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Which episode of THIS IS CAT COUNTRY has the most views?

With due props to our amazing country music artists, the most viewed episode of TICC features a local guest star: Brian's fiance Carla. The episode in which Brian 'pops the question' live on the air is the most viewed to date. On it's debut day, it had over 1000 views by noon. Since then, views are into 5 figures across our social media platforms, YouTube and our websites.

Learn the story behind the episode and watch it HERE

The first one that comes to mind is the Jana Kramer webisode, Why? Not only did I enjoy taping with Jana, but I could barely contain my laughter through out the entire taping. You can see it during the scene where Jana describes Brian as "a man of deep passion and depth of feeling.” If you watch closely, you can see me holding it back. I’m not very good at that.

I laugh just thinking about it.  At one point, our producer Bob threatened to re-seat me if I could not do the scene without laughing. In the end, he positioned Jana between the camera and me so I could giggle in piece behind Jana – as long as I was quiet. In the end, I was unable to do the scene without busting up but we got it filmed.

Why was I laughing so hard? The Brian that I see eats donuts out of the trash and licks his fingers after he's done chewing his chipotle crisps every morning. I just can't imagine any one thinking those things about him, never mind saying them in a slow passionate, longing voice. Jana is a great actress! - AMANDA

I'm going to go with A Cat Country Christmas Carol and maybe even more The Making of a Cat Country Christmas Carol. What gives me the biggest kick out of this one is that it serves up a pretty accurate representation as to the entire experience of shooting a webisode ... and this one was an epic.

It's close to my heart for a number of reasons - one of which is it involved the entire Cat Country staff both on-air AND off-air. Why should the on-air people be the only ones exposed as having no ability whatsoever to act?

But what makes me smile most is the section which proved to be the most talked about segment of the entire shoot, which we around the office still refer to as, "The Slap." I had only two requests

1.) For comedy's sake, hit me as hard as you possibly can

2.) Please get it done in one-take. I don't want to have to re-shoot it/endure this traumatic experience any more than is super-painfully necessary.

Suffice it to say, she nailed me with everything she had in take-one...only to immediately burst out laughing, thus rendering it completely unusable. And as for the second take that actually ended up making the final cut, suffice it to say, the tears you are able to see in my eyes are anything but the result of an Academy Award-winning performance! - BRIAN

My favorite overall episode is the one that featured Brian and Carla, and the "back story" on How I Really Met My Girlfriend.  I think our fans really love to watch videos like that because its an 'extension' of the stories and characters that they listen to every morning.  And Brian's fake mullet was the icing on the cake!

My favorite webisode with a country music artist was the Thomas Rhett Hands episode.  From a marketing standpoint, it served a dual purpose: it was a great way to introduce a new artist to our fand, and in the same respect, it served as a great tool for the record label to help promote his radio tour.  It was really comical, and it was perfectly fitting for his single. The radio tour is something that happens on a regular basis. I love the fact we had fun with it - BRIGET