Episode List
| No. | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hawaii, Here We Come" | September 27, 1961 |
| Benny wins a trip to Hawaii on a ship. This leads to Top Cat and the rest of the gang joining him on his trip by stowing away. Things take a drastic turn as Officer Dibble also ends up aboard the ship and the discovery of a suitcase containing counterfeit money leads to Top Cat and the gang being thrown into the brig as suspect counterfeiters. However, with Top Cat's assistance, Officer Dibble is able to catch the actual counterfeiter and verify the gang's innocence. | ||
| 2 | "Maharajah of Pookajee" | October 4, 1961 |
| Top Cat impersonates the Maharajah of Pookajee and lives the good life at a swank hotel with his cronies until a pair of gangsters show up. | ||
| 3 | "All That Jazz" | October 11, 1961 |
| Jazz, the new cat in town (known as "A.T." - All That), takes over the pool hall, steals Top Cat's girlfriend, sways the gang, and cleans up the alley. This sparks a contest between the pair. However, when both Jazz and Top Cat are offered a part in a Hollywood film, they assume that it is another trick. The offer turns out to be legitimate, and Benny 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. After that, Officer Dibble catches Jazz using the police phone, now declaring that Jazz is just as bad as Top Cat. Jazz and his companion Beau are forced to keep the alley clean for 30 days. Hanna-Barbera greats Daws Butler and Don Messick provide the voices of Jazz and Beau. | ||
| 4 | "The $1,000,000 Derby" | October 18, 1961 |
| Benny gets a new pet, a devoted camera-loving nag. Top Cat tries everything to get rid of the horse, but changes his mind when he sees the horse's shock-induced superior racing abilities. | ||
| 5 | "The Violin Player" | October 25, 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to perform and Top Cat negotiates a deal for $50,000 for a Saturday night performance at the Hall—an offer that is withdrawn when Carnegie's Board of Directors really hear Benny play.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. | ||
| 6 | "The Missing Heir" | November 1, 1961 |
| Benny is a double for the missing heir to a millionaire's fortune. Top Cat and the gang get Benny to the mansion in time to claim the money. But this is not good news to the scheming butler and dog (with a Muttley-like wheezing laugh) who hoped to claim the fortune themselves. Paul Frees does the voice of Chuttney the Butler and Don Messick voices Griswald the dog (who also appears in the later episode "Griswald") | ||
| 7 | "Top Cat Falls in Love" | November 8, 1961 |
| While visiting tonsillectomy patient Benny in the hospital, Top Cat falls for the pretty cat nurse, Miss LaRue. T.C. decides to attract her attention by pretending to come down with a rare illness—which will need a lot of nursing care. Jean Vander Pyl does the voice of Nurse LaRue, while Don Messick voices Doctor Dawson. | ||
| 8 | "A Visit from Mother" | November 15, 1961 |
| Benny has written to his mother that he is the Mayor of New York. Now Benny's mother is coming for a visit, and Top Cat and the gang must do everything they can to convince Mrs. Ball that her son really is the Mayor. Bea Benaderet does the voice of Benny's Mother. | ||
| 9 | "Naked Town" | November 22, 1961 |
| "Naked Town", a TV crime show, will be shooting a warehouse robbery scene in Top Cat's alley. Officer Dibble offers his cooperation, but is unaware that some crooks will be using the TV filming as a cover for a real robbery. | ||
| 10 | "Sergeant Top Cat" | November 29, 1961 |
| After overhearing Officer Dibble suggesting ways to improve conditions for the police force, Top Cat passes off Dibble's ideas to the Chief as T.C.'s own. This leads to Top Cat's being made an honorary police sergeant—and Dibble's boss in the alley. | ||
| 11 | "Choo-Choo's Romance" | December 6, 1961 |
| Choo-Choo has fallen in love with a beautiful French cat, Goldie. Top Cat and the gang help Choo-Choo to court her. But they have reckoned without Goldie's jealous boyfriend, Pierre. Jean Vander Pyl and John Stephenson voice Goldie and Pierre. | ||
| 12 | "The Unscratchables" | December 13, 1961 |
| When a missing diamond ends up in Benny the Ball's stomach, Top Cat and the gang have to find a way to get him back from gangsters who have kidnapped him, and are attempting to retrieve the diamond the hard way. Herschel Bernardi does the voices of Muggsy and Big Gus, Jean Vander Pyl does the voice of Fifi. while Herb Vigran does Muscles', the Patrolman Officer's and Dr. Riggormorton's voices, also John Stephenson doubles as the voices of Fancy-Fancy and Honest Otto. | ||
| 13 | "Rafeefleas" | December 20, 1961 |
| After Benny spends the night sleeping inside a museum, T.C. discovers a scarab attached to his back. The jewel is later found to be an expensive antique, and the gang attempts to return it. Once the scarab is returned, a jewel thief arrives and takes a number of jewels. Dibble arrives and mistakes T.C. as the thief, however the thief is caught when he runs into the rest of the gang. | ||
| 14 | "The Tycoon" | December 27, 1961 |
| A Tycoon decides to give away $1,000,000 to the most unfortunate person he finds, which ends up being Top Cat. He gives the check to Benny, who tries to show it to Top Cat (who ignores him), so he tries to cash it himself. A merchant overhears him and tells all his associates. Everybody gives things to Top Cat thinking he is a millionaire, and that he'll pay them back. Herb Vigran, Herschel Bernardi and Don Messick perform additional voices. | ||
| 15 | "The Long Hot Winter" | January 3, 1962 |
