The Wild Battle Over The Real Ghostbusters: How A Studio Almost Killed A Hit

[@OldManTheseDays]

I remember seeing “Ghostbusters” in the TV guide during the after school cartoon block and getting super-stoked. I ran home from the bus stop after school, turned on the TV, and saw….. a gorilla. It was a lifelong lesson in expectation.

[@charlesbennett7484]

I've seen both Ghostbusters (Filmation) and The Real Ghostbusters and I actually really like both. 👻

[@johnmp3828]

Omg this

[@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy]

I remember watching the live action Ghostbusters with the gorilla

[@robvegas9354]

This got me as well... it was in the TV guide and the it was like what is going on here... LOLs

[@ferox965]

When I was kid, I loved both.

[@jeffmoeller4522]

"The children of the 80's are 'adults' now, many with kids or grandkids or cats of their own." The accuracy of this sentence cannot be understated.

[@matthewkreps3352]

Remember anytime you hear the word millennials, replace with Adults under 41.

[@brandonmadigan7523]

You called it. Cats indeed 😄!

[@jbarton8508]

I felt both understood & personally attacked by that line. :)

[@allencampbell3350]

Even my cats got a chuckle out of that.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

i Still don't have a cat on my own :( I don't feel like a real adult....

[@MementoMorituri]

Winston: Can you read Sumerian? Egon: In my sleep, underwater and with the lights off.

[@AaronLitz]

That is my _favorite_ quote.

[@acerumble]

Best episode, straight up terrifying

[@D21BeastReviews]

"...Of course I can read Sumerian."

[@trealsteve]

“Cathulu makes Gozer look like Little Mary Sunshine”

[@carrsllccarrillo6507]

How bout this one: Egon: "Peter, the seal impression!" Peter "Arf Arf Arf!" Egon "No! Not an impression of a seal!" Lol! Gets me all the time!

[@acerumble]

"Cthulu? I've heard of him, he's bad, right? "He makes Gozer look like Little Mary Sunshine"

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Now that's a great quote.

[@trealsteve]

Favorite quote.

[@MeleeStormbringer]

How will we recognize him? If you something that looks like Godzilla wearing a squid hat, that's him.

[@Rylosalex]

Ah, Another great episode "The call of Cthulu" I think the title was.

[@mxplixic]

@@Rylosalex The COLLECT Call of Cthulhu. He's cheap that way. :)

[@Gunsight-One]

One of the best animated adaptations of a theatrical feature ever. Somehow the humor remained intact without dumbing it down to suit a younger audience. This show still holds up today.

[@PeterZeeke]

a d yet they couldnt do that with the follow up movies

[@Gunsight-One]

@@PeterZeeke Ghostbusters 2 wasn't as bad as its said to be. Ghostbusters 2016 the less said the better. Ghostbusters Afterlife TBD.......

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@Gunsight-One I can already tell I'm going to like afterlife more than 2016 ever had the chance of being. It has the right tone and as long as the humor works I feel like it should be great.

[@Gunsight-One]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu I agree, Afterlife looks like it will be a solid sequel/reboot. My fingers are crossed. 🤞

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@Gunsight-One I mean 2016 lowered the bar considerably. I mean I know 2 is divisive in the fandom but 2016 was just flat out a piece of crap start to finish, period. Afterlife at least looks like a loving a proper tribute to the series. It's a shame most people never have or will play the game based on Ghostbusters as it was basically the third movie we never got and never will. But yeah I'm pretty sure unless it really is aggressively atrocious I'm going to really like afterlife. I've got my expectations well in check.

[@illusioncity]

I thought the way the cartoon showed that the Ghostbuster's movie was actually based on the lives of the cartoon ghostbusters was such a cool idea. It was the only time I can remember that an animated show based on a movie not only acknowledged the existence of the movie they were based, but the story line was written that the movie was only based on the shows characters, making them the REAL ghostbusters...

[@Cre8Lounge]

Filmation used the name Ghostbusters for their TV show

[@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy]

I remember which episode you mean. The reporter was looking to interview the important ghost buster and the guys recalled their encounter with gozer and how the ectoplasm animated their uniforms and that slimer was the hero who saved the team.

[@Dargonhuman]

I love how that episode also addressed why the cartoon characters look so different from the movie characters - they were played by actors the cartoon character never heard of. But something I've been wondering since rewatching that episode as an adult - in our world, the movie was a runaway success, which is why the cartoon series was made. In the cartoon world, the movie is based on actual events in their lives, but what if that movie proves to be as successful and spawns its own cartoon spinoff? Would that cartoon also have an episode where a movie is made? Does that movie in a cartoon in a cartoon also get a cartoon spinoff? How many layers deep would that go?

[@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy]

@@Dargonhuman daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

[@SuperRodimusPrime]

@@Dargonhuman 🤯

[@psuley1977]

Bill Murray: Didn't like Venkman sounding like Garfield Also Bill Murray: Voices Garfield

[@mightyfilm]

Always thought that was his sarcastic idea of revenge.

