When I was a kid in the 90s I had a vhs with an assortment of random old cartoons and this was on it along with some old popeye, betty boop, woody woodpecker, and some others. I think pink panther and maybe felix the cat. I always remembered the train scene from this though and now that I'm an adult I realize how dark it was.
I also had old DVDs that I would play all day like Barbie and Casper. I randomly thought back about Casper and the only thing I remembered was the train too. I think what stuck to me was the scenes where he would be upset because it made me want to be his friend so bad lol. But he would end up having a good ending anyways. I think this taught us to have sympathy as growing up and that we all just want to be friends. Also the one with the fox “There’s good boo’s tonight” is also very sad, almost made me cry.
As I kid I never realized just what Casper was trying to do on the train tracks, I just thought he was too lethargic to care to move or something, not trying to kill himself or anything. but now watching as an adult I realize how truly disturbing that moment was. In fact, in some ways it’s even more disturbing that he didn’t die because for a brief second he thought he would be condemned to an eternity without friends and there was nothing he could do to stop the pain, which in all honesty is a fate worse than death
RIght?! That little moment is just so disturbing in its implications. They kind of play it for laughs, but those sobs right before the ball comes along are...well...
I'm almost 60 years old, and as a child, Casper always made me cry, I just felt so sorry for him. Funny how that hasn't changed in over 50 years, I STILL get sad watching Casper..
Casper died in the 1940's from pneumonia he was 12 years old. In the Casper movie (1995) the Whipstaff Manor which was his home was mentioned to be abandoned for 50 years making his death in 1945.
According to the 1996 TV show, (written by the writers of the movie) Casper claims he's 112 years old (turns 113 in April.) Doing the math, Casper died in 1895, one hundred years before the first movie's events. Not 1945. (And in the trailer of the movie, the narrator mentioned "For 100 years, he has wandered the halls of Whipstaff Manor, waiting for someone." Meaning the movie and original shorts aren't canon. Although, in the same show, it's revealed Casper did have a cartoon and merchandise, implying the original cartoon was inspired by the "real life" Casper at some point.
When I saw Casper crying on the train track in a failed suicide attempt, I just really really wanted to jump into the screeen and comfort the poor dear by giving him a great big hug, dry his little ghostly tears and tell that I’ll be his friend and that everything’s going to be okay. My heart still breaks for him cause I can’t help but genuinely feel REALLY sorry for him of what he’s going through. Nothing breaks my heart more than to see a beloved cartoon character sobbing his little heart put. Please don’t cry, Casper. You’re gonna make me cry. 😭😭😭
Did you see the casper episode where the little fox he befriended was hunted down and killed by dogs? That was morbid. Then the fox turned into a ghost and kissed him.
@@24Roxyx Yeah I do remember watching that a lot as a kid and watching Casper carry his fox friend while breaking down and crying is absolutely heartbreaking. That would be like losing your pet, only way harsher. As an autistic kid, I’ve developed sympathy and compassion for Casper in a way that I do identify with in terms of struggling to find and make new friends. Although my social skills are quite good though quite unusual for someone on the autism spectrum, I sometimes struggled with my communication skills growing up and even still to this day. Despite that and the fact that struggled with anxiety, depression, lack of self worth and self esteem, i actually have a pretty good life overall: I have 2 part time jobs as a sign maker and a document digitizer, i graduated from high school, went to college twice and even graduated with honours in one of my college programs, own my own condo, can cook meals for myself, can take the bus to work or anywhere in the city, have a very loving and super supportive family and I have 2 beautiful, happy, healthy and most spoiled cats ever that i ABSOLUTELY loved them both dearly as if they’re my children. Plus I still have great friends even though I don’t get to see them very much these days due to them having very different lives than mine but I do make it up to them by texting them fairly often.
legitimately, this broke my heart when I first saw it. My heart just broke for Casper feeling so hopeless and in despair. And I was about 8 yrs old. Still feel that way at 35. No one, should feel so bad that they want to end their life. People care yaal. Reach out, don't suffer in silence. Peace x
My mom would buy these short films form me and my sister from the 99 cent store when we were younger. The beginning of this one was my favorite. Watching this brought back so many good memories, so excited for Halloween. 🎃👻
I would definitely say, the first 3 minutes of this cartoon is one of eeriest lengths of cartoon I've ever seen. It really does give you the sense of being somewhere that has been abandoned for a while and is haunted.
it made me so happy as a kid, but as an adult who had been abused by my immediate relatives and society throughout my adolescence, it makes me sob, knowing that such motherly love will never be given to me again since mine abandoned and scapegoated me.
Yeah when the Mom saw Casper was actually not as scary and mean as she thought he was, she felt bad for what she said and stopped him from leaving. Guess she learned not ghosts are bad and Casper was the ghost of a young child.
Aside from the bad reputation his brothers and sisters set for their kind, there’s probably some uncanny valley vibes being around an entity that’s plainly visible but not at all tangible.
