CASPER: A Ghostly Journey (The Making Of, Lost Scenes & Scrapped Sequel)

[@MediaPastimes]

Can't believe we got a Type O Negative reference in a Casper video before GTA 6... 👻👻👻 Join the Pastimers Club to get access to perks: kzbin.info/door/FyySCRtDo_toclmgYrmQNQjoin I was obsessed with this movie as a child, so this was a special episode for me to throw together. As cheesy as "Casper" can be at times, this will always be a favorite. Chapters Intro 0:00 Tiny Toons & Animaniacs Writers Hired to Write Script 1:40 Directing "Casper" (Alex Proyas - The Crow) 3:08 Replacement Director (Brad Silberling) 4:11 Designing Whipstaff Manor 4:58 Casper's First Appearance 5:37 Carrigan and Dibs (Cathy Moriarty and Eric Idle) 6:14 Building Whipstaff Manor 7:10 Hidden Treasure / SNL Cameos 8:00 Ray Stantz Ghostbusters 8:43 Casting Dr. Harvey (Bill Pullman) 9:30 Casting Kat (Christina Ricci) 10:11 The Ghostly Trio (Stretch, Fatso, and Stinkie) 11:04 Computer Effects in 1995 11:46 Mirror Cameo Scene 12:46 Improv Comedy Uncles 13:39 The Lazarus Machine 15:32 Casper Revived / Devon Sawa Scene 18:20 James Horner Soundtrack 19:16 Lost Scenes 19:38 FOX Kids Cartoon Adaptation 20:21 Cancelled Sequel / Teased Live Action Series 20:48 Outro 21:26

[@Larry]

I had a pirate VHS of this movie as a kid, and half of the special effects hadn't been finished on it. So the actors were talking to nothing in a lot of the scenes.

[@thevalkyrie8]

Wow would be interesting to see

[@Larry]

@@thevalkyrie8 I'll have to dig it out and upload it!

[@MediaPastimes]

Please do. I’d be very interested to see that!

[@horrorooze]

Please tell me you still have it

[@Larry]

@@horrorooze somewhere, i never threw it away.

[@montanajackson3713]

This was one of those movies my grandma owned on VHS when I was a kid that I would watch multiple times. :)

[@DaemonCorps]

Watched this movie for Halloween, and man it still holds up. If anything I've come to appreciate it more over time. Casper's Lullaby track alone is just so beautiful. Skimmed the DVD and saw the deleted scene where Dr. Harvey "sings" along with the uncles-- would have definitely helped my little-kid mind better understand what his job was back in the day! Also fun fact: the interior of the manor was also used in a Backstreet Boys music video!

[@666AbbeyRoad]

I just bought this on Blu ray and still have my VHS copy. Love this movie!

[@Chris-ru3ri]

I’m 50 years old and still enjoy this movie

[@Thatguy55595]

I’m 30 and I still love it. Casper and Toy Story were my favorites as a kid

[@noname1067]

I knew thera was many deleted scenes! I remember seeing a tv report on this movie and they were showing Dr. James Harvey floating on top of a couch while screaming. I hope they released these some day. I fell in love with Christina Ricci after this movie!

[@nope5657]

Casper is one of those films that shockingly holds up well as an adult. Watched it endlessly as a kid and just assumed through the passage of time that it would lose its appeal though a more cynical and adult eye. Far from it. If anything I like it more now as an adult than I did as a kid. For one, the VFX still look good. The faithful cartoon likeness of the ghosts are just endlessly charming. The autumnal atmosphere is incredible, the set design is top notch, and the musical score is brilliant. The film works on so many levels. It feels like one of the last big budgeted blockbuster family films that wasn't afraid to be a little gross, be a little rude, and be a little dangerous. It's a family spooky move that isn't afraid to be spooky after making you laugh. The film has a more nuanced script than given credit for. The father/daughter dynamic feels real and textured and doesn't relay on making either Kat or her dad too oblivious or moody. They love each other and are processes the death of their wife and mother differently and just can't quite see eye to eye on the matter. They aren't at each other throats or combative. It's nice to see a film like this with a nuanced and dimensional parent/child relationship. The emotionality of the film also hits hard. Like, here I am as an elder millennial deadass crying at a Casper movie. TWICE! It's such a sweet, beautiful story on loss and grief and moving on. Love this film.