[@tdtellem]

Well that's just a rumor. It's been said that what actually happened is that Murray came to the studio where the show was made and while he was checking the show out he asked them why did his character sound like Garfield. They told him that it was the same voice actor for Garfield and then he just kind of nodded his head about it. The producers got nervous and decided to change the actor out with someone else for fear of Bill making a fuss about it later on. So basically no one is really sure why they changed Venkman's voice but it all sounds like an overreaction to Bill asking a question.

[@mightyfilm]

@@tdtellem It's like the studio started the cartoon with "don't you DARE try to imitate the movie actors because they'll want money or something" but went on to "yeah, let's selectively have you imitate the actors." That said, I don't think Dave was that bad, mind you, he wasn't given anything GOOD to work with. He's actually pretty good in The Halloween Door when they got one of the original writers to give him witty dialogue and not making him the idiot of the group.

[@tdtellem]

@@mightyfilm and that's the issue with writing Venkman's character. He's the wise guy of the group but people often confuse that with being dumb. Even in the movies he's clearly brilliant. The guy has two Doctorate degrees. One in psychology in and I don't know what they tell others but being a doctor in psychology is not something you can outsource.

[@mightyfilm]

@@tdtellem Yeah. Venkman is completely above it all, he does have a sense of duty, even though it may not be as strong as the others, but for the most part he treats everything like a big joke. And they kept that personality to heart in the GOOD portion of the TV show. Lorenzo may not sound exactly like Murray, but the casting is very much in the spirit of the movie character. Garfield's pretty much a character that's above it all and sarcastic, especially in the cartoon series where Lorenzo does his voice. But somehow in the later episodes of RGB, they wrote him as a moron that can't take things seriously, not as a cleverly sarcastic type that deep down thinks he's too good for his job, but as a dumb goofball. Which is a shame. Halloween Door is probably one of the last well written episodes, and Dave really gets to play the good version of Peter. That scene where he's clowning Slimer, only for the spud to ruin his date, turning it around on him is one of my favorites of the series.

[@stevencooper564]

I love the cyclical nature of things. Like how Bill Murray played Venkman, and Lorenzo Music voiced Venkman in the animated series. While Lorenzo Music was the voice for Garfield in Garfield and Friends, while Bill Murray much later did the voice in the Garfield Movies.

[@scottblanco5991]

Lorenzo Music was the definitive Garfield!

[@charlesbennett7484]

🤣

[@thomaslumpkin4162]

Funny how fate plays out as far as Peter Vankmen & Garfield goes.

[@chrishmiller4534]

Oh man i knew couldn’t be the only person waiting for him to point that out.

[@roblewis3799]

And now Frank Welker who voiced Ray and Slimer in TRG voices Garfield.

[@smcveen]

The episode with the Boogeyman and showing Egon with real emotions, was outstanding. That and the night game where the guys played baseball with ghosts to save Winston. The twist at the end left me laughing even many years later.

[@fernrob2006]

It's still creepy watching it as an adult lol

[@Shenruss]

The first 2 seasons (the Lorenzo Music Peter Venkman era) of _The Real Ghostbusters_ was and is, *bar none* the best cartoon-based-on-a-major-motion-picture _to date_ that has been made. It was spooky, smart, and had a LOT of depth and heart. _Biggest_ threats were Ragnarock n Roll, Sam Haine, and the Boogie Man. *STILL LOVE IT!*

[@CollCrofter]

I remember my Gran getting me a ''Ghostbusters'' VHS to add to my collection... to say I was confused when I saw the gorilla on the cover is an understatement !! I had never heard of that other version!! (UK)

[@seszw6159]

"If there's a steady paycheck involved, I'll believe whatever you say."

[@seatspud]

Props to anyone who heard that in either Ernie Hudson"s or Arsenio Hall's voices.

[@markpugh6808]

"I didn't believe in none of this stuff neither but since I joined these men I have seen shit that'll turn you white"

[@kurisu7885]

"Ray serves no purpose." I could see Ivan Reitman and Dan Akroyd wanting to gut punch whoever said that.

[@derrickhaggard]

Wouldn't blame them.

[@alexandershmaev1392]

Охотники за привидениями, as it was called in Soviet Russia of the late 1980s. Boy, this show rocked sooo much back on those illegal VHS cassettes (as no VHS system could be purchased legally in the UdSSR). Later, when we moved to Germany in 1991, I rediscovered the show and its awesome dubbing/voice actors. Great memories.

[@tueferbenz7492]

J. Michael Straczynski: legend. His autobiography, especially about his evil father, is absolutely harrowing.

[@UrMomsChauffer]

This is one of the best cartoons of that era. It actually had some mature themes for a cartoon. The episodes would always keep you glued to the screen. I love the amount of research you guys put into each subject, and the amount of work it takes to make these videos. It isn't easy, so thanks.

