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The Ghost Busters

  • TV Series
  • 1975
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
499
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The Ghost Busters (1975)
SlapstickComedyFamilyFantasySci-Fi

Two guys and their pet gorilla hunt spooks.Two guys and their pet gorilla hunt spooks.Two guys and their pet gorilla hunt spooks.

  • Creator
    • Marc Richards
  • Stars
    • Forrest Tucker
    • Larry Storch
    • Bob Burns
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    499
    YOUR RATING
    • Creator
      • Marc Richards
    • Stars
      • Forrest Tucker
      • Larry Storch
      • Bob Burns
    • 17User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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  • Episodes15

    Top-rated
    Sat, Nov 8, 1975
    • S1.E10
    • The Vampire's Apprentice
    The Ghost Busters may get the bite put on them when Count and Countess Dracula return from the other side in search of a warm-blooded donor.
    7.4/10
    Top-rated
    Sat, Oct 25, 1975
    • S1.E8
    • Which Witch Is Which?
    The ghost of a 17th century witch and her stooge Gronk return for revenge on the descendant of the Edward Spencer who broke her spell at the Salem Witch Trials.
    7.2/10
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    Forrest Tucker
    Forrest Tucker
    • Kong
    • 1975
    Larry Storch
    Larry Storch
    • Spencer…
    • 1975
    Bob Burns
    Bob Burns
    • Tracy
    • 1975
    Richard Balin
    • Abominable Snowman…
    • 1975
    Huntz Hall
    Huntz Hall
    • Gronk
    • 1975
    Ann Morgan Guilbert
    Ann Morgan Guilbert
    • The Witch
    • 1975
    Bernie Kopell
    Bernie Kopell
    • Dr. Frankenstein
    • 1975
    Ted Knight
    Ted Knight
    • Simon de Canterville
    • 1975
    Barbara Rhoades
    Barbara Rhoades
    • Queen Forah
    • 1975
    Jim Backus
    Jim Backus
    • Eric, the Red
    • 1975
    Howard Morris
    Howard Morris
    • The Red Baron
    • 1975
    Nora Denney
    Nora Denney
    • Sophia
    • 1975
    Ina Balin
    Ina Balin
    • Morgan Le Fay
    • 1975
    Severn Darden
    Severn Darden
    • Dr. Jekyll
    • 1975
    Marty Ingels
    Marty Ingels
    • Billy the Kid
    • 1975
    Philip Bruns
    Philip Bruns
    • Scroggs
    • 1975
    Ronny Graham
    Ronny Graham
    • Dr. Centigrade
    • 1975
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    Johnny Brown
    • Fat Man
    • 1975
    • Creator
      • Marc Richards
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    Mister-6

    We're "The GHOOOOOST BUSTERRRRS"!!!

    He's Spencer! He's Tracy! I'm Kong! YAAAAAHH!!!!

    Sorry.

    "The Ghost Busters" (not to be confused with the 1984 film with Bill Murray) told the live action Filmation tale of the three chronically slapstick-ish busters of the title (Storch, Tucker and Burns as the gorilla) tackling all manner of ghosts - which all seem to have come from the same graveyard. Hmmm....

    Anyway, even though the trio bumbled from episode to episode and seemed just a little south of competent, they ended up putting the ghosts back where they came from, with all manner of vaudeville routines and even some fast-motion running thrown in from time to time.

    For the whippersnappers who didn't watch "F-Troop" way back when, here was the perfect way to see the chemistry between Storch and Tucker, and with a gorilla mixed in, to boot!

    Do they even have this on video anymore? Probably not. Oh well, I'll always have memories - and that theme running through my head forever....

    Ten stars. "The Ghost Busters" DO IT AGAAAAAAAAAAIN!!!
    kamesama

    Don't be confused by all of the different Ghost Busters Shows

    I just read someone else's comments about this show and apparently they were confused. THIS SHOW WAS NOT A CARTOON, IT WAS A LIVE ACTION SERIES. Filmation released a cartoon based on this show in the 80s. This program was on TV in the 70s.