I love this show! They were still showing these in the early 2000s'; but not anymore. This Casper was depressing, but as time went by Casper Classics made him less depressing. oh, how I miss shows like this.
8:25 a ghost! The house is haunted! KEEP THE MORTGAGE! I'd take my chances living indefinitely in a house that's haunted just as long as it keeps me from even paying mortgage payments
I think the voice actor's name was Cecil Roy. The animation is amazing but pretty dark by today's standards, with the suicide attempt. The Casper character is adorable, and who wouldn't adopt a child that makes your creditors crap their pants.
You scared the bank so bad they ripped up my mortgage?? Of course you can be friends with my kids! In fact, you can live with us!...FUCK IT I'M ADOPTING YOU AND ENROLLING YOU IN SCHOOL!!!
5:48 Casper tries to kill himself. This suggests a suicidal disposition, which might be why he's a ghost in the first place. This also lends credence to Lisa and Bart Simpson's theory that he's the ghost of existentially despaired Richie Rich.
I'll admit it's a bit too dark for kids nowadays. Even though I watched this when I was little (4 years and under.) I'm still alive. I think kids are too coddled these days. But then again I'm not a parent.
I had this on vhs as a kid. And I always felt so sorry for Casper. He just wanted a homie to chill with. I would've kicked it with him. We could've smoked a blunt and watched TH-cam together.
I always loved watching these casper cartoons! Back when my grandma was a teacher, she used to take me with her and I would sit at her desk watching these! They always make me sad, but I've always enjoyed sadness since I was a child, I'm very dramatic 😆!
My abuela had a lot too but she would always yell at me when I touched them or took them out , so I would take the cassette out and hide it in the belt of my shorts or pants and take them home to watch then eventually take them back and now all these shorts and cartoons are so nostalgic ..
I'm impressed that Johnny and Bonnie didn't actually get frightened by the fact that Casper was a ghost. All that mattered was that he was very depressed, and he was cheered up right away when they offered him to play with them. First real friends he ever had. And I was pleased by the mom accepting him into the family when that banker ran away from the sight of him. He literally burned a bridge! 😆😆 Even pleased me to see him in boy clothing in the closing scene. Perfect ending, especially with what the narrator says in it, as I was like "That's right. That's telling them," when he said his line.
I mean, both cartoons were made in the ‘40s, so they probably share some similar design traits. Cartoons only started getting more diverse in their styles in later decades.
I could've sworn Casper said "I'm better off dead" before he gets hit by the train, but I didn't hear it in the video. I had this on tape, but I may just be remembering wrong lol
I first saw this on a tape with 2 other Casper shorts as a kid, and looking through them now as an adult, I'm pretty sure the line is from "A Haunting We Will Go" which was the second short on the tape. May not be word for word,but I swear he said a similar line. Maybe we had the same tape and you just remember the wrong short?
@@Marieke_NL probably,there was Casper going to the moon,popeye meeting sindbad,superman (controversial episode),porky’s railroad and some start the day with the song bullcrap but was cut due to the limit of the vhs
@@jsl151850b I mean it really depends on the depiction of ghosts you're talking about, but I think generally ghosts have many reasons why they can't move on and whether they know they are dead already or not often doesn't come into it.
Kodi the Husty and Misty Of course, Casper had a female pet cat! Her name Rudy (aka Rudolph), she got eating by a Carney bird name Petey from "Puss N Booty." That's why Casper & Rudy meet together, had privately playing kid pull up/kitty diapers cuddly sex together, kissing on the mouth, since day one. But someday they will reunited with future kids of their own.
Never saw this one, very cool. Seen most of the old cartoons even the original cartoon, Koko the clown. Every once in a while I get closer to seeing every one. :)
The title cards always felt like they set a foreboding, ominous but curious hook, encouraging the audience to be ready for anything as to what a “friendly ghost” might have in store. You almost expect there to be giantic, omnipotent elder spirits in the sky involved, yet it turns out to be the story of a ghost with the soul of a tender-hearted child in the impossible position of being feared when he wants to make friends. Yet, the giant elder spirits suggested there are greater forces at play in a grander scheme…or not! If you believe in ghosts as well as greater spirits than they, then this helps to keep you on your toes. Of course, since this is the tale of a friendly ghost, just for fun those giant spirits grabbed your attention anyway! Anyhow, I may have first seen this when my 2nd grade teacher put on for us the one Kid Flicks video collecting it on a Friday just before we were let out for the weekend. I don’t recall if it was for Halloween or not, but still it left a lasting impression on me to see what the short that started it all was like. Plus, the ending went a long way in establishing a major sticking point that was barely touched upon thereafter: human children, of the wide-eyed, polite variety, are among the only people not afraid of Casper. The line in the theme song, “the children love him so”, wasn’t put in for nothing.
