Ha ha....4got about that movie. I used to watch that when I was a kid. The cat in this video was gone off some top shelf whiskey and had been tryna start that fire for about an hour. I caught the tale end of it when he actually succeeded.
R U Serious? He created that "powder" from the friction of the sticks and that "powder" turned into a coal which stayed lit for a couple minutes. That is a fire starter. Obviously he was not in a place where creating a blaze would be acceptable.