Sergeant Top Cat

Sergeant Top Cat
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Premiere date	December 6, 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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"Sergeant Top Cat" is the eleventh episode of Top Cat season one. It aired on December 6, 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.

After hearing about Officer Dibble's suggestion of improving on the police force, Top Cat passes off Dibble's ideas as his own and becomes the former's boss and police sergeant.

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 musical director.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 6, 1961 at 8:30 pm on ABC
• United Kingdom and Ireland: July 11, 1962 at 5:10 pm on BBC TV (as The Boss Cat)

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • April 8, 1996: First Independent Films releases Top Cat: Bumper Edition 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.
• 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.