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to the book to Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios animation division. "The Friendly Ghost", the first Noveltoon to feature Casper, was released by Paramount in 1945 with a few differences from the book. In the cartoon adaptation, Casper is a cute ghost-child with a New York accent, who inhabits a haunted house along with a community of adult ghosts who delight in scaring the living. Casper, however, is a nonconformist among ghosts: he would prefer to make friends with people. He packs up his belongings and goes out into the world, hoping to find friends. However, the animals that he meets
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The Friendly Ghost The Friendly Ghost is a Famous Studios cartoon released on 16 November 1945 as part of its "Noveltoons" series of animated short movies. It is the first cartoon to feature the character Casper the Friendly Ghost. Casper is seen reading the book "How to Win Friends", a real book by Dale Carnegie. Every night at midnight his brothers and sisters scare people, except for Casper, who doesn't want to scare people, so he stays home instead. Casper decides that he would rather make friends with the living. While his family is off scaring people, Casper bids his
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to the book to Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios animation division. "The Friendly Ghost", the first Noveltoon to feature Casper, was released by Paramount in 1945 with a few differences from the book. In the cartoon adaptation, Casper is a cute ghost-child with a New York accent, who inhabits a haunted house along with a community of adult ghosts who delight in scaring the living. Casper, however, is a nonconformist among ghosts: he would prefer to make friends with people. He packs up his belongings and goes out into the world, hoping to find friends. However, the animals that he meets
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the children from being forced to leave. The short concludes with the mother seeing Casper (now wearing schoolboy clothes), Bonnie, and Johnny off to school together. The Friendly Ghost The Friendly Ghost is a Famous Studios cartoon released on 16 November 1945 as part of its "Noveltoons" series of animated short movies. It is the first cartoon to feature the character Casper the Friendly Ghost. Casper is seen reading the book "How to Win Friends", a real book by Dale Carnegie. Every night at midnight his brothers and sisters scare people, except for Casper, who doesn't want to scare people,
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its own spin-off series with the same title airing in Cartoon Network, released in 2009. Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios had produced three theatrical shorts featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost from the "Noveltoon" series with "The Friendly Ghost" in 1945, "There's Good Boos To-Night" in 1948 and "A Haunting We Will Go" in 1949. Paramount would later produce a series of theatricals shorts of Casper the Friendly Ghost from 1950 to 1959. With Steven Spielberg as executive producer of the film, he hired Brad Silberling to direct, making it Brad's first feature film as a director. The film stars Christina Ricci
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set titled "Casper The Friendly Ghost: The Complete Collection 1945-1963" which contains "The Friendly Ghost", "There's Good Boos To-Night", "A Haunting We Will Go", 55 theatrical cartoons, and all 26 episodes of "The New Casper Cartoon Show". Several video games were based on the 1995 film for PC, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Sega Saturn, 3DO, PlayStation, and Game Boy Color. In subsequent years Windows 95 and Game Boy Advance games were released serving as sequels to the film. Developed by Sound Source Interactive, published by WayForward Technologies and released in 1998 for PC it is based on and
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in at least one compilation album from the Demento show. "Irving" became part of an album, "Would You Believe Frank Gallop Sings?". This was followed by "The Son of Irving" in 1966. Gallop's hit Kapp album was called, "When You're in Love the Whole World is Jewish"; he toured several US cities as the result of his music's popularity. Gallop narrated the first "Casper the Friendly Ghost" cartoon in 1945. He also narrated two later "Casper" cartoons, "There's Good Boos Tonight" in 1948, and "A-Haunting We Will Go" in 1949. He was the narrator for an ABC animated children's program,
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when a banker opens it. The banker orders Casper to tell the mother he has come for a mortgage payment, but when he realizes that Casper is a ghost, he tears up the mortgage which he tells Casper to keep (because he doesn't want to have a "haunted" house on the market) and runs off in fright, so fast that he sets a bridge on fire. Despondent, Casper decides to go back home to his own family. He is about to leave when the mother picks him up with a smile on her face, accepting him for saving her and
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just like him when he was his age. He is also a character in the TV series. In Scare School the pronunciation of his name is changed, from in A Spirited Beginning and Haunted Christmas as well as his first two video game appearances, to . Kibosh (Casper the Friendly Ghost) Kibosh is a character in the franchise from "Casper the Friendly Ghost". Kibosh is the powerful, evil and feared King of Ghosts. He is a big and muscular green ghost with red eyes. He has great contempt for Casper and his uncles. He is the archenemy of Casper. In
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Casper when he was being robbed. Casper the Friendly Ghost in film The fictional character, Casper the Friendly Ghost who appears in numerous cartoon shorts as well as Harvey Comics publication, has appeared in five films since his inception, most of which were either released in television or straight-to-video while only one was released theatrically, most are unrelated to each other. Like in the comics and animated shorts, the films feature Casper, a ghost of a dead child, who refuses to frighten other people and would like nothing more than to be friends with them; however, his appearance would often
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Casper the Friendly Ghost Casper the Friendly Ghost is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. He is a pleasant and personable ghost. Casper was created in the late 1930s by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo, the former devising the idea for the character and the latter providing illustrations. Intended initially as the basis for a 1939 children's storybook, there was at first little interest in their idea. When Reit was away on military service during the Second World War before the book was released, Oriolo sold the rights
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short turns remarkably dark when a hunter and his dogs appear, chasing the little fox cub named Ferdie that Casper has befriended. Although Casper scares the hunter and dogs away, Casper discovers Ferdie dead after a harrowing chase scene. Happily, however, Ferdie returns as a ghost to join his friend Casper in the afterlife. These were later adapted into Noveltoons before Paramount started a "Casper the Friendly Ghost" series in 1950, and ran the theatrical releases until the summer of 1959. Nearly every entry in the series was the same: Casper (now slightly thinner than the pudgy figure that appeared
