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Cels and Matching Background from TOP CAT opening sequence

Artist: Hanna Barbera Studio (All)

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Cels and Matching Background from TOP CAT opening sequence Comic Art

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Title:	Cels and Matching Background from TOP CAT opening sequence
Artist:	Hanna Barbera Studio (All)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	5,331
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	1/11/2007
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This cel and background set up was made for the opening title sequence of the Top Cat series -- it was seen at the beginning of each show. I always thought that this particular scene was the highlight of the title sequence -- Top Cat has stolen the lunch of a worker from a nearby manhole and is about to dine from just outside a posh restaurant's patio, when two interested parties intervene.

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Andrew Van Embden
Member Since 2006

Posted on 2/20/2007

One of the BEST Hanna-Barbera series ever, and a fitting parody to Sgt. Bilko. I always wondered where this fantastic key master setup ended up, as Russ Wolkoff and Harry Kleiman who owned most of the opening titles sequences (every single cel) had sold most of their H-B art by the early nineties. Congratulations on owning a true piece of animation history!

C E
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/6/2013

Andrew Van Embden wrote:

Thank you, but the history of this particular piece is a little different than what you state. A Hannah Barbera animator was the first person to have all of the cels, backgrounds, and drawings for the title sequences of The Jetsons, Top Cat, Lippy the Lion, Wally Gator, and Touche Turtle. He sold Harry Kleiman all the cels and backgrounds as a group except for a handful which the animator had already framed, including this one, another Top Cat with the Limo, and the final set up from the opening sequence of the Jetsons. Harry eventually got the

C E
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/6/2013

Andrew Van Embden wrote:

cont. the two Top Cat set ups, and I bought both from him. The day that Harry got the first, big group of the cels and backgrounds (a very hot day in about 1983), I was at his place into the wee hours of the morning sorting and dividing the set ups between he two of us. At least initially, Harry and I had them all, although I have no doubt that Russ Wolkoff soon got some of the cels. I later bought the Jetsons set up kept by the animator and all of the very close to still intact sets of drawings for all the series' openings. Harry did not get any of the drawings until many years later. To the best of my knowledge, only two people ever saw all the art before it was dispersed, myself and the animator.

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