MEET LOUIS’S NEPHEW

Busters in Toyland

Original Air date November 17, 1990

Writers: Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley

Director: Raymond Jafelice

Main Cast:

• Dave Coulier as Peter Venkman
• Frank Welker as Raymond Stantz
• Maurice LaMarche as Egon Spengler
• Buster Jones as Winston Zeddemore
• Kath Soucie as Janine Melnitz
• Frank Welker as Slimer
• Rodger Bumpass as Louis Tully

(Rating 2 of 5)

Summary:  Louis Tully has a spoiled nephew named Lawrence who they are throwing a birthday party for at the Ghostbusters station.  They day before a clock repairman fixed an old clock at the toy store.  That clock then opened a portal that caused the toys to be possessed.  At his party Lawrence is being a jerk and wants to skip all the parts of the party he finds boring and go straight to the presents.  When he opens the presents, he says he has all of them and throws them down.

Lawrence Tully and the only toys he likes.

                The only present he likes are the toys his uncle got for him and those come to life and take him away.  The Ghostbusters follow and find the clock tower.  It turns out the dimension is hollow of all but illusion and the demon Lothgar is trapped here until someone agrees to take his place.  He almost converts Lawrence until the Ghostbusters come and rescue him.  They escape in the nick of time and Lawrence sees the error of his ways and decides not to be a jerk anymore.

Rescue mission.

My Take: I wasn’t a big fan of this episode.  It focuses on a character I don’t care about with an adventure that was very mundane.

                Now for my stray observations:

·         Why are the Ghostbusters going out of their way for this kid in the start of an episode?  $50 is not that much.

·         Lawrence’s parents must be crap, I feel sorry for Louis for having to grow up with such a brother.

·         Lothgar wanted out of his domain, but really how bad was it?  He had the power to make anything he wanted a reality.  Seems like an easy going place to me.

This one was a snoozer.