Top Cat
Top Cat and the gang
Format	Animated television series
Starring	Arnold Stang Paul Frees Maurice Gosfield Leo DeLyon Marvin Kaplan John Stephenson Allen Jenkins Jean Vander Pyl
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	30
Production
Running time	24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 27 1961 – April 18 1962
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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History and treatment

The central character, Top Cat — called T.C. by close friends — is the leader of a gang of New York alley cats: Fancy-Fancy, Spook, Benny the Ball, The Brain, and Choo Choo. Top Cat and his gang were inspired by characters from the popular situation comedy The Phil Silvers Show. It has also been said that the Bowery Boys influenced the show. Maurice Gosfield, who played Private Duane Doberman on The Phil Silvers Show, also provided the voice for Benny the Ball in Top Cat (Benny's rotund appearance was based on Gosfield too). Arnold Stang's voicing of Top Cat strongly resembled Phil Silvers' voice as well. This article is about the state. ... Rescued feral kittens Most feral kittens have little chance of surviving more than a few months and are vulnerable to starvation, predators, disease and even flea-induced anemia[1][2]. Here, kittens from two feral litters are fostered by a domestic mother. ... Opening Logo The Phil Silvers Show (originally titled Youll Never Get Rich) was a comedy television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for a total of 143 episodes (including a 1959 special). ... The Bowery Boys were a nativist, anti-Catholic, and anti-Irish gang based North of the Five Points district of New York City. ... Maurice Gosfield (center) as Duane Doberman in The Phil Silvers Show. ... Arnold Stang (born September 28, 1925 in Chelsea, Massachusetts) is a comic actor who plays a small and bespectacled, yet brash and knowing big-city type. ... Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor. ...

A frequent plotline revolved around the local policeman, Officer Charlie Dibble, and his ineffective attempts to evict the gang from the city. The only reason that he wanted to be rid of them was that Top Cat and his gang were constantly attempting to earn a quick dollar—usually through an illegal scam. Dibble's appearance was modelled on Allen Jenkins who did his voice. The name Dibble has passed into the vernacular as slang for police officers. Police officers in South Australia A police officer (or policeman/policewoman) is a warranted worker of a police force. ...

Cast and characters

• Arnold Stang — Top Cat
• Maurice Gosfield — Benjamin T. "Benny the Ball" Ball, Jr., who is modeled after Mr. Gosfield
• Marvin Kaplan — Choo Choo
• Leo De Lyon — Brain/Spook
• John Stephenson — Fancy-Fancy
• Allen Jenkins - Officer Charles "Charlie" Dibble, who is modeled after Mr. Jenkins

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Top Cat

Top Cat, a yellow cat with violet hat and vest, is the protagonist of the series and leader of the gang of cats around which the series revolves. Top Cat is laid-back and persuasive, a leader who can also be a friend. Top Cat's leadership is sometimes challenged by the rest of the gang, particularly when he has done something particularly shameful. Resolution of the revolt usually comes as capitulation by Top Cat to the will of the gang. One such incident features in "Dibble's Birthday" where Top Cat plans to give away all of Dibble's birthday gifts. Many episodes naturally focus on Top Cat as the main protagonist of the series. A protagonist is the main figure of a piece of literature or drama and has the main part or role. ... Top Cat is a Hanna-Barbera prime time animated television series which ran from September 27, 1961 to April 18, 1962 for a run of 30 episodes on the ABC network on Wednesdays. ...

Benny the Ball

Benny and his mother from the episode "A visit from Mother"

Benny is one of Top Cat's right-hand men. He is short, chubby, naive, and cute, an indigo-colored cat with a white sweater that fastens with a single button at his neck. Benny may appear to be simple-minded, but he manages to ask the most logical questions during the gang's erratic endeavors. He is slow, not stupid. The gang relationship between Benny and Top Cat is based on a devoted friendship between them. An example of the lengths to which Top Cat will go to help Benny is illustrated by the episode "A visit from Mother" in which Top Cat arranges for Benny to appear to be the mayor of New York City. A number of episodes have focused on Benny, including "The Violin Player", "The Unscratchables" and "The Missing Heir". New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Choo Choo

Choo Choo is the second of Top Cat's right-hand men and his 2nd in command. He is a pink cat with a white long-sleeve turtle-neck shirt, is the tallest of the alley gang cats, and often is depicted with the eyes of a Siamese cat. A couple of episodes have focused on Choo Choo. The Siamese is one of the first distinctly recognised breeds of Oriental cat. ...

Brain

Brain appears to be a common henchman to Top Cat. Brain is the dim-witted member of the alley gang, an orange cat with a purple shirt. Brain is notorious for being unable to keep a secret.

Fancy-Fancy

Fancy-Fancy appears to be a common henchman to Top Cat. He is laid-back, sweet-talking and is regularly seen chatting up the ladies before leaving them when hearing the 'dustbin lid call', a dark orange cat with a white scarf. He resembles Spook in appearance.

Spook

Spook acts as a "servant" to Top Cat. He is similar to Fancy-Fancy in demeanor and appearance, a sweet talking cat whose favourite word seems to be 'like' and is a pool shark with brown fur and a black tie. Servant has a number of meaning: A servant is another word for domestic worker, a person who is hired to provide regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. ...

Officer Dibble

Officer Dibble is the policeman whose beat includes the alley. Though he usually resents the gang's presence in the alley, there are times when he respects and loves them. There are several episodes that focus on Officer Dibble. For the band, see The Police. ...