[@BugsyFoga]

Casper at his absolute best

[@Thatguy55595]

There should’ve been a sequel… one of the best movies from my youth. Born in 94

[@hannahsings19]

To this day, I will yell out "MY MAAAAN!" anytime im dressed up all nice with my hair and makeup done 😂😂😂 my husband doesnt get it which makes it even more hilarious lol

[@aresef]

Casper was a really charming film and ahead of its time from an effects perspective. One correction. You imply that the DTV films didn't do enough business for Universal to maintain interest in the property but of those, only Casper's Haunted Christmas was made by Universal. Spirited Beginning and Casper Meets Wendy were produced by Saban and 20th Century Fox under a separate deal with Harvey.

[@lars7282]

Not really, it was exactly what effects at the time were delving into ;-)

[@MediaPastimes]

It's true that Universal wasn't involved with those first two prequels, but they still used their financial data as reasoning for not moving forward with a sequel (which is extremely dumb, by the way).

[@jade_ottsel]

@@MediaPastimes It really was. -.- They were not as good as the original movie in many ways (cheapened cgi, the stories were meh....hell the lore that was actually established in the original movie were RETCONNED in them.)

[@FreeJohnDoe2006]

The ray ghostbusters scene could be cannon, lack of ghost traps as egon took them to the dirt farm, and the way Ray acted in afterlife/frozen empire.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

I watched "Casper" at the theaters back then in summer of 1995. This movie was HUGE and everywhere. And it was my very first 5.1 surround sound theatrical experience too. I was blown away by how much the Multichannel that had an impact on the whole visual experience. The CGI effects aged pretty well, given the comic-style and the transparency effects are pretty darn impressive even nearly 30 years later. I even had an audio-dramatization cassette of that movie which i listened to a lot of timed. And man.... i had an insane crush on Christina Ricci and i actually liked the "schmaltzy" dance scene with Casper as real boy :P Man i was jealous on him to dance cheek to cheek with Cat. And yes, that mansion was AWESOME. I loved that whole set design. And if you like the movie you may also like the set design of the 1999 Jan De Bond movie "The Haunting". I always felt the Set designs for both Mansions (the Interrior) had something in common and both gave each movie a lot of Dimension and sense of Scale. Casper also must have probably been the first movie featuring Eric Idle i ever saw in theaters. The early-mid 90s were the time where i discovered all the Monty Python stuff because my dad love the movies.

[@timeladyswag]

you’re the only person I’ve ever seen compare the vibes of “Casper” and “the haunting”. I was 10 when the haunting came out, and literally one of the first things I thought was that it reminded me of Casper. Amazing lol

[@hrvstmusic]

As a 5 year old I somehow also had a crush on Christina Ricci 😂

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

@@timeladyswag Oh yeah, not many movies with such distinguishable Set designs for castles and mansions. Maybe this was a 90s thing. I never realized it back then. In a way the Music Shortfilm for Michael Jackson's "Ghiosts" also has a bit of that vibe too. But not to that extend.

[@MediaPastimes]

@@timeladyswag I cut this part out of the video, but at the end I almost mentioned how similar this movie is to "The Frighteners" starring Michael J Fox (also released by Universal just a year after Casper).

[@alienboy1322]

Christina Ricci signed my blu ray copy of Casper at La Comic con this year.

[@trevor9416]

This movie spawned a great computer game of going around a detailed recreation of the manor while taking photos of ghosts haunting it.

[@geminijinxies7258]

I remember that one, the game was pretty good. It was during the interactive CD-ROM era where you clicked on something to make something happen.

