Ghostbuster
of the Year
Writer:
Mark Edward Edens
Directors:
Dale Schott and Larry Jacobs
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 are at a routine job at a bus station. When they finish catching
the ghosts after nearly destroying the bus station, they are approached by an
assistant of publishing mogul Charles Foster Hearst III. She informs the Ghostbusters that her employer would like to meet them. When the Ghostbusters go to see
Mr. Hearst they discover that his mansion is haunted by the ghost of
grandfather and founder of his publishing empire, Charles Foster Hearst Sr.,
and he would like the Ghostbusters to get him out the there. However there is catch: Hearst wants to see who the best ghost catcher is. So he wants them to work independently and the one who nabs his grandfather's ghost would win the Ghost Hunter of the Year
award and be featured on the cover of Spook Magazines.
Winston objects pointing out that the Ghostbusters are a team, but the
other three start to get excited. They
had all been reading Hearst spiritual magazines their whole lives and would
love to get the Ghost Hunter of the Year Award.
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| They're not going to be using this bus again anytime soon! |
They
decide to take up the challenge but it turns out they really suck at
Ghostbusting by themselves and the group decides Winston was right along and
they end up teaming up anyway. The ghost
of CFH Sr. keeps repeating the word “Rosebud.”
It turns out to be his sled and once that is found and the ghost has it
he moves on from the Hearst mansion happy to have his sled back.
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| Charles Foster Hearst Sr.'s ghost |
All
four of the Ghostbusters receive the Ghost Hunter of the Year Award as a
team and are featured in Spook Magazine. Winston still holds his nose to
it, until they spell his name wrong and then he is infuriated.
My Take: This episode was okay and funny at times but
that was about it. I really did like the
scene when Winston gets morally offended by Hearst’s suggestion but the other
Ghostbusters get greedy.
Now for
my stray observations:
·
Poor bus station, how bad does your ghost
problem have to be before you call these guys in?
·
What type of creepy grandson sends the
Ghostbusters after the ghost of his own grandfather? Especially the grandfather who is responsible
for his current wealthy situation? I would never call the Ghostbusters on the ghosts of any of my grandparents.
·
Why do Egon, Peter, and Ray want to get on this
guy’s magazine anyway? They’re already
famous. Who are “ghost catchers”
more famous than them. Last I checked they have a monopoly on this business. The only competition they ever had were frauds, such as ghosts trying to ruin their business to outright to fake spiritualists.
·
I confess I have yet to see Citizen Kane so
Rosebud doesn’t mean anything to me.
A generally decent episode so
you should enjoy it.
Update: I have now seen Citizen Kane. The movie features a character named Charles Foster Kane who is based on the real life William Randolph Hearst. So the name Charles Foster Hearst is a clever parody. In the film Kane dies in the beginning and the last thing he says is "Rosebud." The story follows an investigator who is trying to find out who Rosebud was. Kane's life is then shown in flashbacks. If watched this episode you know who Rosebud is.
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