Casper, The Friendly Ghost
About Casper, The Friendly Ghost
Originally developed by Joe Oriolo and Seymour Reit as the concept for a childrens book, Casper was sold to Paramount in the early 1940's. Casper was a child ghost who wanted to make friends, not scare people. His first cartoon was a Noveltoon titled The Friendly Ghost (1945). Casper proved popular, and in 1950, got his own series. Casper's model was a bit thinner than his Noveltoons self. The series ended in 1959.
Along with the rest of the Famous Studios cartoons, Casper was sold to U.M.&M. T.V. Corp. in 1956. In 1963, new shorts were made specifically for television as The New Casper Cartoon Show and the original theatrical shorts were aired in syndication as Harveytoons.
Cartoons
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Casper's Spree Under The Sea
Casper the Friendly Ghost goes to the Fish Fair with Goldie the Goldfish.
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Once Upon A Rhyme
Casper the Friendly Ghost goes to Mother Goose Land. He meets the three blind mice, Mary, Mary quite contrary, Little Miss Muffet and the old woman who lived in a shoe. As Little Red Riding…
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Boo Hoo Baby
After running away from home, Casper the Friendly Ghost finds a baby and takes it to a foundling home, where the babies welcome him and become his playmates. Unfortunately, the nurse, not k…
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To Boo Or Not To Boo
Casper wants to find a friend and discovers that on Halloween Eve, he can blend in with all the kids in costumes trick-or-treating. All goes until well until he's discovered as a real ghost…
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Boo Scout
The spooks in a haunted house are having a big party... it's time to go out and scare someone. Casper is reading a book on how to be friendly... they kick him out. Casper is reading a book…
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Casper Comes To Clown
Casper the Friendly Ghost rescues Browny Bear from a swarm of bees and trains him to be a juggling bear. A circus ringmaster spots Browny and grabs him. Casper rescues Browny (and the rest…
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Casper Takes A Bow-Wow
Casper the Friendly Ghost befriends a stray dog that he names Pal, rescuing the pooch when he's menaced by a mean, gun-toting dogcatcher.
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The Deep Boo Sea
Little Billy wants to play pirates with two older friends. However, the big kids won't let him play. He meets up with Casper, and the two build a raft together and sail out to to sea to sea…
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Ghost Of The Town
All the spooks are going on "scare patrol." Casper wants to make friends, so they kick him out. Lonely, he comes across a burning building with a child on the fourth floor. He flies up and…
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Spunky Skunky
Casper is once again looking for a friend, and he meets a skunk. The guys don't want to play baseball with the skunk because of his smell. Casper comes to the rescue when Wolfie threatens t…
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Cage Fright
Casper the Friendly Ghost goes to the zoo. He talks to all the animals but really makes friends with Baby Alfred the elephant. He opens the cage so that he and the baby can play, but the zo…
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Pig-A-Boo
Casper the Friendly Ghost gets his orders: go out and scare someone or else. First, he tries a raging bull and loses. Then he comes upon the house of the Three Little Pigs who enjoy reading…
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True Boo
Casper the Friendly Ghost goes out on Christmas Eve and makes friends with Billy.
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Frightday The 13th
There's good boos tonight: Frightday the 13th. All the ghosts plan on going out to scare someone... except for Casper the Friendly Ghost, who goes out and makes friends with Lucky the black…
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Spook No Evil
Casper the Friendly Ghost has been found guilty of being too friendly by the other ghosts and is sentenced to walk the plank off a pirate ship. At the bottom of the ocean, the fish free him…
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North Pal
Casper the Friendly Ghost makes friends with a seal at the North Pole.
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By The Old Mill Scream
The spooks are having a convention in a supposedly closed opera house, each performing his own specialty act. Casper the Friendly Ghost bombs out and is ejected. He runs onto some beavers b…
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Little Boo Peep
Casper's kicked out of the "Scare Force" by the other ghosts because he doesn't want to learn anything. Trudging through the forest, he reaches Mother Goose Land. Casper helps Little Bo Pee…
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Do Or Diet
Casper the Friendly Ghost saves a very plump turkey from the butcher knife on Thanksgiving Day. Casper tries to make the turkey lose weight, thus becoming so thin that the farmer won't want…
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Boos And Saddles
Casper the Friendly Ghost visits an old Western town and helps Billy (Billy the Kid as a child) capture Desert Dan, who robs a bank. Billy accidentally foils the bank robbery. Desert Dan ch…
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Zero The Hero
Casper the Friendly Ghost helps Zero the dog to become a good watchdog.
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Casper Genie
Casper wants to make friends with Billy, a little Boy who is reading "Aladdin's Lamp." Casper plays genie to the poor boy, pretending to be the magic genie of the little boy's lantern. Casp…
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Puss 'n Boos
Casper rescues two baby kittens from drowning, and they become his friends forever. They're hungry, though, and they need milk. Casper pulls off his sheet to become invisible so that he can…
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Boos And Arrows
Casper the Friendly Ghost helps Little Feather go hunting.
