63-Puss in Boots: These Boots

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The story of Puss is Boots is that of a cat who wears boots and talks. The character of the cat has somehow gone on to be voiced by Antonio Banderas, take part in a one really successful franchise, spin off into its own movie AND Netflix series. The 2011 movie alone went on to gross, and I'm not making this up, over half a billion dollars worldwide. The original is something you haven't heard before, and has ogre fights, a cat con artist, and dating advice from the Myths and Legends Podcast.* The creature this week has the boring job of constantly trying to destroy the universe, but hey, it gets two weeks paid vacation a year. Sponsors! Text MYTHS to 86329 to get a free trial of The Great Courses Plus, and while you’re there, check out the course “Great Mythologies of the World”. (Standard message and data rates apply.) Audible is pretty awesome. Go to http://www.audible.com/myths to get started today. Here's the link to Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology *Taking dating advice from the Myths and Legends Podcast is generally not advised.

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0:00.0	This week, on the Myths and Legends podcast, it's the story of Pussin Boots.
0:05.0	It's about a house cat.
0:06.8	Who wears boots?
0:08.3	A lot of really important other stuff happens, but people only ever seem to focus on the
0:12.6	boot thing.
0:13.6	Anyway, all that aside, you'll see that if a cat starts talking to you and wants a pair
0:17.4	of boots, get her a pair of boots.
0:19.9	It'll change your life.
0:21.6	Then, on the creature of the week, you'll see that if you employ mythological creatures,
0:25.8	you'll want to encourage them to take all of their vacation time each year.
0:29.6	It might just save the world.
0:36.2	This is the Myths and Legends podcast, episode 63.
0:40.2	These boots.
0:46.0	This is a podcast I tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:49.2	Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:53.8	Others are stories you might not have heard, but really should.
0:56.9	This week, we're talking about Pussin Boots.
0:59.2	There are three different main versions of the story of a cat that wears boots, and while
1:03.5	we'll talk about the differences between the main versions at the end of the show, I'm
1:07.1	going to combine all three into one cohesive narrative.
1:10.3	Just a quick note, if like me, you've only seen the Antonio Banderas version from Shrek.
1:14.4	Well, the cat and the earliest versions was female, so are for two or such.
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