Top Cat was created as a parody of The Phil Silvers Show (1955–59), a successful military comedy whose lead character (Sergeant Bilko, played by Silvers) was a fast-talking See more

The title character, Top Cat (T.C.), is the leader of a gang of Manhattan alley cats living in Hoagy's Alley: Fancy-Fancy, Spook, Benny the Ball, Brain, and Choo-Choo. See more

Animation historian Christopher P. Lehman says that the series can be seen as social commentary. The cats may represent disenfranchised people confined to living in a poor … See more

Episodes of the series were released on VHS in Europe, as well as Worldvision Home Video in the United States.
The series' episode, "All That Jazz", was edited into a 7 … See more

Top Cat aired on Wednesday nights in prime time at 8:30 pm. Hanna-Barbera created 30 half-hour episodes. The show was broadcast in … See more

Main voices:
• Arnold Stang as Top Cat
• Marvin Kaplan as Choo-Choo
• Maurice Gosfield as Benny the Ball See more

Comic books
The gang's adventures continued off-screen in comic books as Dell (which became Gold Key) published 31 issues from 1961 to 1970. See more