Casper's Halloween Special

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 Halloween television special starring Casper the Friendly Ghost, specifically spun off from the Hanna-Barbera animated series Casper and the Angels. It premiered October 30, 1979 on NBC and directed by Carl Urbano. It later aired in reruns on the Disney Channel, and later on Cartoon Network and Boomerang.

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.

Songs[]

"Tonight's the Night (The Scariest Ghosts in Town)"
"Halloween is the Most (Trick or Treat)"

Cast[]

The voice cast includes:^[1]

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

Home video releases[]

Turner Home Entertainment released Casper Saves Halloween on VHS on August 28, 1995. On October 1, 2013, Warner Bros. released Casper's Halloween Special as a Warner Archive manufacture-on-demand DVD. The DVD also included the 1972 special The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't, also produced by Hanna-Barbera.