In 1973, an edited (and silent) version of the cartoon was released as a cartridge for the Fisher-Price Movie Viewer. The small manual, hand crank-operated toy required no batteries and could be played forward or in reverse at any variable speed determined by the user.
The viewer itself looked like a cream-colored plastic super-8 camera with a multi-colored circular hand crank on one side and a small plastic window that provided a light source on the other. One end had a small magnifying glass view hole, while the other end had a space for the rectangular movie cartridge. To experience this flicking picture show, the child would insert the yellow cartridge and crank away, watching the movie through the eyepiece. The viewer used an 8mm strip of film that was permanently looped on the inside of the cartridge so that at the end of any particular strip, the clip would simply begin again.
This 1937 cartoon short "Lonesome Ghosts" is also featured in the co1071834 game Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (1994) in the fourth level and features the three ghosts from this cartoon who teleport and attack Mickey Mouse.
Many people believe that "Lonesome Ghosts" from 1937 was the inspiration for S.O.S. fantômes (1984). Also the phrase "I ain't scared of no ghost!" occurs in this Cartoon, in which it is said by Goofy, which may have inspired the "Ghostbusters" theme song written by Ray Parker Jr.. Fittingly Disney made a "D-TV" of the song to footage of "Lonesome Ghosts" from 1937 for their Halloween special "DTV Monster Hits".
"Lonesome Ghosts" from 1937 was nominated in 1994 for the list of "The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals" by Jerry Beck, and is on the list of "Other Great Cartoons" in the book.