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The Ghostbusters are really in trouble after subway workmen accidentally open a door and all evil hell creatures run free mostly through the subway tunnels.
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| Frank Welker | ... | Dr. Raymond Stantz / ... 140 episodes, 1986-1991 | |
| Maurice LaMarche | ... | Dr. Egon Spengler / ... 140 episodes, 1986-1991 | |
| Arsenio Hall | ... | Winston Zeddemore / ... 91 episodes, 1986-1987 | |
| Lorenzo Music | ... | Dr. Peter Venkman / ... 78 episodes, 1986-1987 | |
| Laura Summer | ... | Janine Melnitz / ... 70 episodes, 1986-1987 | |
| Dave Coulier | ... | Dr. Peter Venkman / ... 62 episodes, 1987-1991 | |
| Kath Soucie | ... | Janine Melnitz / ... 59 episodes, 1987-1991 | |
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Buster Jones | ... | Winston Zeddemore / ... 49 episodes, 1988-1991 |
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Animated cartoon series that followed the hit movie. Peter Venkman, Winston Zeddemore, Egon Spengler, and Ray Stantz are still hunting ghosts, but now with the friendly assistance of Slimer, who is no longer out to slime the good guys. Written by Anonymous
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Peter Venkman (I): No, I think I'm still alive.
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Winston Zeddemore (I): Is it over?Peter Venkman (I): No, I think I'm still alive.
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With completely imaginative stories, and top notch writing, The Real Ghostbusters was far superior to Ghostbusters 2. This show benefitted from an excellent cast (Lorenzo Music, Arseno Hall, and cartoon workhorse Frank Welker,) as well as an incredible cadre of writers, including Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Strazynski, and Star Trek Tribble-meister David Gerrold.
Unlike the lackluster movie sequel, The Real Ghostbusters assumes that the increase in supernatural activity in New York doesn't subside after the banishment of Gozur the Gozerian. Instead, the series assumes that the guys stayed in business. Now, with most kids shows, this would have rapidly devolved into a series of stupid plots and repetitiveness. However, the production team for the first two seasons managed to avoid this. Instead, they dug into the deepest wells and pits of human folklore to find storylines (Indeed, this is the only 'kids' series that I have ever seen which borrowed from the works of HP Lovecraft, Clark Ashton, and August Derlith!) Gerrold, Strazinski, and the other writers (many of whom are extremely well known within Science Fiction circles) managed to construct plots which were always funny, exciting, and genuinely engaging, ranging from a spoof of Gerrold's own 'The Trouble with Tribbles (Attack of the 50 foot Slimer) to a top notch tribute to one of the greats of early 20th Century Literary Horror (Collect Call of Cuthulu) Also, the characterizations were top notch (even though Peter Venkman's lecherousness had to be toned down, obviously)
Unfortunately, after the second (?) season, the show underwent a major upheval, and most of the original creative staff left, along with some of the cast (Lorenzo Music was replaced by Dave Coulier, who, while he did a dead on Bill Murray impression, didn't have the ability to give the character as much personality.) And with the staff, so went the soul of the show. The writing went downhill, and, while the show was still above average, it just didn't catch the viewer's interest like it used to. By the time of it's final season (on the heels of Ghostbusters 2) it just wasn't worth watching...