TV series

The Ghost Busters

Name: The Ghost Busters
Released: 1975
Cast: Larry Storch, Forrest Tucker, Linda Gary, Susan Blu, Pat Fraley

1975· 1 season· 22 min episodes★ 7.0Ended

On CBS — From Filmation Associates

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Synopsis

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.

Themes

detective paranormal phenomena ghost sitcom

Episodes

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E1 The Maltese MonkeyNext upSep 6, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
The Ghost Busters must stop the Fat Man and Rabbit from summoning the ghost of gangster Big Al Caesar, who will help them steal the stuff dreams are made of: the Maltese Monkey.
E2 Dr. WhatshisnameSep 13, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
Dr. Frankenstein returns, seeking the brain of the world's most gullible fool to transplant into his Monster. Enter Eddie Spencer.
E3 The Canterville GhostSep 20, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
Jewel thief Mr. C schemes to scare Carola out of the castle so he can find and steal the Canterville Diamond, not realizing it hangs around the neck of the scaredy-cat ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville.
E4 Who's Afraid of The Big Bad WolfSep 27, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
Hoping to remove the curse of the werewolf from hapless Harry Albert, Gypsy fortuneteller Sophia comes seeking to steal the Baldus Lupus Amulet that Spencer recently unearthed.
E5 The Flying DutchmanOct 4, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
Scroggs schemes to shanghai the unsuspecting Spencer and Tracy to serve as deck hands aboard Cap'n Beane's Flying Dutchman ghost ship.
E6 The Dummy's RevengeOct 11, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
The Phantom of Vaudeville, a masked ventriloquist with his dummy Elmo, seek revenge after suspecting Spencer, Tracy and Kong of being the song and dance act that upstaged them decades earlier.
E7 A Worthless GauzeOct 18, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
The Ghost Busters become embroiled with Egyptian Queen Forah and her Mummy as they search for the ape-sorcerer Simios, who in turn can bring them to Spen-Zah, possessor of the secret of immortality.
E8 Which Witch Is Which?Oct 25, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
The ghost of a 17th century witch and her stooge Gronk return for revenge on the descendant of the Edward Spencer who broke her spell at the Salem Witch Trials.
E9 They Went ThatawayNov 1, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
Those ghostriders in the sky are the spirits of Billy the Kid and Belle Starr back to round up a new gang of cattle rustlers. The Ghost Busters disguise themselves as cowboys to get the Dematerializer drop on 'em.
E10 The Vampire's ApprenticeNov 8, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
The Ghost Busters may get the bite put on them when Count and Countess Dracula return from the other side in search of a warm-blooded donor.
E11 Jekyll and Hyde - Together for The First TimeNov 15, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are living as two separate persons, with the Neanderthal Hyde driving insane the urbane Jekyll. Only by drinking a potion made from a person without any personality can Jekyll ever hope to be set free from Hyde.
E12 Only Ghosts Have WingsNov 22, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
The Ghost Busters discover the Red Baron and his grease monkey Sparky using the haunted castle to repair their damaged airplane.
E13 The Vikings Have LandedNov 29, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
The ghosts of Erik the Red and Brunhilda return to plant a Viking banner and establish their claim to having discovered America prior to the loathsome Lothar the Hun.
E14 Merlin The MagicianDec 6, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
Merlin and jester Gronk are pursued from the Great Beyond by their nemesis Morgan Le Fay, who intends to trap them in this era. The Ghost Busters befriend and assist the broken-down magician in his battle with the beautiful sorceress.
E15 The Abominable SnowmanDec 13, 1975 · 25 min
Synopsis
Spencer 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.