Casper and the Angels
| Casper and the Angels | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Animation Adventure Comedy Sci-fi |
| Based on |
Casper the Friendly Ghost created by Seymour Reit Joe Oriolo |
| Written by | Bob Ogle Jack Bonestell Patsy Cameron Gary Greenfield Dick Robbins |
| Directed by | Oscar Dufau George Gordon Ray Patterson Carl Urbano |
| Voices of |
Julie McWhirter Diana McCannon Laurel Page John Stephenson Hal Smith Paul Winchell |
| Composer(s) | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer(s) |
Alex Lovy Art Scott |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Hanna-Barbera Productions The Harvey Entertainment Company |
| Distributor |
Taft Broadcasting (original) Warner Bros. Television (current) |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 22 – December 15, 1979 |
Casper and the Angels is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost. produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1979 to December 15, 1979.
Casper the Friendly Ghost is a guardian angel to two female motorcycle space officers named Mini (who is rather ditzy) and Maxi (who is a much more intelligent African-American woman with a very short temper) in the year 2179. They are joined by a rambunctious ghost named Hairy Scary, who would scare villains and troublemakers, but unlike most other ghosts, was accepting of the fact that Casper was a gentle ghost who did not like to scare people.
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 CHiPs, the first being Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (Laurel Page also voiced for that show). Twenty-six 15-minute segments shown as thirteen 30-minute episodes were produced, as well as two television specials Casper's Halloween Special and Casper's First Christmas. The series was shown on Cartoon Network and Boomerang for a few years. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track.
Two segments aired per 30-minute episode:
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.
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