"The children of the 80's are 'adults' now, many with kids or grandkids or cats of their own." The accuracy of this sentence cannot be understated.

I remember seeing “Ghostbusters” in the TV guide during the after school cartoon block and getting super-stoked. I ran home from the bus stop after school, turned on the TV, and saw….. a gorilla. It was a lifelong lesson in expectation.

Winston: Can you read Sumerian? Egon: In my sleep, underwater and with the lights off.

"Cthulu? I've heard of him, he's bad, right? "He makes Gozer look like Little Mary Sunshine"

One of the best animated adaptations of a theatrical feature ever. Somehow the humor remained intact without dumbing it down to suit a younger audience. This show still holds up today.

I thought the way the cartoon showed that the Ghostbuster's movie was actually based on the lives of the cartoon ghostbusters was such a cool idea. It was the only time I can remember that an animated show based on a movie not only acknowledged the existence of the movie they were based, but the story line was written that the movie was only based on the shows characters, making them the REAL ghostbusters...

"If there's a steady paycheck involved, I'll believe whatever you say."

"Ray serves no purpose." I could see Ivan Reitman and Dan Akroyd wanting to gut punch whoever said that.

Bill Murray: Didn't like Venkman sounding like Garfield Also Bill Murray: Voices Garfield

I love the cyclical nature of things. Like how Bill Murray played Venkman, and Lorenzo Music voiced Venkman in the animated series. While Lorenzo Music was the voice for Garfield in Garfield and Friends, while Bill Murray much later did the voice in the Garfield Movies.

I remember the animation in this show being way better than a lot of other shows at the time. It looked high quality.

When I was a little girl in 1989, I had a Glow in the Dark Stay Puffed Marshmallow Man doll and I slept with it every night. 🥰

“Toys R Us - you’ll never outgrow us.” Oh, that punches me in the gut. 😔

The episode with the Boogeyman and showing Egon with real emotions, was outstanding. That and the night game where the guys played baseball with ghosts to save Winston. The twist at the end left me laughing even many years later.

J Michael Straczynsky's autobiography tells the story about what went wrong with The real Ghostbusters in much greater detail!

J. Michael Straczynski: legend. His autobiography, especially about his evil father, is absolutely harrowing.

This is one of the best cartoons of that era. It actually had some mature themes for a cartoon. The episodes would always keep you glued to the screen. I love the amount of research you guys put into each subject, and the amount of work it takes to make these videos. It isn't easy, so thanks.

I remember my Gran getting me a ''Ghostbusters'' VHS to add to my collection... to say I was confused when I saw the gorilla on the cover is an understatement !! I had never heard of that other version!! (UK)

The first 2 seasons (the Lorenzo Music Peter Venkman era) of _The Real Ghostbusters_ was and is, *bar none* the best cartoon-based-on-a-major-motion-picture _to date_ that has been made. It was spooky, smart, and had a LOT of depth and heart. _Biggest_ threats were Ragnarock n Roll, Sam Haine, and the Boogie Man. *STILL LOVE IT!*

We aren't going to talk about how the cartoon, canonical, said they were the real Ghostbusters and the movie was a Hollywood adaption of them? The cartoon became the actual prequel.

The voice cast was perfect. Maurice Lamar, Lorenzo Music, Frank Welker, and Arsenio Hall were great.

"If there's a steady pay check in it, I'll believe in anything you say."

Oh ya, for those that are interested the Ghostbusters KZfaq channel is posting The Real Ghostbusters episodes every Saturday morning and Extreme Ghostbusters on Tuesdays Enjoy👍👻

You COULD NOT TEAR ME AWAY from the tv when this was on! I was obsessed with it. Even today I still listen to the season 1 soundtrack by Tahiti on a regular daily basis. Good stuff, man!

Ya know, I never really thought of it before, but seeing a behind-the-scenes image of the Stay Puft Marshmellow Man stomping on miniature cars made me realize that he's basically a an American kaiju.

“Children of the 80’s are “ADULTS” now.” Lol

This is officially my favorite spit take compilation. I spit out my water laughing at Gene Wilder

Toy Galaxy always gives such a concise fun breakdown of so much nostaligia, such a great channel. And damn if I wasn't excited as hell when I saw the Ghostbusters on the thumbnail. Great episode.

