Spook Central: The Ghostbusters Companion

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Zooey Deschanel Takes Possession Tips From Dana Barrett

Most Ghostbusters references are short bits that can best be encapsulated with a small video clip, as evidenced by Spook Central's collection of Ghostbusters reference videos on Critical Commons. However, sometimes there's a reference for which a small…

In References

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A Sad Anniversary

image created by Doreen Mulman It was ten years ago today that actress Mary Kay Bergman tragically took her own life. Ghostbusters fans would know her best as the voice of Banshee in the Extreme Ghostbusters episodes "Sonic Youth" and…

In Cast & Crew

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Spook Central Halloween Treat - Dan Aykroyd & Bill Murray Team Up With Spider-Man

This year's Halloween Treat is really special because it's not, specifically, Ghostbusters-related. It does feature two stars of Ghostbusters: Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray. Thirty-seven years ago, long before there was a Marvel Cinematic Universe where…

In Cast & Crew, Books

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Shot On Site - 3-D Effects So Real, The Ghosts Jump Right Off The Screen

Welcome to Spook Central's special "Shot On Site Summer" event. Throughout the Summer, I've been posting Shot On Site articles on Spook Central detailing newly-discovered Ghostbusters filming locations. Click here to view the current schedule. Please…

In Ghostbusters 2, Filming Locations

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My Old Domain Name Gets A New Life & GBFF Move And Revamp Coming

From around 2000-2001 I had the domain name TheRealGhostbusters.com thanks to the free domain name service NameZero. They promised that if you kept an active site at the domain, they would extend the free use of the domain name for another year, and so…

In Fans, Internet

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Shot On Site - I Ain't Afraid Of Fear Itself

Welcome to Spook Central's special "Shot On Site Summer" event. All throughout the month of July, and possibly the rest of the Summer, I will be posting Shot On Site articles on Spook Central detailing newly-discovered Ghostbusters filming locations.…

In Ghostbusters 1, Ghostbusters 2, Filming Locations

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Ghostbuster Song Roots Found? - Part 2

No, this isn't an article about how Winston is a descendant of Kunta Kinte, though The Real Ghostbusters episode "Moaning Stones" might suggest that to be true. This is actually a follow-up to a piece Chris over at Proton Charging wrote back in July…

In Miscellaneous

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Shot On Site - Yes, Virginia, There Is A Spectral Locomotive

Welcome to Spook Central's special "Shot On Site Summer" event. All throughout the month of July, and possibly the rest of the Summer, I will be posting Shot On Site articles on Spook Central detailing newly-discovered Ghostbusters filming locations.…

In Ghostbusters 1, Filming Locations

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Shot On Site - Ecto-1 Caught On The Flip Side

Welcome to Spook Central's special "Shot On Site Summer" event. All throughout the month of July, and possibly the rest of the Summer, I will be posting Shot On Site articles on Spook Central detailing newly-discovered Ghostbusters filming locations.…

In Ghostbusters 1, Filming Locations

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Shot On Site - Won't You Take Me To Chinatown

Welcome to Spook Central's special "Shot On Site Summer" event. Throughout the Summer, I've been posting Shot On Site articles on Spook Central detailing newly-discovered Ghostbusters filming locations. Click here to view the current schedule.

In Ghostbusters 1, Filming Locations

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Horror Block April 2015 Unboxing / Titan Ecto-1 Vinyl

Followers to the Spook Central Facebook page have known for the past month that Nerd Block, makers of specially-themed mystery boxes, has teamed with Titan Merchandise to produce an exclusive officially-licensed Ghostbusters vinyl figure for the April…

In Reviews & Merch

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New York City 2013 Field Report

Yesterday my family and I went into the City to celebrate my parent's 38th wedding anniversary. We visited Times Square and Rockefeller Center, and I figured it would be a good opportunity to take some photos of the Ghostbusters spots at those locations…

In Personal, Ghostbusters 1, Ghostbusters 2, Filming Locations

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Shot On Site - I Think These People Are Completely Nuts

Welcome to Spook Central's special Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary Celebration. Today is the second event of the celebration and we have the first "Shot On Site" article since September of 2012 (and also the first written by someone other than Paul).…

In Ghostbusters 2, Filming Locations

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Shot On Site - Ray's Got One!!!

