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Casper, the Friendly Ghost, Makes A Sneezy Friend.
Space_Mafune from Newfoundland, Canada
5 February 2006
Casper, the Friendly Ghost, is floating through the African jungle in
search of new friends not having much success given his ghostly
presence spooks most of the animals he encounters. Along the way, he
meets Wheezy the Elephant who finds that his terrible constant sneezing
keeps him from making many friends either. The two soon become the best
of friends and Casper tries to find a way to help cure Wheezy of his
sneezing problem only to soon thereafter discover it may have an
unexpected hidden use after all.
This cartoon short calls to mind another elephant story, that being
1941's DUMBO. Both Dumbo and Wheezy have handicaps which keep them from
making friends only to find that these handicaps actually prove of use
for the greater good after all and eventually both are embraced by the
public at large due to it. Of course that's also the fatal flaw in this
story's logic...Wheezy only really finds social acceptance when his
"handicap" can be exploited for the common interest of the public at
large, not because of the type of individual he is. Still I cannot be
too critical of this six minute "Casper" short because it certainly
doesn't overstay its welcome.
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