The Real Ghostbusters: The Good Episodes - Phelous

[@jackgladney]

I adore Lorenzo Music too. He made as deep an impression on me in childhood as anything. There are few sounds as wonderful as his voice. I'm always happy to hear about what a good egg he was.

[@nathanblevins158]

Same.

[@helmsly2010]

Every little story I've heard of Lorenzo music sounds like he was an amazing man

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Waffle Robot Agreed. He seems to have been a kind and humble man.

[@izukumidoriyaisssss3049]

@Stefano Pavone wow, that sucks

[@antonioclarosborda7257]

THIS TV SERIES IS BAD REALLY BAD

[@antonioclarosborda7257]

THE MOVIE IS BETTER THAN THIS TV ANIMATED SERIES

[@NSGhostbusters]

@@antonioclarosborda7257 Good for you.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

One joke that's stuck with me all these years is one you partially quote all the time. Venkman (after destroying mirror): Well, there goes my image . . . Ghost: *laughs Venkman: It wasn't that funny. Dunno why that joke in particular stuck with me, but I've never forgotten it.

[@alicered4198]

Well, Phelous, you may not have grown up to be Peter Venkman, but you grew up to be just as entertaining and humorous!

[@gracekim1998]

AGREED

[@bromodragone8405]

"Shhhh, Egon's working. We wouldn't want to disturb him. EGON, OLD BUDDY! Wanna do anything tonight?" - Lorenzo Music

[@nickthepick8043]

Lorenzo Music is one of those men who were in short supply, it seems. I also love how at 9:22 you mentioned that his version of Peter might have some underlying depression. I don't know why, but I always appreciated that sentiment and the imagery you chose to represent that the best.

[@jamesoblivion]

Fun coincidence about Peter's Casey Jones bit. There was a 1912 recording of The Ballad of Casey Jones, just twelve years after the famed trainwreck, by a very popular singer named...Billy Murray. 😕 You can extrapolate this connection further, by noting that the casting of Dave Coulier was also a trainwreck.

[@BlueScarabGuy]

Ernie Hudson auditioned for the cartoon version of his own live-action role, and lost? That's crazy.

[@KnightsaysNi]

BlueScarabGuy That's hilarious. Sad, but hilarious. XD

[@landrylongacre6391]

Charlie Chaplin once got 25th place in a competition of who could do the best Charlie Chaplin impression.

[@Igarappappa]

@@landrylongacre6391 Same with Dolly Parton.

[@FFKonoko]

Nah, it makes sense. Voice acting needs more focus on the voice, getting just the right delivery and such. Likewise, Chaplin not winning a Chaplin contest, they're judging based on outside perspectives of an archetypal version of Chaplin.

[@trealsteve]

Royalties and such.

[@BlazeNStar]

You kind of did realize your dream and became that Peter Vankman. You became a sarcastic, sometimes deadpan comedy guy in a Ghostbusters suit that the audience cherishes.

[@mikethegrunty5968]

I'm with Mr LaMarche. Janine's design is seriously hot

[@xgray2012]

+Mike White Yeah!!! I mean, it really pissed me off that they just changed her character in the later seasons because those Q5 retards thought that "she wasn't really connecting with the female demographic!" Bullshit!!! She was already connecting with the female demographic earlier in the show before they turned her into a fuckin' housewife!! Can you believe that?!

[@mikethegrunty5968]

+Xaviergray87 I feel you, man. Fuck Q5

[@mikethegrunty5968]

+AT Productions lol you're nuts, man( in a good way)

[@KrytenMark]

I agree! If anything, she was already a perfect role model to begin with.

[@mikedx42]

She was definitely one of my first little crushes, and seeing this video again... well... yeah... Tingle dingle.

[@TheaterPup]

Well here's the difference: cartoon Egon would take charge and be the reassuring, scientific mind with all the answers. Make sense on a kid's show. Whereas in the first movie, Egon didn't seem all that comfortable around people, period, much less taking charge. Both great interpretations, just different. And then in Ghostbusters II (maybe in response to the cartoon?), you see Egon being more at ease, cracking more dry humor jokes, while still maintaining a more adult tone than the cartoon.

[@dereknight861]

TheaterPup you’re never the same after blowing up a giant marshmallow mascot. Trust me, I haven’t been the same since I killed that one Muppet...maybe you should forget I said that.

[@trealsteve]

@@dereknight861 Was that the result of your “Ghostbusters vs Muppet Babies” adventure as a kid too? 🤣

[@BigAmericanGirlFan]

Taking all three into account, it feels like it creates a progression of Egon as he becomes comfortable with a group of people that have become a family to him, thus becoming more confident and even wiser due to what he has experienced. Hell, the inclusion of Extreme Ghostbusters shows this with how he has taken on a mentorship role with the new team of Ghostbusters.

