LUCK OF THE IRISH

The Scaring of the Green

Original Air date November 16, 1987^[1]

Writers: Michael Edens and Mark Edward Edens

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 3 of 5)

Summary: The Ghostbusters out on a normal job and being their destructive selves when Peter accidentally blasts a woman with his particle thrower.  Turns out it was Mayor’s wife which both lands them in jail and has Lt. Frump is laughing at them.  However Deputy Chief O’Malley needs their help.  It turns out his ancestor stole a pot of gold from a leprechaun.  The leprechaun cursed them with a Bog Hound would carry the head of the clan away every time there was a full moon on St. Patrick’s Day.  Having just recently become head of the clan the curse is now upon him.  Since tomorrow is going to be a St. Patrick's Day full moon he needs to solve this fast and the only thing that will do it is a four leaf clover.

Looking for a four-leaf

                Three Ghostbusters go out to find a four leaf clover, but Egon decides only Ghostbuster technology will do the job.  The three clover-searching Ghostbusters each has a misadventure looking for the clover, at one point Ray is thrown into a trash can by an angry Irish-American cop for disrespecting his culture.  Egon actually found the Bog Hound at the zoo and tried to catch the creature but Peter didn’t charge the packs so Egon was forced to retreat.  He almost gets eaten by lions but he does manage trick the Bog Hound with "fetch."

Sometime that weapon you had turns out to be fake.

                Peter finds a four leaf clover but Slimer eats it.  At the St. Patrick Day parade the Ghostbusters admit defeat and resign to just protecting O’Malley himself.  The Bog Hound attacks and the Ghostbusters battle it.  At one point Peter is knocked into the Mayor’s car and steals the Mayor’s wife’s broach, which was a four leaf clover.  Peter tries to use it only to discover it’s fake.   Peter ran for it with the Bog Hound chasing him, but Egon gets the creature with a in a trap as it attempts to run over the it while chasing Peter.  The Ghostbusters are honored at the end of the parade and given medals, which allow the Mayor’s wife some revenge. 

Yeah its nasty.

My Take: An amusing episode.  I am tad bit disappointed that the cursing leprechaun never made an appearance.

                Now for my stray observations:

·         Finally someone holds the Ghostbusters accountable for being so damn destructive, it took nearly killing the Mayor’s wife but still.  Of course, their connections get them off.

·         O’Malley is really into doing things last minute.  If he really believed this don't you think he would just put an ad in the paper on his willingness to buy a four leaf clover?

·         You shouldn’t read Tobin’s Spirt Guide and drive at the same time.

·         Egon thinks we can’t trust magic only science.  That’s funny last episode he was singing a very different tune.

·         Don’t trust Peter to do things.  Charging Packs? Finding clovers?

·         Can lions climb trees?

·         Egon needs to learn how to open doors instead of trying to enter the car through the window.

·         Destructive Ghostbusters again.

·         Got it with a trap.

They got lucky in this episode although that was sort of the theme.

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[1] Listed original air dates for entire syndicated season may not be correct.