All That Jazz (Top Cat)

"All That Jazz" is the seventh episode of Top Cat season one. It aired on November 8, 1961 on ABC. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Top Cat's title is challenged by newcomer Jazz.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jazz
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Choo Choo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marvin Kaplan
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Benny the Ball
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice Gosfield
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spook
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Leo De Lyon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fancy Fancy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brain
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Leo De Lyon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Top Cat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Arnold Stang
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Officer Dibble
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Allen Jenkins
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Trella
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavaialable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Choo Choo's mother
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Airport clerk
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sportscaster (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| J.C. Crowflies
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Miss Caruthers (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Director
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Derringer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bruno
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Sergeant Flanagan
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sportscaster (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| J.C. Crowflies
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Miss Caruthers (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Director
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Derringer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bruno
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Sergeant Flanagan
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Derringer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bruno
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Sergeant Flanagan
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Sergeant Flanagan
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Sergeant Flanagan

Organizations

 * New York City Police Department
 * United Nations (mentioned)
 * The Giants (mentioned)

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * New York
 * New York City
 * Manhattan
 * Hoagy's Alley
 * Metropolitan Opera House (mentioned)
 * Pool room
 * Movie theater
 * Syracuse (mentioned)
 * California (indirectly mentioned)
 * Los Angeles (indirectly mentioned)
 * Hollywood (mentioned)
 * South Pacific (indirectly mentioned)
 * Fuji (mentioned)

Objects

 * Nothing of importance

Vehicles

 * Taxi

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director.

Song

 * "A Wandering Minstrel, I" - Allen Jenkins

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 8, 1961 on ABC

Errors

 * At the clerk's station, it has "Super Airways" written above it, but on the president's door, the window says "Super Airlines."

Home availability

 * In the United Kingdom & Ireland:
 * May 19, 1986: The Video Collection releases Top Cat: Volume 2 on VHS.
 * November 3, 1986: The Video Collection releases Top Cat: Volume 2 on VHS.
 * September 4, 1989: The Video Collection releases Top Cat: Volume 2 on VHS.
 * March 27, 2000: Warner Home Video releases Top Cat: Volume 1 on VHS.
 * October 8, 2007: Warner Home Video releases Top Cat: The Complete Series (HMV exclusive) on DVD.
 * October 8, 2007: Warner Home Video releases Top Cat: Volume 1 on DVD.
 * April 1, 2008: Warner Home Video releases Top Cat: The Complete Series on DVD.
 * May 28, 2012: Warner Home Video releases Top Cat and Friends on DVD.
 * 2019: Warner Home Video releases Top Cat: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
 * In the United States:
 * December 7, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Top Cat: The Complete Series on DVD.
 * January 10, 2017: Warner Archive Collection releases Top Cat: The Series on DVD.
 * June 6, 2017: Warner Home Video releases Top Cat: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.