Previous page of related Sponsored Products, Leo G. Carroll, Anne Jeffreys, Robert Sterling, Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2019. This gets him in hot water with the management. I was beyond happy when I saw this DVD. Topper lives with three ghosts: a husband and wife and their Saint Bernard. A suspicious looking uncle comes to the Toppers in search of the Kerbys. Please try again. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 13, 2015. Henrietta heads to the party alone as Cosmo promises he will head along later as their is a problem with his costume.
This does not sit well with ghosts Marion and George. When the ghosts rearrange a window display and the result draws a crowd, the store owner credits Henrietta with having done it; but he is only flattering her in order to sell her some furniture. The Toppers celebrate their silver anniversary at the inn where they spent their honeymoon. Henrietta and Marion take up painting as a hobby, but after Cosmo and George get a look at their "artworks", they try to come up with a way to discourage their wives from pursuing it any further. MI&VI Golden E/Gold E Violin String - Single E, Medium, Ball End, Super Flexible an... MI&VI Travel Cello Soft Case Gig Bag With Multiple Pockets and Adjustable Backpack ... MI&VI 2020 NEW Professional Carbon Fiber Violin Bow (Full Size 4/4) in Black with F... MI&VI PEAK Cello Strings — 3/4 Scale Full Set (A-D-G-C) | German Steel Rope Core | ... To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.
Henrietta heads to the party alone as Cosmo promises he will head along later as their is a problem with his costume. However Cosmo and the Kerbys get the address where the party is totally wrong, and soon Cosmo is arrested for... Cosmo and Henrietta celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary by spending the night at their honeymoon hotel. The Toppers move into their new home with a little help from George and Marion. Compression artifacts abound, (worse than YouTube in some places) and the contrast is poor. I grew up with watching Topper and although I don't remember the episodes, I remember Leo G. Carroll and Neil the dog. The ghosts cause strange (but humorous) events to happen, which an embarrassed Cosmo has to try to explain to others baffled—and even frightened—by them. The only problem is that the party is a masquerade ball and Topper refuses to go. LadyOphelia1988. The episodes themselves get as many stars as there are stars available. Topper falls asleep during the reading and dreams he is Scrooge. It finished at #24 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1954–1955 season.
Please try again. Both ABC and NBC aired repeats of these episodes (ABC in 1955 and NBC in 1956). Good quality transfer to DVD. The Toppers old maid had quit and Henrietta places an ad for a new one. Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2019. I wanted to bring back some of the fun and I was completely disappointed. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Highly recommend this set. Strangely, he is the only one able to see or hear them. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Unable to add item to List.
The series was broadcast on CBS from October 9, 1953 to July 15, 1955, and stars Leo G. Carroll in the title role. The uncle, unaware that the Kerbys are now ghosts, claims he made a fortune in India and wants to give them some money. Helpful. Brings back a lot of memories. Topper is sent to Las Vegas on bank business; George and Marion insist on coming along and helping him win. Trouble begins when Topper loses valuable securities. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco's Camel cigarettes was the show's sponsor; the Kerbys were seen smoking in every episode, as required by Reynolds; the actors, along with Carroll, also appeared in integrated commercials promoting the product at the end of the show, as well as announcing where free cartons of Camels were being sent to various military bases and veterans hospitals each week. Classic old Topper show, difficult to find even on Netflix. Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim wrote eleven episodes for Topper's first season with George Oppenheimer. This is a nostalgic trip down memory lane for anyone who grew up (Circa 1956) watching fantastic B&W television shows like: TOPPER. The Kerbys try to bring some excitement and joy into the life of stodgy and conservative Topper. George: Robert Sterling. They didn't put much post production time into these DVDs. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The Kerbys use their ghostly wiles on an obnoxious child that Topper wants to "adopt". Neil, the St. Bernard, loves martinis and a running gag is the invisible dog lapping up the drink. An old school chum proves irksome and gets treatment. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Henrietta's friend Thelma Gibney, a spinster, is dating an insurance salesman, who is more interested in selling insurance to her and the Toppers than he is in her. Still, an historical look into TV around 1953, and that in itself is interesting. And Leo G. Carroll as Topper [a dog bark is heard]. They live in a Los Angeles house they bought from the estate of a young couple, George and Marion Kerby (real life husband and wife Robert Sterling and Anne Jeffreys), who died after being swept away by an avalanche. My mom would show me these shows when I was little. George leaves a note for an out of work Burlesque dancer to apply for the position with disastrous results. In another opening, the announcer adds, "And there are only three people in the world who can see or hear them — you and I... and Cosmo Topper". Extremely poor quality reproduction obviously dubbed from an old VHS tape - you can even see the tracking lines at the bottom of the screen. After the Kerbys befuddle Van Horn, an efficency expert, Topper's boss sends him to New Mexico to check on a ranch. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Cosmo decides to run for mayor, but then finds out that his boss is the campaign manager for his opponent. Comment Report abuse. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. I especially like the dog. Along with George & Marion Kirby, and their dog Neil, who adored a good martini. Cosmo is unhappy about having to accommodate a pair of boring guests, so the ghosts drive them away by interfering with the proceeding card game. However, their attempts at home repairs are disastrous, and lead to Topper's spending more money than ever.
