''There's Good Boos To-Night'' is a 1948 animated short directed by

Izzy Sparber Isadore Sparber (March 7, 1906 - August 29, 1958) was an American storyboard artist, writer, director and producer of animated films. He is best known for his work with Fleischer Studios and its successor, Famous Studios. When credited, his work ...

and narrated by

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, featuring

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. It is the second cartoon in the ''Casper'' series. The title is a play on "There's good news tonight", the sign-on catchphrase of radio commentator

Gabriel Heatter Gabriel Heatter (September 17, 1890 – March 30, 1972) was an American radio commentator whose World War II-era sign-on, "There's good news tonight," became both his catchphrase and his caricature. Early life The son of Jewish immigrants from ...

Plot

The cartoon opens with Casper sitting beside his grave, decorated with the Bible segment 'love thy neighbor', reading a book on animal friends. Around midnight, while the ghosts at the cemetery, where

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is buried, are getting ready to go off and "boo" people, Casper is trying to make friends with animals instead of humans. The ghosts leave the cemetery, as does Casper, who wanders off looking for friends in a couple of animals. However, when Casper tries to make friends with a baby calf, it runs away, calling for its "mama"; when the calf's mother goes up to Casper, she runs away from the farm and jumps over the moon. Later, Casper comes across a

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and asks it to be friends, but it sprays him and runs away in terror. Casper sits on a log and cries because none of the animals wants to be his friend. While Casper is seated on the log, he catches the attention of a small

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cub who feels sorry for him. Casper and the fox quickly bond, and he names the cub "Ferdie" and considers him his best friend. However, Casper and Ferdie's relationship soon becomes jeopardised while playing a game of Hide and Seek. While Ferdie is hiding, a hunter and two of his hunting dogs come and try to kill Ferdie. They pursue him until he is exhausted and out of breath. While the hunter is firing gunshots toward Ferdie, Casper flies in the hunter's direction and demands they leave Ferdie alone. When the dogs and the hunter see Casper, they flee in terror. Casper looks for Ferdie to tell him that the hunters are gone but discovers that Ferdie is dead as the bullets had passed through Casper’s incorporeal form and hit him. Casper cradles the fox’s body and breaks down in tears, having lost the only friend he has ever had in his life. Casper returns to the cemetery, where he buries Ferdie next to his gravestone. Casper begins mourning but soon discovers that Ferdie has returned as a ghost. Reunited, Casper and Ferdie live happily ever after.FilmAffinity
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Additional Voice Cast

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voices Casper *

Sid Raymond Sid Raymond (born Raymond Silverstein, January 21, 1909 – December 1, 2006) was an American comedian and character actor. Early years Born Raymond Silverstein in Manhattan, Raymond dropped out of New York University and became the recreation ...

voices Other Ghosts *

Jack Mercer Winfield B. Mercer (January 31, 1910 – December 7, 1984), professionally known as Jack Mercer, was a prolific American voice actor, animator and TV screenwriter. He is best known as the voice of cartoon characters Popeye the Sailor Man and ...

voices Other Ghosts, Ferdie Fox, Calf

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