| The Ghost Busters | |
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| Created by | Marc Richards |
| Starring | Forrest Tucker Larry Storch Bob Burns |
| Theme music composer | Diane Hildebrand Jackie Mills |
| Opening theme | "Ghost-Busters" Theme (sung by Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch) |
| Ending theme | "Ghost-Busters" Theme (instrumental) |
| Composers | Yvette Blais Jeff Michael |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer Dick Rosenbloom |
| Producer | Norman Abbott |
| Production location | United States |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including commercials) |
| Production company | Filmation |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 6 – December 13, 1975 |
| Related | |
| Ghostbusters (1986 TV series) | |
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The Ghost Busters is a live-action children's sitcom that ran on CBS in 1975, about a team of bumbling detectives who investigate ghostly occurrences. Fifteen episodes were produced.[1] The show reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch in roles similar to their characters in F Troop.[2]
The series is unrelated to the 1984 film Ghostbusters (although Columbia Pictures did pay Filmation a significant fee for a license to use the name). Like the film, the series spawned its own animated sequel in 1986.[3]
The series utilizes slapstick, with scenes centered on the perpetual bumbling of the characters, good and evil alike.[4] The series also makes references to classic cinema; the names "Spencer" and "Tracy" were taken from the actor Spencer Tracy, while the name Kong – not given to the gorilla – was an homage to King Kong.[citation needed]
- ^ Solomon, Charles (September 18, 1986). "Animated Shows For Kids". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. pp. 184–185. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 372–374. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. p. 195. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.