Not these guys or their kids from the 1986 animated version. The 1984 movie with Bill Murray,Dan Akyroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson was 10 times better. Their 1986 cartoon lasted till 1991.
I'll take a Proton Pack over a gorilla with a magnifying glass to hunt ghosts any day. Filmation Ghostsbusters would still suck even if they hadn't made the other Ghostbusters. In fact, being compared to the Real Ghostbusters is probably the only reason this show ever gets remembered.
I was 10 in 1975 and have a decent memory for that time period yet I never remember seeing this show. Good thing too as the theme song is terrible as are the low budget clips accompanying it. Forrest Tuck and Larry Storch singing - who the fucks brilliant idea was that ? And a credit that the fake man in a monkey suit was trained by another guy. Pure idocy and then they made a lousy cartoon of it 10 yrs later which I do remember seeing but never knew this crap was it's source material
The man wasn't fake. The credit is a joke to the fact that the well known FX guy Bob Burns is inside the suit. If it's not worth your attention, it's not worth paying attention to. Just don't look.
I was flipping thru the channels and just saw an episode of this...this "thing" on Retro TV. The Red Baron episode. I'm 56. I remember these guys from F-Troop. But this thing was just completely LAME. So lame I did a Wikipedia search. Only 15 episodes. What a sad way to end their careers. I imagine they only did it as a favor to someone...desperately needed the cash or just wanted to work. And the laugh track....Good Lord!!!! Hopefully they got a chance to redeem themselves.
What's funny. For those of us old enough to remember. In the late 1980's there was a cartoon version of this. Confusing many since it looked nothing like the 1984 Ghostbusters movie. Then they came out with "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon that was based on the movie. So, 2 cartoon around the same time, that had the same name, same premise, but totally different.
It's like a hannah barbera formula, an odd couple and a weird humanoid or inteligent mascot. In this case a Gorilla with a ridiculous hat. I prefer the show without the gorilla, but it's about being silly not more scary.
I still remember this opening even though I haven't seen or heard it in thirty-six years. As a kid, I didn't get the joke about "Spencer Tracy," but I thought it was weird that the gorilla wasn't the one named "Kong."
@WallyScag Hi Wally, if you have cable, did you know they have it on RetroTv on Saturday mornings at 8:30am? It really brought back memories, I hope everybody get a chance to see it. Oh, P.S., unfortunately, if anybody has DirectTV, it don't have RetroTV.
Don't sell this short.This was a kids show.In the "hip"70s,not too many 50+actors got big roles. Comparing an actor a decade later that was 20 years younger is assenine. And, again, this was a kids show on a limited budget. There is no question that Larry and Forrest have chemistry, as proven on F Troop. They are seasoned professionals. They took these roles and played them like professionals. I like Bill Murray, but give him a low budget production kids show, and he'd balk instead of trying.
yr half rite this show was off a black an white same guys an the ape but the it was titled (the ghost buster) the was no "S" at the end which made no sens sins there was three guys and an ape not one guy i like the the real ghostbusters better but still like the filmation one is still werth waching dont get me wrong
@FROMOUTHERE Certainly no coincidence, especially since they had to get Filmation's permission to use the name, though they respelled it into one word.
Nevertheless, I don't see any parallel characters or story; Spencer/Spenser, Tracy, and Kong worked for a mysterious unseen boss (voiced by Lou Scheimer himself) and worked out of a ramshackle office. Egon and company were self-employed and had a much more elaborate operation.
My best friend had a dog called Spencer my name is Tracey and she will always be Kong infact i still call her that at 44yrs old lol GOOD TIMES always x
columbia basically slapped filmation dead in the face--the most popular movie in the world, and they couldn't produce the spin-off cartoon, even tho they had the rights to the name, and they were the king of spin-offs...
so to try to re-coup filmation based a cartoon off of their original characters and concepts, not licensed for the movie...
pretty sad...i understand why columbia didn't go with them-- but i would have let them take a pass at it--they did do some good stuff from time-to-time
in '75 filmation put together this show called GHOST BUSTERS--it lasted one season (loved it as a kid)...
in '85 columbia wanted to make the classic comedy with ackroyd and murray; to avoid a lawsuit, they licensed the name from filmation...after the movie was a huge hit, columbia decided to make a spin-off cartoon; they didn't go with filmation to produce the series...
filmation was not happy--for 20 years they had made their money on licensed spin-offs of popular movies and characters
This is awesome!!! I 30 years old and all I remember is the the cartoon. I had no idea about the real show. Not to be confused with the self proclaimed "The Real" ghost busters!! Thanks man!!
Filmation's ghostbusters (which is a spinoff of The Ghost Busters) currently airs on Cubo Night Own. Dan and Columbia stole/ripped off the name just like Ray Parker Jr ripped off "i want a new drug" by Huey Lewis to use as the theme for their movie.
