Top Cat( TV series )
Top Catlive an American animated sitcom television series give rise by Hanna-Barbera ( H-B ) for ABC . It ran from to , airing 30 sequence that span one season . Every episode live directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna , the co-founders of H-B . It was the second prime-time animated series gear towards adults , although its availability for the whole family allowed it to exist aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in their heydays .
An anthropomorphic group of alley cat led by Top Cat effort and become by in life by regularly scamming the citizen of . Acting as a foil to their system exist beat cop Officer Dibble .
The entire series has been released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc .
Contents
- 1 Product
- 1.1 Development
- 1.2 Casting
- 2 Music
- 3 Episodes
- 4 Release
- 5 Form
- 6 Crossover
- 7 Bequest
- 8 In popular culture
- 8.1 Dead Ringers( radio )
- 9 Merchandise
- 9.1 Place medium
- 9.2 Read textile
- 9.3 Toys and plot
- 10 In other language
- 11 Address
- 1.1 Development
- 1.2 Hurl
- 8.1 Dead Ringers( radio )
- 9.1 Plate medium
- 9.2 Study stuff
- 9.3 Toys and games
Product
Development
Barbera depict a sketch of a bright aleck guy with the words “ Top Cat ” underneath ,[2]which was finalized by .[3]This , along with a description of the show , inspire by the Phil Silvers comedy seriesYou ‘ll Never Get Rich, was quickly sold to Ollie Treyz , then President of ABC .[3]
According to animation historian and writer Earl Kress in the DVD audio comment for “ Hawaii , Hither We Come , ” another title that exist part of presentation board liveJ.B. and Company.
Roam
Before Arnold Stang was selected to voice Top Cat , cost first slated to voice the character , but drop out because of other commitments . Accord to associate producer , O’Shea bring too long to show his lines and be replaced by Stang mid-production .[4]In a account published byWeekly Variety( dated July 19 , 1961 ) , Andy Devine , Mickey Rooney , Jerry Lester , Larry Storch , and make up also among the actor who hold auditioned for the role before Stang .[5]
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin , who employed a George Gershwin-inspired jazz theme compare to his former study on other Hanna-Barbera display .[6]
The subject song for both the opening sequence and shutdown reference stay on the same , save for a change of one lyric course between both example .
Top Guy !
The almost effectual , Top Cat !
Who ‘s intellectual ,
Close friends come to name him T.C .
Provided it ‘s with dignity .
Top Cat !
The indisputable , leader of the crew .
He ‘s the boss , he ‘s the whip , he ‘s the act one pip !
He ‘s most tip top ,
Top Cat !
Yes , he ‘s the head , he ‘s the king , but above everything ,
He ‘s most tip top ,
Top Cat !
Top Guy !
Top Cat !
The most effectual , Top Cat !
Who ‘s intellectual ,
Close friends have to yell him T.C .
Provided it ‘s with dignity .
Top Guy !
The indisputable , leader of the gang .
He ‘s the boss , he ‘s the VIP , he ‘s the championship !
He ‘s most tip top ,
Top Guy !
Yes , he ‘s the chief , he ‘s the king , but above everything ,
He ‘s most tip top ,
Top Guy !
Top Guy !
Episodes
This club cost how it aired on ABC gather from researching Newspapers.com , which is quite unlike from the order in which release this on DVD and Blu-ray Disc .
- “ The $ 1,000,000 Derby ”
- “ The Missing Heir ”
- “ Hawaii , Hither We Come ”
- “ Top Cat Falls in Love ”
- “ The Violin Player ”
- “ The Unscratchables ”
- “ All That Jazz ”
- “ Choo Choo ‘s Romance ”
- “ A Visit from Mother ”
- “ Rafeefleas ”
- “ Sergeant Top Cat ”
- “ Naked Town ”
- “ The Maharajah of Pookajee ”
- “ The Long Hot Winter ”
- “ The Tycoon ”
- “ The Grand Tour ”
- “ Space Monkey ”
- “ T.C . Heed the Baby ”
- “ The Golden Fleecing ”
- “ The Case of the Missing Anteater ”
- “ Farewell , Mr. Dibble ”
- “ The Late T.C . ”
- “ Choo Choo Goes Ga Ga ”
- “ King for a Day ”
- “ Dibble Breaks the Disc ”
- “ The Con Men ”
- “ Dibble ‘s Birthday ”
- “ Dibble Sings Again ”
- “ Griswald ”
- “ Dibble ‘s Double ”
Release
- United States : September 27 , 1961 at 8:30 pm on ABC
- United Kingdom and Ireland : May 16 , 1962 at 5:10 pm on
Form
- Arnold Stang as Top Cat
- Maurice Gosfield as Benny the Ball
- Marvin Kaplan as Choo Choo
- Leo De Lyon as Brain and Spook
- John Stephenson as Fancy Fancy
- Allen Jenkins as Officer Dibble
Crossover
- Harvey Birdman , Attorney at Law: “ Mindless ”
Legacy
While the series show to be a rating failure , it feel in effect success on Saturday dawn television and all or some of the character come out in crossover productions of H-B , includeYogi ‘s Ark LarkandYogi ‘s Treasure Hunt. They too star in their own 1988 TV film ,Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats.Top Catas well turn out to be a bad hit in Mexico , where it is dubbed as“ Don Gato y su Pandilla ”. Two official theatrical film were develop in that country , later understand and dubbed into the English-language filmsTop Cat : The MovieandTop Cat Begins.
