![]() ![]() The Casper shorts were syndicated during the 1962/63 season, after which they returned to ABC, accompanied by new supporting segments, in The New Casper Cartoon Show. In the Harvey Comics line, Casper lives in the Enchanted Forest with The Ghostly Trio, and met many other supporting characters, such as Wendy the Good Little Witch, Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, and Hot Stuff the Little Devil.Ĭasper's television debut was on the ABC Animated Anthology series Matty's Funday Funnies, sponsored by Mattel Toys. The canonical reason ghosts in the Casper stories were designed as they are, is because they are all cartoon caricatures of burial shrouds, a once-common way of burying the dead. In 1958, Paramount sold the character to Harvey Comics, where he frequently crossed over to Richie Rich stories. ![]() Casper appeared in 55 animated shorts and became Paramount's most popular character after Popeye. Casper, a ghost who wants to be friendly but scares people away, debuted in a 1945 Noveltoon released by Famous Studios for Paramount Pictures, adapted from a children's story co-created by Joe Oriolo. ![]()
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