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Welcome Aboard is the fourteenth chapter on the DVD of Ghostbusters. This chapter has the first montage and introduces Winston Zeddemore.

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The "Ghostbusters" song started off the first montage of the movie. Dana Barrett performed sit-ups on the floor of her living room while she watched a news report from WABC-TV's Roger Grimsby. The Ghostbusters' symbol and "GHOSTS?" were in a white square in the upper left corner. Roger Grimsby greeted his viewers and reported the entire eastern seaboard was alive with talk of incidents of paranormal activity, alleged ghost sightings and related supernatural occurrences had been reported across the entire tri-state area. Dana stopped doing her sit ups and watched with intent.

A reporter stood at the corner of Broadway and Chambers Street near 280 Broadway and noted everybody had heard ghost stories around the campfire. He recalled his grandma used to spin yarns about a spectral locomotive that would rocket past the farm where she grew up. People walked by behind him. Vehicles drove past. A bearded man in denim came into the shot and peered at Joe and his cameraman.

The Firehouse's second floor alarm rang. Peter jogged out of the sleeping quarters. Ray pulled his pants up. Egon got out of his bed in his pajamas. He went to his night stand, grabbed his glasses, walked back out to the foot of his bed, turned around, and put on his glasses. Ray and Egon marched out of the room. A USA Today flashed partially on the left screen that featured the Ghostbusters. The front page photo was a still of the trio from their commercial. The title was "Ghost Fever Grips New York." The USA Today slid across the screen. The date was Tuesday, October 8, 1984.

Ecto-1 emerged from West 116th Street and turned left onto Broadway. In the background was The Paterno.

A New York Post featured a front page story on the Ghostbusters catching a ghost in Chinatown. The title was "Ghost Cops Bust Chinatown Spook" and the date was Thursday, October 22, 1984. It had a photo of Ray, Peter, and Egon mid-grimace as they fired their throwers. A smaller photo on the right side of the Post was of Ray smiling and holding up a Trap in triumph. Peter and Ray headed to Ecto-1 outside the Tai Hong Lau Restaurant at 70 Mott Street. Ray had his pack off. Peter slid the left strap of his pack off. Ray wore a blue Chinese cap. A man ran after them and handed out two roast duck. Ray and Peter turned around and Ray bowed in thanks then Peter as they accepted the ducks.

The second floor alarm rang again.

Ecto-1 made a right turn and passed Umberto's Clam House at 129 Mulberry Street.

Ray walked up back to street level from 16 East 63rd Street. He had a smoking trap. Ray asked people politely to stand aside.

Ecto-1 was at 5th Avenue & East 50th Street, passing by St. Patrick's Cathedral on the left and Saks Fifth Avenue on the right.

A Times featured the Ghostbusters posing for a photo at 696 Madison. The title read "Ghostbusters Supernatural Success Story." Larry King was in his studio at MBS in Washington D.C. talking about Ghostbusters. He had a lit cigarette in his right hand. Staff were in the room opposite. There was a Coke can on the desk to his left. Larry King greeted his audience and revealed the phone-in topic was ghosts and ghostbusting. He talked about how controversy was building, more sightings were reported, and some maintained the Ghostbusters were the cause of it all.

Peter, Ray, and Egon jogged out of Rockefeller Center. Peter had on Ecto Goggles and was holding a smoking Trap. Civilians looked at them. The Prometheus statue was in the background. The October 1984 Omni issue featured a Proton Pack on the cover. The title was "Quantum Leaps: Ghostbusters' Tools of the Trade." A security guard pursued them.

Egon came out of 126 Mulberry Street with a smoking Trap. He was wearing the Ecto Goggles on the top of his head. Egon announced he trapped the ghost. He called out for Peter and Ray. A civilian walking up the sidewalk turned his head and looked at Egon.

The Ghostbusters exited the Sedgewick Hotel (the events were presumably played out of order and this is when they left their first case in Chapter 13). A path was cleared as they walked to Ecto-1. Reporters asked them a flurry of questions. Ray stopped at the rear and held up the Trap. The October 1984 issue of The Atlantic Monthly featured cartoon versions of the Ghostbusters and argued if ghosts had rights. The text read "The Politics of the Next Dimension Do Ghosts Have Civil Rights?"

The Ghostbusters, with their particle throwers drawn, jogged down Mott Street in Chinatown, going from 56 to 64 Mott Street. Casey Kasem reported the Ghostbusters were still making headlines all across the country. He talked about a sighting of the Ghostbusters at the fashionable dance club, The Rose, where they slugged it out with a "pretty pesky poltergeist," then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance. Kasem continued with the countdown. Dana listened to Kasem on her Panasonic radio in her kitchen while she chopped vegetables. She took a drink and chuckled at the notion of the Ghostbusters dancing.

Peter held an impromptu press conference outside the Sedgewick Hotel. Reporters jotted down as Peter spoke. Peter pitched the Ghostbusters worked twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. No job was too big. No fee was too big.

Janine's phone was lit up. Janine asked a caller if the ghost looked like a mist, or if it had arms and legs.

Dana watched Joe Franklin on a small TV while she stringed her cello. She was out of the shower, in a robe and had a towel wrapped around her head. Joe was interviewing Ray. Joe got to the big question on everybody's mind and imagined Ray was the man to answer it. He was how Elvis was doing, and if he saw him lately Ray paused.

The Vol. 13 No. 20 issue of Globe also featured a front page photo of the Ghostbusters at 696 Madison. The title was "Ghostbusters Super Diet!" Another headline was "Princess Di Expecting Again!" The title was October 13, 1984. Ecto-1 pulled up to the Firehouse. Two fans, a man and a woman, were on the right side of Ecto-1. The woman opened the front passenger door. They asked a ragged looking Peter for his autograph as he got out. A man in a brown coat was on the left side snapping Polaroid photographs.

The Ghostbusters rested in their sleeping quarters. They were still in their flightsuits. Ray dreamed. He was laying in an ornate bed with period clothes on. The ghost of a beautiful young woman hovered above him then vanished. Ray looked around. Suddenly, an invisible force unbuckled his belt and unzipped his pants. Ray's eyes crossed and his head knocked back in pleasure. The dream ended as Ray fell out of his real bed. The others were thrashing in their sleep.

