.jpg

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2012/stylewatch/blog/120326/wes-bentley-300x400.jpg

i'm kinda over this dude now :(

You're just jealous about the amount of pus-you know what, let's not go there.

http://www.myspace.com/bandivebeenbad

I've seen two shows and both contained interesting cat stuff and pretty amazing babes who happened to be the owner of the cats (one was a yoga instructor and the other one's cat was called minibar) - which made me suspect he only helped good looking women with cat issues, but that's entirely based on the only two shows I've seen - but um yeah, cool dude.

― StanM, Saturday, March 10, 2012 8:15 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

So um, the one who owned Minibar on the show is a model/singer who was discovered by Trent Reznor, apparently. Heard the music, then saw the face, then thought, "wait a minute, where DO I know her from?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Kwong

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/carremunday/227261_10150595836315045_617620044_18553980_1214660_n.jpg

thanks, stan m

Here she is with her cats:

http://queenkwong.com/sites/4d9b769a-7960-49af-bbe3-3d250a000002/img/thumbs/4d9b7c07-23c0-4fb3-81aa-55c40a000002_680x.jpg

Minibar is hiding in the cabinet because of his half feralness btw

Bump for Carl.

This is streaming in Netflix now!

We were so inspired after the first three eps that we bought some shelves for Francie so she can become a tree dweller instead of a bush dweller.

Did it work?

We haven't put them up yet. I bought three rolls of sisal remnants to line the shelves so we're waiting for everything to arrive.

When we get them up, I'll take pictures!

Please do! Our cats seem to be bush-oriented, but maybe they would like to have some tree options.

Francie is a timid little thing with most people but has always been very social with Jeff and me. She's most comfortable when we're sitting/lying down and she can come at us from head level and then work her way down to lap/pets level. If she's on the floor and we walk by, she'll run under the bed or the chair. So according to Mr. Galaxy, she should do well having some places she can position herself where she can be higher than standing humans. And of course I'm worried that the relatively rapid fire changes of losing her life-long cat sister and gaining a human child as a roommate will send her completely around the bend so if we can do some things to make her feel more secure, that should help.

On top of being a flighty weirdo, she's also supremely emotionally needy and I'm not so secretly hoping that if she develops more confidence, she'll turn into more of a lap cat and less of a "walk around my head, meow incessantly in my face, chew on my hair, and then run away terrified after a random interval" cat. She is more cuddly since Sample died, though, and she'll sit next to me, purring, look me in the face, put out her paw, and delicately extend her razor sharp claws into my arm to let me know that it's time for pets. Then I'll pet her until she drools all over the place, and then she'll run away terrified after a random interval.

oh god, cats are the best and the worst, it is so weird.

We (mostly Jeff) hung cat shelves yesterday!!! The cat has so far refused to acknowledge their existence.

tbf, it's cold now and she is distracted by all the awesome blankets around that she can burrow into. Once I get over my stubborn refusal to turn on the heat because it's only October, dammit, she'll probably show more interest. Also we've yet to try putting treats on the shelves, enticing her up on the shelves with the fishing pole toy, etc.

Maybe try coaxing her up with a space heater?

i want to see pics

i watched half of 1 ep of this and have been making circumnavigate the room jokes ever since

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3785/10429894945_d48e9c7d88.jpg

Not a great photo with the lights, but you get the idea.

honestly, my cat would love those

I would probably put a cardboard box to get the cat up there, because of this formula: Cardboard box + Cat = Magic.

unngh

so want cat shelves

Shelves/brackets - http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S79870350/

A big roll of sisal cut and stapled to the shelves. Hung with toggle bolts. A lot cheaper than buying shelves branded as cat shelves.

p sure it would mess with the deposit if I move out at the same time as leaseholding housemate

also I'm still not home for another three months

FRANCIE IS ON THE SHELF. I REPEAT FRANCIE IS ON THE SHELF.

http://instagram.com/p/f0nYRVQB-E/

She hasn't ventured into the higher shelves yet, but as you can see, she is interested. It took about an hour of fishing pole play and a pile of treats to get her into the first one, but she's jumped up there on her own a couple of times since. I think if we do the same with the next two, she'll be queen of the shelf wall in no time.

I don't know why I keep typing into instead of onto. Whatever. I'm excited.

I know you're dying for more cat shelf updates, but the cat has now traversed all three shelves without any prompting from us, and hung out up there rubbing her face on them for awhile. They are her shelves now.

jenny i am very proud of your recent cat architecture achievement but i feel that i need to be honest and say that i really wish you and jeff had applied to be on the show and have jackson galaxy come over to your place instead

I would love Jackson Galaxy to come to our house! But Francie is not a cat from hell. She's just a weirdo. Maybe Jackson would like to come over for dinner one night.

