Never darken my door again!

[misselizabethbennett]

Just had big row with my boss about this. He says it's "never darken my doorstep again" but I'm sure it's wrong. Please tell me I'm right!

This is the second argument today. The first was about whether Top Cat had been called Boss Cat in the UK. I was right.

I suppose we could always do some work...

[LyraSilvertongue]

I say doorstep, actually.

[Bink]

You're right (of course). The whole idea is the (unwelcome) shadow falling across the open doorway.

Darkening a doorstep sounds like surreal Stepford-Wifey vandalism.

[guitar]

top cat is always top cat

i don't care about door / doorsetp they are both used

[jumpingbeans]

I thought it "door" - but i don't know jack shit - so he could be right

[PortAndLemon]

Buy black paint. Pop round and paint his door in the middle of the night. Then see what he says...

You're right, by the way.

[LyraSilvertongue]

Both are probably right.

[nickytwotimes]

I use doorstep.

[fryalot]

Top Cat was indeed Boss Cat. Twas because at the time, there was a brand of cat food called Top Cat and they didn't want to be thought of as endorsing it.

[jingleyjen]

wikipedia

In the United Kingdom, the show was first aired on BBC television (now called BBC One) but renamed Boss Cat shortly after it premiered in 1962 because Top Cat was also the name of a brand of cat food. The dialogue and theme tune still referred to the character by his original name but a small cut was made in the opening credits (resulting in a slight 'jump' in the film) and a title card added before the episode proper. The new name was last used for a repeat run in 1989; by the time the series was next aired in 1999 the 'Top Cat' food brand had long since disappeared, allowing the original title to be used. This continues to be the case in the showings on Boomerang and BBC Two.

[fryalot]

see. I do sometimes know what I'm talking about

[LyraSilvertongue]

Bink, wouldn't the shadow fall across the doorstep too?

[Bink]

oh yes, but it wouldn't block out all your light in the same ominous way .... [scary music]