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Kibosh (Casper the Friendly Ghost) Kibosh is a character in the franchise from "Casper the Friendly Ghost". Kibosh is the powerful, evil and feared King of Ghosts. He is a big and muscular green ghost with red eyes. He has great contempt for Casper and his uncles. He is the archenemy of Casper. In "", after discovering Casper's absent in the Ghost Central, Kibosh becomes furious about the idea of letting a rookie ghost being let loose without any education and forces his spineless assistant Snivel to find Casper and bring him back. Time after, Kibosh arrives in Deedstown, captures
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& M. retitled just "A Haunting We Will Go", but credited "Featuring Casper The Friendly Ghost" as "Featuring Casper's Friendly Ghost". New cartoons were created for "The New Casper Cartoon Show" in 1963, also on ABC. The original Casper cartoons were syndicated under the title "Harveytoons" (initially repackaged as "Casper and Company") in 1962 and ran continually until the mid-90s. Casper has remained popular in reruns and merchandising, and Hanna-Barbera produced two holiday specials, "Casper's First Christmas" (which also starred Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy) and "Casper's Halloween Special" (aka Casper Saves
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the Trio's lightning which is chasing him. A series of three games, for PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS and Wii, based on the computer animated film and TV series of the same name released in 2008 and 2009. Casper the Friendly Ghost Casper the Friendly Ghost is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. He is a pleasant and personable ghost. Casper was created in the late 1930s by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo, the former devising the idea for the character and the latter providing illustrations. Intended initially as
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Casper the Friendly Ghost in film The fictional character, Casper the Friendly Ghost who appears in numerous cartoon shorts as well as Harvey Comics publication, has appeared in five films since his inception, most of which were either released in television or straight-to-video while only one was released theatrically, most are unrelated to each other. Like in the comics and animated shorts, the films feature Casper, a ghost of a dead child, who refuses to frighten other people and would like nothing more than to be friends with them; however, his appearance would often get him shunned and petrified by
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has no unfinished business, encouraging him to move on. Amelia departs as the clock chimes ten and, after kissing Kat, Casper transforms back into a ghost, which scares off the party guests. Kat is impressed with the party, which Harvey says isn't over, cuing the Ghostly Trio to playing a song for them to dance to. Producer Steven Spielberg was planning a film adaptation of "Casper the Friendly Ghost". He saw an episode of the television series "Brooklyn Bridge" directed by Brad Silberling and saw potential in this work, recruiting Silberling for directing "Casper". J. J. Abrams did an uncredited
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which also adapted the friendly ghost into a live-action feature film titled "Casper" in 1995, where he and his wicked uncles, the Ghostly Trio, were rendered via computer animation, which initially created the first CGI lead character in a film. The film constructed a back-story for the character and is the only time in the series that the question of his death has been addressed. According to the film, Casper was a twelve-year-old boy living in Whipstaff Manor with his inventor father J.T. McFadden until he died from pneumonia after playing out in the cold until it was past nightfall.
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The New Casper Cartoon Show The New Casper Cartoon Show is a 1963 animated television series that appeared on ABC's Saturday morning schedule, based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost. Casper's co-stars included Wendy the Good Little Witch, The Ghostly Trio, and the seldom seen Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, and a horse named Nightmare. The show also featured older 1959–62 Famous Studios cartoons, mostly Noveltoons and "Modern Madcaps" which were shown as "Harveytoons", and 26 new Casper the Friendly Ghost episodes that were created specifically for this show (animated by Paramount Cartoon Studios), though all
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and Scrappy-Doo" and "The World's Greatest Superfriends" on ABC. Casper and the Angels Casper and the Angels is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1979 to December 15, 1979. Casper the Friendly Ghost is a guardian angel to two female motorcycle space officers named Mini (who is rather ditzy) and Maxi (who is a much more intelligent African-American woman with a very short temper) in the year 2179. They are joined by a rambunctious ghost named Hairy Scarey,
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Casper and the Angels Casper and the Angels is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1979 to December 15, 1979. Casper the Friendly Ghost is a guardian angel to two female motorcycle space officers named Mini (who is rather ditzy) and Maxi (who is a much more intelligent African-American woman with a very short temper) in the year 2179. They are joined by a rambunctious ghost named Hairy Scarey, who would scare villains and troublemakers, but unlike most
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decides to go with a new name: Casper the Friendly Ghost. "Casper: A Spirited Beginning" received an extremely negative reaction from film critics. Based on 5 reviews on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 0% of critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 2.2/10. Casper: A Spirited Beginning Casper: A Spirited Beginning is a 1997 direct-to-video fantasy family comedy film based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost. It is a prequel/spin-off to the 1995 film "Casper", giving more details to Casper's origin. The film is produced by The Harvey Entertainment Company and Saban
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pet cat goodbye and leaves home. The next morning he meets a rooster to whom he says hello but the rooster retreats. Casper next meets a mole. At first the mole is happy to befriend him but when he puts on eyeglasses, he sees that Casper is a ghost and jumps back in his hole. Casper later meets a mouse and cat who resemble Herman and Katnip and who flee into the barn upon seeing him. Casper then sees a flock of hens who fly away with their hen house and splatter eggs on him. Casper thinks that he made
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Casper's Halloween Special Casper's Halloween Special (also known as Casper Saves Halloween and Casper the Friendly Ghost: He Ain't Scary, He's Our Brother) is a 1979 Halloween television special produced by Hanna-Barbera featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost and his friend Hairy Scarey from the animated series "Casper and the Angels". The special was directed by Carl Urbano and premiered on NBC on October 30, 1979. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio. On Halloween night, Hairy Scarey, Winifred Witch and Screech Ghost are plotting their mean-spirited spookings.
