--- title: The Mr Sandman Cat Clapping Video Is Uniting People description: This hypnotic viral video of the Mr. Sandman cat has already won over the internet. canonical: https://time.com/5655170/mr-sandman-cat/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-08-19T15:26:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:04.304Z og:title: This Cat Clapping Along To 'Mr Sandman' Has Won the Internet og:description: This viral video has already won over the internet. og:url: https://time.com/5655170/mr-sandman-cat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf657c533dab42029/698a019209208f108a41567d/mrsandmancat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 7952 og:image:height: 4473 og:image:alt: Scottish fold playing og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Cat Clapping Along To 'Mr Sandman' Has Won the Internet twitter:description: This viral video has already won over the internet. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf657c533dab42029/698a019209208f108a41567d/mrsandmancat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Hypnotic Video of the 'Very Chill' Mr. Sandman Cat Has Already Made Him an Internet Legend > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=395ffc1f-8bc0-40a7-8b03-0938e6941ec0&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Cats Are Just as Smart as Dogs, Study Suggests [Watch (HLS stream): Cats Are Just as Smart as Dogs, Study Suggests](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qkv5k1zG.m3u8) (0:54)  _Published 2017-01-26. Cats may be just as smart as dogs (and humans), a new study suggests_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 19, 2019 3:26 PM UTC  Scottish fold kitten looking at camera Scottish fold kitten looking at camera Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 19, 2019 3:26 PM UTC A four-year old, red-haired star of a viral TikTok video, a [cat](https://time.com/5644250/algonquin-cat-fashion-show-2019/) named Ed, is the internet’s latest sensation. The video is simple enough. It shows Ed “clapping” and twirling along to The Chordettes’ classic 1954 version of “Mr. Sandman” inside a layout reminiscent of the _Brady Bunch_’s title sequence. The result is a strangely hypnotic kaleidoscopic vision that is quite possibly one of the more amusing things you’ll see on internet today or any day. While Ed is the star of the show, the video was created by Jade Taylor-Ryan, a 17-year-old high school student in Ontario who is relatively new to TikTok, who [spoke to _Buzzfeed News_](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/cat-tiktok-viral-mr-sandman) about the video. The video was made on a regular Thursday night when Taylor-Ryan was sitting in her room and, like the best ideas, the idea of making Ed an internet star, just “popped into \[her\] head” after seeing another example of the TikTok meme that combines the nine-camera split filter with a “Mr. Sandman” soundtrack. She pulled up the app and the nine-camera split filter, set the phone on the floor, put on the camera timer, picked up Ed, and jumped into action. She then twirled Ed, who she describes as “very chill” in and out of the frame in time with the music. She uploaded the video to TikTok and a few moments later an internet legend was born. Taylor-Ryan also confirmed that she named her cat, Ed, after Ed Sheeran “because they have a similar hair color” and that he was not harmed or even particularly bothered in the making of the video. No word on whether he has let the newfound internet fame go to his head. 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