History WesternAnimation / TheresGoodBoosTonight

* PublicDomainAnimation

The plot of the short is centered on Casper, who [[strike:lives]] resides at a graveyard, uninterested in joining the activities of his brethren as they fly off to scare people. Seeing no future in that [[strike:life]] activity, he leaves the graveyard to make friends with the local animals. He's not too successful in doing so until he finally does find a friend in the form of Ferdie, a fox who isn't scared of him like the others. Casper promptly bonds with it, but all is not well, as a fox hunter makes his rounds...

The short is in the PublicDomain and can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBmiNCF_3mI here]]. It was also riffed by [[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Doug Walker]] [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/27882-that-guy-riffs-casper here]].

* DiesWideOpen

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Ghost And His Fox]]: The main premise of the story, which eventually becomes "A Ghost And His Ghost Fox".

* BittersweetEnding: Casper fails to stop the hunter from killing Ferdie, but to his joy, Ferdie's ghost quickly joins him and the narrator says they both "lived" happily ever after.

* WartimeCartoon: While the short was made a few years after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII ended, a few jokes related to it (i.e. the ghosts taking off like planes, the title pun on "There's Good News Tonight!") are included, since their context would have still been fresh on audiences minds.

The second and easily the most well known short in the ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'' cartoon series, ''There's Good Boos Tonight'', a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1948]] Creator/FamousStudios short is a popular, nostalgic classic among many classic cartoon viewers — and quite a TearJerker at that.

* DeathByNewberyMedal: Ferdie ends up being killed by hunters.

The second and easily the most well known short in the ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'' cartoon series, ''There's Good Boos Tonight'', a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1948]] FamousStudios short is a popular, nostalgic classic among many classic cartoon viewers — and quite a TearJerker at that.

It was directed by Isadore Sparber, animated by Myron Waldman, Morey Reden and Nick Tafuri, and written by Bill Turner and Larry Riley, with background art by Anton Loeb, music composed by Winston Sharples, and narration by Frank Gallop.

* DeathByNewberyMedal

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Ferdie.

* KillTheCutie

* AntiVillai: The Fox Hunter, although this owes to his lack of characterization. While we're clearing supposed to be rooting for Ferdie, the Hunter was just practicing his regular sport, and given he's not portrayed maliciously (although his ravenous hunting dogs are) he probably saw no harm in hunting the fox.

The second and easily the most well known short in the ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'' cartoon series, ''There's Good Boos Tonight'', a [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1948]] FamousStudios short is a popular, nostalgic classic among many classic cartoon viewers — and quite a TearJerker at that.

* AntiVillain / ObliviouslyEvil: The Fox Hunter, although this owes to his lack of characterization. While we're clearing supposed to be rooting for Ferdie, the Hunter was just practicing his regular sport, and given he's not portrayed maliciously (although his ravenous hunting dogs are) he probably saw no harm in hunting the fox.
* BittersweetEnding[=/=]EsotericHappyEnding: Casper fails to stop the hunter from killing Ferdie, but to his joy, Ferdie's ghost quickly joins him and the narrator says they both "lived" happily ever after.

* FoxHunting

* RecycledScript: The shorts premise would be directly recycled or used as the basis for virtually all of the Casper shorts following it--in fact, the next short ''A Haunting We Will Go'', uses the exact same plot, only with a [[RecycledINSPACE baby duckling instead of a fox.]] The duck lives in that one, though. The shot merely broke his wing.

* TearJerker: Casper's realization that he could not save Ferdie from being killed. He starts crying miserably. Especially this quote:
--->'''Casper''': Oh, Ferdie...(sobs) The only friend I ever had in my whole LIFE...
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Since FoxHunting was outlawed in 2004 and the context of the sport would be lost on newer audiences watching this short, the Hunter comes off as a ''lot'' more petty and villainous than he already is.

The plot of the short is centered on Casper, who lives -- er, resides at a graveyard, uninterested in joining the activities of his brethren as they fly off to scare people. Seeing no future in that life -- er, activity, he leaves the graveyard to make friends with the local animals. He's not too successful in doing so until he finally does find a friend in the form of Ferdie, a fox who isn't scared of him like the others. Casper promptly bonds with it, but all is not well, as a fox hunter makes his rounds...

The second and easily the most well known short in the ''CasperTheFriendlyGhost'' cartoon series, ''There's Good Boos Tonight'', a [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1948]] FamousStudios short is a popular, nostalgic classic among many classic cartoon viewers — and quite a TearJerker at that.

* WartimeCartoon: While the short was made a few years after WorldWarII ended, a few jokes related to it (i.e. the ghosts taking off like planes, the title pun on "There's Good News Tonight!") are included, since their context would have still been fresh on audiences minds.

--->'''Casper: Oh, Ferdie...(sobs) The only friend I ever had in my whole LIFE...

* BittersweetEnding[=/=]EsotericHappyEnding: It's great that Casper and Ferdie get to be together at the end, it's just very sad about what had to happen first.

* BreakTheCutie: Casper goes through his big time when he sees Ferdie's dead body.

* PunBasedTitle: The name is a pun on "There's Good News Tonight," a popular phrase during World War II. However, it is '''''not''''' a pun on "There's Good Booze Tonight," as one might think. Let's be honest; the title did not deserve to be spoken once, [[TitleDrop let alone twice]].

* FoxHunt