The Last Halloween

The Last Halloween
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Network	CBS
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Turner Entertainment
Release date	October 28, 1991
Run time	21:38
Starring	Rhea Pearlman Will Nipper Sarah Martineck Stan Ivan Michael D. Roberts Richard Moll Eugene Roche
Executive producer(s):	David Kirschner
Music composed by	Bruce Broughton
Screenplay by	Sean Roche Savage Steve Holland
Director(s)	Savage Steve Holland
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The Last Halloween is an American live-action sci-fi/comedy television special for Halloween. It aired on October 28, 1991 on CBS. It was written by Sean Roche and Savage Steve Holland, produced Kenneth K. Koch, and directed by Holland.

During Halloween, two siblings, still grieving for their dead mother, discover a spaceship piloted by four little Martians, who are in desperate need to refuel with "coobi," which just happens to be candy. Meanwhile, an eccentric old woman looking for the secret ingredient for eternal youth in bugs, also discovers it to be in one of the aliens she mistakes for a bug.

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Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	William Hanna
Digger	Unavailable
Lou	Grant Gelt
Michael	Will Nipper
Lou's sisters
Jeanie	Sarah Martineck
Michael & Jeanie's mother (photo)	Unavailable
Grant	Stan Ivar
Hans	Richard Moll
Mrs. Gizborne	Rhea Pearlman
Scoota	Frank Welker
Romtu	Don Messick
Accountant	Michael D. Roberts
Grandpa	Eugene Roche
Bing	Frank Welker
Gleep	Paul Williams
Kid in Fred Flintstone mask	Tim Anderson
Woman at door	Darwyn Carson
Lou's mother (voice only)	Unavailable
Sheriff	Sean Roche

Locations

• Mars
• Earth
  • United States
    • Crystal Falls
      • Gizborne residence
      • Cosmic Candy factory
      • Crystal Lake
      • Lou's residence
• Pluto (mentioned)
• The Moon

Objects

• Coobi meter
• Cosmic Candy (mentioned)
• Hydro-ionizer
• Wishing stone

Vehicles

• Martians' spaceship
• Mrs. Gizborne's car

Music

The music was composed by Bruce Broughton.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 28, 1991 at 8:30 pm on CBS

Behind the scenes

• William Hanna also narrated the commercial bumpers.
• Lou's name is only used in the credits.
• Jeanie is dressed like Wonder Woman.

Marketing and promotion

In October 1990, Mars started the "Miss from Mars" campaign, with a commercial that told its own story about the aliens landing on Earth to give kids candy. The aliens weren't animated in the same quality as they appeared in the film, and they didn't sound exactly the same, barring the exception of Scoota who sounded like he was voiced by Frank Welker.

The special was reaired at least twice, and was used again by Mars in their 1993 "Halloween Stars" campaign.

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient	Result
Primetime Emmy Awards	August 3, 1992	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects	Henry F. Anderson III Paul Boyington Dale Fay Brad Lewis	Won

Home availability

• Not available. 😥