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(which Universal itself originally released in late 2000). The cartoons and movies of ""Casper, the Friendly Ghost"" have also been dubbed in other languages including Spanish by other voice actors, and the name "Casper" has been translated as Gasparín. This is a list of comic book titles that featured Casper as the main character (or main co-character). He also appeared in back up stories and made guest appearances in many other Harvey comic books like; "Little Audrey", "Paramount Animated Comics", "Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost", "Wendy the Good Little Witch", and "Ghostly Trio". In 2011, Shout! Factory released a DVD
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and Bill Pullman, with Malachi Pearson voicing in the title role. This film was set in Friendship, Maine and makes extensive use of computer-generated imagery to make the ghosts such as Casper and his uncles the Ghostly Trio come to life and have them interacted with the live actors. This was also the first film to feature a CGI character in a lead role. The film gave Casper a back-story and is the only time that explains his death. In the film, Casper was a twelve-year-old boy living in Whipstaff Manor with his inventor father J.T. McFadden until he died
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of them originally ran in the first 1963–1964 season. Several Minisodes of the show are available to view for free on Crackle. All voices in the Casper episodes were performed by Norma MacMillan and Bradley Bolke. On October 11, 2011, Shout! Factory released "Casper the Friendly Ghost: The Complete Collection 1945–1963" on DVD in Region 1. The 3-disc set features 55 original theatrical cartoons as well as all 26 episodes from "The New Casper Cartoon Show" on DVD for the first time. On October 11, 2019, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will release "Casper the Friendly Ghost: The Complete Collection 1945–1963"
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was published until 1971. In 1985 "Timmy the Timid Ghost" returned for a brief three issue run. Issues #24-26 (the numbering system was continued from the last publication date) were reprints of previously published stories. This final series ceased publication when Charlton was forced to declare bankruptcy and subsequently went out of business. Timmy the Timid Ghost Timmy the Timid Ghost is a fictional comic book ghost, whose adventures were published by Charlton Comics. Created in response to the popularity of Casper the Friendly Ghost, Timmy's adventures first saw print in February 1956, in "Timmy the Timid Ghost" #3. (The
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Wendy the Good Little Witch Wendy the Good Little Witch is a fictional comic book character from Harvey Comics. Like Casper the Friendly Ghost and Hot Stuff the Little Devil, Wendy is an opposite-type character, a girl witch who does good deeds. Wendy was introduced as a back-up feature as well as a companion for Casper in "Casper the Friendly Ghost" #20, May 1954. Casper met and befriended her after stopping a major battle between the witches & the ghosts. Soon, she was trialed in Harvey Hits, starting with #7. After a total of six appearances, she received her own
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2013, Warner Bros. released "Casper's Halloween Special" on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. This is a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com. Also included on this disc is the 1972 special "The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't", also produced by Hanna-Barbera. Casper's Halloween Special Casper's Halloween Special (also known as Casper Saves Halloween and Casper the Friendly Ghost: He Ain't Scary, He's Our Brother) is a 1979 Halloween television special produced by Hanna-Barbera featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost and his friend Hairy Scarey from the animated series "Casper and the Angels". The
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often referred to as being "prequels" to the 1995 feature despite the fact that they heartily contradict the feature and do not appear to even take place in the same universe. In 2001, Harvey Entertainment was acquired by Classic Media which, until 2012, licensed the Harvey properties including Casper. In 2007, MoonScoop Group, in association with Classic Media, TF1 et DQ, produced a TV show of 52 X 12 named "Casper's Scare School". In 2009, a new "Casper" comic was published, called "Casper and the Spectrals" by Arden Entertainment. Much like "The Man of Steel" and "" did with their
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a mistake leaving home. When he hears a train whistle he decides to kill himself by having the train run over him, apparently forgetting that he is already dead. After the train passes over Casper without harming him, he begins crying. Casper is approached by a boy and girl named Johnny and Bonnie who want to play with him, which makes Casper very happy. After a game of ball and jump rope, Bonnie and Johnny introduce Casper to their mother, who screams and tells Casper to leave. Casper picks up his sack and is about to go through the door
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always ends up finding fault with her new date and thinking Spooky is better by comparison, so she returns to him.) So Spooky is always finding ways to keep his scaring secret from Pearl, sometimes by making it appear that someone else did it. After several appearances in "Casper the Friendly Ghost", Spooky moved to several spin-off titles, including "Spooky Spooktown" (1961–76), "Spooky Haunted House" (1972-75) and "Tuff Ghosts Starring Spooky" (1962–72). The original ran until #161 in September, 1980. Spooky made four theatrical films with Casper, "Hide & Shriek" (1954), "Hooky Spooky" (1957), "Which Is Witch" (1958), & "Doing
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Ghost to the Post Ghost to the Post is a significant play in NFL history. It refers specifically to a 42-yard pass from Ken Stabler to Dave Casper, nicknamed "The Ghost" after Casper the Friendly Ghost, that set up a game-tying field goal in the final seconds of regulation in a double-overtime played between Casper's Oakland Raiders and the then-Baltimore Colts on December 24, 1977. Casper also caught the last pass of the game, a 10-yard touchdown pass. The game is currently the fifth-longest in NFL history, and has become synonymous with the play that made it famous. The first
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in NFL History and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and this catch is cited as the most memorable in his career. Ghost to the Post Ghost to the Post is a significant play in NFL history. It refers specifically to a 42-yard pass from Ken Stabler to Dave Casper, nicknamed "The Ghost" after Casper the Friendly Ghost, that set up a game-tying field goal in the final seconds of regulation in a double-overtime played between Casper's Oakland Raiders and the then-Baltimore Colts on December 24, 1977. Casper also caught the last pass of the game,
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The Trio, and forces Snivel to find Casper. When find him, Casper eats the bomb, which explodes in his stomach, and with Kibosh being impressed with Casper's technique, Casper informs him that the Ghostly Trio taught him how to do it, so Kibosh decides to let Trio stay and haunt, which led to The Trio returning Casper the favor by lying to Kibosh saying that they are Casper's uncles, after Kibosh informs them the importance of family, which allows Casper to stay with his "uncles" and Kibosh to leave them in peace. In the film "Casper's Haunted Christmas", Kibosh decrees
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of cartoons in the set. In 2011, Vivendi Entertainment and Classic Media released all Herman and Katnip cartoons on a single disc DVD set titled "Herman and Katnip: The Complete Collection". Also in 2011, Shout! Factory released 61 of 78 Casper cartoons from "The Harveytoons Show" on a three-disc DVD set titled "Casper the Friendly Ghost: The Complete Collection". The Harveytoons Show The Harveytoons Show is a television series presenting theatrical animated cartoons produced by Famous Studios from 1950 until 1962, which were acquired by Harvey Entertainment. This show features Harvey Comics characters and series including: Casper the Friendly Ghost,
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A Haunting We Will Go (1949 film) A Haunting We Will Go is a 1949 animated short directed by Seymour Kneitel and narrated again by Frank Gallop, featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost. This is also the last short before the character was used in a series of 52 regular theatrical shorts. Casper the Friendly Ghost, sad that he can make no friends since everyone he meets is afraid of him, hatches an abandoned egg and becomes the emerging little duck's best friend ("Dudley") and protector. Casper continues to try and teach his new best friend the ways of being a
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duck; and gives Dudley a rough idea on how to swim—but with no surprise, Dudley takes to it—like a duck to water. More perils persist as Casper rescues Dudley from a Duck Hunter as a decoy plot thickens. A Haunting We Will Go (1949 film) A Haunting We Will Go is a 1949 animated short directed by Seymour Kneitel and narrated again by Frank Gallop, featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost. This is also the last short before the character was used in a series of 52 regular theatrical shorts. Casper the Friendly Ghost, sad that he can make no friends
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Casper Meets Wendy Casper Meets Wendy is a 1998 direct-to-video fantasy family comedy film based on the Harvey Comics cartoon characters Casper the Friendly Ghost and Wendy the Good Little Witch. The film is a sequel to "" while it being the second prequel/spin-offs to the 1995 film "Casper". Haim Saban, best known for creating the "Power Rangers", serves as an executive producer for this movie, and his production company, Saban Entertainment, was also involved. This was the first major film for Hilary Duff, who was nearly 11 years old when the film was released on September 22, 1998. It
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from pneumonia after playing out in the cold until it was past nightfall. This was also the only film to have Casper on screen in his human form. The film opened at #1 over the Memorial Day weekend, grossing $16,840,385 over its first three days from 2,714 theaters, averaging $6,205 per theater. Over four days it grossed $22,091,975, averaging $8,140 per theater. It stayed at #1 in its second weekend, grossing another $13,409,610, and boosting its 10-day cume to $38,921,225. Following the release of "Casper", Simon Wells co-wrote a screenplay for "Casper 2", in which he was set to direct.
