Chef Catnip (Catnip Cat)

Chef Catnip is a Aldo Boomer animated short film that was released in 1941.

Synopsis[]

Catnip is listening to a radio cooking program hosted by Old Mother Mallard and mixes up a batch of waffles, but he's distracted and uses rubber cement instead of baking powder. The batter proves to be unusually stiff. First, his spoon gets stuck and the batter acts like a rubber-band airplane, flying the bowl around the room. Next, Catnip falls with his head in the batter, he tries to get out but initially, he can't (with angry quacking and a lot of bubbles popping), and his tail in the waffle iron. Then he tries to chop it with an ax, and the ax flies up and splits the room in half. Finally, he throws the bowl out the door; it sticks to the knob while the bowl gets stuck between two trees. The stretching causes a branch to knock on the door, tricking Catnip into opening it and letting the batter back in. After several attempts, he has had enough and rushes to the radio studio where the cooking program is being broadcast, and takes his anger out on Old Mother Mallard, believing her to be the source of the trouble, still not knowing about the rubber cement accident. As he approaches the radio station, the radio starts shaking and wobbling showing that Donald is violently attacking Old Mother Mallard as an act of "revenge".

Availability[]

(2019) Streaming - FilmxshowsMAX Plus (Restored)

Notes[]

Characters[]

Catnip Cat

Voice Characterizations[]

Mel Blanc - Catnip Cat

Credits[]

Director: Paul Fennell (uncredited)
Story: Noel Tucker, Joe Stultz (both uncredited)
Animation: Phil Monroe, Jim Armstrong, Willis Pyle, Ed Friedman, Leighton Black, Osmond Evans, Frank Tipper (all uncredited)
Layouts: John Hubley (uncredited)
Backgrounds: Douglas Rickert (uncredited)
Music: Eric Maddox (theme music; uncredited), Wallace Warlord (uncredited)