Top Cat

1961

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Released: 27 September 1961 Ended
Producted By: Hanna-Barbera Productions
Country: United States of America
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Top Cat is a Hanna-Barbera prime time animated television series which ran from November 26, 1961 to April 18, 1962 for a run of 30 episodes on the ABC network. Reruns are played on Cartoon Network's classic animation network Boomerang.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
Jackson Booth-Millard When I was younger and occasionally today I think Top Cat is quite a good cartoon from the creators of Scooby-Doo and Tom and Jerry, Hanna-Barbera. Top Cat is the cat who leads a gang of street cats who hang out in the alley way and mos of the time try to get food or money. The gang members that are remembered are Benny the Ball (the most helpful), Choo Choo (the enthusiastic) and Brain (the dim one). The only thing stopping Top Cat and the gang from getting their money or food is Officer Dibble patrolling the alley way, and answering his alley phone. Sometimes some good gags were Top Cat using this phone without permission. This cartoon also had a very good theme tune. It was number 28 on The 100 Greatest Kids' TV Shows, and it was number 64 on The 100 Greatest Cartoons. Good!
policy134 Actually, the comment above isn't quite fair because this show actually has some merit. The Phil Silvers Show upon which this cartoon was based has never been shown in Denmark so I can't really compare it with Top Cat. However, I have seen the Steve Martin vehicle and I have caught a few glimpses of Phil Silvers on old movies. Somehow I think this is more enjoyable than if I imagined it being a live-action show because those kind of antics can get rather tiresome on a live show. Sgt. Bilko was really funny the first 5 minutes but then quickly became a series of skits that just drove the plot along. Top Cat has a firm plot line in every episode and other than having talking cats as main characters is actually quite realistic in a 50's TV-show kind of way. Officer Dibble is very much a cop stereotype, crass on the outside with a heart of gold on the inside, but who cares. Top Cat himself gets tiresome sometimes but what can you do that wouldn't betray his character. Benny the Ball, Spook, Fancy, Brain etc. are written in stone and don't change at all and that is as it should be. In conclusion I will say that there aren't really a lot of laughs for a cartoon show. It gets kind of melancholy sometimes and that is rare in a Hanna/Barbera show. So I will say that it is a moderately enjoyable show but not a sensational must-see.
SonicStuart Top Cat is another one of my favorite Hanna-Barbera cartoons! Set in the Alleys of New York, "Top Cat" tells the story of a gang of low-life cats (Choo Choo, Benny the Ball, Fancy-Fancy, Spook and Brian) with their charismatic Leader, Top Cat. With ability and mischief, Top Cat will always try to get rich gambling, to eat for free, or to play jokes on someone, but he is always being watched by Officer Dibble, who is very strict and fierce with them, but in fact is a friend to all of them. This is series is so funny.User Rating: 9/10BOTTOM LINE: HE IS THE KING, HE IS TIP TOP, TOP CAT!
stevenfallonnyc Top Cat has always been my favorite cartoon series. set in my town, NYC, Top Cat and his gang (Chooch, Fancy Fancy, Benny, Spook and Brain) struggle on the streets trying to survive and make a buck. Their efforts are always being thwarted by the cop on the beat, Officer Dibble, who in reality actually has a soft spot for the cats (as they do him). This was a primetime series, hence the slightly-adult humor from time to time. One way Top Cat and the cats always try to make a buck is by fleecing people (especially tourists) in various different creative ways. They even try to set up gambling, as Dibble once caught Top Cat with a roulette wheel! They even like to bet on the horses (Spook: "Hey TC, like when are we going to the track?" Top Cat: "As soon as we raise the two bucks for a bet!").The dynamic between Dibble and the cats is often exhibited in many ways, because really Dibble doesn't actually want to run them in the slammer. Dibble even narrated the beginning of one episode explaining the delicate balance of his beat, it being "non-scientific" but he keeps that balance. And his unique relationship with TC and the others is a big part of that balance.So far only one episode (to my knowledge) has been released on DVD, on a cartoon compilation release. I really hope the entire series gets a DVD release, that'll be incredible! Every second of all 30 episodes is a winner.