@YatDane the 1954 movie you speak of is a fake. It was made with footage from an unknown movie to show what the 1984 Version would have looked like if it had been made in the 50's. This Ghostbusters from 75' is truly indeed the original. Columbia Pictures had to obtain the rights of the Ghostbusters name in 1985 after Filmation sued for copyright infringement after the success of the movie. That's why the cartoon is called The Real Ghostbusters and the other cartoon was simply called Ghostbuste
@Skulldini They did that a lot back then. The people playing Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, and E.T. were all ordered not to make public appearances as the characters they played because they wanted the audience to believe they were real aliens, robots, and in this case, a gorilla.
Dear God, what nostalgic memories this brings back! I watched this as a kid back in 1975 (I was 6 years old). Yeah, sure, as an adult I can see how people say how cheesy it is. But back as a 6 year old kid, this really appealed to me. I loved how it starred Larry Storch and Forrest Tucker from F Troop (another one of my favorite sitcoms, then and now), the gorilla, the old car they drove around in, the ghost busting theme of the show (as I loved ghost stories), and the overall comedy. Fun show!
@alexp9999 define real? generally that which comes first is considered the real deal. This was first. Peter,Ray,Egon,and Winston would then be the copycats. Perhaps instead of being a D-bag who feels he has to take sides and stand up for his favorite intellectual property by insulting another,you could just enjoy the fact that diversity in story telling exists.
@yatdane Is it the "premake" video you're referring to? If so you need to read the description or watch it until the end. It's not real dude. Unless you were just trolling, if that's the case... carry on.
@samaelfff However, the cartoon spin-off of the film was called "The Real Ghostbusters" owing to Ackroyd having secured the rights to Ghostbusters as a movie title from Filmation, bet not the rights for a television series title. It's a bit like Helen Parr being called Elasti-Girl in the film "The Incredibles," but not in merchandising, where she's referred to as "Helen Parr" or "Mrs. Incredible." Pixar only licensed the name from DC for the character, not the merchandising.
@FoxPlant2006 THIS show is totaly unlike THAT movie though. For one thing, this show apears to take place in a different time period ( sometime in the early 20th century by the look of it ) so they dont use alot of high-tech gadgets like they do in that later movie version. Also, that movie was made in the 80's after Poltergiest ( big influence there ), .. this one is much more similar to Scooby Doo.
@FoxPlant2006 Dan Aykroyd made ghost busters as a remake of a ton of older "ghost buster" type movies. look at "ghost breakers" "scared stiff" "ghosts on the loose" and "spooks run wild". Dan Aykroyd isnt the first. If you think Indiana jones was an original idea check out the Premake.
@Reverse91 Indiana Jones was based on old movie serials like the Flash Gordon films with Buster Crabbe. The character Indy was based on Humphrey Bogart's Fred C. Dobbs from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Early pictures used by the studio were made to look like Bogie before Harrison Ford was hired, and he was told to watch the movie before filming started. The fact that a tv show called Ghost Busters had a device that got rid of ghosts suggests someone involved in the movie had seen the show.
@FoxPlant2006 Nice to finally meet someone else who remembers this show. Everyone I talk to think the 1984 movie with Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, and a bunch of other stars is the original.
@FoxPlant2006 I remember it. espically liked it when the ape went in the store to get the assignment come out and the message was in side a cake and every time they said the cake wiill sef destruct in 5 seconds it was 3 seconds
@KennethKaniffFromCT Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch were both much better comedians than Bill Murray. Either one of them replacing Murray in the movie would have made it a better film.
I have to agree with you. The original Ghost Busters was a show I would watch with my dad on saturday and sunday mornings. Ah good memories and good laughs.
Actually, Columbia Pictures had to get permission from Filmation to use the "Ghostbusters" title for the original movie. Just like they have to get permission from DC Comics to use "The Karate Kid" title.
No they didn't. If they did, there would not have been a lawsuit. Filmation agreed to drop the lawsuit if they were permitted to make a cartoon series based on the movie, but Columbia went to DIC instead. As a result, Filmation made their own cartoon version based on this show!
SOB, Then that means this show inspired the movie. I always thought that the cartoon, "Ghostbusters" was a rip off of the movie, but it's the other way around. WOW, it kinda blows my mind.
@LOLMikeHawk Actually, while the cartoon "Ghostbusters" (Now known as Filmation Ghostbusters) was based-off of the original TV show, Columbia Pictures had purchased the name from Filmation prior to the release of the movie. Filmation made the cartoon after the movie became a hit, but no longer owned the rights to the name, which was the dispute.
@josephD32 Filmation sued Columbia in 1985 for using the name, and they later settled the lawsuit. Hence, why the cartoon based on the Columba movie could not legally simply be called "Ghostbusters" and they instead called it "The Real Ghostbusters." Filmation later said they made a mistake by not making the right to make the cartoon series based on the movie be part of the settlement in the lawsuit.
Produced by Filmation Associates,the same company that was behind their Saturday Morning live-action shows "Shazam!",and "The Secrets of Isis",which were both on CBS.
this isnt based off the Movie by Dan Akroyd, thank god. There was anotehr Ghostbusters Story which was before the movie, but the movie kicked its ass.
