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Topper: Season 1

39 episodes Premiered Oct 9, 1953 Updated Jul 21, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (36): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

Topper Meets the Ghosts

Oct 9, 1953

An avalanche does in the Kerbys while skiing, to their bemusement. The Toppers are buying their old haunts.

S1·E2 Core

The Movers

Oct 16, 1953

Moving day, and the ghosts reveal themselves only to Topper.

S1·E3 Core

Hiring the Maid

Oct 23, 1953

Exit Velma, so George scares up a replacement.

S1·E4 Core

The Hypnotist

Oct 30, 1953

The Kerbys demolish a charlatan.

S1·E5 Core

Reducing

Nov 6, 1953

Cosmo tries to be a slimmer he.

S1·E6 Core

The Spinster

Nov 13, 1953

Her cap is new-set at a Topper table guest.

S1·E7 Core

Bank Securities

Nov 20, 1953

Neil, who is fond of a snifter, absconds with bank papers.

S1·E8 Core

The Kid

Nov 27, 1953

An amusing tyke.

S1·E9 Core

Burglar Episode

Dec 4, 1953

A burglar is prowling the neighborhood.

S1·E13 Core

Masquerade

Jan 1, 1954

Topper rings in the new year.

S1·E14 Core

Second Honeymoon

Jan 8, 1954

Mr. & Mrs. Topper spend their anniversary in a haunted inn.

S1·E15 Core

The Socialite

Jan 15, 1954

Mrs. Topper butters up the poetry set.

S1·E18 Core

Astrology

Feb 5, 1954

The stars look down on Topper's workaday world.

S1·E20 Core

The Proposal

Feb 19, 1954

Putting this one across is no easy matter.

S1·E21 Core

Katie's Nephew

Feb 26, 1954

A juvenile influence on the Kerbys, or the other way around.

S1·E22 Core

The College Reunion

Mar 5, 1954

The Kerbys give Topper's old school tie a fillip.

S1·E23 Core

Economy

Mar 12, 1954

Batten down the hatches, tight ship.

S1·E24 Core

The Diamond Ring

Mar 19, 1954

An insurance company investigator is suspicious of the Kerbys.

S1·E26 Core

The Painting Episode

Apr 2, 1954

A phonybaloney art instructor shows Mrs. Topper the spiritual side of life.

S1·E28 Core

Legacy

Apr 16, 1954

What goes up the family tree, must come down eventually...

S1·E30 Core

Topper Goes West

Apr 30, 1954

New Mexico, cattle ranch, bank business.

S1·E31 Core

A Ghostly Joke

May 7, 1954

The Kerbys play a joke on Cosmo by convincing him he's won $800,000 playing the Irish Sweepstakes.

S1·E32 Core

The Package

May 14, 1954

The Kerbys do their own mail sorting at the P.O.

S1·E33 Core

Neil Disappears

May 21, 1954

Of course he does, when he feels like it, but not with a State Department pouch.

S1·E34 Core

The Picnic

May 28, 1954

Dejeuner sur l'herbe, said the punning health food nut.

S1·E35 Core

The Wedding

Jun 4, 1954

It's all arranged by Mrs. Topper.

S1·E37 Core

The Boat

Jun 18, 1954

Topper is surrounded by card sharks.

S1·E39 Mytharc

George's Old Flame

Jul 2, 1954

She's engaged to a Hollywood star, but is he all he seems?

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