| |
 |
| Hawaii, Here We Come |
27 September 1961 |
| When Benny the Ball wins a cruise to Hawaii
through a boxtop contest, he and his pals board the SS Aloha
Hooey, with five of the cats sneaking on as stowaways. Officer
Dibble accidentally becomes a fellow passenger by chasing
a counterfeiter on board. The gang finds a suitcase filled
with (counterfeit) cash and they begin to live like kings,
until Dibble catches them and tosses them into the brig.
Top Cat devises a clever plan to capture the real counterfeiter,
leaving Dibble and the cats free to enjoy the rest of their
Hawaiian vacation. |
|
| The Maharajah of Pookajee |
4 October 1961 |
| Hearing that the rich and benevolent Maharajah
(who hands out rubies for random acts of kindness) is staying
at a nearby hotel, Top Cat and the gang disguise themselves
and sneak past Officer Dibble's guard in an attempt to meet
the royal. Mistaking Top Cat for the Maharajah, the hotel
staff puts him up in a grand suite, where he maintains the
pretense by dispensing glass beads as "rubies."
But when the real Maharajah arrives, Top Cat and the gang
high-tail it out. Upon finally meeting the Maharajah, Top
Cat assumes he is another impostor and tosses away the bag
of rubies that the ruler gives him. |
|
| All That Jazz |
11 October 1961 |
| Jazz, the new cat in town, takes over the
pool hall, steals Top Cat's girlfriend, sways the gang,
and even cleans up the alloy. This sparks an ongoing contest
of one-upmanship, so when both Jazz and Top Cat are offered
a part in a Hollywood film, they naturally assume it is
another trick. The offer turns out to be legit and Benny
the Ball is cast in the starring role in The Thing From
the Alley. He leaves for Hollywood in a limo, accompanied
by Top Cat and the gang in the guise of Benny's manager,
valet, vocal coach, tailor, and chauffeur. |
|
| The $1,000,000 Derby |
18 October 1961 |
| Top Cat discovers that the horse Benny bought
for a concession stand to photograph children on a pony
runs wild when it hears a whistle (in fact, it ran up a
million dollars' worth of damage inside Macy's!). Attempting
to capitalize on the horse's talents, Top Cat poses as Arabian
oil king Aly Khat and enters the nag in a million dollar
derby, spurring it on by running a screaming ambulance alongside
the track. The horse almost wins, but at the last minute
vainly stops to smile and pose for the photo finish camera. |
|
| The Violin Player |
25 October 1961 |
| Mr. Gutenberg, the musical director of Carnegie
Hall, mistakes a recording of violin virtuoso Laszlo Laszlo
for the playing of Benny the Ball, who has just taken up
the instrument. He approaches Benny with an offer to perform
and Top Cat negotiates a deal for $50,000 for a Saturday
night performance at the Hall-an offer that is withdrawn
when Carnegie's Board of Directors really hear Benny play.
When Gutenberg offers a $10,000 reward to find the true
violinist, the gang discovers that it's their neighborhood
street cleaner, Laszlo Laszlo. |
|
| The Missing Heir |
1 November 1961 |
| When the gang realizes Benny fits the description
of a missing heir they take him to palatial Ridgely Place
to collect his inheritance, unaware that the butler, Chutney,
and his dog, Griswald, who are next in line for the money,
are planning to do away with Benny. Dibble saves Benny from
a series of near-fatal mishaps and arrests the butler (who
is really Machine Gun Chutney), after which the genuine
heir appears. Hoping to cash in, Top Cat lets the heir,
a cat named Catwaleder, join the gang, hut then discovers
that the heir has given away all his money. |
|
| Top Cat Falls In Love |
8 November 1961 |
| While visiting tonsillectomy patient Benny
in the hospital, Top Cat becomes smitten with a beautiful
nurse, Miss LaRue, and feigns the disease "blubberitis"
in order to stay in the hospital. Despite Top Cat's considerable
charm, Nurse LaRue ends up going back to her hometown to
marry a young doctor. After one look at her replacement,
a militant substitute nurse, Top Cat undergoes a miraculous
recovery and flees the premises. |
|
| A Visit from Mother |
15 November 1961 |
| Dutiful son Bennv writes his mother frequently.
Unfortunately, his letters describe his life as the mayor
of New York City! When Mrs. Ball pays a visit, Top Cat and
the gang create the illusion that Benny is indeed mayor.