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on DVD and Blu-ray in Region 1. The 3-disc set will feature 55 original theatrical cartoons as well as all 26 episodes from "The New Casper Cartoon Show" on DVD for the first time. The New Casper Cartoon Show The New Casper Cartoon Show is a 1963 animated television series that appeared on ABC's Saturday morning schedule, based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost. Casper's co-stars included Wendy the Good Little Witch, The Ghostly Trio, and the seldom seen Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, and a horse named Nightmare. The show also featured older 1959–62 Famous
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the centre for about ten months and the owners called him Morse, after "Inspector Morse", a TV program they had been watching when he arrived. But after a few days with him in her Weymouth house, Finden changed his name to Casper, after Casper the Friendly Ghost, because he kept disappearing. She soon realised that he was a very independent and determined cat, and he frequently wandered off. She also discovered that he was not afraid of people or traffic, and seemed to love being around large vehicles, leading her to believe that Casper may have been brought up in
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Ghost Wanted Ghost Wanted is Merrie Melodies animated short released in 1940. It features a little ghost (bearing resemblance to Casper the Friendly Ghost) who is inexperienced at haunting houses & whose "suit/sheets" resemble the typical footy pajamas with the "trap door" that were popular in the era. The little ghost is silent (never talks) & goes on a haunting job interview & is terrorized by a bigger ghost. The short starts out in the little ghost's house as he's reading a book titled How To Haunt Houses showing various recommended haunting positions that are usually successful for ghosts. He
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decided that Ethereum would switch from its pure proof of work to a hybrid Proof of Work and Proof of Stake scheme called "Casper the Friendly Finality Gadget" (FFG), where every 1 in 50 blocks is created with Proof of Stake for partial finality (the prevention of new forks). On a future hard fork yet to be decided, Ethereum will produce all new blocks with Proof of Stake through a separate design of Casper, known as "Casper the Friendly GHOST" or sometimes "Casper Correct-By-Construction" (CBC), and Ethash will be officially deprecated on the main Ethereum blockchain due to an exponential
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However, in July 2000, it was reported that Universal Pictures had cancelled the sequel due to the disappointing sales from the direct-to-video "Casper" films and the hesitation of Christina Ricci. In 1997, The Harvey Entertainment Company and Saban Entertainment produced the direct-to-video film released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The film was directed as a prequel to the 1995 film explaining how Casper became a ghost, but it completely ignored the storyline of 1995 film, with Casper dying on present day, no mention of Whipstaff Manor or his father J.T. McFadden and the Ghostly Trio not being directly related
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Halloween), and also the Saturday morning cartoon series "Casper and the Angels" (an animated takeoff on two live action hit shows "Charlie's Angels" and ""CHiPS"") in the autumn of 1979, all on NBC. Also featured on the NBC version was a big ghost named Hairy Scary (voiced by John Stephenson). None of Casper's original co-stars appeared in the show. The Famous Studios version of Casper was scheduled to appear as a cameo in the deleted scene "Acme's Funeral" from the 1988 film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". Numerous "Casper" cartoons were released on home video by Universal Studios (via MCA Inc.),
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also directed many of the "Casper the Friendly Ghost" shorts. Famous Studios also created a series called "Noveltoons" that included the three popular series; "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "Herman and Katnip" and "Baby Huey". In the summer of 1957, Paramount ceased production of theatrical Popeye shorts. King Features Syndicate, aware of the high ratings that the Popeye shorts had earned on television, commissioned a new series of Popeye shorts for syndication in 1960. Kneitel, head of the Paramount Cartoon Studios (renamed from Famous Studios in 1956), supervised one of four animation units assigned to this project. Due to the usage
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celebrity cameos. In "Casper," there was Don Novello reprising his role as Father Guido Sarducci as well as Dan Aykroyd reprising his role as Ghostbuster Raymond "Ray" Stantz. Clint Eastwood, Rodney Dangerfield, Mel Gibson and the Crypt Keeper all appeared as Dr. James Harvey reflection. Steven Spielberg was also supposed to appear in the reflection, but was cut out. In "Casper: A Spirited Beginning," there was Brian Doyle-Murray portraying one of the construction workers as Foreman Dave who was one of the witnesses petrified of the Ghostly Trio, and Sherman Hemsley portraying a store owner who was unintentionally saved by
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are unknowingly eavesdropped on by Snivel, who informs Kibosh of their plan, much to Kibosh's rage. Casper manages to succeed in his first lesson in going into the stealth mode (going invisible), but fails at every other lesson, leading the Trio to realize that Casper is too soft to be a terrifying ghost: he wants to be friendly, which forces them to kick him out. After a night of waiting for his father's arrival at his school's open house, Chris gets disappointed that he never showed up as Fistergraff tries to comfort and support Chris. The next morning, Tim decides
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Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost is a fictional character that appeared in titles published by Harvey Comics. Spooky first appeared in "Casper the Friendly Ghost" #10 (June 1953). He is Casper's cousin, although their exact relation is never specified. He generally resembles Casper except he has freckles, a derby hat, and a large, black nose. Spooky is written with a Brooklyn accent, for example calling his girlfriend and fellow ghost Pearl, "Poil." His iconic derby hat is, therefore, a "doiby." Although he shares traits with The Ghostly Trio as far as loving to scare the
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Marvel Comics, included such characters as Mighty Mouse, the crows Heckle and Jeckle, Dinky Duck, Gandy Goose, and Little Roquefort. The first such St. John comic was "Mighty Mouse" #5 (Aug. 1947), its numbering taken over from the Timely run. The company expanded into licensed characters from another animation company, the joint Paramount Pictures-Famous Studios, which included the future Harvey Comics characters Casper the Friendly Ghost (unnamed in his theatrical animated shorts to that time, and given his familiar designation in his eponymous comic-book's September 1949 premiere), Baby Huey (who premiered in that "Casper the Friendly Ghost" #1 before his
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ability to immediately shift through a wide range of characters and ages, from an elderly woman to a crying baby. Roy's roles on radio programs included those shown in the following table. She also was featured "enacting dilemmas" on "Daily Dilemmas". Between 1944 and 1962, she provided voices for numerous animated cartoons, specializing in children's voices, originating the voice of "Little Lulu". She also did the voice of Casper in the "Casper the Friendly Ghost" theatrical animated series of the 1940s and 1950s. Her recordings for children included the role of Winnie the Pooh on a recording with Jimmy Stewart.
