Audiences think of Ghostbusters as one of the classic comedy films of the 1980s, but you know what they forget? Ghosts are people who used to be alive, so Ghostbusters is all about death!
Matt Fagan and Ted Fagan started the Depot Devoid Podcast after they lost their brother Ian. And they recorded this episode just three weeks after Matt lost his dog to bone cancer. Not for the first time, the brothers find themselves revisiting a pivotal comedy from their youth with fresh eyes, and raw hearts. Sometimes, the Depot Devoid is all fun and games – but sometimes it's grief counseling. And sometimes it's a bit of both.
This episode was a strange emotional space for us. We are looking back at a movie we love – one of those movies that shaped us – and seeing it for what it really is. We are adults stepping outside of our own childhoods, and we are haunted by ghosts both literal and metaphorical. Sound fun? Join us for a unique conversation that is as much about Ghostbusters as it is about processing the death of a loved one who passes right in front of you. A conversation about nostalgia, and how comedy is not evergreen, and how we all grew up in an actual haunted house.
And Ted uses “Pet Sematary” as a verb.