[@Author.Noelle.Alexandria]

A lot of cartoons in the 80’s and early 90’s were mature. Remember the Sorceress has a daughter who was raised by her secret lover in HeMan, and Jericca Benton was raising abused foster children while dealing with abuse herself in Jem.

[@Lostdwarf]

ill stand by this statement 1000% Rewatching it as an adult its no different than watching a Soap Opera. Except it's in cartoon form. Very mature for it's ideal audience at the time.

[@TheDoctor1225]

@@Author.Noelle.Alexandria In point of fact, the Sorceress' biological daughter, Teela was adopted by Man at Arms at the request of Zoar herself - you never knew who the father was, nor was Man At Arms her secret lover. The episodes of the original series made those points clear. The most you find out are references to him being "one of Eternia's greatest men" and that it is most likely he died in battle.

[@lessthanacritique]

Toy Galaxy always gives such a concise fun breakdown of so much nostaligia, such a great channel. And damn if I wasn't excited as hell when I saw the Ghostbusters on the thumbnail. Great episode.

[@SwiftTrooper5]

Indeed. One of the few fun, informative, and very polished channels on KZbin.

[@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115]

When I was a little girl in 1989, I had a Glow in the Dark Stay Puffed Marshmallow Man doll and I slept with it every night. 🥰

[@guywatchingmovies]

I think I had that too and a Slimer puppet. I totally forgot about it. I wonder if it's still in a box at my parents?

[@trealsteve]

When I was a little boy in 1989-1999…I had a Glow in the Dark Stay Puffed Marshmallow Man doll…that routinely escaped, was recaptured, and placed back into my homemade Ecto Containment Unit, a.k.a. toy box.

[@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115]

@@trealsteve I had a homemade ghost trap made from a shoebox, a paper towel roll .and a string. 😂👻🚫

[@guywatchingmovies]

@@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115 I had something similar colored in marker. That is until I got the actual toy trap

[@HardestTargett]

@@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115 I had a back pack with a vacuum cleaner hose coming out of it.

[@5roundsrapid263]

13:03 It was a “failure” because the summer of 1989 also had Batman, Back to the Future II, Indiana Jones 3, Bill and Ted, Lethal Weapon 2, Star Trek V, etc, etc…

[@guywatchingmovies]

Great year for movies.

[@adamgoss3638]

J Michael Straczynsky's autobiography tells the story about what went wrong with The real Ghostbusters in much greater detail!

[@bigglou]

He also goes into detail about it on the Time Life DVD extra.

[@carrsllccarrillo6507]

Hmm this sounds like a must read...I must find

[@DarkMatterZero]

Also he worked on episodes of Jayce and the Wheel, not many people know that.

[@MistaJonz]

You COULD NOT TEAR ME AWAY from the tv when this was on! I was obsessed with it. Even today I still listen to the season 1 soundtrack by Tahiti on a regular daily basis. Good stuff, man!

[@charlesbennett7484]

Where can I find that soundtrack? I've been looking for it for a while.

[@MistaJonz]

@@charlesbennett7484 I tried posting the link to the site I got it from years ago but I don’t think KZbin let’s me. You’d have to find a way to message me.

[@charlesbennett7484]

@ Mista Jonz thanks for trying. I'll see if I can find it myself. 👍

[@trainyourdog7351]

@@charlesbennett7484 I just found some tracks from KZbin music app✌🏾

[@charlesbennett7484]

@@trainyourdog7351 thanks, I'll check it out.

[@elskeletor3566]

I always thought it was funny that the same voice actor for Garfield did Peter's voice for the cartoon and then years later Bill Murray does the voice of Garfield.

[@hellacoorinna9995]

"Any regrets?: ".. G-garfield...."

[@funghazi]

I remember the animation in this show being way better than a lot of other shows at the time. It looked high quality.

[@RetroRulzMyTown]

Yeah, I was shocked it was produced by DIC.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@RetroRulzMyTown Actually The Real Ghostbusters Halloween Special which originally aired in primetime in 1989 was one of the best animated episodes ever produced for the series and it shows! 👻🚫🎃📺

[@Paiste2002Fan]

Looking forward to that Extreme Ghostbusters video. Despite the 90s title and what people will tell you, it was fantastic and really flew under the radar.

[@wstine79]

The voice cast was perfect. Maurice Lamar, Lorenzo Music, Frank Welker, and Arsenio Hall were great.

[@josephperry3700]

Music was the best. I thought he did a good Murray

[@lutherheggs451]

Except for the fact that Ernie Hudson wanted to reprise his role as Winston and not only did they force him to audition they passed on him for Arsenio.....On top of that it was only good for 2-3 seasons before they got Coulier changed to Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters it was garbage....Q5 ruined the show.

[@mightyfilm]

@@lutherheggs451 Hilariously, Ernie Hudson was an established voice actor around that time. He was Cyborg on the final season of Super Friends. He would later go on to voicing a main human character on Transformers Prime.

[@johncross1341]

I always thought it was 'interesting' that Venkman was the same voice as Garfield (not just same actor... same voice) and then later Bill Murray did a Garfield movie.

