The Harveytoons Show
television series
The Harveytoons Show is a television series presenting theatrical animated cartoons produced by Famous Studios from 1950 until 1962, which were acquired by The Harvey Entertainment Company from Paramount Pictures.
History
This show features Noveltoons characters and series including: Casper the Friendly Ghost, Little Audrey, Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare, Wendy the Good Little Witch, Baby Huey, Herman and Katnip, Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, Buzzy the Crow, Inchy the Worm, Finny the Goldfish, Goodie the Gremlin, Kozmo the Space Kid, Professor Schmaltz, Timothy Turkey, Jeepers and Creepers and others. The New Casper Cartoon Show and the Film Roman version of Richie Rich have also been featured on the final season of The Harveytoons Show. The show itself contained three full cartoons and one "ToonTake", an abbreviated cartoon. Jerry Beck was the show consultant.
The Harveytoons Show broadcast history
1960s-Early 2000s: ABS-CBN and RPN (Philippines)
Mid 1990s–Early 2010s: TPI/MNCTV (IDN)
1990–1994: The Children's Channel (as Casper and Friends) (UK)
1991–1992: Channel 2 (as Casper and Friends) (New Zealand)
1998–1999: Fox Family Channel (USA)
2000s: Trans TV (IDN)
2003–2006: Boomerang (as Casper and Friends) (USA)
2005-2009: Astro Ceria (Malaysia)
2008–2015: Tooncast and Boomerang (also as Casper and Friends) (LatAM)
2008–2012, 2015: Teletoon Retro (also as Casper and Friends) (Canada)
2010-2012: Nickelodeon (India)
2011-2016: PBJ (USA)
2012–2018: KTV (though in a small selection) (USA)
2014: Retro TV (USA)
2016-2019: INTV (IDN)
2020–present: Nusantara TV (IDN)
2024–present: MeTV Toons (as Casper and Company) (USA)
Sources
Casper and Friends
The New Casper Cartoon Show
The Baby Huey Show
Richie Rich
Episodes
The show consisted of Famous Studios-produced cartoons from 1950 to 1962. There were 223 theatrical cartoons released during that period. Only 165 cartoons were included in their full format, although the original theatrical titles were changed when Harvey assumed ownership from Famous. The remainder of the 58 cartoons were either only included as fragments or not included. Jerry Beck later explained that the trimming of some cartoons was only done to help each episode fit the half-hour format, and some were excluded from the show either from oversight or because the content of those cartoons could be considered to be not politically correct.
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