Fatawesome is a comedy team consisting of Jimmy Craig and Justin Parker, high-school friends from Billerica, Massachusetts. In videos, Web comics, and live sketches, they tackle topics from movies and music to videos games and superheroes, always with wicked charm and crowd-pleasing cheekiness. Fatawesome has posted more than thirty videos on YouTube, many of which have logged millions of views. They have been featured on Comedy Central, the Today show, G4, VH1, and the BBC and profiled in publications such as the Boston Globe, the Huffington Post, and Boston Magazine. Both college graduates, Craig and Parker also produce in-house videos for a Massachusetts marketing agency. They are currently working on a TV pilot and hoping to make professional careers of their comedic talents.
Posted in late 2012, this enormously popular YouTube video brought Fatawesome to national attention and acclaim. “Cat-Friend vs. Dog-Friend” casts human actors as typical pets, showing how a dog responds to people with enthusiasm and unrestrained joy, while a cat is at best ambivalent and often hostile. The humor derives not only from exaggerated portrayals, but also from suggestions that neither animal would be very desirable as a friend in human form.
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Watch “Cat-Friend vs. Dog-Friend,” and respond to the following questions.