[@mightyfilm]

@@johncross1341 The thing I find fascinating is that when auditioning for the series, Maurice LaMarche was told not to do a Harold Ramis impersonation, only for him to basically do exactly that for the series proper. He was the one guy who managed to sneak around Columbia/DIC's attempt to not make the characters resemble the movie actors.

[@ciscodeer9094]

When I was living in California, The Real Ghostbusters came on before I went to school in the morning, Thank you once again Dan Larson I appreciate this.

[@pilouuuu]

Yes, The Real Ghostbusters was really awesome, and I would even say they had better plots that the two movies. It's great that now that we are "adults" we are finally getting a third movie, although the PC videogame also did a good job as a sequel, including the original actors voices.

[@thereadherring2364]

Akroid and Ramis were also involved in the script and I believe even said it was based off the pre-production for the aborted 3rd movie.

[@mikekz4489]

The cartoon was so creative that Ghostbusters 2 was a little disappointing to me.

[@RichWhiteUM]

@@thereadherring2364 That is the story I heard as well.

[@juliussenegal6668]

I have seen both: TRGB and the lame "Ghostbusters". I think TRGB was more for the more mature teens, the lame "Ghostbusters" more for younger teens.

[@bdo7765]

Great point about the video game. I think it flew under everyone's radar, but it has the original cast doing the voices and the production values were through the roof. I like just sitting on the main menu sometimes and watching the cars drive past the fire hall while Elmer Bernstein's theme plays. It's PERFECT.

[@Monkeyboy1138]

To this day I can’t get the song Boogieman from the Doomsday episode out of my head. This show was my jam in the 80s, a proper rush home from school and sit as close to the tv as I could possibly get away with.

[@Monkeyboy1138]

@The Dead Roach Society the visuals of the subway cars, that song, the creepy voices. It’s a definite stand out episode.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Oh ya, for those that are interested the Ghostbusters KZbin channel is posting The Real Ghostbusters episodes every Saturday morning and Extreme Ghostbusters on Tuesdays Enjoy👍👻

[@Moonbeam143]

I had some of the toys when I was a kid. They were really awesome. The only one I have now though is the toilet bowl ghost. I also used to love drinking Ecto Cooler that came out of the Hi-C can. Good stuff.

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

I may still have the toilet ghost too, my parents are just short of being hoarders so it has to be somewhere in their house. Not Ecto-1 though, I don’t know what happened to it but I wish I still had it.

[@queenannsrevenge100]

“Toys R Us - you’ll never outgrow us.” Oh, that punches me in the gut. 😔

[@AndyJay1985]

Hit all the feels. I recently got reissues of the original TMNT and Ghostbusters action figures and it was too much.

[@Carandini]

The worst thing about Toys R Us is it died well before anyone noticed. I was working for them when the company was bought out and everything changed. As one of my co-workers who'd been a bike builder with them since the 1980s described it 'a rinky dink, Mickey Mouse, chicken-shit operation' after the new owners got in there, penny-pinchers who had no idea how to run a company - which is obvious since they set the ground work for Bain to sink their claws into it (fortunately I was long gone before Bain got their claws in there).

[@bodhimind108]

You had me at "if you have a problem". I felt the Vanilla Ice Portal open at the back of my mind. A moment later it was confirmed for me that something had come through.

[@derekmason1881]

One of the best written animated shows of the 80s. Expanded the Ghostbusters mythos excellently

[@kmaru80]

Phelous did a great in-depth look at what they did to this show, so I'm mad before this video even gets rolling

[@ShartimusPrime]

“Children of the 80’s are “ADULTS” now.” Lol

[@ToadstedCroaks]

Some .... with their own cats.

[@Attmay]

Now you tell me!

[@mkproductions2.0]

Yeah tell us

[@boba-pool3145]

Love your figure reviews Shartimus! 👍

[@prastagus3]

ADULTS with spending power no less

[@myztklk3v]

I had the Egon and Ray "fright feature" figures, I completely forgot about those until you reminded me.

[@SkaMacanan]

Nostalgia aside the animation holds up very well! These were shown in my country every Friday night, watched them all including re-runs!

[@claytonclark1031]

That explains why in Ghostbusters 2, when they were performing at a birthday party and they start singing their song and at the part where they say "Who you going to call?" the kids start chanting He-Man. I remember that hit me is odd because He-Man had ended a couple of years before that movie came out. And hadn't been around for a while. Also, I remember that same year a lot of good movies came out. Ghostbusters 2 didn't stand a chance. There was Tim Burton's Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Dick Tracy, and then there was Ghostbusters 2 after you've seen the first three movies multiple times.

[@melasnexperience]

As one of the few people who liked both Filmation's Ghost Busters & The Real Ghostbusters, thank you for not dismissing the former outright. It's not a bad show, and I'd say it's one of the better made Filmation shows. Still waiting patiently for my crossover that will probably never happen.