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Casper: Spirit Dimensions Casper: Spirit Dimensions is a action-adventure video game released by Lucky Chicken, based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost. "Casper: Spirit Dimensions" a 3D action-adventure game. It is the first 3D game to have a movable camera in the Casper series. Both right and left analog sticks are needed to move Casper allowing him to fly up and down as well as forwards, backwards and sideways. Oddly, the default setting has the primary movement of Casper mapped to the right stick, and the viewpoint controlled with the left. This contrasts with the conventional
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Duff in her first feature when she was 11-years-old. The film won the Children’s Programming - Electronic Visual Effects award with Hilary Duff being nominated for a Young Artist Award. In 2000, The Harvey Entertainment Company returned once with Mainframe Entertainment to produce a film released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The film was all done in computer animation, as opposed to its live-action predecessors. The film was set in Christmas time with Casper and his uncles; the Ghostly Trio being forced by Kibosh to have Casper purposely scare someone on Christmas Eve or else he and his uncles will
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be sentence to The Dark for all eternity. The film also features Casper's cousin's Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost and Spooky's girlfriend Poil. Brendan Ryan Barrett who portrayed Casper's best friend, Chris Carson from "Casper: A Spirited Beginning" got to voice the titular character himself in the film. In 2006, Moonscoop produced a made for television animated film released by Classic Media. The film which features Casper being sentenced to a school that will teach him how to scare others. In 2009, the film eventually had a spin-off animated series with the same title airing in Cartoon Network. With Universal
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it was the first 3D game, to have a movable game camera, based on Casper. It released in 2001 for PlayStation 2 and in 2002 for Nintendo Gamecube. The evil Kibosh has taken over the Spirit World and is intent on also taking over the mortal world. Meanwhile Wendy the Good Little Witch summons Casper, the only remaining free ghost, and opens the portals to the Spirit Dimensions to help in their only chance to defeat Kibosh. Developed by Data Design Interactive and Published by Blast! Entertainment it was released in 2007 on PlayStation 2. It is a 3D game
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played Vince (Human Stinky). Ghostly Trio The Ghostly Trio (consisting of Fatso, Stinky, and Stretch) are fictional characters appearing in Harvey Comics. They are well known for being the uncles of Casper the Friendly Ghost. Their first animated appearance was in "Fright from Wrong", a cartoon of Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios theatrical series from the 1950s. They made numerous Harvey Comics appearances and were featured in the Harvey Comic title "Casper and the Ghostly Trio". Versions of the Ghostly Trio remained prominent in subsequent adaptations/spin-offs. Originally, Casper was featured on the show with ghost relatives who looked similar and liked
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Ghostly Trio The Ghostly Trio (consisting of Fatso, Stinky, and Stretch) are fictional characters appearing in Harvey Comics. They are well known for being the uncles of Casper the Friendly Ghost. Their first animated appearance was in "Fright from Wrong", a cartoon of Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios theatrical series from the 1950s. They made numerous Harvey Comics appearances and were featured in the Harvey Comic title "Casper and the Ghostly Trio". Versions of the Ghostly Trio remained prominent in subsequent adaptations/spin-offs. Originally, Casper was featured on the show with ghost relatives who looked similar and liked to scare people. These
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is similar in format to Disney's Activity Center. Set at Ghost Central Station the player earns Casper coins by completing Casper's Spinning Squares, Strech's Memory Game, Fatso's Kitchen, Stinkie's Goo Toss and Snivel's Mix & Match. The player must collect at least 15 Casper coins from these five games to unlock Kibosh's Magic Puzzle. Developed by Realtime Associates, published by TDK Mediactive and released in 2000 on PlayStation. It is a mostly 2D side-scrolling platform game with occasional forward and backward movements. The evil Kibosh has invented a device to send Casper's human friends to a place where they "would
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in the earlier cartoons) escapes from the afterlife of a regular ghost because he finds that scaring people can be tiresome year after year, tries to find friends but inadvertently scares almost everyone, and finally finds a (cute little) friend, whom he saves from some sort of fate, leading to his acceptance by those initially scared of him. In 1955, composer Winston Sharples composed an instrumental theme for Casper's cartoons. Casper went on to become one of the most famous properties from Famous Studios. Casper was first published in comics form in 1949 by St. John Publications; Alfred Harvey, founder
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(a rooster, a mole, a cat, a mouse named Herman, and a group of hens) take one horrified look at him, scream: "A Ghost!" and run off in the other direction. Distraught, Casper unsuccessfully attempts to commit suicide (apparently forgetting that he is already dead) by lying down on a railway track before an oncoming train, before he meets two children named Bonnie and Johnny who become his friends. The children's mother—apparently widowed and impoverished—at first is frightened of Casper, but later welcomes him into the family after he (unintentionally) frightens off a greedy landlord, who, unwilling to own a
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Casper's Scare School Casper's Scare School is a 2006 American/French/Indian computer animated television film based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost. It was produced by Moonscoop and released by Classic Media and premiered on October 20, 2006. It has a TV series of the same name in 2009. It also has a video game of the same name. As a result of Casper being too friendly with a boy named Jimmy Bradley and failing to scare enough humans Kibosh: The King of the Underworld has Casper enrolled into a Scare School, to prevent him from being
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Casper and the Spectrals Casper and the Spectrals is a three-issue comic book miniseries published by Ardden Entertainment, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Casper the Friendly Ghost. The series gives the characters a modernized look and design while living in a grittier environment. The story follows Casper as he join forces with Wendy the Good Little Witch and Hot Stuff the Little Devil to stop a monstrous threat. The issues were published from October 2009 to September 2010. In the town of New York City, Casper and his cousin Spooky were getting lessons from their uncles the Ghostly Trio: Fusso,
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The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper is an animated television spin-off of the feature film "Casper", which, in turn, was based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character of Casper the Friendly Ghost. This series was proposed be a live-action sequel, at the time that principal filming wrapped on "Casper", and a treatment was written, but a combination of less-than-stellar box office gross (although the film grossed $100 million in the US, the budget was more than half of that total and analysts predicted much higher earnings for the film) and the fact that both
