Finally. Time Life has released the long-awaited The Real Ghostbusters: The Complete Collection on DVD. And it's frackin' loaded. The mammoth $179.99 set features all 147 eps of The Real Ghostbusters, plus more than twelve hours of extras, all packed in a box with hologram panels that resembles the firehouse from the show. Looks like I'm gonna have to sell my car. For $179.99.I won't go on about how this animated spinoff of the Ghostbusters movie was the best thing on Saturday morning in the late 80s and early 90s (but it was), or how it was also the coolest thing to watch in syndication after school every day (but it was), or how Egon Spengler helped me overcome my own personal boogeyman (but he did). I also won't waste your time writing about the awesome Real Ghostbusters-inspired comics I used to create as a kid (but they were awesome), or how I still reference my favorite eps with my friends in casual conversation (but I do).
But I will ask you, dear TV Squad reader, to help make my Christmas wish come true by persuading my wife to buy me this box set. Because I really don't want to sell my car for $179.99.
How can you help? Just leave a comment on this post. Something like "He deserves to have this show for Christmas," or even a "Have pity on the poor bastard!" will do. She'll read. She'll feel the pressure. And she'll pay Time Life way too much money for a box of cartoons. What's the incentive for you? I promise to pitch retro-reviews of my favorite eps if I get this box set, and every review will feature a terribly geeky video clip like this one:
Here's a list of the set's special features, for those who need convincing that this is indeed a (pricey but) worthy buy.
The Real Ghostbusters: The Complete Collection includes:
- The original promotional pilot for The Real Ghostbusters, never before aired
- 21 on-camera commentary tracks with producers, voice actors, writers, animators and production personnel
- 5 exclusive documentaries
- 86 episode introductions
- 16-page booklet, including episode synopses, trivia and art for every episode!
- Plus scripts, storyboards, image galleries, music and effects audio tracks, and much more!
- Interviews with J. Michael Straczynski (Writer & Story Editor), Maurice LaMarche (Voice of "Egon Spengler"), Laura Summer (Voice of First "Janine Melnitz"), Kath Soucie (Voice of Second "Janine Melnitz") and many others
Seven greatest hand cannons in TV history
TV Squad previews NBC's new shows (part 1)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-26-2008 @ 12:36PM
Miles said...
Getting the bonus pilot should be enough, but that set is pretty jam packed. When I was a kid, I made my sister through out the trap as I strong armed imaginary ghosts with the Proton Packs I always got for Christmas and birthdays.
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11-26-2008 @ 12:42PM
ecto 1 said...
I'm a dude with needs...sometimes those needs include watching ray stantz get slimed with ectoplasm...c'mon girl, give the dude a break...
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11-26-2008 @ 12:54PM
Rocketboy said...
Wow, did this turn into X-Entertainment? :)
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11-26-2008 @ 11:00PM
Mike Moody said...
X celebrates X-mas early every year, and I guess I'm doin' the same. Nothing wrong with thatm eh?
12-01-2008 @ 12:48PM
Rocketboy said...
Not at all.. trust me, it wasn't a slight against this post... :)
11-26-2008 @ 1:55PM
Elf said...
Mrs. Moody, I'll assume yours was not an arranged or forced marriage, and that you knew what you were getting into when you married your husband. That said, people do change over time and their tastes and desires change along with them. It helps when both the husband and wife (or whatever combination is legal in your state of residence) see their tastes and desires change in the same direction over time, but sadly, this is not always the case. When I met my wife she would never have sat through even five seconds of something like "Dancing With The Stars" or "American Idol." But now, fifteen years later, she is addicted to worthless crap including those two plus a couple of soap operas every day.
So my advice to you is simply this: RUN! RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN! This year it's the Ghostbusters box set, next year it will be every episode of the Smurfs in a box set complete with interviews of the guy who made sure the Smurfs were colored in just the right shade of blue. The year after that it will be something even more obscure and more expensive, put up for sale by companies knowing there are people as weak-willed as your husband who will sacrifice the necessities of life for the chance to re-live their childhood memories instead of going out and making new memories.
DO NOT GIVE IN. Be strong. Find a support group. Steer your husband away from that downhill path.
Oh yeah, Happy Thanksgiving!
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11-26-2008 @ 11:03PM
Mike Moody said...
The poor girl. She's already given in.
11-26-2008 @ 8:40PM
Alex F said...
All I want for xmas is 'The Real Ghostbusters' set . . . . and Ghostbusters III
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11-27-2008 @ 12:09AM
Anita said...
Sorry, Mike, but what about the rest of us. Could TVSquad do a Real Ghostbusters giveaway? Heck, I'd even take Ghostbusters Extreme -
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11-28-2008 @ 12:24PM
mterrific said...
Ghostbusters extreme was an awesome, AWESOME show! I'd be getting the real ghostbusters if I had the money. Sadly I don't have a wife to guilt into buying it for me.
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