[@bouchamr]

Awesome video, The Real Ghostbusters was my favorite growing up. That got me into GHOSTBUSTERS

[@ShadVrinn]

Ecto Cooler is still my favorite Hi-C flavor. That said, there was a Ghostbusters PC game back in the 80's, I played it on an IBM PC Jr.

[@guywatchingmovies]

I had the game too, but for Atari. It was such a fun game. Started off with a VW Beetle and as you earned more money you could buy a faster car, which you needed, to get from job to job. For those of you who didn't play it you were able to save your progress and the money you earned and the car you bought was saved until next time.

[@Dracounguis]

I watched both of these Ghostbusters shows when they came out. And yes, I was very confused why there were two completely different ghostbuster shows.

[@tellhimimeating9141]

This is officially my favorite spit take compilation. I spit out my water laughing at Gene Wilder

[@Pianet]

I always thought the Real signified that they were officially working for the Spanish Crown. Learn something new every day!

[@andrewhickinbottom1051]

Another great episode! The production values and animation for The Real Ghostbusters was great. Also, 6:32 - The Wuzzles! I really hope you do an episode about that great, but short lived series. Its weird how its kind of forgotten about, considering it's Disney.

[@hyperdragon001]

The Wuzzles was great. I'd like to see something about them too.

[@ginormousaurus8394]

Last time I checked Wuzzles isn't even available on Disney+. It and Adventures of the Gummi Bears launched Disney's foray into TV animation in 1985, but for some reason they debuted on the same day in the same time slot on competing networks. The animation for both series was outsourced to the Japanese studio TMS, which also worked on Akira, Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, Bionic Six, Visionaries, and the first season of DuckTales. Wuzzles lasted one season on CBS before it was cancelled. Then it was broadcast in re-runs on ABC during the fall of 1986 and spring of 1987.

[@ginormousaurus8394]

@@KasumiKenshirou I remember Fluppy Dogs merchandise. The cartoon was an hour-long special that debuted on American Thanksgiving in 1986, but it did poorly in the ratings and wasn't picked up for series. It was later re-run on The Disney Sunday Movie. The animation for Fluppy Dogs was done by TMS.

[@chrisrussell4073]

The spit take section is one of the best things you have ever done. Bravo. I truly needed that

[@rvaldrich]

I mostly remember Ecto Cooler being incomparably delicious, and the Fire House being the greatest playset since Castle Grayskull or the USS Flag. In the before times, I stumbled across an episode of the cartoon at a convention and was truly shocked how well it held up (animation, action, dubbing, etc). I've meant to re-watch it since then; this video only adds to that drive.

[@kencoleman5007]

You forgot to mention how the official Ghostbusters KZbin channel has been releasing authorized RGB (and Extreme Ghostbusters) episodes for streaming. Last week's episode was "Fright at the Opera" (which for a time, had my mom thinking that Valkyries were rooted in a story where they haunted the Met and battled the Ghostbusters). Through the power of VHS recording, my brother and re-watched, and re-watched, and re-watched, and re-watched ( and.....) the episode with Ray's Joke Shop, and Poultrygeist where Egon's bit by a were-chicken. As an un-dx'ed Aspie, I always related most to Egon and Ray. While I still have my straight up "Spores, molds, and fungi" moments, the more I've gotten into the esoteric and occult, the more in tune I am with Ray (and Ackroyd's specific contributions to the franchise). When I saw a Facebook meme going around asking where you were when Kennedy was shot, I was like "Metaphysically, I was... Around. Physically, ... I mean in terms of subatomic particles, I was around too. Just in a variety of different configurations."

[@babytoshiro7014]

I didn't know this. I was watching the ones on Crackle

[@Boojkill]

"If there's a steady pay check in it, I'll believe in anything you say."

[@dragonfurry69]

Everyone mentions how he was the voice of Garfield, but no one mentions how Lorenzo Music was the voice of Carlton in Rhoda

[@Morgil27]

Ya know, I never really thought of it before, but seeing a behind-the-scenes image of the Stay Puft Marshmellow Man stomping on miniature cars made me realize that he's basically a an American kaiju.

[@gojira387]

Same thing happened to me. It's funny how many decades I went without fully realizing it... and then it's just so obvious. Even more interesting, many of the same effects people used that experience to create an "American Version" of Godzilla for the "Godzilla versus Charles Barkley" television commercial, which is the closest we will ever see on film of the traditional suit technique utilized by American effects artists.

[@ImpetuouslyInsane]

@@gojira387 Actually, if I remember correctly, they used leftover sets from the original Ghostbusters movie for that commercial.

[@gojira387]

@@ImpetuouslyInsane It's been awhile since I read that story but I think you are right.

[@Sea-Salt]

King Kong: *signs "Am I a joke to you?"*

[@Morgil27]

@@Sea-Salt I didn't say he was the _only_ American kaiju

[@OscarFinn]

I remember the Boggeyman episode scared the shit out of me when I was a kid :D

[@dmharper80]

We aren't going to talk about how the cartoon, canonical, said they were the real Ghostbusters and the movie was a Hollywood adaption of them? The cartoon became the actual prequel.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Now that's clever.