[@zacherz13]

How tf did I miss that?! I was absolutely OBSESSED with that house.

[@NL197]

Said this before on a recent review of the movie: James Horner was one of the MVPs of this film. Absolutely lovely score.

[@MrVideoScape]

Watched the crap outta this as a kid in the 90s.

[@keenanpather]

I just discovered "hats of entertainment" this past month and now I find this channel? And I'm binging both??? I love it

[@MediaPastimes]

His channel inspired me to start doing narrated content about TV shows (Jackass and MTV stuff when I started out). Since I started talking about movies more it's cool that we share a similar audience (while keeping the style of my channel unique to my personality). Thanks!

[@TheViolentDesign]

I remember when everybody backstreets back video was on thinking the set looked like caspers set. Here I am years later with internet to search it and seeing they did reuse several set pieces. Kinda cool.

[@MediaPastimes]

I almost included that in the vid. That music video was directed by Joseph Khan who I spoke about in my Torque video. It all comes back around!

[@Makoto03]

I loved Casper as a kid. Cristina Ricci was awesome. I even saw those crappy straight to VHS 'sequels'. lol

[@mysticd4475]

Thank you so much for this awesome video! I really enjoyed seeing and hearing things I had no idea about one of my favorite all time movies from my childhood. ❤

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Casper meets Wendy is such a strange movie

[@MediaPastimes]

Nah Pauly Shore as an all-knowing mirror is totally normal

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@MediaPastimes Casper Van Diems cameo just because his name is Casper lol

[@Andres-TM]

I remember Disney Channel would often air that movie

[@sllawson6]

Disney owns the next two Caspers, Haunted Christmas is Universal again.

[@jononopa4134]

It is the reason I fell in love with Hilary Duff as a kid 😂

[@lunafox_creations41190]

I’ve been waiting for a behind the scenes video for Casper! The Manner was my favorite! Between Sabrina, Hocus Pocus, and Casper many spooky cool bedrooms to inspire me as a kid.

[@lavenderflowersfall280]

Isnt it great

[@Basillikos]

Rewatched this movie a few weeks ago and was amazed by how well it all holds up. Its a shame those deleted scenes have never been released since the back half of the movie definitely feels like its been cut around a lot. I also remember watching A Spirited Beginning and immediately noticing the far lower budget, but more importantly it had a couple of Beetleborgs references alwah always amused me.

[@justaguy5770]

7:35 THIS is why today's movies feel so fake and unispired!! The care and attention to detail is what made these backgrounds worth looking at

[@MediaPastimes]

Yeah those massive soundstages with big green screens just aren't the same. I get that it makes more sense on a budgetary level, but it results in lifeless content.

[@justaguy5770]

@@MediaPastimes I recently watched an older show made in the 50s and the set design of this cheap action figure show was so detailed I was more amazed by that than the actual storyline

[@brandonspain12345]

21:20 Apparently the show was said to he inspired by Riverdale as an ultra gritty reimagining of a beloved cartoon. I remember reading one article claiming Casper will have friends "with benefits." (🤢) As Casper’s in highschool while someone moves to the town of Eternal Falls and investigate it’s dark secret, (again very Riverdale) and would've dealt with themes of the meaning of life. (I'm assuming Casper dies while investigating but comes back through the will of love for his friend he desires.) But after 2 years, maybe Universal (hopefully) scrapped it for how stupid that sounds. Casper being a dead antsy teen with CW romance and murder mystery feels less like you're making a CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST adaptation and more like a rip-off of The In-Between (2022). Also anything with "Riverdale" influence is a red flag. Lol.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Wow, that sounds terrible! I'm glad that never got made.

[@TH15N4M315UN4V41L4BL]

This was a very good video. You deserve more likes and subscribers. Good job my dude

[@MediaPastimes]

The videos that don't have a controversial topic often get less views out of the gate, but this video will gain traction over time. Thank you!

[@J-Rod91]

I think I am gonna go rewatch this movie immediately after this video!

