A blurb from BCI Eclipse about The Ghost Busters: The Complete Series: From their run-down office, Spencer, Tracy and Kong take on assignments no mere mortal could face. Good thing that Spencer and Kong have their super-smart gorilla Tracy on their team! In the super-secret missions assigned to them by the mysterious “Zero” the trio of bumbling detectives confront phantoms, vampires, werewolves, the Frankenstein monster, mobsters, Vikings, magicians and even a devilish dummy! Prepare to laugh and scream at the outlandish and bizarre antics of the Ghost Busters!
I would wait until 11 am in the morning every Saturday on our CBS affiliate to watch “The Ghostbusters” with Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch and Bob Burns. At that age I thought that the show was very funny and well done. Thirty-Two years later I still think the show is funny but the memory cheats a little bit. The show also brought some new faces to television and quite a few old favorites! A few of them being Billy Barty, Bernie Kopell and Jim Backus. This set is a nice tribute to the show with interviews with the producer and voice of “Zero”, Lou Schimer and the person who was Tracy the Gorilla, Bob Burns. Also with the set is a bonus episode from the Animated Ghostbusters series with galleries, Easter Eggs, and scripts to all 15 episodes.
VIDEO
The video quality is great! The show was shot on videotape but with no dropouts at all. There is a Play All Feature on each disc.
Audio
Was originally recorded in Mono. Is also in Mono but very clear!
Disc 1-Side A
1. “The Maltese Monkey”-with Johnny Brown and Billy Barty
2. “Dr Whatshisname”-with Bernie Kopell
3. “The Canterville Ghost”-with Ted Knight and Kathy Garver
4. “Who’s Afraid of The Big Bad Wolf?”
5. “The Flying Dutchman”-with Stanley Adams
Side B
1. “The Dummy’s Revenge”
2. “A Worthless Gauze”-with Barbara Rhoades
3. “Which Witch is Which? -with Huntz Hall
4. “They Went Thataway”-with Marty Ingels
5. “The Vampire’s Apprentice”-with Dena Dietrich
Disc 2-Side A
1. “Jekyll & Hyde-Together, for the First Time!”-with Joe E Ross
2. “Only Ghosts Have Wings”-with Howard Morris
3. “The Vikings Have Landed”-with Jim Backus and Lisa Todd
4. “Merlin, The Magician”-Carl Ballentine and Huntz Hall
5. “The Abominable Snowman”
Extras
Disc 1: None
Disc 2: Side B
Interviews-Lou Scheimer (09:08)
Bob Burns (“Tracy”) (14:37)
Original Bumpers form the show (2)
Photo & Art Galleries:
Behind The Scenes (17 Photos)
Promotional (26 Photos)
Tracy The Gorilla (23 Photos)
Bonus Episode: Animated Ghostbusters-“I’ll Be A Son Of A Ghostbuster”
DVD-Rom- Scripts to all 15 Episodes
Easter Eggs
Verdict
A neat little show that was a long time coming to DVD. Well worth buying for your Filmation collection.
Rating: *****!
This review is my 50th review since this blog site started. I wanted to thank a few companies for this. I would like to thank Acorn Media, BCI Eclipse, A & E Home Video and Paramount Home Video. Without them this site would not be possible. I would also like to thank Eric Jamborsky and Jim O’Rear for their help as well.
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