Um… They have heads, but in this picture, invisible legs.
They kind of fade in and out… Topper is the only one who can see them….
Actually, there’s nothing eery or scary about it cos, they play it for laughs. And I’m a person you can trust about that, cos you know how I feel about scary! 🙂
My ?? was actually about “the girl upstairs”…. but I just this second realized you might mean the woman in the image above this one…
Leo G Carroll plays Cosmo Topper, a stuffy banker, with a rather clueless wife.
They bought the house of a young couple, played by Robert Sterling and Anne Jeffreys, who died in a sking accident, among with the St. Bernard, Neil, who was trying to rescue them.
I believe Sterling and Jeffries were a real couple… shown above, they come back with Neil as ghosts, to haunt the Toppers’ house… Part of it is they try to loosen him up, cos they like parties. Neil, the dog, loves martinis, and IIRC gets drunk in most episodes.
I’m guessing that George is shown here in mid-materialization, appearing translucent from the head down until finally completely visible to Topper and to us. Why Marian is apparently floating several feet off the ground is a mystery to me. I don’t recall the ghosts ever doing that on the show.
Somewhere inside that US Postal, Customs and Court house, along with Jack Webb and Johnny Carson, taping a TV show to be shown in the 1970’s (the humor hadn’t caught up with them until that time).
Well, let’s see.. they’re all Kitchen Aid 4-1/2 quart to 5-1/2 quart mixers (I know, because ours is a 6 quart, and the top doesn’t swing up. They have a circuit board that controls the speed (ours got wonky, so I had to replace it). None of them has a plug-in at the front for attachments (very useful for a spiralizer or meat grinder that allow you to take care of someone with Masseter muscle jaw problems). Dang, I guess you’ll have to check out the other answer from Dancing Buffalo.
Mine is a tilt-head model from the early 1970s… I bought it second hand about 453 years ago.
I have a meat grinder with pasta maker plates (not the best concept), so I know it takes attachments.
I thought it was 3½ quarts, but maybe it’s 4½. It’s currently in storage so I can’t check. But one thing I do know is it’s 250 watts, and newer models have a bit more.
She learned it, over and over. She danced it, over and over. She taught it, over and over. She felt it, over and over. It’s remembered in every cell of her brain that’s left (and maybe throughout her body as well – memory is a funny thing).
The notes of the music trigger a response in the muscles of her arms without even much conscious thought…
Like how some people with Alzheimer’s can still pedal a bike, once put in the seat, even if they can’t remember how to use the microwave.
I didn’t say “ride” a bike, cos their balance and strength may be gone… But I visited a facility that had stationary bikes some residents used for their own form of journeys.
Nighthawks… Yesterday you asked me a good question about the woman in a khaki uniform on that 1918 Leyendecker Saturday Evening Post cover.
I didn’t think you’d be going back there, so I’m answering here, for you or anybody interested.
I’d said she was a soldier; you pointed out that the Women’s Army Corps didn’t exist in WWI.
I realized that, of course, that was true… But I knew I’d seen that uniform before, and kind of remembered it in a recruiting poster.
So I looked it up…. It’s the early uniform of the American Red Cross Motor Corps, founded in 1917 by the American Red Cross.
It was all women, developed to render supplementary aid to the U.S. Army and Navy in transporting troops and supplies during World War I, and to assist other Red Cross workers with various relief activities, in canteens, military hospitals, and camps.
They also provided home service workers, outside aid, and office detail, and other services, during the 1918 flu pandemic.
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Hey, when it’s naptime, it’s naptime!
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Gar-An-Teed that human body would die from lack of blood! Not nice! Keep your grubby pre-mortem hands to yourself!!!
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Nope!
She’s only trying to forge ahead.
LOL…
Look very closely… especially over her left shoulder (on our right)…
Exactly. We own some of those.
Nope!
You can’t see it?
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Nope!
Probably friends with the girl upstairs!
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Ghosts. Headless bodies.
Um… They have heads, but in this picture, invisible legs.
They kind of fade in and out… Topper is the only one who can see them….
Actually, there’s nothing eery or scary about it cos, they play it for laughs. And I’m a person you can trust about that, cos you know how I feel about scary! 🙂
My ?? was actually about “the girl upstairs”…. but I just this second realized you might mean the woman in the image above this one…
If so…. Not to worry. She’s fine too!
It’s Topper!
One of my family’s all time favorite TV shows!
Leo G Carroll plays Cosmo Topper, a stuffy banker, with a rather clueless wife.
They bought the house of a young couple, played by Robert Sterling and Anne Jeffreys, who died in a sking accident, among with the St. Bernard, Neil, who was trying to rescue them.