Welcome to Spook Central's special "Shot On Site Summer" event. All throughout the month of July, and possibly the rest of the Summer, I will be posting Shot On Site articles on Spook Central detailing newly-discovered Ghostbusters filming locations.…

In Ghostbusters 1, Filming Locations

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Get Slimed DVD Review

Get Slimed: The Making Of The Classic Animatronic Character is a 15-minute interview with Steve Johnson, the original designer of Onionhead (later known as Slimer) for the film Ghostbusters, in which he talks about how the classic character came into…

In Ghostbusters 1, Cast & Crew, Home Video

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Shot On Site - Louis The Wanderer...He Roams Around, Around, Around

Welcome to Spook Central's special "Shot On Site Summer" event. All throughout the month of July, and possibly the rest of the Summer, I will be posting Shot On Site articles on Spook Central detailing newly-discovered Ghostbusters filming locations.…

In Ghostbusters 1, Filming Locations

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Arsenio Hall's Coming To America EPK Interview

Arsenio Hall was a stand-up comedian when he was hired in 1986 to provide the voice of Winston Zeddemore in The Real Ghostbusters animated series. Only a few years later, he would land the role of Semmi, best friend to Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy), in…

In Real Ghostbusters, Cast & Crew

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Frank Welker In New Live-Action Role

Frank Welker, the voice of Ray and Slimer in The Real Ghostbusters, is a god among voice artists. Although his filmography is filled with literally hundreds of vocal performances, he has done a few live-action roles. How few? Well if the filmography at…

In Cast & Crew

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You're No Fluke, Jennifer

Actress Jennifer Runyon is best known to Ghostbusters fans as Jennifer, the pretty blonde student Peter was hitting on when he administered the not-so-scientific ESP test at the beginning of the movie. There are a few videos of Jennifer's other works up…

In Cast & Crew

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The NYGB ComicGuide Resurrection

For most of the 2000s, Chris Buchner ran two sites: the NYGB Tourguide and the NYGB ComicGuide. The former focused on the New York City filming locations from both movies, while the latter focused on all of the Ghostbusters comic books ever published.…

In Internet, Books

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Spook Central Elementary Coming Soon (April Fools)

If you came to this site on April 1, 2013, you would have seen this Spook Central Elementary replacement main page instead of the Ghostbusters fansite Spook Central. The Spook Central Facebook page was also altered, too. Clicking on the link at the…

In Spook Central

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Still Making Headlines All Across The Country...

I was recently interviewed by popular entertainment blog Scribble King. The interview has just been posted, and you can read it here: I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters fan Paul Rudoff (February 12, 2007). News of my interview even…

In Personal, Internet

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Maurice LaMarche In The Facts Of Life

I don't know if any of you have ever seen this episode, but if you haven't, I think you're really going to enjoy it - especially if you're a fan of Maurice LaMarche (Egon in The Real Ghostbusters). The Facts of Life - "Seven Little Indians" (1/3/1987 -…

In Cast & Crew

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My Parent's Wedding Anniversary In This Sunday's Newsday

My first post of the new year is actually not about Ghostbusters. This is a personal post, and one that won't even be of much use to the large percentage of you who live outside of the New York area, but it's something that I'm proud of, and wanted to…

In Personal

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Gozer Costume Sold At Auction On Hollywood Treasure

Last year Proton Charging reported that Slavitza Jovan's Gozer costume from Ghostbusters was "found in a surplus store on an 'unidentified' costume rack", and that being "a very flimsy piece of kit, the costume has held up well, with the various…

In Props

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Bobby Brown's Birthday - Before They Were Rock Stars

In honor of Bobby Brown's 50th birthday today, here's a clip from VH-1's Before They Were Rock Stars in 1999 showcasing some of his movie roles, including Ghostbusters II.

In Ghostbusters 2, Cast & Crew

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Knock Knock & Venkman's Ghost Repellers (Tahiti Music)

Just a reminder that Spook Central VIPs can download the following exclusive The Real Ghostbusters alternate episode today: * RGB Alt Ep VIDEO: "Knock Knock" & "Venkman's Ghost Repellers" (Tahiti Music for both) Thanks to John…

In Real Ghostbusters, VIP Exclusives

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From The Vault - Interviews

I recently went through an old CD-R I burned back in 2001 of various things I downloaded and thought (at the time) were worth saving. Rather than repost content, I'm trying my best to find it all online, either on the original websites, or in the…

In Cast & Crew, Internet

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Hurricane Sandy Dan Schoening Charity Cover Revealed

Back in November of last year, as I was languishing away in a Red Cross emergency shelter, due to my family's home of 23 years being taken away from us by Hurricane Sandy, several Ghostheads put forth charitable efforts to help me in my time of need.…

In Personal, Books

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Hasbro's Kenner Classics: Fearsome Flush Review

Hasbro's Kenner Classics line continues with the Kenner Classics: Fearsome Flush. Read on to find out more about it...

In Toys