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Premiere date | September 27, 1961 |
Starring | Arnold Stang Maurice Gosfield Marvin Kaplan Leo De Lyon John Stephenson Allen Jenkins Hal Smith |
Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
Writer(s) | Harvey Bullock |
Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Animation director(s) | Charles A. Nichols |
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"The $1,000,000 Derby" is the first episode of Top Cat season one. It aired on September 27, 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.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
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Organizations
- New York City Police Department
- Bugle (mentioned)
- The Tribune (mentioned)
- Derby Committee
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Hoagy's Alley
- Holland Tunnel (mentioned)
- Madison Square Garden (mentioned)
- Macy's (mentioned)
- Central Park
- Acme Foundry
- Broadway (mentioned)
- Chateau de Rou
- Brooklyn (indirectly mentioned)
- Carnasie (mentioned)
- Airport
- Manhattan
- New Jersey (mentioned)
- Jersey City (mentioned)
- Washington, D.C. (mentioned)
- The White House (mentioned)
- New York City
- New York
- Africa (mentioned)
- Australia (mentioned)
- Asia (indirectly mentioned)
- Arabia (mentioned)
- United States
Objects
- Bugle newspaper
Vehicles
- S.S. Africa
- Ambulance
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Hanna and Hoyt Curtin.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: September 27, 1961 on ABC
Behind the scenes
- Top Cat refers to Benny as Zorro when he's taking a photo of the horse.
- Tea Biscuit is a parody of the famous racehorse Seabiscuit.
Errors
- The back sides of a couple of horses are seen which could've belonged to either Tea Biscuit, Froufrou, Barmaid, Cucamonga, or Lucky Lady, but those horses seen aren't explicitly identified by name.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- 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.
- In the United Kingdom:
- 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.
- 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.