| During the cold winter in the alley, Top Cat and the gang scheme to find a way into Officer Dibble's house in an attempt to keep warm. Once inside the house, Dibble struggles to live with the gang. In the end, the gang stay for several months until Spring and the warmer weather arrives. | ||
| 16 | "The Case of the Absent Anteater" | January 10, 1962 |
| Benny gets a new pet; a hungry, brown giant anteater which followed him into the alley. Top Cat attempts to get rid of the animal until it is revealed that the anteater has escaped from the zoo and a large reward is on offer for its return. | ||
| 17 | "T.C. Minds the Baby" | January 17, 1962 |
| An abandoned baby is found by Top Cat and the gang who intend to look after it. However, they find parenthood much more difficult than they thought it would be. In the end, the mother is found and the baby is returned safely. Jean Vander Pyl (who later voiced Wilma Flintstone's daughter Pebbles) does baby voices for the Baby. | ||
| 18 | "Farewell, Mr. Dibble" | January 24, 1962 |
| Officer Dibble is replaced by a new recruit named Ernest Prowler. Prowler intends to be more forceful in his duty than Dibble and intends to stop the trouble that Top Cat and the gang cause. Due to the new regime, the gang hatch a plan to have Dibble return to his old beat in the alley. Don Messick does the voice of Ernest Prowler. | ||
| 19 | "The Grand Tour" | January 31, 1962 |
| Top Cat and the gang are struggling to make money. However T.C. comes up with a new get-rich-quick scheme which involves creating a fake "historical" tour of New York. Choo-Choo begins selling "phony" maps, however it is later found that the maps point to a real treasure in a dilapidated house. | ||
| 20 | "The Golden Fleecing" | February 7, 1962 |
| Benny receives an insurance payment of $2000 and Top Cat has some ideas about how the money should be spent. The first spend is made on visiting a local nightclub to visit Honeydew Mellon, a showgirl who also happens to be part of a gang of poker-playing con-artists. The con-artists will do everything they can to separate Benny and his money. | ||
| 21 | "Space Monkey" | February 14, 1962 |
| Officer Dibble takes a job at Cape Canaveral, and the gang discover about the luxurious treatment a chimpanzee receives while in the space program. The group decides to join up in attempt to access the same luxurious facilities, however wants out when they discover they will be going into space. It is not known, who did the voices of the Space Shuttle Doctor and his assistant Bernie. However, John Stephenson did the voice of Marvo the Chimp. | ||
| 22 | "The Late T.C." | February 21, 1962 |
| Top Cat is injured when hit in the head by a baseball. From the resulting injury, a misunderstanding means that Officer Dibble is led to believe that Top Cat only has a week left to live. T.C. and the gang take advantage of Dibble and his kindness during the week. | ||
| 23 | "Dibble's Birthday" | February 28, 1962 |
| Officer Dibble's birthday is coming up and he begins to feel he is getting too old. To help cheer him up, the gang decide to throw him a birthday party, with gifts from everybody in the neighborhood. | ||
| 24 | "Choo-Choo Goes Ga-Ga" | March 7, 1962 |
| Choo-Choo threatens to commit suicide unless he can get a date with a Hollywood movie star named Lola. Top Cat sees this as a challenge and intends to find a way to meet Lola, and get Choo-Choo a date. Jean Vander Pyl and Bea Benaderet did the voices of Lola Glamour and Fifi the Maid. | ||
| 25 | "King for a Day" | March 14, 1962 |
| After Top Cat upsets Officer Dibble one time too many, he and the gang decide to lie low for a while. After spending the night in a department store, the gang go on the "King for a Day" show which offers a number of prizes, after writing to the shows producer about the gang being a "poor family". Instead, Dibble wins the prizes and offers to take T.C. and the gang for a ride to show no hard feelings. | ||
| 26 | "The Con Men" | March 21, 1962 |
| A friendly hot dog vendor is swindled out of $1000 by con men who pretended to have an oil well in Nova Scotia. Top Cat disguises himself as a wealthy Texan in an attempt to get the money back, by convincing the crooks that the oil well really does exist. | ||
| 27 | "Dibble Breaks the Record" | March 28, 1962 |
| Dibble attempts to break a record as the longest serving police officer on the beat, which had been set years ago by his idol, policeman, "Iron Man" Muldoon. If he beats the record, he wins a holiday which allows him to escape the gang for a while. With this information, Top Cat does everything he can to help Dibble win and have the gang watch over him so he does not have an accident. Paul Frees does the voice of the Ghost of "Iron Man" Muldoon. | ||
| 28 | "Dibble Sings Again" | April 4, 1962 |
| Top Cat owes money to a loan shark named Big Gus, and after hearing Officer Dibble singing he convinces him that under his management, he could become a big singing star. Leo Delyon doubles as the voices of Brain and Big Gus' gorilla. | ||
| 29 | "Griswald" | April 11, 1962 |
| Dibble gets a new partner on the beat: a dog named Griswald. Top Cat and the gang attempt to outwit him, but the dog always seems to be one step ahead. T.C. manages to get the dog removed from duty after he bites the police commissioner. | ||
| 30 | "Dibble's Double" | April 18, 1962 |
| A thief named Al, disguised as Officer Dibble steals a fortune from an art gallery. Top Cat has also taken up painting, but discovers his own artwork has also been stolen. The gang, together with Dibble team up to catch the thief. Don Messick voices Al, while Leo DeLyon does the voice of his henchman. |
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