Top Cat — Hide Spoilers. TheLittleSongbird 29 December I love this show, I have loved it ever since I was 8. The animation is typical of Hanna Barbera and holds up reasonably well after all these years. The theme tune is in one word irresistible, and the show is very funny a vast majority of the time, especially with the character of Benny. Another character I loved was Officer Dibble, he was priceless and had a caring side towards the mischievous cats.
And I have to love Top Cat, such an iconic and individual character. Top Cat is constantly witty, humorous and charming.
It is non-violent and often simple, but this is in most ways a good thing. Superb show, wish it had lasted longer though. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
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. Top Cat is a brilliant television series with very well written episodes and a fantastic voice cast.
It's an absolute classic, the humour still holds up today and there's enough in it for both kids and adults to enjoy, it's a typical Hanna Barbera series, with the same sort of comedic tone that features in the Flintstones, and I would say it's one of their finest, the characters are still remembered and very loved to this day, which shows the timelessness of it.
It's certainly not perfect, there a several weak episodes where the storyline just feels like they couldn't think of anything else to do, and for children it could get a bit tiring, it's certainly not as wacky as Scooby Doo or as zany as Tom and Jerry, a lot of the show takes place in the same locations and it's very dialogue based, but once the lines are well written it isn't a huge issue. For only thirty episodes and a very small cast Top Cat still remains a well remembered series, whether it be the lead characters patronising attitude towards his best friends, Officer Dibble, the gang trying to mind a baby, or the Untouchables parody, there isn't a single episode that dosen't have at least one classic moment.
Funny when your a child, even funnier when you're an adult, Top Cat is a hugely entertaining show that I would recommend to anyone looking for a good animated series.
Top Cat and his friends have outrageous adventures, ducking and diving their way through the city streets, while trying to stay out of the way of the long suffering Officer Dibble. It was shown on Friday evenings, early; but it was in primetime. The ground was traveled and a new phenomenon was broken into the networks, the Primetime Family Animated Cartoon Series.
The voice for Officer Dibble was done by the previously mentioned, Allen Jenkins. IN one Episode after another the action would revolve around the "boys" getting involved in some sort of mischief or deal; which was not exactly kosher with the law. Officer Dibble always had Top Cat and the Gang under suspicion and they usually pulled through the crisis with flying colors; the hard-boiled Dibble usually revealed a soft side as well as a deep down affection and admiration for the gang of alley cats.
The backgrounds were of the typical sorts that the Hanna-Barbera Productions' teams had made famous. Their extra long and repetitive hallways, fences and tree lined cityscapes with multi identical trees, planks and other landmarks abound and flourished. The incidental music was mostly the standard made-for-television stock stuff; with usually some of the original theme music blended in.
The stories were quite upbeat, often clever and most importantly, they were funny. But alas, the show failed to get any great sized following and consequently did not survive the cut leading up to a season two. That we believe to this very day was unfortunate; for the production team really gave some great individual personalities to the characters.
There was a large component of the fresh and originality present; which is oft a rare commodity in TV. There is a certain resemblance to Sgt. Ernie Bilko's barking out of orders to a subordinate; but there is so much more to it. First of all, the storyline is not in a Military setting; but rather it's in an urban, NYC type of locale.
The similarities are there. It's food for thought, anyway! Commentary on Top Cat: Hanna-Barbera's second animated series that lasted one season raysond 5 September Top Cat T. His activities,especially when they involved using the police telephone on a pole in his alley often drew the wrath of Officer Dibble Allen Jenkins ,but the gullible cop was always too thoroughly fooled by T.
His five followers had rather distinct personalities,although Benny,the short rotund blue cat,did seem to be his most diligent follower and the ironically named Brain,had the most trouble in following orders leaving T. Believe or not,this Hanna-Barbera production attracted some major names who auditioned unsuccessfully to voice a cat.
As a replacement actor Arnold Stang was hired on the spot as the voice of T. However,from the first episode,TOP CAT was a smash hit with not only adults but with children since it was aimed at adult audiences just like The Flintstones. However,the series didn't do very well in the ratings,but it managed to do excel well in its time slot.
As for the original episodes,TOP CAT was basically filmed in color,but the network's original broadcast ran the entire 30 episodes in black and white. However,the series ran originally in prime time from September 27, until September 26, Then ABC-TV switched the series from prime time to Saturday Mornings where it ran from October 6, thru March 30,,and this time the network broadcast all 30 episodes repeated in color.