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spirits Kibosh had imprisoned sent him there and he had no control over it. In the Dark Kibosh swears that he will have revenge on Casper and ends with his evil laugh. The game received mixed reviews from critics. This can probably be blamed on its controls for moving. The unusual default analog stick configuration popularized the famous southpaw control scheme. Casper: Spirit Dimensions Casper: Spirit Dimensions is a action-adventure video game released by Lucky Chicken, based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost. "Casper: Spirit Dimensions" a 3D action-adventure game. It is the first 3D game
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"haunted" house, tears up the mortgage and gives her the house outright. The short ends with the mother kissing Bonnie, Johnny, and Casper as she sends them off to school, with Casper wearing clothing as if he were a living child. Casper appeared in two more subsequent cartoons by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo, "There's Good Boos To-Night" and "A Haunting We Will Go". "There's Good Boos To-Night" differs wildly from later Casper cartoons: although the theme of Casper trying to find a friend and failing in these attempts before succeeding also occurs in later cartoons, the tone of this
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Norma MacMillan Norma MacMillan (September 15, 1921 – March 16, 2001) was a Canadian voice actress, best known for voicing numerous animation and claymation children's characters, including Casper the Friendly Ghost on "The New Casper Cartoon Show", Gumby on "The Gumby Show" and Davey on "Davey and Goliath". MacMillan was born on September 15, 1921, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and began her career there as a stage actress. It was in Vancouver that she met, worked with and married her producer/manager husband Thor Arngrim. In 1954, MacMillan, her husband and his business partner Stuart Baker, set out for Toronto
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having a party to celebrate, as it was the friendship of the three that band together in defeating Volbragg. Casper and the Spectrals Casper and the Spectrals is a three-issue comic book miniseries published by Ardden Entertainment, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Casper the Friendly Ghost. The series gives the characters a modernized look and design while living in a grittier environment. The story follows Casper as he join forces with Wendy the Good Little Witch and Hot Stuff the Little Devil to stop a monstrous threat. The issues were published from October 2009 to September 2010. In the town
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the opening sequence performed by Shana Halligan. In the subsequent DVD releases the lyric is muted though the melody and sound effects remain intact. However, Halligan is still credited with performing the theme song. "Casper Meets Wendy" won the Children’s Programming - Electronic Visual Effects award. Hilary Duff was nominated for an Young Artist Award. Casper Meets Wendy Casper Meets Wendy is a 1998 direct-to-video fantasy family comedy film based on the Harvey Comics cartoon characters Casper the Friendly Ghost and Wendy the Good Little Witch. The film is a sequel to "" while it being the second prequel/spin-offs to
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Casper: A Spirited Beginning Casper: A Spirited Beginning is a 1997 direct-to-video fantasy family comedy film based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost. It is a prequel/spin-off to the 1995 film "Casper", giving more details to Casper's origin. The film is produced by The Harvey Entertainment Company and Saban Entertainment and released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on September 9, 1997 after the company's acquisition of the character from Universal. The original VHS release included the US version of the music video for 911's Love Sensation as a special feature which has been omitted from
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three of the live-action films. In "Casper" he portrayed a lawyer to the late father of the film's antagonist Carrigan Crittenden presenting the will her father gave her to Whipstaff. In "Casper: A Spirited Beginning" he portrayed a Grocer whom Casper innocently approached causing him to run in fear. In "Casper Meets Wendy" he portrayed a guest at the dance party where there was a scene with him talking to the human whom Fatso processed, and another scene where he asked one of the witches in disguised: Gert (another character portrayed by Moriarty) for a dance, but she scold him.
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to him. While it being a direct-to-video film, the film has a list of an all star cast, such as Steve Guttenberg, Lori Loughlin, Rodney Dangerfield, Michael McKean, James Earl Jones, and Pauly Shore. After release of "Casper: A Spirited Beginning", in 1998 Saban Entertainment returned once more with its sequel while being the second prequel to the 1995 feature film "Casper". The film's director Sean McNamara, who also directed "Casper: A Spirited Beginning", reintroduced a character who was in the "Casper" comics and cartoon known as Wendy the Good Little Witch. The role of Wendy was given to Hilary
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that Casper must scare someone before Christmas Day or he and his uncles will be banished to The Dark for all eternity. Casper succeeds in scaring the Trio (as it was never stated the person he scares had to be a living person), by creating a replica of Kibosh. The Trio then torture themselves as a Christmas present to please Kibosh, who restores their haunting licenses after enjoying their pain. In "Casper's Scare School", Kibosh has Casper enrolled into a Scare School. It is revealed that the reason he is so tough on Casper is because he used to be
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humor titles, including Dan DeCarlo's "Homer the Happy Ghost" (similar to "Casper the Friendly Ghost") and "Homer Hooper" (à la Archie Andrews). Atlas unsuccessfully attempted to revive superheroes from late 1953 to mid-1954, with the Human Torch (art by Syd Shores and Dick Ayers, variously), the Sub-Mariner (drawn and most stories written by Bill Everett), and Captain America (writer Stan Lee, artist John Romita Sr.). Atlas did not achieve any breakout hits and, according to Stan Lee, Atlas survived chiefly because it produced work quickly, cheaply, and at a passable quality. The first modern comic books under the Marvel Comics
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Tales", and "Mystery Tales". As Howie Post, he drew the three-issue run of Atlas' "The Monkey and the Bear" (Sept. 1953 - Jan. 1954). By 1961, Post was drawing adventures of such Harvey Comics children's characters as Hot Stuff the Little Devil, Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, Wendy the Good Little Witch, and the Ghostly Trio in such comics books as "Casper's Ghostland" and "TV Casper & Company", starring Casper the Friendly Ghost. Post was the head of Paramount Cartoon Studios, as well as a key director, succeeding Seymour Kneitel from 1964 through 1965. In the late 1960s, as Howie
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Pictures now owning the rights to Casper, there are plans to reboot the character in live-action again, and have him return to the big screen as Steven Spielberg had mentioned that Casper will not return in the small screen like the last four movies. In 2012, DreamWorks Animation acquired the rights to the character from Classic Media as well as all the other Harvey Comics characters. Later in 2016, NBCUniversal bought DWA, so Universal's involvement with the "Casper" series could continue either with DreamWorks Animation or Illumination Entertainment rebooting the series. Ben Stein has made a cameo appearance in all
