When it launched in 1992, the Cartoon Network gave the entire Hanna-Barbera catalog not only a new home, but a new audience. But even old shows need promoting, and Cartoon Network cooked up a whole bunch of memorable and creative commercials for these shows.
Today, I'm sharing three Top Cat-focused commercials the network played over the years. This first ad aired in 1994, and shows a bunch of clips from the show accompanied by a a jazzy song made for the commercial. A match made in heaven if you ask me.
This second clip was broadcast in 2002. It features an animated Top Cat interacting in a live-action environment, struggling to find a home in a particularly messy trash can. Jeff Bergman handles vocal duties for T.C. here, just as he did in the often forgotten Web Premiere Toons series of shorts from around the same time.
Finally, we have one of several bumpers for the show that were created during the channel's
"powerhouse" era, named after the Raymond Scott piece that was frequently used in these promos. It's little more than a short chase between Top Cat and Officer Dibble, but it's a fun piece of animation. David Strandquest directed the bumper, as well as many others from this era. I highly recommend going through his Youtube channel if you're interested in this part of the channel's history, as he has several uploads of those bumpers.
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