"Ghostbusters" was Filmation's version of "F-Troop" by way of "Scooby Doo". This was however,the live-action version that was produced by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott and basically starred Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch of "F-Troop" fame that ran for one season on CBS in 1975.
Makes me wonder if there are any "winks" to the TV show (at least in the first movie), such as having the show's main actors appear in cameos in a scene...
A cult-classic, in every sense of the word. My favorite episode was the one where lovely Ina Balina played the ghost of Morgan Le Fay...and the late, great Carol Ballantine played Merlin!
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WTH! I mean I was looking around on youtube and found this. It hurts. Wow. Like really? I use to like the GhostBusters until I saw where it came from. My God...
Oh man, When I was a kid I LOVED this show. It was so bad, it was FUNNY! The de-materializer wouldn't work and Spense found the problem. "HERE it IS! It had a SHORT (bermuda I think) in IT!" I loved it because it was original. Didn't copy anyone and made it on it's own. Cool! Thanks for uploading this. The music (BGM) was catchy and I still remember it!
I have the entire cartoon series that was the sequel to this show. Kong and Eddie's kids are taking over the business. In fact Larry and Forrest actually voice themselves in the cartoon.
Hey Kreaden, I and perhaps other would really apreciate if you upload a chapter, especially the early ones. I loved the trasformation process and I can't remember how it was done. Please share it with us. Thank you.
Hey the 70's and early 80's were the shit, ok some of the shows were a little corny but damn it's way better than anything that is on today, all this reality show crap is just a bunch of trash but hey that's just my opinion.
It WAS a guy in an ape outfit! Bob Burns was his name. It was a ploy to say "trained by". It's pretty obvious, esp. when you see him run. Gorillas don't run standing upright.
Actually, it lasted 16 episodes (which was normal for a single-season show at the time - many of Filmation's one season show ran 16 episodes) and the cartoon was 65 (which was normal for a daily syndicated cartoon at the time).
Sadly, Forrest Tucker has long since gone to the Great Retirement Home-in- the-Sky. Larry Storch appears to have retired. And, the last appearance made by Bob Burns was in a documentary about the filming of the original KING KONG (1933).
He also had a few cameo shots in Peter Jackson's 2005 version of Kong. One of his shots that I remember was a close up shot of him and his wife right after Kong escapes the Alhambra Theatre. The elderly hubby and wife look up in horror.
I met him ad saw the KK armature diring the 05 premier. Heck of a guy. Sadly at that time I didn't realize he was the man inside the gorilla suit of this Saturday Morning Show or I'd have mentioned it as a good memory from my childho
Interesting also is the fact is the guys in this show were the fathers of the Ghostbusters in the 80's cartoon, they were in the first 5 episodes.
And yeah it was confusing,..and a mistake on Filmations' part. I was reading a quote from a person who worked there and said what they should've done since they still had the rights to the name was make spin off from the movie, and not the 70's tv show.
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so from here the idea i can case it was serial right ?
MrThePsychologist 1 day ago
so from here the idea i can case it was serial right ?
MrThePsychologist 1 day ago
Who you gonna call!!!!
Not these guys or their kids from the 1986 animated version. The 1984 movie with Bill Murray,Dan Akyroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson was 10 times better. Their 1986 cartoon lasted till 1991.
tedsterify 5 days ago
I thought this show was great when I was 8. I still haven't forgiven my older brother for telling me that Tracy was just a guy in a gorilla suit.
It's so damn cheesy, it's awesome. I especially love how their singing is flat.
Tysto 1 week ago
laaaame and nothing compared to the original!
NEOSRULER 2 weeks ago
is there any full episodes of the saturday morning show online?
nbk5vb3 1 month ago
Isso tá mais pra Scooby doo
vagnerbrazil2025 1 month ago
I wonder if The Ghost Busters was ever shown in the UK?
Matt571 1 month ago
Why is there a gorilla in the show?? LOL
LazyNightz 1 month ago
i dont get it why is there a gorilla in a ghostbusters show?
IBghostbustin 2 months ago
I'll take a Proton Pack over a gorilla with a magnifying glass to hunt ghosts any day. Filmation Ghostsbusters would still suck even if they hadn't made the other Ghostbusters. In fact, being compared to the Real Ghostbusters is probably the only reason this show ever gets remembered.
teejaynumber13 3 months ago
All i can say is "It sucked then, and it sucks now."
badbook1 3 months ago
I was 10 in 1975 and have a decent memory for that time period yet I never remember seeing this show. Good thing too as the theme song is terrible as are the low budget clips accompanying it. Forrest Tuck and Larry Storch singing - who the fucks brilliant idea was that ? And a credit that the fake man in a monkey suit was trained by another guy. Pure idocy and then they made a lousy cartoon of it 10 yrs later which I do remember seeing but never knew this crap was it's source material
whiskers1965 3 months ago
@whiskers1965
The man wasn't fake. The credit is a joke to the fact that the well known FX guy Bob Burns is inside the suit. If it's not worth your attention, it's not worth paying attention to. Just don't look.