[@BitcoinMotorist]

Venkman's voice actor was epic. Lorenzo Music also did a lot of radio commercials and I remember as a kid hearing his voice in a radio commercial and thinking "That's Venkman, they got Venkman to do their commercial".

[@peucoman]

33:24 wait... "Casey Jones was an engineer, he died in a trainwreck" - Peter Venkman (??? - Dave Coulier) so you're telling me.....Casey died!? and the Turtles didn't even noticed he was gone!? EDIT: Hello, I come from the future where Potato knows the tale of CJ is actually under the public domain. But this was Blind Turtle Fanboy Potato from 4 years ago

[@CaffeineDeprivation]

My thoughts exactly

[@munchjrgames942]

This actually is cannon to the Live-Action Turtles Movies, which explains why Casey disappears in TMNT2, he's just a ghost in TMNT3

[@thebman80]

LOL, Nah not that one think more along the lines of the Grateful Dead song "Casey Jones". Which is even funnier when you think about it because the bands name was the "Grateful Dead" and this is the Ghostbusters.

[@jamesoblivion]

@@thebman80 Even more uncanny, given the Venkman line...there was a 1912 recording of The Ballad of Casey Jones, just twelve years after the famed trainwreck, by a very popular singer named...Billy Murray. 😕 You can extrapolate this connection further, by noting that the casting of Dave Coulier was also a trainwreck.

[@trealsteve]

@@jamesoblivion 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Shenruss]

Dude, this has got to be one of the most fan appreciated, heartfelt, detailed, and yet objective, fair, and informative reviews I've ever seen. To say nothing of the fact that it's one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE 80S TOONS and I could remmeber the scripts from EVERY EPISODE save ONE that you showed! Miss Lorenzo Music, and wanna meet Arsenio Hall to shake his hand for this. I agree with everything you said here, as will *any* REAL Ghostbuster's fan [pun intended]. They don't make shows like this anymore, and we're all the worse for it, and frankly I am *pissed off* that they are TRYING to pass this soon to be out piece of tripe looking abomination as a NEW Ghostbuster's film!!!! *Buuuuuuuuut* .... we will reserve proper judgement until we see it. Till something better comes along, we have this awesome show and the comic books that still hold true to the awesomeness that is the world of GB. Good job, my dude; your efforts are appreciated. Bless

[@definitelycatherine7296]

The fact that you called the bad ones " the wrong sounding Peter episodes" as a kid is pretty funny.

[@jamesoblivion]

That was how I saw...or rather, heard...them myself. I remember the show getting goofier, and Slimer hogging the spotlight, but the thing that bugged me most was how wrong Peter sounded. He was my favorite 'buster, and I also watched Garfield, and even old reruns of Rhoda, where Lorenzo got huge laughs without even having to show his face. His laconic voice was iconic to me, even as a young kid. Coulier was no substitute. Bad! Bad Joey! Cut...it...out!

[@Niel2760]

I seem to remember tuning in one day, and wondering what happened to Peters voice....I did not like it.

[@winterlynn9012]

Same. I was pretty young when I first watched the show and I enjoyed it along with my brother. For reasons I can't recall we stopped watching the show for a year or two, and when we returned it was the newer butchered version. We hated it as kids. Hated Slimer, hated Venkmans new voice and missed the badass incarnation of Janine. We pretty much stopped watching it. My brother was 7 and I was 5 and it was still too childish and goofy for us.

[@trealsteve]

@@jamesoblivion Dave Coulier’s “Peter” was definitely as annoying as Slimer, and Winston being the designated driver was. Needless to say, his Bill Murray impression sucked.

[@justincicconi759]

My younger cousin who loved, TRG, would say “Oh no, it’s the guy from Full House.” when the/Dave Collier episodes came on.

[@chrisbg99]

Frank Welker kind of looks like Ray back in the day.

[@combatking0]

Peter hates Mondays. He also hates it when Slimer eats his lasagna.

[@masterfarr8265]

and especially his watermelon

[@darrensamir4580]

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[@maddoxrussell8970]

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[@darrensamir4580]

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[@darrensamir4580]

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[@V1NCYN1CAL]

Janine (before Q5) is one of my favourite female characters. Character and looks.

[@14mespider9]

She is the hottest, but I don't understand why some kids are creeped out by the pointy glasses... THEY'RE GLASSES!

[@LiaManila]

Bob L-B Kids weren't actually scared of the glasses it was just Q5 being idiots.

[@staples.]

Shes both cool and hot

[@gracekim1998]

@@LiaManila yeah they were idiots alright. those glasses were cool!

[@what9681]

Phelous, I've been stuck in my room all week with a horrible head cold but one of the few positive things that has come from this miserable week has been discovering this channel, thanks for making these entertaining videos!

[@phelous]

Thanks! Hope you feel better soon!