Episode list

1. "Hawaii Here We Come" (Sep 27, 1961)
2. "Maharajah of Pookajee" (Oct 4, 1961)
3. "All That Jazz" (Oct 11, 1961)
4. "The $1,000,000 Derby" (Oct 18, 1961)
5. "The Violin Player" (Oct 25, 1961)
6. "The Missing Heir" (Nov 1, 1961)
7. "Top Cat Falls In Love" (Nov 8, 1961)
8. "A Visit From Mother" (Nov 15, 1961)
9. "Naked Town" (Nov 22, 1961)
10. "Sergeant Top Cat" (Nov 29, 1961)
11. "Choo-Choo's Romance" (Dec 6, 1961)
12. "The Unscratchables" (Dec 13, 1961)
13. "Rafeefleas" (Dec 20, 1961)
14. "The Tycoon" (Dec 27, 1961)
15. "The Long Hot Winter" (Jan 3, 1962)
16. "The Case of the Absent Anteater" (Jan 10, 1962)
17. "T.C. Minds the Baby" (Jan 17, 1962)
18. "Farewell, Mr. Dibble" (Jan 24, 1962)
19. "The Grand Tour" (Jan 31, 1962)
20. "The Golden Fleecing" (Feb 7, 1962)
21. "Space Monkey" (Feb 14, 1962)
22. "The Late T.C." (Feb 21, 1962)
23. "Dibble's Birthday" (Feb 28, 1962)
24. "Choo-Choo Goes Ga-Ga" (Mar 7, 1962)
25. "King for a Day" (Mar 14, 1962)
26. "The Con Men" (Mar 21, 1962)
27. "Dibble Breaks the Record" (Mar 28, 1962)
28. "Dibble Sings Again" (Apr 4, 1962)
29. "Griswald" (Apr 11, 1962)
30. "Dibble's Double" (Apr 18, 1962)

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DVD release

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Other Appearances

In 1985, Top Cat appeared on Yogi's Treasure Hunt with all the other Hanna-Barbera characters, he was the one who assigned the treasure hunts. Two years later, Hanna-Barbera Studios created and produced a feature-length telefilm based on the show titled Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats (part of the Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 film series), in which the gang helps a young girl claim her inheritance. In 1991 he became a teenage cat (but he still lived in a trash can) on NBC's Yo Yogi!. Yogis Treasure Hunt was a segment of the The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. ... Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats is an animated television movie originally broadcast in 1987. ... Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 was a series of ten syndicated telefilms made from 1986 to 1988, featuring the most popular Hanna-Barbera characters in feature-length adventures. ... Yo Yogi! was an animated series from Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired on NBC Saturday Mornings during the 1991-92 season, and was the last television series to feature or star Yogi Bear. ...

International broadcasters

Canada

Top Cat was among the first programs aired on CTV. The country's first private television network commenced broadcasts in October 1961. This article is about the Broadcast Television Network CTV, for the broadcasting television company see CTVglobemedia. ...

Mexico and Latin America

The show was a massive hit in Mexico, where it is known as Don Gato y su pandilla (<<<Top Cat and his gang) and the main characters adopted accents from different regions of Mexico. Besides Top Cat, all the other characters from the show were very famous: Benny was renamed Benito B. Bodoque y B., Choo Choo was renamed Cucho and spoke with a strong Yucatan accent, Fancy-Fancy was Panza (Tummy), Spook renamed as the word's rough translation Espanto, The Brain was called Demóstenes (honouring the Greek statesman Demosthenes, with whom he shares a speech impediment) and Officer Dibble renamed as Oficial Carlitos Matute. Top Cat is still rerun every few years. The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. ... Demosthenes (384–322 BC, Greek: Δημοσθένης, DÄ“mosthénÄ“s) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. ...

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the show was first aired on BBC television (now called BBC One) but renamed Boss Cat shortly after it premiered in 1962 because Top Cat was also the name of a brand of cat food. The dialogue and theme tune still referred to the character by his original name but a small cut was made in the opening credits (resulting in a slight 'jump' in the film) and a title card added before the episode proper. The new name was last used for a repeat run in 1989; by the time the series was next aired in 1999 the 'Top Cat' food brand had long since disappeared, allowing the original title to be used. This continues to be the case in the showings on Boomerang and BBC Two. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 1. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cat enjoying a mix of wet (canned) and dry cat food Cat food is food manufactured for consumption by cats from the age range of just a few months. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ...

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Manda Chuva 'voice by Lima Duarte
• Finnish: Topi Katti
• French: Le Pacha
• German: Superkater
• Hungarian: Turpi Úrfi
• Italian: Temistocle
• Japanese: Doraneko Taishō (ドラ猫大将, Doraneko Taishō^?) (lit. 'Stray Cat Boss')
• Norwegian: Topp Katt
• Polish: Kocia Ferajna (lit. 'Catfellas')
• Portuguese: Top Cat
• Serbian: Mačor Mika
• Sinhala: Pissu Pusa (පිස්සු පූසා)
• Spanish: Don Gato y su pandilla

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External links

• Top Cat Unofficial Site
• Top Cat fansite
• Top Cat at the Internet Movie Database
• Top Cat at Toonopedia
• TV.com site
• Toon Tracker's lyrics to the Top Cat theme song
• Full episodes of Top Cat free at AOL Video