Thursday, April 03, 2008

Top Cat: Hawaii Here We Come (1961) (TV)

Synopsis [spoilers]: Benny wins a trip to Hawaii in a contest. The rest of the gang (Top Cat, Choo-Choo, Fancy, Brain, Spook) accompanies him as stowaways. Officer Dibble (T.C. calls him Dribble) gets on board while trying to return a money bill given to him as a tip by an old lady he helped, and the ship leaves the shore. The old lady is actually a money counterfeiter; he is carrying the money in a suitcase. The cats find the suitcase and begin spending the money; they put themselves in the Royal Suite. Dibble gets tip from his boss about the counterfeiter and queries the boat's employee who received money from T.C.; the guy didn't know that five dollar bills were not supposed to have Davy Crockett's face on them. T.C. gets rid of the suitcase, which then goes back to the counterfeiter's hands. Top Cat gives Dibble the following suggestion to catch the crook: have the captain announce that he has the suitcase and that its owner should present himself to him in order to get it back. All passengers claim to be the owner, except for the real one, who has the suitcase with him. He is arrested. Dibble boasts about being the idea's owner, T.C. gets furious and spoils a plate of food on his head, then disappears from the ship along with the gang. Dibble gets worried sick that they jumped overboard and drowned, and when they appear on the shore (riding a wave on a surfboard) he is so overcome with joy that he mistakes his own name and calls himself Dribble.

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