The Ghost Busters

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Television series
German title The Ghost Busters
Original title The Ghost Busters
The Ghost Busters Logo.jpg
Country of production United States
original language English
year 1975
Episodes 15 in 1 season
genre Sitcom
idea Marc Richards
production Filmation
music Diane Hildebrand,
Jackie Mills
First broadcast September 6, 1975 on CBS
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The Ghost Busters is an American television series that was produced in 1975 and aired on CBS from 1975 to 1976 . Only one season with 15 episodes was produced. The series was directed by Norman Abbott (eight episodes) and Larry Peerce (seven episodes). The plot revolves around the two clumsy detectives Jake Kong and Eddie Spencer, as well as a gorilla named Tracy, who investigate ghost and monster phenomena.

The series has no relation to the 1984 movie Ghostbusters (although Columbia Pictures secured the naming rights from Filmation ), but one to the animated series Ghostbusters by Filmation (1986 to 1988), in which the sons Jake Kong Jr. and Eddie Spencer Jr., as well as Tracy the Gorilla go ghost hunting and are visited by their serial fathers.

action

Each episode begins with Jake, Eddie and Tracy going to a convenience shop to get new assignments in the form of tapes that contain a mission description. The tapes, alluding to Kobra, take over hidden in bicycles, typewriters, paintings and the like. The tape recordings always end with the note “This message will self-destruct in five seconds”. When it explodes, Tracy's face is blackened like a cartoon. Their research always brings them to the same old haunted castle outside the city, where they transport the ghosts with their dematerializers back into the afterlife .

Episode list

  1. The Maltese Monkey
  2. Dr. Whatshisname
  3. The Canterville Ghost
  4. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
  5. The Flying Dutchman
  6. The Dummy's Revenge
  7. A worthless gauze
  8. Which Witch is Which?
  9. They Went Thataway
  10. The Vampire's Apprentice
  11. Jekyll & Hyde-Together, For the First Time!
  12. Only Ghosts Have Wings
  13. The Vikings Have Landed
  14. Merlin, the Magician
  15. The Abominable Snowman

Others

  • Bob Burns, who played Tracy in a gorilla costume , was named in the opening credits as Tracy's trainer ( "Tracy" trained by Bob Burns ).
  • The series brought actors Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch back together in roles who embodied clumsy characters similar to the ones they played together on F Troop .
  • The names of Spencer and Tracy were derived from the American actor Spencer Tracy .
  • The series came out on DVD with bonus material under the title The Ghost Busters - The Complete Series .

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