The Ghost Busters
The Ghost Busters was a live-action children's television series that ran in 1975, about a team of bumbling detectives who would investigate ghostly occurrences. Only 15 episodes were created. This series reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch in roles similar to their characters in F Troop. Tucker played Jake Kong, and Storch played zoot suit-wearing Eddie Spencer. The third member of the trio was Tracy the Gorilla, played by actor Bob Burns. The series was unrelated to the 1984 film Ghostbusters.
Cast: Larry Storch, Forrest Tucker, Linda Gary
Season 1
15 episodes
1. The Maltese MonkeyThe Ghost Busters must stop the Fat Man and Rabbit from summoning the ghost of gangster Big Al Caesar, who will help them steal the stuff dreams are made of: the Maltese Monkey.CC25minSep 6, 1975
2. Dr. WhatshisnameDr. Frankenstein returns, seeking the brain of the world's most gullible fool to transplant into his Monster. Enter Eddie Spencer.CC25minSep 13, 1975
3. The Canterville GhostJewel thief Mr. C schemes to scare Carola out of the castle so he can find and steal the Canterville Diamond, not realizing it hangs around the neck of the scaredy-cat ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville.CC25minSep 20, 1975
4. Who's Afraid of The Big Bad WolfHoping to remove the curse of the werewolf from hapless Harry Albert, Gypsy fortuneteller Sophia comes seeking to steal the Baldus Lupus Amulet that Spencer recently unearthed.CC25minSep 27, 1975
5. The Flying DutchmanScroggs schemes to shanghai the unsuspecting Spencer and Tracy to serve as deck hands aboard Cap'n Beane's Flying Dutchman ghost ship.CC25minOct 4, 1975
6. The Dummy's RevengeThe Phantom of Vaudeville, a masked ventriloquist with his dummy Elmo, seek revenge after suspecting Spencer, Tracy and Kong of being the song and dance act that upstaged them decades earlier.CC25minOct 11, 1975
7. A Worthless GauzeThe Ghost Busters become embroiled with Egyptian Queen Forah and her Mummy as they search for the ape-sorcerer Simios, who in turn can bring them to Spen-Zah, possessor of the secret of immortality.CC25minOct 18, 1975
8. Which Witch Is Which?The ghost of a 17th century witch and her stooge Gronk return for revenge on the descendant of the Edward Spencer who broke her spell at the Salem Witch Trials.CC25minOct 25, 1975
9. They Went ThatawayThose ghostriders in the sky are the spirits of Billy the Kid and Belle Starr back to round up a new gang of cattle rustlers. The Ghost Busters disguise themselves as cowboys to get the Dematerializer drop on 'em.CC25minNov 1, 1975
10. The Vampire's ApprenticeThe Ghost Busters may get the bite put on them when Count and Countess Dracula return from the other side in search of a warm-blooded donor.CC25minNov 8, 1975
11. Jekyll and Hyde - Together for The First TimeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are living as two separate persons, with the Neanderthal Hyde driving insane the urbane Jekyll. Only by drinking a potion made from a person without any personality can Jekyll ever hope to be set free from Hyde.CC25minNov 15, 1975
12. Only Ghosts Have WingsThe Ghost Busters discover the Red Baron and his grease monkey Sparky using the haunted castle to repair their damaged airplane.CC25minNov 22, 1975
13. The Vikings Have LandedThe ghosts of Erik the Red and Brunhilda return to plant a Viking banner and establish their claim to having discovered America prior to the loathsome Lothar the Hun.CC25minNov 29, 1975
14. Merlin The MagicianMerlin and jester Gronk are pursued from the Great Beyond by their nemesis Morgan Le Fay, who intends to trap them in this era. The Ghost Busters befriend and assist the broken-down magician in his battle with the beautiful sorceress.CC25minDec 6, 1975
15. The Abominable SnowmanSpencer stumbles onto the scene when Dr. Centigrade is searching for a warm-blooded heart to transplant into the Abominable Snowman. Final episode of the series.CC25minDec 13, 1975
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The Ghost Busters was a live-action children's television series that ran in 1975, about a team of bumbling detectives who would investigate ghostly occurrences. Only 15 episodes were created. This series reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch in roles similar to their characters in F Troop. Tucker played Jake Kong, and Storch played zoot suit-wearing Eddie Spencer. The third member of the trio was Tracy the Gorilla, played by actor Bob Burns. The series was unrelated to the 1984 film Ghostbusters.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Marc Richards
- Studio
- Filmation Associates
