de ▁Cant icle ▁( 3 : 2 6 ) ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁www . s iss el . net ▁www . dis c ogs . com ▁www . rock ipedia . no ▁ ▁Category : S iss el ▁K yr k j eb ø ▁albums ▁Category : 2 0 0 2 ▁albums <0x0A> </s> ▁Cas per ▁the ▁Friend ly ▁Ghost ▁is ▁the ▁protagon ist ▁of ▁the ▁Fam ous ▁Studios ▁the atr ical ▁animated ▁cart oon ▁series ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁pleasant ▁and ▁person able ▁g host , ▁but ▁often ▁critic ized ▁by ▁his ▁three ▁w icked ▁un cles , ▁the ▁Ghost ly ▁T rio . ▁ ▁Cre ation ▁and ▁success ▁at ▁Param ount ▁Cas per ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁by ▁Se ym our ▁Re it ▁and ▁Joe ▁Ori olo , ▁the ▁former ▁de vis ing ▁the ▁idea ▁for ▁the ▁character ▁and ▁the ▁latter ▁providing ▁illustr ations . ▁Int ended ▁initially ▁as ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁a ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁children ' s ▁story book , ▁there ▁was ▁at ▁first ▁little ▁interest ▁in ▁their ▁idea . ▁When ▁Re it ▁was ▁away ▁on ▁military ▁service ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁before ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁released , ▁Ori olo ▁sold ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁book ▁to ▁Param ount ▁Pictures ' ▁Fam ous ▁Studios ▁animation ▁division . ▁ ▁The ▁Friend ly ▁Ghost , ▁the ▁first ▁Nov el to on ▁to ▁feature ▁Cas per , ▁was ▁released ▁by ▁Param ount ▁in ▁ 1 9