Ghost-busters
Cartoon (The Other One)
I remember
watching this intro and being totally confused by this show.
The Real
Ghostbusters and this Ghostbusters series came out at the same time.
That's the reason the movie-based cartoon show called it "The Real".
From
Wiki, ((The success of Columbia's (unrelated) film spurred
Filmation to resurrect their own property, producing an animated
series based on the characters from the earlier TV show. This
animated series ran from September 8 to December 5, 1986
in daytime syndication and produced 65 episodes. ))
Yes,
Filmantion owned the rights to the super corny Ghost Busters show
from the mid-70s. These characters from the cartoon show are the
sons from the 70s show. Filmation cashed in on the success of the movie because they actually owned the rights to the name, but I guess putting "The Real" in front of your own cartoon series negates that. Ghost Busters only lasted one season (over 60 episodes) and The Real GB had 7 seasons and a spin off series.
Growing
up, I hated this cartoon series and loved The Real Ghostbusters. I
didn't understand the whole legal story behind this show and the
movie rights.
From
Wiki, ((When Columbia
Pictures started producing the film Ghostbusters
in 1984, it
neglected the fact that Filmation had already produced a live-action
comedy series with that same name in 1975.
Columbia agreed to license the name from Filmation for $500,000 plus
1% of the profits (of which there were ostensibly
none). Since Columbia did not want to license Filmation the
rights to the movie Ghostbusters when they were looking to produce an
animated series, Filmation produced an animated version of their
live-action TV show. Columbia proceeded to name their cartoon show
The
Real Ghostbusters to directly distinguish it from the Filmation
show ))
It
should be noted that this show was created by the same shitty
animation studio that made the Star Trek and He-Man cartoon shows. BTW, He-Man doesn't hold up.
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