Oscar (therapy Cat) - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• Oscar the cat was featured heavily in one of Russell Brand's radio shows.
• A fictionalized character bearing Oscar's name and likeness is used as the "host" of "The Oscar the Cat Show" on Sirius Satellite Radio's Raw Dog uncensored comedy channel.
• A cat with similar prediction abilities to Oscar appears in the "Here Kitty" episode of House, in which his abilities are attributed to a preference for the warming blankets placed on patients dying of wasting diseases and for the natural warmth of patients dying of fevers.
• A similar nursing home cat appeared in the comic strip "Crankshaft" in 2009.
• A cat with similar prediction abilities appears in the indie short "Saying Goodbye".
• A feature film is in development based on Dr. Dosa's book.
• In Doctor Sleep, Stephen King's sequel to The Shining, grown-up Dan Torrance is aided at a hospice by a prescient cat who can sense when people are about to die. King stated in an interview that Oscar served as an inspiration to the story.