Winston Zeddemore, with a newspaper, looked up at the new Ghostbusters sign outside the Firehouse. The "Ghostbusters" song ended. Janine interviewed Winston from her desk. She asked him if he believed in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trans-mediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis. Winston replied if there was a steady paycheck in it, he would believe anything she said. The phone rang. A weary Peter and Ray walked from the garage bay to the office. Both were smoking. Their flightsuits had some ectoplasmic residue splattered about. Janine was now standing, cradling the phone on her shoulder, and gathered papers. Ray stated he needed some sleep badly. Peter agreed he didn't look good. Winston turned his head and observed them. Ray was surprised by Peter's observation. Peter thought he looked better and didn't used to look like this. Ray looked down at the Trap he was holding with his right hand. Tons of articles were affixed to the back wall of Peter's office. Janine placed a caller on hold. Peter tossed an invoice on Janine's desk. She scoffed at the smoke from the Traps. Peter told her that was the paper on the Brooklyn job and the female client paid with Visa. Janine handed out a piece of paper and told them that was the evening worksheet. Ray scanned it and moaned. He saw there were two more free repeaters. Ray walked to the basement steps. Janine brought Winston to their attention. She introduced him. Winston stood. Ray stopped and turned around. Ray took one look at him and hired him. He introduced himself and Peter. Peter congratulated Winston and shook his hand. Ray called him over for help then handed him the two Traps and welcomed him aboard. Winston took them both but was uneasy about it. Ray nodded with a grin.

Dana and a Violinist exited Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center. They talked about a bad guest conductor. Dana remarked someone should tell him that it was not going to do much good to scream at them in German. The Violinist commented he was not competent to conduct a major symphony orchestra. Dana looked up straight ahead. She saw Peter near the fountain hopping in a line on one leg. He was in his flightsuit wearing an orange jacket. Dana asked the Violinist to wait a minute then walked over to Peter. Peter told her that was a wonderful rehearsal. Dana was surprised he heard that. Peter told her she was the best one in her row. She thanked him and noted most people could not hear her with the whole orchestra playing. Peter retorted he did not have to take that abuse from her because he had hundreds of people dying to abuse him. The Violinist circled them and sat down at the fountain. Dana noted he was a celebrity then asked about her case. Peter noticed the Violinist. The Violinist inserted some nasal spray in each nostril. Peter asked who the stiff was. The Lincoln Center's flags were visible and raised at half staff. Dana informed him "the stiff" happened to be one of the finest musicians in the world. She pressed him for information on her case. Peter confirmed he did but wanted to tell her in private. She suggested telling her now. Peter complied and revealed they found the name Zuul. It was a demigod worshiped around 6000 B.C. but Peter paused and asked how to say a word. Dana leaned in and looked at his paper. She pronounced Hittites for him. He continued and said Zuul was worshiped by the Hittites, the Mesopotamians and the Sumerians. Dana took the paper and read the notes. She read out loud that Zuul was the minion of Gozer. She asked what Gozer was. Peter hinted Gozer was very big in Sumeria. She wanted to know what Gozer was doing in her refrigerator. Peter assured her they were working on it and suggested getting together Thursday night, around nine-ish, to exchange information. Dana smiled and told him she was busy. Peter observed she seemed to think there was something wrong up with her thinking he enjoyed taking his evenings off and spending it with his clients. The Violinist clutched his case. Peter claimed he was making a special exception in your case because he respected her as an artist and as a dresser. He admired the "magnificent coordination" she was wearing. Dana agreed to see him on Thursday. He promised to bring The Roylance Guide to Secret Societies and Sects and they would eat and read. Dana walked away, turned her head slightly, then continued to the Violinist. They continued walking. The Violinist looked at Peter. Peter acknowledged him. The Violinist asked who the hell Peter was. Dana replied he was just a friend. The Violinist wasn't buying it. Dana clarified he was an old friend. Peter shouted he would see her Thursday and apologized to the Violinist about not getting to meet him. Peter added he was glad the Violinist was feeling much better but thought he still looked very pale and suggested a little sun. The Violinist asked what Peter did. Dana told him Peter was a scientist. A father, his daughter, and his son posed at the fountain for a photo. Peter copied a roller skater and spun around. Upbeat music played.

The upbeat music wound down. Back at the Firehouse, Ray demonstrated how to empty a full Trap into the Containment Unit in the basement. Winston stood to Ray's left and watched. Egon was at a wall running some calculations. Ray called it a very simple process. He loaded the Trap here, opened, unlocked the system, inserted the trap, a red light came on, he released, he closed, he locked the system, he set the entry grid, he neutronized the field. The light switched to the green one. Ray declared the trap was clean and the ghost was incarcerated in their custom-made storage facility. Ray pushed the lever back up and tossed the handle of the Trap.

Upstairs, Janine informed Peter about a man from the EPA who came to see him and was waiting in his office. Peter asked what he wanted. Janine told him she did not know but pointed out she had been working two weeks without a break and he promised her he was going to hire more help in the office. The phone rang. Peter remarked someone with her qualifications would have no trouble finding a topflight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries. He walked to his office and asked her if she was going to answer the phone. Janine grumbled she quit better jobs then pressed a button on the phone and snapped at the caller.

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Ghostbusters (1984) Trivia[]