13:03 It was a “failure” because the summer of 1989 also had Batman, Back to the Future II, Indiana Jones 3, Bill and Ted, Lethal Weapon 2, Star Trek V, etc, etc…

Yes, The Real Ghostbusters was really awesome, and I would even say they had better plots that the two movies. It's great that now that we are "adults" we are finally getting a third movie, although the PC videogame also did a good job as a sequel, including the original actors voices.

Phelous did a great in-depth look at what they did to this show, so I'm mad before this video even gets rolling

To this day I can’t get the song Boogieman from the Doomsday episode out of my head. This show was my jam in the 80s, a proper rush home from school and sit as close to the tv as I could possibly get away with.

I had some of the toys when I was a kid. They were really awesome. The only one I have now though is the toilet bowl ghost. I also used to love drinking Ecto Cooler that came out of the Hi-C can. Good stuff.

When I was living in California, The Real Ghostbusters came on before I went to school in the morning, Thank you once again Dan Larson I appreciate this.

You know what really killed "The Real Ghostbusters"? Q5.

Ecto Cooler is still my favorite Hi-C flavor. That said, there was a Ghostbusters PC game back in the 80's, I played it on an IBM PC Jr.

You had me at "if you have a problem". I felt the Vanilla Ice Portal open at the back of my mind. A moment later it was confirmed for me that something had come through.

I watched both of these Ghostbusters shows when they came out. And yes, I was very confused why there were two completely different ghostbuster shows.

To this day I name the forced changes to Janine's character as one of the greatest crimes of and against humanity. She was already perfect.

Looking forward to that Extreme Ghostbusters video. Despite the 90s title and what people will tell you, it was fantastic and really flew under the radar.

They didn't have to call it, "The REAL Ghostbusters" for me, because as a kid, I knew very little of the other show and thought it was a cheap knockoff, lol.

My favorite, "The Collect call of Cthulhu" Dan Aykroyd said that the cartoon was the reason the Ghost Buster sequels were able to be made because they kept people interested after the first film. The dance in the street at the end of the cartoon was in the theatrical release of the film. It's really a had to be there situation because you will not see it on DVD or VHS

I love the Real Ghostbusters. My favorite episode was when they took on the Monster in the Closet. I didn't mind the Slimer focused seasons.

Nostalgia aside the animation holds up very well! These were shown in my country every Friday night, watched them all including re-runs!

I mostly remember Ecto Cooler being incomparably delicious, and the Fire House being the greatest playset since Castle Grayskull or the USS Flag. In the before times, I stumbled across an episode of the cartoon at a convention and was truly shocked how well it held up (animation, action, dubbing, etc). I've meant to re-watch it since then; this video only adds to that drive.

Bill Murray: I'm unhappy with the voce for Venkman. Studio: Ok, will you do it? Bill Murray: No

everytime I mention SAMHAIN in my Ghostbuster vids, the "SAWIN" pronunciation police emerge from the darkness. Great vid

We had the episode "Fright At The Opera" on VHS when I was a kid. That is still my reference point for Ride of the Valkyries. lol

We 80's "adults" are the only ones keeping toy companies alive. If we had our own slogan it would be this: Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.

This show definitely made an impact on kids. I still remembered several villains for years, and remembered entire episodes when I rewatched it on Netflix a few years ago. My son loved it too, and of coarse Netflix took it off their lineup.

The Filmation cartoon wasn't broadcast when I was growing up in the UK. However, we DID have the books oddly enough! I bought my first one on a camping holiday one summer. I always imagined those Ghostbusters AND the *Real* Ghostbusters would work together on cases. I now have all the 1970s & '80s Filmation episodes on disc from the States. I noticed that Filmation eventually renamed their show "The *Original* Ghostbusters" which I guess is fair enough!

As one of the few people who liked both Filmation's Ghost Busters & The Real Ghostbusters, thank you for not dismissing the former outright. It's not a bad show, and I'd say it's one of the better made Filmation shows. Still waiting patiently for my crossover that will probably never happen.

That Cthulhu episode man... I can remember deails about it to this day! They specifically mention in the episode that it take about 60 years for the stars to align again in a way that Cthulhu can have an opportunity to access our world. That shouldn't be too far from now!

