Following Harvey's purchase of the character, he appeared in five television series: Matty's Funday Funnies (1959–1961), The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–1970), Casper and the Angels (1979–1980), The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996–1998) and Casper's Scare School (2009–2012).[7] The character has also made his theatrical appearance in the live-action film adaptation released by Universal Pictures, Casper (1995), and would later appear in four direct-to-video and made-for-TV follow-up films.