Casper the Friendly Ghost
The cartoon series also boasted a catchy title song which was written by
Jerry Livingston and Mack David. By 1955, however, composer Winston
Sharples composed an entirely new instrumental theme for Casper's
cartoons. Casper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous
Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. As his name
indicates, he is a ghost, but is quite personable. According to the 1995 feature film Casper, his family name is McFadden, making his "full" name Casper McFadden.
Given that Casper is depicted as a ghostly, portly little boy, there is a controversy among fans of the series as to whether or not he is a dead child. Early Casper cartoons seemed to suggest this, as they portrayed him residing beside a gravestone. Specifically, the short "There's Good Boos To-Night" featured Ferdie, a fox befriended by Casper, coming back from the dead as a ghost. Casper's death (as well as the reason why he became friendly) have been disputed since that time.
This somewhat macabre premise was later abandoned in favor of the idea that ghosts were merely a type of supernatural being, similar to ghouls, goblins, etc. He was thereafter portrayed with feet and shown to have ghostly parents and became slightly slimmer. In the 1960s and 1970s, the stock answer provided by Harvey Comics in response to those wondering how Casper died was that he was a ghost simply because his parents were already ghosts when they were married. Casper also had nostrils which insinuated that he could actually smell as a ghost. Both Malachi Pearson (Casper's voice) and Pearson's pool boy (Daniel "Shnoz" Ozsmello) later noted that he could in fact smell, which was different from modern notions about ghosts. The 1995 feature film Casper, however, revived the notion that Casper was a deceased human and provided a brief account of his death. According to the film, Casper was a young adolescent who went sledding all day and died of pneumonia. The first direct-to-video film to follow the feature, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, showed Casper's early days as a ghost, not showing how he died and ignoring the story provided in the previous film, although it does explain how he became friendly.
Given that Casper is depicted as a ghostly, portly little boy, there is a controversy among fans of the series as to whether or not he is a dead child. Early Casper cartoons seemed to suggest this, as they portrayed him residing beside a gravestone. Specifically, the short "There's Good Boos To-Night" featured Ferdie, a fox befriended by Casper, coming back from the dead as a ghost. Casper's death (as well as the reason why he became friendly) have been disputed since that time.
This somewhat macabre premise was later abandoned in favor of the idea that ghosts were merely a type of supernatural being, similar to ghouls, goblins, etc. He was thereafter portrayed with feet and shown to have ghostly parents and became slightly slimmer. In the 1960s and 1970s, the stock answer provided by Harvey Comics in response to those wondering how Casper died was that he was a ghost simply because his parents were already ghosts when they were married. Casper also had nostrils which insinuated that he could actually smell as a ghost. Both Malachi Pearson (Casper's voice) and Pearson's pool boy (Daniel "Shnoz" Ozsmello) later noted that he could in fact smell, which was different from modern notions about ghosts. The 1995 feature film Casper, however, revived the notion that Casper was a deceased human and provided a brief account of his death. According to the film, Casper was a young adolescent who went sledding all day and died of pneumonia. The first direct-to-video film to follow the feature, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, showed Casper's early days as a ghost, not showing how he died and ignoring the story provided in the previous film, although it does explain how he became friendly.
and here is Lyric of Casper the Friendly Ghost
Casper, the friendly ghost
The friendliest ghost you know!
The grownups might look at him with fright,
But the children all love him so.
He always says hello
And he's really glad to meet ya'
Wherever he may go,
He's kind to every living creature.
Grownups don't understand,
Why children love him the most,
But kids all know that he loves them so,
Casper the friendly ghost!
Casper, the Friendly Ghost, was originally developed by Joe Oriolo and Seymour Reit. He was also a cartoon star for Famous/Paramount in the 1950s, and in the comics drawn by Warren Kremer for Harvey Comics. Casper cartoons (featuring the above theme song) were also on television for a number of years.
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