The spit take section is one of the best things you have ever done. Bravo. I truly needed that

Охотники за привидениями, as it was called in Soviet Russia of the late 1980s. Boy, this show rocked sooo much back on those illegal VHS cassettes (as no VHS system could be purchased legally in the UdSSR). Later, when we moved to Germany in 1991, I rediscovered the show and its awesome dubbing/voice actors. Great memories.

I always thought it was funny that the same voice actor for Garfield did Peter's voice for the cartoon and then years later Bill Murray does the voice of Garfield.

Loved the show as a kid in the 80's. Rewatched as an adult a few years ago and it held up very well. Still get it right in the feels when I think about Drool sacrificing himself or the episode where the circus animals died in a fire.

" We know return to the Real Ghostbusters". Love the Saturday Morning cartoons when I was growing up😍😍

Honestly, as much as I loved the movies, this show is the biggest source of Ghostbusters nostalgia for me. I LOVED this series, and had tons of the toys. Also remember being PISSED at the "fake" Ghostbusters cartoon when I came across it as a kid. Even 6 year old me knew that was some bullshit.

Another great episode! The production values and animation for The Real Ghostbusters was great. Also, 6:32 - The Wuzzles! I really hope you do an episode about that great, but short lived series. Its weird how its kind of forgotten about, considering it's Disney.

Loved this show as a pre-teen and later. I tried SO HARD to get Egon's cannoli hairstyle, and Janine pre-makeover made me feel all kinds of ways. Probably my first real cartoon crush.

I love that they bothered explaining why the suit colors changed. They didn't need to, but they gave a pretty satisfying explanation and a neat story too.

I was saying "...check out the hook while my DJ revolves it!" together with Mr. Van Winkle. Golden reference there for sure

Getting that Firehouse is in my Top 5 best Christmas Days ever.

I had the entire run of NOW! comics The Real Ghostbusters. Loved that series.

Being born in 1984, I was introduced to Ghostbusters through the cartoon. I actually didn't see the entire first movie until after I saw the second movie, lol. I was so obsessed (still am, who am I kidding?) with the cartoon series. I'm glad Toy Galaxy made an episode dedicated to the cartoon. Thank You!

I was today years old when I found out J Michael Straczynski was writer for the series. One thing I remember liking about the show was how there were season long story arcs and references to past episodes. I loved that.

I’m 40 now but til this day, for the life of me I can’t express how disappointed I was as a kid that none of the best ghosts were made action figures. I always wanted a Boogieman, Samhain, Grundel, Dr. McCatheter, Sandman and many others. 😢

Janine’s original design was definitely better IMO While it wasn’t a great decision to slap “Slimer and” at the start of the title some of those Slimer eps were pretty fun. None of it was bad. (Coming from myself rose tinted glasses firmly on) Also, I love that “it’s on the list is becoming a catchphrase”. If Afterlife is fun I’ll enjoy it. I’m quietly hopeful.

The Real Ghostbusters was such a good show. I still remember the Egon and Bogeyman episode. That was one of my favorites.

The spit take montage at 11 minutes…amazing. Finishing with a Young Frankenstein clip…inspired.

I watched both Ghostbusters shows as a kid. I liked the filmation one. This was another great history lesson of pop culture. Thanks, Dan & Producer Greg. 👍

I like that in the 80s literally everything got a spaghettios like canned pasta.

I remember when this show came out the Ghostbusters cast did an interview about it and during that Dan Akroyd smiles and randomly contributes "I'm the fat one" about his cartoon character

My little brother WAS a Ghostbuster basically, I have seen EVERY episode of this show, and literally played with EVERY toy it spawned. That Ecto-1 and firehouse were targets of aliens, shredder, decepticons , cobra and once, even gremlins....mogwi's specifically. Had the proton packs, traps, projectors.....everything.

I was a FREAKING fan on that series. Cereal, bed sheets, the figures, ecto cooler.. everything!

I was about to cry foul, but you at least showed the greatest tie-in product ever; Ecto Cooler. LOL. That and the unrelated Purple-saurus Rex Kool Aide were my jam back in the 80s. I hope you make a video dedicated to just the toys soon. They were pretty cool and deserve a look at in their own right

I grew up on this cartoon and it was many years before I found out there was a movie. I loved the idea of science being applied to stop the supernatural. Plus the music for the show was amazing. The music they played every time a ghost was caught would always end just as the trap snapped shut. Or this incredible emotional guitar theme they used. In the episode "Ragnaroc and Roll" when Datilio is trying to convince his friend not to end the world it played there. Or another episode was where the Ghostbusters were called by a ghost who didn't know he was dead. His niece and her husband thought they could scare him off with the white sheet routine. The Ghostbusters decided they couldn't just trap the poor guy but instead help him figure out his unfinished business to he could move on. In the end it was just that he wanted to say goodbye to his niece since she hadn't been able to get to him before he passed. You don't see writing like that anymore, at least not with any kind of real emotional gravity.

