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Casper the Friendly Ghost is a fictional character who serves as the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. He is a translucent ghost who is pleasant and personable, [ 4 ] but often criticized by his three wicked uncles, the Ghostly Trio .
The Friendly Ghost is a Famous Studios cartoon released on 16 November 1945 as part of its Noveltoons series of animated short films. It is the first cartoon to feature the character Casper the Friendly Ghost .
In 1987 Harvey Comics sued Columbia Pictures (the film's distributor) for $50 million, claiming that the iconic Ghostbusters logo was too reminiscent of Fatso. The court ruled in Columbia's favor, [4] due to Harvey's failure to renew the copyrights on early Casper stories and the "limited ways to draw a figure of a cartoon ghost".
Numerous Casper cartoons were released on home video by Universal Studios (via MCA Inc.). In 2011, Shout!Factory released a DVD 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, all 55 theatrical cartoons, and all 26 episodes of The New Casper Cartoon Show.
The CGI version of Casper that appears in the live-action films.. The cartoon 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.
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. [2] It is the second cartoon in the Casper series. [3] The title is a play on "There's good news tonight", the sign-on catchphrase of radio commentator Gabriel Heatter. [4]
Image credits: peonie666 #3 Saturday, January 14, 2012 Granny's Ghost. Somehow this lady's husband managed to appear in this photo despite passing away seven years before.
The show consisted of Famous Studios-produced cartoons from 1950 to 1962.There were 223 theatrical cartoons released during that period, and only 165 cartoons were included in their full format, although the original theatrical titles were changed when Harvey assumed ownership from Famous.