moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (02/24/85)
Don't worry, folks, I'm not starting a net poll on cartoons...
I enjoyed EIGHTH MAN and (to a much lessor degree) GIGANTOR, but if I had to
give a list of favorite shows, it'd be:
1) EIGHTH MAN
2) ULTRAMAN, which combined the attractions of cheap special effects and
Saturday Night 'Rasslin...
3) COOL McCOOL ("DANGER is my BUSINESS" "That will never happen again,
Number 1...")
4) KIMBA, THE WHITE LION ('Nuff said)
5) STINGRAY, a Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Marianation production (I
particularly liked the city which went underground, and the villain's
fish-shaped subs...)
6) UFO ("This is S.I.D., Space Intruder Detector...").
7) And, of Course, STAR TREK... (But that's not a kidee show!)
I'll bet someone's going to flame about the cartoon content of this
newsgroup soon, but I must say I'm enjoying the nostalgia very much...
"Scotty, I need Warp Drive in three minutes or we're all dead!"
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA9222wl@hou2a.UUCP (W.LEE) (02/25/85)
I would like to add "Top Cat" to the list. Is this being shown anywhere? I'd love to see some of the episodes again. And, does anyone remember, which cartoon came first: the Jackson 5ive (as it was spelled) or the Osmonds (I'm not saying they were good, just want some info)? "He's the most tip top, Top Cat" Diane Wilkerson (please do not send mail to this account) AT&T Bell Labs HR 1F228 Middletown, NJ 07748
mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford) (02/27/85)
> Don't worry, folks, I'm not starting a net poll on cartoons... > > I enjoyed EIGHTH MAN and (to a much lessor degree) GIGANTOR, but if I had to > give a list of favorite shows, it'd be: > > 1) EIGHTH MAN > 2) ULTRAMAN... > 3) COOL McCOOL... > 4) KIMBA, THE WHITE LION ('Nuff said) > 5) STINGRAY, a Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Marianation production (I > particularly liked the city which went underground, and the villain's > fish-shaped subs...) Oh, yes, STINGRAY! I remember enjoying the great theme music, and Marina, the mermaid. The series had some great dramatic and romantic plots. Wasn't there a relationship between Marina and one of the STINGRAY captains? > 6) UFO... > 7) And, of Course, STAR TREK... (But that's not a kidee show!) > > "Scotty, I need Warp Drive in three minutes or we're all dead!" > > Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer > John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. > UUCP: > {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsrgv}!uw-beaver \ > {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty > ARPA: > fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA
oz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ) (03/02/85)
> I would like to add "Top Cat" to the list. Is this being shown anywhere? > I'd love to see some of the episodes again. Hear, hear! Does anyone, I'm counting on you Lauren, have the lyrics to this one? Who were the voice for Top Cat, of course who were the members of the gang. All I can remember was Benny and Officer Dribble. My guess is that Top Cat was supposed to be Phil Silvers (I don't mean the voice, I mean the character). Ah back when cartoons were GOOD! No PACMAN for this humbug! OZ seismo!rlgvax!oz
lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (03/04/85)
I just checked and found that Top Cat is no longer running here in
early mornings. However, I have some info from memory. TC was
definitely a satire of Phil Silvers, though the guy who did the voice
was not Phil. One of TC's gang was voiced by a very familiar character
actor who shows up frequently in commercials. He's the one who
plays the "sun" in a raisin commercial and says to a lawyer,
"How'd you like to get a nice 2'nd degree burn?"
And it was Officer Dibble, not Dribble. Though TC probably called
him Dribble from time to time as a joke.
As for the theme, I don't have it on tape, but I can pull forth some
of it from memory, with gaps:
---
Top Cat!
The most (gap) Top Cat!
Whose intellectual close friends get to call him T.C.!
(missing)
Top Cat!
The indisputable leader of the gang!
He's the most,
He's the tip,
He's the championship!
He's the most Tip Top (ta ta ta ta) Top Cat!
--Lauren--
P.S. Think of the RNA and neurons being wasted remembering
stuff like this.
--LW--john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) (03/05/85)
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"
urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike Urban) (03/07/85)
In article <548@rlgvax.UUCP> oz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ) writes: >Hear, hear! Does anyone, I'm counting on you Lauren, have the lyrics to this >one? Who were the voice for Top Cat, of course who were the members of the >gang. All I can remember was Benny and Officer Dribble. My guess is that >Top Cat was supposed to be Phil Silvers (I don't mean the voice, I mean the >character). Ah back when cartoons were GOOD! Seems that there were several cartoon shows in the '60s that were kiddified versions of prime-time sitcoms. Examples: The Flintsones The Honeymooners Top Cat Sgt. Bilko Calvin & the Colonel Amos and Andy (anyone else remember this one?) (were there more?) Later on, of course, the studios went in for more direct adaptations such as "Brady Kids" and "Star Trek". BTW, isn't that supposed to be "Officer Dibble"? (why do I remember all this crud?) Mike -- Mike Urban {ucbvax|decvax}!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!urban "You're in a maze of twisty UUCP connections, all alike"
rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher) (03/12/85)
> 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!) *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***