  • "Ghostbusters" plays during the montage.
  • Dana's apartment scenes throughout the montage were filmed at the apartment set at Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.
  • The television in Dana's living room is a Sony Trinitron KV-1711.
  • At the time of filming the movie in New York in late 1983, Roger Grimsby was based in the WABC-TV studio at 7 Lincoln Square on the Upper West Side.
  • In the July 6, 1983 and August 5, 1983 drafts, the montage starts off with the Ghostbusters being interviewed by reporters outside the Sedgewick Hotel. A punk asks Egon if they could beat Superman and he asserts they could on Krypton. Peter and Ray sing a Ghostbusters jingle.
    • In the July 6, 1983 draft, on pages 56-57, post-montage, all four Ghostbusters returned to the Firehouse covered in slime, complaining about the heavy workload and have multiple loaded traps.
    • In the July 6, 1983 draft, on pages 60-61, Ray and Winston deposited all the traps in the storage facility. The unit had multiple slots and an actual protection grid around it. Egon is asked how it is holding up while he worked on repairing the damaged packs and wands. Using a view screen, they looked into the storage facility and see all the ghosts and vapors flying around which is described as "an unholy makeshift asylum." Winston comments how depressing it is.
  • In the August 5, 1983 draft:
    • On page 62, Ronald Gwynne reports about the Ghostbusters from the United Press International in New York. The Ghostbusters bust a ghost in a huge Flying Tigers cargo plane on an airport runway.
    • On page 63, Bryant Gumble on the "Today" show introduces Roy Brady in New York who talks about his grandmother's yarn about the spectral locomotive that used to rocket past the farm.
    • On page 63, the Ghostbusters emerge from the New York Health and Racquet Club and Winston holds up a trap. The headline reads, "Spook Squashed at Racquet Club."
    • On page 64, they trap a ghost in the Bullion Vault at the Federal Assay Office in Downtown. Diane Sawyer interviews Ray on the CBS Morning News. She notes a similarity to Bob Hope's movie. Ray identities that as "Ghostbreakers."
    • On page 65, a female caller tells Larry King she thinks Egon was right in the interview last night about the world being in store for a "psychic shock" because her aunt reads coffee grounds. A Motor Trend cover hails Ecto-1 as "Car of the Year."
    • On page 66, Winston, who is already a Ghostbuster, tells Ray and Peter they look terrible after they return from a job.
    • On page 67, after Janine tells Peter he promised to hire more help, he tells her to call up Dana.
  • In the September 30, 1983 draft:
    • On page 60-65, the montage busts now starts off with busing a phantom bat boy in Yankee Stadium then Bryant Gumble, Roy Brady, and the New York Health and Racquet Club bust from the previous draft.
    • Another new bust is them catching a punk poltergeist at the Mud Club nightclub followed by the Diana Sawyer and Larry King bits from the previous drafts. But now in the latter, Dana is listening. She gets a call from Peter and she convinces him to share what information he's gotten on her case. It is still from the Roylance Guide like the previous draft but the information is what's shared at the Lincoln Center in the movie. During the call, the others are busy with the Chinatown bust alluded to in the movie.
  • In the October 7, 1983 draft, on page 43, Roger Grimsby replaces Ronald Gwynne as the first journalist in the montage and he introduces Roy Brady, the roving reporter on Broadway in the movie, instead of Bryant Gumble, who is now omitted.
  • At around the 43:45 mark of the Preview Cut, included first in the 2022 Ghostbusters Ultimate Edition, after Roger reports about ghost sightings coming from the entire tristate area, he says it seems everybody is willing to bring old ghosts and skeletons out of the closet. Throwing it to the reporter in New York follows.
  • Several national newscasters were approached but turned down the offer cold. It appeared newscasters were very sensitive about doing anything other than "real news."[1]
  • The roving reporter is standing at the corner of Broadway and Chambers Street near 280 Broadway in New York.
  • The scene at at the corner of Broadway and Chambers Street near 280 Broadway with the TV Reporter was the first thing filmed for the movie. Filming took place on the first pre-principal photography day on October 11, 1983[2][Note 1]
  • The bearded man in denim was not in the cast. He was a real person who stumbled onto the set.[3]
  • In the October 7, 1983 draft, on pages 43-44 after Roger Grimsby, the Tudor City bust appears. It is filmed and ends up in Deleted Scene: Ecto-1 Parking Ticket.
  • The scene of the Ghostbusters waking up in their sleeping quarters and later in the dream sequence was filmed at Fire House #23 in Los Angeles.
  • The scene of the Ghostbusters getting out of bed is a flipped shot.
  • During the montage, the USA Today is dated Tuesday, October 8, 1984. The date was actually a Monday in reality.[4]
  • Dan Aykroyd primarily drove Ecto-1.[5][6]
  • The first driving shot starts on West 116th Street and turns onto Broadway in New York. In the rear is The Paterno.
    • It is a flipped shot, evidenced by logo on the side of Ecto-1's door being backwards and the equipment on the roof rack appearing on the wrong side.
  • Ivan Reitman kept some of the magazines and newspapers from that montage.[7]
  • Ivan Reitman rejected an airbrush rendering of the Chinese ghost to be used during the montage.[8]
  • Ray and Peter get ducks after leaving Tai Hong Lau Restaurant at 70 Mott Street in New York.
  • The photo used in the New York Post is when the Ghostbusters Cross the Streams the streams at the end of the movie.
  • The smaller photo used in the New York Post is from later in the montage when Ray walks out the Sedgewick Hotel to Ecto-1 and holds up the Trap. It was taken from an angle different than the one the sequence was filmed at.
  • The second driving shot has Ecto-1 passing Umberto's Clam House at 129 Mulberry Street (the corner of Hester St.) in New York.
  • Ray walks up to street level with a Trap from the 16 East 63rd Street building in New York.
  • The third driving shot is Ecto-1 at 5th Avenue & East 50th Street, passing by St. Patrick's Cathedral on the left and Saks Fifth Avenue on the right in New York.
  • There several extra bits of footage during the first montage in the Preview Cut:
    • At around 44:06, Ecto-1 parks at 5th Avenue & East 50th Street.
    • At around 44:29, Ecto-1 drives by a bicyclist.
    • At around 44:40, Janine brings a tired Egon coffee while he works on a Particle Thrower.
    • At around 44:50, Egon is eating take out as the customer brings roast duck to Peter and Ray.
    • At around 44:57, Ray walks up the steps out from the 16 East 63rd Street building with a full Trap to Peter and Egon waiting on the sidewalk.
    • At around the 45:02 mark, the Ecto-1 Parking Ticket deleted scene plays.
    • At around the 45:39 mark, Egon fixes the roof rack on Ecto-1.
    • At around the 45:51 mark, Egon tests the voltage on a Trap while Ray pushes buttons on a machine.
    • At around 46:02, there is a confused blonde in the sleeping quarters after the guys leave on a call. Peter sleeps on Ray shoulder as he drives back to the Firehouse. The Ghostbusters walk to the sleeping quarters, still in their flightsuits. They check under the hood of Ecto-1 while in the city. Egon's "I got it!" scene is followed by a shrug. Janine finds Egon asleep against a microscope.
  • At the time of filming the movie in New York in late 1983, "The Larry King Show" was based at the Mutual Broadcasting System studio in Washington D.C..
    • Larry King's scene was filmed in New York during the first day of pre-principal photography on October 11, 1983.[Note 2]
  • There is a Coke can left of Larry King.
  • At around the 47:04 mark of the Preview Cut, there is a longer scene with Larry King. This was from the August draft when Larry questions if the Ghostbusters should be carrying around unlicensed proton mass drivers and then a female caller tells him she thinks Egon was right in the interview last night about the world being in store for a "psychic shock" because her aunt reads coffee grounds.
  • Time magazine cover and Globe magazine cover photos are from a photo shoot that took at at 696 Madison Avenue.
  • Initially, there was going to be a scene in Little Italy for the montage with the Ghostbusters leaving a store with Traps but the Mafia in control of the area wanted $1500 for permission to film there.[9]
  • The staff didn't really have any permits to shoot in places like Chinatown, Rockefeller, 42nd, Saks Fifth Avenue, and the United Nations Building. The crowds on 42nd were real ones. They made quick shots and left.[10]
  • A guard is actually chasing the Ghostbusters from the Rockefeller for real.[11]
    • The guard can be seen in the teaser trailer but not in the movie itself.
  • During a school trip to New York City, a high school student named Jeff Nichols became a background extra at the Rockefeller scene by accident.[12]
  • When Egon steps out with a Trap, he is at 126 Mulberry Street in New York.
    • The man who turns and looks at Egon when the Omni magazine cover appears is producer Joe Medjuck. This is his second cameo.[13]
  • The Ghostbusters walking through a swarm of reporters back to Ecto-1 was filmed outside the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