Optimalillusion 3 weeks ago
@Optimalillusion
to each his own - it still sucked
whiskers1965 2 weeks ago
DAM I WATCHED THIS BULLSHIT AS A 9 YEAR OLD.. I LOVED THIS.. AS A 47 YEARS OLD ..THIS IS AWFUL
sierria64 3 months ago
"we're the aaaass munchers"
burtonrules123 4 months ago
omg someone poke my eyes out that was SO bad. the cheese is almost too much "we're da ghooostbusterz.." wow, please, this is like torture!
burtonrules123 4 months ago
Eat your heart out, Ray Parker Jr.
PATCHES7RF619 4 months ago 2
I would like to see a full episode of this show.
CiaranMcVeigh 4 months ago
@CiaranMcVeigh All episodes of this show have been released on DVD. If you cant afford to buy it, you can rent it from netflix.
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ghostrepublic 4 months ago
I was flipping thru the channels and just saw an episode of this...this "thing" on Retro TV. The Red Baron episode. I'm 56. I remember these guys from F-Troop. But this thing was just completely LAME. So lame I did a Wikipedia search. Only 15 episodes. What a sad way to end their careers. I imagine they only did it as a favor to someone...desperately needed the cash or just wanted to work. And the laugh track....Good Lord!!!! Hopefully they got a chance to redeem themselves.
195511SM 4 months ago
O.O (Slap) (Slap) (Slap) (Slap) (Slap)
930Studios 4 months ago
True die hard GB fans DO NOT ignore this!
all13Doctors 5 months ago 2
What's funny. For those of us old enough to remember. In the late 1980's there was a cartoon version of this. Confusing many since it looked nothing like the 1984 Ghostbusters movie. Then they came out with "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon that was based on the movie. So, 2 cartoon around the same time, that had the same name, same premise, but totally different.
jpd782 5 months ago
scooby doo called; the gang wants their gimmick back
asamojomaster 5 months ago
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Bill Murray isn't in the same league as these guys! He's annoying and unfunny.
FoxPlant2006 5 months ago
It's like a hannah barbera formula, an odd couple and a weird humanoid or inteligent mascot. In this case a Gorilla with a ridiculous hat. I prefer the show without the gorilla, but it's about being silly not more scary.
chinguidinsky 6 months ago
this was a awesome show my kiddies loved it (so did I)
moebanshee 6 months ago
Who ya gonna call?
Oh, wait, wrong Ghostbusters.
MissRandomIsRandom 8 months ago 3
@markmaille...you win ;-P
Credithelper75 8 months ago
I still remember this opening even though I haven't seen or heard it in thirty-six years. As a kid, I didn't get the joke about "Spencer Tracy," but I thought it was weird that the gorilla wasn't the one named "Kong."
WallyScag 8 months ago 2
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@WallyScag Hi Wally, if you have cable, did you know they have it on RetroTv on Saturday mornings at 8:30am? It really brought back memories, I hope everybody get a chance to see it. Oh, P.S., unfortunately, if anybody has DirectTV, it don't have RetroTV.
drjeangrey1030 6 months ago
Okay they have a gorilla as an assistant...WTF were these people smokin in the 70's...and don't say pot!
Credithelper75 8 months ago
Don't sell this short.This was a kids show.In the "hip"70s,not too many 50+actors got big roles. Comparing an actor a decade later that was 20 years younger is assenine. And, again, this was a kids show on a limited budget. There is no question that Larry and Forrest have chemistry, as proven on F Troop. They are seasoned professionals. They took these roles and played them like professionals. I like Bill Murray, but give him a low budget production kids show, and he'd balk instead of trying.
krelbar 8 months ago 18
I remember watching this back in the day.
Cheessa 8 months ago
Who ya gonna call?
not these guys.
Zoras88 9 months ago 7
@Zoras88 LMAO!
burtonrules123 4 months ago
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@Zoras88 LMAO!
burtonrules123 4 months ago
All I can say is wow.
acesobrian 9 months ago
yr half rite this show was off a black an white same guys an the ape but the it was titled (the ghost buster) the was no "S" at the end which made no sens sins there was three guys and an ape not one guy i like the the real ghostbusters better but still like the filmation one is still werth waching dont get me wrong
bemoviedirector 10 months ago
@FROMOUTHERE Certainly no coincidence, especially since they had to get Filmation's permission to use the name, though they respelled it into one word.
Nevertheless, I don't see any parallel characters or story; Spencer/Spenser, Tracy, and Kong worked for a mysterious unseen boss (voiced by Lou Scheimer himself) and worked out of a ramshackle office. Egon and company were self-employed and had a much more elaborate operation.
MaskedMan66 10 months ago
@FROMOUTHERE There's no connection between the two. The Ghostbusters are not the Ghost Busters.
Oh, and Tracy is a gorilla, which makes him an ape, not a monkey.
Besides, you would prefer the other way around?
