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The Real Ghostbusters Pilot Sneak Peek

Nov. 10, 2008 at 4:06 PM , Categories: RGB, DVD

With The Real Ghostbusters: Complete Collection DVD box set set to ship in a mere 15 days, I thought this would be a great time to take a sneak peek at one of the most eagerly-anticipated items in the set: the original promo pilot. For the first time anywhere on the internet I present a dozen new images (~~click on the thumbnails for larger images~~) and a full text description of the legenday promo pilot. This description was written up by James Eatock, and the images were given to me by him. You can read about the history of the pilot and see more images in issue #4 of his magazine, Cereal:Geek. Of course, you can view the entire promo pilot on The Real Ghostbusters: Complete Collection DVD box set, which is available for pre-order and ships at the end of this month. And now without any further ado...

The ghost walks down the street, the Real Ghostbusters wake up and get into Ecto-1...

Ecto-1 races down the streets with Winston driving, Egon looking at his PKE meter, Peter reading a magazine and Ray on top. The camera swoops under Ecto-1 and into the van driven by no one with Slimer eating marshmallows in the back. Ray fires his gun (falling off Ecto-1 with Peter grabbing him) and his blast destroys the van. The explosion of marshmallow covers the windsheild. When Winston and Egon wipe the windscreen Slimer is driving Ecto-1!

Slimer drives them up the wires of a bridge and they soar into the air, crashing into a woman's apartment surrounded by ghosts. The car skids throwing Egon and Winston clear, but into the path of Slimer and his ghost buddies...

Meanwhile Peter and Ray chase a small ghost bothering a guy in a phone booth. As they give chase a monster pops out of the sewer, then an even bigger monster lands behind that one cracking the floor and sending the pair into the subway. They are about to be a hit by a train when the Marshmallow Man "saves" them. Just as he holds them up a skeleton in a plane takes them and they swoop through the air. They are left hanging on a drainpipe...

Meanwhile Egon and Winston are running through the corridors of the hotel chased by the ghosts. All four crash into each other, get up and see Stay Puft and the others looming over them. They draw their weapons and fire (like in the intro), Slimer zooms past Stay Puft, but they catch him and all the ghosts are captured. Victory pose!

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15 comments

Comment from: GhstbstrLMLIII [Visitor]

I can't wait to see this thing. It will literally be the first thing I watch on the set.

Thanks for all the exclusive looks, Paul. I'm glad your getting to share it with us as we try to wait patiently.

Nov. 10, 2008 @ 17:54

Comment from: spookcentral [Member]

I have a feeling that for almost all of us, the pilot will be the first thing we go to watch in the set :-)

Nov. 10, 2008 @ 19:28

Comment from: Scott R. Lacey [Visitor]

Yes, the pilot first, "The Devil to Pay" second, and all other special features third! (Well, my plan anyway.)

Nov. 10, 2008 @ 21:25

Comment from: ecto123 [Visitor]

Must. Have. Set. Before. Madness. Begins!

Nov. 10, 2008 @ 22:23

Comment from: Chad Paulson [Visitor] · http://ghostbusters.net

I'm really looking forward to this DVD set. The pilot will be the very first thing I watch, I can't wait! Thanks for the peak, Paul!

Nov. 11, 2008 @ 00:35

Comment from: spookcentral [Member]

Chad, thanks for the glowing write-up in your blog. I appreciate it. Much love back at ya.

-- Paul

Nov. 11, 2008 @ 01:15

Comment from: Big Demolition [Visitor]

Does the promo pilot have its own sound track? Or is it set to the RGB version of "Ghostbusters"?

Nov. 11, 2008 @ 03:25

Comment from: Aaron [Visitor] · http://suicidefunnies.blogspot.com

This is gonna be so awesome. I can't wait.

Nov. 11, 2008 @ 09:39

Comment from: Alex Upton [Visitor]

· http://therealghostbusters.com

AWESOME! Thanks Paul, I've been waiting to see this for over 20 years!

-Alex

Nov. 11, 2008 @ 09:53

Comment from: spookcentral [Member]

Big Demolition - I honestly don't know. All you see above is all that I know. I'm actually quite happy with that as knowing too much will ruin the joy for me of seeing it for the first time in the set. In consulting on the set I've already been exposed to a few things that won't be as "fresh" for me when I first see the set as it will be for all of you. So in this case, I'm glad that I have not seen the whole thing yet!

To get back to your original question...All I know is that whatever soundtrack the pilot had on the original videotape is what it's going to have on the DVD.

Alex Upton - Glad you could stop by. I love what you've done with the TheRealGhostbusters.com domain name. I don't know if you've seen my blog post about it, but I used to have that domain name a while back. I'm glad that it's in good hands :-)

Nov. 11, 2008 @ 15:05

Comment from: Steven Reed [Visitor]

When I get the set, I'll watch the promo first, Devil in the Deep, Ghost Fight at the O.K. Corral, Egon's Dragon, Captain Steel Saves the Day, Victor the Happy Ghost, Loathe Thy Neigbor, The Copycat, Short Stuff, Follow That Hearse, The Joke's On Ray, Poultrygeist, etc

Nov. 13, 2008 @ 05:55

Comment from: Steven Reed [Visitor]

Somebody has posted this promo in its entirety on YouTube

Dec. 13, 2008 @ 08:28

Comment from: spookcentral [Member]

Steven

That doesn't surprise me one bit. Actually, I'm surprised it didn't go up on YouTube sooner.

James Eatock and I were talking about that a few months ago when I told him that I toyed with the idea of putting a low-quality copy up on Spook Central. I told him that I wanted to wait a bit, to give TimeLife ample time to sell a huge number of sets, since the promo pilot is one of their major selling points for the set.

I don't know how many copies are up there, but a search for "real ghostbusters pilot" brought up one uploaded by Bobbymobil on November 30, 2008, which can be viewed here and download here.

Dec. 14, 2008 @ 08:23

Comment from: Steven Reed [Visitor]

I didn't realise that the Real Ghostbusters promo on the bonus disc was a capture from a video recording, I thought Time-Life would’ve at least gone to the trouble of re-mastering the promo or at the very least digitally restoration it for the release of The Real Ghostbusters Complete Collection boxset, from the screen captures you took of the promo, I was under the impression that it would be crystal clear DVD quality. But aside from that the promo is watchable, it feels like watching an old VHS recording transferred from video to DVD, but the advantage being that the picture is slightly more stable on the DVD. The sound is muffled at first, but becomes clearer as it goes on; also it’s a nice opportunity listening to John Smith singing the entire Ghostbusters song throughout the promo.

Feb. 7, 2009 @ 10:12

Comment from: Steven Reed [Visitor]

Although upon closer inspection of the images on the page, it does shown signs of a VHS recording

Feb. 7, 2009 @ 10:14

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