"Ghostbusters" (1986) TV series 1986-1987

Creator:

Marc Richards
(more)

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Animation | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

So spooky, it's fun!

Plot:

A squad of supernatural investigators are Earth's only defense against an evil ghost wizard and his minions.

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Ghostbuster | Gorilla | 1980s | Surrealism

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Peter Cullen	...	Eddie Spenser Jr. (65 episodes, 1986)
Pat Fraley	...	Jake Kong Jr. (65 episodes, 1986)
Lou Scheimer	...	Tracy the Gorilla / ... (65 episodes, 1986)

Series Directed by
Ed Friedman		(10 episodes, 1986)
Marsh Lamore		(9 episodes, 1986)
Tom Sito		(8 episodes, 1986)
Lou Kachivas		(7 episodes, 1986)
Bill Reed		(7 episodes, 1986)
Tom Tataranowicz		(7 episodes, 1986)
Ernie Schmidt		(6 episodes, 1986)
Richard Trueblood		(6 episodes, 1986)
Bill Nunes		(5 episodes, 1986)
Gwen Wetzler		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Bob Logan		(65 episodes, 1986)
Robby London		(65 episodes, 1986)
Barry O'Brien		(65 episodes, 1986)
Marc Richards		(65 episodes, 1986)
Bob Forward		(16 episodes, 1986)
J. Larry Carroll		(8 episodes, 1986)
Don Heckman		(8 episodes, 1986)
Rowby Goren		(7 episodes, 1986)
Len Riley		(5 episodes, 1986)
Candace Howerton		(3 episodes, 1986)
Durnford King		(3 episodes, 1986)

Series Produced by
Lou Scheimer	....	executive producer (65 episodes, 1986)

Series Original Music by
Brian Banks		(65 episodes, 1986)
Anthony Marinelli		(65 episodes, 1986)

Series Film Editing by
Joe Gall		(65 episodes, 1986)
Lida Saskova		(65 episodes, 1986)

Series Production Design by
Gerald Forton		(65 episodes, 1986)
Tenny Henson		(65 episodes, 1986)
Rick Maki		(65 episodes, 1986)
Connie Schurr		(65 episodes, 1986)

Series Art Direction by
John Grusd		(65 episodes, 1986)

Series Production Management
Joe Mazzuca	....	vice president in charge of production (65 episodes, 1986)
R.W. Pope	....	production manager (65 episodes, 1986)
Joseph Simon	....	post-production supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)

Series Art Department
Bob Arkwright	....	storyboard supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Bill Barry	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Cullen Blaine	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Rachel Brenner	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Ron Campbell	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Victor Dal Chele	....	storyboard supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Yi-Chih Chen	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Humberto De La Fuente	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Flamarion Ferreira	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Gary Goldstein	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Glen Hill	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Vicky Jenson	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Robert Lamb	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Don Manuel	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Hal Mason	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
David Prince	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Jim Shull	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Tom Sito	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Mike Sosnowski	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Hanna Strauss	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Michael Swanigan	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Tom Tataranowicz	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Karl Toerge	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Vincenzo Trippetti	....	storyboard artist (65 episodes, 1986)

Series Sound Department
Bill Kean	....	sound editor (65 episodes, 1986)
Don Kenney	....	sound editor (65 episodes, 1986)
Jeffrey C. Patch	....	sound editor (65 episodes, 1986)
Charles Rychwalski	....	sound editor (65 episodes, 1986)
Erika Scheimer	....	recording director (65 episodes, 1986)
Pamela Vincent	....	recording coordinator (65 episodes, 1986)

