Casper's Halloween Special

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Casper's Halloween Special
GenreComedy
Sci-fi
Based onCasper the Friendly Ghost
by Seymour Reit
Joe Oriolo
Written byLarz Bourne
Bob Ogle
Directed byCarl Urbano
Voices ofJulie McWhirter
John Stephenson
Gerg Alter
Lucille Bliss
Diana McCannon
Julie McWhirter
Marilyn Schreffler
Hal Smith
Ginny Tyler
Frank Welker
Michael Sheehan
ComposerHoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
ProducerAlex Lovy
Production companiesHanna-Barbera Productions
Harvey Films
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseOctober 30, 1979 (1979-10-30)

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 American animated 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.[1]

Like many productions created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the special includes a laugh track created by the studio.

Plot

On Halloween night, Hairy Scary the Ghost, Winifred the Witch and Screech the Ghost are plotting their mean-spirited spookings. Casper refuses to join them and decides to go trick-or-treating dressed as a real boy, but neighborhood kids see through his disguise and run away in fear. Casper is heartbroken until he meets a special group of orphans who accept him for who he is, a ghost. Their fun is soon spoiled as Hairy Scarey and his ghostly crew interfere. Now it is up to Casper and his new friends to stop their ghastly games and save Halloween before it is too late.

Cast

Home media

Turner Home Entertainment released Casper Saves Halloween on VHS on August 29, 1995.

Warner Bros. released Casper's Halloween Special on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection in October 2013. 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.[2]

Currently[when?] the special is streaming on the Boomerang streaming service in the films section.

See also

References

  1. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Casper and the Angels - DVD Release for 'Casper's Halloween Special' from 1979". Archived from the original on October 4, 2013.