- Honestly, building a cat fort with someone is
one of the most intimate experiences that
two or three humans can share together.
(upbeat techno music)
- Hi, my name is Jack and we're at my apartment.
What we're doin' today is we're gonna build
the world's greatest cat fort.
For my cat Jenkins.
This is Jenkins' current cat fort.
This little tree in no way represents what Jenkins deserves.
Jenkins gives and gives and gives, and all he does is give.
I feel like a cat with a heart that big,
deserves a home to match.
We're all prepped, everyone is here.
We've got all the stuff and it's just the right time
because every day at this time,
Jenkins takes a long nap.
We're gonna have to be very, very quiet
so we don't wake him up.
But I think we're gonna get this done
before cat nap time is over.
I'm excited, guys let's do this!
♫ Pull, rack and roll ♫
- Hi, I'm Tanner.
I'm helping Jack build the cat fort.
- (laughs)
My name is Summer and I'm here to make sure that
any cat involved in this fort has a good time.
- [Jack] Do we have enough boxes?
- Yeah.
You got a lot of cardboard to work with.
- Jenkins has one lifelong passion,
and that is a passion for cardboard.
I think he's gonna be really, really excited.
(box dropping)
- [Jack] Shh.
You wanna have a periscope coming out of here,
so he can get in and poke his little head out.
- You wanna pull the knife towards yourself.
So, here's what I'm doing is I'm making a shelf
that's gonna sit on the inside of a box
so that he can jump up
and jump out the roof of the box.
- I've got two triangle-shaped pieces,
they've both got slits cut in them
to kind of slide in there to get
(box banging)
right here. (bird singing)
It's a cat toy that's in there.
- I am slightly worried because we have a huge amount to do,
including building a courtyard and
putting crenellations and decorations
on all of this stuff.
Crenellation is what you see on battlements
of a castle that goes like this.
So, I'm creating a little crenellation station here,
so that we can have some of this stuff
all around the side of the fort.
- We need one more here to match that side.
- Oh right, but you're gonna have it go up.
- No. - [Jack] No?
- [Jack] Tensions are a little bit high.
My main thing is I hope that
Tanner's not displeased with me.
He said I was gonna be bad at this
and he didn't wanna trust me with the job, so...
- Jack, how's that crenellation goin'?
- Good man!
Oh Jesus.
Well, this is the best I can do.
If he doesn't like it...
(drum roll)
- Good!
Well, I kinda lost my wind there for a little bit,
I thought we weren't gonna get this thing done but,
I think we're gonna do this.
Pque-pque, pque.
Okay, the cat is about to wake up.
We've got five, maybe 10 more minutes if we're lucky,
and we have so much more to do.
I don't know if we're gonna be able to make it in time
before he gets out of bed.
(energetic drum beat)
- Wooo!
(upbeat guitar music)
- Okay, so we're finally finished.
This is the completed structure, here's what we have.
We have a big skull right in the entrance,
which is to intimidate Jenkins's enemies,
but will not intimidate Jenkins cuz he's a very brave boy.
Everything in the courtyard here
is centralized around this one pole.
It's wrapped with rope so Jenkins
can really scratch on it if he needs to.
But it's also got a lotta string hanging down
so he can play and bat at the string.
He can get inside onto a big step that's built up in there.
Get onto the top where he can look at his drawbridge.
He can go inside one of these boxes
and look out of his periscope.
Or he can relax in this lovely Fort Jenkins
right on the far east side of the building.
This is the finished cat fort.
- I'm gonna get out of here.
- (laughs)
- It may be time to wake Jenkins up and
see what he thinks of it.
- Let's get Jenkins!
Let's get Jenkins!
- We're about to bring him in.
This is gonna be his first reaction to the fort.
I don't know what to expect.
(suspenseful music)
(laughing)
(whimsical music)