Series Visual Effects by
Dan Chaika	....	animation special effects (65 episodes, 1986)
Richard Coleman	....	animation special effects (65 episodes, 1986)
Peggy Collen	....	animation special effects (65 episodes, 1986)
Randy Fullmer	....	animation special effects (65 episodes, 1986)
Brett Hisey	....	animation special effects (65 episodes, 1986)
Ashley Lupin	....	head of special effects (65 episodes, 1986)
Mark Myer	....	animation special effects (65 episodes, 1986)
Allen Stovall	....	animation special effects (65 episodes, 1986)
Dardo Velez	....	animation special effects (65 episodes, 1986)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Steven P. Damiani	....	camera operator (65 episodes, 1986)
Roncie Hantke	....	camera operator (65 episodes, 1986)
Ron Jackson	....	camera operator (65 episodes, 1986)
Robert Jacobs	....	camera operator (65 episodes, 1986)
Dan Larsen	....	camera operator (65 episodes, 1986)
David J. Link	....	camera operator (65 episodes, 1986)
Lin-Z Rogers	....	camera operator (65 episodes, 1986)
Rick Taylor	....	camera operator (65 episodes, 1986)
Dean G. Teves	....	camera operator (65 episodes, 1986)
Chuck Warren	....	camera operator (65 episodes, 1986)
Jerry Whittington	....	camera operator (65 episodes, 1986)
Steven Wilzbach	....	camera operator (65 episodes, 1986)
F.T. Ziegler	....	camera supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)

Series Animation Department
Peter Alvarado	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Robert Alvarez	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Barry Anderson	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Kurt Anderson	....	layout supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Craig Armstrong	....	layout supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Rich Arons	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Carlos Baeza	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Enzo Baldi	....	background designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Arland Barron	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Rex Barron	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Bronwen Barry	....	character designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Vincent Bassols	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Keith Baxter	....	character designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Carole Beers	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Carl Bell	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Bob Bemiller	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Barbara Benedetto	....	assistant layout assistant supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Joe Binggeli	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Tom Bird	....	character designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Alan Bodner	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Al Budnick	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Tim Callahan	....	background designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Nino Carbe	....	background designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Armando Carrillo	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Derek Carter	....	background designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Kathi Castillo	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Ruben Chavez	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Hee Ja Cho	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Hyunsook Cho	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Moon Choi	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Curtis Cim	....	layout supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Pat Clark	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Gary Conklin	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Tom Cook	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Ken Cope	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Tom Coppola	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Jenifer Costin	....	assistant layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Susan Crossley	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
James A. Davis	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Zeon Davush	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Lindsay Dawson	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Daniel de la Vega	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Chris Dent	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Joe Denton	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Lou DiGerolamo	....	cel service supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Larry Eikleberry	....	character designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Joe F. Elliott	....	assistant layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Lillian Evans	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Ben Farish	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Rick Farmiloe	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Flamarion Ferreira	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Marcia Fertig	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Kevin Frank	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Frank Frezzo	....	background designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Rene Garcia	....	background designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Sergio Garcia	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Andrew Gentle	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Michael Gerard	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Robert Givens	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Frank Gonzales	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Dean Gordon	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Larry Grossman	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Ann Guenther	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Julio Guerrero Leon	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Carl Hall	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Lee Halpern	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Ed Haney	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Karen Haus	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Herb Hazelton	....	character design supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Mike Hazy	....	scene planning supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Dale Hendrickson	....	character designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Richard Hoffman	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Harry Holt	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Robert M. Kalafut	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Karenia Kaminski	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Ervin L. Kaplan	....	color director (65 episodes, 1986)
Ellen Kashan	....	assistant layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Diane Keener	....	character design supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Glen Kennedy	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Pat Keppler	....	assistant layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Saeil Kim	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Chrystal Klabunde	....	layout supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Aundre Knutson	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
John Koch	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Jang Woo Lee	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Dori Littell-Herrick	....	key assistant animation coordinator (65 episodes, 1986)
Briz Lotz	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Istvan Majoros	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Tim Maloney	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Mircea Mantta	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Warren Marshall	....	layout supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Leandro Martinez	....	background designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Lorenzo Martinez	....	background design supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Enrique May	....	character designer (65 episodes, 1986)
David McBride	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Linda McCall	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Burt Medall	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Flavia Mitman	....	ink and paint supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Terry Lee Mullen	....	layout supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Constantin Mustatea	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Dennis Neil	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Jane Nordin	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Armando Norte	....	background designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Michael O'Connor	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
David O'Day	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Tom O'Loughlin	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Rolando Oliva	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Eduardo Olivares	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Lew Ott	....	character designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Jeannie Paynter	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
John Perry	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Don Peters	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Chris Peterson	....	character designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Rocco Pirrone	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Sean Platter	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Doris A. Plough	....	assistant animation supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Michael Polvani	....	assistant animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Bill Pratt	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
David Prince	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Letha Prince	....	mark-up supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Jeff Purves	....	background designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Ric Quiroz	....	character designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Virgil Raddatz	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Bev Randles	....	animation checking supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Dana M. Reemes	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
John Remmel	....	xerography supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Greg Reyna	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Young Kyu Rhim	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Joe Roman	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Irma Rosien	....	assistant layout supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Harry Sabin	....	assistant character design supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Randy Sanchez	....	key assistant animation coordinator (65 episodes, 1986)
Louise Sandoval	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Don Schloat	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Howard Schwartz	....	head of final checking (65 episodes, 1986)
Don Schweikert	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Bart Seitz	....	layout supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Susan Semer	....	assistant layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Tom Shannon	....	layout supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Kunio Shimamura	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Karlis Smiltens	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Jay Won So	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Ken Southworth	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
J. Michael Spooner	....	background designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Dan St. Pierre	....	assistant background design supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Robert E. Stanton	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Michael Toth	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Maureen Trueblood	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Bob Tyler	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Cliff Voorhees	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Mark Wallace	....	background designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Curt Walstead	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Marty Warner	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Neal Warner	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Don Watson	....	background artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Sherilan Weinhart	....	layout supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
David West	....	layout department supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)
Mark Westermoe	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Jim Willoughby	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Allen Wilzbach	....	animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Patricia Wong	....	layout artist (65 episodes, 1986)
Dave Woodman	....	assistant animator (65 episodes, 1986)
Charles Zembillas	....	character designer (65 episodes, 1986)
Dougg Williams	....	animator (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
George Mahana	....	supervising editor (65 episodes, 1986)