I saw this in a movie once. It was viewed before they showed the main presentation. The main presentation was about a boy and his dog that go into another world after stepping into his grandfather's attic. Anyone who knows the name of that movie, please tell
Remember that episode The Spooking Bee where Casper from 1995 turns into this version and scares the shit out of Kat? XD I guess being cute is the best way to scare.
Aw, thank you! Please help me find the name of a similar cartoon. It is an old musical animation about a boy who goes to someone's haunted house to deliver a package. I think the owner was named Mr. Jones or something like that. Thanks!
I imagine if Casper was in the real world here what he finally achieve so far. Casper: what’s the use I wish I belonged to a place where I’m not scary and ugly ghost(crying) Me: (thinking: is who I think he is). Now now Casper why are you crying? Don’t feel sad and guilty. Casper: who are you, aren’t you scared of me and how did you know my name? Me : let’s just say I’m your biggest fan since childhood. Why should I be afraid of you? You don’t look scary to me or anyone. Your just a kid a cute little ghost boy. Besides everyone loves you just the way you are. Casper: love?, I mean no. Everyone in the living are scared of me they just run away before they knew Me. Me : like a running gag. Casper those people who accuse you for a monster are not real mortals. There just stupid silly and pathetic cartoon characters. And so are you. But your much sweeter. Besides I’m the real mortal. Casper: how that true. Me: because cartoons don’t bleed . I’m not scared of any of those ghosts who where jerks to you especially the ghostly trio. Stretch: did someone said the ghostly? Fatso: did someone say trio? Stinky: did someone say…. I got nothing I always pick last. Casper: hie guys. This is my biggest fan. Strength: Casper. Your supposed to scare people not be friends with meat bag over here. Me: excuse me ? Who are you calling meatbag you haunted mansion hitchhiker like moe Howard? I rather see Casper teach a lot of bandits a lesson about boundaries that’s his true way to scare people. Fatso: ooh tough guy. Stinky: who made him president of g- busters? Stretch: alright boys let’s give him the works . ( the trio trying to scare me but I’m better) Me : I’ve seen many cartoons. Was that your best frights . Now let me show you mine (growling, roaring, screeching )! Trio: aaaaah ! Stinky: he’s monster! Fatso: what an dental animal ! Stretch: let’s get outta here! Me : that shows them who’s the boss. Casper: wow I’ve never seen a mortal scared ghost before. Me: your friends are cowards as always. And I hate bullies.
@@josefinabaro1554 I intend to where I do a movie or a show to the store it for illumination or DreamWorks here’s my list of characters who deserve it. Main characters: Casper Wendy Spooky Poil Richie rich Kibosh Stretch Fatso Stinky Hot stuff Baby Huey Irona Cadbury Little Audrey Big bad wolfie Volbragg Herman Katnip Buzzy crow
He was a scary thug who swiped cheap cigars from which he intended to manufacture an improved more-marketable controlled substance product, intimidated a shrimp clerk who dared to suggest to him that he not leave the market without paying for the merchandise he was carrying, had never been taught to walk on sidewalks instead of in the middle of the street, disrespected and argued with police when "called out" on that issue and so came to their attention when an alert on the strong-arm robbery was broadcast and tried to kill the arresting officer and to just exactly what all the aforementioned would have bought any of the rest of us if we'd done the same............................................Sheets up! Don't Exorcise! .
There’s two different stories, in the 1995 film, it’s said that he died from pneumonia at the age of 12. In the comics it is said that he was born a ghost because both of his parents were ghosts.
I felt sorry for Casper. Those ghosts aren’t that scary either. There basically cowards and foolish pranksters who only scared mortals for fun. Only a true ghost of vengeance knights that.
Shadow Manymules I'm a year late, but my VHS had this, Casper visiting the moon, the Small Fry cartoon, the (now super racist) looney tunes African Island and Arab desert toons, plus To Spring, Greedy Humpty Dumpty, and a three little pigs cartoon... It doesn't sound the same as yours but I'm searching too. Fairly certain it was a legit tape and not a combination of junk my great aunt taped off TV. Especially because I'm only 29 and I'm sure most of these weren't on repeat in the early 90s.
Okay, this, a bunch of Looney Tunes, and several other very old very vintage cartoons were on a VHS I had as a child. It was at my great-aunt's house, and I don't think it was taped off of the TV I think it was an actual compilation. I'm 29 now and these videos stuck with me, so I made a playlist. Does anyone know what the compilation might have been called? VHS, Circa 1990 or 1992 or 1993 or something.
It's funny how a little misunderstanding can go a long way, and in doing so, it can go the wrong way, and Casper was totally misunderstood just because he was a ghost.
Yeah, I think you're right. At first, when its light and day, it looks like clouds with faces like 3 old men, but when nightfall comes, you realise that they are not what they originally seemed. Yeah, they gotta be 3 ghosts. In fact, I think they bear resemblance to the ghostly trio, Caspers 3 ghost uncles, who don't appear in Casper cartoons until the early 1960s I believe. I reckon that the ghostly trio were inspired by those 3 ghosts in the intro, would you agree?