[@what9681]

Thanks Phelous, you rock! =)

[@TheGenomario]

+Phelan “Phelous” Porteous where did you get that Ghostbusters jumpsuit with your name from?

[@epickalamaricatswag7733]

what?

[@FXJunky]

Holy CRAP, Maurice La Marche is versatile as hell.

[@xgray2012]

Gus Topher Indeed.

[@claythedragon8201]

So here’s a fun fact J. Michael Straczynski was a story writer for the original He-Man cartoon. When I was watching the episode “The Game” from He-Man I noticed the plot was almost identical to the Ghostbusters episode “The Night Game”. It wasn’t just coincidence J.M.S wrote both of those episodes! His ties to Filmation are even referenced in the Ghostbusters episode “Station Identification” where there is a parody version of He-Man!

[@DezPez93]

I like coming back to this video every once in a while. Just seeing you so passionate about this series brings a smile to my face. :)

[@goodguystv3861]

It's hilarious because Lorenzo played Venkman and Garfield, and Bill Murray acted as Peter Venkman and Voiced Garfield lol

[@nathanblevins158]

And later frank welker plays Garfield in Garfield show.

[@KevinJamesVideo]

I really appreciate all your RGB output. It's a show that's so fun to meditate on, and revisiting it usually turns over new reasons to fall in love with it again.

[@mechaman7818]

These Real Ghostbusters videos have made me realize just how much J. Michael Straczynski was/is involved in the media I consume. Whether it was cartoons like this, sci-fi shows like Babylon 5 & Captain Power, or super hero comics, J. Michael Straczynski's name shows up all the time. I feel as if to say he's prolific would be an understatement.

[@teenygozer]

I started watching this show because I had bronchial pneumonia and couldn't move, so I'd just lay there like a dead trout and watch TV all day as my ravaged lungs healed. Every day at 4pm, The Real Ghostbusters would come on, and fortunately for me, it wasn't the later, bad episodes, the run I was watching was all syndicated episodes. It was amazing. Now I own the box set that looks like Ghostbuster Central. There are dvds I am probably going to wear out, and others that I could use for coasters under cold drinks.

[@masterfarr8265]

i loved this Mrs. Favishom episode, Peter was such a sweetheart in that one and the ending was really heartwarming

[@RalphBromleyMadmanRB]

J. Michael Straczynski is the main reason why I think the show was so good

[@xgray2012]

+Ralph Bromley Indeed!!!

[@davidcolby167]

+Ralph Bromley I shit you not, when I was watching Phelous' review of the ghosts of Christmas Past video and JMS' name showed up as the writer I did a spit take and said, "in valen's name, WHAT!?"

[@marqueematthews4949]

Yeah! He wasn't just one of the Writers he was the original story Editior! When he left so did Quality of the Shows Identity..

[@aberdeenhank4038]

I second that. 👍👍

[@MrImpossiblyBlack]

My favorite episode is "Knock, Knock". The scene where a group of ghost possess a bunch of subway trains then wriggle into the tunnels is one of my most vivid childhood memories. Their creepy screams really stuck with me. I think I was 6 or 7 when I saw that episode.

[@nicholastosoni707]

+MrImpossiblyBlack Mine too. I daresay it was one of the first few episodes to be _produced_, and was probably intended to be the first one to air. Everything about it "sells" the show, from the big-budget "film-stock" look to the utterly barmy visuals.Also, it's a pretty early episode because Maurice LaMarche sounds like he hasn't quite gotten his "Egon" voice nailed down--it sounds oddly congested, as if the character had a bad head-cold.

[@aaronbuffalo7769]

+MrImpossiblyBlack They literally go to HELL to combat possessed trains and stop a super energy conduit thing from destroying the world crossing the river styx, everything felt like a grand epic fit, I WOULD HAVE LOOVED had it been the story for Ghostbusters 2 instead of all this sewer slime bullshit

[@josephcalderon906]

+MrimpossiblyBlack I watched that episode in it's original syndication broadcast growing up, and it's one of my favorite episodes,and i just watched this episode again more than a year ago. there's scenes that i still remember.what a wonderful episode indeed!.

[@gersonlinares2307]

Egon was on fire in that episode

[@rodster6campingprepper]

I discovered Ghostbusters through the cartoon and toyline too. I actually thought the movie was based on the cartoon for many years not the other way around.

[@queenpen1398]

same

[@Darusamon]

Now that the official Ghostbusters KZbin channel is uploading episodes of both cartoon series, I'm able to see first hand just how well the writing and performances of the original show hold up. It's still a great cartoon.

[@dereknight861]

It’s honestly a GODSEND that the GOOD episodes barely outnumbered the BAD/Q5 episodes. It would be a crime against humanity if it turned out that more than half of the show SUCKED so bad.

[@raykelley4585]

I haven't really checked out a lot of Phelous's post TGWTG stuff until recently, and I gotta say I'm impressed.