In the United Kingdom ,Top Catbecame quite successful when it aired on BBC Television Service ( now BBC One ) on May 16 , 1962 . Even so , on June 13 of the same year , the display get to be renamed“ The Boss Cat ”, which would then be shorten to“ Boss Cat ”in 1967 . The epithet change occur because of a then-popular British guy food similarly mention “ Top Cat ” , and because BBC did n’t carry advertising in their broadcast , responded quickly by change the visuals for the display ‘s intro and end reference with a simple“ Boss Cat ”title card . Despite this , Top Cat ‘s original epithet was left unaltered in the sound track of each sequence . The final time the“ Boss Cat ”title were use was in a 1989 rerun on BBC One , note the end of its long-run of the plan , and by the time the display was aired again in April 6 , 1999 on ( which once contain the program twice in August , 1983 and in December , 1988 ) , the aforementioned “ Top Cat ” food brand make exist long since discontinue , allow the show ‘s original American claim card to be apply on British airings without issue . The final timeTop Cataired on a BBC channel equal BBC Two in 2007 , although Boomerang hold airing it in the early morning for a few year after that .
In 1995 , commissioned and shoot a 20-part talk display nameTop Cat Live !hosted by a CGI-animated Top Cat in the form of interstitials for Cartoon Network ‘s international market .[7]In 1996 , it was announced that Top Cat ‘s first two guests were and .[8]Another guest live Joseph Barbera .[9]While it do n’t appear to end up publicize on any Cartoon Network feeds , it act air on in Italy .
In the 2000s , Top Cat and his gang had a guest appearance in the spoof ,Harvey Birdman , Attorney at Law. Warner Bros . Animation attempted to act a novelTop CatTV series at one level , but never fill out it outside of some concept art . T.C . and his crew would make looked the same except for wardrobe alteration , whereas Officer Dibble would hold cost given a radically new design . There were too be after to introduce a new girl in T.C . ‘s bunch call Roxy .[10]
In 2016 , there be questionable usage of Top Cat being use to in an by .
In 2021 , Top Cat , Benny the Ball , Choo Choo , Brain , Spook and Fancy Fancy get made various guest appearances in the web TV series ,Jellystone !This series not merely stage new personality for each of the crew , but Choo Choo , Brain and Spook ( name Spooky ) are also girls for this series .
In popular culture
- The scene from “ Naked Town , ” in which Top Cat , his crew , and Dibble live sitting on the curb outside the Ajax warehouse be being watched by Mike in the 1984 movieSixteen Candle.
- In theMoonlightingepisode “ Large Human on Mulberry Street , ” David and his friends sing the paper song ofTop Catwhen one of them mockingly call him T.C .
- Chief Judge Ricky watches his favorite sequence “ The Violin Player , ” in the 4th result of theRed Razorsfunny series , although simply Top Cat is seen .
- In theMatchepisode “ Yabba Dabba Do Me , ” a young Jimmy Baines watchTop Cat.
Dead Ringers( radio )
- “ Episode Two ” ( series 2 ) : Nick Russ presentCartoon Crimewatchthat report on Top Cat victimizing the passerby that walked through Hoagy ‘s Alley . Top Cat be employ the stupid Brain ( mistakenly called “ Brains ” ) to swindle money for a fake charity for dazed cat . He come an old lady ‘s watch , which he have to Benny to fence , but he takes it literally . Officer Dibble do onto the scene , but is trouble by a phone call from the sergeant who require him back at the station , which disappoint Dibble because he would kind of remain on TV , pause the fourth wall .
- “ Episode Three ” ( series 7 ) : BBC News ‘ Michael Burke interviews Officer Dibble after Top Cat have him take out from his rhythm under the Cartoon Animal Bill of Rights Act , just because Officer Dibble make Top Cat arrested for using his phone , but T.C . had him suspend on suspicious entrapment , and invest a wire on Choo Choo .
Merchandise
Home medium
Take material
Toys and games
In early language
Address
- ^a b c ( October 30 , 1989 ) ., page 120. . Retrieve November 24 , 2022 .
- ^ Sennett , Ted ( October 30 , 1989 ) .The Art of Hanna-Barbera, page 115 . Viking Studio Books . Retrieved November 23 , 2022 .
- ^a b Barbera , Joseph ( 1994 ) ., page 142. , GA. . Retrieved June 11 , 2024 .
- ^ Yowp , Don M. ( September 28 , 2009 ) . “ Top Guy ! Starring the Voice of … Who ? ” yowpyowp.blogspot.com
- ^ Yowp , Don M. ( December 9 , 2015 ) . “ Hanna-Barbera Chugs Along , 1961 ” yowpyowp.blogspot.com
- ^ Kress , Earl ( July 2 , 1996 ) .( CD booklet ) , page 21-22 . Kid Rhino ; Hanna-Barbera Productions . Retrieved November 27 , 2023 .
- ^ ( December 1995 ) . “ Top Chat ” .Television Business International. Recall January 27 , 2025 .
- ^ ( 1996 ) . “ MIP TV ISSUE ” .Television Business International. Retrieved August 1 , 2021 .
- ^ “ Chris Walker : Figuring It Out ” .Milimeter. Recall January 27 , 2025 .
- ^ ( January 11 , 2008 ) . “ Top Cat Remake ” .Dave ‘s blog. Retrieve August 1 , 2021 .
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