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Top Cat is the leader of a group of alley cats, always trying to cheat someone.Top Cat is the leader of a group of alley cats, always trying to cheat someone.Top Cat is the leader of a group of alley cats, always trying to cheat someone.
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- TriviaThe character Benny the Ball was voiced by Maurice Gosfield. He also played Private Duane Doberman on The Phil Silvers Show (1955), which "Top Cat" was based on.
- GoofsIn the opening title song "Top Cat" (seen in every episode) the waiter should be shown in front of the lunch box on the table. His torso is behind the box until Top Cat jumps up and runs for the taxi. At that point the waiter "pops" fully in front of the lunch box. This was related by Arnold Stang on the DVD commentary and he was very annoyed (even years later!) that the studio would let such an error occur every week.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits feature Top Cat entering a high-class restaurant to have lunch... which he picks from a construction worker working across the restaurant. He escapes from the maitre'd and the worker into a taxi and gets away (originally the series title appears on a blind TC pulls down in the taxi - later versions feature the title as TC gets into the taxi).
- Alternate versionsIn Mexico's Spanish dubbed version the name of characters was changed to:
- Don Gato (Top Cat)
- Benito B. Bodoque y B. (Benny the Ball)
- Panza (Fancy-Fancy)
- Demóstenes (The Brain)
- Cucho (Choo-Choo)
- Espanto (Spook)
- Agente Carlitos Matute (Officer Dibble)
- Also the voice of Benito B. Bodoque y B. sound like a child and every cat had an accent in voice of some different Mexican regions.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cat People (1982)
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Classic cartoon from the days when they really cared.
Based on "The Phil Silvers show",this cartoon translates army capers into the adventures of a bunch of cats in a rundown New York alley.They are led by Top Cat,a conniver who could even teach Bilko a thing or two!Their nemesis and sometime victim is policeman Charlie Dibble.Each of the cats has his own very distinct character.I especially like Spook with his beatnik "hep cat" language. The show is full of humor,wit and charm.The voice actors are superb-including Bilko regular Maurice Gosfield("Benny").Fortunately Hanna-Barbera haven't revived the show;the result would undoubtedly be of much lower standard than the 30 original gems from 1961-2
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