[@boriszakharin3189]

I was dragged by my parents to see Casper because my brother wanted to see it. I was 15, and he was 10. I really was too old. I remember asking my parents what the point of the whole thing was at the end. My mom said "I guess to make kids less afraid of dying". That really resonated with me because I went through a phase when *I* was about 10 when I was so terrified of death, I couldn't fall asleep at night.

[@MassiveManStudios94]

Great video. Loved to see you go into the other movies from this franchise

[@SOOKIE42069]

Bill Pullman is such an underrated actor.

[@SixInchChaka]

He’s 100% NOT underrated. Spaceballs, Independence Day, a small part in the grudge. I could list sooo many movies he’s been in. Dude has been killing it since the 80s.

[@SOOKIE42069]

@@SixInchChaka when I say underrated I mean in terms of technical acting. I think we all know he's funny and charming, but I feel like he's actually much better at sinking into a role than he gets credit for because most of the movies we know him for are silly.

[@MediaPastimes]

@@SOOKIE42069 His role in “Lost Highway” blew my mind after seeing him in comedy and action roles for so long.

[@ryanmurphy4901]

If you haven’t seen it you should check out The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wes Craven - he gives an excellent excellent performance

[@rig-zag]

I didn't hear any mention in this video but a bunch of Casper was filmed in midcoast Maine. I grew up in central Maine and I was in 7th grade in 1995 when one of my classmates was cast as Christina Ricci's stand-in for back shots. That was such a huge deal for our class that whole summer. 😂 Also, this was one of several major movies filmed in mid coast Maine in the mid 90s--Man without a Face, Message in a Bottle, Delores Claiborne and a few other Stephen King movies obviously.

[@MediaPastimes]

Awesome insight, thank you! The setting was one of the things that really sucked me in, as a kid. I grew up in New England's favorite state - Massachusetts (sarcasm in that first sentence). So it was cool to see the region represented in so much media during that time.

[@dudewholovesmovies]

I love me some Casper! With Little Giants reaching it's 30th anniversary a couple of weeks ago, I'd love to see you do a video for that!

[@hiraethhollow]

The mirror scene in Casper DID traumatise me as a child. I was absolutely freaked out when he turned into the Crypt Keeper. My mom says I would always cover my ears and look away at that part any time we watched the movie.

[@BlusViews]

I'll always love this movie

[@Jessica_Costantini]

this was my FAVORITE movie when i was a kid!!!!! i am so excited to watch this. LETS GOOOO! edit: this was awesome!!!! thank you so much. def subbing edit 2: just checked out your catalog and BRO i def know what im binging!!! THE NOSTALGIA just looking at all the thumbnails! i’m so impressed and excited to dig in. as someone who is terminally online on youtube this is the content i’ve been waiting my whole life for. LOL ❤

[@amandamedina2533]

I still own my original Casper film on VHS. I watched it often as a kid and I still watch it from time to time till this day. Honestly this film ages like fine wine. It’s simple yet sweet, it’s funny yet heartfelt, it’s sad but yet also lifts your spirits… The story of a lonely ghost who didn’t have any friends and couldn’t remember anything about his life when he was alive really makes the audience take a minute to think about their lives and be thankful for all the memories they have. They just don’t make movies like this anymore. Movies back then had more soul and meaning. Modern movies just don’t replicate this exact same feeling anymore. I am thankful I grew up in a golden era and these films are just golden. Did Casper needed a sequel? No, I don’t think so. I think the way the film ended was just perfect. You can pretty much make your own conclusion of what happens afterwards. Some films don’t need sequels and Casper is one of those films. I also want to point out every actor had amazing chemistry which made the film more convincing.

[@lukegreen5341]

0:14 Awesome Behind The Scenes Look About Steven Spielberg's Groundbreaking Masterpiece CASPER The Movie. Who You Gonna Call. GHOSTBUSTERS. Old School Times Man. XXxxx 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🎉

[@thefriendlyghost95]

I love this so much!!! Great job on this video!!! 👏

[@MediaPastimes]

I came across the article about your guinness world record winning Casper collection while making this, amazing stuff!

