Casper and Wendy's Ghostly Adventures

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Summary: *This* is what I want - vintage cartoons as I remember them!
Review: "Casper and Wendy's Ghostly Adventures" looks and feels just like when I was a little kid - maybe even better. It hasn't been obviously re-touched or cleaned up, but it is in *no way* a terrible video transfer or bootleg VCD - previously the only alternative for getting this many classic Casper cartoon shorts on a disc (although I don't know if they were ever released on LaserDisc). This DVD looks and sounds pristine - and it is a bargain.

Released by a small group called "Classic Media", this DVD has no 'extras', but boasts clean, clear monophonic sound, full-screen format (because they were originally released for TV), and 14 cartoons that sound and look fantastic (featuring real live orchestras and beautiful hand-drawn cels)...a delightful watch for adults and children alike.

One has the ability to select each cartoon, or simply play them all straight through from beginning to the end - 82 minutes of sheer enjoyment.

Not only is "Casper and Wendy's Ghostly Adventures" an excellent DVD buy, it is a perfect example of fine formatting of these old classics to DVD for a reasonable price.

Just gimme the fabulous vintage cartoons, and forget trying to make all these DVD releases so 'special' with awkward 'extras' and 'behind the scenes' filler.

And by any means...please do *not* mix this title up with the live-action releases of late. This is the *real* "Casper, the Friendly Ghost" in all his sweet, benevolent 'ghostly' glory.

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Summary: OUSTANDING CHILDHOOD FAVORITE CARTOONS!!!!
Review: I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED ALL THE PARAMOUNT CARTOONS: FROM FAMOUS STUDIOS POPEYE TO THE HARVEYTOONS TO MODERN MADCAPS AND NOVELTOONS OF THE EARLY 1960'S!!!! WHAT MAKES THESE CARTOONS OUTSTANDING IS THE COMBINATION OF GREAT ANIMATION, SOUND EFFECTS AND MOST MEMORABLE OF ALL IS THE SENSATIONAL AND DYNAMIC MUSIC SCORES BY WINSTON SHARPLES; WHICH ADD THEIR OWN SPECIAL MAGIC AND WONDER TO EACH CARTOON HE ORCHESTRAED FOR!!!!
CASPER IS THE MOST MEMORABLE CHARACTER OF ALL FOR HIS SINCERE HONESTY, AND CHILDLIKE WARMTH AND AFFECTION THAT MAKE US ALL
BELIEVERS OF FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE! THE CARTOONS IN THIS COLLECTION ARE PRICELESS! I'M A NEW SONY DVD OWNER AS OF FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, 2004, AND I TRUELY ENJOY THE INCREDIBLE AVIANCE OF CHOICING BY DISPLAY OR MENU, WHAT SCENES I WANT TO SEE MOST IN WIDESCREEN MOTION PICTURES, AND IN CARTOON EPISODE BROWSING!!!! THESE CARTOONS ARE DIGITALLY CLEAR AND WITH ORIGINAL WINSTON SHARPLES MUSIC SCORES, SO BEAUTIFULLY ADDED!!!!
THIS CARTOON COLLECTION BRINGS ALOT OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES!!!! THIS DVD I RATE ABOVE 5 STARS!!!! I TRUELY ENJOY THE TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE!!!! I HOPE IN TIME MORE HARVEYTOON DVDS WILL BE MADE TO INCLUDE THE EPISODES OF LITTLE AUDREY, HERMAN AND KATNIP, BABY HUEY AND OTHER CHARACTERS OF THE MODERN MADCAPS AND NOVELTOONS LIKE GOODIE THE GREMLIN AND JEEPERS AND CREEPERS!!!!

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Summary: Good Story
Review: I liked this story, I liked Casper and the characters and the scene,
I recommend this movie to youngsters and adults.