Then the show switched networks,this time over to NBC-TV where the episodes were repeated on Saturday Mornings from April 3, thru May 10, and again as part of the Peacock Network's Saturday Morning schedule during the summer of After TOP CAT ended its Saturday Morning run in ,the series was again shown that same year for repeated episodes in syndication and after that the series was never heard from again The repeated episodes can be seen on a regular on Boomerrang from Cartoon Network.
TOP CAT was the floor plan for a other shows that featured a cast of crafty cons and this show premiered in ,some four years before Hogan's Heroes ,not to mention crafty conning animals that wheel and deal and suckered out their human counterparts It's The Hair Bear Bunch! We all love Top Cat.
If you didn't like Top Cat then you must be either a zombie or a robot. In the show, Top Cat lived in a dustbin and along with his friends caused trouble for Police Officer Dibble. One thing T.
Top Cat kind of reminds me of my childhood many many years ago. I was a good child and I tended to hang around on the streets kicking balls around and trying to figure out games we could play with a stick and a tin can. There were also the constant trips to the shop to waste pocket money on cans of pop and sweets. I was never a naughty child but there always seemed to be miserable adults of which I am now one around trying to spoil the fun. I didn't have my own Officer Dibbles but I do remember one elderly guy who seemed to hate kids having any kind of fun.
That must be why I liked watching Top Cat as a child-because really I was looking at me and my friends in the mirror. But isn't hanging round on street corners with your friends something that kids having been doing since time began? All in all, Top Cat was my hero and I urge you to check him out if he comes on your screen. How could I ever forget that lovable and extremely witty feline Top Cat! Vivekmaru45 17 October Another memorable cartoon of my late teenage years. I used to catch the show on Cartoon Network where I watched many episodes.
The theme of the cartoon is of Top Cat getting into scrapes with Officer Dibbles, and using his wits to get out of them. Top Cat and his gang make up the show. Each cat has a particular name that suits its mannerism. Example Benny the Ball gets his name because of his shape. Recommended Episode s : The Late T. Season 1, Episode 22 This one is my favorite of all.
When Top Cat suffers an accident, Dibbles overhears a conversation in which he hears the words "a week". Dibbles thinks Top Cat has a week left in his life. This leads to Top Cat given lavish treats and privileges by Dibbles. Top Cats thinks that he can keep this up forever but things don't always go as planned Other episodes you may also like: Season 1, Episode Dibble's Double:A master of disguise impersonates Officer Dibble to steal valuable paintings. But he hasn't reckoned with Dibble's friends.
Season 1, Episode Dibble's Birthday: Officer Dibble is facing another birthday, and feels he is getting old. His attitude is not helped by overhearing the Police Commissioner talking about getting rid of the "old wrecks" at the police station, meaning old police cars. Top Cat and the gang decide to throw Dibble a surprise party -- with expensive gifts from everyone in the neighborhood.
Toons interact freely with humans and live in Toontown, an area near Hollywood, California. Maroon is the human owner of Maroon Cartoon Studios; Roger Rabbit is a fun-loving toon rabbit, one of Maroon's stars; Roger's wife Jessica Rabbit is a gorgeous toon woman; and Baby Herman is Roger's costar, a year-old toon who looks like an infact.
Marvin Acme is the pratical joke-loving owner of Toontown and the Acme Corparation. Top Cat and his Friends then arrive in Toontown. Maroon hires private detective Eddie Valiant to investigate rumors that Jessica is having an extramarital affair. Eddie and his brother Teddy used to be friends of the toon community, but Eddie has hated them, and has been drinking heavily, since Teddy was killed by a toon a few years earlier.
When Eddie shows Roger photographs of Jessica "cheating" on him by playing patty-cake with Acme, Roger becomes distraught and runs away. This makes him the prime suspect when Acme is found murdered the next day.
Although toons are impervious to physical abuse, Doom has discovered that they can be killed by submerging them in a mixture of solvents he refers to as "Dip.
Baby Herman insists that Acme's will, which is missing, bequeaths Toontown to the toons. If the will is not found by midnight, Toontown will be sold to Cloverleaf Industries, which recently bought the Pacific Electric sysetm of trolley cars.
One of Eddie's photos shows the will in Acme's pocket, proving Baby Herman's claim. After Roger and Top Cat and his friends show up at his office professing his innocence, Eddie investigates the case with help from his girlfriend Dolores while hiding Roger from the Toon Patrol. Jessica tells Eddie that Maroon blackmailed her into compromising Acme, and Eddie learns that Maroon is selling his studio to Cloverleaf.
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