I've long loved that particular clip! It's just the way the beanbag chair absorbs his momentum I rather expect to hear a wet raspberry sound upon the impact.
My other favorite I found some 23 years ago when I was a member of CompuServe. A person is standing within a room, a den, with a high ceiling and rafters. He has a cat in his arms that he tosses straight up. The cat flips 180 degrees, his back to the floor and his feet upwards. He doesn't "collide" with the rafter , but instead has just enough momentum to reach it. the animal digs his claws into the wood and glances around as if wondering, "Uh...what just happened?" One can faintly hear somebody off camera saying, Oh, no!" A moment later the cat releases his grip and drops into the arms of the person who threw him.
Now, I'm certainly not advocating anyone try that as it could go horribly wrong, but in this instance, the cat was not injured and seemed more bewildered than terrified. I got the impression this was not the first instance of this stunt. and since the animal was not injured, I almost have to admire the gracefulness of the stunt, the motion was so fluid. the clip apparently made it to "America's Funniest Home Videos" because a professionally sounding "Fwip!" sound was added to the sequence, one rising in pitch as the cat sailed upwards and a second that dropped in pitch as the cat dropped.
My other favorite I found some 23 years ago when I was a member of CompuServe. A person is standing within a room, a den, with a high ceiling and rafters. He has a cat in his arms that he tosses straight up. The cat flips 180 degrees, his back to the floor and his feet upwards. He doesn't "collide" with the rafter , but instead has just enough momentum to reach it. the animal digs his claws into the wood and glances around as if wondering, "Uh...what just happened?" One can faintly hear somebody off camera saying, Oh, no!" A moment later the cat releases his grip and drops into the arms of the person who threw him.
Now, I'm certainly not advocating anyone try that as it could go horribly wrong, but in this instance, the cat was not injured and seemed more bewildered than terrified. I got the impression this was not the first instance of this stunt. and since the animal was not injured, I almost have to admire the gracefulness of the stunt, the motion was so fluid. the clip apparently made it to "America's Funniest Home Videos" because a professionally sounding "Fwip!" sound was added to the sequence, one rising in pitch as the cat sailed upwards and a second that dropped in pitch as the cat dropped.