When I was a kid in the 90s I had a vhs with an assortment of random old cartoons and this was on it along with some old popeye, betty boop, woody woodpecker, and some others. I think pink panther and maybe felix the cat. I always remembered the train scene from this though and now that I'm an adult I realize how dark it was.
Is it the VHS “Cartoon Family”?
50 classic cartoons??
I had this too. So nostalgic, and to think about what we learned watching these as kids.
I also had old DVDs that I would play all day like Barbie and Casper. I randomly thought back about Casper and the only thing I remembered was the train too. I think what stuck to me was the scenes where he would be upset because it made me want to be his friend so bad lol. But he would end up having a good ending anyways. I think this taught us to have sympathy as growing up and that we all just want to be friends. Also the one with the fox “There’s good boo’s tonight” is also very sad, almost made me cry.
I had this on a VHS tape too. The video cover was purple with Casper on the front. It had all of these Casper cartoons with extra’s.
As a kid it didn’t phase me much but today as an adult it’s tough watching this knowing his pain
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Isn’t it strange how that works sometimes?
First time seeing this as an adult. I used to always watch this back when i was a kid. The nostalgia hits different.
As I kid I never realized just what Casper was trying to do on the train tracks, I just thought he was too lethargic to care to move or something, not trying to kill himself or anything. but now watching as an adult I realize how truly disturbing that moment was. In fact, in some ways it’s even more disturbing that he didn’t die because for a brief second he thought he would be condemned to an eternity without friends and there was nothing he could do to stop the pain, which in all honesty is a fate worse than death
RIght?! That little moment is just so disturbing in its implications. They kind of play it for laughs, but those sobs right before the ball comes along are...well...
This is a show about a ghost
Nonsense. Nothing's worse than death. Except, Black Death.
I wonder if Casper originally died that way?
@@michaelnellen4003 I can name a few things.
I'm almost 60 years old, and as a child, Casper always made me cry, I just felt so sorry for him. Funny how that hasn't changed in over 50 years, I STILL get sad watching Casper..
I forgot old people exist
Casper died in the 1940's from pneumonia he was 12 years old. In the Casper movie (1995) the Whipstaff Manor which was his home was mentioned to be abandoned for 50 years making his death in 1945.
Damn
According to the 1996 TV show, (written by the writers of the movie) Casper claims he's 112 years old (turns 113 in April.) Doing the math, Casper died in 1895, one hundred years before the first movie's events. Not 1945. (And in the trailer of the movie, the narrator mentioned "For 100 years, he has wandered the halls of Whipstaff Manor, waiting for someone." Meaning the movie and original shorts aren't canon. Although, in the same show, it's revealed Casper did have a cartoon and merchandise, implying the original cartoon was inspired by the "real life" Casper at some point.
Okay 😕😟
Back when I was a kid, I remember bawling my eyes out when I saw Casper crying on the Train Tracks.
Me too.
Ha! I don't believe in ghosts. Or do I?
@@nickallen-friel889 um it's 1945 a lot of things that were not illegal are illegal in 2020.
@@eldermaxson855 ????
When I saw Casper crying on the train track in a failed suicide attempt, I just really really wanted to jump into the screeen and comfort the poor dear by giving him a great big hug, dry his little ghostly tears and tell that I’ll be his friend and that everything’s going to be okay. My heart still breaks for him cause I can’t help but genuinely feel REALLY sorry for him of what he’s going through. Nothing breaks my heart more than to see a beloved cartoon character sobbing his little heart put. Please don’t cry, Casper. You’re gonna make me cry. 😭😭😭
Me too I wanna plush toy of him.
Did you see the casper episode where the little fox he befriended was hunted down and killed by dogs? That was morbid. Then the fox turned into a ghost and kissed him.
@@24Roxyx Yeah I do remember watching that a lot as a kid and watching Casper carry his fox friend while breaking down and crying is absolutely heartbreaking. That would be like losing your pet, only way harsher. As an autistic kid, I’ve developed sympathy and compassion for Casper in a way that I do identify with in terms of struggling to find and make new friends. Although my social skills are quite good though quite unusual for someone on the autism spectrum, I sometimes struggled with my communication skills growing up and even still to this day. Despite that and the fact that struggled with anxiety, depression, lack of self worth and self esteem, i actually have a pretty good life overall: I have 2 part time jobs as a sign maker and a document digitizer, i graduated from high school, went to college twice and even graduated with honours in one of my college programs, own my own condo, can cook meals for myself, can take the bus to work or anywhere in the city, have a very loving and super supportive family and I have 2 beautiful, happy, healthy and most spoiled cats ever that i ABSOLUTELY loved them both dearly as if they’re my children. Plus I still have great friends even though I don’t get to see them very much these days due to them having very different lives than mine but I do make it up to them by texting them fairly often.
