Little Funny Farley filmography
A list of the Famous Studios theatrical cartoons featuring Little Funny Farley.
Filmography[edit]
Title | Release date | Notes |
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Little Funny Farley (1954 film) | February 10, 1954 | Noveltoon short based on the 1939 book of the same name. Released in the Noveltoon series. The first Noveltoons short featuring Casper. |
There's Good Boos To-Night | April 23, 1954 | Released in the Noveltoons series. The second of three Noveltoon shorts featuring Casper. |
A Haunting We Will Go | May 13, 1954 | Released in the Noveltoons series. The third and final Noveltoon short featuring Casper. |
Farley’s Spree Under the Sea | June 1, 1954 | Casper explores the ocean and meets a pretty fish named Goldie. |
Once Upon a Rhyme | June 9, 1954 | A clip can be seen briefly in the 1995 film. First short directed by Izzy Sparber. First short with Sparber's solo directorial credit. And also first short solely directed by him. |
Boo Hoo Baby | March 30, 1951 | Casper finds himself caring for, and entertaining, the babies at a foundling home's nursery. |
Boo Scout | July 27, 1951 | Casper decides to be a boy scout so he will be able to make friends. |
Casper Comes to Clown | August 10, 1951 | Casper saves a bear cub he names Brownie and teaches him to juggle. |
Casper Takes a Bow-wow | December 7, 1951 | Casper befriends a stray puppy he names Pal. |
To Bee or Not to Bee | December 12, 1954 | Farley meets the bees. So, he help the honey |
The Deep Boo Sea | February 15, 1952 | Casper plays pirates with a boy named Billy and ends up finding real treasure. |
Ghost of the Town | April 11, 1952 | Casper becomes a nationwide celebrity after saving a baby from a building fire. |
Spunky Skunky | May 30, 1952 | Casper meets a young skunk covered in white paint who believes he's become a ghost as well. |
Cage Fright | August 8, 1952 | Casper travels to a local zoo and befriends a baby elephant named Alfred. |
Pig a Boo | September 12, 1952 | Casper meets the Three Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf. |
True Boo | October 24, 1952 | Casper pretends to be Santa Claus in order to give a little boy a happy Christmas. Plot is similar to the 1936 cartoon Christmas Comes But Once A Year. |
Frightday the Thirteenth | February 13, 1953 | Casper tries to find a good luck charm for an unlucky black kitten named Lucky. |
Spook No Evil | March 13, 1953 | Casper is banished by his fellow ghosts to a tropical island and befriends a baby monkey he names Jacko. |
North Pal | May 29, 1953 | Casper plays with a baby seal in the North Pole. |
By the Old Mill Scream | July 3, 1953 | Casper helps a young beaver overcome having a tiny tail. |
Little Boo Peep | September 21, 1953 | Casper finds himself in a land of nursery rhyme characters and helps Little Bo Peep find her missing sheep. |
Do or Diet | October 16, 1953 |
Features a farmer & Timothy Turkey from a previous cartoon short, The Voice of the Turkey. |
Boos and Saddles | December 25, 1953 | Casper visits an Old West town and befriends a little boy named Billy the Kid. |
Boo Moon | January 1, 1954 | Produced in 3D. Second and final of two Stereotoon shorts. Only Stereotoon short featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost. The 2D full screen version was later reissued as Casper the Friendly Ghost in Matty's Funday Funnies, aired in the 1962–64 and in The Harveytoon Show and as the home media stand-alone reissue on vhs and laserdisc released in the 1990s and distributed by MCA Universal Home Video. Released on VHS along with Gandy Goose and Sourpuss in Dingbat Land, standalone reissue HarveyToon Crazy Town, and Harvey Films featuring Little Audrey in the reissue in The Seapreme Court by United American Video.[1] Only Stereotoon short co-produced and co-directed by Izzy Sparber and Seymour Kneitel. And only short with their duetly directorial credits and lists. |
Zero the Hero | March 26, 1954 | Casper helps a dog named Zero redeem himself in his owner's eyes. |
Casper Genie | May 28, 1954 | Casper finds himself in over his head when he pretends to be a little boy's magic genie. |
Puss 'n Boos | July 16, 1954 | Casper saves two stray kittens and decides to find them a home. |
Boos and Arrows | October 15, 1954 | Casper finds a Friendly Indian Village and meets an Indian boy named Little Feather. |
Boo Ribbon Winner | December 3, 1954 | An overweight, aptly named greyhound, Molasses, wins a dog race with Casper's help. |
Hide and Shriek | January 28, 1955 | Spooky's debut, minus the derby. |
Keep Your Grin Up | March 4, 1955 | At a circus, Casper finds a depressed hyena and decides to help make him laugh. |
Spooking with a Brogue | May 27, 1955 | In Ireland, Casper decides to play along when a little Irish boy mistakes him for a leprechaun, unaware the boy is looking for real gold to save him and his mother from eviction. |
Bull Fright | July 15, 1955 | In Mexico, Casper meets, and makes friends with, a little bull named Pacho. |
Red White and Boo | October 21, 1955 | Casper travels back in time, hoping to make friends in the past.
