Casper the Friendly Ghost Theatrical #34

Red White and Boo

by Isadore Klein, directed by Izzy Sparber and Myron Waldman

Release: 21 October 1955
Format: Short Movie Cartoon
Genre: Comedy
Audience: Families
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Every Casper cartoon had the same plot, including at least one (“Red, White and Boo”) from 1955 where Casper wonders whether people in the past will also be scared of him, so he uses a time machine to visit a caveman, Robert Fulton, Paul Revere, General Washington, and a Revolutionary War battle.

— Michael Main

Gee, maybe people in the past won’t be scared of me.

DEBUT

“Red White and Boo” (21 October 1955).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Stone Age (3.4 Ma to 3000 BC: Paleo/Epipaleo/Meso/Neo/Chalcolithic): Casper’s first trip
Circa AD 1700 to 1799: Casper’s first trip
Circa AD 1800 to 1899: Robert Fulton and his steamboat in 1807
Circa AD 1950 to 1959: presumed time period

Themes

Incorporeal Traveler: Perhaps Casper can travel in and out of the viewer because he is incorporeal.
True Histories: true history of what got Fulton’s steamboat working, why Paul Revere road so fast, and how Washington got over the Delaware
Viewing the Past: Even though the machine is a time viewer, Casper can fly in and out of the screen.

Real-World Tags

American Revolution: Paul Revere’s ride and Washington crossing the Delaware
Cavemen
George Washington
Paul Revere
Robert Fulton

Fictional Tags

Groupings

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From University Science Lab, circa 1955 ⋙ to the stone age. Round trip. Note: Casper’s first flight into the time viewer.
From University Science Lab, circa 1955 ⋙ to Hudson River, 1807. Round trip. Note: Casper helps Fulton with his steamboat.
From University Science Lab, circa 1955 ⋙ to the American Colonies, 1775. Round trip. Note: Casper manages to see both Paul Revere’s ride and Washington crossing the Delaware on the same excursion through time.