MaskedMan66 10 months ago
can't stop singing this song. is ray parker jr?
fidledoo 11 months ago
thumbs up if you watched this after seeing CR
mutalord 11 months ago
We're the GHOOOOOOOOOOOOst Busters lol
buttercremehonda 11 months ago
My best friend had a dog called Spenser my name is Tracey and she will always be known as KONG love it oh the memories x
ronpepoli37 1 year ago
My best friend had a dog called Spencer my name is Tracey and she will always be Kong infact i still call her that at 44yrs old lol GOOD TIMES always x
ronpepoli37 1 year ago
columbia basically slapped filmation dead in the face--the most popular movie in the world, and they couldn't produce the spin-off cartoon, even tho they had the rights to the name, and they were the king of spin-offs...
so to try to re-coup filmation based a cartoon off of their original characters and concepts, not licensed for the movie...
pretty sad...i understand why columbia didn't go with them-- but i would have let them take a pass at it--they did do some good stuff from time-to-time
btownsend64 1 year ago
in '75 filmation put together this show called GHOST BUSTERS--it lasted one season (loved it as a kid)...
in '85 columbia wanted to make the classic comedy with ackroyd and murray; to avoid a lawsuit, they licensed the name from filmation...after the movie was a huge hit, columbia decided to make a spin-off cartoon; they didn't go with filmation to produce the series...
filmation was not happy--for 20 years they had made their money on licensed spin-offs of popular movies and characters
btownsend64 1 year ago
I'd buy that for a dollar!
(and not a penny more)
FamilyOfMan1975 1 year ago
I wish this one will come out on the dvd.
But what company or label for this dvd.
Because it takes 15 episodes
hilarioph 1 year ago
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AWESOME special effect o:
take that spielberg xDD
HaRdStYLEeR90 1 year ago 3
This is awesome!!! I 30 years old and all I remember is the the cartoon. I had no idea about the real show. Not to be confused with the self proclaimed "The Real" ghost busters!! Thanks man!!
boobooyaya 1 year ago
that's some fucked up shit man
rbtoss 1 year ago
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bull11234 1 year ago
Thumbs up If CR Sent you here.
bull11234 1 year ago 2
WTF !!!!!!!!
fermj12 1 year ago
Filmation's ghostbusters (which is a spinoff of The Ghost Busters) currently airs on Cubo Night Own. Dan and Columbia stole/ripped off the name just like Ray Parker Jr ripped off "i want a new drug" by Huey Lewis to use as the theme for their movie.
bafendo 1 year ago
So that's way they made the cartoon
of that. But how many episodes they did?
I wish this one we come out on the dvd
someday :-(
hilarioph 1 year ago
@hilarioph there were only 15 episodes
indianabrick 1 year ago
@YatDane the 1954 movie you speak of is a fake. It was made with footage from an unknown movie to show what the 1984 Version would have looked like if it had been made in the 50's. This Ghostbusters from 75' is truly indeed the original. Columbia Pictures had to obtain the rights of the Ghostbusters name in 1985 after Filmation sued for copyright infringement after the success of the movie. That's why the cartoon is called The Real Ghostbusters and the other cartoon was simply called Ghostbuste
TheRealMusicGuru 1 year ago
hahaha
HarlequinTheatreGirl 1 year ago
Hilarious to see O'Rourke and Agarn (from F Troop) in this funny show. :)
AlbieGray 1 year ago
Very funny theme song
zzzzzz522002 1 year ago
Very cool theme song.
FoxPlant2006 1 year ago
@sygo7g I never saw that one I guess.
Skulldini 1 year ago
What a rotten song.
klooky666 1 year ago
i neaver knew that their was a goast busters television show in the 70ds
steve154life 1 year ago
" Tracy trained by .. " .. So then, THAT is NOT an actor in a gorilla suit? .. Is that what they're suggesting with that ?
Skulldini 1 year ago
@Skulldini They did that a lot back then. The people playing Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, and E.T. were all ordered not to make public appearances as the characters they played because they wanted the audience to believe they were real aliens, robots, and in this case, a gorilla.
FoxPlant2006 1 year ago
@Skulldini I think they are indeed "suggesting" that. However the "trainer" is the one in the suit.
mugzy81 1 year ago
omg
bullet0lad 1 year ago
Dear God, what nostalgic memories this brings back! I watched this as a kid back in 1975 (I was 6 years old). Yeah, sure, as an adult I can see how people say how cheesy it is. But back as a 6 year old kid, this really appealed to me. I loved how it starred Larry Storch and Forrest Tucker from F Troop (another one of my favorite sitcoms, then and now), the gorilla, the old car they drove around in, the ghost busting theme of the show (as I loved ghost stories), and the overall comedy. Fun show!
classicphile 1 year ago 5
this is the absolute worst television program i've ever seen or heard of.
fail. real ghostbusters forever.
alexp9999 1 year ago
@alexp9999 it's ment for six year olds, what the hell do you expect?
