The Harveytoons Show
The Harveytoons Show is a television series presenting theatrical animated cartoons produced from October 1950 until March 1962 and produced by Famous Studios, featuring Harvey Comics characters and series including: Little Audrey, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare, Baby Huey, Herman and Katnip, and Modern Madcaps. The Film Roman version of Richie Rich and The New Casper Cartoon Show 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.
In 2006, Classic Media released 52 of the 78 episodes produced on a four-disc DVD set titled Harvey Toons - The Complete Collection. The set is not actually complete, as most of the cartoons are missing credits and end titles. Forty-two cartoons are only in the show as "ToonTakes", 16 shorts were left off the set entirely, and the last season of the show was not included in the set.[1]
The Harveytoons Show broadcast history
- 1998-2001: ABC Family/Fox Family Channel
- 2001-2005: Boomerang (as Casper and Friends)
- 2011+: Teletoon Retro (also as Casper and Friends)[2]
- 2012+: KTV (though in a small selection)
Episodes
This is a complete episode guide for the Harvey Comics animation anthology series The Harveytoons Show. The show comprised Famous Studios-produced cartoons from October 1950 to March 1962. 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 two seasons of The Harveytoons Show.
Each episode included three full cartoons and one "ToonTake" segment.
Season 1
- Episode 1: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Boo Moon / Little Audrey - Dizzy Dishes / Modern Madcaps - Out of This Whirl / Modern Madcaps - Invention Convention
- Episode 2: Herman and Katnip - Mouse Trapeze / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Casper Comes to Clown / Modern Madcaps - Jolly the Clown / Baby Huey - Clown on the Farm
- Episode 3: Baby Huey - Scout Fellow / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Boo Scout / Modern Madcaps - Scouting for Trouble / Herman and Katnip - Northwest Mousie
- Episode 4: Herman and Katnip - Cat Tamale / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Bull Fright / Modern Madcaps - Pedro and Lorenzo / Modern Madcaps - Fiesta Time
- Episode 5: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Once Upon a Rhyme / Little Audrey - Little Audrey Riding Hood / Modern Madcaps - Dante Dreamer / Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare - Winner by a Hare
- Episode 6: Herman and Katnip - Mousetro Herman / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Boo Bop / Modern Madcaps - Animal Fair / Modern Madcaps - Vegetable Vaudeville
- Episode 7: Baby Huey - Huey's Ducky Daddy / Little Audrey - The Seapreme Court / Finny and Katnip - Feast and Furious / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Casper's Spree Under the Sea
- Episode 8: Herman and Katnip - Herman the Cartoonist / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Ghost of Honor / Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare - Rabbit Punch / Modern Madcaps - Tweet Music
- Episode 9: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Which is Witch / Little Audrey - Case of the Cockeyed Canary / Modern Madcaps - Perry Popgun / Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare - Sleuth But Sure
- Episode 10: Herman and Katnip - Mice Meeting You / Casper the Friendly Ghost - True Boo / Baby Huey - Jumping with Toy / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Ice Scream
- Episode 11: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Boos and Saddles / Baby Huey - Git Along Little Ducky / Modern Madcaps - Shootin' Stars / Herman and Katnip - Cat Carson Rides Again
- Episode 12: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Casper Takes a Bow-Wow / Little Audrey - Dawg Gone / Modern Madcaps - Fido Beta Kappa / Modern Madcaps - By Leaps and Hounds
- Episode 13: Herman and Katnip - Cat in the Act / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Ghost Writers / Top Cat - Top Cat / Baby Huey - Starting from Scratch
Season 2
- Episode 14: Baby Huey - Swab the Duck / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Deep Boo Sea / Herman and Katnip - Ship-a-Hooey / Modern Madcaps - Drippy Mississippi
- Episode 15: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Boos and Arrows / Baby Huey - Huey's Ducky Daddy / Modern Madcaps - Land of the Lost Watches / Little Audrey - Fishing Tackler
- Episode 16: Herman and Katnip - Of Mice and Menace / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Ghost of the Town / Modern Madcaps - TV Fuddlehead / Little Audrey - Law and Audrey