[@thefriendlyghost95]

🤩☺️ oh my goodness im so honored to hear that!!! Thank you so much. Im always so thrilled seeing creators make positive videos on casper!! You did so great with it all! 👻​@@MediaPastimes

[@ragemonkey117]

The pepsi commercial was on the Casper vhs. Man, talking about unlocking a memory there.

[@dgambo1985]

As a life long ghostbusters fan, who had nothing once the cartoon was over, seeing ray stantz appear in this film was so exciting i became obsessed with the film. To hear the so called fan base hate this scene i feel disappointed in the ghostbusters community. I genuinely believed it was a hint at part 3 coming which obviously never did. Technically.

[@MediaPastimes]

100%. I’ve always thought of the 2009 video game as part 3, and everything else beyond that is extra. I liked Afterlife but Frozen Empire was pretty bad.

[@dgambo1985]

@MediaPastimes I probably shouldn't say but I feel both afterlife and frozen empire are the robocop 3's of the franchise. By that I mean the versions I can watch with my kids and not risk nightmares. Gb2 gave my 4yr old nightmares. As for the game. Yea it's good but i felt let down by it. Think it would be a better game I it wasn't just story driven but had free roaming. Go out in the streets in ecto 1, get a call, bust a ghost or 2 ya kno

[@themisfitowl2595]

You know, there is a very subtle plot thread connecting all three deaths in the movie: Dr. Harvey, Carrigan and Casper, were all killed by an obsession. Dr. Harvey obsessed with the death of his wife ends up losing his life accidentally. Carrigan, obsessed with the treasure of Whipstaff Manor, falls off a cliff. And little Casper couldn't stop playing with the sled his dad had given him, a sled Casper had begged for months to have, until he caught pneumonia and died. I think that little bit of underlying story really gave this movie some juice and I will always love this move!

[@arthurcorassini]

The Ray Stantz cameo should be cannon...my theory is that the Ghostbusters were just too good, they fell out of ghosts shortly after the events of Ghostbusters 2, or Ghostbusters the Video Game (it is cannon)...Winston was the first to go since there wasn't any money there and he needed to pay the bills, then Venkman and Egon got into a fight over the future of the Ghostbusters and Egon's being obsessed with the end of the world...Peter left to become a teacher and never spoke to Egon again, juat like Murray and Ramis, even if they made peace before Harold's death....during this constant fight and with the company on it's last legs, Venkman being not interested and Spengler being obsessed, Ray was the only one still doing the jobs...and when he encountered The Ghostly Trio, fed up, and knowing he could not win, he gave up, and that's how the Ghostbusters ended their society. I mean, it adds up to Afterlife events and it makes sense when you consider the dates, but that's just me

[@MediaPastimes]

I read online that Brad Silberling sent the clip of Stantz cameo in Casper to Jason Reitman while he was making Ghostbusters Afterlife, and he considers it canon. Not sure how true that is but I agree with everything you said.

[@horrorooze]

I was going to make this exact video but wow you covered it all! Awesome!!!

[@MediaPastimes]

This was legitimately my favorite movie as a child (I watched it at least once a week), so I was proud to do it. Thank you!

[@sethm.woodiwiss786]

Loved it when it originally came out and I have watched it many times on tv since but I never owned it until last week. I found the Blu-ray at my local Goodwill and now own the best possible way to watch it forever, unless they come out with a 4K.

[@5lim.0]

I absolutely love this movie and it’s definitely not a sequel Casper Meets Wendy

[@LongNickOfDaLaw]

This movie is amazing and still holds up today

[@linknl]

Awesome video ;) May i throw in a bit of extra trivia... the videoclip of Backstreet Boys's Everybody is shot in the same house this amazing movie takes place ^^

[@GillyWhitfootHaysend]

I was freaked out by that mirror scene lol

[@akshaytrayner1960]

Great vid i wish we got an extended cut of this film i love the tv show of this movie

[@pagli7215]

great video man, thank you!