BillyCauseyjr 1 year ago 2
@alexp9999 define real? generally that which comes first is considered the real deal. This was first. Peter,Ray,Egon,and Winston would then be the copycats. Perhaps instead of being a D-bag who feels he has to take sides and stand up for his favorite intellectual property by insulting another,you could just enjoy the fact that diversity in story telling exists.
samaelfff 1 year ago 2
@samaelfff you´re in mistake, the real one was since 1954 and in this old movie appears egon, ray and peter.... so you can check it dude
yatdane 1 year ago
@yatdane Is it the "premake" video you're referring to? If so you need to read the description or watch it until the end. It's not real dude. Unless you were just trolling, if that's the case... carry on.
mugzy81 1 year ago
@samaelfff However, the cartoon spin-off of the film was called "The Real Ghostbusters" owing to Ackroyd having secured the rights to Ghostbusters as a movie title from Filmation, bet not the rights for a television series title. It's a bit like Helen Parr being called Elasti-Girl in the film "The Incredibles," but not in merchandising, where she's referred to as "Helen Parr" or "Mrs. Incredible." Pixar only licensed the name from DC for the character, not the merchandising.
LadyDeirdre 1 year ago
...but without Mr Stay Puft.
stuh1975 1 year ago
was it this show that help paid the way for the 1984 ghostbusters movie we all know and enjoyed?
DataSerpent 1 year ago
It's got Larry Storch in it, you MUST know what to expect. :)
EalaDubh 1 year ago
are you kdding?!! i put thats fellows in a ectotrap ;/ morons!!
ELMISTERIODELFUEGO 1 year ago
Its 2 guys thats drunk 24/7 and they stole a gorilla from the zoo haha
nightcrow90 1 year ago
That epic comment is really Aykroyd's line from the Casper movie.
Tertullian1971 1 year ago
Reminding viewers of the title between every credit. What a novel approach.
Wh3nYour3Strang3 1 year ago
great to see micheal clark duncans come so far in teh business .....zing !!
nickynoneck 1 year ago
Is this a Ray Parker Jr. song?
electrojones 1 year ago
I love it, better than today's crap.
robfergusonjr 1 year ago 2
You know what, this show seems so bad that I might watch it just to see how bad it is.
Phanto5692 1 year ago
@Phanto5692 it actully a pretty good show for the 70's if you like the 3 stoogies you will like this it a slapstick show
markmaille 1 year ago
so this shit was actually the original ghost busters. what the fuck? glad i didnt know that as a kid
WallKenshiro 1 year ago
WOW! I'm a huge Ghostbuster fan and I'm just NOW finding out about this! Youtube is great! :-D
ylwapple45 1 year ago
@videogamester07
no. this has nothing to do with the the greatness that is the 80s Ghostbusters.
In fact, it's because of this show that the 80s one almost had to change it's name.
orinanime 1 year ago
Why does everybody hate this?
sphereballs 1 year ago
@sphereballs Because people would like to believe the movie was the original Ghostbusters, and this show proves it wasn't.
FoxPlant2006 1 year ago 25
@FoxPlant2006 THIS show is totaly unlike THAT movie though. For one thing, this show apears to take place in a different time period ( sometime in the early 20th century by the look of it ) so they dont use alot of high-tech gadgets like they do in that later movie version. Also, that movie was made in the 80's after Poltergiest ( big influence there ), .. this one is much more similar to Scooby Doo.
Skulldini 1 year ago
@Skulldini Regardless, many people hate this simply because its existance destroys the belief that the movie was the first original Ghost Busters.
FoxPlant2006 1 year ago
@FoxPlant2006 Dan Aykroyd made ghost busters as a remake of a ton of older "ghost buster" type movies. look at "ghost breakers" "scared stiff" "ghosts on the loose" and "spooks run wild". Dan Aykroyd isnt the first. If you think Indiana jones was an original idea check out the Premake.
Reverse91 1 year ago
@Reverse91 Indiana Jones was based on old movie serials like the Flash Gordon films with Buster Crabbe. The character Indy was based on Humphrey Bogart's Fred C. Dobbs from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Early pictures used by the studio were made to look like Bogie before Harrison Ford was hired, and he was told to watch the movie before filming started. The fact that a tv show called Ghost Busters had a device that got rid of ghosts suggests someone involved in the movie had seen the show.
FoxPlant2006 1 year ago
@FoxPlant2006 Nice to finally meet someone else who remembers this show. Everyone I talk to think the 1984 movie with Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, and a bunch of other stars is the original.
starwarsrebel2006 1 year ago
@FoxPlant2006 I remember it. espically liked it when the ape went in the store to get the assignment come out and the message was in side a cake and every time they said the cake wiill sef destruct in 5 seconds it was 3 seconds
stonecoldjason 1 year ago
@FoxPlant2006 Yeah but this sucks and the movie with Bill Murray is awesome. Who cares which came first? I care about which is better.
KennethKaniffFromCT 8 months ago
@KennethKaniffFromCT Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch were both much better comedians than Bill Murray. Either one of them replacing Murray in the movie would have made it a better film.
FoxPlant2006 6 months ago
@FoxPlant2006 Bill Murray is the finest actor alive! You will kneel before him before twilight sets on your pathetic life!
promontorium 6 months ago
@FoxPlant2006 kneel or may stay puft step on you
back1879 5 months ago
@sphereballs
I have to agree with you. The original Ghost Busters was a show I would watch with my dad on saturday and sunday mornings. Ah good memories and good laughs.
torchwoodjackharknes 1 year ago 2
Man, that has to be the worst theme song ever.
