Topper may have been on to something

If you've never seen the '50's Topper TV sitcom or any of the three Topper movies, this may not mean much to you. The premise is this.

George and Marion Kerby are killed, become ghosts, haunting stuck-in-his-ways, Cosmo Topper. I watched the first movie, 1937's "Topper", as recent as yesterday on TCM. Well done with special effects ahead of the time. But I've never thought much more about the concept until now.

George and Marion can communicate with anyone they wish while choosing to limit themselves primarily to Topper. In that way, they and Topper are bridging the gap between the living and the dead.

Raymond Quinn did so too with those he would have known in alternative lives he would have lived had he made different choices.

We all have memories of friends, family, and acquaintances no longer mortals. And whether or not we realize it, we all have relationships with people we would have known had we made different choices.

It doesn't take much, just a little imagination, to connect on some level with both.