The only bad part is the picture quality on this set is about what you'd expect on YouTube or less. Watch Topper - Season 1, Episode 1 - Topper Meets The Ghosts: George and Marion Kerby were enjoying their fifth wedding anniversary when they became victims of a skiing accidents. great memories of simpler times. This of course is a ploy to not attend, however the Kerbys have other ideas and in their usual way get Cosmo to change his mind. Topper is an American fantasy sitcom television series based on the 1937 film Topper, … The show's producer was John W. Loveton, with his agent, Bernard L. Schubert, credited as co-producer. Read more. Topper is an American fantasy sitcom television series based on the 1937 film Topper, which was based on two novels Topper and Topper Takes a Trip by Thorne Smith. Packaging is better than the product inside. However, since they're already dead, that could pose some legal problems. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. George and Marion Kerby are celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary by going on a ski trip. Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2017. Camel commercials and their references were removed but the characters could still be seen smoking them. They are horrible copies. Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2012. To bring the two closer together, Henrietta arranges for herself and Cosmo to receive medical checkups from Dr. Lang. There were at least three forms of the opening announcement:
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5 people found this helpful. George becomes jealous after his wife, Marian, develops a crush on Topper's new personal trainer. George and Marian, wanting to know what the package is, enlist Cosmo's help in getting it back. 1950s television series based on the film series, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topper_(TV_series)&oldid=966501742, Black-and-white American television shows, Live action television shows based on films, Television series by CBS Television Studios, Pages using infobox television with editor parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, George Oppenheimer / Story by Donn Mullally, The episode opens with Topper coming down the stairs of his house, about to leave for work as he, Marion and George are clearly engaged in conversation, but the soundtrack only consists of descriptive narration [by uncredited, The episode opens with Topper, about to leave for work, entering the living room to say goodbye to Henrietta, but the soundtrack only consists of descriptive narration [by uncredited, This page was last edited on 7 July 2020, at 12:57. I used to watch this on TV when I was in grade school.
When Topper was shown in repeats, Anne Jeffreys was introduced as "the ghostess with the mostest"; Robert Sterling as "that most sporty spirit," and Leo G. Carroll as "host to said ghosts.". Collections of episodes in the public domain have been released on DVD but the series has not been given a full release. Trouble is, it now seems to be haunted, and not by George and Marion. These episodes were of course TOP NOTCH, but I was so dissappointed that there were only four episiodes per DVD. It was like it was taken right off the TV and put on discs. haven't watched it all, as yet--but so far, so good! The Kerbys play a joke on Cosmo by making him believe he's won $800,000 playing the Irish Sweepstakes. It's Marion's birthday, though, so at the same time, the Kerbys have invited some of their old friends, who are strangers to the Toppers. Henrietta decides to sell the house. Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2016. perennial favorite from my childhood.
When a package for the Kerbys arrives at the Toppers' house, Henrietta sends it back to the post office's Dead Letters Office. A St. Bernard, Neil, who attempted to rescue them also died with them.
Cosmo, with the Kerby's help, becomes a sharpshooter and puts a villainous cowboy in his place. Three months later, Cosmo Topper buys their home and discovers that the three are haunting the house. Henrietta: Lee Patrick. The quality is not as sharp as the movies out today, but for the age of the series, I still enjoyed watching them. The DVD case would lead you to believe this is a re-mastered, colorized edition of Seasons 1 and 2 of the Topper series; it's grainy B&W and only contains 7 episodes total (3 on disk 1, 4 on disk 2).
Starring — as Marion Kerby, the loveliest ghost in town — Anne Jeffreys. Sophisticated but stuffy Cosmo Topper (Carroll) is the vice president of City Bank, married to sweet (but rather clueless) Henrietta (Lee Patrick). After seeing an astrologist, Katie is convinced the astrological charts indicate that Cosmo will be ruined financially, if he goes to work the next day. Any baby boomer who remembers sneaking into the living room late at night (with her big sister, while their mother slept innocently unknowing) to watch reruns, would be thrilled to get ANY episode. Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2017. Topper: Leo G. Carroll. Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2019. [1] Topper also earned an Emmy nomination for Best Situation Comedy in 1954.[2]. Somehow I thought these were complete seasons. George and Marian's grandfather Augustus Kerby dies, leaving them a million dollars. George is determined to catch a neighborhood thief known as The Phantom Burglar.
Season 1, Episode 14.
On the trip, one of Marion's skis break. Suddenly, all three are killed in an avalanche.