The Harveytoons Show

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The Harveytoons Show is a television series presenting theatrical animated cartoons produced by Famous Studios from 1950 until 1964, which were acquired by Harvey Entertainment.[1]

History[]

This show features Harvey Comics characters and series including: Casper the Friendly Ghost, Little Audrey, Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare, Baby Huey, Herman and Katnip, Buzzy the Crow, Possum Pearl, Professor Schmatlz, Jeeper and Creeper 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[]

  • 1990–2001: first-run syndication (as Casper and Friends) (USA)
  • 1994–1997: The Children's Channel (as Casper and Friends) (UK)
  • 1996–2003: Fox Kids (USA)
  • 1998–2001: Fox Family Channel (USA)
  • 2003–2006: Boomerang (as Casper and Friends) (USA)
  • 2008–2011: Tooncast (also as Casper and Friends) (USA)
  • 2011–2017: Teletoon Retro (also as Casper and Friends)[2] (USA)
  • 2012–2018: KTV (though in a small selection) (USA)
  • 2014: Retro TV (USA)

Episodes[]

The show consisted of Famous Studios-produced cartoons from 1950 to 1964. There were 223 theatrical cartoons released during that period, and 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 un-PC.

All original television-produced shorts on the show were either from later TV cartoons featuring Casper and the Film Roman version of Richie Rich, and those were mostly featured in the final season of The Harveytoons Show.

Each episode included three full cartoons and one "ToonTake" segment.

Season 1[]

Season 2[]

Season 3[]

Season 4[]

  • Episode 40: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Not Ghoulty / Harveytoon featuring Buzzy and Katnip (re-dubbed soundtrack) – Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow / Harveytoon presents a – Galaxia / Harvey ToonTake – Trick or Tree
  • Episode 41: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Penguin for Your Thoughts / Harveytoon featuring Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare – Mr. Money Gags / Harveytoon presents a – Electronica / Harvey ToonTake featuring Mike the Masquerader – Disguise the Limit
  • Episode 42: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Spook and Span / Harveytoon presents Herman and Katnip – Mice Paradise / Harveytoon featuring Danny Dinosaur – Cock-a-Doodle Dino / Harvey ToonTake Little Audrey – Little Audrey Riding Hood
  • Episode 43: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Zero to Hero / Harveytoon featuring Buzzy and Katnip (re-dubbed soundtrack) – Cat-Choo / Harveytoon presents a – Finnegan's Flea / Harvey ToonTake – No Place Like Rome
  • Episode 44: Herman and Katnip – City Kitty / Harveytoon presents Casper the Friendly Ghost – Spooking Africa / Harveytoon presents a – Travelaffs / Harvey ToonTake featuring Swifty and Shorty (a.k.a. Ralph and Percy) – Without Time or Reason
  • Episode 45: Herman and Katnip – Northwest Mousie / Harveytoon presents Casper the Friendly Ghost – Dutch Treat / Harveytoon presents a – Fit to Be Toyed / Harvey ToonTake – No Place Like Rome
  • Episode 46: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Boo Bop / Harveytoon featuring Buzzy and Katnip (re-dubbed soundtrack) – Better Bait Than Never / Harveytoon featuring Julius – Houndabout / Harvey ToonTake featuring Swifty and Shorty (a.k.a. Ralph and Percy) – TV or Not TV
  • Episode 47: Herman and Katnip – Rail Rodents / Harveytoon presents Casper the Friendly Ghost – Spook No Evil / Harveytoon presents a Modern Madcap featuring Mike the Masquerader – Mike the Masquerader / Harvey ToonTake featuring Baby Huey – Huey's Father's Day
  • Episode 48: Herman and Katnip – Of Mice and Magic / Harveytoon presents Casper the Friendly Ghost – Puss 'N' Boos / Harveytoon presents a – Funderful Suburbia / Harvey ToonTake featuring Jeeper and Creeper – The Boss is Always Right
  • Episode 49: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Ghost of Honor / Harvey ToonTake Buzzy and Katnip (re-dubbed soundtrack) – The Awful Tooth / Harveytoon presents a Modern Madcap featuring Skit and Scat – Planet Mouseola / Harvey ToonTake – Off We Glow
  • Episode 50: Herman and Katnip – Surf and Sound / Harveytoon presents Casper the Friendly Ghost – Spunky Skunky / Harveytoon presents a – The Phantom Moustacher / Harvey ToonTake featuring Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare – Mr. Money Gags
  • Episode 51: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Ghost of the Town / Harveytoon featuring Buzzy and Katnip (re-dubbed soundtrack) – As the Crow Lies / Harveytoon presents a featuring Sir Reginald Tweedledum IV – The Lion's Busy / Harvey ToonTake featuring Swifty and Shorty – Hi-Fi Jinx
  • Episode 52: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Spooking with a Brogue / Harveytoon presents Herman and Katnip – Will Do Mousework / Harveytoon presents a featuring Skit and Scat – Be Mice to Cats / Harvey ToonTake featuring Inchy Worm – The Oily Bird