- Episode 17: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Do or Diet / Herman and Katnip - You Said a Mouseful / Modern Madcaps - The Voice of the Turkey / Modern Madcaps - Hysterical History
- Episode 18: Herman and Katnip - Mice-Capades / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Fright from Wrong / Modern Madcaps - Crazytown / Modern Madcaps - Houndabout
- Episode 19: Herman and Katnip - One Funny Knight / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Red, White, and Boo / Modern Madcaps - Silly Science / Modern Madcaps - Dizzy Dinosaurs
- Episode 20: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Boo Kind to Animals / Little Audrey - Surf Bored / Modern Madcaps - Okey Dokey Donkey starring Spunky / Modern Madcaps - Fun at the Fair
- Episode 21: Herman and Katnip - Robin Rodenthood / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Cage Fright / Modern Madcaps - Bopin Hood / Little Audrey - Hold the Lion, Please
- Episode 22: Baby Huey - Pest Pupil / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Hooky Spooky / Modern Madcaps - Kozmo Goes to School / Little Audrey - Fishing Tackler
- Episode 23: Baby Huey - One Quack Mind / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Heir Restorer / Modern Madcaps - By Leaps and Hounds / Herman and Katnip - Surf and Sound
- Episode 24: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Boo Ribbon Winner / Little Audrey - Law and Audrey / Modern Madcaps - Cape Kidnaveral / Modern Madcaps - Candy Cabaret
- Episode 25: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Good Scream Fun / Herman and Katnip - Mouseum / Modern Madcaps - Fine Feathered Friend / Modern Madcaps - Forest Fantasy
- Episode 26: Baby Huey - Clown on the Farm / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Hide and Shriek / Modern Madcaps - Popcorn Politics / Modern Madcaps - Snooze Reel
Season 3
- Episode 27: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Little Boo Peep / Little Audrey - Fishing Tackler / Modern Madcaps - The Shoe Must Go On / Modern Madcaps - Gag and Baggage
- Episode 28: Herman and Katnip - A Bicep Built for Two / Casper the Friendly Ghost - North Pal / Modern Madcaps - The Kid from Mars / Little Audrey - The Seapreme Court
- Episode 29: Herman and Katnip - Drinks on the Mouse / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Pig-A-Boo / Modern Madcaps - News Hound starring Snappy / Little Audrey - Trick or Tree
- Episode 30: Baby Huey - Huey's Father's Day / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Peek-A-Boo / Louie the Lion - Lion in the Roar / Little Audrey - Dizzy Dishes
- Episode 31: Herman and Katnip - Owly to Bed / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Boo-Hoo Baby / Modern Madcaps - Bouncing Benny / Modern Madcaps - Hound About That
- Episode 32: Herman and Katnip - Sky Scrappers / Casper the Friendly Ghost - By the Old Mill Scream / Waxey Weasel and Wishbone - Poop Goes the Weasel / Baby Huey - Pest Pupil
- Episode 33: Baby Huey - Starting from Hatch / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Casper Genie / Modern Madcaps - Right off the Bat / Modern Madcaps - TV or Not TV
- Episode 34: Herman and Katnip - From Mad to Worse / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Doing What's Fright / Modern Madcaps - Stork Raving Mad / Baby Huey - One Quack Mind
- Episode 35: Herman and Katnip - Hide and Peak / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Ice Scream / Itchy Worm - Oily Bird / Baby Huey - Scout Fellow
- Episode 36: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Down to Mirth / Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare - Turtle Scoop / Modern Madcaps - The Inquist Visit / Herman and Katnip - Cat in the Act
- Episode 37: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Ground Hog Play / Buzzy and Katnip (re-dubbed soundtrack) - Sock-a-Bye Kitty / Modern Madcaps - Talking Horse Sense / Modern Madcaps - Aero-Nutics
- Episode 38: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Keep Your Grin Up / Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare - Sleuth But Sure / Modern Madcaps - Possum Pearl / Modern Madcaps - Disguise the Limit
- Episode 39: Baby Huey - Party Smarty / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Casper's Birthday Party / Modern Madcaps - Miceniks / Modern Madcaps - Mighty Termite
Season 4
- Episode 40: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Not Ghoulty / Buzzy and Katnip (re-dubbed soundtrack) - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow / Modern Madcaps - Galaxia / Modern Madcaps - Trick or Tree
