I like uniformity!

[MaxPunk57]

Okay, thank you for trying anyway. I know you did your best.

[genericnerdyusername]

I thought the joke wasn’t “missing things are often found behind the fridge”, but the idea of being able to find missing memories anywhere. It’s not observational comedy, more the absurdity of that idea.

[International Debris]

I always thought of it as almost a parody of observational comedy, in that respect.

[Toxteth O-Grady]

I never thought it was supposed to be anything to do with observational-style comedy, more that the Cat has a childlike innocence/stupidity in those early shows.
(“I’ve got a note from my mummy”, “He’s your father? No wonder you’re so ugly”, “I’d prefer chicken!”)

I guess he’s more kitten than cat in those early episodes, as a lot of his interests are the things that fascinate real-life kittens rather adult cats (shiny things, his shadow, string).
Sure, he’s always gong to be stupid, but in the early days he’s also quite naive. He’s genuinely trying to be helpful by suggesting a missing memory might be found behind a fridge. Danny’s delivery of the line is also very childlike, rather than observational-comedian-like.

[Dave]

I guess he’s more kitten than cat in those early episodes, as a lot of his interests are the things that fascinate real-life kittens rather adult cats (shiny things, his shadow, string)

What I quite like about Cat and Danny’s performance is that his character has developed from being quite kitten-like in the early days to being more like an old cat in the more recent series. Looking a bit rough around the edges (but behaving like you’re still the cat’s whiskers); having health problems like failing eyesight; getting a bit more bad-tempered and grumpy and selfish; generally being a bit more unpredictable and weird; that’s what cats are like.

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