Cosmo Topper was a banker whose life was complicated by two friendly spirits. The comedy ensued when Topper talked to his ethereal friends and, of course, seemed to be talking to people around him. "go away," he would say, or, "that's a terrible suit you're wearing." This was the same dilemma faced by Donald O'Connor in the Francis (the talking mule) film series. Topper was done far more effectively on television, becoming one of that medium's early succcesses.