- Episode 41: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Penguin for Your Thoughts / Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare - Mr. Money Gags / Herman and Henry - Electronica / Modern Madcaps - Disguise the Limit
- Episode 42: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Spook and Span / Herman and Katnip - Mice Paradise / Modern Madcaps - Cock-a-Doodle Dino / Little Audrey - Little Audrey Riding Hood
- Episode 43: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Zero to Hero / Buzzy and Katnip (re-dubbed soundtrack) - Cat-Choo / Modern Madcaps - Finnegan's Flea / Modern Madcaps - No Place Like Rome
- Episode 44: Katnip - City Kitty / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Spooking Africa / Modern Madcaps - Travelaffs / Modern Madcaps - Without Time or Reason
- Episode 45: Herman and Katnip - Northwest Mousie / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Dutch Treat / Modern Madcaps - Fit to Be Toyed / Modern Madcaps - No Place Like Rome
- Episode 46: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Boo Bop / Buzzy and Katnip (re-dubbed soundtrack) - Better Bait Than Never / Modern Madcaps - Houndabout / Modern Madcaps - TV or Not TV
- Episode 47: Herman and Katnip - Rail Rodents / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Spook No Evil / Modern Madcaps - Mike the Masquerader / Baby Huey - Huey's Father's Day
- Episode 48: Herman and Katnip - Of Mice and Magic / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Puss 'N' Boos / Modern Madcaps - Funderful Suburbia / Modern Madcaps - The Boss is Always Right
- Episode 49: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Ghost of Honor / Buzzy and Katnip (re-dubbed soundtrack) - The Awful Tooth / Modern Madcaps - Planet Mouseola / Modern Madcaps - Off We Glow
- Episode 50: Herman and Katnip - Surf and Sound / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Spunky Skunky / Modern Madcaps - The Phantom Moustacher / Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare - Mr. Money Gags
- Episode 51: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Ghost of the Town / Buzzy and Katnip (re-dubbed soundtrack) - As the Crow Lies / Modern Madcaps - The Lion's Busy / Modern Madcaps - Hi-Fi Jinx
- Episode 52: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Casper the Friendly Ghost / Will Do Mousework / Be Mice to Cats / The Oily Bird starring Itchy
Season 5
- Episode 53: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Fright-day the 13th / Herman and Katnip - Frighty Cat / Modern Madcaps - Spooking of Ghosts / Modern Madcaps - Poop Goes the Weasel starring Waxey Weasel and Wishbone
- Episode 54: Casper the Friendly Ghost - To Boo or Not to Boo / Herman and Katnip - Mousieur Herman / Modern Madcaps - Good and Guilty / Modern Madcaps - Miners 49ers
- Episode 55: Herman and Katnip - Cat Carson Rides Again / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Boos and Saddles / Modern Madcaps - Cane and Able / Little Audrey - Little Audrey Riding Hood
- Episode 56: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Line of Scream-age / Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare - Winner by a Hare / Modern Madcaps - Sportickles / Herman and Katnip - Robin Rodenthood
- Episode 57: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Puss 'N' Boos / Herman and Katnip - Felineous Assault / Modern Madcaps - Kitty Kornered / Baby Huey - Git Along Little Ducky
- Episode 58: Baby Huey - Quack-A-Doodle Doo / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Red, White and Boo / Modern Madcaps - Grateful Gus / Herman and Katnip - Of Mice and Magic
- Episode 59: Herman and Katnip - Fun or Furlough / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Boo Moon / Modern Madcaps - L'Amour the Merrier / Modern Madcaps - From Dime to Dime
- Episode 60: Herman and Katnip - Katnip's Big Day / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Which Is Witch / Modern Madcaps - Sir Irving and Jemes / Modern Madcaps - Fresh Yeggs
- Episode 61: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Doing What's Fright / Little Audrey - Audrey the Rainmaker / Modern Madcaps - La Petite Parade / Modern Madcaps - Fresh Yeggs
- Episode 62: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Boo-Hoo Baby / Herman and Katnip - Herman the Cartoonist / Modern Madcaps - Trouble Date / Modern Madcaps - The Boss is Always Right
- Episode 63: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Caper Genie / Modern Madcaps - Goodie the Gremlin / Modern Madcaps - Monkey Doodles / Modern Madcaps - Counter Attack
