{{short description|Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon character}} {{Infobox character | name = Conrad the Cat | series = Looney Tunes | image = | caption = | first = ''The Bird Came C.O.D.'' (1942) | creator = Chuck Jones | voice = Mel Blanc (''The Bird Came C.O.D.'' and ''Porky's Cafe'')<br>Pinto Colvig (''Conrad the Sailor'') | species = Cat | gender = Male }} '''Conrad the Cat''' is a fictional animated Warner Bros. character who was created by Chuck Jones,<ref name="Davis">{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xRrnBgAAQBAJ&q=%22Conrad+the+Cat%22&pg=PA59|title=Good Girls & Wicked Witches: Women in Disney's Feature Animation|last1=Davis|first1=Amy M.|date=2007|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780861969012|page=59|chapter=A Brief History of Animation|access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sigall">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=diKnDBs0wrIC&q=%22Conrad+the+Cat%22|title=Living Life Inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation|last1=Sigall|first1=Martha|date=2005|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781578067497|page=39|access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref> and starred in three shorts in the 1940s.
He was voiced by Mel Blanc<ref name="Lawson & Persons">{{cite book |last1=Lawson |first1=Tim |last2=Persons |first2=Alisa |title=The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors |date=2004 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=9781578066964 |pages=55, 66 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ffdBDDBUYsC&q=%22Conrad+Cat%22&pg=PA66 |access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Ohmart">{{cite book |last1=Ohmart |first1=Ben |title=Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices |date=2012 |publisher=BearManor Media |isbn=978-1-59393-259-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p8KCDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Conrad+Cat%22&pg=PT401 |access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref> in the first two shorts, and Pinto Colvig in ''Conrad the Sailor''. Conrad having been voiced by Colvig, has been compared to Goofy,<ref name="Barrier">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xt5k08yuAXIC&q=%22Conrad+the+Cat%22|title=Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age|last1=Barrier|first1=Michael|date=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199839223|access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Davis" /> but has been criticized as having "only mannerisms (he rubs his nose a lot and grins, and giggles foolishly), and not a personality."<ref name="Barrier" />
== Shorts == He first appeared in the 1942 color short ''The Bird Came C.O.D.''<ref name="Barrier" /><ref name="Sigall" /> before featuring in ''Porky's Cafe'' (in black and white)<ref name="Sigall" /> and ''Conrad the Sailor'' (in color).<ref name="Sigall" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/cartoon-alley/conrad-cat/episode/825082/summary.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205045027/http://www.tv.com/cartoon-alley/conrad-cat/episode/825082/summary.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 5, 2013|title=Conrad Cat|website=TV.com}}</ref> In ''Porky's Cafe'', Conrad appeared with Porky Pig;<ref name="Ohmart" /> in ''Conrad the Sailor'', he appears with Daffy Duck.<ref name="Samerdyke">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FWdVCAAAQBAJ&q=%22Conrad+Cat%22&pg=PT75|title=Cartoon Carnival: A Critical Guide to the Best Cartoons from Warner Brothers, MGM, Walter Lantz and DePatie-Freleng|last1=Samerdyke|first1=Michael|date=2014|publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9781312470071|access-date=24 November 2019}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> All shorts were released in 1942.
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{IMDb title|qid=Q30055760|title=The Bird Came C.O.D.}} {{Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Conrad The Cat}} Category:Looney Tunes characters Category:Anthropomorphic cats Category:Film characters introduced in 1942 Category:Animated characters introduced in 1942 Category:Characters created by Chuck Jones {{animation-char-stub}}