A chat with the cat behind 'Le Chat Noir'

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Cat video aficionados know him as Henri Le Chat Noir, an existentialist cat who muses about the meaninglessness of life in a popular series of YouTube videos.

But don't be fooled by the vacant stares and the bored looks of disgust. Strip away the undulating piano music and the melancholy French voice-over and what you get is a cat named Henry staring blankly at the camera, usually because filmmaker William Braden is trying every trick in the book to get his attention.

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[thugie1]

Henri's cat vid is the finest moment on youtube for cat vids.

[Buxton Richard]

moi, j'adore l'imbecile blanc.

[Russ Wollman]

Henri's plight is my own. I feel very deeply for him and understand his every moment. Please convey this to him. Tuna might work well.

[Janet Rogers]

Thank you, my cats; Princess Mischia and Mr. Buster have no comment. The humans in the household do. Thank the Lord God Above for Spring in New Jersey! And, the end to cat depression!!! They finally get to go OUT! birds ariving...I saw a bird attack a small squirrel...for a piece of bread this morning! Blue Jays diving in...woooshhhh!!!!

[pansmagicbox]

I'm in love with Henri and Henry! :-) fantastic videos by the way, absolutely amazing!

[Zoidberg227]

One might call this ... a chat with the chat.

[Paul Jersey]

I think he is absolutely brilliant! I have a big lazy, ill tempered and pampered male black cat. Sometimes I look at him and he stares right back at me with a disdainful look. I wonder what he is thinking at times. That is why this is so brilliant because my cat has to be thinking that "stupid human"....LOL!

[WillBraden]

The character is Henri, but the real cat is Henry.

[Thordur Hognason]

a good point:)