You Can't
Take It With You
Writers:
Durnie King and Richard Mueller
Director:
Dale Schott
Main
Cast:
- Lorenzo
Music as Peter Venkman
- Frank
Welker as Raymond Stantz
- Maurice
LaMarche as Egon Spengler
- Arsenio
Hall as Winston Zeddemore
- Laura
Summer as Janine Melnitz
- Frank
Welker as Slimer
(Rating
4 of 5)
Summary: Mr.
Tummell a very wealthy and creepy man came up with a plan. He didn’t like the idea of building up a
fortune all his life to go to someone else when he dies. He also didn’t like the idea of going on
to the next state with nothing just like when he was born. So he came up with a way to transport his
massive fortune and worldly processions into the ghost world. After he finds out it works he fires his
chief scientist—who thought they were doing this just for research—and begins
the process immediately.
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| "Okay, it works. You're fired give me the controls." |
This
causes a major disturbance in the spirit world.
Ghosts just start pouring into reality.
At the firehouse, their equipment starts to go haywire. So the team jumps into Ecto-1 to find the
disturbance. They easily find their way
to Tummell Tower by following the PKE meter, which fries upon getting
there. Once the Ghostbusters arrive at the building they battle their way inside.
On the
inside Peter wants to know why they are bothering since no one is paying
them. Ray just simply points out they
are Ghostbusters and there are ghosts on the loose. Peter however thinks they should just wait
for the ghosts to bother someone so they can get called and get paid. Egon points out that what is happening could
jeopardize society itself making the amount of money they had pointless.
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| I'm going to live with my money forever! |
The
Ghostbusters can’t use the elevator and the stairs would take too long so they
contact the Mayor’s office and get a helicopter and flew it to the roof. Once on top all the Ghostbusters, but Peter,
decide to repel down to the lower levels that they need. Peter just picks the lock and beats
them there. Inside they rescue some of
Mr. Tummell’s specialty staff (cook, butler, etc.) who Mr. Tummell decided to
take with him.
The
Ghostbusters attack Tummell’s lab and battle his machines. Tummell has some impressive ghost shields and
armaments. Egon is also impressed with
his lab. The Ghostbusters manage to turn
the machine on the building causing it to become unstable. The Ghostbusters and the rescued staff escape
on the helicopter. Mr. Tummell and his
building are sent to the ghost world, but unfortunately for him the size of the
building caused all the stuff he sent before (money and gold) to come crashing
back. The Ghostbusters ignore it and go
home.
My Take: This was a really interesting episode. In the Ghostbusters' world, people accept that
ghosts are real, and a number of people accept that there is a real afterlife. This is the first time we actually saw
someone try to take advantage of that knowledge.
Mr. Tummell’s problem however is even if he succeeds in getting all his
material processions over to the other side his personal fortune is only worth something in a
capitalistic society. How does he know
one exists in the netherworld? Gold and
coin are only valuable so long as we all agree they are valuable, something
that might not be the case in the ghost world.
Now for my stray observations:
· ·
Speaking of money I like that Peter brought up
the economic angle from their end. At
the start of this episode I was like “Isn’t Tummell just doing them a
favor?” I also liked that Egon pointed
out they have other reasons for needing this to stop.
· Peter was questioning Ray on the use of
helicopters. Isn’t he forgetting something?
They all have flown helicopters before.
·
I agree with Peter I would have picked the lock
too.
·
I love that Egon was jealous of the lab.
·
Okay so the Ghostbusters are always facing
bankruptcy, are forced to go into this guy’s building without pay, and after
they save everyone Mr. Tummell’s money falls on the ground and they just leave
it? Why?
Other than that last nagging
detail it was a fun episode.
[1]
Listed original air dates for entire syndicated season may not be correct.
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