[@phelous]

Thanks!

[@Hammerhead547]

That "Chicken I Cluck" episode reminds me of an equally stupid yet well written episode of GI Joe called "The Viper". The basic premise of "The Viper" is actually a stupid joke based upon one of the Joe's misunderstanding a phone call from the window washer he hired to clean the windows of his family business and thinking that it was actually a Cobra plot to assassinate him. The comedy comes into play when they confront Cobra Commander after a pointless battle that the joe's ended up staring for no particular reason and demand to know who "The Viper" is and CC/Destro are just as mystified as they are about what is happening leaving CC wondering is that particular Joe has "lost his marbles" and Destro quipping "perhaps we all need a vacation".

[@ForrestFox626]

Even stupid ideas can work with the right execution.

[@boobah5643]

The way I remember that episode was that the Joes kept Adam Westing the Viper's phone calls into Cobra plots... plots that the Joes then squashed early, so they ended up with enough episode to go around three times. The punchline being that the third time the Joes are all prepared for a Cobra attack when an old dude in overalls shows up at the appointed place and time and delivers the line: "I am the Viper. I have come to vipe your vindows."

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

... nice interview parts - but where is the part where they interview the japanese producer Tetsuo Katayama, who obviously had the greatest influence on the animation here? : / noone ever talks about him.

[@cheesefondont1579]

The Real Ghostbusters was a big part of my childhood, so thank you loads for bringing all those memories back! I also didn't know anything about there being both ABC and Syndicated episodes, so I will have to look up what was and wasn't released in the UK. If we had all the (good) episodes or not.

[@phustus7398]

Joseph Jostar sees Slimer "OHHH MY GOD!!!" Slimer "OHHH MY GOD!!!!!" i just love the image

[@kykylikeitlikeit144]

Phelous, you actually do a pretty good Lorenzo Music impression.

[@yungotcha]

damm they dont have a blooper reel ? i would Pay to hear the outtakes

[@adrianbaldwin7692]

Little bit of the ID to ghost

[@paleeoguy]

I never watch long videos or reviews on youtube, but I watched this and have to compliment you on the thoroughness of the analyses you have presented. You echoed some of the things I really could never put my finger on regarding the differences between the early and later seasons and clarified the points on cast, writing, and character. Really well done!

[@schlamuffenimperator9460]

Ghostbusters: The Good, the Bad and the Coulier

[@apanapandottir205]

At 21:47, Slimer pretty much says "Godis", which is "Candy" is Swedish. That must have been or purpose.

[@masterfarr8265]

I wanna see Phelous play Peter in an official Ghostbuster production

[@countesschewi2399]

To be fair towards Ghostbusters 2, the reason Janine and Egon doesn't happen is because Harold Ramis didn't like the idea. (Which makes it feel kinda awkward when I think about how I disagree with him on that...)

[@nicholastosoni707]

+Chewable Arsenic Candies He didn't have much use for the show in general, really.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

I've only recently heard that. What did Ramis have against the pairing anyway? It came off as really cute during GBI and the Janine/Louis thing seemed out of place in GBII (having loved RGB for years before I saw GBII). I always thought that GBII would have made more sense if it had been Egon and Janine's kid in danger, instead of that awkward business of Peter-and-Dana-break-up-only-to-get-back-together-and-she's-had-a-kid-by-someone-else. It would have raised the stakes and given Egon a chance to play Papa Wolf. That may have been why the E/J pairing didn't really go anywhere in the cartoon(s)--Ramis had creative control over the character. (I never saw Extreme GB, but I always thought it was a shame they didn't have E/J married by then and have a kid of theirs figure into the storylines.)

[@nicholastosoni707]

Jennifer Schillig I think the problem might be in Egon's conception as "a kind of New Wave Spock," extremely intelligent academically but utterly clueless in the ways of love. On the other hand, I would have preferred the Egon/Janine thing to have gone further--having had a taste of his own mortality, Egon starts to become a little more emotionally intelligent.

[@munchjrgames942]

That's great. That would mean Harold would've really tapped in to the awkwardness.

[@kylecampbell565]

Nicholas Tosoni pretty ironic given Spock has a girlfriend in the Kelvin timeline

[@dianesmith3118]

This show, Batman:animated series, X-Men animated and Spider-Man animated are my absolute favorites. Born in 84

[@Rylosalex]

I have so many favorite episodes there's too many to list. Like the episode "Play the Devil" I love the part when Ray and Winston are called by Dib and you can see Ray dancing happily. Then there's the part where after Winston and Ray when the first round Peter had Egon in a bear hug and he's jumping up in down with glee while saying "Egon! Egon! Egon We won! We're going to Tahiti!" I thought those two scenes were so cute!!

