What do you hope people get out of watching the National Cat Day special? He’s always giving you love and attention, but he’s always excited and hungry. Maybe you’re just walking by the food bowl because you have to pick something up from the fridge, but Clovis will be there waiting. How would Clovis react to a new home?Ĭlovis would be the cat that is always begging for attention, the cat that is always near you when you’re eating, and the cat that is always near the food bowl. The National Cat Day short has a joke about Ray wanting to adopt Clovis out. Ray is more of a reading-type anyway so he’d probably stay at home and just hope that someone cares about him. He’s still upset that National Iguana Day is still not as popular as National Cat Day, but his big hope is that this will also raise awareness of iguanas. We have a lot of fans on YouTube and Facebook, and about a hundred of them have sent in photos of their cats, so Clovis is going to be trolling the Internet posting cat pictures all day.Īnd how does Ray feel about the whole National Cat Day thing? How will Clovis be celebrating National Cat Day?Ĭlovis will be showing off all his furry friends. The longshot was National Cat Day itself - the people there really enjoyed it and we decided to make this a thing together. We started researching cat facts, and I started outreaching to people to see if any organization wanted to be part of it. How did Ray and Clovis get involved with National Cat Day?Įvery month we make an animated short, and we initially just do it for fun, but when Evan mentioned National Cat Day was coming up, we all agreed it was a good idea. So with every episode we try to reveal a little more about their background and how they met up. They found each other by being lovers of music Ray plays the guitar and Clovis plays the drums. The truth is, Clovis comes from a family of big entertainers, and he plays the drums and Ray needed a roommate and wanted to start his new band. In the animation show Clovis and Ray live together. Like, “Hey, now I get to pilot the plane!” That’s kinda his character - he looks on the bright side of everything.
It’s a tough situation but because Clovis is such a young ball of energy he would find so much fun in it. How would Clovis react in that sort of situation? Oh, man, The Langoliers - that freaked me out as a kid! You’re in an airplane and suddenly everything disappears … Which of Stephen King’s books or movies would you most like to see Clovis making an appearance in? Also, his name comes from a fictional cat in the horror movie Sleepwalkers, which was based on a screenplay by Stephen King. Why did you make Clovis a Maine Coon cat?Įvan is a big fan of horror and Stephen King has many of his movies taking place in Maine, so with the Maine Coon being the cat of the area, that became Clovis. He pitched it to our production company about three years ago and we really liked the old-school wittiness and the slapstick nature of it, so we decided to take it to the next level and turn it into a series.
Image via YouTube.Ĭatster: Where did you come up with the idea for an animated show about a cat living with an iguana?ĭavid Andrade: The original inspiration was from Evan Detwiler, who’s our writer and director, and it was a concept that he came up with in animation class years ago. Taking time out from putting the finishing touches on Ray & Clovis‘ National Cat Day offering, I spoke to Theory Animation’s David Andrade about this odd couple’s backstory, Clovis’ Maine Coon heritage, and the curious case of a meowing bear.