I believe Sterling and Jeffries were a real couple… shown above, they come back with Neil as ghosts, to haunt the Toppers’ house… Part of it is they try to loosen him up, cos they like parties. Neil, the dog, loves martinis, and IIRC gets drunk in most episodes.
It may not sound funny, but it really was.
I’m guessing that George is shown here in mid-materialization, appearing translucent from the head down until finally completely visible to Topper and to us. Why Marian is apparently floating several feet off the ground is a mystery to me. I don’t recall the ghosts ever doing that on the show.
I think she’s standing on a little footstool or table that I can’t quite make out, in front of the dresser.
Its legs sort of disappear into the shadows, and everything blends in with the pattern on the rug… but I think there’s something there.
https://archive.org/details/topper-tv-series
If the link doesn’t lead to the series instantly, try again.
thanks!
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So they didn’t only tout retailers, but manufacturers too.
She’s quick! It’s hard to ketchup with her. If you do, you might be in a pickle. She seems sweet, but she’s the real dill.
Yes… And this one is obviously displaying Heinz products.
Believe it or not, Heinz has made ketchup since the 1870s… that bottle looks similar to the glass bottle still in use, if you can find any.
This banner lady is probably from the 1880s… Hard to see, but I think there’s still a pickle on the ketchup label, which may say “Catsup.”
In the 1890s they switched to a tomato, and “ketchup”, and invented their 57 flavors tagline.
It would be funny if those were real pickles, but alas, they’re paper. Great one on her head, though.
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Open the valve and watch his head explode?
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Cleveland – 1910
So where are Claude & Clara in this tableau?
Somewhere inside that US Postal, Customs and Court house, along with Jack Webb and Johnny Carson, taping a TV show to be shown in the 1970’s (the humor hadn’t caught up with them until that time).
Well… I know they’re old… but probably not over 116.
Ah, but Claude, Clara, and Cleo are ageless! Let’s hope the EWC “disappears” soon so Cleo can claim mastery. 🙂
“There can be only one!”
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Chillin’!
“Aaaaaahhh This is the life.”
Be careful, don’t get your … uh … pads of your feet … that’s right … pads of your feet sunburned!
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Mailed in 1905.
Is that smoke, smog, or an ink smudge on the card?
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Score!
Pupperoni with extra mutt-zerella.
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Same here.
Got it
Well, let’s see.. they’re all Kitchen Aid 4-1/2 quart to 5-1/2 quart mixers (I know, because ours is a 6 quart, and the top doesn’t swing up. They have a circuit board that controls the speed (ours got wonky, so I had to replace it). None of them has a plug-in at the front for attachments (very useful for a spiralizer or meat grinder that allow you to take care of someone with Masseter muscle jaw problems). Dang, I guess you’ll have to check out the other answer from Dancing Buffalo.
Mine is a tilt-head model from the early 1970s… I bought it second hand about 453 years ago.
I have a meat grinder with pasta maker plates (not the best concept), so I know it takes attachments.
I thought it was 3½ quarts, but maybe it’s 4½. It’s currently in storage so I can’t check. But one thing I do know is it’s 250 watts, and newer models have a bit more.
Claude Monet
Didn’t even have to look at the text or signature…that one was too easy.
Where’s my Claritin or other allergy medicine?
Very sweet, very sad, very moving. You can see how much the ballet meant to her.
She learned it, over and over. She danced it, over and over. She taught it, over and over. She felt it, over and over. It’s remembered in every cell of her brain that’s left (and maybe throughout her body as well – memory is a funny thing).
I’d say the muscle memory is very strong.
The notes of the music trigger a response in the muscles of her arms without even much conscious thought…
Like how some people with Alzheimer’s can still pedal a bike, once put in the seat, even if they can’t remember how to use the microwave.
I didn’t say “ride” a bike, cos their balance and strength may be gone… But I visited a facility that had stationary bikes some residents used for their own form of journeys.
Louise Armaindo, a Montrealer, was the first female world cycling champion.
Yay Montreal !
Male Common Grackles (bronzed subspecies).
Nighthawks… Yesterday you asked me a good question about the woman in a khaki uniform on that 1918 Leyendecker Saturday Evening Post cover.
I didn’t think you’d be going back there, so I’m answering here, for you or anybody interested.
I’d said she was a soldier; you pointed out that the Women’s Army Corps didn’t exist in WWI.
I realized that, of course, that was true… But I knew I’d seen that uniform before, and kind of remembered it in a recruiting poster.
So I looked it up…. It’s the early uniform of the American Red Cross Motor Corps, founded in 1917 by the American Red Cross.
It was all women, developed to render supplementary aid to the U.S. Army and Navy in transporting troops and supplies during World War I, and to assist other Red Cross workers with various relief activities, in canteens, military hospitals, and camps.
They also provided home service workers, outside aid, and office detail, and other services, during the 1918 flu pandemic.