Top Cat's back - what's he selling?
@asfarasiknow (3340)
Bournemouth, England
October 6, 2016 10:15am CST
Following on from my post last week about Hollywood stars appearing on British TV commercials, I should add that cartoon characters from yesteryear can also be seen here.
Top Cat is being employed by one of our banks (possibly the first legitimate employment he's ever had) to sell mortgages. The TV advert also features Benny the Ball and Officer Dibble and the rest of the gang make a cameo (or should that be ca-meow?) appearance. As a child I always liked the pink cat (although I never realised that he WAS pink as we only had a black and white telly).
Back in the 60s and 70s commercials were a bit of a sore point for our feline friend. There was a brand of tinned cat food on sale here called Top Cat so the cartoon had to be billed as Boss Cat so that the BBC wouldn't be accused of advertising! (The character's name stayed the same in the programme and the theme song so it was all a bit pointless really).
Some others enjoying a commercial cartoon character comeback are the Flinstones, who are being used by the same bank. They are a little more fresh in UK viewers' memories, thanks to the mid-90s Hollywood movie and its top 3 hit theme song by the B52s. Plus stand-up comedians who sometimes do routines about their childhood crushes on Betty Rubble (understandable).
Would you like to see any other cartoon characters brought back for adverts (maybe Pepe le Pew for deodorants) or would you prefer to keep them as a fond memory, especially as the modern voices aren't always quite the same?
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