In this episode we answer the question of “Who are you gonna call? “It’s all about Ghostbusters in this two-part episode. In honor of the recent passing of the great Ivan Reitman (we recorded this on 2/21/22) we dive deep into a movie series and franchise that left an impact on all of us, and we couldn’t do it with big time Ghostbuster’s fan and returning guest Josh Bernhard. In this first part we talk about our first memories with Ghostbusters and talk about the first two movies, with a little Real Ghostbusters thrown in here and there.
If you are a fan of this show you should also check out Josh’s podcast “Trash Compactor: A Stare Wars podcast” https://www.trashcompod.com/
00:00 James introduces the show and we move into talking about when we all first were introduced to Ghostbusters.
10:00 Josh talks about the unique tone of the first Ghostbusters movie.
15:17 We talk about the grounded story telling of Ghostbusters and move into thoughts about the first Ghostbusters movie.
21:00 We start talking about Bill Murray’s role in making Ghostbusters what it is and how it would have been different then if Belushi had been a part of it, the subtle things that Harold Ramis does as Egon,
28:30 We talk about the importance of New York as a character in the movie, Josh notes how the movie could be seen as a metaphor for cleaning up the city during the era the movie was made and we come back to Venkman being the person who helps the Ghostbusters navigate New York.
35: James brings up how quoting Ghostbusters brought him and Chris together as friends, this leads us to talking about how masterful the actors were at improving the most memorable lines in the movie, we then just start quoting Ghostbusters.
39:31 We talk about the Stay Puff Marshmallow man.
43:28 We move into talking about Ghostbusters 2 start with our impressions and thoughts on how we feel about the movie today.
51:41 We talk about the character growth of each character between the two movies.
56:33 We talk about the role Rick Moranis plays in both Ghostbusters and once again start quoting Ghostbusters, we move into talk about Annie Potts also and about The Real Ghostbusters again.
1:00:55 We talk about Vigo and the great comedy acting of Peter MacNicol.
1:04:50 Josh talks about how a behind the scenes shot of the museum model used in Ghostbusters 2 got him inspired about film making, it got Chris into Jackie Wilson, started James thinking about canon and continuity. Then we start talking about The Real Ghostbusters again.
