Casper The Friendly Ghost / Felix The Cat

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Casper the Friendly Ghost is the main character of the animated cartoon series of the same name. Created by Joe Oriolo for Paramount Pictures Famous Studios short cartoons department, Casper went on to become one of the studios most famous properties. Harvey Comics began publishing Casper comic books in the 1950s & in 1959 purchased the rights to the character & his film library. As his name indicates, he is a ghost, but is quite friendly. He tends not to frighten children, although is encouraged to. He is being trained by three other mischevious ghosts & is always wondering what he should do. Ultimately he always chooses to be nice because he is not very good at being a mean ghost. After Harvey bought the rights to Casper & many other Famous properties, they began broadcasting the theatrical Famous shorts & newly created cartoons under the title Harveytoons. Casper has remained popular in reruns & merchandising since that time & Hanna-Barbera Productions produced the holiday special Caspers First Christmas & the Saturday morning cartoon series Casper & the Angels in 1979.

Felix the Cat is a cartoon character. Created in 1919, the black body, white eyes & giant grin of the animated cat, coupled with the surrealism of the situations in which his cartoons placed him, combined to make him one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world. Felix was the first cartoon character to attain a level of popularity sufficient to draw movie audiences based solely on his star power. The wonderful, wonderful cat was also the very first television star — the first image ever broadcast by any television transmitter. According to an Australian ABC-TV documentary screened in 2004, Felix the Cat had his origins in a character named Thomas Kat, who appeared in a half-reel picture called The Tail of Thomas Kat in 1917.   The movie was produced in New York City, by the animation studio of an Australian emigré named Pat Sullivan. Master Tom, a character resembling Felix, appeared in the Paramount Pictures short Feline Follies in 1919. Feline Follies was a success & Paramount ordered more shorts starring Tom.

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