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While not being credited in the film, rumors have stated that he is a lawyer which could mean that he is the same character from the original film, but it is unclear. Casper Van Dien has made two cameo appearances in the Saban produced prequels. In "Casper: A Spirited Beginning" he portrayed as one of the bystanders in defending the Applegate Mansion. In "Casper Meets Wendy" he portrayed as a hunk at the dance party the three witches fall heads over heels for causing him to flee leaving only his leather jacket behind. The first two films have had other
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games based on or tied-in with the film released on the major consoles of the time, such as the 3DO, Super NES, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Game Boy Color and original Game Boy. An LCD handheld game was released for Tiger Electronics in 1995. Casper (film) Casper is a 1995 American live-action/computer-animated fantasy comedy film directed by Brad Silberling, based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost created by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo. The film stars Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, and Amy Brenneman, and also features the voices of Malachi Pearson in the
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Casper (film) Casper is a 1995 American live-action/computer-animated fantasy comedy film directed by Brad Silberling, based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost created by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo. The film stars Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, and Amy Brenneman, and also features the voices of Malachi Pearson in the title role as well as Joe Nipote, Joe Alaskey, and Brad Garrett. The film makes extensive use of computer-generated imagery to create the ghosts, and it is the first feature film to have a fully CGI character in the lead role. It goes
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and publisher of Harvey Comics began producing "Casper" comic books in 1952, and in 1959, Harvey purchased the rights to the character outright. After Harvey bought the rights to Casper and many other Famous properties in 1959 (including Herman and Katnip, Little Audrey, and Baby Huey), they began broadcasting the post-September 1950 theatrical Famous shorts on a television show sponsored by Mattel Toys titled Matty's Funday Funnies on ABC in 1959 which introduced the Barbie doll to the public. The other Famous produced Casper cartoons had already been acquired by television distributor U.M. & M. TV Corporation in 1956. U.M.
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them to have a live-action feature, mix with computer animation produced by Amblin Entertainment entitled "Casper" (1995) with executive producer Steven Spielberg hiring Brad Silberling to direct the film in his first directing debut. The film became a commercial success but was met with mixed reviews from critics. In the late 1990s, The Harvey Entertainment Company and Saban Entertainment brought the "Casper" movie rights and produced two direct-to-video films released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment with "" (1997) and its sequel, "Casper Meets Wendy" (1998). Both films are highly regarded as prequels to the 1995 film, but completely contradicted
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There's Good Boos To-Night There's Good Boos To-Night is a 1948 animated short directed by Izzy Sparber and narrated by Frank Gallop, featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost. The title is a play on "There's good news tonight", the sign-on catchphrase of radio commentator Gabriel Heatter. The cartoon opens with Casper sitting beside his grave which is decorated with the Bible segment 'love thy neighbor', reading a book on animal friends. Around midnight, while the ghosts at the cemetery, where Casper is buried, are getting ready to go off and "boo" people, Casper is trying to make friends with animals instead
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in which Casper has legs and is affected by gravity though he can glide, unlike his flying ability in Spirit Dimensions. The Ghostly Trio have kidnapped Wendy the Good Little Witch in an attempt to use her magic to create a potion that would give them the power to rule Ghostland. Wendy manages to use her magic to get the message across to Casper who must find his way through six levels to rescue her. At the end of the first five levels is a bonus stage in which Casper must collect as many jewels as he can while avoiding
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drawn by Warren Kremer, Hot Stuff has appeared in at least eight comic book titles including "Hot Stuff Sizzlers" (from 1960), "Devil Kids Starring Hot Stuff" (from 1962), and "Hot Stuff Creepy Caves" (from 1974) as well and multiple back-up stories from 1957 to 1982, 1986 to 1991, and with some later publications briefly during the 1990s. The most recent appearance of Hot Stuff was in 2009 with Casper the Friendly Ghost and Wendy the Good Little Witch, when a three-issue comic book miniseries was published by Arden Entertainment called "Casper and the Spectrals". Warren Kremer and Howard Post were
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design with the name Mattel printed across it in 1970, which was the company's 25th anniversary. The new serrated seal is still used today. Matty Mattel and his Sister Belle were the hosts of a Sunday morning cartoon show called, "Matty's Funday Funnies" from 1961-1963. Cartoon shorts of Casper the Friendly Ghost, Beany and Cecil and Harvey Cartoons were a big part of the show... in-between Mattel toy commercials were duly shown. Matty, Sister Belle and Casper the ghost were the first talking dolls produced by Mattel after the introduction of Chatty Cathy, who came on the market in 1960.
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not have a ghost of a chance of being found" and has hypnotized the Ghostly Trio into doing his bidding. However Casper finds a page from a map of Hollywood giving him a clue on where to start his quest to find his friends and the three missing pieces for Kibosh's imprisoning device to get them back home safely. The game is played across ten levels set around the world with 40 friendship crystals on each level to collect in order to advance to the bonus level at the end. Developed by Lucky Chicken Games and published by TDK Mediactive
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from the vault and launches Dibs out of a window when he tries to double-cross her and have the treasure for his own future. Casper and Kat trick Carrigan into stating that she has no unfinished business on Earth, causing her to be involuntarily ejected into the afterlife. The alleged treasure is revealed to be Casper’s prized baseball, signed by Duke Snider; the so-called map was actually part of game Casper played with his father. When Dr. Harvey returns with Casper's uncles, now as a ghost, Kat is distraught. Her despair prompts Casper to sacrifice his one chance to return
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also drew occasional stories for such Atlas crime fiction titles as "Tales of Justice", war comics such as "Battlefront", and, returning to humor, the sole two issues of the Casper the Friendly Ghost-like "Adventures of Homer Ghost". DiPreta gained some recognition in comics during the 1970s, long after he'd left the field to concentrate on comic strips, when some of his Atlas work was reprinted in the Marvel comics "Beware", "Chamber of Chills" "Creatures on the Loose", "Vault of Evil", "Weird Wonder Tales", "Where Monsters Dwell", and even in an issue each of the superhero series "Marvel Feature" and the
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Boo Moon Boo Moon is a theatrical cartoon short produced in 1953 and released on New Year's Day 1954 in 3D format as a Stereotoon. It was produced by Famous Studios for the Stereotoon series featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Casper emerges from a subway station, following a crowd of scared strangers. He encounters a man saying "see the wonders of the moon for ten cents," and offering a sight through a telescope. Casper scares the man away, then uses the telescope to see the moon. He then flies to the moon for a visit.
