 Hey guys, welcome back to Come Again TV, the only place on YouTube where all key culture collides. I'm Shannon and today on the show We're gonna be taking a look at the history and origins of the Ghostbusters Egon Spangler with no evidence to the contrary. We'll be using Harold Remus's actual birthday as Egon's for this video Egon was born November 21st in 1944 which made him the oldest of the original Ghostbusters He passed away February 24th 2014 in the original film Egon was named after Harold Remus's classmate Oswald Spangler and a Hungarian refugee named Egon Dunsback Christopher Walken, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd and Jeff Goldblum were all considered for the role Egon was raised in Cleveland, Ohio where his parents didn't believe children should play with toys With the exception of part of a slinky he had but straightened and a train set his twin brother Eon had Which Egon had taken over to use in experience by observing fellow high school students making out in the park and applying a variety of Scientific principles Egon had managed to precisely forecast the exact number of VD cases in Ohio State for that year as a result Most parents would express a strong aversion to letting their children associate with them The reason Egon collects spores molds and fungi is because he believes them to be the food of the future The only reason that Peter has his double doctorate is because Egon single-handedly got him through graduate school Egon is a graduate of MIT and a doctor of physics IE a PhD, which is a doctor of philosophy degree more than likely with a focus on the sciences rather than the arts He was also a professor of paranormal studies at Columbia University, which means he attained his professional degree in the ghost busted manga It's said that Egon studied four years at Columbia University two years at Oxford and live with gnostic monks of Carpathia for an extended period of time in IDW comics Egon attained PhDs in Parapsychology and microbiology and taught himself electronics mechanics mathematics and became fluent in three and a half languages The reason Egon tried to drill a hole through his head as mentioned in the first film was to promote higher brain function This was inspired by the actual thwarted attempt by John Lilly Who is a prominent researcher in dolphin communication in early drafts of the Ghostbusters 2 script Egon was said to be working as a physics Professor specializing in quantum theory Egon is known to put very few restraints on the scope of his research This is evident when it's referred to him sleeping with the mood slide Egon was usually the first to interview paranormal case subjects And came up with the line. We're ready to believe you He and Ray are the ones who design and build all the Ghostbusters equipment Egon's only real weakness is that of sugar Which means you have to wonder what actually went through his head when the stay pup marshmallow man attacked during the event He said he was too scared for rational thought it really makes me wonder if he thought his favorite snack that of sugar was finally getting its revenge on him With this is it possible to suggest that it wasn't just Ray who conjured up the mr. Stay pup But Egon as well given his response I would imagine his worst fear would be that of his delicious snacks attacking him in the real Ghostbusters animated series Egon's greatest fear was that of the boogeyman It was his original encounter with the creature that led to his study of the paranormal However in idw comics it said that Egon witnessed his friend Eugene visitor vanish without a trace when hit by a car And that is what led him down the path of paranormal research There you have it guys the history and origins of Egon Spangler If you enjoyed this video make sure you head over to our other channel Psychology of the unknown where we go over other great video topics like jack the ripper the science of ghosts and more Take care geeks If you enjoyed that video make sure you hit the subscribe button right there So you stay up to date on all thanks geek culture Also, go ahead and check out one of these two playlists on the side for more videos just like the one you just watched I'm shanner for comic n tv the only place on youtube where all geek culture collides Take care geeks