SeriesSupernatural Ghosts & Haunting Comedy Horror

The Ghost Busters1975

Name: The Ghost Busters
Genre: Supernatural, Ghosts & Haunting, Comedy Horror
Released: 1975-09-06
Rating: 6.8

“Spooks, monsters and ghouls got you down? The Ghost Busters will save the day!”

Created by Marc Richards

6.8

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 7.1TMDB 7.1

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Year

1975

Seasons

Network

CBS

Status

Ended

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

Long before the famous 1984 film, The Ghost Busters brought ghost-hunting to Saturday morning television in gloriously goofy live-action form. Jake Kong, Eddie Spencer, and their unexpected partner — Tracy the Gorilla — make up the world's least intimidating paranormal detective agency. Each episode sends this slapstick trio stumbling through a new spooky case, leaning hard on physical comedy and camp rather than genuine scares. It's a charming time capsule of 1970s children's television that reunited two beloved comedy veterans.

Episode Guide

· 6h 15m total· Sep 1975 → Dec 1975

S1.E1 · The Maltese MonkeyPremiere
Sep 6, 1975 · 25 min
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.
S1.E2 · Dr. Whatshisname
Sep 13, 1975 · 25 min
Dr. Frankenstein returns, seeking the brain of the world's most gullible fool to transplant into his Monster. Enter Eddie Spencer.
S1.E3 · The Canterville Ghost
Sep 20, 1975 · 25 min
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.
S1.E4 · Who's Afraid of The Big Bad Wolf
Sep 27, 1975 · 25 min
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.
S1.E5 · The Flying Dutchman
Oct 4, 1975 · 25 min
Scroggs schemes to shanghai the unsuspecting Spencer and Tracy to serve as deck hands aboard Cap'n Beane's Flying Dutchman ghost ship.