[@conandabarbarian]

9:25 Her "Gibbs do something" reminds me of the "kronk pull the lever!" (Wrong lever!) gag from the Emperor's New Groove 💜

[@ReForceofficial]

i love this movie so much, when i was a kid I used to sometimes dream that my great granny and grandads house had an underground chair thing like in the movie!

[@derpymcderpster5526]

18:34 Wait, Devon Sawa? The dude who portrayed Alex Browning in the first Final Destination movie?

[@Chilling_Charizard]

I remember my parents bought me Casper t shirt and matching shorts. I think this was the first movie i saw in the big screen wearing aforementioned clothing.

[@ShantiVitaminC]

Surprising that this didn't make much at first, I loved that movie!

[@sllawson6]

This movie was always a Halloween tradition at my house and is NO ONE gonna talk about the fact one of the kids dressed up as Fred Flintstone at the Whipstaff party ?

[@MediaPastimes]

Yep, I noticed that towards the tail end of my edit. The director of The Flintstones was in charge of the writers roundtable that I mentioned during the mirror scene part of this video.

[@julzmusic8708]

I remember watching ‘Now and then’ after this movie, and being like ‘ah, Kat and Casper - lovers again’ haha.

[@hrvstmusic]

My first stepdad’s parents owned a movie theater in Florida and I had one of the Casper theater banners hanging in my room for years.

[@MediaPastimes]

Jealous AF

[@LiLgPnoy15]

This movie is really good, underrated for sure.

[@kcadventures1454]

Its crazy how big this movie was in 95 and virtually nobody talks about it anymore! I dont even think it has a blu ray release does it?

[@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFan]

There is a Blu-ray release. :)

[@MediaPastimes]

Yep, I have a blu-ray steelbook copy of it (had to have that bad boy) and it's currently streaming on a bunch of services.

[@qrsentertainment7215]

My parents have had that pumpkin set from Casper Forever

[@ingridbmangubat]

Holy cow, this was PEAK Devon Sawa, and he had a chokehold on teens and preteens that time- all the way to our side of the globe in the Philippines. My sisters COULD NOT get over him. I did find him cute, but I didn't get why older girls were so obsessed with him haha. I was a bit too young at the time. But the movie soundtrack was EVERYWHERE at the time. All the radio stations played it, I heard it too many times.😆

[@jamestrickingtonIII]

I love you Christina Ricci!

[@kingslayer2071]

Always thought it was funny how in that entire massive castle of a house the 3 uncles had to share a bedroom

[@hameley12]

Maybe they were old-timers? Back in the 1900s through 1960s siblings, cousins and even parents and their children would've shared a single room. Two beds side by side, a chimney at the bed's footing was on through the whole night to keep everyone warm. My dad's family had 20+ rooms in their home but during winter they shared the biggest room downstairs along with a chimney and a pot with hot boiling water. The servants had to share a single room too. In which they had a chimney and a cradle with hot water. Maybe that's what the writers and director wanted to convey? 🎬

[@JoeChillton]

I love how they judged trashy low budget stuff like A Spirited Beginning as evidence of the Casper brand failing, like a self defeating prophecy. Perfect age for this growing up, falling for Ricci and loving the mood and story. 90's had some amazing family films with bite.

[@MediaPastimes]

Seriously. And those movies were produced by Saban, Universal only distributed them. So like, hey guys, the last time you put money behind this franchise you made hundreds of millions of dollars, remember? Just do it again! Insanity.

[@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFan]

@@MediaPastimes Only Casper's Haunted Christmas was distributed by Universal. A Spirited Beginning and Meets Wendy were originally distributed by 20th Century Fox. A Spirited Beginning's rights went to Classic Media and is owned by Universal now due to buying DreamWorks/Classic Media so I get the confusion.