They "borrow" Officer Dibble's police car and
stage a key-to-the-city ceremony, a boat christening, a
ribbon-cutting ceremony, even a ticker-tape parade. When
Dibble finally catches up with them, he doesn't have the
heart to shatter Mrs. Ball's illusions, and ends up driving
them all to the airport to see the "mayor's" mother
off. |
|
| Naked Town |
22 November 1961 |
| Public Enemies #12 and 13, Knuckles and Ape,
learn that Hoagy's Alley will be used as a location for
filming a television show, and take the opportunity to devise
a robbery ruse. Posing as producers, they employ Dibble,
Top Cat, and the gang to move such goods as television sets
and alarm clocks from a warehouse into their "production"
van. Realizing they have been conned, Dibble and the cats
trap the crooks by setting the alarm clocks to sound at
noon, a cacophony that leads the police right to the criminals'
hideout. |
|
| Sergeant Top Cat |
29 November 1961 |
| Overhearing Officer Dibble's list of ideas
for improving the police force, Top Cat later repeats them
for the benefit of the police captain. The captain is so
impressed that he appoints Top Cat to the post of honorary
sergeant. A fuming Dibble finally gets revenge when, during
a robbers' shoot-out in the alley, he refuses to save Top
Cat until the cat signs a confession stating that he stole
Dibble's ideas. |
|
| Choo Choo's Romance |
6 December 1961 |
| When Choo Choo develops a crush on Goldie,
the poetry-loving cat next door, Top Cat coaches him in
speaking eloquent passages of unrequited love, and at one
point even substitutes for him. As a result Top Cat is showered
with attention from Goldie, forcing her jealous boyfriend
Pierre to challenge him to a duel. Loading the dueling pistols
with blanks, Top Cat survives, though he can't resist playing
a grand death scene. Choo Choo ultimately decides that a
superficial crush is no match for a deep friendship. |
|
| The Unscratchables |
13 December 1961 |
| The Hopeless Diamond, stolen from Stiftany's
jewelry store by Big Gus's gang, is accidentally swallowed
by Benny. Benny is subsequently taken to the gang's hideout
where Dr. Rigor Morten plans to surgically remove the stone.
In order to rescue their friend (and try to cash in on Stiffany's
$50,000 reward), Top Cat and his friends visit the hideout
posing as "The Unscratchables." The gang returns
to Stiffany's, where Benny's violent sneeze dislodges the
stone. Unfortunately, it sails through the window and onto
the street, and is crushed by a steamroller. |
|
| Rafeefleas |
20 December 1961 |
| After spending the night in a museum case,
Benny leaves the Modern Museum of Ancient Art with a priceless
Egyptian scarab pinned to his jacket. Thinking it's a bauble,
Top Cat offers it to Fancy-Fancy to use in impressing the
lady cats. But soon the gang realizes the jewel is genuine,
and they sneak back into the museum to return it. They are
caught by Dibble, who charges them with stealing the entire
collection. While the cats try to straighten the situation
out, the real jewel thief appears and is apprehended. |
|
| The Tycoon |
27 December 1961 |
| Billionaire philanthropist T.L. Vanderfeller
searches for a destitute person to receive a million-dollar
check. He stumbles on Benny, who is selling 25-cent raffle
tickets for Top Cat. Mistaking Top Cat and the gang for
a needy family, the billionaire gives the check to Benny,
who dutifully hands it over to Top Cat. Thinking it is a
check for a quarter for a raffle ticket, Top Cat tears it
up. |
|
| The Long Hot Winter |
3 January 1962 |
| Top Cat and the gang finagle their way into
spending a cold winter's night in Dibble's warm apartment,
a courtesy they repay by moving the loudly snoring policeman
out onto the fire escape. Furious, Dibble evicts the gang.
Top Cat then calls Strife magazine and feeds them a story
about Dibble's noble-hearted campaign to save unfortunates
from a freezing alley. When a reporter shows up at the policeman's
doorstep, Dibble is forced to let the gang hack in to save
his honor. He agrees to let the cats stay until the first
day of spring. |
|
|
|
|
| |
| The Case of The Absent Anteater |
10 January 1962 |
| A voracious anteater named Jimmy follows Benny
the Ball back to the alley. The gang discovers that a reward
has been offered for the animal's safe return to the zoo,
hut before they can turn Jimmy in, an overzealous dogcatcher
nabs him and takes him to the dog pound. The cats break
into the pound to spring Jimmy, hut are thwarted by Dibble.
The anteater manages to return to the alley the next day-
accompanied by his entire hungry family. |
|
| Minds The Baby |
17 January 1962 |
|
Top Cat and the gang discover a picnic basket that contains
a baby and a note imploring the finder to take care of
the infant. The group quickly learns to change diapers
and pilfers milk bottles to keep the child fed. Investigating
the stolen bottles, Dibble finds out about the infant.
Later, when the baby's mother asks the policeman for help
regarding her missing child, he reluctantly takes the
baby away from Top Cat's gang, who tearfully say goodbye.
|
|
| Farewell, Mr. Dibble |
24 January 1962 |
| Eager-beaver Patrolman Earnest Prowler requests
Officer Dibble's beat, believing it to he a hot-bed of crime.