People are still talking about Tom and Jerry committing suicide.
legitimately, this broke my heart when I first saw it. My heart just broke for Casper feeling so hopeless and in despair. And I was about 8 yrs old. Still feel that way at 35. No one, should feel so bad that they want to end their life. People care yaal. Reach out, don't suffer in silence. Peace x
The worst part is that he's already dead, so his suicide attempt didn't work
@@bradyryan5105 Basically, he's going to suffer for all eternity 😢
@@Mr.Needle-Hamster that's quite a thought isn't it? 😿😿
My mom would buy these short films form me and my sister from the 99 cent store when we were younger. The beginning of this one was my favorite. Watching this brought back so many good memories, so excited for Halloween. 🎃👻
Must of been the 80's.
I remember watching this as a kid. I used to own the video and I would love it. Casper will always be part of my childhood.
I would definitely say, the first 3 minutes of this cartoon is one of eeriest lengths of cartoon I've ever seen. It really does give you the sense of being somewhere that has been abandoned for a while and is haunted.
You mean for me and me and my sister
8:47 I remember when I was a kid I didn't paid a attention about this part of the scene and now it melts my heart ❤️
same i watched this on DVD
@@jediotter1079 me on VCR 😁
it made me so happy as a kid, but as an adult who had been abused by my immediate relatives and society throughout my adolescence, it makes me sob, knowing that such motherly love will never be given to me again since mine abandoned and scapegoated me.
I can relate to Casper. These days, I suffer from depression and cry easily.
I hope you are ok
Moral lesson here is that just a little bit of kindness can turn a person's life around
Wise words Mr Jcdelete18 wise words indeed🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
He doesn't have a life, he's dead
@Butt Head ?
You could say "afterlife"
Yeah when the Mom saw Casper was actually not as scary and mean as she thought he was, she felt bad for what she said and stopped him from leaving.
Guess she learned not ghosts are bad and Casper was the ghost of a young child.
I watched this as a toddler and I gotta watch it every now and then to remind myself not to be so cold to people.
Why are people so afraid of Casper? He doesn't look the least bit threatening. He looks like a cross between a teddy bear and a lightbulb.
He's a ghost. It might be a subtle dig at societal issues like discrimination/racism.
@@denisemayosky1955 that's a good point of view
Aside from the bad reputation his brothers and sisters set for their kind, there’s probably some uncanny valley vibes being around an entity that’s plainly visible but not at all tangible.
Because back then people are idiots blind with judgement. Casper looks like a baby angel of Jesus.
I love this show! They were still showing these in the early 2000s'; but not anymore. This Casper was depressing, but as time went by Casper Classics made him less depressing. oh, how I miss shows like this.
Stuff back then showed more emotion than today's cartoons
Makes me cry like a baby every time... 😭
Old classics are rare and hard to find. I was looking for this one for a while. Thanks.
One of my favorite childhood episodes ❤️ God bless the artist and actors and crew what a great influence in my life ❤️
8:25 a ghost! The house is haunted! KEEP THE MORTGAGE! I'd take my chances living indefinitely in a house that's haunted just as long as it keeps me from even paying mortgage payments
I remember watching this exact clip back in 1998, it's stayed in my memories since, love how I can go back with a simple search.
I think the voice actor's name was Cecil Roy. The animation is amazing but pretty dark by today's standards, with the suicide attempt. The Casper character is adorable, and who wouldn't adopt a child that makes your creditors crap their pants.
5:48 to 6:11. Casper's (thankfully) unsuccessful suicide attempt. I never realized the implications of that scene until a few years ago.
How the hell would a member of the spirits of the dead commit suicide? He' *already dead* !
5:48-6:11
When I saw that short not only there mother was scared of Casper she angrily scolded him to leave.it’s like she had enough seeing to many spirits.
You scared the bank so bad they ripped up my mortgage?? Of course you can be friends with my kids! In fact, you can live with us!...FUCK IT I'M ADOPTING YOU AND ENROLLING YOU IN SCHOOL!!!
Casper is just too cute omg
5:48 Casper tries to kill himself. This suggests a suicidal disposition, which might be why he's a ghost in the first place. This also lends credence to Lisa and Bart Simpson's theory that he's the ghost of existentially despaired Richie Rich.
Funny how he cries when the suicide fails, teaching kids great lessons since 1945
How does he produce tears?
And how does his face go red in embarrassment if he has no blood?
Roses are blue, Violets are red, Cartoons used to show suicide back then, Casper is one of the suicidal ghosts in this episode.
I'll admit it's a bit too dark for kids nowadays. Even though I watched this when I was little (4 years and under.) I'm still alive. I think kids are too coddled these days. But then again I'm not a parent.
Casper is probably the ghost of someone who committed suicide by over social isolation. Suicide can and does happen on train tracks……
I had this on vhs as a kid. And I always felt so sorry for Casper. He just wanted a homie to chill with. I would've kicked it with him. We could've smoked a blunt and watched TH-cam together.
8:26. A ghost! Th-the house is haunted! Keep the mortgage! (runs off so fast he sets the bridge on fire)
GOTTA GO FAST
I've heard of burning one's bridges behind, but that's just crazy!!!