Season 5[]

  • Episode 53: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Fright-day the 13th / Harveytoon presents Herman and Katnip – Frighty Cat / Harveytoon – Spooking of Ghosts / Harvey ToonTake featuring Waxey Weasel and Wishbone – Poop Goes the Weasel
  • Episode 54: Casper the Friendly Ghost – To Boo or Not to Boo / Harveytoon presents Herman and Katnip – Mousieur Herman / Harveytoon featuring Goodie the Gremlin – Good and Guilty / Harvey ToonTake – Miners 49ers
  • Episode 55: Herman and Katnip – Cat Carson Rides Again / Harveytoon presents Casper the Friendly Ghost – Boos and Saddles / Harveytoon presents a featuring The Cat – Cane and Able / Harvey ToonTake featuring Little Audrey – Little Audrey Riding Hood
  • Episode 56: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Line of Scream-age / Harveytoon featuring Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare – Winner by a Hare / Harveytoon presents a – Sportickles / Harvey ToonTake featuring Herman and Katnip – Robin Rodenthood
  • Episode 57: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Puss 'N' Boos / Harveytoon presents Herman and Katnip – Felineous Assault / Harveytoon featuring Kitty Kuddles – Kitty Kornered / Harvey ToonTake featuring Baby Huey – Git Along Little Ducky
  • Episode 58: Quack-A-Doodle Doo (untitled) featuring Baby Huey / Harveytoon presents Casper the Friendly Ghost – Red, White and Boo / Harveytoon presents a – Grateful Gus / Harvey ToonTake featuring Herman and Katnip – Of Mice and Magic
  • Episode 59: Herman and Katnip – Fun or Furlough (banned short) / Harveytoon presents Casper the Friendly Ghost – Boo Moon / Harveytoon presents a featuring Renoir the Matchmaker – L'Amour the Merrier / Harvey ToonTake – From Dime to Dime
  • Episode 60: Herman and Katnip – Katnip's Big Day / Harveytoon presents Casper the Friendly Ghost – Which Is Witch / Harveytoon – Sir Irving and Jeames / Harvey ToonTake featuring Wolfie – Fresh Yeggs
  • Episode 61: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Doing What's Fright / Harveytoon featuring Little Audrey – Audrey the Rainmaker / Harveytoon presents a featuring Renoir the Matchmaker – La Petite Parade / Harvey ToonTake featuring Wolfie – Fresh Yeggs
  • Episode 62: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Boo-Hoo Baby / Harveytoon presents Herman and Katnip – Herman the Cartoonist / Harveytoon presents a featuring Jeeper and Creeper – Trouble Date / Harvey ToonTake featuring Jeeper and Creeper – The Boss is Always Right
  • Episode 63: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Caper Genie / Harveytoon featuring Goodie the Gremlin – Goodie the Gremlin / Harveytoon presents a featuring Silly Stork – Monkey Doodles / Harvey ToonTake featuring Skit and Scat – Counter Attack
  • Episode 64: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Fright from Wrong / Harveytoon featuring Little Audrey – Surf Bored / Harveytoon presents a featuring The Cat – Cool Cat Blues / Harvey ToonTake featuring Jeeper and Creeper – Busy Buddies
  • Episode 65: Casper the Friendly Ghost – Dutch Treat / Harveytoon featuring Baby Huey – Swab the Duck / Harveytoon presents a Modern Madcap featuring Professor Schmaltz – Fiddle Faddle / Harvey ToonTake – Miners 49ers

