TOPPER

[MsSabbas1]

Always loved this show. I saw every episode, I think. I especially enjoyed the funny counterpoint brought by the dog, Neil. Thanks for posting this!

[dfantauz]

I love topper. They never have any reruns of it. wish they would replace some of the reality shows with topper.

[VaneWimsey]

Thanks for posting this. I remember the show very fondly . . . though it didn't age very well.

[MegaPatriot123]

I wish they would bring back shows like this...I'm tired of the garbage on T.V. now.

[leemertolee]

I'd love to see the Topper Episode - A Christnas Carol.

[BaronessAnneMarie]

These actors I miss so much.

[TheStanbabe]

I first watched this series..when it was reruned on WNEW TV Ch.5 in NYC weekday mornings back in the late 1950's. A truly funny show and my intro to Leo,Anne,Bob,Thurston,Lee and"Bucky The St.Bernard Dog"/"Neil".

[ferociousgumby]

I watched this late at night if I was allowed to sleep in the den on the pull-out bed, a rare privilege. For some reason, very old shows came on late at night: My Little Margie, Love That Bob, Topper. It scared the living shit out of me, with all those hats and gloves flying around by themselves. I never quite got the premise of the show. I read recently that one of the writers was Stephen Sondheim, who must've been like 25 years old.

[moproducer]

I used to watch this when I was a kid. At the time, I had no idea that Robert Sterling and Anne Jeffreys were married in real life (and one of the few enduring marriages in Hollywood, along with Leo G. Carroll & his wife, Edith de Silva). I'd forgotten that Kathleen Freeman was in this as well.

I saw a recent photo of Anne Jeffreys; you would honestly never believe that she's nearly 88. Still gorgeous.

[Mr76Yearsago]

Except for "The Beverly Hillbillies" , no show ever on television was better cast than "Topper" Kathleen Freeman and Thurston Hall were PERFECT in their roles of housekeeper and Boss Leo G. Carroll deserved a Emmy Award. It is a shame that the reruns of "Topper" are not show on some cable network

[MrCheesenipboy]

my last name is topper

[malthechal]

This is probably where they got the idea of that show"Ghost Whisperer"starring Jennifer Love Hewitt from.

[thistleccr]

I loved watching reruns of Topper as a kid. Too bad that it isn't on anymore. Neil was the best!!!!

[alto100]

Wow, I remember watching this on TV growing up in the late50's. Maybe I should be dead. This is all about bankers and their ghosts. They all deserve to be haunted...

[Fiftiesflashback]

FASHIONS BY OHRBACH'S!

[chaspagano]

wow yeah. sondheim. leo. the prog band cosmo topper. but the show is fantasmic. probably the first reference to "ectoplasmic" on the tube. i first heard it on 'ghostbusters' i think. i can't compete w/ 'fromthesidelines' geekdomness tho.

[fromthesidelines]

The closing credits, however, are from a different [syndicated edition] episode, "Topper Goes to Washington" [11/19/54]. You also get to see the rare "A Bernard L. Schubert Presentation" logo at the end; Schubert initially handled the series, but he and partner John W. Loveton eventually went "bankrupt", and the series was passed on to another distributor.

[fromthesidelines]

This first excerpt was actually a rebroadcast of "George's Old Flame" {7/2/54}, when the series was repeated, for sponsor General Foods [Jell-O], on NBC's Sunday night schedule in the summer of 1956 [7-7:30pm(et)], before "TALES OF THE 77th BENGAL LANCERS" replaced it in the fall. The second is an original opening title, minus the opening sponsor I.D. at 3:12 ["CAMEL... America's most popular cigarette, presents...."].

[rr7firefly1]

Put those kids to work. Giggle giggle.

[urdedmete]

Thanks for posting.. Where did you get this, its in great condition.

[TheMikester307]

The Kerbys would have loved Jello shots!

[rolko52]

The first clip shows the writing credit of later Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.

[rolko52]

I loved watching this show as a kid!