Casper and the Angels

Infobox Television
show_name = Casper and the Angels


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genre = Animation
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runtime = 30 minutes
creator =
director = George Gordon
Ray Patterson
Carl Urbano
producer = Alex Lovy
Art Scott
executive_producer = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
starring =
voices = Julie McWhirter
Diana McCannon
Laurel Page
John Stephenson
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country = flagcountry|USA
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language = English
network = NBC
first_aired = September 22, 1979
last_aired = May 3, 1980
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num_episodes = 13
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imdb_id = 0190900
tv_com_id = 25664

"Casper and the Angels" was a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and aired for one season (1979-80) on NBC.

Casper the Friendly Ghost was a guardian angel for two female motorcycle space cops named Minnie (who was rather ditzy and had a Southern accent) and Maxie (who was a much more intelligent African-American woman) in the year 2179. They were 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", 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 1979 television specials: "Casper's Halloween Special" and "Casper's First Christmas".

The show was shown on Cartoon Network and Boomerang for a few years.

Episodes

Two segments aired per 30-minute episode:

#"Casper's Golden Chance" / "Space Circus" (September 22, 1979)
#"Casper Ghosts West" / "Casper's Camp Out" (September 29, 1979)
#"Strike Four" / "The Space Pirate" (October 6, 1979)
#"Ship-Wrecked" / "The Cat Burglar" (October 13, 1979)
#"Something Fishy" / "The Smiling Lisa" (October 20, 1979)
#"A Pocket Full O'Schemes" / "A Tale of Two Trashmen" (October 27, 1979)
#"Fatula" / "T.V. or Not T.V." (November 3, 1979)
#"Gone to the Dogs" / "Private Eyeball to Eyeball" (November 10, 1979)
#"Champ for A Day" / "The Ghost Robbers" (November 17, 1979)
#"Aunt Mary Scarey" / "The Ice Heist" (November 24, 1979)
#"A Shoplifting Experience" / "The Impossible Scream" (December 1, 1979)
#"Prehistoric Hi-Jinx" / "The Commander is Missing" (December 8, 1979)
#"Love at First Fright" / "Saving Grace in Outer Space" (December 15, 1979)

Cast

* Julie McWhirter - Casper
* Diana McCannon - Space Patrol Officer Maxie
* Laurel Page - Space Patrol Officer Minnie
* John Stephenson - Hairy Scary, Commander

External links

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* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/A-C/Casper_and_the_Angels/ "Casper and the Angels" @ The Big Cartoon DataBase]