  • At around the 42:36 mark of the Preview Cut, the Ghostbusters head outside back to Ecto-1 and talk to the reporters waiting outside. Pieces of this scene show up during the first montage in the final version of the movie. Reporters asks to see what is in the Trap and what happened. When asked for proof, Peter states the Sedgewick Hotel is paying them $5000 for the job then goes into pitchman mode and states ghosts exist they are everywhere, are providing their service to all the people in the tristate area 24 hours a day, seven days7 a week, no job is too big, no fee is too big, and are ready for everything. He states, "We have the tools, we have the talent. We are the brave, the best, the only..." and the Ghostbusters in unison shout, "Ghostbusters!" Roger Grimsby's report follows.
  • The real Omni October issue was a special anniversary issue was about "Love, work, & play in the 21st Century" and featured Ronald Reagan, Gerard O'Neill, Ray Bradbury, John Naisbitt, and Stanley Milgram.
  • Michael C. Gross contacted Randy Enos, a friend and frequent collaborator on past projects like National Lampoon, to draw him a fake cover of The Atlantic Monthly with caricatures of the three Ghostbusters in their uniforms and Proton Packs chasing a ghost. Gross sent four large cardboard boxes to Enos' house. One box contained dozens and dozens of photographs of Bill Murray, one of Dan Aykroyd and another of Harold Ramis. The photographs included shots of them close-up, at every angle, in their costumes and out of them. The fourth box had the three of them posing together in various action shots. Enos made a sketch, then it was approved, and he finished the art in linocut. Gross added the Atlantic logo and lettering to simulate a real Atlantic cover. The completed fake cover was sent to The Atlantic for approval then it was added into the movie.[14]
  • Peter, Egon, and Ray jog down Mott Street in Chinatown, jogging the distance from 56 to 64 Mott Street in New York.
    • It was the first thing they shot for the movie.[15]
    • In the commentary track, Ivan Reitman misremembers it as Madison Avenue.
    • As Casey Kasem is talking and the Ghostbusters are jogging down Mott Street, Peter's leg hose unravels.
  • The radio in the Dana's kitchen is the Panasonic RXF20. Her Cuisinart Food Processor is more visible in the background. Near the sink was a near empty bottle of Windex.
  • Casey Kasem was included at the very last minute during post-production. Kasem was called up, a deal made, and he appeared the next day to rad his bit. Kasem's lines were cut into the film all in 24 hours.[16]
  • Peter's 'no fee is too big' scene was also from when they filmed outside the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
  • Around 15 more phone lines have been added to Janine's phone since the call from the Sedgewick.
  • Janine's 'is it a mist?' was filmed at Fire House #23 in Los Angeles.
  • At the time of filming the movie in New York in late 1983, Joe Franklin was with WWOR-TV and "The Joe Franklin Show" was filmed in the Times Square Studio in the Rialto Theater on 1481 Broadway.
  • The suit Ray is wearing when he is interviewed by Joe Franklin is the same suit he wore when he, Peter, and Egon left the Manhattan City Bank in Chapter 4: Terminated.
  • The red book near the small Sony TV when Ray is asked about Elvis is "Who's on First" by William F. Buckley. It is a spy thriller and the third in a series.
  • Joe Franklin asks about Elvis.
  • In the October 7, 1983 draft, Joe Franklin appears for the first time. He replaces a segment from previous drafts that featured Dianne Sawyer.
  • The Globe references the late Princess Diana.
  • Ivan Reitman came up with the idea of treating the Fort Detmerring deleted scene as dream in the montage sequence.[17]
  • The Single Officers' Quarters at Fort Detmerring, where Ray has his encounter with the Dream Ghost, is really a small set adjacent to Dana's apartment on Stage 12.[18]
  • Kym Herrin filmed her scenes as the Dream Ghost at Entertainment Effects Group then the crew added optical effects and composited her into the Fort Deterring set.[19]
  • The action of the Dream Ghost unzipping Ray's pants was originally intended to be a composite that entailed combining a live action shot with a pair of self-unzipping pants. Due to the production schedule, it ended up being shot as a straight 35mm insert.[20]
  • The encounter between a policeman and the Ecto-1 was the only scene in the final shooting script that suggested the vehicle had some extranormal powers carried over from Aykroyd's initial draft. It was removed because it slowed down the montage.[21]
  • According to Ivan Reitman, there was plans to do a second commercial as an elaborate MTV music video with the Ghostbusters singing the Ghostbusters song (that could actually be played on MTV) but the song wasn't just right until too late in post-production.[22]
  • Winston looking up at the Ghostbusters' sign was filmed outside of Hook and Ladder #8 in New York.
  • Winston's interview was filmed at Fire Station #23 in Los Angeles.
  • The interview question brings up many topics in the fields of the paranormal, mythology, urban legends, and the like: UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trans-mediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis.
  • In the July 6, 1983 draft, Peter interviews Winston and noted he was overqualified for the security guard position.
  • In the August 5, 1983 draft on page 37, Winston is interviewed right before Dana goes to the Firehouse for help. Ray interviews Winston for the security guard position. He did five years with the U.S. Air Force Air Police, mustered out as Captain assigned to administer perimeter security at Reese Strategic Air Command Base where he designed electronic barrier systems for Sentry Alarms and ended up as V.P. Tactics and Training at their Pacific Headquarters until the offices closed. He has a fifteenth degree black belt in Wing Chun boxing and a qualified, award-winning weapons handler. Ray tells them they catch ghosts. Winston asks them what they really do, which persists in all the proceeding drafts.
  • In the September 30, 1983 draft on page 67 and in the October 7, 1983 draft on page 48, Ray goes over Winston's credentials: Electronic countermeasures, Strategic Air Command, black belt in Karate, and Small arms expert.
  • At around the 47:32 mark of the Preview Cut, the deleted scene "Winston" plays followed by the shot seen in the final version of fans coming up to Peter and Ray outside the Firehouse. They take the Traps out then walk inside. When Ray hires Winston on the spot, the cut goes straight to him showing Winston how to empty a Trap into the Containment Unit then the Lincoln Center scene follows.
  • When Ray tells Peter he needs to get some sleep, one of the Traps he's holding is open.
  • In the September 30, 1983 draft, on pages 71-72, Egon is the one who states he needs to get some sleep.
  • Right after Winston's answer to Janine's interview question, and the camera pans with Peter and Ray, an audible noise from the rollers of the film camera cart on the track can be heard on high volume.
  • Peter mentions the credit card company Visa.
  • Peter and Dana's scene at Lincoln Center was filmed at the real center at West 63rd Street & Columbus Avenue in New York.
  • In the October 7, 1983 draft, pages 45-47, the Lincoln Center scene and the Violinist appears for the first time in a draft. Dana tells the Violinist that Peter is an old professor of hers and is smarter than he looks whereas in the movie, she tells him Peter is an old friend and a scientist.
  • The Lincoln Center scene was the first scene shot between Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver. For long shots, the crew had to loop the dialogue because the fountain created too much noise. It was one of the few scenes looped in the movie. For close ups, it was okay for the fountain to be shut off.[23][24][25][26]
  • Modified dialogue was created during rehearsal such as "I respect you as an artist and as a dresser", typed up and inserted into the script for shooting the next morning.[27]
  • During a break while filming at the Lincoln Center, Dustin Hoffman visited the set.[28][29]
  • During filming, the Lincoln Center's flags were at half staff. Filming in New York was roughly between October and November 1983. President Reagan ordered flags at half staff between October 23 and October 31, 1983 out of respect for the American and French soldiers who died during the barrack bombings of October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon.
  • On the day of filming at Lincoln Center, Timothy Carhart was handed the nasal spray and instructed to use it when his character stares at Peter and Dana. Since there were a couple takes filmed for that scene, Carhart took about 4.75 shots of nasal spray.[30][31]
  • Peter reveals some back story on Zuul, demigod worshiped around 6000 B.C. by the Hittites, the Mesopotamians and the Sumerians.
  • Gozer comes up for the first time in the movie.
  • Dana alludes to the refrigerator incident from Chapter 07: Fried Eggs & Zuul.
  • Peter mentions The Roylance Guide.
    • In the August 5, 1983 draft of Ghostbusters, the Roylance Guide was known as the Roylance Catalog of Secret Sects and Societies. On page 107, Egon recites information from the book - The name Gozer refers to "an ancient demonic spirit that was worshipped in a lost pre-Sumerian society known as the Sebouillias. The Sebouillias disappeared without a trace but the ancient Sumerians kept a fragment from their religious text called the Glethestement."
  • In the original teaser trailer, there are a few seconds of additional footage of Peter imitating the roller skaters after he talks to Dana.

