Casper Comes to Clown is a 1951 Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoon.
Summary[]
Casper the Friendly Ghost rescues a bear named Brownie from a swarm of bees and trains him to be a juggling bear. A circus ringmaster spots Brownie and grabs him. Casper rescues Brownie (and the rest of the circus) from an escaped gorilla.
Plot[]
The adult ghosts are testing themselves on a Scare Meter; but poor, lonely Casper has no wish to frighten anyone. Yet he's a ghost; and when he tries to befriend an owl and two rabbits, all he does is scare them away. Casper even scares some bees that are chasing a bear cub. But the cub is grateful to Casper, and unafraid of him. The two become fast friends, and Casper names the cub Brownie. Casper soon finds that the cub has a natural talent for juggling, so he teaches him how to juggle while balancing on a hoop. A ringmaster happens to see Brownie and takes him away. He soon has Brownie doing his act on a high wire. Casper finds him, but an enormous gorilla may spoil the happy reunion.
Voices[]
- Jack Mercer - Ghosts, Owl, Brownie Bear, Gorilla
- Mae Questel - Casper
- Sid Raymond - Circus Ringmaster
- Arnold Stang - Scare-O-Meter Ghost
Notes[]
- This short film is similar to the Fleischer Superman episode "Terror on the Midway".
- Both focus on the circus as the main setting, later during the performance the circus monkey accidently release an aggressive ape out from his cage causing the audiences to evacuate from this chaos. Later the main protagonist mange to defeat the ape and save the circus.