I've been a fan of Ghostbusters all my life. I've loved the movies and grew up watching the cartoon. When Time Life released a "Complete Series" boxed set, I was quick to buy it. I finally got around to going through the series and the show is even better than I remember it.
There's a reason why this show has held up over the years as well as it did and that's simple quality. These episodes are genuinely good. They have humor, but have elements of creepiness that make it that much more interesting to watch.
It captures the spirit of the movies, not just in tone, but in character. The writers nailed every one of the four and even did a pretty good job with Janine, though she was more peripheral than the others. Just watching them banter back and forth was entertaining enough, but the stories were quite solid.
The writers managed to incorporate spirits and beings from a wide variety of mythologies and even threw in some nods to classic literature. One episode has the Ghostbusters battling Cthulhu himself. If that doesn't make you squee, I don't know what will.
The only downside of this show is Slimer. I hate him; he sucks. The fact that the executives decided to give him a larger focus in the show's later seasons vexes me to no end. The show really is so much better when he's nowhere to be seen, it's uncanny. Alas, things went down as they did.
In any event, this show is a gem. Definitely check out those early episodes, especially the syndicated ones as they really are a joy to watch. Going back and watching these episodes is fun for nostalgia sake, but the fact that the episodes are as good as they are makes it all the more worthwhile.
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Episode 1: Ghosts R Us
Episode 2: Killerwatt
Episode 3: Mrs' Rogers Neighborhood
Episode 4: Slimer, Come Home
Episode 5: Troll Bridge
Episode 6: The Boogieman Cometh
Episode 7: Mr. Sandman Dream Me a Dream
Episode 8: When Halloween Was Forever
Episode 9: Look Homeward, Ray
Episode 10: Take Two
Episode 11: Citizen Ghost
Episode 12: Janine's Genie
Episode 13: X-Mas Marks the Spot
Episode 14: Knock, Knock
Episode 15: Station Identification
Episode 16: Play Them Ragtime Boos
Episode 17: Sea Fright
Episode 18: The Spirit of Aunt Lois
Episode 19: Cry Uncle
Episode 20: Adventures in Slime and Space
Episode 21: Night Game
Episode 22: Venkman's Ghost Repellers
Episode 23: The Old College Spirit
Episode 24: Ain't Nasa-sarily So
Episode 25: Who're You Calling Two-Dimensional?
Episode 26: A Fright at the Opera
Episode 27: Doctor, Doctor
Episode 28: Ghost Busted
Episode 29: Beneath These Streets
Episode 30: Boo-Dunnit
Episode 31: Chicken, He Clucked
Episode 32: Ragnarok and Roll
Episode 33: Don't Forget the Motor City
Episode 34: Banshee Bake a Cherry Pie
Episode 37: You Can't Take it With You
Episode 38: No One Comes to Lupusville
Episode 39: Drool, the Dog-Faced Goblin
Episode 40: The Man Who Never Reached Home
Episode 41: The Collect Call of Cathulu
Episode 42: Bustman's Holiday
Episode 43: The Headless Motorcyclist
Episode 44: The Thing in Mrs. Haversham's Attic
Episode 45: Egon on the Rampage
Episode 46: Lights, Camera, Haunting!
Episode 47: The Bird of Kildarby
Episode 48: Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster
Episode 49: Apocalypse...What, Now?
Episode 50: Lost and Foundry
Episode 51: Hard Knight's Day
Episode 52: Cold Cash and Hot Water
Episode 53: The Scaring of the Green
Episode 54: They Call Me MISTER Slimer
Episode 55: Last Train to Oblivion
Episode 56: Masquerade
Episode 57: Janine's Day Off
Episode 58: The Ghostbusters in Paris
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