I did a search first and didn't find a thread dedicated to this marvelous franchise, so...
Ghostbusters is one of my fondest childhood memories. It predates even my love of Captain N and Archie Comics. It's the oldest interest of mine that I still have strong feelings about (er, maybe tied with "Jem"; I'm not sure which I started watching first).
I didn't start out with the movie. I started with the cartoon series, "The Real Ghostbusters" and was watching it by 1987 at the latest. I watched it religiously on Saturday mornings and on weekday afternoons after school. I remember anticipating the one-hour primetime special, "The Halloween Door", as a freakin' EVENT!
When I eventually did see the movie for the first time on TV, the library ghost scared me so much. I stuck with the movie until they were in the hotel, but then I shut off the TV (looking at it now, the library ghost isn't scary at all). I eventually did watch the first movie in its entirety.
I remember being on a quest to get the theme song. I even got my mom to buy me a box of the RGB cereal because of a record in the box. It turned out to be for some kind of contest, and it was narrated by Egon. I was let down but still listened to it. I also borrowed a cassette tape from a friend at school, who made me promise to not copy it, because it was "rare". I tried anyway, which involved putting two radios facing each other. I seem to recall the Oingo Boingo song, "Flesh and Blood", from GB2 being on there, along with the original GB theme, "In the Name of Love" by Thompson Twins, and "I Can Wait Forever" by Air Supply, so it might have been a hybrid GB1/GB2 soundtrack. The thing it I seem to recall borrowing this tape in elementary school (1986-1989), and GB2 came out in 1989, so this would be late in my 5th grade year / early in the soundtrack release (if that's possible). Maybe I was in middle school already.
I didn't see GB2 in the theater but eventually saw it later.
In 1997 came "Extreme Ghostbusters", and it was as if my childhood itself had gotten a sequel (I've never really "grown up").
I recently unwrapped the DVD sets of GB1/GB2 and Volume 1 of RGB (I've had them for a few years) and started watching them (right time of year). GB1 is hilarious. GB2 is okay but noticably less funny. I'm really loving RGB. It feels so familiar and comfortable. Yeah, it's got obviously kiddy/cartoony parts, but, once I move on to the syndicated episodes (versus the ABC network episodes), it should get a bit more adult.
So...anyone care to geek out and share their GB memories?
Ghostbusters is one of my fondest childhood memories. It predates even my love of Captain N and Archie Comics. It's the oldest interest of mine that I still have strong feelings about (er, maybe tied with "Jem"; I'm not sure which I started watching first).
I didn't start out with the movie. I started with the cartoon series, "The Real Ghostbusters" and was watching it by 1987 at the latest. I watched it religiously on Saturday mornings and on weekday afternoons after school. I remember anticipating the one-hour primetime special, "The Halloween Door", as a freakin' EVENT!
When I eventually did see the movie for the first time on TV, the library ghost scared me so much. I stuck with the movie until they were in the hotel, but then I shut off the TV (looking at it now, the library ghost isn't scary at all). I eventually did watch the first movie in its entirety.
I remember being on a quest to get the theme song. I even got my mom to buy me a box of the RGB cereal because of a record in the box. It turned out to be for some kind of contest, and it was narrated by Egon. I was let down but still listened to it. I also borrowed a cassette tape from a friend at school, who made me promise to not copy it, because it was "rare". I tried anyway, which involved putting two radios facing each other. I seem to recall the Oingo Boingo song, "Flesh and Blood", from GB2 being on there, along with the original GB theme, "In the Name of Love" by Thompson Twins, and "I Can Wait Forever" by Air Supply, so it might have been a hybrid GB1/GB2 soundtrack. The thing it I seem to recall borrowing this tape in elementary school (1986-1989), and GB2 came out in 1989, so this would be late in my 5th grade year / early in the soundtrack release (if that's possible). Maybe I was in middle school already.
I didn't see GB2 in the theater but eventually saw it later.
In 1997 came "Extreme Ghostbusters", and it was as if my childhood itself had gotten a sequel (I've never really "grown up").
I recently unwrapped the DVD sets of GB1/GB2 and Volume 1 of RGB (I've had them for a few years) and started watching them (right time of year). GB1 is hilarious. GB2 is okay but noticably less funny. I'm really loving RGB. It feels so familiar and comfortable. Yeah, it's got obviously kiddy/cartoony parts, but, once I move on to the syndicated episodes (versus the ABC network episodes), it should get a bit more adult.
So...anyone care to geek out and share their GB memories?
