Written byLarz Bourne
Bob Ogle Composer(s)Hoyt Curtin NetworkNBC Story byBob Ogle, Larz Bourne
Directed byCarl Urbano Initial release30 October 1979 Music directorHoyt Curtin
GenreAnimation
Comedy
Sci-fi Based onCasper the Friendly Ghost created by
Seymour Reit
Joe Oriolo Voices ofJulie McWhirter
John Stephenson
Gerg Alter
Lucille Bliss
Diana McCannon
Julie McWhirter
Marilyn Schreffler
Hal Smith
Ginny Tyler
Frank Welker
Michael Sheehan DirectorsCarl Urbano, Chris Cuddington CastLucille Bliss, John Stephenson, Julie McWhirter, Frank Welker, Hal Smith SimilarCasper's First Christmas, The Friendly Ghost, The Flintstones: Little Big, There's Good Boos To‑Night, Casper's Haunted Christmas
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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 Scary from the animated series Casper and the Angels. The special was directed by Carl Urbano and premiered on NBC on October 30, 1979.
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 Scary 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.
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
Turner Home Entertainment released Casper Saves Halloween on VHS on September 5, 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.
