Farewell, TC.

[661-Pete]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8427789.stm
A voice I'll always remember, a voice instantly recognizable. RIP.

 

[tyred]

One of my favourite carton characters. RIP

 

[threebikesmcginty]

 

[Crackle]

Very sad, TC was part of my childhood.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

'tis a shame, although it was a crib of phil silvers' bilko…

 

[accountantpete]

He was also one of the Garage mechanics in It's A Mad Mad Mad World.

 

[PBancroft]

(I named my first cat Top Cat)

 

[Headgardener]

I believe that TCs brit name was BossCat because the Program schedulers at the BBC didn't think we brit kids would understand what TopCat meant.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Doh. I always linked it with West Side Story and Officer Krupke (sp?)

I always thought it was like Bilko...but funnier

 

[661-Pete]

I believe that TCs brit name was BossCat because the Program schedulers at the BBC didn't think we brit kids would understand what TopCat meant.

No, it was because Top Cat was the name of a brand of pet food, and using the name in the UK would violate copyright, or BBC's product placement policy, or something. Bit of a joke really, the name "Top Cat" (or "TC" as his "intellectual close friends get to call him") was still heard liberally in the credits and the dialogue, it was just that a card marked "Boss Cat" was interpolated between the opening credits and the episode. Thus, were the lawyers satisfied...

 

[accountantpete]

Bennie was voiced by the great Duane Doberman of Bilko fame.