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.

The Harveytoons Show broadcast history[]

1998-2001: ABC Family/Fox Family Channel
2001-2005: Boomerang (as Casper and Friends)
2008–present: Tooncast (also as Casper and Friends)
2011+: Teletoon Retro (also as Casper and Friends)^[1]
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.

Toontakes[]

The following is list of Famous Studios shorts that are part of the Harveytoon library and which were included as fragments at the end of the show, some of which are Screen Songs with the sing-along portions taken out:

Casper's Spree Under the Sea – Casper the Friendly Ghost
Fresh Yeggs – Harveytoon featuring Wolfie
Fiesta Time – Harveytoon
Tweet Music – Harveytoon featuring Inchy Worm
Drippy Mississippi – Harveytoon
Hold the Lion Please – Harvey Girls featuring Little Audrey
Miners 49ers – Harveytoon
By Leaps and Hounds – Harveytoon featuring Herbert
Vegetable Vaudeville – Kartunes
Snooze Reel – Kartunes
Off We Glow – Kartunes
Cat Carson Rides Again – Harveytoon featuring Herman and Katnip
Fun at the Fair – Kartunes
Law and Audrey – Little Audrey
Dizzy Dinosaurs – Kartunes featuring Inchy Worm
Gag and Baggage – Kartunes
Clown on the Farm – Baby Huey
Forest Fantasy – Kartunes featuring Inchy Worm
Hysterical History – Kartunes
Starting from Hatch – Baby Huey
Winner by a Hare – Harveytoon featuring Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare
Aero-Nutics – Kartunes
Invention Convention – Kartunes
No Place Like Rome – Kartunes
Northwest Mousie – Herman and Katnip
Surf and Sound – Herman and Katnip
Candy Cabaret – Harveytoon
Sleuth But Sure – Harveytoon featuring Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare
Fishing Tackler – Harvey Girls featuring Little Audrey
Ice Scream – Casper the Friendly Ghost
Houndabout – Harveytoon
The Boss is Always Right – Jeeper and Creeper
From Dime to Dime – Modern Madcaps
Busy Buddies – Jeepers and Creepers
Counter Attack – Harveytoon featuring Skit and Scat
Disguise the Limit – Modern Madcaps featuring Mike the Masquerader
Mighty Termite – Modern Madcaps featuring Professor Schmaltz
Hound About That – Harveytoon featuring Harry the Hound
Trick or Tree – Harveytoon
Without Time or Reason – Harveytoon featuring Swifty and Shorty (a.k.a. Ralph and Percy)
Hi-Fi Jinx – Modern Madcaps featuring Swifty and Shorty (a.k.a. Ralph and Percy)
TV or Not TV – Harveytoon featuring Swifty and Shorty (a.k.a. Ralph and Percy)

Not included on the show[]

This is list of 14 theatrical Harvey-owned Famous Studios shorts and one Film Roman Richie Rich episode that were not included on the show, neither as full cartoons nor as "Toon Takes".

Produced by Famous Studios:

Sing Again Of Michigan – Harveytoon featuring Buzzy the Crow
Philharmaniacs - Kartunes
No If's Ands or Butts – Harveytoon featuring Buzzy the Crow

Produced by Paramount Cartoon Studios:

Chew Chew Baby - Harveytoon
Fun On Furlough – Herman and Katnip
Trigger Treat – Modern Madcaps
Peck Your Own Home – Harveytoon
Turning The Fables – Harveytoon featuring Mortimer Tortoise and the Hare
Northern Mites – Harveytoon
Terry the Terror – Modern Madcaps featuring Professor Schmaltz
In The Nicotine – Modern Madcaps
The Plot Sickens – Modern Madcaps
Crumley Cogwell – Modern Madcaps
Giddy Gadgets – Modern Madcaps featuring Professor Schmaltz

Produced by Film Roman:

Cleaned Out - Richie Rich

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 did not consult with him on making this DVD release. He stated that he would not 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.^[2]^[3]

References[]

External links[]

Mark's Harvey Comics & Cartoons - Harveytoon Episode Guide

[1] Casper and Friends on Teletoon Retro

[goldenagecartoons.com-2] ttp://reviews.goldenagecartoons.com/2007/harvey/

[3] ttp://www.cartoonbrew.com

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