[@JoeChillton]

@MediaPastimes "guys. just try to be Spielberg and it'll magically happen. C'mon..." Madness indeed

[@IAmJasonDavis]

Holy shit, that was the guy from the mighty ducks! Mind blow

[@NASTYcraftX]

Casper was the start of my Ricci crush that lasts to this day.

[@jadulay5566]

I really enjoyed the movie Casper; it’s really great for all families, but it was a really sad family movie.

[@jtszabo1691]

I also recognize Kerrigan as the voice of coach Wittenberg‘s wife on hey Arnold

[@paulsylvester5977]

There's telling behind the scenes and trivia and just telling the whole movie.

[@prestonvogel1431]

A plot hole that always bothered me involved Dr. Harvey's death. He dies outside the bar and is next scene where he's a ghost and then quickly resurrected. So what happened to his original body outside the bar? Is there a second dead Dr. Harvey out there?

[@MediaPastimes]

Someone took his corpse and put some sunglasses on it, and they’re walking around with it on a local beach / partying hard on the coast of Friendship, Maine (Weekend at Bernie’s style).

[@lordsidious83]

When i was a kid i had a pirated version of this. Half the special effects shots weren't there, especially in the latter half. There was no ghost of the dad nor carrigan. Even the trio were missed in many shots. Oddly there was some weird music numbers from other movies inserted. However their was at least two deleted scenes i remember. Once was where the trio puts james on a bench and lifts it into the air as kat askes for the party. This led to the line "he hit the roof" which the meaning is lost in the finished movie. The other was carrigan and eric idle trying to kill each other, it got sorta violent and explains why he is wearing a knight suit in the finished movie. God knows where the copy of this went, but i assure you it does exist.

[@PauPauPaulina]

Spielberg won't remember it? That explains the time Freakazoid, Wacko Warner and the Brain argued over who was Spielberg's fav. So they went ask him and he's all like "who are you, people?" X'D🤣🤣

[@Nathanfx2006]

OoooOooooOoooh! I forgot about this film ❤

[@themisfitowl2595]

1:22 I saw that commercial sooo many times as a kid and only now do I realize they were using the opening music from Beetlejuice in the commercial! 🤣🤣

[@dimsumboy22]

The guido character… oh god. That’s who they based the dynamite guy from Atlantis! Even the actor is the same!

[@lavenderflowersfall280]

My boy Vinny? Of course

[@dimsumboy22]

@ I never knew this actor. They def wanted him lol

[@171QA]

Happy Halloween!

[@iTsEfFiNsTePhh]

I loved this movie as a kid (still do as an adult) ❤️👻 Something i've never understood tho was what era Casper lived and died in lmao the old photograph of his dad looked like it was from the 1850's/1860's (at latest 1870's), his mom's dress looked like it was from 1880's/1890's (early 1900's at the latest), his signed baseball (which was his when he was alive) is from a player who was born in 1926 and died in 2011 playing from the late 1940's until the early 1960's, Casper's toys look like a mix of late 1800's to the 1930's, when Casper is brought back to life for the night the shirt he's wearing looks like a 1700's men's under shirt at oldest all the way to the 1860's/1870's at the youngest because after that is when undershirts started looking more like ours, the scenery doesn't help much especially not when in unison with the other stuff, and there's nothing about his three uncle's ages. Wish they gave us more information- a clear date of when Casper lived/died, a clear date of when Casper's dad lived/died, a clear date of when Casper's mom lived/died, a clear date of when Casper's three uncles lived/died, how they all died, what his three uncles and mom looked like, and especially an explanation as to why Casper's dad wasn't haunting the mansion too (he knew his son had stayed behind and instead of staying behind with him at least until they both moved on he moved on by himself leaving Casper behind all alone which is cruel in of itself but even more so when you take into account that Caspar stayed behind for him) also it would've been really cool if they had talked about the possible connection between Casper's family and Carrigan (she inherited the mansion from her dad so it's at least possible they're related in some way). The movie barley if at all touches on any of the history and the original is even worse when it comes to that- as a history nerd would've been really cool to see some of that 😂❤️

[@cannibalcajun]

I had the same Nightmare Candleabra! Still have it around here somewhere.

