The Real Ghostbusters is an American animated television series based on the 1984 film Ghostbusters. The series ran from 1986 to 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television, DiC Entertainment and Coca-Cola. The series continues the adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost Slimer.
There also were two ongoing Real Ghostbusters Comics, one published monthly by now comics in USA and the other published weekly by Marvel Comics in the United Kingdom, and a popular toy line manufactured by Kennar (the toyline lasted longer than the television series itself).
Ghostbusters was a film that became a cult hit when it continued on after the original movie. The T.V series ran for seven seasons with episodes like knock knock and adventures in slime and space.
The iconic symbol has been around for over 27 years and is one of the most recognised symbols in film history it was created by none other than Dan Aykroyd the heart and soul of The Ghostbusters.
The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was first seen in the 1984 Ghostbusters film as the form of the traveller Gozza enhabits Mr Stay Puft and wreaks havok in New York.
He has since been seen as one of the iconic figures of the Ghostbusters world. He has been in the animated T.V show appeared more than once in the comics and There are a wide variety off toys and products of Mr Stay Puft.
More recently he was used in Ghostbusters the video game set after the events of the second film and was used in a way that captured the scenes of the original film.
In this clip from youtube Dan Aykroyd tells of his idea of the Ghostbusters and how it came about. He also goes on to tell you what he thought of the animated series and how the characteristics of the characters never changed even though their image had. The video also goes on to tell you how many people are involved to make the animated series and how many different departments there are.
Oh my! This seems to be a nice movie. I have added hotel Transylvania to the watch list for my kids along with some nice shows by Andy Yeatman. I would love to add this to the list too because these are going to be perfect for the Halloween night and not much scary for the kids.
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