Zoom Cat Lawyer
You might remember it as I'm not a cat, Rod Ponton cat filter
Famous internet fails1 of 11
2021·Short-form and streams·funny
A recording of a court hearing held by video call, in which a lawyer appears on screen as a kitten because of a filter and tells the judge he is not a cat.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- I'm not a cat
- Spread in
- 2021
- Began as
- A video upload
- Where it started
- youtube
- Format
- Video
- Who or what it shows
- Rod Ponton, a lawyer
- Where
- A hearing of the 394th Judicial District Court of Texas, held by video during the pandemic
- What it said
- “I’m here live. I’m not a cat.”
- Original title
- Kitten Zoom Filter Mishap
- Origin
- Origin not yet established
- Available
- Playable from the source
Why it matteredWhat changed
A lawyer appeared at an online court hearing as a kitten and could not turn it off. The court itself published the recording, and it was viewed more than 26 million times on Twitter.
What people misrememberSet straight
Commonly remembered asSomebody leaked it.
ActuallyThe court streamed the hearing and published the clip itself.1
Commonly remembered asHe had put the filter on.
ActuallyBy his account he was using his assistant’s ten-year-old computer, and somebody else had last used the filter.1
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · a moment that changed what the internet did next · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
This is the copy ViralWorld can show you. Whether it is the first is not established.
Where it came fromWhat we know
Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.
No original upload has been established for this record. The index is showing the earliest copy it currently knows about, and says so rather than guessing.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
- Where
- Known on YouTube.
SourcesWhat was read
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