Beth and I, the most important thing
we have in common is our love and devotion to animals
and our love and devotion
to the North Shore Animal League America,
where she and her husband, Howard Stern,
have created a one of a kind cat facility,
Bianca's Furry Friends, it's incredible.
Thanks to you!
Thanks to a lot of us!
A lot of thanks to you.
It's a very beautiful, very special place
where cats get to play completely cage-free
until they find their permanent homes.
Yes, and today we are starting
with a kitty cat right here.
Who is that beautiful kitty in your lap?
First of all, whenever I come to this show,
everybody is so happy to see me
and I'm like, oh my gosh, people just love me.
And then I realize it's because I am carrying
the cutest animals ever.
It's not about me.
This is about Gus Gus, and Gus Gus is a 12 week old
little kitten from Georgia.
A little ginger from Georgia.
A ginger from Georgia.
Looking for a forever home.
And there are more Gus Gusses
at North Shore Animal League America right now
so he has an entire litter looking for a home
and this is not kitten season
so kittens in a shelter, we got them still
in North Shore so you can come visit us.
And this little fella, this is Dax.
He was found wandering alone in Turks and Caicos
so he was on vacation.
(Beth laughs)
He is a love of loves.
All he does is nuzzle and kiss.
He's beautiful, he's got little tiger stripes to him,
he's so precious and he's a kisser.
And North Shore Animal League of America,
we have partner shelters all over the world,
and we have a shelter that we work with in Turks and Caicos
so when they said that they found this little guy
wandering around, we said, bring him over to us
because we're going to find him a home, so.
(audience applauds)
And honestly, honestly
the North Shore Animal League America,
they're our largest partners for our Nutrish food.
We've donated over 36 million dollars to non-kill shelters.
They are by far, by far our biggest gift
and our most loved animal advocates.
They're such wonderful people.
Beth's also here to talk about kittens in the Kitten Bowl.
It's that time of year.
Is it the seventh?
It's Kitten Bowl Seven, can you believe it?
Kitten Bowl Seven!
(audience applauds)
Oh my goodness gracious, thank you, Hallmark.
Your home away from home, right?
They are the heart of TV
and that's why they get all these animals adopted.
Since we've started,
every year the numbers are extraordinary.
We showcase 100 kittens on this football field
with me, that's my job, I get to hop around,
and the point of this show is everyone gets adopted
and we hope these kitten parties all across
the United States where all these specials
for families and kids,
and so many animals get adopted.
It's just what it's all about.
Beautiful, did you bring a clip?
I think I brought a clip.
Okay, let's take a look at the clip
and, oh, we've got one more puppy we want to bring out too.
So you guys take a look at the Kitten Bowl.
This is Kitten Bowl Seven.
(cat roars)
Tonight, four teams and over 100 cuddly kittens
rescued from around the country
by North Shore Animal League America
will be strutting their stuff on the gridiron.
There will be amazing passes,
purrfect pounces, terrific touchdowns,
phenomenal field goals,
and lots and lots of cuteness,
but only one team can prance into feline glory
and win the coveted Kitten Bowl championship trophy.
(audience applauds)
Boy, that trophy, that's a good looking statue,
let me tell ya.
Another fun thing that we do at Kitten Bowl,
that I get to do some adoptions live on the show.
Some of my fosters are going home
and we do that on the field
and we also follow the journeys of the cat leads
so you get to see adoption stories too.
Oh, I love that.
It's such great, listen, I like the Super Bowl, too,
just as much as literally the next guy
but let me tell ya, this is a really cute show.
You can watch both, you can go back and forth, yes.
And most of us have screen within screen now too.
There we go.
Oh, we have to make time
for our other little furry friend here.
Is this Serena?
This is Serena, she's a shepherd mix,
and Serena came with a big litter
so the rest of her siblings
are at North Shore Animal League right now.
She's spayed and ready for a forever family.
She's about 12 weeks old.
She's beautiful!
Isn't she cute?
Look at her markings!
Isn't she cute?
Hi, baby, hi, baby!
So again, thank you to not only Beth
but to our friends at North Shore Animal League America
and if you want information about hundreds,
literally hundreds of dogs and cats,
at North Shore Animal League America,
they're all looking for forever homes.
They're in a safe place but they need you guys
to bring them home, literally.
Head to our website, we're going to link you all through.
Kitten Bowl Seven is airing Super Bowl Sunday,
February 2nd, at 2 PM on the channel with heart,
the Hallmark channel.
(audience cheers)
