The Ghost Busters: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Ghost Busters was a live-action children's situation comedy that ran in 1975, about a team of bumbling detectives who would investigate ghostly occurrences. Fifteen episodes were produced. The show reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch in roles similar to their characters in F Troop. The series was unrelated to the 1984 film Ghostbusters (though Columbia Picturesdid pay Filmation for a license to use the name). Like the film, the series spawned its own animated sequel in 1986.

Spencer, Tracy, and Kong billed themselves as "The Ghost Busters", bumbling paranormal detectives. Kong (Tucker) was the leader of the trio with Spencer (Storch) as his partner, and Tracy (a gorilla, played by Burns) as their assistant who also drove their barely-functional jalopy. Their headquarters was situated in a run down office building in an unspecified city (Spencer's name on the door was misspelled "Spenser" while the opening credits spelled his name "Spencer"). Outside of normal office equipment, plus a large armoire on which Tracy hung numerous hats including his trademark beanie, the office itself was also dilapidated, with peeling wallpaper and a pay phone near the door as the Ghost Busters' only means of communicating with prospective clients.

Series details

• Title: The Ghost Busters
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Supernatural
• Premiere date: 1975-09-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 1975-12-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9830
• TVDB ID: 77898

Cast and credited roles

• Forrest Tucker — Kong
• Larry Storch — Spencer
• Bob Burns — Tracy the Gorilla

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1975-09-06; final listed air date 1975-12-13; episode order: 15.

Source and licence

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