"The Ghost Busters" (1975) TV series

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Creator:

Marc Richards

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

Two guys and their pet gorilla hunt spooks.

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Gorilla | Cartoon | Slapstick | Paranormal Investigation

Cast

Forrest Tucker	...	Jake Kong (15 episodes, 1975)
Larry Storch	...	Eddie Spenser / ... (15 episodes, 1975)
Bob Burns	...	Tracy the Gorilla (15 episodes, 1975)

Also Known As:

"The Original Ghostbusters" (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

30 min (16 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Filmation Associates

Trivia:

The Ghost-Busters' never-seen boss, Zero, was voiced by producer Lou Scheimer.

Quotes:

Jake Kong: What are you, mice or men?
[Tracy is suddenly holding a big piece of cheese]
Jake Kong: Will you cut that out?

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Ghostbusters" (1986)

Live action show, Not a cartoon

'Fraid the other comment has it all wrong. This was not a cartoon, but a live action Saturday morning program. "Spencery, Tracy, and Kong" were the original Ghost Busters, and they were played by real live TV stars Forrest Tucker (Keeper of the Flame) and Larry Storch (Koko the Clown), and famous sci-fi movie buff Bob Burns (as the Gorilla, Tracy - Forrest Tucker was Kong). Tucker and Storch had appeared together before in F-Troop. It was pretty silly, but for 8-10 year olds relatively entertaining. For a live action kids show in the 1970s it was pretty dang good - consider what else we had then: Sigmund and The Sea Monsters, and a bunch of psychedelic Kroft fantasies.