Daniel Pippenger Ditto!
[crying] I'll never be anything but a scary old ghost... without any friends...
@@KokoGogo1728 Then, in quite a way, the mom's like 'think again', as she gratefully picks him up and takes him in as gratitude for saving their home.
I always loved watching these casper cartoons! Back when my grandma was a teacher, she used to take me with her and I would sit at her desk watching these! They always make me sad, but I've always enjoyed sadness since I was a child, I'm very dramatic 😆!
The man who comes to the house asking about the mortage resembles the conductor in the Little Lulu cartoon "Loose in a caboose"
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I remember this! Used to watch it all the time on the video cassette back in Forney in the 2000s.
There's no such thing as a friendly ghost.
- Knuckles (sonic movie 3)
my grandparent had a lot of dvds of these old cartoons when i was a kid. and when i went over to their house i watched this with them
My abuela had a lot too but she would always yell at me when I touched them or took them out , so I would take the cassette out and hide it in the belt of my shorts or pants and take them home to watch then eventually take them back and now all these shorts and cartoons are so nostalgic ..
@@apachejano1872 awesome!!! Yes they are!!
My childhood. This brings back so many memories
I'm impressed that Johnny and Bonnie didn't actually get frightened by the fact that Casper was a ghost. All that mattered was that he was very depressed, and he was cheered up right away when they offered him to play with them. First real friends he ever had. And I was pleased by the mom accepting him into the family when that banker ran away from the sight of him. He literally burned a bridge! 😆😆 Even pleased me to see him in boy clothing in the closing scene. Perfect ending, especially with what the narrator says in it, as I was like "That's right. That's telling them," when he said his line.
7:57 the Disney princesses' reaction when they meet Jack Skellington. Hahahahaha!😆>XD
I remember having this cartoon in one of my old DvDs that play tons of old cartoons from the mid-1900s.
I remember it too. I'm looking for it for months but I just cant find it. do you have the name of it?
Moral of the story. You're only liked if you're useful
That's my childhood right there
Couldn't help but notice that the mouse looks like Herman the mouse
I saw this as a kid.... but in Spanish.
Also, Am I the only one who thinks Casper looks like a Baby Big Chungus? I guess that makes him Small Chungus.
He is chungus compared to his later incarnations. :)
I agree he's a little bit on the plus side
I mean, both cartoons were made in the ‘40s, so they probably share some similar design traits. Cartoons only started getting more diverse in their styles in later decades.
Released to theaters on Friday November 16, 1945.
5:14 idk why, but I kept repeating this scene over and over again on some Public Domain DVD.
At least he scared that mean old landlord away!
I could've sworn Casper said "I'm better off dead" before he gets hit by the train, but I didn't hear it in the video. I had this on tape, but I may just be remembering wrong lol
I first saw this on a tape with 2 other Casper shorts as a kid, and looking through them now as an adult, I'm pretty sure the line is from "A Haunting We Will Go" which was the second short on the tape. May not be word for word,but I swear he said a similar line. Maybe we had the same tape and you just remember the wrong short?
@@l.francesca4780 Most likely. :P A Haunting We Will Go used to be my favorite antique Casper short so that makes sense
Possibly a Mandela effect.
Beautiful, I have never seen another cartoon short like it.
I remember having this vhs filled with other cartoons,but damn I can’t seem to find the bloody tape.
Cartoon Family?
@@Marieke_NL probably,there was Casper going to the moon,popeye meeting sindbad,superman (controversial episode),porky’s railroad and some start the day with the song bullcrap but was cut due to the limit of the vhs
Casper is chronically unaware of his condition. A few inconsistent ghost attributes.
I thought ghosts *didn't* know that they were dead. That's why they can't 'move on'.
@@jsl151850b I mean it really depends on the depiction of ghosts you're talking about, but I think generally ghosts have many reasons why they can't move on and whether they know they are dead already or not often doesn't come into it.
@@RoyalGhost-27 In the first live action Casper movie the villain became a ghost and GOT EVERYTHING SHE WANTED!!! *{OOPS!!}*
I remember whatching this when i was six yo or something but i remember it very clearly still
Thanks for sharing! I didn’t know that Casper had siblings and a cat! 🐈
there are many retelling of his story
Aw a ghost white cat
Kodi the Husty and Misty Of course, Casper had a female pet cat!
Her name Rudy (aka Rudolph), she got eating by a Carney bird name Petey from "Puss N Booty."
That's why Casper & Rudy meet together, had privately playing kid pull up/kitty diapers cuddly sex together, kissing on the mouth, since day one.
But someday they will reunited with future kids of their own.
@@thereseblaine626 What in the flaming hell are you on about?
Never saw this one, very cool. Seen most of the old cartoons even the original cartoon, Koko the clown. Every once in a while I get closer to seeing every one. :)
8:48
Mom: Thank you, for saving our house, Casper.