[@VahanNisanian]

33:10 There were at least four episodes that were like that: "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Ghost?" "The Man Who Never Reached Home" "Last Train to Oblivion" "The Long, Long, Long, Etc. Goodbye" And, they were all Syndicated episodes.

[@ScottWildTornadoSponge]

I can't stop imagining Frank Welker as someone other than Fred from Scooby Doo for some reason. Maybe it's the certain tone and accent that he gives out.

[@channel1344]

yeah

[@jakebryant3445]

Wait that's Frank Welker's voice?!?

[@SMAXZO]

+Scott Wild (TornadoSponge) Obviously you never heard Frank Welker's Megatron...or the insane Galvatron...or Soundwave...

[@nicholastosoni707]

+Jake Bryant (JBryant) Yup. And his take on Santa Claus in _Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas_ sounds just like an elderly Ray Stantz.

[@jamesoblivion]

To me, Frank Welker will always be the voice of every animal ever.

[@lilsingingsensation]

You say "Ray" but I hear Fred Jones and see a sort of haired Bill Dautrieve

[@randalgraves6979]

I kept expecting Egon to say “ same thing we do every night Pinky, try to take over the world 🌎 “ 😂

[@Haruki_Aznable]

That's Danny DeVito!!

[@latviandragon2718]

yeah me too

[@BigAmericanGirlFan]

I always love the fan crossover theory that Ray is somehow related to Fred. Both of them gleefully excited about thier passions.

[@stevencass8849]

Favorite episodes are The Boogieman Cometh, Citizen Ghost, Knock Knock, and the Sandman episode. But really, I love all the syndicated episodes, and all of the first season of Saturday morning episodes. Basically, any episode with Lorenzo Music as Venkman’s voice. 😂

[@MysticMindAnalysis]

I will admit, I didn't have as much an attachment to this show as I did with Extreme Ghostbusters as a kid. Revisiting it as an adult didn't grab me due to the animation quality. But listening to Phelan talk and hearing some of the snappy one liners/character moments? IDK, maybe I'll give it another shot :).

[@davidcolby167]

It still blows me away that JMS wrote this. He wrote Babylon 5 AND huge chunks of The Real Ghostbusters? Dude was a writing genius machine of fucking god tier badassness.

[@RichardWatt]

I think one of his first submitted scripts was for He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe animated series.

[@Pico_de_Guile]

Nostalgia overload! I remember how excited I was to watch the first episode the same saturday morning my family and I were supposed to go to disneyland. My parents kept yelling at me to get ready while I just kept yelling back "OKAY!" but still glued to the tv. It was that much more important to me than disneyland. +Phelan Porteous I really enjoyed watching your video. Thank you.

[@jareroof1581]

specially now, disneyland the most expensive place on earth.

[@LordZack1]

There's no such thing as a locked door when you have an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on your back.

[@Rick-Raven]

I love the review and I like the cartoon version of Egon a little bit more as well. The only episode in which they had to rescue Janine (the first version) was in episode Ghost Busted when they became Crimebusters.

[@Doobie1975]

didn't they also rescue Janine in the episode "Captain Steel Saves The Say"?

[@Rick-Raven]

Not really, in Ghost Busted she was kidnapped, tied-up and gagged with a ransom note. In Captain Steel Saves the Day, Janine didn't even act like she needed to be saved "May I help you?" "I am Dr. Destructo and you are my prisoner!" "Doctor Venkman won't like this, he hates to pay me overtime." "Careful with that equipment bubby. You break it, you bought it."

[@Doobie1975]

OMG I've totally forgotten all about that Janine's quotes on that episode.

[@dragondude9637]

My favorite Ghostbuster who I identified with as a child in the 80s was and still is Egon. I never saw anything in Slimer and I loved it when Peter zaps him.

[@xhandbasketx]

I source Janine as one of the reasons why I adore redheads as an adult. Well one of the three reasons but like Phelan I was three when this series started as well.

[@ryodash]

Great video, some of that must have taken ages. Worth it to note that Ghostbusters often had an anime feel, not so much because of the storyboards, but because a large bulk of the episodes (The well animated ones) were all animated in Japan.

[@Tortoiseshel]

I decided to check out this show after watching your videos on it, and I'm really glad I did, it's great! Thanks a bunch!

[@VahanNisanian]

+Snabulax I'm really surprised Phelous didn't mention "The Grundel" in his "Bad Episodes" video. "The Grundel" is regarded by many fans of the show as one of the best episodes from after the first season. And yes, Straczynski wrote it.

