In the U.S., a box set containing all 30 episodes was released on December 7, 2004. Dibble's appearance was modeled after Allen Jenkins, who did his voice. The only reason that he wanted to be rid of them was that Top Cat and his gang were constantly attempting to earn a quick dollar-usually through an illegal scam. Lastly, a likely contender (as it also came from Hanna Barbera) was the character 'Hokey Wolf, from a segment on The Huckleberry Hound Show, which also had parallels to The Phil Silvers Show.Ī frequent plot-line revolved around the local beat policeman, Charles 'Charlie' Dibble, NYPD and his ineffective attempts to evict the gang from the alley. That said, he is loyal to the gang and will help. He does respect the effort the gang does for him, but he often takes credit for it. He often rips off and/or tricks his gang and Officer Dibble. He is voiced by He is a yellow furred cat, who wears a purple hat and vest.

Top Cat is the leader of a group of alley. Top Cat (or TC) is the greedy, somewhat lazy and clever yellow cat who is the main character of the series with the same name. With Leo DeLyon, Allen Jenkins, Arnold Stang, Maurice Gosfield. Other possible sources cited have been 'Guys and Dolls' where actor Stubby Kaye played a short, stout street-wise gambler and a vertual Benny the Ball prototype. Top Cat: Created by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna. Even Arnold Stang's voicing of Top Cat strongly resembled Phil Silvers' voice. Maurice Gosfield, who played Private Duane Doberman on The Phil Silvers Show, also provided the voice for Benny the Ball in Top Cat (Benny's rotund appearance was based on Gosfield too). Many suggest it derived from a later 1950s military comedy, You'll Never Get Rich (later called The Phil Silvers Show), whose lead was a crafty con-man.

Top Cat and his gang were inspired by characters from the popular 1940s B movies, 'The East-End Kids'. by his friends, is the leader of a gang of Manhattan alley cats living in Hoagy's Alley: Fancy Pants, Spook, Benny the Ball, Brain, and Choo Choo. The central character, Top Cat-called T.C. Originally broadcast on Wednesdays, Top Cat was co-sponsored by Kellogg's and Bristol-Myers (Bufferin). In 2000, Top Cat began airing on Cartoon Network's sister channel Boomerang, where it remained until 2014. Starting in 1992, reruns of the series aired on Cartoon Network until 2004.

Status Ended Top Cat is a Hanna-Barbera Prime time animated television series which ran from Septemto Apfor a run of 30 episodes on the ABC network.

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