In the tradition of great screen conmen - one of the few with a visible tail - Top Cat holds a top spot in the hearts of cartoon fans. The smooth-talking New York City cat, known as T.C. to his kitty cohorts Benny the Ball, Choo-Choo, Spook, the Brain and Fancy-Fancy, is always on the make toward a big score or swindle. And the bothersome - and ever exasperated - Officer Dibble is relentlessly on his case (although always one step behind) - throughout 30 fast, funny episodes. This deluxe 4-disc set offers terrifically top Bonus Extras as befits, so the swinging theme song immortalizes, "the chief. He's the king, but above everything: he's the most tiptop Top Cat!"
Warner Home Video has just announced that they will release Top Cat: The Complete Series on December 7th, which we mentioned previously. This 4 disc set will include all 30 episodes of the series, and will retail for $44.98 US. The picture will be full frame, and audio will be English, French and Spanish mono, along with matching subtitles. If you purchase 2 Collectible Animation titles you'll save $5, or purchase 3 to save $10!
Let's take a look at the set:
Disc 1
- Hawaii - Here We Come
- The Maharajah Of Pookajee
- All That Jazz
- $1,000,000 Derby
- The Violin Player
- The Missing Heir
Disc 2
- Top Cat Falls In Love
- A Visit From Mother
- Naked Town
- Sargent Top Cat
- Choo Choo's Romance
- The Unscratchables
Disc 3
- Rafeefleas
- The Tycoon
- The Long Hot Winter
- The Case Of The Absent Ant Eater
- T.C. Minds The Baby
- Farewell, Mr. Dibble
Disc 4
- The Grand Tour
- The Golden Fleecing
- Space Monkey
- The Late T.C.
- Dibble's Birthday
- Choo Choo Goes Ga Ga
- King For A Day
- The Con Men
- Dibble Breaks The Record
- Dibble Sings Again
- Griswald
- Dibble's Double
Special Features Include:
- Commentary on "Hawaii - Here We Come," "A Visit From Mother," and "The Late T.C." by Jerry Beck (Animation Historian), Earl Kress (Writer/Animation Historian), Mark Evanier (Writer/Animation Historian) and Leo de Lyon (Voice of Spook and The Brain).
- Back to Hoagy's Alley: The Making of Top Cat (RT 15:00 retrospective featurette)
- Interviews: Cool Cats in Interview Alley (hosted by Earl Kress and featuring Arnold Stang, voice of "Top Cat" [RT 14 :00], Leo de Lyon, voice of "Spook" and "The Brain," Marvin Kaplan, voice of "Choo Choo" and Barry Blitzer, writer [RT 25 :00])
- Top Cat sing-along (RT :40)
- Production Sketches: Top Cat Collection (art, stills, sketches, backgrounds RT 6:00)
- Storyboards: Storyboard Showcase (RT 27:00 -original storyboards with picture on picture comparison over episode "The Missing Heir")
- TV Spot: Top Cat Kellogg's commercials (3 x RT 1:00)
Here's a look at the artwork:
  
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