Those are really nice shelves! Good for Francie, I hope they help her with the neuroticism.

The 911 Attack cat episode is on tonight in the US

http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/06/jackson_galaxy_on_lux_the_port.html

I don't think he's a genius, but I do think a lot of cat owners are idiots.

Will agree with that!

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, March 8, 2012 5:22 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

:|

#notallcatowners

had not known he had gastric bypass -- he sez this in his book, shit is real -- Benny is his cat

So I came home and sat in front of the TV and i was crying. This is really pathetic and awful to talk about, but I was crying and I was saying to Benny, "I want a turkey sub. I want a turkey sub," and I said it over and over and over and over again. And I thought that for the rest of my life I would never be able to eat one again.

I thought that would end with Benny catching him a turkey tbh

I read his book, too! He's a hippy goofball.

yea def

Benny is all like "I want a mackerel but you don't hear me whining about it."

I've heard de-clawing cats is common in america, wtf?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cWXOWEx80g

http://i.imgur.com/IoBMuCz.gif

I preordered his book.

http://jacksongalaxy.com/2014/05/21/pre-order-catification-by-jackson-galaxy-kate-benjamin-and-help-support-cat-rescue/

hero

i know he dresses like a douchebag, but i think he's great.

i love him and approve of his fashion sense 100%

he is amazing at cats

agree that he's great but yeah can't really get with his I-Am-the-GuyFieri-of-cat-ladies style

this guy is amazing and we should all be glad he exists

had not known he had gastric bypass -- he sez this in his book, shit is real -- Benny is his cat

So I came home and sat in front of the TV and i was crying. This is really pathetic and awful to talk about, but I was crying and I was saying to Benny, "I want a turkey sub. I want a turkey sub," and I said it over and over and over and over again. And I thought that for the rest of my life I would never be able to eat one again.

i dunno how it works for the bypass, but i had the sleeve, and i still eat sandwiches -- you just can't have a whole one in a single meal.

i love our cat despite having to get allergy shots on the reg. this is what happens when you fall in love with a cat owner and don't want to let something insignificant like an allergy stand in your way. i should order this book for her!

I hate cats exactly because there's really no arguing w them or retraining them, you just have to do what they want for them to be any better. This is clearly untenable bc the only asshole in my home is going to be me.

However I think this show is genius and JG really really is what sold me on it. I thought it would be dumb and gimmicky and he would be like "KA-BAM! LET'S TAKE THIS CAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL" or whatever but he is just so cool.

we (me and my gf) have recently had big health issues with her cat, and there was a lot of mistrust in vets after being suspicious of the one vet she's always gone to and then deciding to get a second opinion and being told that vet #1 was treating her problems with a weird, unorthodox approach that was probably detrimental to her health, and we just spent a week stuck in total confusion and despair and terror about this cat and why she was just refusing to eat and then started vomiting when she did start trying

and this whole time i was just irrationally thinking "i wish jackson galaxy could be here" cause he would know what to do and also understand just how important this cat is to us and how freaked out we were

I-Am-the-GuyFieri-of-cat-ladies style

This is so wrong and unfair.

I mean, compare this soulful man

http://i.imgur.com/IoBMuCz.gif

with this

http://i49.tinypic.com/14u0pw.jpg

It is my firmly held belief that Jackson Galaxy would never go on TV and suggestively waggle his tongue under a stream of Pellegrino.

he just got married!

http://parade.condenast.com/311598/michelechollow/where-did-animal-planet-star-jackson-galaxy-get-married/

Mazel tov!

aw look how happy he is

can't believe he married a dog and not a cat

He was my boyfriend's new tv boyfriend for a week after we started watching MCFH but learning that he and his new wife also own dogs has sent that beautiful brolationship careening off the tracks.

lol

I feel betrayed

Yes that is also a direct quote from his living room.

i for one have found a new level of admiration for the man

It is my firmly held belief that Jackson Galaxy would never go on TV and suggestively waggle his tongue under a stream of Pellegrino.

was just drinking some san pelligrino myself. have pushed the bottle far across the desk now.

ya that image shd be banned tbh

i mean pelligrino is a good decent family drink

http://i49.tinypic.com/14u0pw.jpg

cmon man

FP

bummed that he wasn't in guardians of the galaxy tbh

saw a good ep where a lady was dressing up her cat in little like princess or whatever outfits -- amongst the homework that jackson gave was, you know, you need to stop that -- cut to showing jackson the homework video -- they are having a whole orchestrated CAT WEDDING

i really thought they were trolling but she ended up being all 'well we already had it planned, invitations had gone out' & i honestly was like well ok

lmso