''The New Casper Cartoon Show'' is a 1963-1970

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that appeared on

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's Saturday morning schedule, based on the

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cartoon character

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. Casper's co-stars included his friends from the Harvey Comics stories:

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, the Ghostly Trio,

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, and the ghost horse Nightmare. The show premiered on October 5, 1963 and is one of the earliest Saturday morning cartoons. The show included a mix of 26 new Casper cartoons created for this show by Paramount Cartoon Studios, as well as a selection of 1959—62

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s from the aforementioned Paramount, which were mostly the later ''

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'' and ''

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'' which were repackaged as "''Modern Madcaps''". All voices in the Casper episodes were performed by

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and

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. All of the new material was created for the first season in 1963-1964, but the show continued airing in reruns on ABC for six seasons, ending on January 30, 1970.

Episodes

All directed by Seymour Kneitel, and all with music by

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and graphic arts by

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released ''Casper the Friendly Ghost: The Complete Collection 1945–1963'' on DVD in Region 1. The 3-disc set features 55 original theatrical cartoons as well as all 26 episodes from ''The New Casper Cartoon Show'' on DVD.

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