Absolutely

Well thats what I heard.

​@@Filthy_LarryThis is City Hall. What am I gonna do, John? What is this?

Me neither 😂😂

39 years later and that line still cracks me up.

Bill Murray had such great delivery.

rip harold ramis.

I love how the Cardinal just nods in the background like “hook line and sinker, you got’em.”

The real reason politicians ever do anything decent

My favourite line in the whole movie.

It shows how the government and the church might be in on all what's going on together

@@ChristianVBlue3 Its actually an in-joke on New York City politics, as for decades until the 1990s, you had to win support of the Catholic clergy in order to have enough votes to win election to Mayor, otherwise the Catholics would vote for the other candidate who had the clergy's support. It was a lasting part of NYC politics originating in the late 19th Century along with the Tammany Hall political machine (which was dominated by Catholics from Ireland) and remained an important influence long after local politics had adapted to the decline and disappearance of Tammany Hall in the mid 20th Century.

@@KeoniPhoenix very well put

@@KeoniPhoenix I'm British and that's crazy. Sounds like something out of Northern Ireland

@@KeoniPhoenix Damn that's very interesting.

That's indeed reason for mass hysteria. Now immagine cat-dog hybrids spawned from such unions :P

They didn't start fucking

Corey Messick Sure, no problem, just needed to say what had to be said :)

We can't let the Garfeilds moving in with the Marmadukes!

ENOUGH! I GET THE POINT!

Hardly. They indicated the church's cynical collusion with authority.

It showed he knew what to say to the mayor to sweet talk him

Checkmate!!!

@@beingsshepherd Again, well played.

​@@ThunderAppeal I maintain: he was satirically nodding in scheming agreement not kudos; imo it's the funniest and most daring joke of the film.

It's pecker

Kinda the opposite of Ghostbusters 2, huh? Lol

peck was a freaking ***hole because he doesn't believe in ghost and he think's the ghostbuster's are fake's so he get's what he deserves.

I love that adviser "the walls of the 53rd precinct were bleeding....how do you explain that"

After Peck got run out of NYC he moved to LA where he changed his name and became a reporter only to be popped on camera by Holly McLain!

Totally agree!

Winston Zeddemore was damn right on what he said that he has seen the biggest paranormal SHIT that everyone in NYC has turned white 🤣

Ernie Hudson understood the assignment perfectly. Play the straight man, let the comedic geniuses do their thing. Laurel had Hardy. Abbot had Costello. The Ghostbusters had Winston.

he corpse it and had to look away to laugh

Winston is my favorite Ghostbuster. Always was, always will be.

The mayor is he the same guy that played the president in the original superman movies

0:55

@@jeffiffland1040, no, David Margulies wasn’t in any Superman movies.

True

not to mention the budget was so low. It only cost 30 million to make and worldwide the movie took in over 300 million. Not to mention the merchandise sales that came from it.

@@jamiethornton6101 wild times indeed

The only person that can make a better sequel to a film of his own AND someone else’s is James Cameron

I don’t care what people say, the second one was good too

Will be sadly missed. Can't wait for the 3rd movie to come out in theaters

@Bleda Diaz at least he'll be a good smartian in Heaven!

He could play a ghost?

@@cocharles563 Great shout 👏

Egon, but not forgotten.

Deep!

53rd precinct... Possible reference to *Car 54: Where Are You?* perhaps?

That's what I thought!!!

That is an epic radio voice right there

Tommy Hollis, veteran LA stage actor who had a lot of small roles in the movies. Sadly passed away pretty young in 2001.

yes it's true this man has no dick🤣🤣🤣🤣

and Peter's line' good call mike '

Oh, it was a sign alright. A sign that an ancient, ultra-powerful, malignant entity from another dimension known as Gozer was coming to destroy everything.

He SAID don't quote him on that!

That's a smart move mike.

You mean Dickless right? 🤣

He still needs his gift basket.

What makes it better is Peter smiling after Peck was told to leave

@@TrickyPJM752 :) "Bye,"

Wait wat about his dickless fruit basket😅😅😅😅

Cardinal!

@@michaeljames4904 Whatever.

😂😆🤣

I think that’s what convinced the mayor.

That'S REAL movies for ya

"Dogs and cats, living together...mass hysteria!"

"Yes, it's true. This man has no dick."

@@SomeUserNameBlahBlah it is also true that you've beaten me to the punch.

This is one of the greatest movie scenes of all time....everything about this is perfect,

He doesn't like getting *pecked* on! 😆

Walter Peck you should have known better than to shut down the protection grid I mean what exactly were you thinking?

"Yes, it's true this man has no dick"

Mr Peck was Señor Prick

@@holdenmenard1312 😆

GassedGasMask7 Murray is a genius.

Murray IS a genius...but like a lot of the best dialogue in the movie, the dickless joke was improvised.

sometimes some of the best lines are improvised

You can almost see the gears cranking and him thinking, "Wait for it...."

One of the best insults in cinema.

And Die Hard as well 😆

Asshole Dick Thornberg in Die Hard 1 & 2.

Akroyd said ,sounds like a Canadian joke to me

There's no small parts, only small actors.

He will be missed by millions of registered voters.

+tron3entertainment : )

He also appeared in the Sopranos, I believe as one of Tony's attorneys. RIP, Sir.

Goddammit. Oscar, Egon and The Mayor are dead, it's like the 2016 movie is picking them off one by one. Who's next Rick Moranis?