PARAMOUNT presents
A NOVELTOON
in TECHNICOLOR
Oh my god!! I so remember this!!!
You are never too old for Casper.
The title cards always felt like they set a foreboding, ominous but curious hook, encouraging the audience to be ready for anything as to what a “friendly ghost” might have in store. You almost expect there to be giantic, omnipotent elder spirits in the sky involved, yet it turns out to be the story of a ghost with the soul of a tender-hearted child in the impossible position of being feared when he wants to make friends. Yet, the giant elder spirits suggested there are greater forces at play in a grander scheme…or not! If you believe in ghosts as well as greater spirits than they, then this helps to keep you on your toes. Of course, since this is the tale of a friendly ghost, just for fun those giant spirits grabbed your attention anyway!
Anyhow, I may have first seen this when my 2nd grade teacher put on for us the one Kid Flicks video collecting it on a Friday just before we were let out for the weekend. I don’t recall if it was for Halloween or not, but still it left a lasting impression on me to see what the short that started it all was like.
Plus, the ending went a long way in establishing a major sticking point that was barely touched upon thereafter: human children, of the wide-eyed, polite variety, are among the only people not afraid of Casper. The line in the theme song, “the children love him so”, wasn’t put in for nothing.
3:10 He had a pet cat?
It just occurred to me that the Casper cartoons may have been a way to discuss race prejudice, albeit in disguise.
Happy 79th Birthday, Casper! 2024 👻
Wow, that brings back ancient memories 🤣😁✌️
She only let her in when it benefited her.
I'm always scared of ghost sounds. Freaking me out.
The only reason the mom let Casper stay was because he scared the guy from the bank away
i watched this short on DVD
right in the childhood! :)
anyone else seen this when super young and forever had that scene of the train stuck in your head?
I sure did,also it was a part of a collection of classics cartoons.
The only thing Casper has taught us is to never judge someone no matter what they look like.
Although most ghosts can scare people so much.
I saw this in a movie once. It was viewed before they showed the main presentation. The main presentation was about a boy and his dog that go into another world after stepping into his grandfather's attic. Anyone who knows the name of that movie, please tell
Zurvan Mooney was this a 80s movie?
Nostalgia Lover probably
Zurvan Mooney Don’t worry mr. zurvan I’m on the case.
The movie's name was Storybook
Austin Airmet thanks a bunch. I had always remembered the movie, just not the title
love those cartoons ... emotional & funny
I am going to past again in my childhood
hoho I miss this cartoon
Remember that episode The Spooking Bee where Casper from 1995 turns into this version and scares the shit out of Kat?
XD I guess being cute is the best way to scare.
The end almost made me cry...🤧
I’ve never seen the Casper series, I didn’t know there was one. Who’s the story teller? Love his voice.
Frank Gallop
Is this a very first Casper the friendly ghost ever made?
You’re probably right. I think it’s the pilot.
Yup but the character first appeared in a book
Didn’t know Casper is that old until I read it from somewhere
1:24 How's THIS for a grandfather clock🕛?
Aw, thank you! Please help me find the name of a similar cartoon. It is an old musical animation about a boy who goes to someone's haunted house to deliver a package. I think the owner was named Mr. Jones or something like that. Thanks!
NOICE! Love seeing something I grew up with.
That music 3:03 4:25, and 4:31.
I imagine if Casper was in the real world here what he finally achieve so far.
Casper: what’s the use I wish I belonged to a place where I’m not scary and ugly ghost(crying)
Me: (thinking: is who I think he is). Now now Casper why are you crying? Don’t feel sad and guilty.
Casper: who are you, aren’t you scared of me and how did you know my name?
Me : let’s just say I’m your biggest fan since childhood. Why should I be afraid of you? You don’t look scary to me or anyone. Your just a kid a cute little ghost boy. Besides everyone loves you just the way you are.
Casper: love?, I mean no. Everyone in the living are scared of me they just run away before they knew Me.
Me : like a running gag. Casper those people who accuse you for a monster are not real mortals. There just stupid silly and pathetic cartoon characters. And so are you. But your much sweeter. Besides I’m the real mortal.
Casper: how that true.
Me: because cartoons don’t bleed . I’m not scared of any of those ghosts who where jerks to you especially the ghostly trio.
Stretch: did someone said the ghostly?
Fatso: did someone say trio?
Stinky: did someone say…. I got nothing I always pick last.
Casper: hie guys. This is my biggest fan.
Strength: Casper. Your supposed to scare people not be friends with meat bag over here.
Me: excuse me ? Who are you calling meatbag you haunted mansion hitchhiker like moe Howard? I rather see Casper teach a lot of bandits a lesson about boundaries that’s his true way to scare people.
Fatso: ooh tough guy.
Stinky: who made him president of g- busters?
Stretch: alright boys let’s give him the works .
( the trio trying to scare me but I’m better)
Me : I’ve seen many cartoons. Was that your best frights . Now let me show you mine (growling, roaring, screeching )!
