According to Tim Haines, the name "Blackcatloner" is defined as "One lone cat against a big bad world" which is his motto in life.
The Chicago Bulls hat that Tim Haines wears in the series is basically a throwback to his high school years during the 1990's which was the decade where Michael Jordan led the team to numerous titles.
One of the inspirations for the format of the show was a public-access show Tim Haines used to watch while living in Red Hook, New York. In the public-access show, the hosts talked about various topics (mainly having to do with dating and relationships) in an hour-long show and the early episodes of the series used this format. However, when the format proved to be too much for Haines to produce, he abandoned it in favor of the format from his earlier YouTube videos.