Meerkat Manor

We all have our favorite TV shows I guess, and Sinatra the siamese cat has discovered his — Meerkat Manor.

Anne and Tanner introduced us to the show the last time I was at the farm. “It’s like the Sopranos,” they told us. I was strangely entertained, and I started tivo-ing it when I got back home because I thought Chel might enjoy it.

We sat down to watch some TV one night the next week, and I suggested Meerkat Manor. Now, Chelsea didn’t really like it because inevitably some poor meerkat dies at the end of each episode.

But Sinatra, who was sitting on Chel’s lap at the time, was transfixed. He jumped up to the edge of the couch and stared intently at the screen. Whenever the commercials came on, he lost interest until his show came back. He watched the entire episode.

Last night I was home doing some stuff around the house with the TV on, and I was about to change to one of those all-music stations to help with my chores. I walked into the den and alas, the tivo had changed the channel to record Meerkat Manor.

And sure enough, Sinatra was curled up on top of the leather chair, watching his favorite show. I just didn’t have the heart to change the channel. Last night was a big episode.