The Ghost Busters

The Ghost Busters
Created byMarc Richards
StarringForrest Tucker
Larry Storch
Bob Burns
Theme music composerDiane Hildebrand
Jackie Mills
Opening theme"Ghost-Busters" Theme (sung by Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch)
Ending theme"Ghost-Busters" Theme (instrumental)
ComposersYvette Blais
Jeff Michael
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes15
Production
Executive producersNorm Prescott
Lou Scheimer
Dick Rosenbloom
ProducerNorman Abbott
Production locationUnited States
Running time30 minutes (including commercials)
Production companyFilmation
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 6 (1975-09-06) –
December 13, 1975 (1975-12-13)
Related
Ghostbusters (1986 TV series)
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The Ghost Busters is a live-action children's sitcom that ran on CBS in 1975, about a team of bumbling detectives who investigate ghostly occurrences. Fifteen episodes were produced.[1] The show reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch in roles similar to their characters in F Troop.[2]

The series is unrelated to the 1984 film Ghostbusters (although Columbia Pictures did pay Filmation a significant fee for a license to use the name). Like the film, the series spawned its own animated sequel in 1986.[3]

The series utilizes slapstick, with scenes centered on the perpetual bumbling of the characters, good and evil alike.[4] The series also makes references to classic cinema; the names "Spencer" and "Tracy" were taken from the actor Spencer Tracy, while the name Kong – not given to the gorilla – was a clear homage to King Kong.

  1. ^ Solomon, Charles (September 18, 1986). "Animated Shows For Kids". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
  2. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. pp. 184–185. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 372–374. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  4. ^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. p. 195. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.