Jackson Beck

Jack Mercer

Sid Raymond

Carl Meyer

Casper the Friendly Ghost helps Spunky the Donkey find a useful job.

Izzy Sparber

Tom Golden

Boo Kind to Animals

The late-40s to the early/mid-50s Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoons had a higher budget and overall the overall quality was much better. Onwards, the quality did diminish quite significantly though the overall cartoons varied, some decent, many mediocre.

Famous Studios&apos; cartoons are not for all tastes, but my opinion is that their early stuff and some of the early 50s output are good. While they were very formulaic they were always well animated and voiced with some funny parts, some poignancy and decent characters and their regular composer Winston Sharples could always be relied on to write a great and often outstanding score.

Admittedly though, by the mid-50s through to the late-60s Famous Studios&apos; cartoons did get repetitive. While Sharples&apos; music still shone and the voice actors did their best the animation suffered due to lower budgets and tighter deadlines, the humour became more tired and slow in timing than sharp and funny, the stories became increasingly predictable and rehashed and some characters started losing their initial spark, this is particularly true of most of the later Herman and Katnip cartoons.

There are far better Casper The Friendly Ghost cartoons out there than &apos;Boo Kind to Animals&apos;, especially the cartoons from &apos;There&apos;s Good Boos Tonight&apos; and &apos;Boo To You Too&apos; (the cartoons from this to &apos;Boo Moon&apos; varied but mostly decent), the very unique (and the most original Casper cartoon) &apos;Boo Moon&apos; is also up there. It does have its good things (more so than most of the later Casper cartoons), but Famous Studios had declined from around this period and the difference in quality from the very early Casper cartoons is staggering.

Best thing about &apos;Boo Kind to Animals&apos; is the music score. Winston Sharples&apos; music score here is typically merry and whimsical, it&apos;s beautifully orchestrated, energetic and adds so much to the mood, his music has always been one of the best assets of the Famous Studios cartoons and it&apos;s not an exception here. In fact how it&apos;s composed and how it meshes so well with everything going on in the animation, story and action contributes to it being the best thing about the cartoon.

While he is a character that won&apos;t click with everybody, Casper does win me over with his friendly nature and kindness. The voice acting is good, while the mule is adorable and the friendship between him and Casper is likewise cute. There are more funny moments than most later Casper cartoons, with the whole antics in the circus intriguing and entertaining. Some of the reactions to Casper are entertaining, the photography one was a little silly though.

However, &apos;Boo Kind to Animals&apos; is very repetitive, tired and dull plot-wise, very samey structurally and most of the scare reactions towards Casper have been much more imaginative before generally. To me, the animation was pretty poor, even for a later Casper cartoon.

The animation quality was great in &apos;Boo Moon&apos; and in a vast majority of the Casper cartoons preceding that, but the quality declined after &apos;Boo Moon&apos; and was not the same again. Colours are sometimes vibrant, others flat, the backgrounds and drawings have lost their meticulousness and instead look hastily drawn and scrappy. There are too many supporting characters too, and only the mule is properly memorable.

Concluding this review, one of the better later Casper cartoons but not great. 6/10 Bethany Cox

The late-40s to the early/mid-50s Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoons had a higher budget and overall the overall quality was much better. Onwards, the quality did diminish quite significantly though the overall cartoons varied, some decent, many mediocre.

Famous Studios' cartoons are not for all tastes, but my opinion is that their early stuff and some of the early 50s output are good. While they were very formulaic they were always well animated and voiced with some funny parts, some poignancy and decent characters and their regular composer Winston Sharples could always be relied on to write a great and often outstanding score.

Admittedly though, by the mid-50s through to the late-60s Famous Studios' cartoons did get repetitive. While Sharples' music still shone and the voice actors did their best the animation suffered due to lower budgets and tighter deadlines, the humour became more tired and slow in timing than sharp and funny, the stories became increasingly predictable and rehashed and some characters started losing their initial spark, this is particularly true of most of the later Herman and Katnip cartoons.

There are far better Casper The Friendly Ghost cartoons out there than 'Boo Kind to Animals', especially the cartoons from 'There's Good Boos Tonight' and 'Boo To You Too' (the cartoons from this to 'Boo Moon' varied but mostly decent), the very unique (and the most original Casper cartoon) 'Boo Moon' is also up there. It does have its good things (more so than most of the later Casper cartoons), but Famous Studios had declined from around this period and the difference in quality from the very early Casper cartoons is staggering.

Best thing about 'Boo Kind to Animals' is the music score. Winston Sharples' music score here is typically merry and whimsical, it's beautifully orchestrated, energetic and adds so much to the mood, his music has always been one of the best assets of the Famous Studios cartoons and it's not an exception here. In fact how it's composed and how it meshes so well with everything going on in the animation, story and action contributes to it being the best thing about the cartoon.

While he is a character that won't click with everybody, Casper does win me over with his friendly nature and kindness. The voice acting is good, while the mule is adorable and the friendship between him and Casper is likewise cute. There are more funny moments than most later Casper cartoons, with the whole antics in the circus intriguing and entertaining. Some of the reactions to Casper are entertaining, the photography one was a little silly though.

However, 'Boo Kind to Animals' is very repetitive, tired and dull plot-wise, very samey structurally and most of the scare reactions towards Casper have been much more imaginative before generally. To me, the animation was pretty poor, even for a later Casper cartoon.

The animation quality was great in 'Boo Moon' and in a vast majority of the Casper cartoons preceding that, but the quality declined after 'Boo Moon' and was not the same again. Colours are sometimes vibrant, others flat, the backgrounds and drawings have lost their meticulousness and instead look hastily drawn and scrappy. There are too many supporting characters too, and only the mule is properly memorable.

Concluding this review, one of the better later Casper cartoons but not great. 6/10 Bethany Cox

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