Category: "Real Ghostbusters"
The Real Ghostbusters: The Complete Series Unofficial/Bootleg Blu-ray Review
Sony recently began uploading full episodes of The Real Ghostbusters to the official Ghostbusters YouTube channel, which I have been documenting here on Spook Central. (Sony's Extreme Ghostbusters episode uploads are being documented here.) This is… more »
Hasbro's Kenner Classics: GhostPopper Review
Hasbro's Kenner Classics line continues with the Kenner Classics: GhostPopper. Read on to find out more about it... more »
Hasbro PulseCon 2020 - Ghostbusters Panel Recap & Product Reveals
By Paul Rudoff on Sep. 26, 2020 at 10:33 PM , Categories: Real Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Toys
Hasbro held their live-streaming PulseCon convention yesterday and today on the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel. The event, hosted by Jackie Jennings, featured product reveals and interviews with various people associated with the brands Hasbro makes toys… more »
Hasbro 2020 Toy Fair - Attendee Report & Ghostbusters Product Line Details
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 25, 2020 at 9:15 PM , Categories: Personal, Ghostbusters 1, Real Ghostbusters, Reviews & Merch, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Filming Locations, The 2016 Parody Remake
On Saturday February 22, 2020, I attended the Hasbro 2020 Toy Fair in New York City, an offshoot of the larger New York Toy Fair going on elsewhere in the city at the same time. Thanks to the invitation-only event, I was able to be amongst the first to… more »
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue Rental VHS & Bootleg DVD Review
Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue was a half-hour animated drug prevention special starring many of the popular cartoon characters from American Saturday morning television shows, which was simulcast on April 21, 1990 on all three major American… more »
The Real Ghostbusters Music & Effects CDs and Spook Central Multimedia Update
Eleven years ago, Time Life released The Real Ghostbusters: Complete Collection. Since it's been out-of-print for almost half as long, I figured that it was finally time to add the exclusive content from it to Spook Central. more »
Ghostbusters Fan Fest 2019
By Paul Rudoff on Aug. 28, 2019 at 11:28 PM , Categories: Ghostbusters 1, Miscellaneous, Ghostbusters 2, Real Ghostbusters, Extreme Ghostbusters, Cast & Crew, Fans, The 2016 Parody Remake
On Friday June 7th and Saturday June 8th 2019, Wizard World and Sony Pictures held the first ever Ghostbusters Fan Fest. What transpired at the event? Read on the find out... more »
Spook Central Halloween Treat - The Real Ghostbusters Call Sheets & Notable Guest Stars
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 31, 2018 at 12:00 PM , Categories: Real Ghostbusters, Preservation , Tags: halloween_treat
This year's Halloween Treat is something really special, and it's something that a lot of us fans have been waiting over 30 years for. Exclusively on Spook Central, you can now find the call sheets from The Real Ghostbusters recording sessions. They… more »
The Real Ghostbusters Volumes 6 to 10 Sony 2016 DVD Review
Last year, Sony released 10 volumes of The Real Ghostbusters on DVD, which were completely different from The Real Ghostbusters: Complete Collection 25-disc DVD box set TimeLife released back in 2008. I already reviewed Sony's Volumes 1 through 5, and… more »
Spook Central Halloween Treat - Ghostbusters Coloring Pages
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 31, 2016 at 12:00 PM , Categories: Spook Central, Real Ghostbusters, Fans , Tags: halloween_treat
It was never meant to be a regular thing. I'm kinda surprised that it still is. Several lifetimes ago, way back in 2012, Matt and I planned Spook Central's first "Halloween Treat": the Making Ghostbusters PDF. It was actually posted a week after… more »
The Real Ghostbusters Volumes 1 to 5 Sony 2016 DVD Review
You may recall that TimeLife released The Real Ghostbusters: Complete Collection DVD box set back in 2008. This is NOT a review of that set. The set that I am reviewing today does NOT contain the complete series, nor is it being advertised as such. In… more »
Site Update - Real Ghostbusters Animation Cels / Toy Door Poster / Ghostbusters II Cassette & CD Single Art
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 18, 2015 at 7:42 PM , Categories: Spook Central, Ghostbusters 2, Real Ghostbusters, Music, Toys
A rather odd grouping of stuff for this Spook Central site update. The bulk of the update is that ALL of my Real Ghostbusters Animation Cels are now part of the site. Eventually, I'd like to identify every episode each cel comes from and find the final… more »
Early Real Ghostbusters Peter Venkman Bill Murray Design
In the early stages of production on The Real Ghostbusters, the Peter Venkman character was designed to look more like Bill Murray (the movie counterpart) than what was seen in the final show. You may have noticed this if you saw the original promo… more »
Ghostbusters Storybooks & More eBooks Preserved
By Paul Rudoff on Jun. 26, 2015 at 9:29 PM , Categories: Spook Central, Ghostbusters 1, Real Ghostbusters, Books, Preservation
My portion of the Ghostbusters eBook Preservation Project is near completion. Another eight books have been preserved, and there are only two left from my personal collection to add. Matthew Jordan has better copies of the two books, and a few others… more »
Paul's Real Ghostbusters Voice Actor Letter
