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.
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