Series Music Department
Cecil Broughton	....	music editor (65 episodes, 1986)
Sam Horta	....	music editor (65 episodes, 1986)
Brian F. Mars	....	music editor (65 episodes, 1986)
Erika Scheimer	....	music supervisor (65 episodes, 1986)

Series Other crew
Gordon L. Berry	....	educational advisor (65 episodes, 1986)
June Gilham	....	film coordinator (65 episodes, 1986)
Christie Meyer	....	film coordinator (65 episodes, 1986)
Arthur H. Nadel	....	executive vice president: creative affairs (65 episodes, 1986)
Robin Tismeer	....	production coordinator (65 episodes, 1986)

Production Companies

• Filmation Associates
• Tribune Broadcasting Company

Distributors

• Group W Productions (1986) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Todd-AO Studios  sound by (as Todd-AO/Glen Glenn)

Also Known As:

"Filmation's Ghostbusters" - USA (promotional title)

Runtime:

25 min (per episode)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:TV-Y7

Company:

Filmation Associates

Trivia:

The show is known as "Filmation's Ghostbusters" and "The Original Ghost Busters" because when Columbia Pictures released Ghostbusters (1984) it neglected the fact that Filmation had already produced a live-action comedy series with that same name in 1975. Filmation sued Columbia in 1985, and as part of the out-of-court settlement the cartoon based on the Columbia Pictures property could not simply be called Ghostbusters. Columbia proceeded to name their cartoon show "The Real Ghost Busters" (1986) to directly distinguish it from this show.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Jake Kong, Eddie Spencer:Let's go, Ghostbusters!
[slaps each other five high on the ceiling and then run into the Skelevator]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Familiar Faces: Familiar Faces #40: Tracy the Gorilla (#2.29)" (2010)

Not a Rip-off!!!

On the contrary. If you would activate the comments option of the Ghostbusters DVD, you would realize that the reason producers had a lot of trouble nailing down the name "Ghostbusters." That was due to a '70s TV show of the same name.

I was living overseas at the time, so I only saw this series and not the "Real Ghostbusters." Until I came to the States, that is. Of course, I was familiar with the popular movie (and the fabulous MTV video), but I like both cartoons. I loved Lorenzo Music as the voice of Peter Venkman and Garfield, as well, but I digress.

Ironically, both were originally live-action, and Ghostbusters (with gorilla) came before Ghostbusters (with Slimer) in both instances, yet most people think that it's the other way around--or weren't aware of the '70s series at all. Like a previous user pointed out, that's the way it will be forever remembered by people.