I met Dan outside of Chicago and spent about 3 hours with him. He is a genuinely nice guy who is very humble. It was a great memory

I love how Dan’s real personality is basically just Ray Stantz without the proton pack

Aykroyd, "we think it's going to be a good one" boy was that an understatement

37 years later and both of them are still guests in The Tonight Show. That's a career longevity!

I love how serious Dan is. He jokes a lot but not with spirits. I could listen to him talk on it for years

Dan says it’s going to be a good one. LOL. Little did he know back then how much of an impact this franchise was going to have on pop-culture. It’s iconic.

I forget how much I miss Johnny’s easygoing lighthearted conversational style until I watch clips on YT.

I love Dan. Bill wasn’t lying when he said that Dan was the heart of the Ghostbusters.

Imagine going back in time to 1984 and telling Dan and Bill that in the year TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY ONE they'd be doing another Ghostbusters movie!

This was back in the worrisome days before I knew who I was gonna call

God bless Danny Aykroyd!!! What a Saint!!! He truly is the heart of the Ghostbusters and the entire 80s !

"We'd better or we're gonna have to read aloud from this thing..." Murray is the king of improv.

What a treat these classic interviews are - of course, back then, no one thought they were "classic," but Carson is like a great conductor, guiding the interview along without making it about himself. And Aykroyd and Murray are just relaxed and having fun. Great entertainment.

Holy crap he did this fully in character as Ray Stantz. Or Ray Stantz is just Dan Aykroyd. Either way this is commitment to a role. Love it.

Johnny carson, always the best and will never be topped! R.I.P. mr carson

*The glee on Aykroyd’s face* as Bill is setting up the clip between 10:51 and 11:20 ! Like a proud daddy . Yes… yes. bask in Danny. Every bit of it. *You created pure gold*

Dan is quick witted and very well spoken to this day.

June 8, 2019 I went to the theater to see Ghostbusters…35th anniversary showing. It held its own against today’s advances in technology. I loved seeing it again on the big screen!

This is an amazing clip of a beautiful moment in time between several comedy legends. I cannot believe that this was the first Tonight Show appearance for either of these guys given their success to this point. A joy to watch.

One of my favorite parts of the Ghostbusters movie was when Dan Aykroyd smoothly spit out a long string of absurd psychic jargon.

You rarely get actors like this anymore.... Ghostbusters was released the year after I was born and I LOVED it as a kid.. I hope the new one does it justice... Oh how it'd be so great to make these guys young again...

Oh you know this is going to be good with these legends in their primes. Dan is such a weird guy and I love it.

I wish I could go back to 1984, though I'd do things a little differently this time.

I love these guys so much, especially Murray. He's my all time favorite.

Wow, I'm just noticing their Ghostbusters lapel pins- sweeeeet!

Dan always speaks in technical jargon, and speaks more words in a minute than any scientist.

Any interview with Johnny is worth watching. Dan and Bill are in their prime.

0:39 : in those days, when someone said "lots of special effects" it was something to look forward to. These days that means the film is ALL special effects and no actual acting or plot

Dan Akroyd once went on coast to coast am with George Noory with his dad and talked about paranormal activity and UFOs for three hours. They wrote a book about it. It’s great!

He's so unashamedly himself. I adore how he just talks about what he's passionate about despite some people thinking it's strange. I've modelled a lot of my personality to Dan because he makes me less embarrassed to share your weird interests.

Mr. Aykroyd is ahead of his time. Brilliant mind and very talented entertainer.

What's most interesting to me about this clip is that some parts of this interview, especially when they're talking about the paranormal, could have very well been used as a clip in the movie, for example in the montage scene (Carson having his own cameo, just like Larry King). It would have all made sense: Ghostbusters being guests on Carson's Tonight Show in the 80's as they were gaining popularity, wearing the logo badges to promote their company and talking enthusiastically about the paranormal, etc. It would have fit the mood of the scene and the movie perfectly in my opinion. Even the part where Dan is showing the picture of his grandfather would have made a great clip (it could have very well been Ray's grandfather), and how Carson is respectfully questioning it's authenticity; the neutral reaction is reminiscent of how the general public was starting to take the group more seriously at that point in the movie. Ofcourse at this point in time, it would have been too late to include a clip of this interview in the movie anyway, but I feel it could have been edited in for later releases if they so wanted. Anyway, it's a fun thought in hindsight.

This still holds up today. Great interview. Now I want to rewatch Ghostbusters.

For most people, Ghostbusters is just a funny comedy. For Dan Aykroyd, it’s a documentary. He takes all that stuff completely seriously.

This is so much fun! You can tell how much Dan and Bill are in awe of Carson....it's very sweet. And Murray, he is so calm and coherent. Ackroyd.....well maybe a little too much Inca Dust.

This interview just made me realize that Dan Aykroyd and Ray Stantz are the very same person.

I need a time machine. Once I get back I’m just gonna blow it up and stay in the early, mid 80’s.

Now if this was Jimmy Fallon interviewing Akroyd he would be gushing all over him... never letting Akroyd feel and think his way thru this interview. Johnny is real...listens and responds like he's off camera. The best! As for letting Bill Murray be himself...100% support. Johnny schools late night hosts here.

