THE GHOSTBUSTERS HAVE THEIR OWN VERISON OF WACKY RACES

Afterlife in the Fast Lane

Original Air date October 20, 1990

Writer: Tony Marino

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 5 of 5)

Summary:  The Ghostbusters are doing a race for charity with each Ghostbuster and Slimer diving a car of his own design, save for Winston who is driving his favorite Ecto-1.  Of course the race gets high jacked by a ghost called the Phantom who has his own agenda .

On your mark, get set, go!

                The Phantom transports the Ghostbusters to his own little world to run a series of games in his creation to test and he hopes destroy the Ghostbusters.  While this is going on Janine and Louis are trying to find a way to bring them back home by randomly going through Egon’s inventions.

Most cars didn't survive!

                The race goes on and each one of the Ghostbusters’ special cars are destroyed leaving only Ecto-1 and barely that.  Janine and Louis finally figure out the right device that opens a portal allowing Ecto-1 to escape through.   The race is declared a tie and all winners’ charities receive equal amounts.

Yeah, Ghostbusters!

My Take:  To be fair I may have been satisfied if the episode focus on the race of the Ghostbusters without any supernatural stuff going on. 

                Now for my stray observations:

• The uniforms remind me of the uniforms the new Ghostbusters will be wearing in the 2016 movie tomorrow. 
• Before the Phantom reveled himself I was going to guess the Player.
• Janine and Louis got lucky with their Russian Roulette game of pick the right device.
• The Phantom should have lost his hand.

A fun little episode.