Woozygulag 1 year ago
These guys were the real Mcoy. Forget about the 1985 movie!
MrJorlop 1 year ago
Bob Burns! Hell yeah!
anton1990 1 year ago 3
Actually, Columbia Pictures had to get permission from Filmation to use the "Ghostbusters" title for the original movie. Just like they have to get permission from DC Comics to use "The Karate Kid" title.
KCOliver1960 1 year ago
No they didn't. If they did, there would not have been a lawsuit. Filmation agreed to drop the lawsuit if they were permitted to make a cartoon series based on the movie, but Columbia went to DIC instead. As a result, Filmation made their own cartoon version based on this show!
ma7799 1 year ago 5
Woow! Me too I was confused with the gorilla ghostbuster for years.
professorzeta 1 year ago
Gee, how did I ever miss this show?
Maybe because I had a life?
TomatoeAssassin 1 year ago
boy .. i remember this bullshit ... and as a 47 year old ... i know that is horriable
sierria64 1 year ago
It's your spelling that's HORRIBLE
JohnnyQuest187 1 year ago
SOB, Then that means this show inspired the movie. I always thought that the cartoon, "Ghostbusters" was a rip off of the movie, but it's the other way around. WOW, it kinda blows my mind.
LOLMikeHawk 2 years ago 8
@LOLMikeHawk Ghostbusters the movie isn't a rip off of this, because this is awful.
yesthisistom 1 year ago
@yesthisistom It's for kids. Most kids' stuff is awful - especially from the 70's
FAITHandLOGIC 1 year ago
@LOLMikeHawk Actually, while the cartoon "Ghostbusters" (Now known as Filmation Ghostbusters) was based-off of the original TV show, Columbia Pictures had purchased the name from Filmation prior to the release of the movie. Filmation made the cartoon after the movie became a hit, but no longer owned the rights to the name, which was the dispute.
josephD32 11 months ago
@josephD32 Filmation sued Columbia in 1985 for using the name, and they later settled the lawsuit. Hence, why the cartoon based on the Columba movie could not legally simply be called "Ghostbusters" and they instead called it "The Real Ghostbusters." Filmation later said they made a mistake by not making the right to make the cartoon series based on the movie be part of the settlement in the lawsuit.
ReuWil 10 months ago
I love youtube!
yiommi 2 years ago
Produced by Filmation Associates,the same company that was behind their Saturday Morning live-action shows "Shazam!",and "The Secrets of Isis",which were both on CBS.
rayssonation 2 years ago
this tv series has nothing to do with the real ghostbusters movie in the 80's,the only thing they had in commun is the name.........
kratos3821 2 years ago
Please please don't tell me... If the two of them are Ray and Peter, then the monkey must be Egon. Don't go Winston.
Mrster 2 years ago
this isnt based off the Movie by Dan Akroyd, thank god. There was anotehr Ghostbusters Story which was before the movie, but the movie kicked its ass.
reddalek555 2 years ago
Hehe yeah I know, luckily yeah, hahaha!
The movie is way superior.
Mrster 2 years ago
"Ghostbusters" was Filmation's version of "F-Troop" by way of "Scooby Doo". This was however,the live-action version that was produced by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott and basically starred Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch of "F-Troop" fame that ran for one season on CBS in 1975.
rayssonation 2 years ago
The cartoon was decent
Cloudentine 2 years ago
This was great (of course) as a kid I loved it. Good fun.
mowm88 2 years ago
I had no idea the movie was based on a TV show!
Makes me wonder if there are any "winks" to the TV show (at least in the first movie), such as having the show's main actors appear in cameos in a scene...
???
Asteriks 2 years ago
CORNY CORNY SHOW
drews1998 2 years ago
A cult-classic, in every sense of the word. My favorite episode was the one where lovely Ina Balina played the ghost of Morgan Le Fay...and the late, great Carol Ballantine played Merlin!
Carycomic 2 years ago 2
These guys are the original Ghost Busters. I remember watching this on Saturday Mornings in 1975.
StevenC32 2 years ago 2
me too as a kid in los angeles ca
sierria64 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
WTH! I mean I was looking around on youtube and found this. It hurts. Wow. Like really? I use to like the GhostBusters until I saw where it came from. My God...
thanatosrf 2 years ago
Oh man, When I was a kid I LOVED this show. It was so bad, it was FUNNY! The de-materializer wouldn't work and Spense found the problem. "HERE it IS! It had a SHORT (bermuda I think) in IT!" I loved it because it was original. Didn't copy anyone and made it on it's own. Cool! Thanks for uploading this. The music (BGM) was catchy and I still remember it!
alohakakahiaka 2 years ago 5
It's like Scooby Doo and the Muppet Show mixed together.
steveclips 2 years ago 5
This looks terrifying!
brandtagain 2 years ago 3
I have the entire cartoon series that was the sequel to this show. Kong and Eddie's kids are taking over the business. In fact Larry and Forrest actually voice themselves in the cartoon.
