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Real Ghostbusters vol. 6: Revenge of Murray the Mantis [VHS]

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The Revenge of Murray the Mantis: during a parade, a baloon of a toon called murray the mantis is possessed. the busters send in "the big guy". the whole video is ***** 5 stars. the 2 other stories are pretty cool.

Awesome. This tape contains three more episodes from the awesome cartoon Real Ghostbusters. The episodes are "Murray the Mantis," "Ghostbuster of the Year," and "Drool the Dog Faced Goblin." All three episodes are fast paced and exciting. Anybody who doesn't like this series just never grew up in the 80s. It's easily the best animated series of all time. These episodes are from a time when some thought was put into cartoons. Not anymore though.

The Real Ghostbusters proved to be one of the best cartoons of the 1980s, here is another tape with three classic episodes.
In The Revenge of Murray the Mantis - When one of the cartoon balloons that are being prepared for Thanksgiving Day become possessed, the ghostbusters can't handle it. So when all else fails they release the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man to battle the beast.

In Drool the Dog-faced Goblin - The Ghostbusters travel to the Poconos to capture a goblin in a circus sideshow that they believe is responsible for causing all sorts of trouble. But the goblin is a loving and harmless-looking creature; it's an unamalgamated shape-shifter that's the real culprit.

In Ghostbuster of the Year - The Ghostbusters compete with each other to achieve the position of Ghost hunter of the year complete with a photo on the cover of "Spooks Illustrated". But Winston insists that the Ghostbusters are a team that sticks together, but Egon, Peter and Ray are overwhelmed by the idea of becoming Ghost hunter of the year.

Picture and sound quality isn't of the highest standard but hopefully we'll see some on DVD someday. Happy Viewing!

The Real Ghostbusters was a hugely popular cartoon series from the 80's, back when I was a kid, and I loved it! All of us kids did! Why? Because it was so loyal to the awesome live-action movie it was based on! They even made major adjustments to the cartoon when Ghostbusters 2 came out in order to keep some continuity. Of course, the earliest episodes were the best! And that's what we have here! Volume 6 contains 3 classic episodes of the Real Ghostbusters TV series. The first is "The Revenge of Murray the Mantis," which features a guest appearance by none-other than the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man! As it turns out, one of the giant balloons being prepared for the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade has become possessed. The huge figure of a popular cartoon mantis appears to be more than the Ghostbusters can handle, so the only way they can think of to fight him is to release "The Big Guy," Mr. Stay Puft! The result is a Godzilla style rampage through the Big Apple! The second episode is "Drool, The Dogfaced Goblin," where the gang encounters a strange creature at a freak show and becomes convinced he's responsible for some local mayhem, even though he appears to be a harmless and loving pet. Are the Ghostbusters just judging the book by its cover? The last episode is, "Ghostbuster of the Year." Here we meet the eccentric Charles Forester Hearse III, millionaire publisher of Boosweek, Popular Phantasmic, and Spooks Illustrated. He's having some trouble with a ghost in his family mansion, and has decided that it would be the perfect test for the Ghostbusters to see which one should be selected as Ghost Hunter of the Year for his new magazine cover! Winston argues that the Ghostbusters are a team, but Peter, Ray, and Egon are blinded by the idea of being named #1.
Of the three episodes, "The Revenge of Murray the Mantis" is my personal fave due to all the references to the original film. "Drool" is a typical, but good episode, and "Ghostbuster of the Year" is fun, but the homage to "Citizen Kane" is a bit too obvious from the beginning. There could have been a lot more subtlety there. However, they're are all good episodes and great examples of why the show was so popular! The tape is not the best quality by any means. The program is recorded on LP, so picture and sound quality are pretty bad, but hey, with these awesome 80's cartoons you take what you can get. Hopefully we'll see some DVD releases someday, and maybe even some for the equally excellent (if far too politically correct) sequel series, Extreme Ghostbusters.

Here is a collection of three RGB episodes, "The Revengeof Murray the Mantis", "Drool, the Dog-Faced Goblin",and "Ghostbuster of the Year". Real Ghostbusters is myfavorite cartoon of all time; I was in junior high school when it wason in the afternoons, and man, it struck a chord with me! Back then Itaped tons of episodes and have quite a scattered library;unfortunately it is exactly that and the tapes are old and the worsefor wear (having been taped in ESP mode and viewed hundreds of timesand being well over a decade old). I was SO into that show! I'vefound that there are more like me out there; RGB fans unite! We needto loudly broadcast our support, and bring it back on the air!! Thistape is great, worth every penny, I love the episodes, especially"Ghostbuster of the Year", a great riff on "CitizenKane". That episode had much better production values than othertwo; quite good considering the era. It's a shame that there are onlya few volumes of these official cassettes still available (althoughthey probably haven't actually been printed in years), totalling ahandful of episodes. The first year (the REAL RGB--not the Saturdaymorning version with Dave Coulier) had some 70-odd episodes alone. RGB FANS: writeemails to Cartoon Network! RGB will not wither into obscurity!!

One of the great cartoons of all time, based on the second-highest grossing comedy of all time (it was the highest until Men In Black). I strongly recommend this to those who enjoy a good solid story and humor that can be enjoyed by all ages. Favorite line: "Oh, great, another big Twinkie."--Winston Zeddemore (voiced by none other than Arsenio Hall)