First movie I remember watching in theater, I was four years old at the time and when that library ghost yelled I remember jumping out of my seat and screaming. At first my parents asked me if I wanted to leave and I said no, and enjoyed the rest of the movie. I laughed at the Stay Puft marshmallow man.

I LOVE Dan ...He admitted to having Asbergers...a very smart guy..He also is a big believer of UFO's...not really such weird stuff...nice guy

Dan isn't even trying to be funny, which is what makes it all so funny.

I miss Johnny Carson.

That was the best description of a clip, ANY Actor ever gave on the Tonight Show. We didn’t even need to see it. He described it so well.

Having had over 30 premonitions in my life that came true, and having lived with a ghost for about 28 years, I have to believe Aykroyd.

Johnny Carson was a master talk show host. He let the guests be funny. He let them talk and be entertaining. Unlike the ones today. I hope videos like this stay up a long time so younger people can see what it was like back in the 'old days'.

It's amazing to think at the time of this guest appearance in 1984, no one had a clue just how huge 'Ghostbusters' and its title song would be and still be loved in 2021. :)

40 years later and Ghostbusters still a hit!

I loved to watch johnny Carson on the tonight show

He just plows through this. It makes me feel better as an autistic person because I know what its like to be so interested in what I'm saying that I just plow through a topic and the other person can't get a word in. Watching celebrities and fascinating people with autism gives me some kind of compass in a world in which I have no one to talk to about it.

I loved watching their films when I was a kid, they were on my wavelength, and are still on it when I watch them now.

Everything Dan said about Flight 401 is true and an interesting read. Loved Ghostbusters. Dan is an awesome Canadian and Bill is an amazing actor!

Dan Aykroyd is a Genius. A real genius, thats how he got his wife Donna Dixon she said it was the thing that attracted her

The original movies really needed Bill Murray to make the films stand out. Dan Aykroyd and the other guys alone with their serious passion wasn't enough. Having the cynic Bill Murray who didn't believe in ghosts is what made it work, and what the newer films lack.

"call it fate...call it karma" 🎶🎵

So glad stuff like this gets saved, thanks for the upload, cheers

Love these guys ❤

He never left character!

Johnny = Forever Cool! Dan = Forever Cool! Bill = Forever Cool!

Aykroyd is a force of nature, the best salesman in the world!

Wow now I look at them and think there old and I can't imagine them being 20 or 30 acting but here they are looking young and on top. Crazy how fast time goes. 👻😱

There is no Dana only Zul! My... What a lovely singing voice you have there! Lmao! CLASSIC!

Sounds great. Can’t wait to see this movie!

Bill Murray is hilarious.

Bill Murray has a gift for being understated and hilarious

“Look at these heads, Johnny.”

So good, we're enjoying it almost 40 years later. 👍

1984 is the epitome year of the 1980s.

Dan Aykroyd is a unique guy who has never changed. He has always straddled the line between being really square and respectable and being absolutely nuts. It's not just a comedy routine with him, but it seems to work.

Ghostbusters, one of the best comedies. Lightning is a bottle. They compete at top cat😄all input like a rainbow. Beautifully young here.

Groundhog Day is a good film. Multiple viewings, you see something new that you formerly missed.

Went to the theater to see Ghostbusters when it first came out. It was amazing.

lol when bill sits next to dan and immediately gets into roasting him and his "joke"

Ghostbusters is one of my top fav movies of all time.

Happy Birthday Dan Aykroyd - July 1st

I enjoyed seeing this video of Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray on the Johnny Carson show, just before the release of their movie the Ghostbusters!

Bringing it back, once again, in 2024...

"It's the Stay-Puff marshmellow man..."

This clip proves what Aykroyd is currently saying on his 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' promo tour: that he (and the late Great Harold Ramis) is responsible for the current boom in paranormal programmes. Aykroyd and Shirley MacLaine both went 'Out on a Limb' at the time to raise awareness of a hidden dimension in lock-step with our own. 😎

Dan Aykroyd puts aspects of his own personality and experiences into characters he portrays, I admire that in him, and he's also pretty adorkable.

I loved him in "Spies Like Us"

When Dan mentioned having a dream about his paternal grandfather waving to him and finding out the next day he had died, it reminded me of the story my mother told me of dreaming of er mother the night she died and her mother waving at her and then an old friend of her mother;'s already deceased taking her by the hand

Dan Aykroyd And Bill Murray, The best, laid back and super cool

This is awesome history right here.

Amazing that I watched Ghostbusters last night for the 1st time in many years & this pops up in my recommendations on YT! It's almost supernatural!!! 👀 👻

Love these guys!

Notice the audience isn’t force to laugh or clap. We need to get back to that.

I wish the clip were there but this is so awesome

I love people who explore their curiosity like this … why not !

This movie was huge in Ireland back then, I mean huge

" Dan is a wreak " he sounds it and I believe it. 👍🇺🇲

Thanks for the uploads, I have never seen these interviews.

WOW, This was Such a great interview 😅, I like how Bill Murray joke about Ghost 😂

Aykroyd is why the original Ghostbusters worked because he BELIEVED in the medium of ghosts and science's connection. It was a passion for him!!

I love Dan Aykroyd!

Dan Aykroyd has always been so freaking cool

LOVE Dan& Bill!

Life went by too fast

What a moment. The night two comedy legends met. (Johnny and Bill)

Love it

This is what I come to KZfaq for. Amazing.