At around the 51:10 mark of the Preview Cut, after Dana calls the Violinist of the finest musicians in the world, Peter asks if he is dying or something. She refers to the Violinist as a close friend then asks Peter if he has any information for her case. Peter suggests telling it to her in private in fine restaurant with a nice bottle of wine. She asks him to tell her now. Peter jokes he will have to cancel the reservation then tells her about Zuul. He asks her if she ever read the Roylance Guide. She quips he got the last copy before she could. Peter then tells her the name Zuul refers to a demigod worshiped around 6000 BC. After Peter shouts he will see her Thursday and they're read and eat, he also states he will dress casual then compliments what she does with her look. It is followed by the Violinist asking Dana who the hell he is. After Peter remarks the Violinist looks pale, he suggests a vacation to someplace nice like the Sandwich Islands then tells Dana bye and he will see her Thursday. Janine telling Peter about Peck follows.

  • In the January 20, 1983 draft, the Containment Unit was in a deserted Sunoco gas station in northern New Jersey taken over and converted by the Ghostbusters.[32]
  • The Firehouse basement scene was also filmed at Fire House #23 in Los Angeles.
  • Janine alludes to Walter Peck, who debuts in the next chapter.
  • Janine indicates it has been at least two weeks since she had a break.
  • On January 20, 1984, scenes were filming in the firehouse used in Los Angeles. Bill Murray missed his call by a couple hours. They started filming Annie Potts with a stand-in for Murray. By the time half of the scene was filmed, Murray arrived a little embarrassed he was so late so he started entertaining the crew. Potts wasn't as amused. He clearly didn't know what scene they were doing and was going to just improvise it. That was not feasible since half the scene was filmed. Murray started riffing, asking Potts what was wrong. William Atherton observed. Potts handled Murray and told him something to the effect of, "Enough, Murray. Enough." or "Nothing's wrong. I would just like you to stand on your f***ing mark and say your f***ing line! And then I'll be fine." Allegedly, the crew applauded her then filming started.[33][34]

Ghostbusters II Trivia[]

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trivia[]

  • In the end credits tag, Janine recalls when she interviewed Winston.
  • In the end credits tag, Winston alludes to his steady paycheck quip.

The Real Ghostbusters Trivia[]

88 MPH Comics Trivia[]

IDW Comics Trivia[]

