The Best Of Casper The Friendly Ghost - Volume 1
& 2 (Classic Media/Genius
Entertainment)
Picture:
C Sound: C+ Extras: D Shorts: C+
When 2006
produced the so-called Harveytoons: The
Complete Collection and it turned out not to live up to its name, fans were
furious and it became one of the year’s DVD faux pas. You can read more about it at this link:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/4538/Harveytoons:+The+Complete
Now,
Classic Media has decided to issue some of the Casper shorts on their own in to
single-DVD sets dubbed The Best Of
Casper and containing 10 main shorts, plus two bonus one in each
volume. This is not penance, but a smart
move for those who did not want to buy that nicely-illustrated box. The classic cartoons were produced in
Technicolor and hold up well enough.
The
titles for each set are:
Volume
One:
True Boo
Boo Ribbon Winner
Good Scream Fun
Fright From Wrong
Zero To Hero
Ground Hog Play
Boo Hoo Baby
Spooking About Africa
Puss ‘N Boots
Hide & Shriek
Red, White & Boo
Hide & Shriek
Pig-A-Boo
Volume
Two:
Frightday The 13th
Hooky Spooky
Little Boo Peep
North Pal
Keep Your Grin Up
Penguin For Your Thoughts
Spook & Span
Spook No Evil
Spunky Skunky
Boo Bop
To Boo Or Not To Boo
Spooking With A Brogue
Picture
and sound on the discs are the same as the Harveytoons set, though I was more
impressed than my fellow critic with the color at times. There are really no extras and counting two of
the shorts as bonus, especially when it is said that Casper picked them
personally, was a bit much. Otherwise,
they are priced well and easily some of the best animated Casper material on
DVD to date.
- Nicholas Sheffo
