Right now on eBay, I've got a great 16mm print of Hanna Barbera's TOP CAT
cartoon. This quality 1961 non-hit cartoon series is a re-telling of the Phil
Silvers Sgt. Bilko show...Bilko castmember Doberman is even the voice of one of
Top Cat's gang! And the great Arnold Stang voices Top Cat himself. Too many
other famous HB voices to name...the usual crew.

TC is finally getting the credit he deserves! It's a well-made show, coming
fresh off the heels of The Flintstones' success. But it never caught on, then
along came The Jetsons. Why wasn't TC a big hit? My theory...first, no
significant female characters. Second, too much gambling, stealing, conning,
lying, womanizing going on! Bad example for the kids of 1961.

Channels like Boomerang and places like Kings Island really brought Top Cat some
new fans, like me. I was born in '61 and didn't see a TC cartoon till I was
about 40. I'm still a TC fan, and the only reason I'm selling the film is
because I'm trying to travel light, and I've seen it 20 times any way...time for
somebody else to enjoy it for awhile.

I've noticed there are lots of TC 8mm and Super 8 films out there, silent with
subtitles. This tells us that HB had high hopes for TC. I'm sorry to say every
8mm and Super 8 of TC I've owned is poorly transferred and plays poorly. You can
run 'em through a viewer and they play OK. TC is on the back of many many film
boxes, along with pics from other films. As a kid, I'd look at the box and
wonder who Top Cat was...never saw him on TV, and nobody I knew had TC 8mm
films.

If you do an eBay search on the phrase "16mm Top Cat," my film should come right
up. It's the episode called "The Unscratchables." I'd give the color quality a
7, but I've got a big picture from the film posted and you can judge for
yourself.



MWW
tC

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