  • In Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression #4, on page 28, Janine asks the same questions during her interviews as she asked Winston Zeddemore.
  • On page 15 of Ghostbusters Volume 1 Issue #5, the Atlantic issue from montage in Ghostbusters is on the wall
  • On page 4 of Ghostbusters Volume 1 Issue #7, the Hungry Manitou is dressed like Peter was in the Lincoln Center scene from the first movie
  • On page 19 of Ghostbusters Volume 1 Issue #12, the man who wondered on set during the first movie's montage when the reporter talked about his grandmother and a spectral locomotive in the crowd to the right.
  • On page 4 of Ghostbusters Volume 1 Issue #15, an Omni magazine, first seen in the first movie, is on Walter Peck's desk.
  • In Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #6:
    • On Cover A, near Egon is a quote from the first movie, "I quit better jobs than this" and "Does it have arms and legs..." By Egon and Roger Baugh is another quote, "Ghostbusters, what do you want?" By Roger are the interview questions Janine asked Winston.
    • On page 8, Janine working in fast food may be a nod to Peter's quip to Janine in the first movie when she mentions she's been working two weeks without a break.
  • On page 20 of Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #17, Egon's foot locker a framed The Atlantic Monthly from first movie.
  • In Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #18:
    • On page 9, Egon's footlocker has a framed Pacific Monthly, a nod to the Atlantic Monthly.
    • On page 14, Peter is wearing his orange jacket from the first movie when he meets with Dana outside the Lincoln Center.
  • On page 1 of Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #19, continuing straight from last issue, Peter still has his orange jacket from the first movie when he meets with Dana outside the Lincoln Center.
  • On page 11 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Issue #3, the street this encounter takes place on is Mott Street, the same street featured in the first movie during the first montage.
  • On page 18 of Ghostbusters: Get Real Issue #1, Egon is wearing a gray vest similar to the one he worn in the first movie in Chapter 14.
  • On page 6 of Ghostbusters: Get Real Issue #2, continued from last issue, Egon is still wearing his gray vest ensemble
  • On page 2 of Ghostbusters: Get Real Issue #3, continued from last issue, Egon is still wearing his gray vest ensemble.
  • On page 14 of Ghostbusters International Issue #1, Janine thinks back to Ray's quick hiring of Winston in the first movie.
  • On page 6 of Ghostbusters International Issue #3, in panel 2, Janine refers to when Winston applied for a job at Ghostbusters.
  • On page 4 of Ghostbusters International Issue #5, Egon wears his gray vest ensemble from the first movie.
  • On page 1 of Ghostbusters International Issue #6, Egon is still wearing his gray sweater vest outfit.
  • On page 8 of Ghostbusters 101 Issue #1, Egon has on his gray vest and blue tie outfit.
  • On page 13 of Ghostbusters 101 #2, in panel 2, the framed newspaper in the hall is the New York Post's "Ghost Cops Bust Chinatown Spook" front page headline from the first movie's first montage, seen in Chapter 14.
  • In Ghostbusters 101 Issue #3:
    • On the Subscription Cover, Peter is wearing his orange jacket from the first movie when he spoke to Dana outside Lincoln Center.
    • On Page 10, Egon is wearing his stock gray vest and blue tie.
  • On Cover B of Ghostbusters Annual 2018, Kylie Griffin is wearing an orange jacket like Peter's in Chapter 14.
  • On the What Came Before page of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #1, Winston's interview and Janine's questionnaire are mentioned.
  • On page 7 of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #1, the civilian is visually based on the man who gives Ray and Peter ducks in the Chinatown segment of the first montage and the bust takes place in his business Tai Hong Lau Restaurant.
  • On page 7 of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #2, the room recreates Dana's kitchen from Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard. The entity takes on the form of Dana Barrett, down to her chopping vegetables.
  • On page 17 of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #2, Tiamat mentions Peter's paper on the theory of Werewolf Gladiators of Atlantis, a riff on the 'theory of Atlantis' question Janine read in the first movie.
  • On Cover B of Ghostbusters Crossing Over #6, Peter has on his orange jacket.
  • On page 6 of 35th Anniversary: Ghostbusters, Winston refers to his job interview with Janine in the first movie in Chapter 14 "Welcome Aboard.
  • On page 8 of 35th Anniversary: Ghostbusters, in panel 1, the walk on extra from the first montage in Ghostbusters during the ghost train story is to the left of Ecto-1.
  • On page 2 of Transformers/Ghostbusters: Ghosts of Cybertron Issue #3, Peter has on his orange jacket.
  • On Cover B of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #1, there is:
    • The scene of Winston holding the Traps Ray hands him appears in a photo.
    • The Post-It has Janine's interview questions about UFOs, Astral Projection, Mental Telepathy, ESP, Clairvoyance, Spirit Photography, Telekinetic movement, Full trans-mediums, Loch Ness Monster, and the theory of Atlantis.
  • Ray's biography in the Ghostbusters Year One Issue #1 Dramatis Personae mentions when Ray quickly hired Winston.
  • On page 5 of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #1, in panel 3, at the news stand are:
    • Top Right: Omni and The Atlantic Monthly.
    • Bottom Right: In the left side of the second row is the Globe newspaper.
    • Top Middle: In the bottom right is the Time magazine.
    • Top Left: In the middle is The USA Today "Ghost Fever Grips New York" newspaper and the Time magazine again.
  • On page 6 of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #1, the scene takes place in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard between when Winston looks up at the No-Ghost sign outside and when Janine asks the question about what he believes in.
  • On page 7 of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #1, Winston's interview from Chapter 14 is reenacted. Janine, however, bears her blue rim glasses from the IDW canon rather than the red rim glasses in the movie.
  • On page 7 of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #1, in panel 5, Winston alludes to when he was shown how to empty a trap in Chapter 14.
  • On page 11 of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #1, in panel 1, posted on the inside of Peter's locker door is the New York Post "Ghost Cops Bust Chinatown Spook" and USA Today newspaper from Chapter 14.
  • One of the anecdotes Winston tells in Ghostbusters Year One Issue #1 explores the first case he took part in, two days after he was hired.
  • On Cover B of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #2, the top left corner of the The Atlantic issue is in the upper right corner.
  • On Cover B of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #3, there is:
    • A photo of Peter dancing with a woman, in reference to the issue's story about the bust at The Rose mentioned by Casey Kasem in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.
    • The Atlantic issue seen in Chapter 14.
  • On page 2 of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #3 Dana's instrument case is to her left, it was seen in Chapter 14.
  • Pages 9 to 19 of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #3 details this canon's version of the bust at The Rose and the ghost they caught.
  • On page 20 of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #3:
    • Peter alludes to Casey Kasem talking about the bust at The Rose in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard and even quotes his "pretty pesky poltergeist" line.
    • Peter mentions the bust took place before they hired Winston. It was indeed mentioned in Chapter 14 right before Winston goes to the Firehouse and applies for the job opening.
  • On cover B of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #4, the top part of the Omni issue seen in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard is at the top of the cover.
  • On cover B of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #4, next to the calculator is a photo is Egon's "I got it!" scene with Joe Medjuck in the montage in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.
  • On page 10 of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #4, the table in the Firehouse basement is essentially as it looks when it first appears in Chapter 14.
  • On page 11 of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #4, Egon mentions the field might not have been properly neutronized. That was one of the steps Ray taught Winston in Chapter 14.

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Trivia[]

  • In Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, in the Firehouse's first floor office are some of the newspaper articles from the first movie, including the "Ghost Fever Grips New York" one in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.

Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord Trivia[]

  • One of the gold trophies is "No job is too big! No fee is too big!"
  • One of the gold trophies is called "Steady paycheck".

Miscellaneous Tertiary Canon Trivia[]

Quotes[]

Casey Kasem: Still making headlines all across the country, the Ghostbusters are at it again. This time, at the fashionable dance club, The Rose. The Boys In Grey slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance. This is Casey Kasem, now on with the countdown.
Peter: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No job is too big, no fee is too big.
Janine: Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full transmediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis?

Winston: Ahh ... if there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say.

Ray: When the light is green, the trap is clean.
Janine: Ghostbusters, what do you want?!

