The Frog Ghost was at one point going to be part of the Subway scene in Ghostbusters II.[1] However, Ivan Reitman removed him from the Subway scene saying the creature wasn't scary enough.[2][3]
Behind the Scenes[]
The Frog Ghost animatronic puppet was controlled with a WaldoŽ device built at The Creature Shop. It controlled the brow and jaw. A joystick controlled eye movements and performed blinks.[4][5]
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- ↑ Vandehey, Tim (January 1990). Ghostbusters Revisited, Cinefantastique magazine Volume 20 #3, page 47. Fourth Castle Micromedia, Forest Park, Illinois, USA. Paragraph reads: "The Frog Ghost, axed when the live-action subway footage didn't work."
- ↑ "Scary FX" Paragraph reads: "Frog Ghost made for GHOSTBUSTERS II. Featured animatronic mouth, eye, and brow movements, controlled by TCS' Facial Waldo Ž. Tongue and arms controlled by the poor fool inside! Shot for, but not included in the final film. Ivan Reitman claimed it wasn't "scary" enough!"
- ↑ Wallace, Daniel (2015). Ghostbusters The Ultimate Visual History, p. 177. Insight Editions, San Rafael CA USA, ISBN 9781608875108. Rick Lazzarini says: "They told me, 'They're not going to use the frog ghost-Ivan doesn't think it's scary enough.' I thought, 'Well hold on, what's Slimer? This looks totally like it could be out of a Ghostbusters movie.' But they'd already made their decision."
- ↑ The Creature Shop "The WALDO Ž" Paragraph reads: "For Ghostbusters II, we built a WaldoŽ that served to control both our Theater Ghost and the Frog Ghost, shown above. A relatively simple version, this device allowed for brow and jaw control, with blinks and eye movements provided by joystick."
- ↑ Vandehey, Tim (January 1990). Ghostbusters Revisited, Cinefantastique magazine Volume 20 #3, page 47. Fourth Castle Micromedia, Forest Park, Illinois, USA. Paragraph reads: "Lazzarini also used his "Waldo" device for a second delightful demon titled the "Frog Ghost" (eventually edited out)."
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Seen in storyboard (Credit: Spook Central)
Storyboard (Credit: William Forsche and Spook Central)
Puppet and Rick Lazzarini (Credit: The Creature Shop)
The animatronics puppet. (Credit: The Creature Shop)
The animatronics puppet. (Credit: Spook Central)