PaJoe

The Topper movies were good, even without Cary Grant, and the show was interesting enough as well. I think my favorite was Topper Returns with Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and his big eyes as he suspects something is wrong and eventually fulfills his warning "there is going to be some running going on" . Hollywood could do a successful remake of Topper - but chances are they would change it so much it would be another flop like the Honeymooners. Everyone loves the antics of friendly ghosts and these movies had it all. Topper was one of the first wish lists in our Tivos, it took a few years but

If they planned them carefully with the notebook holes, they would make excellent reference books. They could keep certain articles for the notebook, then any time you wanted to look up information you read about a particular movie or artists it would be available. TCM cold even sell special TCM binders to hold the information.

As I read over the posts and saw all the different musicals that I like, I can say I do not have a "favorite musical". It all depends on what my mood is at the time, who do I want to hear, do I want to fall in Love with Judy Garland or Barbara Streisand or perhaps I want to be standing on the foot bridge in Music Man hearing the bells. More recently I have been thinking of getting out the "Holiday Inn" dvd where Bing Crosby sings "White Christmas" for the first time and even though I know they do a voice over for Marjorie Reynolds singing; I still love her and the twinkle in her eyes

*****begin quote****** "Topper Returns" and "Hold That Ghost" are two wonderful comedies from the early 40s that have strong followings. I watch these two goodies whenever I need a mood booster. They both have that magical quality of being timeless. Especially in "Topper" which featuers a fantastic cast of great B actors--and those double-takes of Patsy Kelly and Rochester's fabulous comedic timing." ****end quote***** I would not have guessed "Topper Returns" is a cult movie, but I do like it a lot and have it in our personal DVD collection. I agree with all you wrote about it,