Kreaden 2 years ago 3
Hey Kreaden, I and perhaps other would really apreciate if you upload a chapter, especially the early ones. I loved the trasformation process and I can't remember how it was done. Please share it with us. Thank you.
encoam 2 years ago 2
I love how they say TRAINED BY XD
PunkRocker666Metal 2 years ago
Hey the 70's and early 80's were the shit, ok some of the shows were a little corny but damn it's way better than anything that is on today, all this reality show crap is just a bunch of trash but hey that's just my opinion.
lubbocktx35 2 years ago 3
I knew that there was a real ghoast busters when I was a kid not the moive and the cartoon that follow
however, I thought it was guy in a ape outfit not a real ape
stonecoldjason 2 years ago
It WAS a guy in an ape outfit! Bob Burns was his name. It was a ploy to say "trained by". It's pretty obvious, esp. when you see him run. Gorillas don't run standing upright.
Ldale11 2 years ago
REMEBER THIS AS A KID
sierria64 2 years ago 3
Oh wow...
I'm surprised people know what this is...
CaptainBlack1 2 years ago
IT lasted 13 episodes, then they made a cartoon version of this that lasted 63
metallavery 2 years ago 3
Actually, it lasted 16 episodes (which was normal for a single-season show at the time - many of Filmation's one season show ran 16 episodes) and the cartoon was 65 (which was normal for a daily syndicated cartoon at the time).
Zaranyzerak 2 years ago 12
Ironic the cartoon had more episodes than live version in one season.
acholl980 1 year ago
Wow!!! it's been about 34 years...damn...
rainrunner1 2 years ago 4
The guy's name is Kong and the Gorilla's name is Tracy? : /
MosulRapist 2 years ago 7
At least they avoided type-casting. ;-D
Carycomic 2 years ago
@MosulRapist Sure; too obvious otherwise.
MaskedMan66 1 year ago
It would be so awesome in the new Ghostbusters movie if they ran into these guys.
audierules 2 years ago 6
i doubt it but it would be funny HEY YOU STOLE OUR NAME WEAR THE REAL GHOST BUSTERS!!!
metallavery 2 years ago
Sadly, Forrest Tucker has long since gone to the Great Retirement Home-in- the-Sky. Larry Storch appears to have retired. And, the last appearance made by Bob Burns was in a documentary about the filming of the original KING KONG (1933).
Carycomic 2 years ago
I got a coffee table book Bob Burns did about his collection of hollywood props. Its pretty good!
Mysterwright 2 years ago
I know. He bought Willis O'Brien's original armature of King Kong at auction. The one without the faux-fur!
Carycomic 2 years ago
@Carycomic
He also had a few cameo shots in Peter Jackson's 2005 version of Kong. One of his shots that I remember was a close up shot of him and his wife right after Kong escapes the Alhambra Theatre. The elderly hubby and wife look up in horror.
I met him ad saw the KK armature diring the 05 premier. Heck of a guy. Sadly at that time I didn't realize he was the man inside the gorilla suit of this Saturday Morning Show or I'd have mentioned it as a good memory from my childho
knightflyte 1 year ago
REMEMBER THIS AS A KID
sierria64 2 years ago
Weren't these the same guys in F Troop? Agarn and whatsisname?
Laffington 2 years ago 3
Yes, they were in F-Troop. Agarn and O'Roarke.
AlbieGray 2 years ago 3
They obviously did this to avoid typecasting.
acholl980 1 year ago
ahahhhhhahaaaaahahahaha holly shit)
LLItorm2777 2 years ago
except scooby-doo doesn't have some sort of laser cannon that dematerializes ghosts!
TechnoHajikelist 2 years ago 2
Also, Scooby-Doo is a cartoon and The Ghost Busters is a reality show.
1983parrothead 2 years ago
Yes and no. "Goober and The Ghost-Chasers" did.*
*A Scooby-Doo pastiche, also produced by H-B, for Saturday mornings on ABC, circa 1976-77.
Carycomic 2 years ago
umm...ok now i see where the cartoon came from? or this? im soo confused now.
Always thought ghostbusters had either the real ghostbusters and the movies and the ghostbusters, but didnt know they had this
xenoclix 2 years ago
This one came out before the movies. It's the reason the cartoon based on the movie had to be called "The Real Ghostbusters."
Although after The Real Ghostbusters became such a hit they did do an animated version of this one also. It was kind of confusing. lol
konnorEl 2 years ago
Interesting also is the fact is the guys in this show were the fathers of the Ghostbusters in the 80's cartoon, they were in the first 5 episodes.
And yeah it was confusing,..and a mistake on Filmations' part. I was reading a quote from a person who worked there and said what they should've done since they still had the rights to the name was make spin off from the movie, and not the 70's tv show.
boonatron 2 years ago
omg, i remember this series
is funny
FortunaChan 2 years ago
was the gorilla real?
it says: tracy trained by(etc.)
pilsburydoughboy555 2 years ago