    As a kid, watching this on Saturday morning Television, I thought that it was the greatest show. Seeing episodes (available on a discontinued VHS tape from Continental Video) more recently, I found that the humor really didn't survive my growing up. It can still be fun to watch for its campy horror\comedy and Bob Burns did great as the Gorilla member of the Ghost Busting team! For those not familiar with the series, every week the characters would receive a message sending them on a ghost busting mission. The message would alway self destruct after they listened to it and Tracy the Gorilla would always get caught in the explosion. The characters would usually end up in a haunted house\mansion where they would solve whatever problem was going on in that episode, then find the ghost and send it on to the next plane of existence. Lots of silly jokes and guest stars that were familiar to 70s TV audiences.
    dtucker86

    Wonderful

    Larry Storch and Forrest Tucker did a wonderful job on F Troop. It is a cult comedy classic and they were as good as Bud Abbott and Lou Costello when it came to comic chemistry. This show holds a special place in my heart. I remember watching it as an eight year old and it brought me a lot of laughter and enjoyment. I watched it on Saturday morning cartoons (a golden memory of my childhood in West Virginia) and I also watched Far Out Space Nuts with Bob Denver and Chuck McCann. Storch and Tucker were a couple of bumbling ghost busters who had a guy in a gorilla suit as a partner. The thing I remembered was always the spoof of Mission Impossible that they did where they got blown up every time. Kids need innocent, fun programming like this now more then ever before and I wish they would put this show back so that new generations can have some good and innocent laughs as well. It was only a few years ago that I saw a video of this show in a Blockbuster at Fort Riley, Kansas. It has been so unfairly forgotten. Larry Storch and Forrest Tucker both served our country well in World War II. Tucker served in the Army and Larry Storch was a Navy submariner. They are heroes in real life as well as on the screen. I write to celebrities as a hobby and wrote to Mister Storch recently. I praised his fine services to our nation and he sent me a beautiful signed picture he said "To Sergeant David Tucker, thank you for the greatest letter I have ever recieved".
    caj-5

    Dim, fond memories

    I also remember seeing this show, but vaguely. Where I was -- in Cincinnati, Ohio -- it came on Sunday mornings. I, of course, watched it religiously because back in those days there were no Sunday morning cartoons and stuff (only Wonderama and U.S of Archie), and there was always serious withdrawal after the beloved Saturday morning cartoon binge.

    I'm sure Storch and Tucker must have felt like they were at the tail end of their careers, but they were the dudes to me then. And the gorilla? I don't know, I just bought it at the time. I don't remember much of the show, but I remember really liking it. Would love to watch it again just to see how much I recognize.
    8GwynnaL

    Thr original, genuine, first, and best of all Ghost Busters

    I wasn't a kid when this aired ... I was in my 20s, and recognized it as the hippest kids TV around. You couldn't possibly have preferred Sid and Marty Kroft or Bob Denver's sad attempt at kid TV.

    Full of bad puns, slapstick humor for kids, and the best gorilla suit in show business. Bob Burns was brilliant as Tracy. The file drawer schtick was good every time. My husband and I to this day still quote episodes, like Abby Dalton and Marty Ingalls with that campfire. "How'd you make coffee when there ain't no fire?" "I just left it on a little longer."

    No, it's not sophisticated, and makes no apology for its silliness. But if you're intelligent, you can see how hip it is.

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    • Trivia
      The producers decided it would be cheaper to hire an actor who already owned a gorilla suit than having to pay for both separately, so they put out a casting call for gorillas. They found Bob Burns, a film editor who, together with his wife, had made a gorilla suit in their spare time. When Lou Scheimer asked Burns, dressed in the suit who his agent was, Bob replied: "Tarzan" and Lou knew that he had found the right man for the job.
    • Goofs
      In the opening credits of the series, Larry Storch's character is called "Spencer," but the door of the office spells it "Spenser."
    • Quotes

      [theme song]

      Jake Kong, Eddie Spenser: We're the Ghostbusters!

      Eddie Spenser: I'm Spencer/He's Tracy.

      Jake Kong: I'm Kong.

      Jake Kong, Eddie Spenser: We're the Ghostbusters/We're clever, courageous and strong!

    • Crazy credits
      "Tracy" trained by Bob Burns
    • Connections
      Featured in Familiar Faces: Familiar Faces #40: Tracy the Gorilla (2010)

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    • Release date
      • September 6, 1975 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Original Ghostbusters
    • Filming locations
      • Piru, California, USA(Exterior)
    • Production company
      • Filmation Associates
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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