Hawaii, Here We Come

Hawaii, Here We Come
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Premiere date	September 27, 1961
Starring	Arnold Stang Maurice Gosfield Marvin Kaplan Leo De Lyon John Stephenson Allen Jenkins
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Animation director(s)	Charles A. Nichols
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"Hawaii, Here We Come" is the first episode of Top Cat season one. It aired on September 27, 1961 on ABC. It was written by Michael Maltese, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Not to miss out on Benny's free trip to Hawaii, T.C. and the rest of the gang come along as stowaways.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Benny the Ball	Maurice Gosfield
Top Cat	Arnold Stang
Officer Dibble	Allen Jenkins
Fireman	Unavailable
Choo Choo	Marvin Kaplan
Spook	Leo De Lyon
Fancy Fancy	John Stephenson
Brain	Leo De Lyon
Dockmaster	John Stephenson
Old lady/crook	Don Messick
Boarding representative	Don Messick
Sargeant Flanagan	John Stephenson
Purser	John Stephenson
Officer Dibble's wife
Davey Crockett (money print)	N/A
Abraham Lincoln
Captain	John Stephenson
Shipmate	Don Messick

Organizations

• New York City Police Department
• FBI (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Hoagy's Alley
        • Schultz's Delicatessen (mentioned)
        • Carnegie Hall (mentioned)
        • Police station
        • Brooklyn (indirectly mentioned)
          • Coney Island (mentioned)
      • Long Island (mentioned)
    • Hawaii
      • Honolulu
    • California (indirectly mentioned)
      • San Francisco (indirectly mentioned)
        • Alcatraz Island (mentioned)

Objects

• Counterfeit money

Vehicles

• S.S. Aloha Hooey

Music

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 27, 1961 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• Being the first episode, this is the first mention of Officer Dibble's wife, who's never seen throughout the series, but we're still supposed to believe exists.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • December 7, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Top Cat: The Complete Series on DVD.
  • June 6, 2017: Warner Home Video releases Top Cat: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
• In the United Kingdom:
  • 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.