11. While shooting in Central Park, Reitnab filmed footage of Murray and Ackroyd acting like a Greek chorus while dressed as homeless men. It was not included because they were too recognizable.
12. Ecto-1, or the Ectomobile, was originally a pink Cadillac Miller-Meteor ambulance rescued from a salvage yard. It was originally painted jet-black but they realized it would be too hard to see in the night shots.
13. The coveralls worn by the Ghostbusters were essentially the ones in Aykroyd's original treatment. Oscar-winning costumer Theoni Aldredge tricked them out blue-collar way. (remember how many people wore these for costumes back then?)
14. The original title was to be "Ghost Smashers," then "Ghost Chasers before it became "Ghostbusters." There was a 1970s live action show called "The Ghost Busters." Contingency plans also had possible names "Ghoststoppers" and "Ghostblasters." But when the crowd started chanting "Ghostbusters" the studio ponied up fopr "Ghostbusters." Who you gonna call, Ghost Smashers?
15. Merchandise took off in 1986 with the cartoon "The Real Ghostbusters" which ran for seven seasons.
"If There's Something Weird, and It Don't Look Good." --DaCoot
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