I loved this series! Favorite episodes including "Jeannine, You've Changed," the one with the Old One, the one where Egon was possessed and when the Ecto One was possessed and got bigger! Men In Black animated series! "Icer, even freezes water." K

I fell in love with Lorenzo Music as Peter and stopped watching the series when he stopped voicing him. The new voice actor Dave Coulier wasn't that great impo.

"Or cats of their own..." -Me, with my cat presently cuddled up to me: "Sounds about right."

I have to say, that vanilla ice drop was dope

I really appreciate that you use the term "neutrona wand."

As a kid, the episode Ragnarok and Roll (the one with the flute guy) legitimately creeped me out and I had dreams about it for years. And wow, I didn't remember the Janine changes...that's lame, the original design was cool.

When Dave Coulier took over as Peter Venkman that's when RGB lost its magic for me. The stories, characters and humor were nerfed, though admittedly the animation was excellent at that point due to more 💵 being thrown into the show.

Another great Toy Galaxy! I never understood why Ghostbusters had a cartoon with a gorilla until I saw a clip from one of your past Toy Galaxy videos that explained it was a live action show in the 50s.

I love this cartoon growing up, especially the episode with the dude named Datillio and the guy he ran with had a armageddon flute😅

I have to add that even Generation Z knows the answer to “Who ya gonna call?”

Extreme Ghostbusters was actually really good and I thought that it managed very well to tell a good continuation in the same universe with darker, more personal stories. Not sure why they never thought of using that as a blueprint for the movie continuation.

I watched this show so much as a kid. I saw more reruns than I can count. But I'm pretty sure I still haven't seen every episode. Though, I always sat through the closing credits! Perhaps I was hypnotized by the arm movements of the Ghostbusters dancing in the parade. Great video, guys! I look forward to whenever you get around to Extreme.

I loved this series, the Sandman terrified me as a kid. The ominous music accompanying it really helped

Wonderful video, but I don't have to tell you that. Your channel is one of the most polished and popular in the genre. Keep up the great content. Love the nostalgic look at some of our childhood favorites. Just a great educational and entertaining experience.

ah the food advertisements, I loved Ecto Cooler, it was the best flavor, and Ninja Turtles cereal.

When I was in middle school in the early 90s I would watch The Real Ghostbusters and C.O.P.S. every morning before school. Great stuff 👍

That explains why in Ghostbusters 2, when they were performing at a birthday party and they start singing their song and at the part where they say "Who you going to call?" the kids start chanting He-Man. I remember that hit me is odd because He-Man had ended a couple of years before that movie came out. And hadn't been around for a while. Also, I remember that same year a lot of good movies came out. Ghostbusters 2 didn't stand a chance. There was Tim Burton's Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Dick Tracy, and then there was Ghostbusters 2 after you've seen the first three movies multiple times.

Absolutely loved the show and the action figures with Ecto 1. Also, the Marvel UK comic I picked up as a kid were brilliant. Especially the Slimer stories and Spenglers Spirit Guide.

Did you know that Lorenzo Music was the voice that whispered in Scarlett Johansen's ear at the end of Lost In Translation? That's why Bill Murray doesn't know what was said.

14:42 egon just repeatedly screaming in horror in this commercial amuses me to no end

One of the interesting things about The Real Ghostbusters was, every so often you could catch an episode with _OUTSTANDING_ animation. *Just, pure eye candy.* The bulk of the series was clearly animated on the cheap and that didn’t slip by 80’s-me for a second, but they did occasionally splurge on production with a top notch Japanese animation studio.

I remember when they first re-did Janine. 7-year-old me thought Season 3 Janine was kind of hot. Also, I always thought it was odd Dana Barrett was never in the animated series, but Walter Peck and Louis Tully were. And wasn’t the episode “Citizen Ghost” considered cannon even in the movie universe?