Season 6[]

Toontakes[]

The following is list of Famous Studios shorts that are part of the Harveytoon library and which were included as fragments at the end of the show, some of which are Screen Songs with the sing-along portions taken out:

  • Casper's Spree Under the Sea – Casper the Friendly Ghost
  • Fresh Yeggs – Harveytoon featuring Wolfie
  • Fiesta Time – Harveytoon
  • Tweet Music – Harveytoon featuring Inchy Worm
  • Drippy Mississippi – Harveytoon
  • Hold the Lion Please – Harvey Girls featuring Little Audrey
  • Miners 49ers – Harveytoon
  • By Leaps and Hounds – Harveytoon featuring Herbert
  • Vegetable Vaudeville – Kartunes
  • Snooze Reel – Kartunes
  • Off We Glow – Kartunes
  • Cat Carson Rides Again – Harveytoon featuring Herman and Katnip
  • Fun at the Fair – Kartunes
  • Law and Audrey – Little Audrey
  • Dizzy Dinosaurs – Kartunes featuring Inchy Worm
  • Gag and Baggage – Kartunes
  • Clown on the Farm – Baby Huey
  • Forest Fantasy – Kartunes featuring Inchy Worm
  • Hysterical History – Kartunes
  • Starting from Hatch – Baby Huey
  • Winner by a Hare – Harveytoon featuring Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare
  • Aero-Nutics – Kartunes
  • Invention Convention – Kartunes
  • No Place Like Rome – Kartunes
  • Northwest Mousie – Herman and Katnip
  • Surf and Sound – Herman and Katnip
  • Candy Cabaret – Harveytoon
  • Sleuth But Sure – Harveytoon featuring Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare
  • Fishing Tackler – Harvey Girls featuring Little Audrey
  • Ice Scream – Casper the Friendly Ghost
  • Houndabout – Harveytoon
  • The Boss is Always Right – Jeeper and Creeper
  • From Dime to Dime – Modern Madcaps
  • Busy Buddies – Jeepers and Creepers
  • Counter Attack – Harveytoon featuring Skit and Scat
  • Disguise the Limit – Modern Madcaps featuring Mike the Masquerader
  • Mighty Termite – Modern Madcaps featuring Professor Schmaltz
  • Hound About That – Harveytoon featuring Harry the Hound
  • Trick or Tree – Harveytoon
  • Without Time or Reason – Harveytoon featuring Swifty and Shorty (a.k.a. Ralph and Percy)
  • Hi-Fi Jinx – Modern Madcaps featuring Swifty and Shorty (a.k.a. Ralph and Percy)
  • TV or Not TV – Harveytoon featuring Swifty and Shorty (a.k.a. Ralph and Percy)

Not included on the show[]

This is list of 14 theatrical Harvey-owned Famous Studios shorts and one Film Roman Richie Rich episode that were not included on the show, neither as full cartoons nor as "Toon Takes".

Produced by Famous Studios:

Produced by Paramount Cartoon Studios:

Produced by Film Roman:

Home releases[]

In 2006, Classic Media released 52 of the show's 78 episodes on a four-disc DVD set titled Harvey Toons – The Complete Collection. The set received mixed reviews from animation fans, and the show's consultant, Jerry Beck, said Classic Media did not consult with him on making this DVD release. He stated that he would not have included the show's formatting of those cartoons, but did applaud Classic Media for the very good picture quality of the included shorts and for the set's low price tag, considering the high number of cartoons in the set.[3][4] In 2011, Vivendi Entertainment and Classic Media released all Herman and Katnip cartoons on a single disc DVD set titled Herman and Katnip: The Complete Collection. Also in 2011, Shout! Factory released 61 of 78 Casper cartoons from The Harveytoons Show on a three-disc DVD set titled Casper the Friendly Ghost: The Complete Collection.

References[]

  1. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 65–67. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. ^ Casper and Friends on Teletoon Retro
  3. ^ Cooke, Jon (2007). "GAC Review: Harveytoons – The Complete Collection". Golden Age Cartoons. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  4. ^ Beck, Jerry (26 October 2006). "The "Complete" Harveytoons". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2014-09-20.

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