- Episode 64: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Fright from Wrong / Little Audrey - Surf Bored / Modern Madcaps - Cool Cat Blues / Modern Madcaps - Busy Buddies
- Episode 65: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Dutch Treat / Baby Huey - Swab the Duck / Modern Madcaps - Fiddle Faddle / Modern Madcaps - Miners 49ers
Season 6
- Episode 66: Casper the Friendly Ghost - A Visit from Mars / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Hide and Shriek / Modern Madcaps - Abner the Baseball
- Episode 67: Casper the Friendly Ghost - The Absent-Minded Robot / Richie Rich - Bugged Out / Casper the Friendly Ghost - The Magic Touch / Modern Madcaps - Crumley Cogswell
- Episode 68: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Bedtime Troubles / Richie Rich - Back in the Saddle / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Mother Goose Land / Modern Madcaps - Giddy Gadget
- Episode 69: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Bored Billionaire / Richie Rich - Girls Only / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Professor's Problem
- Episode 70: Casper the Friendly Ghost - City Snickers / Richie Rich - Dognapped / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Red Robbing Hood / Modern Madcaps - Fiesta Time
- Episode 71: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Boo Scout / Modern Madcaps - Crazytown / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Small Spooks / Modern Madcaps - Peck Your Own Home
- Episode 72: Casper the Friendly Ghost - The Enchanted Horse / Richie Rich - Invasion of the Cadbury Robots / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Super Spooks
- Episode 73: Casper the Friendly Ghost - The Enchanted Prince / Richie Rich - Rich and Chocolatey / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Timid Knight / Modern Madcaps - Slip Us Some Redskin
- Episode 74: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Greedy Giants / Richie Rich - Richie's Great Race / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Twin Trouble / Modern Madcaps - Terry the Terror
- Episode 75: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Growing Up / Richie Rich - One of a Kind / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Wandering Ghosts / Modern Madcaps - Trigger Treat
- Episode 76: Casper the Friendly Ghost - True Boo / Richie Rich - Roughin' It / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Weather or Not / Modern Madcaps - Dizzy Dinosaurs
- Episode 77: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Kings of Toyland / Richie Rich - Richie's Circus / Casper the Friendly Ghost - Wendy's Wish / Modern Madcaps - Fun at the Fair
- Episode 78: Casper the Friendly Ghost - Little Lost Ghost / Richie Rich - The Love Potion / Richie Rich - Mountain Climber / Richie Rich - Nothing to Hiccup At
Toontakes
The following is list of Famous Studio shorts that are part of the Harveytoon library and which were only included as fragments on the show:
- Casper's Spree Under the Sea
- Fresh Yeggs
- Fiesta Time
- Tweet Music
- Drippy Mississippi
- Hold the Lion Please
- Miners 49ers
- By Leaps and Hounds
- Vegetable Vaudeville
- Snooze Reel
- Off We Glow
- Cat Carson Rides Again
- Fun at the Fair
- Law and Audrey
- Dizzy Dinosaurs
- Gag and Baggage
- Clown on the Farm
- Forest Fantasy
- Hysterical History
- Starting from Hatch
- Winner by a Hare
- Aero-Nutics
- Invention Convention
- No Place Like Rome
- Northwest Mousie
- Surf and Sound
- Candy Cabaret
- Sleuth But Sure
- Fishing Tackler
- Ice Scream
- Houndabout
- The Boss is Always Right
- From Dime to Dime
- Busy Buddies
- Counter Attack
- Disguise the Limit
- Mighty Termite
- Hound About That
- Trick or Tree
- Without Time or Reason
- Hi-Fi Jinx
- TV or Not TV
Not included on the show
This is list of theatrical Harvey-owned Famous Studio shorts that were not included on the show:
- Sing Again Of Michigan
- Slip Us Some Redskin
- No If's Ands or Butts - Buzzy
- Fun On Furlough - Herman & Katnip
- Trigger Treat
- Peck Your Own Home
- Turning The Fables - Tommy Tortoise & Moe Hare
- Northern Mites
- Terry the Terror
- In The Nicotine
- Abner The Baseball
- The Plot Sickens
- Crumley Cogwell
- Giddy Gadgets
- Philharmaniacs
DVD 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 didn't consult with him on making this DVD release. He stated that he wouldn't 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.[1][3]
The following should be helpful in finding which episode is on the eight disc sides, as there are no information given inside the DVD case. Note that seasons 5 and 6 are not included as they didn't contain classic shorts.
