One of the best cartoons ever written. Love these anti-hero characters that were really not so bad inside their little hearts. Fine cast doing the voices and were all fine movie actors in actual movies back in the day. Hanna-Barbera were the masters of cartoons during my youth! This is must see show!

I first remember seeing "Top Cat" when it was part of NBC's Saturday morning lineup in the late 60's (I was born on April 29, 1962, when the show was halfway through its first - and only - prime-time season on ABC).Whoever said, "You don't really appreciate something until after it's gone," was right - once "Top Cat" left NBC in 1969, all I had were comic books of the show to enjoy, as well as a coloring book of when T.C. and the gang went to the local zoo. When "T.C." was first syndicated in 1969, no stations here in Detroit (or around Lansing, Michigan, where I moved to in 1971 and lived until 1978) decided to purchase the reruns and show them (apparently the program directors of said stations didn't know a good cartoon series when they saw one); until 1996, when Cartoon Network reran "T.C." for the first time in ages, it would be a miracle (such as when I visited my relatives near Pittsburgh or my grandparents in California) before I ever saw any episodes of the show again.About two weeks ago (January 14), I FINALLY purchased the entire 30-episode DVD box set of "Top Cat." It was such a treat to see all the episodes again, as well as the shorts with the actors who voiced the characters (my favorite "Top Cat" episodes have to be "All That Jazz," about the "diamond mine in Diambodi," and "The Golden Fleecing," about the female cat Honeydew Melon). And the best part is: Now I DON'T have to wait until if and when Boomerang decides to rerun "T.C." in the future; I can watch the show again any time I want! (I also recently tracked down a copy of the 1962 TV soundtrack album on vinyl, so now I have another "T.C." collectible to enjoy. I hope to have one of my friends dub it onto a CD for me.)So thanks, Warner Home Video, for helping revive an old, enjoyable childhood memory. It was certainly $45 well spent! (Now would you PLEASE see about putting another one of my all-time favorite, and seldom-seen, Hanna-Barbera cartoon series, "The Roman Holidays," on DVD soon? I know that would also be worth paying good money for!)

Actually, the comment above isn't quite fair because this show actually has some merit. The Phil Silvers Show upon which this cartoon was based has never been shown in Denmark so I can't really compare it with Top Cat. However, I have seen the Steve Martin vehicle and I have caught a few glimpses of Phil Silvers on old movies. Somehow I think this is more enjoyable than if I imagined it being a live-action show because those kind of antics can get rather tiresome on a live show. Sgt. Bilko was really funny the first 5 minutes but then quickly became a series of skits that just drove the plot along. Top Cat has a firm plot line in every episode and other than having talking cats as main characters is actually quite realistic in a 50's TV-show kind of way. Officer Dibble is very much a cop stereotype, crass on the outside with a heart of gold on the inside, but who cares. Top Cat himself gets tiresome sometimes but what can you do that wouldn't betray his character. Benny the Ball, Spook, Fancy, Brain etc. are written in stone and don't change at all and that is as it should be. In conclusion I will say that there aren't really a lot of laughs for a cartoon show. It gets kind of melancholy sometimes and that is rare in a Hanna/Barbera show. So I will say that it is a moderately enjoyable show but not a sensational must-see.

Top Cat is another one of my favorite Hanna-Barbera cartoons! Set in the Alleys of New York, "Top Cat" tells the story of a gang of low-life cats (Choo Choo, Benny the Ball, Fancy-Fancy, Spook and Brian) with their charismatic Leader, Top Cat. With ability and mischief, Top Cat will always try to get rich gambling, to eat for free, or to play jokes on someone, but he is always being watched by Officer Dibble, who is very strict and fierce with them, but in fact is a friend to all of them. This is series is so funny.User Rating: 9/10BOTTOM LINE: HE IS THE KING, HE IS TIP TOP, TOP CAT!