Dan Aykroyd and his father, Peter, appeared on this morning’s TODAY show on NBC. While discussing Peter Aykroyd’s new book entitled “A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters“, Al Roker asked Dan Aykroyd about the possibility of Ghostbusters 3.
If you weren’t already aware, the wonderful folks at Mattel (via MattyCollector.com) have brought every Ghostbusters fan’s dream to life by announcing a line of 6″ and 12″ Ghostbusters action figures bearing the respective likeness of Ernie Hudson, Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray.
Although MattyCollector announced a limited edition 6″ “Slimed” Egon Spengler during San Diego Comic Con this year, the line officially begins with 12″ and 6″ versions of Ray Stantz. There have been several reviews of the action figures including this Action Figure insider review of 12″ Ray Stanz which includes some great photos of the removable / light up Proton Pack. I leave you with video reviews of 6″ and 12″ Ray Stantz from TNTS, but not before mentioning that (during time of publication) there are only 2,869 12″ and 9,219 6″ Ray Stantz figures left and they are going fast. Be sure to get yours before they are gone forever.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ghostbusters, the fine folks at Crackle have made the original full feature-length widescreen version of Ghostbusters available to watch on YouTube.
The film is only available for a little while longer and Crackle is hosting a viewing party tonight at 9PM EST // 8PM CST // 6PM PST respectively. Be there and don’t cross the streams!
Two weekends ago, I was lucky enough to find some VHS tapes of Ghostbusters II which contained special bumpers from ABC. Today, while at home for Thanksgiving, I found the holy grail. This tape was my first look at Ghostbusters (the film, my first intro to the franchise was The Real Ghostbusters).
This taping was recorded from ABC 7 in Chicago (WLS) in 1987. Enjoy the bumper and, for those in the states, have a happy Thanksgiving!
What do you get when you mash-up one of the most quotable movies with a syncopated beat? A fresh and original remix by Dave Thomas. Truly amazing, very creative!
I’m normally not a fan of tribute videos, but this Ghostbusters tribute video by Kenny does justice to Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II. Well done!
After months of silence since the mass hysteria which left Ghostbusters: The Video Game without a publisher and fans of the Ghostbusters franchise enraged, we now have new information from a trusted source.
Dan Aykroyd, father of the franchise, has confirmed that Ghostbusters: The Video Game will be published by Atari on a Dallas morning radio show. He also noted that the game is roughly “a year away” from being released. More as it develops.
Ghostbusters, which celebrates its 25th anniversary on June 8 2009, was named funniest movie of the past 25 years by Entertainment Weekly.
In the summer of 1984, the only pop-culture question more common than ”Where’s the beef?” was ”Who you gonna call?’
