He is found guilty and is sentenced to probation. Top Cat gets sued for bookmaking and running an illegal gambling service out of Harvey's home. In that episode, Harvey Birdman takes Top Cat and his gang home. The Brain has no dialogue and Spook is nowhere to be seen. Top Cat and his gang appeared in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Mindless" with Top Cat and Choo Choo voiced by Tom Kenny, Benny the Ball voiced by Maurice LaMarche, and Fancy-Fancy voiced by Chris Edgerly.In the Duck Dodgers episode "K-9 Quarry", Top Cat was amongst the poached characters on the Alien Hunter's ship.In one of the episodes of The Powerpuff Girls, Top Cat can be briefly seen in the background before the end shot.Top Cat was seen in a Cartoon Network Rap in 1995. In 1991, Top Cat was a teenage cat (but he still lived in a trash can) on NBC's Yo Yogi! voiced by Arte Johnson.In the Fender Bender 500 segment of Wake, Rattle, and Roll, Top Cat and Choo Choo were racers driving a trash can-modeled monster truck called the Alley Cat.During that time, John Stephenson reprised Officer Dibble while Benny the Ball was voiced by Avery Schreiber. In 1987, Hanna-Barbera produced a feature-length television film based on the show titled Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats (part of the Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 film series), in which the gang helps a young girl claim her inheritance.Officer Dibble made an appearance in the end of the show's episode, "Yogi's Beanstalk" voiced by John Stephenson. In 1985, Top Cat appeared on Yogi's Treasure Hunt with Yogi Bear and other Hanna-Barbera toon stars he was the one who assigned the treasure hunts.It was presumed that Arnold Stang wasn't available at the time, while Maurice Gosfield died in 1964. While the others don't have dialogue, Top Cat was voiced by Daws Butler and Benny the Ball was voice by John Stephenson. Top Cat and his gang appeared in Yogi's Ark Lark.Thus returning the favor done in the episode " Rafeefleas" when T.C and the gang found two statues of cavemen (Fred and Barney) in an art museum, while searching for the jewelry display case. Officer Dibble makes a cameo appearance in The Flintstones episode "Time Machine", as a policeman in the future.Top Cat's theme is featured in The Flintstones episode "Surfin Fred" when Barney and Betty discover that Jimmy Darrock is in fact not a lifeguard.Other appearances Hanna-Barbera related shows In "A Visit from Mother", graffiti of "El Kabong", Quick Draw McGraw’s alter-ego, is seen on the wall in the background. The statues are modeled after Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble. Choo-Choo insists that he's seen the figures before, maybe on T.V., but TC waves this off. In another episode, the gang is wandering through a museum at night when they come upon a group of statues labeled "Prehistoric Man". At the right and at the bottom there is a Yogi Bear and a Huckleberry Hound comic.
In one of the episodes, Top Cat and his friends are reading comic books. Dibble, previously only an implement for making holes for planting seeds, has acquired a second meaning in the vernacular as slang for police officers.Įpisodes Main article: Episodes Voice Cast Main article: The GangĪdditional Voices Main article: Characters Dibble's appearance was modeled on 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. Ī frequent plot-line revolved around the local policeman, Officer Charles "Charlie" Dibble, and his ineffective attempts to evict the gang from the alley.
Another possible source material was " Hokey Wolf", a segment on The Huckleberry Hound Show, which also had parallels to The Phil Silvers Show. 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).Įven Arnold Stang's voicing of Top Cat strongly resembled Phil Silvers' voice. It has also been said that the Bowery Boys influenced the show. Top Cat and his gang were inspired by characters from the popular situation comedy You'll Never Get Rich (later called The Phil Silvers Show). by close friends, "pro-vid-ing it's with dignity" as the lyrics of the theme song say - is the leader of a gang of New York City alley cats which includes Fancy-Fancy, Spook, Benny the Ball, Brain, and Choo-Choo. The central character, Top Cat - called T.C. Originally broadcast on Wednesdays, 8:30-9pm Eastern, Top Cat was co-sponsored by Kellogg's and Bristol-Myers ( Bufferin).