Casper's Halloween Special

*Casper's Halloween Special*
Casper's Halloween Special
Genre	Animation; Comedy; Sci-fi
Based on	Casper the Friendly Ghost created by; Seymour Reit; Joe Oriolo
Written by	Larz Bourne; Bob Ogle
Directed by	Carl Urbano
Voices of	Julie McWhirter; John Stephenson; Gerg Alter ; Lucille Bliss ; Diana McCannon ; Julie McWhirter ; Marilyn Schreffler ; Hal Smith ; Ginny Tyler; Frank Welker ; Michael Sheehan
Composer	Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Producer	Alex Lovy
Production companies	Hanna-Barbera Productions; The Harvey Entertainment Company
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	October 30, 1979

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.^[1]

Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio.

Plot

On Halloween night, Hairy Scarey, Winifred Witch and Screech 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. But 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

The voice cast includes:^[2]

Julie McWhirter: Casper
John Stephenson: Hairy Scarey, Butler, Rural Man
Hal Smith: Mr. Duncan, Skull
Diane McCannon: J.R.
Marilyn Schreffler: Winifred the Witch
Frank Welker: Black Cat, Nice Man, Dog
Ginny Tyler: Lovella, Bejewelled Dowager, Rural Lady
Lucille Bliss: Gervais, Carmelita, Nice Lady
Michael Sheehan: Screech
Greg Alter: Dirk

Production credits

Executive Producers: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Producer: Alex Lovy
Associate Producer: Doug Paterson
Director: Carl Urbano
Story: Larz Bourne, Bob Ogle
Story Direction: Don Sheppard, Greg Marshall
Recording Director: Art Scott
Voices: Greg Alter, Lucille Bliss, Hal Smith, Ginny Tyler, Frank Welker, Diann McCannon, Julie McWhirter, Marilyn Schreffler, Michael Sheehan, John Stephenson
Musical sequences directed by: Art Scott
Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
Character Design: Don Morgan
Sound Directors: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
Layout Director: Steve Lumley
Layout: Joe Shearer, Shane Porteus, Deane Taylor
Animation Director: Geoffrey Collins
Key Animators: Peter Gardiner, Gerry Grabner, Greg Ingram, Paul Maron, Henry Neville
Animators: Susan Beak, Gairden Cooke, Dick Dunn, Peter Eastment, Don Ezard, Nicholas Harding, Chris Hague, Pamela Lofts, Peter Luschwitz, Paul Mason, Paul McAdam, John Martin, Ray Nowland, Vivien Ray, Andrew Szermenyei, Jean Tych, Kaye Watts
Assistant Animation Supervisor: Martin Chatfield
Assistant Animators: Jac Appel, Paul Baker, Fernando Bernia, Mark Benvenuti, Astrid Brennan, Jo-Anne Beresford, Rodney D'Silva, Marc Erasmus, John Eyley, Eva Helischer, Ian Harrowell, John Hull, Denise Kirkham, Lucie Laarakkers, Jane LeRossignol, Steve Lyons, Helen McAdam, Marie Orr, Kevin Peaty, Philip Pepper, Cliff Seeto, Stella Wakil, Geoff White, Milan Zahorsky
Supervising Director: Chris Cuddington
Animation Checking: Narelle Nimon, Ellen Bailey, Liz Lane, Frances Mould, Renee Robinson
Backgrounds: Richard Zaloudek, Sue Speer, Jerry Liew, Ken Wright, Milan Zahorsky Snr., Zdenka Ebner
Production Co-ordinator: Judy Cross
Production Control: Vicki Joyce
Xerox: Jack Pietruska
Paint: Narelle Derrick
Paint Check: Liz Goodwin
Camera: Mark D'Arcy-Irvine, Virginia Browne, Carole Laird, Garry Page, Jan Cregan, Sean Bell
Editing: Robert Claglia
Supervising Film Editor: Larry C. Cowan
Dubbing Supervisor: Pat Foley
Music Editors: Terry Moore, Joe Sandusky
Effects Editors: Julia Bagdonas, Sue Brown, Catherine MacKenzie
Show Editor: Gil Iverson
Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
Post Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton

Home media releases

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

On October 1, 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.^[3]

Currently the special is streaming on the Boomerang streaming service in the movies section.

References

^ 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 27 March 2020.
^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 237–238. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ "Casper and the Angels - DVD Release for 'Casper's Halloween Special' from 1979". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04.

External links

Casper's Halloween Special at IMDb

[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 27 March 2020.

[2] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 237–238. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[3] "Casper and the Angels - DVD Release for 'Casper's Halloween Special' from 1979". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04.

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