Dibble Breaks the Record

Dibble Breaks the Record
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Premiere date	March 21, 1962
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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"Dibble Breaks the Record" is the twenty-fifth episode of Top Cat season one. It aired on March 21, 1962 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.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Organizations

• New York City Police Department

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Hoagy's Alley

Music

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 21, 1962 at 8:30 on ABC
• United Kingdom and Ireland: March 16, 1963 at 5:00 pm on BBC TV (as The Boss Cat)

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.
  • 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.
  • September 17, 2024: Warner Archive Collection releases Top Cat: The Complete Series on Blu-ray Disc.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • October 15, 2001: Warner Home Video releases Cartoon Crack-Ups on VHS.
  • October 8, 2007: Warner Home Video releases Top Cat: The Complete Series (HMV exclusive) on DVD.
  • April 1, 2008: Warner Home Video releases Top Cat: The Complete Series on DVD.
  • 2019: Warner Home Video releases Top Cat: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.