[@VahanNisanian]

+Snabulax Other great ones from after the first season, in my not so humble opinion: "It's Jungle Out There" (An evil spirit possesses animals in the New York Zoo, and they take over the city.) "The Copycat" (A shape-changer can copy anything or anyone it sees.) "Flip Side" (The Ghostbusters get sucked into an alternate dimension.) "Standing Room Only" (The Ghostbusters battle Mee-Krah.) "Robo-Buster" (A robot created by a thief of a businessman steals the line of business of the Ghostbusters.) "Follow That Hearse" (The Ecto-1 gets possessed.) "Future Tense" (Ray claims his new television set is haunted, in that it shows scenes from the future of him and his team. The others don't believe him at first, until they get their next assignment.) "The Halloween Door" (Nothing for me to say about this one that hasn't been previously said.)

[@BlackBeWhite2k7]

+Snabulax ...They completely destroyed Janine and Peters characters personalities. The former of which to such a degree and under such repulsive justification that the original writer flat out quit in protest.

[@Megared82]

+Vahan Nisanian I thought "Loathe Thy Neighbor" (The Ghostbusters pretty much meet the Addams Family) "The Grundel" (A boy slowly turns into a monster by doing bad things) and "Transylvanian Homesick Blues" (The Ghostbusters help a vampire) were pretty good episodes too.

[@VahanNisanian]

Megared82 Supposedly, "Trasnylvanian Homesick Blues" was swapped with "Slimer, Is That You?" during the original run. But nobody knows how or why. "Slimer, Is That You?" originally aired on ABC with the new voices for Peter and Janine, and the version with the original voices wouldn't resurface until later. I wish somebody could get a hold of Straczynski (who wrote "Slimer, Is That You?"), and ask him if the swapping was his idea, or the network's.

[@Ahturos]

I watched your video about bad episodes before this one. I think that was the best for me to do to get the best taste in my mouth for this show and being sure how many episodes where actually good. I am from Sweden but I don´t know why I love Lorenzos voice so much. It´s calm and laid back. I really love him as Garfield but everyline here as Peter just cracks me up. We did get the show over here but I don´t know how many episodes. Hopefully just the first 78 good ones. In Sweden we usually don´t manage to get so far into a show before a new one comes around. Sweden was really late around 1988 to start dubbing for television. Just some special cases like Disney related got dubbed. But it was a storm when it started with TV. And sadly we did´t have that many voice actors at first. It was viewed as something lower form of work for an actor. For Ghost busters we had 6 voices in total. The four ghostbusters, Jenny and one more to play some extra character´s. I think we just had Slimer keep is original sounds since it was just gibberish anyway. But even those four Main character´s did some extra voices too. It could get really annoying when you heard the same voice for a side character done by Peter for example talking to eachother with similar voices. But the voices where icons for us and we still appreciate them. Sadly we have´t gotten the DVD over here. That goes for most of the 80´s and 90´s cartoon´s. They are not available here in any shape or form unless you recorded everything on VHS.

[@MediaNutso]

Hey, Phelous. One fact I'm surprised you skimmed over was the fact that Haim Saban & Shuki Levy did much of the music for the four ABC Seasons & the syndicated episodes.

[@VahanNisanian]

+Tim Whitfield And of all the soundtracks they ever did for Kids' cartoons, this one was easily their best ever.

[@thenumberquelve158]

It's warming to see this change of pace to a positive nostalgic lookback from Phelous. Good to know he can be genuine and appreciative, not to mention motivated to share something good with people like me who are too young to know of The Real Ghostbusters. ....And now I'm going to enjoy you ripping it apart in the next video. xD

[@owenslaughter9438]

I don't want to come off as a jerk here, but I think I got the last interview with Buster Jones before he passed away. Unfortunately that interview was lost due to my computer and second hard drive crapping out at the exact time. with the say it he was an amazing person and just left me in awe the whole time. IN a way I am glade that interview wasn't release because most of it was me saying, "Oh wow, what you have to say is way more interesting than the questions I had prepared to ask you." He was just an amazing person that over coed so much and was just so opened with his life. To this day I still kick myself for loosing all of it. He had some amazing stories to tell as well as some amazing life lessons.

[@darthnecrosis1705]

I always like Lorenzo Music as Peter but could never get into Dave Coulier, made him sound him like a surfer. I always heard that Bill Murray had something to do with Lorenzo getting replaced because he didn't want Peter Venkman being associated with Garfield.

[@KnightsaysNi]

Darth Necrosis Yeah, he said he was afraid Peter sounded TOO much like Garfield, so recasting him was one of the changes when they revamped the show. Ironically Mr. Murray then went on to voice Garfield in the two CGI/live-action films. Which in my opinion solidifies Lorenzo Music as the "true" voice of Peter Venkman. ;)

[@dragondude9637]

The sad thing is that Murray didn't even want Music replaced, he just jokingly said Peter sounds like Garfield.

[@Dr.Gold-Dry-Bowser]

I have took your advice on watching seasons 1 and 2 and I gotta say way BETTER then the rest of the seasons. Seasons 1 and 2 are the best! In fact I already plan on watching season 2 this month.

