Bustman's
Holiday
Writer:
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: The
Ghostbusters are returning from a routine job and Peter, as always, wonders why
they bring Slimer along, forgetting once again how many times Slimer has been very useful. However they get a visit
from a certain Scot, who informs Ray that his uncle has died and has decided to
give him a shot at being his heir. Ray’s
uncle’s closer relatives were all a bunch of parasites so he decided to open
the succession up. His uncle decided that whoever catches the ghost haunting his castle shall be
the new Duke of Dunkeld and inherit the castle. He also said the first relative to try shall
be nephew Ray, the certified Ghostbuster.
This causes Ray to faint.
Oh, Egon yes Janine likes you but really look in front. |
The
Ghostbusters head to Scotland and when they get there they pass by a monument
that they are told is to the battle of Dunkeld that was fought between
Highlanders and Lowlanders. The battle
was very bloody and a lot of people were killed. When they get there they are all impressed
with the castle but want to get to work.
"A ghost army appeared after you caught the local ghost? Where is it?" |
They find the ghost pretty quickly
and when battling it Ray has a moment of hypocrisy demanding his fellow
Ghostbusters not damage his castle. In
short order they capture the ghost, but it turns out that is a major
problem. For the ghost that they
captured had been the sacrificial lamb, so to speak, that was cursed to wonder
the halls to pay for the lives lost in the battle. With the ghost captured a ghost army emerges
and attacks the castle. The Ghostbusters
had only brought a handful of traps.
They try to blast them to keep them away from the local village but they
are fighting a losing battle.
Here it is! |
Ray then gets and idea, he has his
teammates cover him as he heads into the town.
When he gets there he convinces the people that the threat is real and
how they can stop it. They basically
MacGyver a bunch of garbage trucks turning them into ghost traps. When the
ghost army arrives they are all captured. Ray decides to step down as duke and
donate the castle to townspeople. Angus,who was posing as the executor, was there to actually sabotage them. He pays by agreeing to supply the town with
new garbage trucks.
Smart Ray! |
My Take: Clearly
Mr. Muller doesn’t understand how modern British peerage works. Dukes don’t rule anything anymore so the
townspeople would not be bound to obey him.
It does entitle them to some cool stuff, even more back in the
1980s. Also heredity is based on the
letters patent not by the holder’s will. Ray's situation reminds me a little of the real life Duke of Athole. Nevertheless, it was fun episode.
Now for
my stray observations:
·
The scene with Janine handing Egon the water
glass for fainted Ray was very funny.
Egon just doesn’t get it.
·
“Don’t damage my castle!” Oh Ray.
·
I like the building of the super traps it shows how creative
the Ghostbusters can be, much better than before.
·
After the ghost army appeared why didn’t they
just let the other ghost out of the trap, just to see what might happen?
·
So I think Ray should have kept his castle, even
if he didn’t want to live in it, and just took the rent from those who wanted
to use it. Let’s face it the
Ghostbusters always need money this way they would always be sure to have some.
Anyway it was a good episode to
watch.
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Listed original air dates for entire syndicated season may not be correct.
Seeing as Andrew's last name is McMillian, whereas Ray's last name is Stantz, he's probably either the mother's brother or the husband of some aunt who could be the sister of either Ray's father or mother. Doubt he's Lois's husband, though, since Ray seems to visit Lois a lot but he never met Andrew.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Sam from "Dairy Farm" is his daughter, but if she were, wouldn't *she* be the heir? Or can only men be heirs?
Still no clue on which side of the family Lois and Gaylord are from, since we don't know their surnames.
Inheritance among the British is kind of weird. It all depends on the letters patent of when the title was created. They don't for example follow the same rules as the Royal family does before or after different reforms.
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