Trio: aaaaah !
Stinky: he’s monster!
Fatso: what an dental animal !
Stretch: let’s get outta here!
Me : that shows them who’s the boss.
Casper: wow I’ve never seen a mortal scared ghost before.
Me: your friends are cowards as always. And I hate bullies.
This was good! you should write a Casper fanfic someday
@@josefinabaro1554 I intend to where I do a movie or a show to the store it for illumination or DreamWorks here’s my list of characters who deserve it.
Main characters:
Casper
Wendy
Spooky
Poil
Richie rich
Kibosh
Stretch
Fatso
Stinky
Hot stuff
Baby Huey
Irona
Cadbury
Little Audrey
Big bad wolfie
Volbragg
Herman
Katnip
Buzzy crow
Casper reminds me of Castello from Abbott and Costello lol
Awww....he even has a cat that's a ghost...!! Sad!!! That's the casper I love...because he looks cute and
chubby!!
I wonder who Casper was before he died, how did he die and became a friendly ghost.
He was a scary thug who swiped cheap cigars from which he intended to manufacture an improved more-marketable controlled substance product, intimidated a shrimp clerk who dared to suggest to him that he not leave the market without paying for the merchandise he was carrying, had never been taught to walk on sidewalks instead of in the middle of the street, disrespected and argued with police when "called out" on that issue and so came to their attention when an alert on the strong-arm robbery was broadcast and tried to kill the arresting officer and to just exactly what all the aforementioned would have bought any of the rest of us if we'd done the same............................................Sheets up! Don't Exorcise!
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Watch the 1995 film to find out.
There’s two different stories, in the 1995 film, it’s said that he died from pneumonia at the age of 12. In the comics it is said that he was born a ghost because both of his parents were ghosts.
@@patrickd.3681 I'm talking about the cartoon version, fool!!!
How can Casper commit suicide when he's already dead ?
maybe he forgot he's already dead and cannot die again ?
Thats the joke. A dark one but its still there
The cartoons tend to flip-flop about whether he knows he's dead or not.
Does this tear anyone else up?
I felt sorry for Casper. Those ghosts aren’t that scary either. There basically cowards and foolish pranksters who only scared mortals for fun. Only a true ghost of vengeance knights that.
I saw this on a vsh tape it also had porky pie with a dog that tired looking for owner. anyone know that one?
Shadow Manymules I'm a year late, but my VHS had this, Casper visiting the moon, the Small Fry cartoon, the (now super racist) looney tunes African Island and Arab desert toons, plus To Spring, Greedy Humpty Dumpty, and a three little pigs cartoon... It doesn't sound the same as yours but I'm searching too. Fairly certain it was a legit tape and not a combination of junk my great aunt taped off TV. Especially because I'm only 29 and I'm sure most of these weren't on repeat in the early 90s.
I do! It was yellow I believe. Or blue. Mine is falling apart. But I still have it.
I had a VHS named Cartoon Family and this episode was in it. But I’m not sure it’s the one you describe.
Okay, this, a bunch of Looney Tunes, and several other very old very vintage cartoons were on a VHS I had as a child. It was at my great-aunt's house, and I don't think it was taped off of the TV I think it was an actual compilation. I'm 29 now and these videos stuck with me, so I made a playlist. Does anyone know what the compilation might have been called? VHS, Circa 1990 or 1992 or 1993 or something.
Was the VHS called Cartoon Family?
Was it maybe 25 Classic 3 Hours of Color Cartoons?
The mouse and cat at 4:42 look like Herman and Katnip.
22 people are the "dont believe in ghost kind"
How can he be touched picked up and played with but can’t be touched or harmed by the train ?
Right? Totally unrealistic. 1/10
Forreal, in real life , our ghosts get hit by trains..
Not to mention that brief second when the ball went thru the wall.
Boy i sure hope somebody got fired for that blunder!
*its a cartoon*
He was already dead that’s why
1945 is the final year in the silent generation era.
7:34, umm that ball is not a ghost, pls explain...
It's a twist. The mother is named Nicole Kidman, and she's a ghost along with her two kids, as well as their belongings, like the ball.
It's like how kitty pryde can bring different objects through walls. Whatever a ghost touches can go phase through anything too
ytp collab casper 1945
Poor Casper.
It's funny how a little misunderstanding can go a long way, and in doing so, it can go the wrong way, and Casper was totally misunderstood just because he was a ghost.
in the intro there have three ghosts?
Yeah, I think you're right. At first, when its light and day, it looks like clouds with faces like 3 old men, but when nightfall comes, you realise that they are not what they originally seemed. Yeah, they gotta be 3 ghosts.
In fact, I think they bear resemblance to the ghostly trio, Caspers 3 ghost uncles, who don't appear in Casper cartoons until the early 1960s I believe. I reckon that the ghostly trio were inspired by those 3 ghosts in the intro, would you agree?
I wonder if that's a hint for the ghostly trio?