Who created the Catbus?

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digicult
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Who created the Catbus?

Post by digicult » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:48 pm

This is a bit of an unusual request, but I hope this is an ok place to ask. I am getting married in September, and my fiancée is, putting it mildly, a HUGE fan of all things Totoro, and especially the famous Catbus. I'm sure those of you who are regulars at the festival have seen it before:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Catbus.jpg

Basically, I would like to get in touch with the creator of the Catbus, and I can't think of any other place besides this forum. My fiancée is expecting that I am renting a limo to drive us around on the big day. But I had this crazy out-of-left-field idea that having the Catbus as a surprise chauffeur would be infinitely more memorable, and maybe, just maybe, might be possible to arrange through contacts on this forum.

If any of you know who is the owner of the Catbus and whether he or she might be willing to go for something like this (for a fee or other compensation, of course), please reply!

thanks!
--Mike

ps. This is my first post -- please forgive me if I'm violating any etiquette rules for asking something like this.[/url]

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Post by gyre » Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:23 am

I don't know the catbus, but I rode in the Kittymobile recently.
It was full of female kitties with ears and tails meowing and pawing at mice suspended on strings from the ceiling.
They were fishing for more kitties with mice on fishing poles.
The kittymobile was shrouded in leopard and tiger prints and had ears on top.
It all became rather surreal.
These were kitties with commitment.
And they all had russian accents too.
I don't know why.

So you know I had to ask them what I always ask russian girls. (Hell, Kyrghistan, Czech, Ukraine, whatever)
And yes, they did say "I'll get you moose and squirrel."
They always do.

So I'm still trying to figure out why the last person who wrote to me wasn't a member of the kitty brigade, but meowed at me anyway!

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Post by Sensei » Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:48 pm

I don't think I've seen the Catbus for a couple years now, but maybe I've just missed it. I talked to the guy a few years back and I think he said he was out of L.A., but I'm not sure. Someone here will know.

What about Draka, hmmm? Now there's a goddamned limo.

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Post by Sandalina » Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:23 pm

Hi...a friend of ours sent us the link to this thread.

My husband created the catbus a few years back, it broke down in 2002 and he had to leave it there on the playa. I do believe Maid Marian asked permission to use it, so you can ask her where it is.

Hope this helps...

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Post by digicult » Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:16 pm

Hi Sandalina,
Thanks for the info! Small world, really. I will get in touch with Maid Marian.

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Post by digicult » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:43 pm

Does anyone have coordinates for Maid Marian? I can't seem to find her on the memberlist of this forum.

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