''Casper and the Angels'' is an American animated television series based on the

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cartoon character

Casper the Friendly Ghost Casper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. He is a pleasant, personable and translucent ghost, but often criticized by his three wicked uncles, the Ghostly Trio. The ...

, produced by

Hanna-Barbera Productions Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ) was an American animation studio and production company which was active from 1957 to 2001. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to c ...

and broadcast on

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from September 22, 1979, to December 15, 1979.

Plot

is a " guardian ghost" to two female Space Police officers named Mini (who is a rather ditzy redhead) and Maxi (who is a much more intelligent African-American woman with a very short temper) who patrol the ''

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''-style Space City on their flying motorcycles in the year 2179. They are joined by the rambunctious but good-hearted Hairy Scary, a large, shaggy, thousand year old ghost with a red nose and big bow tie who enjoys scaring people, especially villains and other troublemakers, but because he has a great deal of affection for his little pal Casper he, unlike most of their ghostly kind, tries to accept the fact that the gentle ghost does not like to scare people. Less accepting, especially toward Mini and Maxi, are their fellow officers Nerdley and Fungo, a pair of bumbling, flying patrol car-driving male chauvinists who are always trying to prove that they are superior to their female counterparts, only to have their efforts undone by their own

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and

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History

The show was apparently Hanna-Barbera's second attempt to cash in on the popularity of '' Charlie's Angels'' as well as the popularity of the motorcycle police drama ''

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'', the first being ''

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'' on ABC. Twenty-six 15-minute segments shown as thirteen 30-minute episodes were produced, as well as two television specials ''

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 1979 animated Halloween television special produced by Hanna-Barbera featuring Casper the Friendly G ...

'' and ''

Casper's First Christmas ''Casper's First Christmas'' is a 1979 animated Christmas television special and crossover produced by Hanna-Barbera. It features Casper the Friendly Ghost and his friend Hairy Scarey from the animated series '' Casper and the Angels''. The speci ...

''. The series was shown on Cartoon Network and

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for a few years and rarely found on television since 2003 or even earlier. Some of the episodes can be found on

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. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a

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Cast

Julie McWhirter Julie McWhirter, also known as Julie Dees and Julie McWhirter-Dees (born October 12, 1947), is a retired American voice actress and impressionist best known for her work as Jeannie in the animated version of '' Jeannie'', Bubbles in ''Jabberjaw' ...

Casper The Friendly Ghost Casper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. He is a pleasant, personable and translucent ghost, but often criticized by his three wicked uncles, the Ghostly Trio. The ...

* John Stephenson as Hairy Scary The Ghost / Commander * Diana McCannon as Space Patrol Officer Maxi * Laurel Page as Space Patrol Officer Mini * Hal Smith as Nerdley *

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as Fungo

Additional voices

Rick Dees Rigdon Osmond Dees III (born March 14, 1950), best known as Rick Dees, is an American entertainer, radio personality, comedian, actor, and voice artist, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show '' The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Coun ...

* Bob Hastings * Jim MacGeorge *

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* Frank Welker

Episodes

Home media

On September 5, 1995, Turner Home Entertainment released two volumes ''The Boo Zoo'' and ''Stars & Frights'' on VHS. This release contained five episodes from the series. In addition, on August 22, 2000, Warner Home Video released ''Casper Saves Halloween'' on VHS, which contained the Halloween special as well as six 15-minute episodes of ''Casper and the Angels.''

Production credits

The credits features voices from the show, plus the same animators and part of the same music from '' Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'' and ''

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'' on ABC. * Executive Producers:

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and Joseph Barbera * Producers: Art Scott and Alex Lovy * Directors: Ray Patterson,

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, Oscar Dufau, George Gordon * Story Supervisor: Jim Ryan * Story Editor:

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* Story: Jack Bonestell, Patsy Cameron, Gary Greenfield,

, Dick Robbins * Story Direction: Don Christensen, Sukhdev Dail, George Singer * Recording Director: Art Scott * Voices:

, Bob Hastings, Diann McCannon, Jim MacGeorge,

, Laurel Page,

, Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Frank Welker,

* Graphics: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke * Title Design: Don Sheppard * Musical Director:

Hoyt Curtin Hoyt Stoddard Curtin (September 9, 1922 – December 3, 2000) was an American composer and music producer, the primary musical director for the Hanna-Barbera animation studio from its beginnings with '' The Ruff & Reddy Show'' in 1957 until his re ...

* Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte * Creative Producer:

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* Design Supervisor: Bob Singer * Character Design: Willie Ito,

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* Layout Supervisor: Don Morgan * Key Layout: Floyd Norman * Layout: John Bruno, Al Budnick, Nino Carbe, Dave Hanan, Linda Harris, Gary Hoffman, Carol Lay, Jack Manning, Alex McCrae, Floyd Norman, Paul Power, Becky Price, Tony Rivera, Glenn Schmitz,

* Animation Supervisors: Bob Goe, Bill Keil, Jay Sarbry * Animation:

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, Frank Andrina, Colin Baker, Anne Marie Bardwell, Ed Barge, Tom Barnes, Maxwell Becraft, Bob Bemiller, Richard Bowman, Bob Bransford, James Brummett, Oliver Callahan, Rudy Cataldi, Roger Chiasson, Steve Clark, Richard Coleman, John Conning, Jesse Cosio, Gabor Csupo, Zeon Davush, Daniel De La Vega, Elaine Despins, Charlie Downs, Joan Drake, Judith Ann Drake, Marcia Fertig, Gail Finkedlei, Hugh Fraser, Al Gaivoto, Charles Gammage, Miguel Garcia, Fernando Gonzalez, Jeff Hall, Terry Harrison, Bob Hathcock, Fred Hellmich, Charles Howell, Bill Hutten, Volus Jones, Mario Julio, Aundre Knutson, Rick Leon, Teresa Loewy, Hicks Lokey, Michael Longden, Ernesto Lopez, Tony Love, Mircea Mantta, Mauro Maressa, Duncan Marjoribanks, Burt Medall, Tran Vu Minh, Ken Muse, Constantin Mustatea, Sean Newton, Margaret Nichols, Eduardo Olivares, Margaret Parkes, Lester Pegues, Jr., Delpino Ramirez, Harry Rasmussen, William Recinos, Morey Reden, Mitch Rochon,

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, Joel Seibel, Mark Simon, Ken Southworth, Leo Sullivan, Robert Taylor, Barry Temple, Dave Tendlar, Dick Thompson, Richard Trueblood, Robert Tyler, Carlos Vincenzi, John Walker, Allen Wilzbach * Assistant Animation Supervisor: Rick Leon * Background Supervisor: Al Gmuer * Backgrounds: Lorraine Andrina, Fernando Arce, Greg Battes, Dario Campanile, Gil DiCicco, Dennis Durrell, Fla Ferreira, Martin Forte, Bob Gentle, Al Gmuer, Bonnie Goodknight, Bonnie Goodknight, Ann Guenther, Tom Hanes, James Hedgeus, Eric Heschong, Jim Hickey, Mike Humphries, Andy Phillipson, Bill Proctor, Vivien Rhyan, Jeff Richards, Jeff Riche, Cal Titus, Dennis Venizelos * Checking and Scene Planning: Cindy Smith * Xerography: Star Wirth * Ink and Paint Supervisor: Alison Victory * Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Bill Getty * Camera: Jerry Mills, Ross Avery, Bob Berry, Allen Childs, Marc Debbaudt, Candy Edwards, Curt Hall, Mike Kane, Neil Viker, Roy Wade, Brandy Whittington, Jerry Whittington * Supervising Film Editor: Larry C. Cowan * Dubbing Supervisor: Pat Foley * Music Editor: Joe Sandusky * Effects Editors: Julie Bagdonas, Sue Brown * Show Editor: Gil Iverson * Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer * Production Manager: Jayne Barbera * Post Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton * A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION * Based on the character owned and copyrighted by Harvey Cartoons, a partnership. * This picture has made the jurdisction of I.A.T.SE., affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O. * © 1979 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.

References

External links

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