Notes[]

  1. According to private correspondence with Eric Reich of Ghost Corps on July 18, 2020, the scene with the reporter at the corner of Broadway and Chambers Street was filmed on Tuesday, October 11, 1983 on the first pre-principal photography day. "So what's interesting is I found in the lined script of Ivan's that the Larry King shoot took place on what appears to be the first pre-shoot day, Tuesday, October, 11th, 1983. This was also the exact same day they shot Roy Brady, the reporter on the street in New York, so Larry must have been at a station in NYC, not D.C."
  2. According to private correspondence with Eric Reich of Ghost Corps on July 18, 2020, the scene with Larry King was filmed on Tuesday, October 11, 1983 in New York on the first pre-principal photography day. "So what's interesting is I found in the lined script of Ivan's that the Larry King shoot took place on what appears to be the first pre-shoot day, Tuesday, October, 11th, 1983. This was also the exact same day they shot Roy Brady, the reporter on the street in New York, so Larry must have been at a station in NYC, not D.C."

References[]

  1. Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 93 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Michael Gross says: "We approached several national newscasters, but most of them turned us down cold. Newscasters, it seems, are very sensitive about doing anything other than real news -- bad for their credibility."
  2. Joe Medjuck (2019). Cleanin' Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2019) (Blu-Ray ts. 17:16-17:25). Bueno Productions. Joe Medjuck says: "Someone's doing a stand up newscast on the street, and there's a guy behind him playing with his beard. And I think that was the first thing we shot."
  3. Joe Medjuck (1999). Ghostbusters- Commentary (1999) (DVD ts. 39:21-39:25). Columbia TriStar Home Video. Joe Medjuck says: "This guy in the background is not an extra. I remember he wandered onto the set."
  4. Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 92. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685.
  5. Joe Medjuck (2005). Ghostbusters- Commentary (2005) (DVD ts. 39:54-40:01). Columbia TriStar Home Video. Joe Medjuck says: "Danny Aykroyd is actually driving the car in most of these shots. We shot it all in one day after we been up late the night before. We went off with just the car... "
  6. Joe Medjuck (2005). Ghostbusters- Commentary (2005) (DVD ts. 40:50-41:03). Columbia TriStar Home Video. Joe Medjuck says: "Yeah and Dan, we used that as part of the pre-publicity for the movie. "
  7. Ivan Reitman (2005). Ghostbusters- Commentary (2005) (DVD ts. 39:33-39:38). Columbia TriStar Home Video. Ivan Reitman says: "I remember getting permission, I still have a few of these these uh magazine and newspaper covers. "
  8. Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 90. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Paragraph reads: "Since the montage featured a dearth of actual ghosts, it was decided that perhaps still photographs could be appropriately doctored and incorporated into the sequence. One such image -- a photo of Stantz and Venkman enhanced with an airbrush rendering of the Chinatown ghost -- was prepared for possible use on the New York Post front page, but was ultimately rejected by Ivan Reitman."
  9. Harold Ramis (2019). Cleanin' Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters, Deleted Scenes (2019) (Blu-Ray ts.5:37-6:34). Bueno Productions. Harold Ramis says: "We went into Little Italy which was famous for being a Mafia-controlled area of New York. And we just want to come running out a little store with the Traps and someone said, "Oh, you gotta ask Vinnie down the street. Third door down there." So we walk into the third door. I was with the guys and there's three older Italian men sitting on folding chairs. There was nothing in the store but folding chairs and a little table. Maybe they were playing cards and, "Is Vinnie here?" "Yeah." "We just want to come running out the store with Traps." "Eh, $1500." "That's crazy, we'll just-won't pay it, we'll go to this store on this side." "I own that one, too." "Well, we'll go down the block." "I own that one, too." So apparently the Mafia controlled that whole street and we decided not to pay for it, I guess."
  10. Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 91 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Joe Medjuck says: "Most of the montage was shot in one day in New York. We had been working late the night before with the full crew, then got up early in the morning and went all over town with a small crew, shooting stuff. We went to Chinatown, Rockefeller Center, 42nd Street, Saks Fifth Avenue and the United Nations -- all in one day. We didn't really have permits to shoot in any of these places -- we just made quick stops here and there. That's pretty much the way Ivan made movies in the old days -- a small crew, moving fast. We had two small trucks with equipment, and Danny was actually driving the Ectomobile, having a great time. And the crowds on 42nd Street are real. You put Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd on a street corner, and you have no trouble drawing a crowd."
  11. Joe Medjuck (2005). Ghostbusters- Commentary (2005) (DVD ts. 40:02-40:14). Columbia TriStar Home Video. Joe Medjuck says: "The guy chasing here is not an actor, he was really chasing...The guy chasing was really someone from Rockefeller Center because it was illegal to shoot there. "
  12. Greene, James, Jr., (2022). A Convenient Parallel Dimension: How Ghostbusters Slimed Us Forever, p. 60. Lyons Press, Essex, CT USA, ISBN 9781493048243. Line reads: "There was also the case of Jeff Nichols, a high-schooler in Hackensack, New Jersey, who found himself a hometown hero when friends began noticing him in the background of a brief scene Ghostbusters filmed at Rockefeller Center. Nichols had been on a school trip to New York City in the fall of 1983 and had no idea he'd been caught on camera."
  13. Joe Medjuck (2005). Ghostbusters- Commentary (2005) (DVD ts. 40:07-40:08). Columbia TriStar Home Video. Joe Medjuck says: "There's me again! "
  14. Caledonian Record "Me and the Ghostbusters" 8/14/19 Article reads: "He called on me, from California to do a fake Atlantic Magazine cover for the movie. At that point in my career, I had yet to do an actual Atlantic cover...In a stupendous display of over-kill, four fairly large cardboard boxes arrived at my house. One box contained dozens and dozens of pictures of Bill Murray, and another, pictures of Dan Aykroyd and another of Harold Ramis, the three main stars. I had shots of them close-up, at every angle and full figure –in their costumes and out of them. The fourth box was loaded with pictures of them posed together in various action shots...I set to work and created a sketch for approval and then when I got the okay, I did the finished art in linocut. Michael slapped an Atlantic logo on it and some type and made it look exactly like an Atlantic cover. We had done many fake jobs like this for the Lampoon, of course, so we knew how to do this stuff. Then, to my surprise, the fake cover had to go to The Atlantic for approval which it secured and into the movie it went."
  15. Ivan Reitman (2005). Ghostbusters- Commentary (2005) (DVD ts. 40:22-41:03). Columbia TriStar Home Video. Ivan Reitman says: "This is the first shot we shot in the movie. Bill Murray had just arrived from France on an airplane, immediately got taken to downtown Manhattan, put on one of these outfits and boom were shooting on Madison Avenue. I had an amazing shiver when I saw the guys in their outfits. I knew there's something special here.. "
  16. Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 93 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Michael Gross says: "Casey Kasem was included at the very last minute during postproduction. In fact, the idea of putting him in came to use the day before we recorded it. We called him up, made the deal, he appeared the next day, read his bit and we cut it into the film -- all in 24 hours."
