25 minSeason 1 • Episode 15
LatestSpencer stumbles onto the scene when Dr. Centigrade is searching for a warm-blooded heart to transplant into the Abominable Snowman. Final episode of the series.
The Ghost Busters was a live-action children's television series that ran in 1975, about a team of bumbling detectives who would investigate ghostly occurrences. Only 15 episodes were created. This series reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch in roles similar to their characters in F Troop. Tucker played Jake Kong, and Storch played zoot suit-wearing Eddie Spencer. The third member of the trio was Tracy the Gorilla, played by actor Bob Burns. The series was unrelated to the 1984 film Ghostbusters.
Acting
Storch and Tucker's Vaudeville chemistry survives any script.
Practical Effects
Gorilla suit so committed it deserves its own credit.
Production
Zero budget, infinite ambition, one very patient ape actor.
Creator
Marc Richards
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmation rushed this to air in 1975 specifically to secure the 'Ghost Busters' title before any potential film adaptation—ironic given what happened nine years later.
Bob Burns, who played Tracy, was a legendary Hollywood gorilla suit performer who also wore the suit in the original 'King Kong' (1933) flashback scenes.
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