[@jeeziss]

Really hope that scene with Zelda Rubinstein surfaces someday. Surprised they were able to get Ackroyd for that cameo though, too bad none of the other guys tagged along. Would love to see an extended scene where the ghostly trio make a mockery of all 4 Ghostbusters in comic fashion, with Murray quipping one liner excuses.

[@jacquig1939]

I usually heart about other casting choices and they're so wrong but I honestly think Robin or Kurt would have also knocked this out of the park, but Pullman did such a great job. I appreciate the use of gussied up, you don't hear that anymore lol.

[@kolonarulez5222]

The three uncles scared me so much I could never watch the whole thing. To this day i still haven't haha

[@avremirine8986]

They were always my favorite part of the movie.

[@Unpopularmuffin]

Let me just say… as a 10 year old little girl I loved the whole Devon Sawa scene haha. 😂

[@lars7282]

Deleted scenes: I had the comic back then. And there was a scene involving the Dad inside a room with all furniture flying around. Also: look up the Whipstaff manor playset. ☺️☺️

[@MediaPastimes]

Some clips of that are on the bonus documentary (and maybe the deleted scenes if I recall correctly). Kind of wish they kept it in!

[@Verebazs]

9:12 In deed, in the cartoon Egon states the first rule of Ghostbusting is never do it alone. Although I personally always thought that that's not even meant to be Ray, but an in-universe version of Dan Aykroyd himself who thought he was being invited to a fan event.

[@MiSambra]

I was so mad about the Ghostbusters cameo when I was a kid. I was still a rabid fan at the time and wanted to see Ray Stantz do some busting.

[@stevenboykin116]

I had the biggest crush on Christina Ricci in 2nd grade because of this movie. I so wanted to be Casper.

[@cauto84]

as a kid I was 200% in love with Cristina

[@CrimsonNineTail]

I love watching videos like this. Learning about some of my favorite movies growing up years later is a treat. Where do yiu find info like this?

[@MediaPastimes]

Behind the scenes featurettes, interviews, magazine articles published around the time that the movie was made. This video had countless sources attached to it, but I had a lot of fun making it because this was my absolute favorite movie when I was a kid (and I still love it now).

[@sc1338]

I loveeeee Casper

[@MR_KRIM]

Wow I'm early to a MP post

[@mr.tomraypaz6085]

I remember the Casper toys given out at Pizza Hut. I think my cousins might have had a couple of those. I had one of those candelabras.

[@charlesbennett7484]

Did you see the deleted scene where the Ghostly Trio sing "Lucky Enough To Be A Ghost"? I love that song and I wish it could've been in the movie!

[@Starhartdeer]

The mansion is the movie's real mvp

[@mjunderhill3321]

I remember 2 Casper sequels coming out. They were direct to video.

[@MediaPastimes]

Prequels. They were pretty bad and not produced by Universal.

[@mjunderhill3321]

@MediaPastimes I was a tween at the time so I didn't realize they were meant to be prequels. I just remember them coming out direct to video and I think they were played on tv once or twice. I never thought about it that much.

[@BackupChannel-nq6fg]

It’s too bad Christina Ricci didn’t like making this it’s one of her best roles!

[@MediaPastimes]

From what I understand, she had a good time making it but looks back on it as a movie she didn't put much effort into. I guess she tried to watch it with her kids and cringed at her performance.

[@smallies7154]

I still have the glow in the dark stickers of the 4 ghosts 👻

[@ZyxthePest]

Carrigan and Dibs are the only real downside to this movie. I feel like after Home Alone, all kids films had to have these adult burglar/thief type villains. I would've much preferred that all the drama was centered around Kat and Casper.

[@MediaPastimes]

I agree with the Home Alone influence, but I absolutely loved those characters.

[@ZyxthePest]

@@MediaPastimes Fair fair.