I wasn’t sure what I was going to say about Conrad the Sailor when it started. It seemed pretty simple–Conrad is a lame cat sailor and Daffy Duck makes fun of him. It was a simple case of Daffy being a bully.
Maybe I could have done something about how cartoon icons are often callous and cruel.
Then Conrad escalates the situation and starts trying to kill Daffy. Daffy, while a jerk, was never insane and murderous. He was a jerk.
The role change makes Conrad the Sailor a little more interesting than its content.
As a cartoon, it’s decent. There’s a nice swaying of the ship in the opening titles. There’s a good gag with the ship’s captain coming through (until the final time Jones uses it–as a finishing gag–and it’s too little).
Besides being interesting and mildly amusing, Conrad doesn’t make much of an impression.
Recommended
CREDITS
Directed by Chuck Jones; written by Dave Monahan; animated by Ben Washam and Ken Harris; edited by Treg Brown; music by Carl W. Stalling; produced by Leon Schlesinger; released by Warner Bros.
Starring Mel Blanc (Daffy Duck) and Pinto Colvig (Conrad Cat).
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