[@Cre8Lounge]

Filmation made a Ghostbusters cartoon so they couldn't use the the title Ghostbusters

[@Gunsight-One]

I remember that episode. The ghost on the set was annoyed from all the noise and possessed a movie prop. It just kept saying it wanted "quiet".

[@YukonWilleh]

same as the MIB cartoon

[@jbarton8508]

That was "Meta" before "Meta" was the "Meta" I apologize for this.

[@tacklengrapple6891]

This show definitely made an impact on kids. I still remembered several villains for years, and remembered entire episodes when I rewatched it on Netflix a few years ago. My son loved it too, and of coarse Netflix took it off their lineup.

[@joseayala8506]

I’m 40 now but til this day, for the life of me I can’t express how disappointed I was as a kid that none of the best ghosts were made action figures. I always wanted a Boogieman, Samhain, Grundel, Dr. McCatheter, Sandman and many others. 😢

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

Mee-Krah would have been _incredible_

[@joseayala8506]

@@RobCamp-rmc_0 yes! Or the witch from “if I were a witch man”, the zombie ghostbusters from Flip Side, ghost Al Capone, the Sleeze.. Man I could go on and on lol

[@derrickmaul6464]

Being born in 1984, I was introduced to Ghostbusters through the cartoon. I actually didn't see the entire first movie until after I saw the second movie, lol. I was so obsessed (still am, who am I kidding?) with the cartoon series. I'm glad Toy Galaxy made an episode dedicated to the cartoon. Thank You!

[@ToyShiz]

everytime I mention SAMHAIN in my Ghostbuster vids, the "SAWIN" pronunciation police emerge from the darkness. Great vid

[@CB-ke7eq]

When I was in middle school in the early 90s I would watch The Real Ghostbusters and C.O.P.S. every morning before school. Great stuff 👍

[@reputablehype]

We had the episode "Fright At The Opera" on VHS when I was a kid. That is still my reference point for Ride of the Valkyries. lol

[@greentokyo]

holy crap now that you pointed out how Janine was changed I remember the difference now! Great video!

[@babytoshiro7014]

Yup I didn't know why she was changed until now

[@mematron]

My favorite, "The Collect call of Cthulhu" Dan Aykroyd said that the cartoon was the reason the Ghost Buster sequels were able to be made because they kept people interested after the first film. The dance in the street at the end of the cartoon was in the theatrical release of the film. It's really a had to be there situation because you will not see it on DVD or VHS

[@VHSMikey]

The Real Ghostbusters were my first Ghostbusters experience. Excellent video!

[@FurryMeatloaf]

Loved the show as a kid in the 80's. Rewatched as an adult a few years ago and it held up very well. Still get it right in the feels when I think about Drool sacrificing himself or the episode where the circus animals died in a fire.

[@anthonyfrench3169]

I had that Echto Slimer Hi-C in my lunchbox. Fricking amazing

[@guywatchingmovies]

Yup, drank it for years until I finally told my mom I was getting tired of it. LOL

[@wstine79]

I love the Real Ghostbusters. My favorite episode was when they took on the Monster in the Closet. I didn't mind the Slimer focused seasons.

[@billkeithchannel]

A friend named his cat Slimer because when he would sneeze he would get snot slime all over him.

[@erikzakis8764]

Bustin’ makes me feel good!

[@Zr0din]

That Cthulhu episode man... I can remember deails about it to this day! They specifically mention in the episode that it take about 60 years for the stars to align again in a way that Cthulhu can have an opportunity to access our world. That shouldn't be too far from now!

[@BigDaddyKing632]

The First 2 Seasons were the best, I always loved the faded animated style used in those seasons

[@peppermintspacecapsule9898]

The Filmation cartoon wasn't broadcast when I was growing up in the UK. However, we DID have the books oddly enough! I bought my first one on a camping holiday one summer. I always imagined those Ghostbusters AND the *Real* Ghostbusters would work together on cases. I now have all the 1970s & '80s Filmation episodes on disc from the States. I noticed that Filmation eventually renamed their show "The *Original* Ghostbusters" which I guess is fair enough!

[@michaelmooney5246]

UK based also, and I vaguely remember as a kid in the 80's that the Filmation cartoon was broadcast on one of the fledging satellite channels when they were taking off here. It might have even been Sky One in an early morning weekend cartoon block. They had a clutch of shows like the animated Robocop, Teen Wolf and Police Academy. Straining my memory, but the block itself might have been presented by a puppet alley cat between each featured cartoon.

[@ScottSmallman]

Wait what? I remember watching these as a kid on CITV in 1990

[@michaelmooney5246]

@@ScottSmallman yes, they were definitely on. I've remembered; it was the DJ Kat show on Sky. That used to have a lot of US imported cartoons, and the Filmation Ghostbusters were on it.

