Hey gang! As alays I try and bring you some interesting things people just don't know about! Little obscure things.
Popularity can be a powerfull tool. In the hype of the Ghostbusters 3 craze, we hear everything from the rumors of a third movie to the denial from some of the would-be leading actors to their crazy demands. Looking back on this classic franchise can easily learn that Ramis and Akroyd (who wrote the original film's script) borrowed ideas heavily from a concept that came before.
Back in 1975-1976 there was a short lived television comdey called
'The Ghost Busters'. It featured three ghost hunters. One of which was an ape! Larry Storch, Forrest Tucker, Bob Burns who were all veteran actors from an earlier series called F-Troop.
The series was a slap-stick physical comedy, spoofing such series as
'Mission Impossible'. The only lasted a year and never truly caught on.
In 1984 Paramount Pictures had lease the right of the title 'Ghostbusters' from Filmation, a lesser known animation studio who held the rights to The Ghost Busters. In 1982, Filmation had plans to launch an animated series along with
'Masters of the Universe' however instead they held off on it. With the growing popularity of the Ghostbusters film, Filmation then pushed through
The Ghost Busters' animated series. Even when Paramount spoke out about it, there was nothing that could stop Filmation. Hence why in 1985, the animated Ghostbusters carried the title,
'The Real Ghostbusters' which was based on the '84 film we all know and love.
No one remembers
'The Ghostbusters' and if they do, it's accompanied with a constant accusation of ripping off the 1984 film when in reality it was the other way around. Very much akin to the
'Sixth Sense' vs.
'Stir of Echoes' argument; cause the films came out so close together, everyone assumed
'Stir of Echoes' was a rippoff of
'The Sixth Sense' when in reality,
Stir of Echoes was based on a novel written in 1958.