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Boo Ribbon Winner
Molasses, an overweight greyhound, is racing right for the dog pound until Casper the Friendly Ghost lends a paw. Casper helps Molasses lose some weight so that he can win the next race.
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Boo Moon
When Casper sees the Moon through a telescope, he flies off to visit the Man in the Moon. Once there, he takes a nap and wakes up to find that the little Moon Men have put him in a cage (in…
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Hide And Shriek
Casper the Friendly Ghost's cousin Spooky comes for a visit.
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Keep Your Grin Up
Casper the Friendly Ghost goes to a circus and saves a laughing hyena from a cruel ringmaster. Because he's invisible and eating an ice cream cone, he scares the tattooed man, the fireeater…
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Spooking With A Brogue
Casper the Friendly Ghost goes to Ireland, where he is mistaken for a leprechaun. An old Irish widow is about to be evicted. Her son decides that he will find a leprechaun because they alwa…
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Bull Fright
When Casper the Friendly Ghost visits Mexico, "Your Friendly Neighbor," he visits a camp for training bulls. He finds Poncho, a calf who feels bad because he is not as good as his papa. Cas…
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Red White And Boo
Casper the Friendly Ghost tries to make friends by traveling back through time in a professor's time machine. Casper saves George Washington when his boat gets stuck crossing the Potomac.
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Boo Kind To Animals
Casper the Friendly Ghost helps Spunky the Donkey find a useful job.
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Ground Hog Play
On a sleeping man's newspaper, the comics come to life. On a magical journey, Casper the Friendly Ghost pays a visit to another cartoon and masquerades as a shadow for good-natured Hillary…
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Dutch Treat
Casper the Friendly Ghost visits Holland and helps Hans save a town from a leaking dam.
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Penguin For Your Thoughts
Casper the Friendly Ghost returns a penguin to the South Pole.
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Line Of Screammage
Billy is rejected by the football team because he's too little to play. Little Billy is looking at comic books at a street newsstand in front of a store when Casper the Friendly Ghost comes…
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Fright From Wrong
The Ghostly Trio give Casper the Friendly Ghost a pill to make him as mean as they are.
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Spooking About Africa
Casper the Friendly Ghost finds himself in Africa. He meets up with Wheezy the elephant, who is making the jungle shake every time that he sneezes. It turns out that the problem is just a f…
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Hooky Spooky
Casper the Friendly Ghost's cousin Spooky is scaring all the animals in the zoo instead of going to school.
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Peekaboo
Casper the Friendly Ghost plays with a mischievous kitten. However, the kitten abuses Casper's protection by tormenting a dog. Good music score on this cartoon.
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Ghost Of Honor
Casper the Friendly Ghost tells a reporter how he became an animated cartoon star. He tells how he went to Paramount Studios to see how cartoons were made. He scares the cartoon staff. When…
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Ice Scream
Nobody wants to help Billy learn how to ice skate. Looks like a job for Casper the Friendly Ghost. Casper masquerades as a snowman and teaches Billy how to skate. By the end of the cartoon,…
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Boo Bop
Casper is boo-bopping along with his bag of candy when he comes upon the Museum of Music. He helps the ghost of Franz Schubert finish his unfinished symphony.
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Heir Restorer
Casper the Friendly Ghost travels all the way to England in search of an heir to Lord Montague's fortune. He tries Scotland Yard, with no help there. In an old English castle, he finds an o…
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Spook And Span
The county fair is on, and farm animals are being judged for prizes. Casper wants to enter an animal in the contest. All the animals run when they see him except for Squeally, a pig who is…
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Ghost Writers
Two writers at Paramount Cartoon Studios try to think of good stories for Casper the Friendly Ghost. They review scenes from "Casper's Spree Under The Sea," "Once Upon A Rhyme" and "To Boo…
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Which Is Witch
Spooky and Casper have the ballpark all to themselves, except that Casper has a date to take Wendy to the beach. Spooky is angry and plays mean tricks on them- first with a giant crab, then…
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Good Scream Fun
As usual, when Casper the Friendly Ghost tries to talk to a delivery man, he scares him into dropping his package. Casper decides to deliver it himself, only to find that he has a baby ostr…
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Doing What's Fright
Casper the Friendly Ghost tries to stop his cousin Spooky from April Fooling the mortals (and scaring them at the same time). Casper turns the tables by using a hand buzzer on Spooky. Excel…
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Down To Mirth
Casper attends a science convention. A mad professor demonstrates his new anti-gravity machine. He floats kangaroos and lions into space. It's up to Casper to stop the evil professor and ge…
