Cool Cat (Looney Tunes)

Cool Cat
First appearance	Cool Cat (1967)
Created by	Alex Lovy
Voiced by	Larry Storch Joe Alaskey (1995) Jim Cummings (2000)
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Species	Bengal tiger
Nationality	American

Cool Cat is a fictional cartoon character created by director Alex Lovy for Warner Bros. Cartoons in the 1960s. His first appearance was in the short Cool Cat in 1967. He was voiced by Larry Storch. Robert McKimson took over as director for the last two cartoons in this series.

Cool Cat was a hep Bengal tiger (whose design was very similar to that of The Pink Panther and Snagglepuss) who wore a stylish green beret and scarf. Unlike most other Looney Tunes characters, Cool Cat was unapologetically a product of his time. He spoke in 1960s-style beatnik slang and acted much like a stereotypical laid-back 1960s teenager — he was often seen strumming a guitar or traveling cross-country in his dune buggy. One cartoon — McKimson's Bugged by a Bee — depicted him as an alumnus of "Disco Tech" playing varsity football against the long-haired team from "Hippie University".

However, most of Cool Cat's cartoons dealt with his encounters with Colonel Rimfire (also voiced by Storch), a fussy, British-accented big-game hunter armed with a blunderbuss. Rimfire essentially acted as the Elmer Fudd to Cool Cat's Bugs Bunny, but was used only by Lovy. Cool Cat bears the distinction of starring in the very last cartoon produced at the classic Warner Bros. Cartoons studio: Injun Trouble in 1969. Shortly after this cartoon was produced, the venerable animation studio shut down for good.

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