[@peppermintspacecapsule9898]

@Michael Mooney@@ScottSmallman - Ah, we didn't have Sky 'til much later I'm afraid... and I'd outgrown cartoons by 1990! Funny how you grow back into them as you get older.... 🤣

[@knghtbrd]

The Filmation cartoon is the best unintentional comedy ever. (It's supposed to have comedic elements … but the ones that aren't are where the real laughs are…) Look it up if you can, it's great!

[@connieblack226]

One of my fave episodes was the Sandman one. Janine became a ghost buster!

[@BDogCarter]

Janine’s original design was definitely better IMO While it wasn’t a great decision to slap “Slimer and” at the start of the title some of those Slimer eps were pretty fun. None of it was bad. (Coming from myself rose tinted glasses firmly on) Also, I love that “it’s on the list is becoming a catchphrase”. If Afterlife is fun I’ll enjoy it. I’m quietly hopeful.

[@Allofthemonkeys]

I loved Ghostbusters so much as a kid, and now with the new movie I'm working on a GB cosplay for halloween

[@maul42]

To this day I name the forced changes to Janine's character as one of the greatest crimes of and against humanity. She was already perfect.

[@BoondockRoberts]

I remember when this show came out the Ghostbusters cast did an interview about it and during that Dan Akroyd smiles and randomly contributes "I'm the fat one" about his cartoon character

[@bl1zz]

I was saying "...check out the hook while my DJ revolves it!" together with Mr. Van Winkle. Golden reference there for sure

[@aldusxenon]

I watched both Ghostbusters shows as a kid. I liked the filmation one. This was another great history lesson of pop culture. Thanks, Dan & Producer Greg. 👍

[@joshuawarren551]

Another great Toy Galaxy! I never understood why Ghostbusters had a cartoon with a gorilla until I saw a clip from one of your past Toy Galaxy videos that explained it was a live action show in the 50s.

[@TrackZero]

I had the entire run of NOW! comics The Real Ghostbusters. Loved that series.

[@pingpongpogo]

The spit take montage at 11 minutes…amazing. Finishing with a Young Frankenstein clip…inspired.

[@Wis_Dom]

They didn't have to call it, "The REAL Ghostbusters" for me, because as a kid, I knew very little of the other show and thought it was a cheap knockoff, lol.

[@alucard624]

I liked both shows to be honest and didn't have a clue at the time what the deal was with Filmation's Ghostbuster's and how it was based on their old live action show.

[@johncross1341]

As a kid who had never heard of the '70s Ghostbusters and who had seen the movie first, the 'Real' name set the series up as trying to be more authentic than the movie which I didn't agree with. I always felt like the series was trying to be something it wasn't as a result.

[@davidsloat1016]

@@johncross1341 Just a fan, but as a fan I can tell you that the point was to connect the cartoon to the movie and differentiate itself from the Filmation cartoon... not to say that the movie version isn't real/good/authorized, etc. Me, I took a look at Filmation's Ghostbusters, and said "Not no, oh hell no." I'm amazed I didn't break the dial that day.

[@trealsteve]

Every child that wasn’t dropped on their heads repeatedly or ate paint chips knew that undeniable truth.

[@trealsteve]

@@johncross1341 🧢

[@jimmyju76]

That Jeannine episode is one of my favorites

[@jimibaboza]

Bill Murray: I'm unhappy with the voce for Venkman. Studio: Ok, will you do it? Bill Murray: No

[@sabrinamiller3671]

Guy should've grown a pair. Not like he owned the character, he just played him. "Whaaa, my character sounds like Garfield, I'm so offended!" Studio: No problem, we'll fire him.

[@milestonowheres]

Luronzo Music the voice of Garfield,played Bill Murray in the cartoon . Years later Bill Murray plays Garfield in the movie .

[@Ironcabbit]

I think he did so because he felt he owed Music.

[@FutureAlien]

9:38 As soon as you said, "If you had a problem", the tune was playing in my head. Well-played, sir!

[@queenzelda]

I fell in love with Lorenzo Music as Peter and stopped watching the series when he stopped voicing him. The new voice actor Dave Coulier wasn't that great impo.

[@tachiebillano6244]

Same here. Coulier was a fun actor to watch on TV, but as a voice actor his Venkman voice was mehh to annoying. Lorenzo Music was THE perfect voice for the character. He also had better comedic timing for voice acting than Coulier.

[@RetroFrito]

I always saw Coulier as a bit of a hack who couldn't get much right. I think out of all the things I've seen him in, I liked him best in Out of Control on Nickelodeon. On Full House he was just a cheeseball, not very funny (although when he wasn't actually trying to be funny he was okay as the fun uncle). On America's Funniest People he did those stupid voices and that dumbass Jackelope thing, and (again) just wasn't very funny.

[@jasontodd9]

They hired the guy they thought did the best Bill Murray impression without sounding TOO MUCH like Bill Murray. For better or worse, that was Dave Coulier.