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Summary: Ghosty indeed... creepy... guess just not my style
Review: I remember that I watched Casper when young, but not much of it, and I didn't remember any of the content, just that he was a friendly ghost. So when I saw this, I was excited to share a classic with my kids. I was curious what it was like since I did not remember a thing, so I previewed it after the kids went to bed, and I do not enjoy it at all! I'm going to chuck it without even showing it to them. I'm glad I only paid $6 at Walmart (VHS). It is very odd and distrubing to me. Like when the lady is scared of Casper and her whole house runs away, and then the kids run into what's left of it, the basement, and zip up the ground. Or how some freaky man's dentures come off on the apple he was trying to grab. Just distrubing stuff, not sweet at all to me. I can't imagine kids nowadays liking this. But now that I think of it, I am more into cartoons now than I was when young. I think there's such better stuff out there now for children. Cartoons from my youth were more violent than I choose for my little ones now. I love Arthur, Madeline, Kipper, Harold and the Purple Crayon (HBO series), Maggie and the Ferocious Beast. They are sweet and not freaky like this. And it's not that I don't get into some of the older stuff. I love The Last Unicorn and Ricki Ticki Tavi. Guess I'm not the Looney Tunes type that would get into this. I can see where people who loved Casper when young would rave about this, but I'd be very surprised if their kids enjoyed it at all. And the orchestra music playing throughout... I know it's the style, but I hate it!


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Summary: Spooktacualer fun
Review: I rented the DVD today and i saw all 14 cartoons,thy are really great and i recomen it to all you casper fans out there they teach kids how to make friends.

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Summary: Wonderful!!!!
Review: I used to love these cartoons when I was a kid I used to love Casper and all of the Harvey Films characters. I used to watch Casper's cartoons all of the time. I used to love him he was so sweet; But I would always get sad whenever people would be afraid and run away because he was so sweet!!!! I really did used to enjoy Casper and all kinds of other vintage cartoons I enjoy this DVD it takes me down memory lane ; Casper was the best and one of my favorite cartoons!!!!!

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Summary: Wonderful!!!!
Review: I used to love these cartoons when I was a kid I used to love Casper and all of the Harvey Films characters. I used to watch Casper's cartoons all of the time. I used to love him he was so sweet; But I would always get sad whenever people would be afraid and run away because he was so sweet!!!! I really did used to enjoy Casper and all kinds of other vintage cartoons I enjoy this DVD it takes me down memory lane ; Casper was the best and one of my favorite cartoons!!!!!

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Summary: Great Overview
Review: Picked this one up to share with my young kids and was surprised to find that the cartoons included in this collection were among my favourites when I was their age. The quality of the picture and sound is great, and don't let the title fool you- Wendy only makes an appearance in a couple of the shorts. Has no bonus features at all and is rather short (which is typical of these collections), but the price was right. Minor note: the producers seem to have cut the theme song from the beginning of each short (although the credits and titles remain), instead, including it at the beginning of the playlist of 14 episodes- purists may object, but it didn't bother me- I thought it helped with the continuity of the disc. Anyway, I believe that to date this is the only pure collection out there of the classic cartoons and I'm not going to be picky- I recommend this to parents with young kids and parents with young hearts!

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Summary: Where's Wendy?
Review: This is a very good collection compared to others I have, these look great. My Grandchildren 3 & 4 love them. But I was dissapointed that it didn't have more of Wendy. Only two episodes of Wendy. The title does say Casper and Wendy's Ghostly Adventures? Casper and Wendy episodes were my favorite and I bought this thinking I would see lots of Casper with Wendy. That's the only reason I gave it 4 stars. Otherwise I highly recommend it.

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Summary: Good show, lackluster presentation
Review: Though the transfers on this and most other Classic Media releases of Casper are reasonably agreeable, I cannot help but lament the fact that a proper company, willing to put some effort into restoration of source materials and extras, didn't release this show. To call Classic Media's releases "skimpy" would be an understatement of extraordinary magnitude. Even the cover art is almost unbearably ugly; pretty much any hack designer could have thrown it together in less than half an hour.

Perhaps it has not occurred to "Secret Santa", if this is indeed his name, that there are some of us who actually enjoy "awkward" special features and don't mind paying a few dollars extra for them. "Santa" seems to be implying that these features cause him some embarrassment or discomfort; that he finds them difficult to handle (perhaps a dictionary might alleviate his confusion). To that I say 'Phooey-Kaflooey!' Presentation IS important to the serious collector.

Still, quite a fine show.