Casper's First Christmas
| Casper's First Christmas | |
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| Genre |
Animation Comedy |
| Based on |
Casper the Friendly Ghost created by Seymour Reit Joe Oriolo |
| Story by | Bob Ogle |
| Directed by | Carl Urbano |
| Starring |
Julie McWhirter Daws Butler Don Messick John Stephenson |
| Music by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer(s) | Alex Lovy |
| Editor(s) | Robert Ciaglia |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Hanna-Barbera Productions The Harvey Entertainment Company |
| Distributor | Worldvision Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | December 18, 1979 |
Casper's First Christmas is a 1979 Christmas television special and crossover produced by Hanna-Barbera featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost and his friend Hairy Scary from the animated series Casper and the Angels with guest stars Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, and Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy.
It aired on NBC on December 18, 1979. The theme song ("Comin' Up Christmas Time") sung by Yogi's pals was again used a year later in Yogi's First Christmas, which contradicts the events of this special in which Yogi and Boo Boo (who, being bears are supposed to be hibernating in the winter) can be seen celebrating Christmas with the other cast members.
This also marked the first and only time that this special pairs together the characters from its owners, Hanna-Barbera and Harvey Entertainment. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained an laugh track created by the studio.
Casper and his friend Hairy Scary are in a house about to be demolished on Christmas Eve and go out to look for a new place to move to after Christmas in California. Then Yogi and his friends get lost and arrive at Casper and Hairy's house and clean and decorate it to celebrate Christmas. Then Casper befriends Yogi and company only for Hairy to try to ruin the party with Casper and his new friends. Then Hairy has a change of heart and celebrates Christmas with Casper and his new friends and ending with Santa Claus saving the house and turning it into Hairy's Haunting Lodge.
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