(click to enlarge) Hey, everyone! Since today is my birthday, I thought I'd mark the occasion by posting something personal and Ghostbusters-related. As I been scanning in all of my Ghostbusters merchandise, I've been finding long-forgotten items. One… more »
Slimer Series Bible & More Ghostbusters eBooks Added
By Paul Rudoff on May. 24, 2015 at 10:30 PM , Categories: Ghostbusters 1, Ghostbusters 2, Real Ghostbusters, Books, Preservation
For many years, you have been able to read The Real Ghostbusters series bible here on Spook Central, but I never considered that a series bible would exist for any other Ghostbusters animated series. I don't know why, as it's one of the basic production… more »
Ghostbusters Vintage Magazine Collection Completed
By Paul Rudoff on Apr. 11, 2015 at 5:57 PM , Categories: Spook Central, Ghostbusters 1, Ghostbusters 2, Real Ghostbusters, Extreme Ghostbusters, Books
The rest of the Ghostbusters vintage magazine articles have been scanned, cleaned, and added to Spook Central. Here's a nice little list... Ghostbusters Books page: • Fangoria #36 • Fangoria #39 • Fangoria #40 (and poster image) •… more »
Vintage Ghostbusters Magazine PDF eBooks
By Paul Rudoff on Jun. 22, 2014 at 12:00 PM , Categories: Ghostbusters 1, Ghostbusters 2, Real Ghostbusters, Cast & Crew, Books, Preservation
Welcome to Spook Central's special Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary Celebration. Today we have a big PDF eBook update for the site. On the Ghostbusters Books page, the following PDFs were added: • Film Yearbook 1986 review • Cinefantastique Jan.… more »
Ghostbusters PDF eBook Preservation Project - The Real Ghostbusters in Haunted House Mystery
A nice vintage children's book has been preserved this time around. On The Real Ghostbusters Books page you can now find a PDF ebook of The Real Ghostbusters in Haunted House Mystery by Peter Mandel. This small 6x6 inch book was one of many of the same… more »
Interview With Jina Bacarr, Writer Of Unproduced Real Ghostbusters Script
Back in 2003 I was working on a project that involved writing to the cast and crew of the various Ghostbusters projects. While on the Writers Guild of America website I saw a listing for Jina Bacarr with The Real Ghostbusters listed as one of her… more »
Ghostbusters PDF eBook Preservation Project - Ghostbusters: The Return, Real Ghostbusters Toy Booklets, And More!
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 24, 2012 at 8:13 PM , Categories: Ghostbusters 1, Ghostbusters 2, Real Ghostbusters, Books, Toys, Preservation
When I started the Ghostbusters PDF eBook Preservation Project, one of the books I most wanted to preserve was Sholly Fisch's novel Ghostbusters: The Return. Even though it isn't a very old book (it came out in 2004), the publisher, iBooks, went out of… more »
The Real Ghostbusters News Alert - Shanna's Siren Song Stolen From She-Ra!
Back in 1987, pop songstress Shanna O'Callahan captivated audiences worldwide with her hit song "Love Makes Me Live". The song was heard on the radio several times a day, the music video played in constant rotation on MTV (back when the channel lived up… more »
Unreleased Kenner The Real Ghostbusters Toys
Josh Blake (a Kenner memorabilia collector) has provided to Ghostbusters Wiki a bunch of scans from the "Kenner 1991: Hot, Hot, Hot" retailer catalog. This book contains promotional images and descriptions of several items in The Real Ghostbusters toy… more »
Peter Mosen At The Real Ghostbusters Day Event
Way back in September 1986 Columbia Pictures Television presented "Real Ghostbusters Day" at the Ambassador Hotel (3400 Wilshire Boulevard) in Los Angeles in conjunction with the LA Science Fiction and Comic Book Convention. The promotion was to draw… more »
Happy Halloween
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 31, 2009 at 4:00 AM , Categories: Ghostbusters 1, Real Ghostbusters, Internet, Music
Well, the Ghostbusters busiest time of year is upon us again. It's been rather busy for me, too, but not for a few others who've chosen to honor the holiday in their own Ghostbusters-themed way. "Dapper" Dan Schoening (if you don't know the name, you… more »
Fan-Made Real Ghostbusters Score Album
Musical fans of The Real Ghostbusters have had to make due with just the Tahiti soundtrack album, as we didn't get a "score album" of the series' instrumental pieces by composers Haim Saban and Shuki Levy. I think it's safe to say that we never will get… more »
Real Ghostbusters DVD Collection Hands-On
By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 21, 2008 at 11:30 PM , Categories: Spook Central, Real Ghostbusters, Home Video
A surprise package was left on my porch today from TimeLife. I was expecting to get my copy of the set next week, but apparently some select people are getting copies of the set this week in advance of the shipment to the general public this Tuesday.… more »
RGB DVD Promo Review
Time-Life was kind enough to send an "Advance Promotional DVD" for The Real Ghostbusters DVD set. It's interesting to note that nine years ago, Sony sent out the promo video for the Ghostbusters DVD release in 1999 on VHS, and now promo videos… more »
Site Update - Real Ghostbusters Bible & Scripts Added
This is it! This is definitely it! I have just added digital copies of every single The Real Ghostbusters and Slimer! script that I own! All of these scripts come from my personal collection and were personally scanned in by me. Although I have… more »
Real Ghostbusters DVD Box Design Winner
About a month ago, a contest was held on TVShowsOnDVD.com in which fans got to vote on one of two box designs for the upcoming The Real Ghostbusters complete series DVD set. TVShowsOnDVD.com just released the results and the clear winner was THE… more »