Special sound effects provided the Sonovox system. |
Boo Kind to Animals | December 23, 1955 | Casper helps a small, overworked pack mule find a better job. |
Ground Hog Play | February 10, 1956 | Casper makes friends with a little groundhog named Hillary by pretending to be her missing shadow. |
Dutch Treat | April 20, 1956 | Casper travels to Holland and teaches a Dutch boy named Hans how to work and have fun at the same time. |
Penguin for Your Thoughts | June 15, 1956 | Casper must bring a baby penguin to its parents at the South Pole when he accidentally scares away the stork tasked with delivering it. |
Line of Screamage | August 17, 1956 | Casper teaches a little boy how to play football. |
Fright from Wrong | November 2, 1956 | The Ghostly Trio gets a taste of their own medicine after they force Casper to take "Mean Pills." First Appearance of The Ghostly Trio |
Spooking About Africa | January 4, 1957 | Casper helps an elephant named Wheezy figure out what's causing him to constantly sneeze. |
Hooky Spooky | March 1, 1957 | Casper teaches Spooky a lesson he'll never forget when his cousin decides to skip school. |
Peekaboo | May 24, 1957 | A wicked cat takes advantage of Casper's kindness. |
Ghost of Honor | July 19, 1957 | |
Ice Scream | August 30, 1957 | Casper pretends to be a little boy's snowman come to life and teaches him how to ice skate. |
Boo Bop | December 1, 1954 | At the Museum of Music, Casper helps the ghost of composer . |
Heir Restorer | January 24, 1958 | Casper travels to Montague Castle in England and meets and helps Sir Montague, the spirit of the manor, who's unable to leave until his missing heir can be found.
Final short with Izzy Sparber's solo directorial credit. And also final short solely directed by Sparber. |
Spook and Span | February 28, 1958 | Casper has a hard time keeping a pig clean for the County Fair when all the pig wants to do is play in the mud. |
Ghost Writers | April 25, 1958 |
Scenes from Casper's Spree Under the Sea, Once Upon a Rhyme and To Boo or Not to Boo are shown in this episode. Second and final of two shorts directed by Bill Tytla. Only short directed by Seymour Kneitel, Izzy Sparber and him. |
Which is Witch | May 2, 1958 |
Wendy the Good Little Witch makes her first and only appearance through the theatrical shorts. |
Good Scream Fun | September 12, 1958 | When a crate containing a baby ostrich named Ozzie gets left behind, Casper decides to bring Ozzie to his new home. |
Doing What's Fright | January 16, 1962 | Cousin Spooky is back and at it again when he sets out to play April Fool's Day pranks. |
Down to Mirth | March 20, 1962 | Casper must save the world from a mad scientist bent on its destruction.
Final short solely directed by Seymour Kneitel. |
Not Ghoulty | June 5, 1963 | The Spookpreme Court decides to take Casper's powers away until he can actually scare someone. As the cartoon progresses, Casper constantly forgets he does not possess his powers, which angers those he tries to help. Eventually he manages to scare a group of ghosts and regain his powers |
Casper's Birthday Party | December 17, 1962 | Final Casper the Friendly Ghost series short. |
Home media[edit]
Numerous Casper cartoons were released on home video by Universal Studios (via MCA Inc.). In 2011, Shout! Factory released a DVD set titled Casper the Friendly Ghost: The Complete Collection - 1945-1963 which contains The Friendly Ghost, There's Good Boos To-Night, A Haunting We Will Go, all 55 theatrical cartoons, and all 26 episodes of The New Casper Cartoon Show.