[@XMattingly]

One of the interesting things about The Real Ghostbusters was, every so often you could catch an episode with _OUTSTANDING_ animation. *Just, pure eye candy.* The bulk of the series was clearly animated on the cheap and that didn’t slip by 80’s-me for a second, but they did occasionally splurge on production with a top notch Japanese animation studio.

[@ArtistAnnex]

Wonderful video, but I don't have to tell you that. Your channel is one of the most polished and popular in the genre. Keep up the great content. Love the nostalgic look at some of our childhood favorites. Just a great educational and entertaining experience.

[@SecretGalaxyTV]

😃

[@D21BeastReviews]

I watched this show so much as a kid. I saw more reruns than I can count. But I'm pretty sure I still haven't seen every episode. Though, I always sat through the closing credits! Perhaps I was hypnotized by the arm movements of the Ghostbusters dancing in the parade. Great video, guys! I look forward to whenever you get around to Extreme.

[@rrsaga]

I was a FREAKING fan on that series. Cereal, bed sheets, the figures, ecto cooler.. everything!

[@vykx88]

I had a crazy crush on Egon Spengler as a kid. My first crush at that too.

[@Quirky_QF]

Getting that Firehouse is in my Top 5 best Christmas Days ever.

[@jasonglebe3235]

The Real Ghostbusters was such a good show. I still remember the Egon and Bogeyman episode. That was one of my favorites.

[@richardgadberry8398]

You know what really killed "The Real Ghostbusters"? Q5.

[@pvanukoff]

Per usual. Execs see something successful. Tinker with it to try to make it more successful. End up ruining it.

[@nine_tails137]

I remember watching episodes of Extreme Ghostbusters back in the day, yet the only episodes I vaguely remember, are the multi-parter whose title I forget, where the Ghostbusters were replaced by someone else, only to find out the ghost they captured, kept growing in power, to become this giant black blob,....thing?

[@aleksandermortensen5318]

Awesome :-) the comic adoption the last years Are Also worth the read!

[@Maggotaur]

Great stuff! The arcade of Alien Storm was akin to 'The Real Ghostbusters' .(more so than the Sega Genesis etc conversions).

[@scottblanco5991]

I was today years old when I found out J Michael Straczynski was writer for the series. One thing I remember liking about the show was how there were season long story arcs and references to past episodes. I loved that.

[@knghtbrd]

Yeah, he wrote Ragnarok and Roll, among other really great episodes. And if you know him from his B5 days, he's likely to show up here in the comments and say something about working on it if someone he knows happens to mention the video to him. Can't be sure, but I bet it'd make Dan's day if he did.

[@sonicguyver7445]

I grew up on this cartoon and it was many years before I found out there was a movie. I loved the idea of science being applied to stop the supernatural. Plus the music for the show was amazing. The music they played every time a ghost was caught would always end just as the trap snapped shut. Or this incredible emotional guitar theme they used. In the episode "Ragnaroc and Roll" when Datilio is trying to convince his friend not to end the world it played there. Or another episode was where the Ghostbusters were called by a ghost who didn't know he was dead. His niece and her husband thought they could scare him off with the white sheet routine. The Ghostbusters decided they couldn't just trap the poor guy but instead help him figure out his unfinished business to he could move on. In the end it was just that he wanted to say goodbye to his niece since she hadn't been able to get to him before he passed. You don't see writing like that anymore, at least not with any kind of real emotional gravity.

[@grey1213a]

I was about to cry foul, but you at least showed the greatest tie-in product ever; Ecto Cooler. LOL. That and the unrelated Purple-saurus Rex Kool Aide were my jam back in the 80s. I hope you make a video dedicated to just the toys soon. They were pretty cool and deserve a look at in their own right

[@Interstellar-in5wb]

Total non-sequitur tangent for fans of Star Trek TNG, but in the episode ‘Relics’, when Scotty and Jean-Luc Picard are enjoying a drink on the holodeck TOS bridge .. that’s Ecto Cooler that the actors are downing. :)

[@grey1213a]

@@Interstellar-in5wb LOL! That's "It's Green?!" That's the most amazing thing I've heard in a while... now begs the question what the original Green was

[@Interstellar-in5wb]

@@grey1213a Yep, that’s the one ! Always makes me chuckle now when I see Patrick Stewart kicking back his drink, we now know why his mouth is making that reaction to drinking something tangy & tart :)

[@davidhill2020]

No mention of the 2009 game that actually starred the voices of the people from the movie, including Harold Ramis?

[@irlikingpie]

Loved this show as a pre-teen and later. I tried SO HARD to get Egon's cannoli hairstyle, and Janine pre-makeover made me feel all kinds of ways. Probably my first real cartoon crush.

[@trealsteve]

Janine was hot. Waifu for sure. 🤣

[@roxycauldwell544]

I got so MAD watching this show when they suddenly changed her because they wanted her to be "softer". She was perfect!

[@user-pq6mr6op3p]

Just sad dude...

[@trealsteve]

@@roxycauldwell544 Agreed. She’s directly responsible in this and GB II for my love of chicks with glasses and/or red hair.