Top Cat

TV Series
1961–1962
TV-G
30m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

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Hand-Drawn Animation Slapstick Animation Comedy Crime Family

Top Cat is the leader of a group of alley cats, always trying to cheat someone.Top Cat is the leader of a group of alley cats, always trying to cheat someone.Top Cat is the leader of a group of alley cats, always trying to cheat someone.

Creators
- Joseph Barbera
- William Hanna
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

8.3K

YOUR RATING

Creators
- Joseph Barbera
- William Hanna
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The character Benny the Ball was voiced by Maurice Gosfield. He also played Private Duane Doberman on The Phil Silvers Show (1955), which "Top Cat" was based on.

Goofs
In the opening title song "Top Cat" (seen in every episode) the waiter should be shown in front of the lunch box on the table. His torso is behind the box until Top Cat jumps up and runs for the taxi. At that point the waiter "pops" fully in front of the lunch box. This was related by Arnold Stang on the DVD commentary and he was very annoyed (even years later!) that the studio would let such an error occur every week.

Quotes
Professor Zimbach: [admiring a contemporary painting] This man has artistic temperament, like Van Gogh. You know, the painter who cut off his ear and sent it to his girlfriend.
Top Cat: Oh, yeah, to ask her why he hadn't heard from her.

Crazy credits
The opening credits feature Top Cat entering a high-class restaurant to have lunch... which he picks from a construction worker working across the restaurant. He escapes from the maitre'd and the worker into a taxi and gets away (originally the series title appears on a blind TC pulls down in the taxi - later versions feature the title as TC gets into the taxi).

Alternate versions
In Mexico's Spanish dubbed version the name of characters was changed to:
Don Gato (Top Cat)
Benito B. Bodoque y B. (Benny the Ball)
Panza (Fancy-Fancy)
Demóstenes (The Brain)
Cucho (Choo-Choo)
Espanto (Spook)
Agente Carlitos Matute (Officer Dibble)
Also the voice of Benito B. Bodoque y B. sound like a child and every cat had an accent in voice of some different Mexican regions.

Connections
Featured in Cat People (1982)

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My 8 year old never saw this

My 8 year old asked what cartoons I used to watch. I'm 56 so I mentioned Top Cat.I explained to him it was a show about cats that acted out people roles.There was no violence or evil villains, just a bunch of guys trying to beat the system.The old get by while the other guys do all the work.They always had a get rich quick gimmick going that was going to put them on easy street and every time they made it on to easy street they missed the good old days and officer Dibble.It was similar to Bilko, McHales navy and other popular sitcoms of that era.

I was amazed my 8 year old hadn't seen an episode. We have DISH TV so I did a search and it did not come up. I thought Boomerang or Cartoon network would have had it on. My 17 year old son came home and caught me looking up Top Cat. He remembered the show. He told his brother it was a great show where a cat had a bunch of trash can buddies that hung out in an alley. How the cartoon network can not have this show on the air is a crime against children everywhere.