Episodes map to disc and title numbers as follows:
- Disc 1A: Episodes 1-7 (Season 1)
- Title 1: Episodes 1A-D (Intro is chapter 1; episodes always start at 2)
- Title 2: Episodes 2A-D
- Title 3: Episodes 3A-D
- Title 4: Episodes 4A-D
- Title 5: Episodes 5A-D
- Title 6: Episodes 6A-D
- Title 7: Play All
- Title 8: Episodes 7A-D
- Disc 1B: Episodes 8-14 (Season 1-2)
- Title 1: Episodes 8A-D
- Title 2: Episodes 9A-D
- Title 3: Episodes 10A-D
- Title 4: Episodes 11A-D
- Title 5: Episodes 12A-D
- Title 6: Episodes 13A-D
- Title 7: Episodes 14A-D
- Title 8: Play All
- Disc 2A: Episodes 15-21 (Season 2)
- Title 1: Episodes 15A-D
- Title 2: Episodes 16A-D
- Title 3: Episodes 17A-D
- Title 4: Episodes 18A-D
- Title 5: Episodes 19A-D
- Title 6: Episodes 20A-D
- Title 7: Episodes 21A-D
- Title 8: Play All
- Disc 2B: Episodes 22-28 (Season 2-3)
- Title 1: Episodes 22A-D
- Title 2: Episodes 23A-D
- Title 3: Episodes 24A-D
- Title 4: Episodes 25A-D
- Title 5: Episodes 26A-D
- Title 6: Episodes 27A-D
- Title 7: Episodes 28A-D
- Title 8: Play All
- Disc 3A: Episodes 29-34 (Season 3)
- Title 1: Episodes 29A-D
- Title 2: Episodes 30A-D
- Title 3: Episodes 31A-D
- Title 4: Episodes 32A-D
- Title 5: Episodes 33A-D
- Title 6: Episodes 34A-D
- Title 7: Play All
- Disc 3B: Episodes 35-40 (Season 3-4)
- Title 1: Episodes 35A-D
- Title 2: Episodes 36A-D
- Title 3: Episodes 37A-D
- Title 4: Episodes 38A-D
- Title 5: Episodes 39A-D
- Title 6: Episodes 40A-D
- Title 7: Play All
- Disc 4A: Episodes 41-46 (Season 4)
- Title 1: Episodes 41A-D
- Title 2: Episodes 42A-D
- Title 3: Episodes 43A-D
- Title 4: Episodes 44A-D
- Title 5: Episodes 45A-D
- Title 6: Episodes 46A-D
- Title 7: Play All
- Disc 4B: Episodes 47-52 (Season 4)
- Title 1: Episodes 47A-D
- Title 2: Episodes 48A-D
- Title 3: Episodes 49A-D
- Title 4: Episodes 50A-D
- Title 5: Episodes 51A-D
- Title 6: Episodes 52A-D
- Title 7: Play All
Censorship
Apart from the "ToonTakes", only two original cartoons from Famous were censored on the show. Those were "Drinks on the Mouse" and "Audrey The Rainmaker."
References
External links
- Animation anthology series
- Harvey Comics series and characters
- Television programs featuring anthropomorphic characters
- Television programs based on Harvey Comics
- 1998 television series debuts
- 2001 American television series endings
- 1990s American animated television series
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