  17. Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 137 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Harold Ramis says: "The plot was moving much too fast at this point to introduce anything even sightly extraneous. The idea behind the scene was to give Dan a love interest -- a woman who's been dead for a hundred years. But the scene was too long and it was in the wrong place in the film. We all loved the notion of Stantz having sex with a ghost, though, so Ivan came up with the idea of treating it as a dream and inserting it into the very end of the montage."
  18. Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 135 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Paragraph reads: "Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd discuss an upcoming shot in the truncated Fort Detmerring sequence, filmed on a small set adjacent to Dana's apartment on Stage 12."
  19. Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 136 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Paragraph reads: "Playboy centerfold Kym Herrin strikes a hovering pose on stage at Entertainment Effects Group. Her brightly-lit, wind-blown image was later enhanced with optical effects and composited into the live-action material photographed on the Fort Detmerring set."
  20. American Cinematographer June 1984 Line reads: "For example, a scene in which a lady ghost unzips Dan Aykroyd's pants was originally intended to be a composite combining a live-action shot with an elaborate pair of self-unzipping pants but ended up being shot as a straight 35mm insert shot due to pressures of the schedule."
  21. Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 95. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Paragraph reads: "The encounter between the policeman and the Ectomobile is the only scene in the final shooting script which suggested that the vehicle itself had some extranormal powers -- a carryover from Dan Aykroyd's initial draft in which the Ectomobile was equipped with an advanced dematerializing capability that allowed its operators, functioning somewhat outside the law, to readily elude police pursuit. Though the ticketing sequence was shot and cut into the film, it was ultimately removed because it slowed down the breakneck pace of the montage"
  22. Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 47 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Ivan Reitman says: "At one point, we planned to do a second commercial for the film -- one that we could work into the montage after they've become famous. I was going to do it as an elaborate MTV music video, with the guys singing the 'Ghostbusters' song -- which we later could have actually played on MTV. Unfortunately, we didn't get the song we liked until late in postproduction, and by that time it was too late to go back and do it."
  23. Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 96 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Paragraph reads: "Venkman's interception of Dana outside the Metropolitan Opera House -- ostensibly to give her a progress report on her case -- was actually the first scene shot between Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver."
  24. Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 96 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Joe Medjuck says: "For the long shots, we had to loop the dialogue because the Lincoln Center fountain in the background created so much noise. For the closeups -- when the fountain was out of frame -- we were able to have the water shut off."
  25. Ivan Reitman (1999). Ghostbusters- Commentary (1999) (DVD ts. 43:23-43:33). Columbia TriStar Home Video. Ivan Reitman says: "Our sound man... Just went nuts when he saw that we were gonna shoot here and he kept saying, "Well, can we turn off the fountains?" And they wouldn't let us turn off the fountains at Lincoln Center."
  26. Ivan Reitman (1999). Ghostbusters- Commentary (1999) (DVD ts. 43:39-43:41). Columbia TriStar Home Video. Ivan Reitman says: "I think this is one of the few scenes we had to loop."
  27. Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 96 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Paragraph reads: "Although not always the case, in this instance the modified dialogue developed during rehearsal -- including such apparently off-the-cuff lines as "I respect you as an artist and as a dresser" -- was typed up, virtually on the spot, and inserted into the script in time for shooting the next morning."
  28. Timothy Carhart (2019). Cleanin' Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters, Deleted Scenes (2019) (Blu-Ray ts. 7:45-8:03). Bueno Productions. Timothy Carhart says: "Dustin Huffman visited the set that day and I remember sitting on the fountain between takes and there was Dustin Hoffman talking to Bill Murray and Bill Murray towering over him. He's like [looks up] talking to him. It was pretty funny."
  29. Josh Gad YouTube "Who Ya Gonna Zoom? | Reunited Apart GHOSTBUSTERS Edition" 26:06-26:09 6/15/2020 Timothy Carhart says: "And during a little break, Dustin Hoffman showed up because I guess he's a friend of Bill Murray's."'
  30. TCU Collectibles facebook "Timothy Carhart (The Violinist, Ghostbusters) Interview" 2:53-3:23 6/26/2020 Timothy Carhart says: "All I remember about it is being handed that stupid nasal spray thing and I'm like, "What? Is this even in the script?" and they're like, "No, I don't think so." But I'm told to use it when they-the time came and where I'm staring at them over there, jealous, and-that's how we do it and everything is great."
  31. TCU Collectibles facebook "Timothy Carhart (The Violinist, Ghostbusters) Interview" 7:00-7:15 6/26/2020 Timothy Carhart says: "I think 4.75. There-would ran of juice at the end, so I'm estimating 7-5 right. I mean we did have to shoot it a few times."
  32. Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 102 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Paragraph reads: "In Dan Aykroyd's first script, the spectral storage facility was not at the firehouse itself, but rather in a deserted Sunoco gas station in northern New Jersey, taken over by the Ghostbusters and surreptitiously converted into a holding cell for wayward spirits."
  33. William Atherton (2009). Ghostbusters- Slimer Mode (2009) (Blu-Ray ts. 21:48-22:03). Columbia TriStar Home Video. William Atherton says: "And, you know, Murray would tease Annie. And so she just had a way of cutting through. He'd be riffing something before a scene and you would hear Annie go, "Enough, Murray. Enough." She would start to do-- It was great."
  34. Annie Potts (2019). Cleanin' Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters, Deleted Scenes (2019) (Blu-Ray ts. 1:09:37-1:10:37). Bueno Productions. Annie Potts says: "I shot a couple of days before I did my first scene with Bill. I was like, 'Isn't Bill supposed to be here? What time is Bill's call?' Bill missed his call by some hours so much so that we had to start shooting that sequence with a stand-in. Then he came in and he clearly didn't know what the scene was. He hadn't looked at it. Bill was very willing to just improvise that scene. You can't now improvise the scene because we shot half of it so you kind of have to do the lines. He was a little embarrassed about having been that late so he was amusing everybody but not me so much. He was like, 'What's wrong? What's wrong, Annie? C'mon.' I said, 'Nothing's wrong. I would just like you to stand on your f***ing mark and say your f***ing line! And then I'll be fine.' And as I recall, the crew applauded."
  35. Winston Zeddemore (2009).The Real Ghostbusters- "The Collect Call of Cathulhu" (1987) (DVD ts. 17:16-17:19). Time Life Entertainment. Winston says: "Sometimes I really regret answering that ad you guys ran."

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