His stringent policing results in softhearted Dibble being
fired. To get Dibble reinstated, Top Cat fingers Prowler's
citation book and the gang litters the neighborhood with
tickets, which creates havoc and ultimately results in Prowler's
arresting his lieutenant and the mayor. When Prowler is
found hiding in a mailbox, he is relieved of duty and sent
home to rest. |
|
| The Grand Tour |
31 January 1962 |
|
While Top Cat conducts a phony historical tour of New
York, Choo Choo follows his 25-cent treasure map to a
condemned building where he finds Captain Kidd's treasure.
The treasure is confiscated by the police commissioner
as "city property," and Top Cat is fined $2
for operating a guided tour without a license. The cats
rush back to the building to look for more treasure, but
a powerful sneeze from Benny brings the entire structure
crashing down.
|
|
| The Golden Fleecing |
7 February 1962 |
| After receiving a $2,000 insurance settlement
from an old accident, Benny treats Top Cat and the gang
to an evening out at the Pink Palm Club, and falls for the
club's fetching singer, Honeydew Melon. With both eyes on
Benny's bankroll, Honeydew takes him home to meet her folks,
who win all the cash in a poker game. The next night, Top
Cat wins the money back, starting an armed fracas that ends
with the Melon gang's arrest. |
|
| Space Monkey |
14 February 1962 |
| Hearing stories about the luxurious living
conditions of Marvo the Chimp, who is awaiting a flight
into space, the cats apply for positions at Cape Canaveral.
The tales of luxury prove to be exaggerated, however, and
after realizing how homesick Marvo really is, Top Cat sidetracks
the rocket, sending it not into outer space, but to Marvo's
home in Africa. |
|
| Dibble's Birthday |
28 February 1962 |
| Dibble overhears the chief talking about removing
"old wrecks" from the force and thinks the chief
means him. His spirits rise considerably when Top Cat and
the gang throw him a surprise birthday party and he learns
that the "old wrecks" the chief spoke of are really
worn-out patrol cars. |
|
| Choo Goes Ga-Ga |
7 March 1962 |
| Despondent over not getting a date with Hollywood
siren Lola Glamure, Choo Choo decides to end it all. Top
Cat intervenes, managing to reach Lola and persuade her
to go out with the wealthy "Count Chooch." Lola
keeps the date, but the suddenly sobered Choo Choo realizes
that the movie queen is really the former Gerti Hefflemeyer,
his old third grade classmate. |
|
| King for a Day |
14 March 1962 |
| After watching the television show "King
For a Day," in which people are showered with prizes
for telling hard luck stories, Top Cat spins a tale about
his family's hard life in an alley and gets invited on the
show. With Choo Choo posing as his wife, and Benny, Spook,
Fancy, and the Brain playing his children, Top Cat weaves
a sad tale on the air, until viewer Dibble rushes to the
studio to expose him. Quickly shifting gears, Top Cat then
tells the audience that without Dibble, his family would
starve, and the policeman is crowned "King for a Day".
Guest star: Jack Bailey, as himself. |
|
| The Con Men |
21 March 1962 |
| Top Cat meets his match in two con men who
are trying to bilk hot dog vendor Tony out of his life savings
by offering shares in a phony oil company. To save Tony,
Top Cat sets up a fake news agency that reports the oil
company has hit a gusher. The con men race off to buy back
Tony's shares at three times his original investment. |
|
| Dibble Breaks The Record |
28 March 1962 |
| It looks like illness is going to prevent
Officer Dibble from setting the record for uninterrupted
service on his beat, the reward for which is a two-week
paid vacation. Because he has an interest in the matter
(namely, having Dibble out of his fur for two whole weeks),
Top Cat does everything he can to keep the policeman on
the job. |
|
| Dibble Sings Again |
4 April 1962 |
| To raise the money he owes Big Gus, Top Cat
convinces shower-singer Dibble that, under his management,
he could become a singing star. He secures the policeman
a spot on a television show, but once at the studio Dibble
mistakes the filming of "The Unattachables" for
a real crime and realizes that police work, not singing,
is his true calling. Losing his manager's fee from Dibble,
Top Cat tries the same scam on Gorilla, the collection agent
sent by Big Gus. |
|
| Griswald |
11 April 1962 |
| Police dog Griswald is assigned by Dibble
to prevent Top Cat from using the alley precinct phone.
After trying unsuccessfully to get rid of the dog, Top Cat
contrives to have the police commissioner use the phone.
When the over-protective Griswaid bites the commissioner,
the pooch is relieved of his duties. |
|
| Dibble's Double |
18 April 1962 |
|
Disguised as Officer Dibble, the notorious thief Al the
Actor steals a fortune in paintings from an art gallery.
Meanwhile, Top Cat hooks a buyer for his own modern paintings,
an elderly dowager who offers him $20,000 for his latest
original. When all of Top Cats' paintings are stolen,
the cat helps Dibble capture the thief, only to learn
that his rich dowager patron had also been Al the Actor.
This was the final episode of the series.
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|