'Baby' Oscar died? How?

Cardinal! priest < bishop < cardinal < pope _The mayor addresses him as “Your Eminence” and his hat (zucchetto) and sash are both scarlet, which makes him a cardinal - a ‘prince’ of the Roman Catholic Church; which back then, was still a pretty big deal in New York City, when it had a population that lent heavily towards origins both Irish and Italian._

Archbishop and Cardinal .You can be both

@@oolooo OP is accurate comment but insufficient: it *has to be* both. You _need_ to be a priest to be a bishop (the most significant promotion: deemed to make you a descendant of the apostles; you get your own cathedral and diocese). You _have_ to be a bishop in order to be made a cardinal (politics, talent and ambition). And cardinals are the ones from whom popes are selected (politics, again, and random chance - interpreted by Catholics as “the intervention of the Holy Spirit”). Though, theoretically, the Conclave of Cardinals could choose *any* ordained priest to be pontiff - _The Pope Must Die(t)_ was a 1991 comedy film based on that premise; it’s on KZfaq and is pretty funny.

@@michaeljames4904 A shoutout to you on your information, thanks! I did a brief look-up about a year ago for the actor who played the Cardinal, and he was an Irish stage actor who has since passed. Can't remember his name though.....a good actor by all accounts, but not well known. Good minor role in this film though!

Don't forget 16 to 17-year-olds (Ghostbusters was released in 1984) since the mayoral election for New York City will have been in 1985. 😉

nicholai40 having seen these in backwards order, my only beef with mayor Lenny in the sequel is his initial reintro to them. He didn't seem as happy to see them that time. But considering the unintended destruction in this one, I can understand his original skepticism but that bonehead assistant played by Kurt Fuller, seemed just there for comic relief... Too bad that wasn't a requirement with these films hence the genre... But oh well!

The single best line in the entire movie. From a whole script full of great lines.

What... Venkman speaks fluent politician... Surprised?

and if we are wrong, you have someone to blame

What about the slap in the cardinal's face hahahha

@Zia Tomayo I know!! That's the point of it, it's like the mayor and the cardinal were pals and had tha confidence even in public....

I always figured they were from the same neighbourhood and even knew each other as youths.

Clearly they've known each other since grade school.

@@questworldmatrix the Cardinal is a good generation older than the mayor.

Venkman speaks fluent politician... in terms a mayor... future governor... would understand. Brilliant casting for the role of mayor... totally buy him as the mayor of N.Y., don't you?

unbelievably great humor & profundity in that quote

@@varianschirmer9375 great line

masterjb1 cause it was meant for Eddie Murphy and Ernie was a last minute decision.

@@jackleighton1566 Honestly I don't know if Murphy could have done the part justice. Ernie is hilarious but in a subdued way, plays the straight man a lot of times. I'm not sure Eddie could do that.

@@JounLord1then you underestimate the 80s Eddie Murphy. There wasn’t a filter back then. I like Ernie and he did a good job but I always wondered what would it be like if Eddie was there.

I think if they had put Murphy in the Winston role it would’ve just been him and Murray trying to upstage each other. Ernie played the Everyman the best and has some of THE best one liners in this film

Yeah, so true.

And Spider Man

New york could sure use Spiderman and the ghost busters right now, now wonder it's so bad :P They didn't vote Lenny back in :P

Without any hero NYC is like that or so I hear

Not just New York, But the entire world as a matter of act.

Lmao I couldn’t do it

I can't believe you're listening to this

Venkman speaks fluent politician.

Love it. It’s a 5 second master class in management.

Facts!

This just in... Business Owner and local goofball Peter Venkman speaks fluent politician.

He made it possible himself enjoying the first film & making it good for everyone.

Well the Mayor is White European. LOL. (smile)

The 80's and 90's had some real stinkers too, really bad bad bad stuff. Yeah there are some bad movies today but its always been like that. There has certainly been some really great films the last decade also.

That ring literally opens doors, he walked in like Mick Jagger strutting on stage

One day, I would like to try that line on a judge.

Well.... there is a foolproof way you can avoid that.

Yeah, jsut this Dante, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Beethoven, Bach all dead. Can't go on living/

The alternative is, you could go first.

1 of them has already been taken from us unfortunately

Some people have made the case that actually Peck is the main antagonist, representing big government overreach and diffusion of responsibility. Some have made the case that Ghostbusters is actually one of the most libertarian movies in modern times. It's an interesting take on it whether you buy it or not.

The writers and actor did a phenomenal job.

@@JamesLee-sw6ss Peck doesn't represent big government overreach, he represents corruption.

@@GeorgeMonet He wasn't corrupt, he was middle management with an ego. Besides, overreach and corruption are basically the same thing. Overreach is the result of corruption.

Kurt Haberle And don't forget Hardemeyer from Ghostbusters 2.

Paul Macartney I like how in the second one they say nearly 1/2 of the ghostbusters voted for him in the last election.

If the film itself does become successful (possibly more so than the originals), then we're headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! 40 years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes... The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria!

Get wise already!

+Thaddeus61 what if the trailer sucked and movie ends up being awesome...... I've only ever seen that happen twice.

RollOnToVictory I've also seen awesome trailers for terrible movies.

Avatar the Last Airbender probably had the greatest "Awesome Trailer" to "Shitty Movie" ratio ever.

Bill Murray's reaction to the whole interaction. His sarcasm doesn't require speech