While the world wallowed in the junk being produced for Saturday morning television (remember Hammerman?) the smart kids were watching The Real Ghostbusters.

RGB had a style that made it more than an adaption of the movies. Its often been argued as being anime, Japanese style animation. The Boys In Grey, Janine, and later on, Louis were all present. New to the crew was Slimer, the anonymous "Green Ghost" from the boy's first bust in the first movie. The new, still hungry, kid friendly spectre was such a hit, he spawned a spin-off show and earned a cameo in the second movie.

The show wasn't without its questionable points. The RGB were friends with half the ghosts they originally busted, like Slimer and Mr. Stay-puft. And sure, ecto-2 and ecto-3 were kind of foolish. But the shows were great.

An interesting fact is that while most of the voices were being done by longtime cartoon voice actors, Winston Zeddemore was at one point being voiced by...

...Arsenio Hall. Hey, a man's gotta work and his hit talk show was just about to take off.

The RGB spin-off show, Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters, ran from 1988 to 1990. I'll be adding info on that show shortly.

Note: Dana, to my knowledge, has never appeared in the cartoon, but she did appear, a la Real Ghostbusters style, in the comicbook adaption of the second movie.

AUDIO
DOWNLOAD - The Real Ghostbusters Main Theme (289Kb)
DOWNLOAD - The Real Ghostbusters End Theme (158Kb)
DOWNLOAD - The Real Ghostbusters Intro Horn Riff (13Kb)

requires Real Audio.

OFFICIAL LINKS
Internet Movie Database

SCRIPTS
Ep. 011 - Ain't NASA-sarily So (no direct link)
Ep. 028 - The Collect Call Of Cthulhu
Ep. 043 - Masquerade (no direct link)
Ep. 210 - Camping It Up (no direct link)
Ep. 211 - The Grundel (no direct link)
Ep. 302 - Poultrygeist (no direct link)
Ep. 305 - Robo-Buster (no direct link)


EPISODE GUIDE
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EPISODES AVAILABLE FOR SALE
Vol. One - Knock Knock
Vol. Two - Play Them Ragtime Boos
Vol. Three - A Fright At The Opera
Vol. Four - Venkman's Ghost Repeller
Vol. Five
- Night Game
- Lost and Foundry
- The Bird of Kildarby
Vol. Six
- Revenge of Murray the Mantis
- Drool the Dogfaced Goblin
- Ghostbuster of the Year
Vol. Seven - Ghostfight at the O.K. Corral
Collectors Edition - Cry Uncle