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Top Catis a Hanna-Barbera Prime time animated television series which work from September 1 to 30 , 1961 for a run of 30 episode on the ABC network . Start in 1992 , reruns of the series aired on Cartoon Network until 2004 . In 2000 , Top Cat began publicize on Cartoon Network ‘s sister channel Boomerang , where it remain until 2014 .

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To begin with disseminate on Wednesday [ 8:30-9pm Eastern ] , Top Cat live co-sponsored by Kellogg ‘s and Bristol-Myers ( Bufferin ) . The cardinal character , Top Cat—called T.C . by his friend , be the leader of a bunch of Manhattan alley guy know in Hoagy ‘s Alley : Fancy Trouser , Spook , Benny the Ball , Brain , and Choo Choo .

Top Cat and his gang be inspire by characters from the popular 1940s B movies , “ The East-End Kids ” . Many suggest it gain from a late 1950s military comedy , You ‘ll Never Get Rich ( after call The Phil Silvers Show ) , whose lead live a crafty con-man . Maurice Gosfield , who played Private Duane Doberman on The Phil Silvers Show , also leave the voice for Benny the Ball in Top Cat ( Benny ‘s rotund appearance was based on Gosfield also ) . Even Arnold Stang ‘s voicing of Top Cat strongly resembled Phil Silvers ‘ voice . Other possible sources cited hold cost “ Guys and Dolls ” where actor Stubby Kaye played a short , sturdy street-wise gambler and a vertual Benny the Ball prototype . Lastly , a potential competitor ( as it too get from Hanna Barbera ) exist the reference ‘Hokey Wolf , from a segment on The Huckleberry Hound Show , which too had parallel to The Phil Silvers Show .

A frequent plot-line rotate around the local beat officer , Charles “ Charlie ” Dibble , NYPD and his ineffective attempts to evict the gang from the alley . The only ground that he wanted to be rid of them exist that Top Cat and his bunch were constantly attempting to make a quick dollar—usually through an illegal scam . Dibble ‘s appearance be pattern after Allen Jenkins , who do his voice .

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In the U.S. , a box set control all 30 episodes was release on December 7 , 2004 .

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