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1939, he and author Seymour Reit created the character of Casper the Friendly Ghost for a children's book. Two subsequent books, "There's Good Boos To-Night" and "A Haunting We Will Go" followed, before Oriolo sold the rights to Famous Studios. Casper went on to become one of the studios' most popular animated series before being sold to Alfred Harvey (whose Harvey Comics began producing Casper comic books in 1952) on July 27, 1958. After leaving Famous Studios, Oriolo began working as a freelance animator on films for the armed forces and industrial films, as well as some of the earliest
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Timmy the Timid Ghost Timmy the Timid Ghost is a fictional comic book ghost, whose adventures were published by Charlton Comics. Created in response to the popularity of Casper the Friendly Ghost, Timmy's adventures first saw print in February 1956, in "Timmy the Timid Ghost" #3. (The first two issues of this series might have been "Win a Prize", but Charlton's confusing publication practices of the time, combined with little documentation, make the connection problematic.) Written and drawn by Al Fago, "Timmy the Timid Ghost" ran for forty-five issues until September 1966. After a hiatus it returned in 1967, and
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experiences of modern people who are unexpectedly exposed to ghosts, and usually draw on traditional Indian literature or folklore. In some cases the Indian films are remakes of western films, such as "Anjaane", based on Alejandro Amenábar's ghost story "The Others". In fictional television programming, ghosts have been explored in series such as "Ghost Whisperer", "Medium", "Supernatural", the television series adaptation of "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)". In animated fictional television programming, ghosts have served as the central element in series such as "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "Danny Phantom", and "Scooby-Doo", as well as minor
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2002 film "The Eye". Indian ghost movies are popular not just in India, but in the Middle East, Africa, South East Asia, and other parts of the world. Some Indian ghost movies such as the comedy / horror film "Chandramukhi" have been commercial successes, dubbed into several languages. In fictional television programming, ghosts have been explored in series such as "Supernatural", "Ghost Whisperer", and "Medium". In animated fictional television programming, ghosts have served as the central element in series such as "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "Danny Phantom", and "Scooby-Doo". Various other television shows have depicted ghosts as well. Nietzsche argued
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respective characters, it revamped Casper and several other Harvey characters for a new audience. After selling 6,400 copies of the first comic, the last two issues were published in 2010. Casper made a cameo in a MetLife commercial along with several other cartoon characters in 2012. Later that same year, Classic Media was acquired by DreamWorks Animation, which in turn would be acquired by NBCUniversal in 2016, and thus Universal Studios, the producer of the original live-action feature film, now manages the rights to the character and other related characters in addition to regaining the rights to "Casper's Haunted Christmas"
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Casper's Haunted Christmas Casper's Haunted Christmas is a 2000 direct-to-video film produced by Harvey Comics and Mainframe Entertainment, based on the character Casper the Friendly Ghost, and was released by Universal Pictures Home Video on October 31, 2000. Unlike its direct-to-video predecessors, this video was completely computer animated. It stars Brendan Ryan Barrett as the voice of Casper. Randy Travis provided original music. Kibosh, the perfidious King of Ghosts, decrees that Casper must scare someone before Christmas Day or he will be banished to The Dark for all eternity. To make sure this happens, he confiscates the Ghostly Trio's Scare
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for a much darker interpretation of the Friendly Ghost in comparison to the comics, cartoons, and films of the previous years, especially with its theme of death, most notably providing the character a tragic backstory that addresses his death. "Casper" was released in cinemas on May 26, 1995 by Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics and earned $287.9 million on a $55 million budget. It went on to spawn direct-to-video follow-up films and an animated television spin-off, "The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper". In the town of Friendship, Maine, two young boys named Nicky and Andreas enter a
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In 1996, Amblin Entertainment and Universal Cartoon Studios created a new "Casper" series for Fox Kids, based on the 1995 feature, that lasted two years and was never seen on television again after 1998. Two live-action direct-to-video follow-ups to the film, "" and "Casper Meets Wendy" (which introduced Hilary Duff as fellow Harvey Comics character Wendy the Good Little Witch), were made. They were followed by "Casper's Haunted Christmas" (starring Spooky and Poil from the comics and animated spin-off of the first movie), and "Casper's Scare School", which were done entirely in CGI with no live-action elements. These films are
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living and being somewhat of a tough guy, he is not as cruel to his cousin as the Trio is, though he occasionally makes fun of Casper for being friendly, and Spooky has his moments of goodwill. Pearl, who fell in love with Spooky when he rescued her from captivity by abusive witches who were enslaving her in her own house in one comic-book issue, is always trying to stop him from scaring, by reprimanding him, keeping an eagle-eye on him, staying with him all day, threatening to break up with him, or dating other ghost-guys. (Whenever she does, she
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Bhutu Bhutu (also spelled Bhootu) is a Bengali / Hindi children's comedy-drama television series that airs on Zee Bangla and Zee TV. The original series was broadcast on Zee Bangla. The series revolves around a friendly girl ghost, "Bhutu", who always tries to help others, often causing light mischief and mayhem in the process. The character is based on "Casper the Friendly Ghost". The show is dubbed in Hindi is telecast on Zee Anmol as "Laddoo". The show was rebooted in Hindi for Zee TV and premiered on 21 August 2017. It replaced the show "Bin Kuch Kahe". The show
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paranormal experts and a demolitions team, to no avail. Meanwhile, a lonely Casper watches a news report of paranormal therapist James Harvey and is instantly smitten with his teenage daughter, Kat. Longing for a friend, this provides Casper the idea of inspiring Carrigan into summoning Dr. Harvey to Whipstaff. Harvey and Kat have an estranged relationship due to the former’s reputation and obsession with contacting the ghost of his late wife, Amelia. Moving into Whipstaff, Casper's attempt in befriending the Harveys fails when his uncles try to scare them out of the house. The next morning, Casper manages to gain
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