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The Hanna-Barbera Studio followed up its success with The Flintstones by launching its second prime-time animated sitcom a year later. Top Cat debuted on ABC on Sept. 27, 1961.
Like its predecessor, Top Cat was based on an earlier, live-action sitcom — in this case, You'll Never Get Rich, in which Sgt. Ernie Bilko (Phil Silvers) operated various scams on a military base, maintaining a love/hate relationship with the local authority figure, Col. Hall (Phil Ford). Top Cat (voiced by character actor Arnold Stang) operated various scams in a New York alley, maintaining a love/hate relationship with the local authority figure, Officer Dibble (voiced by Allen Jenkins). To drive the point home, Top Cat's Benny the Ball, the character that corresponded to Bilko's Pvt. Doberman, was voiced by Maurice Gosfield — the actor who played Doberman.

Other members of TC's gang were Choo Choo (voiced by Marvin Kaplan), Fancy-Fancy (John Stephenson), Spook and The Brain (the last two by Leo deLyon). They all made their headquarters in Hoagy's Alley (an obvious reference to Hogan's Alley, where The Yellow Kid hung out).

Like most of Hanna-Barbera's 1960s prime-time shows, Top Cat (no relation) lasted one season in that venue, and was then relegated to Saturday morning reruns. In TC's case, that meant 30 episodes, recycled weekly from 1962-69. After that, it was syndicated, but not in very prominent time slots. Unlike its contemporaries, The Jetsons and Jonny Quest, Top Cat didn't later get a booster shot of new episodes.

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Huckleberry Hound was Hanna-Barbera's second animated TV series, and the first in which they produced and controlled the entire content of the entire show. Its three cartoon segments — the other two were Yogi Bear and Pixie & Dixie — were all Hanna-Barbera productions, and its host — Huck himself, a laid-back guy with a Southern accent to go with his countrified name — also belonged to them. A total of 55 episodes were made. Among Huck's many distinctions is his show's Emmy Award, which it won during the 1959-60 season, and which was the first ever given to an animated series.

Senaste redigerad av GoogaMooga (2009-03-24 13:26:03)