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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   1,400 votes
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Seasons:

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Release Date:

13 September 1986 (USA) more

Tagline:

They're here to save the world again! more

Plot:

The continuing adventures of the staff of the ghost removal service. full summary

Awards:

1 nomination more

User Comments:

not quite the movie, but passable more (30 total)


Cast

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Frank Welker ... Dr. Raymond Stantz / ... (140 episodes, 1986-1991)

Maurice LaMarche ... Dr. Egon Spengler / ... (140 episodes, 1986-1991)

Arsenio Hall ... Winston Zeddemore / ... (91 episodes, 1986-1987)
Lorenzo Music ... Dr. Peter Venkman / ... (78 episodes, 1986-1987)

Laura Summer ... Janine Melnitz / ... (75 episodes, 1986-1988)

Dave Coulier ... Dr. Peter Venkman / ... (62 episodes, 1987-1991)
Kath Soucie ... Janine Melnitz / ... (62 episodes, 1987-1991)
Buster Jones ... Winston Zeddemore / ... (49 episodes, 1988-1991)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Real Ghostbusters (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:

30 min (140 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color


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Trivia:

According to a 2006 interview with Maurice LaMarche, Ernie Hudson, who played Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters films, auditioned to voice the character on the cartoon, but the role instead went to Arsenio Hall. more

Quotes:

Egon Spengler: I'm not speaking to you for a week. It's not good for me.
Peter Venkman: Hey, don't make fun. This is how I got through college.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Oprah Winfrey Show: (1989-06-12)" (1989) more

Soundtrack:

Touching Old Magic more


FAQ

Why does Peter's voice change in the third season?
Why does Janine's appearance change so much along with her voice and attitude?
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19 out of 26 people found the following comment useful.
not quite the movie, but passable, 16 June 2006
7/10
Author: Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA

When I was three and four, I used to watch "The Real Ghost Busters" on TV, so I was surprised when I learned that the "Ghostbusters" movie was live-action!* As for the show itself, it's OK, although now I wish that they could have had Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver's character from the movies) as a character. It seems that Egon was always getting turned into something creepy - a monster chicken, a warlock, etc. I still wonder why the Slimer was on the Ghostbusters' side on the show. Maybe my favorite episode was the one where they got transferred into a ghost version of New York, although that one where they got stranded on the haunted island was also neat.

All in all, not great, but a pretty cool part of TV history. So just who are ya gonna call?

*The first time that I watched the movie (when I was seven), it scared the hell out of me. I was a little thrown off when I saw that it wasn't a cartoon, and by the fact that it was black and white. The lion statue threw me off further, and after the woman saw the ghost in the basement, I could only interpret the movie as horror. When it was over, I never wanted to watch it again. I watched it again when I was nine and thought that it was one of the funniest things that I'd ever seen. As for the black and white part, it came out black and white on the tape when my parents taped it; their only explanation is that the tape was haunted (in which case, that was the perfect movie to record onto it).

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