Top Cat (TV series)
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- This article is about the TV series. For the main title character, see Top Cat (character). For other uses, see Top Cat.
| Top Cat | |
|---|---|
 On-screen title card. | |
| Created by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Network | ABC |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
| Distributor | Screen Gems |
| Original release | September 27, 1961—April 18, 1962 |
| Starring | Arnold Stang Maurice Gosfield Allen Jenkins Marvin Kaplan Leo De Lyon John Stephenson |
| Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Writer(s) | Barry Blitzer Harvey Bullock Kin Platt |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Top Cat is an American animated television sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera for ABC. It ran from 1961 to 1962, airing 30 episodes. It was a prime-time animated series geared towards adults, although its accessibility for the whole family allowed it to be aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in their heydays.
Top Cat, Benny the Ball, Choo Choo, Brain, Spook and Fancy Fancy are set to appear in the upcoming HBO Max original series, Jellystone!.
Production
Development
Music
Episodes
| Episode | Number | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| "Hawaii, Here We Come" | 1x01 | September 27, 1961 |
| "The Maharajah of Pookajee" | 1x02 | October 4, 1961 |
| "All That Jazz" | 1x03 | October 11, 1961 |
| "The $1,000,000 Derby" | 1x04 | October 18, 1961 |
| "The Violin Player" | 1x05 | October 25, 1961 |
| "The Missing Heir" | 1x06 | November 1, 1961 |
| "Top Cat Falls in Love" | 1x07 | November 8, 1961 |
| "A Visit from Mother" | 1x08 | November 15, 1961 |
| "Naked Town" | 1x09 | November 22, 1961 |
| "Sergeant Top Cat" | 1x10 | November 29, 1961 |
| "Choo-Choo's Romance" | 1x11 | December 6, 1961 |
| "The Unscratchables" | 1x12 | December 13, 1961 |
| "Rafeefleas" | 1x13 | December 20, 1961 |
| "The Tycoon" | 1x14 | December 27, 1961 |
| "The Long Hot Winter" | 1x15 | January 3, 1962 |
| "The Case of the Absent Anteater" | 1x16 | January 10, 1962 |
| "T.C. Minds the Baby" | 1x17 | January 17, 1962 |
| "Farewell, Mr. Dibble" | 1x18 | January 24, 1962 |
| "The Grand Tour" | 1x19 | January 31, 1962 |
| "The Golden Fleecing" | 1x20 | February 7, 1962 |
| "Space Monkey" | 1x21 | February 14, 1962 |
| "The Late T.C." | 1x22 | February 21, 1962 |
| "Dibble's Birthday" | 1x23 | February 28, 1962 |
| "Choo-Choo Goes Ga-Ga" | 1x24 | March 7, 1962 |
| "King for a Day" | 1x25 | March 14, 1962 |
| "The Con Men" | 1x26 | March 21, 1962 |
| "Dibble Breaks the Record" | 1x27 | March 28, 1962 |
| "Dibble Sings Again" | 1x28 | April 4, 1962 |
| "Griswald" | 1x29 | April 11, 1962 |
| "Dibble's Double" | 1x30 | April 18, 1962 |
Cast
- Arnold Stang as Top Cat
- Maurice Gosfield as Benny the Ball
- Allen Jenkins as Officer Dibble
- Marvin Kaplan as Choo Choo
- Leo De Lyon as Brain and Spook
- John Stephenson as Fancy Fancy