[@xgray2012]

Just started to rewatch the cartoons after watching the Real Ghostbusters "The Bad Episodes" episode and thank God that I made the right choice to only stick with the first two seasons and that's it.

[@picassodamelio3728]

Man I love Lorenzo Music so much😸

[@bromodragone8405]

On the plus side, the High Quality series was 78 episodes.

[@Tareltonlives]

You made me a fan of this show. So much talent, and they made the best from the premise.

[@gracekim1998]

yeah

[@Doobie1975]

I've thought that Buster Jones did a better job portraying Winston than Dave Coulier and Kath Soucie did as Peter and Janine respectively.

[@VahanNisanian]

+Doobie1975 Buster Jones was the most tolerable of the changes. Also, may he rest in peace. He died in 2014.

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

I always loved Janine, she was such a badass! And while I was too young to be fully aware of the changes at the time (this wasn't my favourite show but I did watch it a fair amount), after watching the bad episodes video I really hate what they made her into.

[@gracekim1998]

i totally understand that yeah

[@RedFoxReviewer]

This is such a great show, thanks for the recommendation phelous. I absolutely love the first two seasons of the show before all the changes. I wish the time-life set was a bit cheaper to come by though.

[@emmamaki5862]

That bit about the show having an anime vibe is literally so true.... thinking of that scene where they fall and land on top of each other and bounce a bit as they land, definitely some anime physics going on there. (Also appreciate how often Peter is drawn with a ":3" mouth... I know that's supposed to be a sardonic smile but it just reads as him being a catboy)

[@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario]

Probably because it was animated in Japan (until Q5 fucked it up)

[@angrychipmunkonfire3]

Let's not forget that anime girl that Peter borrowed the bike from in "Killerwatt."

[@CazMeister]

6:20 Having seen the "The Bad Episodes" episode, this is even more hilarious than it was initially.

[@Monkofmagnesia]

You knew Lorenzo Music as Garfield, but we older fans were first introduced to him as the voice of Carlton the Doorman on "Rhoda" (a Mary Tyler Moore spinoff).

[@DigiAkuma]

OMG! Just now checked my Netflix Queues & under TV & Movies from the 1980s I just saw the The Real Ghostbusters is now on Netflix! Season one is 78 episodes, and it doesn't take long to see when the Q5 changes start (basically right at Season 2 & then on). Halloween Door is last episiode of Season 4. Just started watching the first episode of the 1st Season, and I can definitely confirm that Peter Venkman is voiced of Lorenzo Music , so no b.S. redub of him with dave coulier's voice so far as you've talked about in Bad Episodes.

[@xgray2012]

Digi-Akuma Just let me know how far you have gotten to watching season one on Netflix, because that needs to be the one with the original versions of the episodes with Lorenzo Music's Peter Venkman and Laura Summer's Janine Melnitz and not those god-awful re-dubs.

[@Pizzaguy975]

They took it out dam I was watching it oh Well

[@xsteveconwayx]

I haven’t seen this show since it was on TV, but I remember that creature grabbing the doorknob and growing bigger. I loved this show as a little kid. Maybe I should rewatch it.

[@BBBHuey]

20:18 After reading IDW's Ghostbusters: Get Real, I'm wondering if Phelan will one day review "Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster".

[@xdevildeadlyx7650]

14:55 autism king

[@crimsonghost7500]

one of my favorite cartoons from back in the day. netfix recently added the whole series to its list and I'll admit, I've been watching them! they truly stood the test of time as I still enjoy them decades later. some of the ghost are rather scary and a lot of the music sounds eerie for it to be a kids show, they definitely don't make'em like they used to! some of my favorite episodes were flip-side, ghost fight at the ok coral, the sandman, the cabinet of calamari, dairy farm and the Halloween episode with samhain. if you have kids, you should try watching with them as I think they are still enjoyable for everyone.

[@MaximumMadnessStixon]

I was born in '88, so I grew up on the tail-end of "Ghostbusters Fever." I used to watch clunky VHS copies of the two movies we taped off of HBO, but I didn't know about the series at first. My parents ended up buying me a VHS tape of the episode "Knock, Knock" because I was obsessed with the movies, and I used to think it was "Ghostbusters 3." So I'd demand to watch "Ghostbusters 3" constantly. (Don't laugh, I was like 3 or 4, haha.) A few years later, I found out about the series and would watch it whenever I could find it or get VHS tapes of the episodes. But unfortunately even though I loved the episodes I saw, I couldn't catch the majority of them. I just found it out a lot of them got added to Netflix, so it might finally be time to check them out and watch the bulk of the series!

[@pythiasibyls6269]

I just saw Jeanne go down the firepole in a short skirt... I visibly flinched when I thought about the metal/skin contact. That would need cream.

[@GOFFBITZH666]

I thought I was the only one!

[@hardluck8732]

I'll volunteer to rub the cream on her sore thighs.

