Cool Catfish is an animatronic novelty item made in 2000. He gives the realistic appearance of a Channel Catfish with hillbilly teeth mounted on an oval shaped plaque. When activated by the push of a button or with motion, his head, tail, and mouth move as he sings "Bad To The Bone" by George Thorogood and also says 20 different phrases.
Phrases[]
- What are you looking at?
- Got any worms?
- And you think you've got it bad!
- Pork, the other white meat!
- How about a game of Go Fish?
- C'mon buddy... help me get out of here!
- (Burp) Excuse me, I must`ve eaten a bad worm!
- Don't look at me that way!
- Something smells fishy around here!
- You can tune a piano, but you can`t tuna fish!
- What`s the matter, you've never seen a talking fish before?
- Holy Mackerel!
- I'm just here for the Halibut!
- Hey! Drop me a line sometime!
- I'm busting outta here tonight...ya with me?
- (Barking sounds) What did you expect, a meow?
- Where's the beef?
- Is this my fifteen minutes of fame?
- Can we talk?
- So you never heard of Catch & Release?
Trivia[]
- Some variants of Cool Catfish (Both rapping and singing/talking variants) don't have a nameplate on the plaque.
- A rapping version was also made that plays 2 versions of "I'm A Real Cool Cat". The rapping version lacks the hillbilly teeth, in turn making the item resemble a channel catfish in a more realistic form.
- In the UK, some Cool Catfish models lack the "Pork, the other white meat!" phrase for unknown reasons.
- A Bass Pro Shops exclusive version with a different name (Bubba Catfish) exists. This version of Cool Catfish wears a fisherman's hat with the Bass Pro Shops logo on it,and is mounted on a sand mound plaque (same as Travis the Singing Trout and Rocky the Singing Lobster).
Gallery[]
Cool Catfish's box
Rapping Cool Catfish's box
Cool Catfish's Try Me box
Cool Catfish seen on newspaper marketing
Videos[]
‘Cool Catfish’ Singing And Talking Fish
Cool Catfish in action
‘Cool Catfish’ Rapping Fish
Rapping Cool Catfish in action