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Host Ross May explores the films of Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman.
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Oct 16, 2020
Oct 16, 2020
1hr 3 min
The biographies you never knew you needed! Lean about how the finances of Ghostbusters breaks down, plus:
Bernie Brillstein was in John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd’s corner, making Saturday Night Live, the Blues Brothers, and trying to make Ghostbusters happen. Plus, Muppets!
Agent Mike Ovitz ruled Hollywood for a time, and got great deals for Ghostbusters’ principal players. Also, surprisingly, a great pal with Bill Murray.
Frank Price was a pioneering TV producer who later oversaw Columbia Pictures and Universal. Learn how he had confidence in the Ghostbusters movie, and what happened to him afterwards.
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Oct 9, 2020
Oct 9, 2020
1hr 43 sec
It's 1983 and we’re on the Road to Ghostbusters. Learn amazing secrets such as:
-Dan Aykroyd’s early drafts, and thoughts of casting Eddie Murphy and John Belushi.
-How the movie ended up in front of Frank Price at Columbia Pictures.
-Developing the sets and special effects while the script was still being finalized.
-Nailing down Bill Murray!
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Oct 8, 2020
Oct 8, 2020
18 min
What do you get when you combine Star Wars and Mad Max? Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, from 1983! Why is it forbidden? Listen and find out!
Ernie Hudson drives a crazy space truck! Elmer Bernstein provides music! Molly Ringwald is precocious! Colin Mochrie is in there… somewhere. All in 3D!
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For 2020, patrons’ donations will be used to purchase toys for children at Victoria Hospital this Christmas.
Oct 2, 2020
Oct 2, 2020
1hr 14 min
We go BEYOND the future, into a universe you've never heard before. Ivan Reitman produced the animated Heavy Metal in 1981, and it’s more important to his career than you might realise:
-Learn WHY Reitman produced it. The answer lies in the offices of National Lampoon.
-Meet Michael C. Gross and other artists who’ll help create the art, tech & monsters for Ghostbusters!
-Ninja Turtles connections!
-Canadian actors, eh.
-Learn how Taarna is connected to both French artist Moebius, and Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki.
-Plutonium nyborg!
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For 2020, patrons’ donations will be used to purchase toys for children at Victoria Hospital this Christmas.
Oct 1, 2020
Oct 1, 2020
17 min
Welcome to 2020! Uh, can you tell I recorded this at the start of the year? Well, this October we’re back in a big way, and starting with Ivan Reitman’s collaborators, Joe Medjuck and Michael C. Gross! We touch on National Lampoon once again, the movie Heavy Metal, designing the Ghostbusters logo and… BEETHOVEN!
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For 2020, patrons’ donations will be used to purchase toys for children at Victoria Hospital this Christmas.
Dec 21, 2019
Dec 21, 2019
1hr 10 min
The calendar might say it's December of 2019, but we can travel back to celebrate in 1986 with The Real Ghostbusters! Plus we travel to 1843... and 1837? And 1994? Man, ghosts are taking us all over on this holiday retrospective. But yes, we look at "XMas Marks The Spot," written by J. Michael Straczynski and directed by Richard Raynis. Highlights include:
-Secrets of Japanese animation studios.
-Victorians' interest in ghost stories at Christmas.
-Peter Venkman's childhood.
-Seeing inside the ecto-containment unit.
It's all my gift to you. Happy Holidays, everyone.
Oct 31, 2019
Oct 31, 2019
1hr 1 min
Happy Halloween! We're watching a ghost busting, ghost crashing, ghost smashing, Abbott & Costello meeting sort of film that helped inspire Dan Aykroyd. From 1940 it's The Ghost Breakers starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.
How spooky is it? Not very.
How funny is it? Passable.
How racist is it? Considerable at times.
Jun 9, 2019
Jun 9, 2019
1hr 36 min
Your mission is to watch Stripes from 1981, arguably Ivan Reitman's most famous movie outside of the two Ghostbusters films. Bill Murray and Harold Ramis enlist. Will the army ever be the same?
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May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019
18 min
One of the news stories that accompanied the 2016 Ghostbusters movie was how it was "banned" from mainland China for depicting the supernatural. But is that what really happened? And what chances does Ghostbusters 2020 have playing there?
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May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019
18 min
Extra! Extra! We look at Steven Spielberg's only comedy, 1941. Dan Aykroyd! John Belushi! John Candy! Warren Oates! Everybody but Ivan Reitman himself!
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