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From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: More Walks Down Cartoon Nostalgia Lane... (Top Cat)
Message-ID: <898@ihuxk.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 18:23:36 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 11 18:23:36 1985
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> From THE COMPLETE DIRECTORY OF PRIME TIME NETWORK TV SHOWS 1946-PRESENT:
> 
> TOP CAT
> 
> Broadcast History: 9/27/61 - 9/26/62 ABC Wed 8:30-9:00
> 
> Voices:
> 
> Top Cat			Arnold Stang
> Benny the Ball		Maurice Gosfield
> Choo Choo		Marvin Kaplan
> Spook/The Brain		Leo DeLyon
> Fancy-Fancy		John Stephenson
> Officer Dibble		Allen Jenkins
> 
>    "Top Cat was the sophisticated, opportunistic leader of a pack of
> Broadway alley cats. Their homes were well-equipped ash cans, they made all
> their phone calls from the police phone on a nearby pole, got their milk
> and newspapers from nearby doorsteps, and ate scraps from the neighborhood
> delicatessen. Their only problem was Officer Dibble, the cop on the local
> beat. He did his best to control them but seldom succeeded.
> 
>    "Reruns of TOP CAT aired for several years on Saturday Mornings- on ABC
> from October 1962 to March 1963 and on NBC from April 1965 to May 1969."
> 
> 
> ============
> Now THAT was a cartoon!
> 
> -- 
> Name:		John Ruschmeyer
> US Mail:	Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764
> Phone:		(201) 222-6600 x366
> UUCP:		...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john	...!princeton!moncol!john
> Silly Quote:
> 		"Kill Spock? Bones, that isn't what we came to Vulcan for."
> 						- from "Amok Time"

We get Top Cat re-runs on a local station on Sunday mornings, and
my 15-month old daughter sometimes give them a glance while she's
playing.  We've been considering getting a kitten, so I asked
Kristin what she'd like to name the cat. (Not really expecting an answer,
as she was only 15 months, and had only been talking single-words for
a little while).  She immediately yelled, "Top!  Top!"  It took me a while,
but I finally figured out she wants to name the cat Top Cat!  This
sounds just perfect to me.  Next thing you know she'll be asking for
"Benny! Benny!".

Bob Schleicher
ihuxk!rs55611

(Now all I need is an orange-colored kitten that wears a hat!)

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