The New Casper Cartoon Show facts for kids
The New Casper Cartoon Show is a 1963-1970 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 his friends from the Harvey Comics stories: Wendy the Good Little Witch, the Ghostly Trio, Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, and the ghost horse Nightmare. The show premiered on October 5, 1963.
The show included a mix of 26 new Casper cartoons created for this show by Paramount Cartoon Studios, as well as a selection of 1959–62 Famous Studios cartoons, mostly Modern Madcaps and Noveltoons which were relabeled as "Modern Madcaps". All voices in the Casper episodes were performed by Norma MacMillan and Bradley Bolke.
All of the new material was created for the first season in 1963-1964, but the show continued airing in reruns on ABC for six seasons, ending on January 30, 1970.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Greedy Giants | Casper's new friend the Weeping Willow is tired of being teased by the other trees, and the little ghost decides to help him. (First segment solely directed by Seymour Kneitel and also his first solo directorial credit.) |
| 2 | Red Robbing Hood | Casper must help the good vigilante Red Robbing Hood win his throne back from his evil cousin. |
| 3 | The Lonesome Giant | Casper meets a giant with no friends, and introduces him to the forest animals. But the animals aren't so sure they want to be friends with a giant! |
| 4 | A Visit from Mars | When a little Martian boy playing hooky crashes his "borrowed" saucer into the house, Casper shows him around. But the Martians are convinced that the saucer was stolen by humans and declare war on the Earth. |
| 5 | Bedtime Trouble | After the Trio's racket drives Casper from his bed, the friendly ghost encounters a Bear with insomnia. He enlists the help of the Sandman, but the bear seems incurable. |
| 6 | The Bored Billionaire | Casper saves a billionaire from a witch. |
| 7 | City Snicker | Casper meets his cousin, Spooky and befriends him. That night, Spooky gets frightened by strange noises and Casper wants to protect Spooky. |
| 8 | Cold Wave | Casper must foil the plans of an evil scientist who is trying to block the light of the sun from reaching Earth. |
| 9 | Growing Up | The Ghostly Trio make mischief by slipping Casper an enlarging potion. |
| 10 | Kings of Toyland | Casper settles a war between the Blue King and the Red King |
| 11 | Little Lost Ghost | Casper helps a lost ghost named Something find his mother. |
| 12 | Mother Goose Land | The Ghostly Trio are running amok in Mother Goose Land, and its up to Casper and Wendy to stop their fun. |
| 13 | The Professor's Problem | Casper helps a professor get to the moon, with the help of his horse Nightmare. |
| 14 | Small Spooks | The Trio see Casper reading a book about insects and decide if they could become tiny, they could spook all the insects in the Enchanted Forest. Fatso tricks Casper into getting them some magic reducing pills from the witches - can Casper stop their shenanigans? |
| 15 | Super Spooks | Casper's lookalike - but big and muscular - cousin Powerhouse drops by for a visit, and they team up to scare the Ghostly Trio into ending their bullying ways. |
| 16 | The Absent-Minded Robot | Casper meets Robbie, a "misfit robot," who's been kicked out of the robot factory for being chronically absent-minded. Can the ghost help Robbie make some new friends in the forest? |
| 17 | The Enchanted Horse | The evil Eastern magician Ali Booboo feeds an ensorcelled apple to Nightmare, turning her into his slave. Casper and Wendy must pursue Booboo to his castle in the clouds to rescue their friend. |
| 18 | The Enchanted Prince | Wendy helps Casper remove a spell from a prince. |
| 19 | The Heart of Gold | Midas the Miser wishes to rid himself of The Golden Touch, and to do so he must find a heart of gold. Can Casper help him? |
| 20 | The Magic Touch | Casper tries to help The Great Foozini perform his magic act. |
| 21 | The Timid Knight | Casper visits King Arthur's castle and scares the knights out of their armor. He tries to help a cowardly knight get courage, thus assisting him in saving the princess from an evil dragon. |
| 22 | The Wandering Ghost | A boatload of Pilgrims is attacked by a sea monster. Casper tries to help them. |
| 23 | The Witching Hour | The Evil Witch had cast a spell on Wendy's house and they ran away. Casper will end the witching hour til everything is back to normal. |
| 24 | Twin Trouble | Wendy's aunts and Casper's uncles magic up mischievous twins of Casper and Wendy to cause trouble around the Enchanted Forest. |
| 25 | Weather or Not | The Ghostly Trio want to go out "booing" in bad weather, so they send Casper out to check the forecast. |
| 26 | Wendy's Wish | Wendy wishes on a star for new red dancing shoes. But, you should be careful what you wish for... (Final segment solely directed by Seymour Kneitel and also his final solo directorial credit.) |
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