[@kylecampbell565]

Hard Luck she’d probably slap you if you suggested that

[@jp3813]

@@kylecampbell565 Some people are into that kind of treatment.

[@kylecampbell565]

jp3813 to quote Megabyte from Reboot “Let us not even THINK of that possibility”

[@OperatorOscillation]

I was always irritated that Ghostbusters II didn't incorporate the cartoon continuity into it.

[@KidSnivy69]

Then they couldn't do the rise from fall they did in that movie.

[@OperatorOscillation]

KidSnivy69 They probably wanted it to flow naturally from the first movie, which might not have happened if it continued where the cartoon left off. But as a kid, I wasn't concerned about what was best for business.

[@KidSnivy69]

Mansplain Blane Most likely, I just think that was a stupid plot point

[@OrionAltHist]

@@OperatorOscillation Indeed. I like the cartoon and the first movie more than I liked the second one.

[@kylecampbell565]

Well they sorta did Winston got his shave, and Slimer was an actual character

[@miamifiction]

I still love this cartoons, I was 7 when it came out and became a fan of the movie and the cartoon. Regards.

[@ClydeJHatbird]

"...versus something with pretty animation that's brain dead." My mind immediately went to sword art online.

[@mariic2]

Clyde HEYO~!

[@Autobotmech]

From one Ghosthead to another, great job on the commentary, a very enjoyable channel to watch.

[@Zombiellectuals]

I just marathoned these ghost busters episodes! I was always so confused as a kid about the difference in animations and styles and names of the different shows!

[@saysthemanbehindthemask]

Phelan Porteous Great Video man! It was so great to see some of the footage i never knew existed! Thanks for making this... would be great to see your top 10 favourite episodes.

[@MisheardMetal]

Great and funny review as always Phelous, and as you said at 26:56 it certainly would have been a blast to be a fly on the wall during all those recordings.

[@matthewsmith3078]

This show never frightened me much as a kid. Whereas Scooby Doo scared the hell out of me!

[@shebakoby]

Fun Fact: the demon in "Chicken, He Clucked" was Frank Welker using his Galvatron voice.

[@christiegreenwood2642]

This cartoon is also one of the first things I remember watching (along with TMNT, Labyrinth, and He-Man) and I loved it. Peter was my favourite, too, along with Janine - until they changed her. As a little kid, I couldn't pinpoint the reason, but random changes in stuff I loved just bugged the hell out of me. Nothing could top my love for the Ninja Turtles, though. As a five-year-old in 88, I was obsessed with that show - me and all of my friends.

[@lordvoldemort9440]

20:33 (this is a joke) when egon (sorry if misspelled) says "get Out while you still can" he's talking about the show entirely seeing the network interference on the horizon

[@nozoto]

5:22 I swear that Egon's haircut is a Pompadour! I wonder why? xD That said apart, it gives him a distinctive style in comparison to the movie's counterpart, which is not too bad in hindsight.

[@euansinclair5293]

The music on this show is great. Can anyone confirm who composes it??

[@VahanNisanian]

16:06 I can imagine this dialogue going on between two ABC Executives: ABC Exec #1: Oh, no! ABC Exec #2: What's wrong? ABC Exec #1: Look at this! We've been getting non-stop complaints from parents who say that our hottest cartoon on Saturday Mornings is too scary for their kids! ABC Exec #2: What are we gonna do? ABC Exec #1: We're gonna fix it! That's what we're gonna do! Call Q5!

[@DianneRoberts722]

So THATS how The Q-5 got involved!

[@seanmorgan2356]

I can't remember what my first favorite cartoon, but I do remember that "The Real Ghostbusters" was one of them.

[@Clonekiller66]

I find it ironic that the live action version of Garfield is played by Bill Murray.

[@Cyberleader672]

even though slimer should not have gotten so much attention later I wish they made an episode focused on who slimer was before he died

[@KidSnivy69]

I get the feeling he wasn't human

[@NodDisciple1]

The cast of the movie said he was based on the late James Belushi and was what his character would've been if he had lived long enough to be in the actual film. Basically a big eater and party animal.

[@rassilontdavros3004]

Brother Malachai You mean John Belushi.

[@SuperSongbird21]

In the 2016 remake there was apparently a deleted scene that reveals Slimer was a gangster who murdered a hotel waiter for getting his order wrong and haunted the hotel after he was caught and executed by the police. Doesn't really fit with the more kid-friendly Slimer in the cartoon, does it?

[@coleslegoworld]

SuperSongbird21 actually hes john balushi from animal house

[@SailorJenova]

Slimer : "oh my god!" If I remember correctly, at the time, and at my age at the time...that was considered pushing the envelope with profanity in a kids cartoon. Me and my brother were like "oooooooo....he cussed!" Not like we didn't sometimes when no one was around...but it was really funny at the time.