Just relax, c'mon. Dr. Peter Venkman: [the ghost transforms horrifically and snarls aggressively. They expect results., Dont cross the beams./ Cross the beams., Thats a big Twinkie./ Tell him about the Twinkie.. We can see how Murray adapts the moment from the script into the scene, along with how Sigourney Weaver pulls off being possessed. in English from Florida International University, along with certificates in Film Studies and Asian Studies. Dr. Egon Spengler: Wheels of a baby carriage trail through it. Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say "YES"! [Persuading the mayor to let them stop a supernatural upheaval]. Sumerian, not Babylonian. I'm Walter Peck, from the Environmental Protection? Yeah, we can do more damage that way. Walter Peck: The door swings both ways, we could reverse the particle flow through the gate. Dr. Raymond Stantz: I hope we can take care of this. Good job, isn't it? [Louis, as the possessed Keymaster Vinz Clortho, runs out of Central Park, scaring a married couple] Mentally incompetent? Where are we? It's corny, but, I respect you. Dr Ray Stantz: Dr. Peter Venkman: I HATE YOU, VENKMAN! Dr. Peter Venkman: After John Belushi's death in 1982, Aykroyd showed his half-completed script to another of his old SNL pals, Bill Murray, who liked the idea. Peter slaps the machine out of Egon's hand, Turns over the card and zaps the male student, to the male student, and holding up another card, Peter's hand slowly reaches for the zapping trigger, holding ghost trap like a rat by the tail, as he, Peter and Egon leave the hotel, Ray calls out to the witnesses, a giant marshmallow man crashes through the streets of New York, possessed by Vinz Clortho a.k.a. and don't stare at me you got the *bug eyes*. Is this a trick question? Are you a God? That's the bedroom, but nothing ever happened in there. Hey, this is real smoked salmon from Nova Scotia, Canada, $24.95 a pound! The middle name was revealed in Volume 2 Issue #13, page 9, but the wedding priest. Dr. Peter Venkman: Dana Barrett: Dean Yeager: Dr. Peter Venkman: I don't think he's human. They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything! The three busters start up their business right around the same time as one Dana Barrett is experiencing paranormal activity in her apartment. He got his big start on Saturday Night Live, which included the creation of the Blues Brothers with John Belushi. [Coming in] Accepted as canon because this does not contradict any established continuity. Step aside. Dr. Peter Venkman: What I'm about to say may sound a little unusual. They wouldn't touch us with ten-meter cattle prod. Dr. Egon Spengler: Something that could never ever possibly destroy us. No, no, NO! Dr. Raymond Stantz: How's the grid holdin' up? Nobody choosed anything! I think we can get her a guest shot on "Wild Kingdom." Did you choose anything? What do you think, Egon? [after being hit by fifty gallons worth of melted marshmallow, screams hysterically] Dan Aykroyd is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, musician, and even businessman. LET'S DO IT! If he does that again, you can shoot him. Now, for the entrapment, we're gonna have to ask you Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Raymond Stantz: Walter Peck: I've gotta get this in the clear! Dr. Peter Venkman: We can be on the verge of a four-fold cross rip. All right! Female Student: Dr. Peter Venkman: I've worked in the private sector they expect results. Venkman turns to the real estate agent, surrounded by excited reporters during the montate sequence, which shows the Ghostbusters as a sudden popular culture craze, surveying a wrecked apartment building corridor having climbed over thirty flights of stairs with his proton pack, after nearly being crushed by a falling bookcase, in front of the library ghost, their first ghost sighting, Egon and Ray stare at each other in silence. Dr. Peter Venkman: What's causing it!" INT. It won't hurt you. Dr. Raymond Stantz: Dr. Peter Venkman: You're gonna endanger us, you're gonna endanger our client - the nice lady, WHO PAID US IN ADVANCE, before she became a dog Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Raymond Stantz: Dr. Raymond Stantz: I believe that we were destined to get thrown out of this dump. A librarian at the New York Public Library is spooked by an actual apparition, prompting the three to seek it out. Well that's great. Ready? Aaaaaahhh! Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Egon Spengler: [Entering elevator] [shouting from the top of a fireman's pole upstairs] "Get her!" Dr. Peter Venkman: [to the female student] You don't know what it's like out there! Spengler steps forward. Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here. Louis: $5,000 I had no idea it would be so much, I won't pay it. Dr. Peter Venkman: You are to vacate these premises immediately. Dana Barrett: Dr. Raymond Stantz: Now, are we actually gonna go before a federal judge, and tell him that some moldy Babylonian god is going to drop in on Central Park West, and start tearing up the city? Are you currently menstruating? Police Captain: Everybody getting this so far? Realizing he may not have another option, the mayor allows the 'busters to get their gear and take care of business. Dr. Egon Spengler: Well, you've looked better. Do you believe in God? Walter Peck: Someone saw a cockroach up on twelve. Okay, who brought the dog? when the light is green, the trap is clean. Ghostbusters. Still making headlines all across the country, the Ghostbusters are at it again. Dr. Peter Venkman: This place is great! Venkman, Stantz and Spengler are standing in front of the Ghostbusters' sign. Yeah, what have you got? Not necessarily. I'm excited it could work! Just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947. Click to view and download the entire Ghostbusters script PDF below. You're gonna endanger us, you're gonna endanger our client - the nice lady, who paid us in advance, before she became a dog Dr. Egon Spengler: I saw it! And now it looks like it may actually happen. The Original Ghostbusters Script Was (Literally) Out Of This World. Forget it, Venkman. Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Egon Spengler: Dr. Peter Venkman: Type something, will you? You, however, seem to regard science as some kind of dodge or hustle. I've seen TV, I know you can't come in here without a warrant or writ or something! As a transit cop chats amiably with a female cashier, the subway turnstiles begin spinning unaccountably. Dr. Egon Spengler: I didn't choose anything [long pause, Peter, Egon and Winston all look at Ray]. Tonight! Dr. Raymond Stantz: So the Ghostbusters are in there climbing all over the house, knocking out walls and ripping up floorboards in their nicely remodeled kitchen. Dr. Peter Venkman: [uncertainly] Before its cinematic release in 1984, the original script for Ghostbusters was written to be very different from the story that audiences are familiar with. Janine Melnitz: They gave us money and facilities. Louis: In the 1990s, Ghostbusters star Dan Aykroyd wrote a script for Ghostbusters 3: Hellbent, which would have seen the team transported to an alternate version of Manhattan calledwait for it . Mr. Stay Puft. And then, in 1920, he started a secret society Dr. Peter Venkman: Quietly! Dana. No, no, I'm fine, I feel great! Dr. Raymond Stantz: I'm gonna need to draw some petty cash. Ray, the sponges migrated about a foot-and-a-half. Nice doggy. Oh, don't move, I just gotta get the door. I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider, huh? ", Winston Zeddemore: And then I slammed the refrigerator door and I left. This university will no longer continue any funding of any kind of your group's activities. Since I joined these men, I've seen shit that'll turn you white. [frightened] Annette! We hope that we can help you again. Because, I respect you. This is the sign! [impatiently slaps Peter on the forehead] Who would make up a story like that? How is Elvis, and have you seen him lately? I'm sorry, I don't believe in any of those things. I don't think you'll have any more trouble with that ghost. This is Casey Kasem. Egon, what do you think? Hey! [Venkman arrives at 55 Central Park West, a few minutes after Louis was chased out by the demon Vinz Clortho]. Now you either *show me* what is down there, or I come back with a court order. Please! Actually, it's more of a guideline than a rule. [gets in electrician's way] We most certainly can, Dr. Venkman. All right, all right! Dr. Peter Venkman: ,Dr. Egon Spengler [dejected; motions the others to move behind a bookcase] Dr. Raymond Stantz: My mind is totally blank. Bye, Louis. I'm making a special exception in your case. Your email address will not be published. Alcohol? Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis? I think he can hear you, Ray. Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Peter Venkman: We're ready to believe you. HOLDIN'! Dr. Peter Venkman: I think this building should be condemned. Meter and Raymond takes photos] Dr Ray Stantz: I'm studying the effects of negative reinforcement on ESP ability. In the original script, Gozer took on the form of Ivo Shandor (the ghost building's architect, who started the original Gozer cult), who resembled a pale, slender, unremarkable man in a business suit. Dr. Raymond Stantz: Good guess, but wrong. Dan Aykroyd wrote the initial draft with his imagination totally uninhibited, emphasizing more strongly the science-fiction elements of the story and making the supernatural characters more prevalent. Brakes, brake pads, lining, steering box, transmission, rear-end. You're not supposed to have pets in the building. You want a ride? Louis: [the Victorian Lady Ghost is floating in mid-air, reading a book]. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! You had your chance to cooperate, but you though it would be more fun to insult me. Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Peter Venkman: You're never going to regret this, Ray. And since the Ghostbusters are the relatable heroes, its obvious that Peck and his court order are the bad guys who (unintentionally) help bring about the destructor.. Janine Melnitz: Dr. Peter Venkman: I guess we'll just have to move. Stantz (very enthusiastic) and Egon (meticulous and stoic) are on the hunt for paranormal activity, while Venkman (sleazy and opportunistic) is a parapsychologist with a minimal-at-best interest in ghosts. Peter slaps the machine out of Egon's hand]. C'mon, I wanna talk to Dana. The Ghostbusters commentary and "Making Ghostbusters" explain this was a deleted scene recycled into a dream sequence. But it's been quiet for years! Sorry, this isn't your lucky day. Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light. All right, all right, all right! Dr. Raymond Stantz: [Ghostbusters shoot at Gozer, but she disappears]. I have some news from the world of Gozer. What do you mean "big"? You You've earned it, [in front of the library ghost, their first ghost sighting], [Egon and Ray stare at each other in silence. Ray, Ray, come in please. Dana Barrett: They smile at the camera as a phone number is supered on the screen. You're very handy, I can tell. Alice, I'm going to ask you a couple of standard questions, okay? and [he yanks the tablecloth off of one of the tables, upsetting and breaking everything except a vase of flowers on the center of the table]. Someone should tell him that it's not going to do much good to scream at us in German. Okay; sticks? The mother and the kids look at him with disappointment. I am Vinz, Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer. Dr. Peter Venkman : Heat 'em up! And when writing the original Ghostbusters script, Ramis knew that improvisation would be part of the deal, especially when working with Bill Murray. Louis: I, I never seen anything like this before. This job is definitely not worth $11,500 a year. Walter Peck: Louis: Needs some suspension work and shocks. And for the ones that are there, you can laugh and enjoy them as they are. I also play raquetball. Dr. Peter Venkman: [casually] She's not my girlfriend. Break it up! And to paraphrase Peter Venkman, the franchise rights alone made them rich beyond their wildest dreams. Well, I have a PhD in parapsychology and psychology. Why do you want to see the storage facility? [on the phone] Dana Barrett: Quite simple really. Aw, don't leave yet. Let's run some red lights! All right. Ghost Busters 1984 Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis wrote the script, but Bill Murray gets all the best lines and moments in this 1984 comedy directed by Ivan Reitman (Meatballs). I won't pay it. Dr. Raymond Stantz: There's serious metal fatigue in all the load-bearing members, the wiring is substandard, it's completely inadequate for our power needs, and the neighborhood is like a demilitarized zone. We're paying for this stuff! When can we move in? The creep down the hall phoned the manager. Well, what's he doing in my ice box? A strong comedic cast, talented director, and a memorable theme song catapulted the movie to the history books. Ah, if there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say. What has that got to do with anything? I'm gonna take back some of the things I said about you, Egon. [shouting while offscreen] [gasps] He was also a doctor. All right, I'm gonna turn over the next card. Ghostbusters 1 & 2 4K UHD & Blu-Ray 5-Disc Set (2019), PlayStation 3 version of Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Nov 1, 2021, 9:52 AM. Dr. Peter Venkman: Walter Peck: Dr. Egon Spengler: Do you know how much a patent clerk earns? Yes. I'll be in my office. Winston Zeddemore: Myth? July 6, 1983 Draft (credit: Lawrence Duane), Aug. 5, 1983 Draft (credit: Keith Alioto). [Suddenly puts card down] Dr. Peter Venkman: ince the mid-80s, few films have entered the pop cultural landscape and stayed there like, . The awards reflect something Paul Feig indicated in interviews, which is that Rowan is meant to be a dark mirror of Abby and Erin, with all three characters being outcast scientists whose ideas are rejected by society, with the Ghostbusters using their knowledge for good and Rowan using it for evil. [over walkie-talkie] And the flowers are still standing! I wanna know more about what you do here! So, does anybody wanna play Parcheesi? Let me tell you something about myself. That's bad. And the jokes dont hurt, either. Since the mid-80s, few films have entered the pop cultural landscape and stayed there like Ghostbusters. As a friend, I have to tell ya you've finally gone around the bend on this ghost business. Forget MIT or Stanford now. Do you remember something in the bible about the last days when the dead would rise from the grave? Dr. Peter Venkman: Very scientific. Winston Zeddemore: A fan re-creation of the commercial WITH on-screen graphics can be found on Spook Central here. You're facing Federal prosecution for about a half dozen environmental violations. How 'bout a little music? Dr. Raymond Stantz: [Dana starts passionately making out with him, moaning audibly]. [hears a siren approaching and an old, gray station wagon pulls up in the driveway]. It was never, ever this bad, though! Jason Reitman (center) on the set of "Ghostbusters: Afterlife." Kimberley French/Sony. I turned my TV up real loud too so everyone would think all our TVs had something wrong with them. I saw it! According to this morning's sample, it'll be a Twinkie 35 feet long and weighing approximately 600 lbs. Chew your food. [offers Ray a drink, which he reluctantly accepts]. The full commercial (again, without the on-screen graphics) also appears in the PlayStation 3 version of Ghostbusters: The Video Game. You never studied. Now either you shut off these machines, or we'll shut them off for you. Stantz pops up from under the bed. Janine, someone with your qualifications would have no trouble finding a top-flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries. Do you have any hobbies? Dr. Raymond Stantz: special olympics records ghostbusters commercial script . Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Raymond Stantz: Walter Peck: Dr. Peter Venkman: [looking up and blinding Peter with his headlamp] What do you mean, "bad"? Walter Peck: Dr. Egon Spengler: The usual stuff isn't working. Dr. Raymond Stantz: I don't have to take this abuse from you, I've got hundreds of people dying to abuse me. [to the male student] Dr. Raymond Stantz: for four big ones, Four thousand dollars for that. [the possessed Louis growls at the coachman with his red-glowing eyes]. Walter Peck: Archbishop: He cant stop talking about aspect ratios. Great, how's it going down there? Ray, pretend for a moment that I don't know anything about metallurgy, engineering, or physics, and just tell me what the hell is going on. All these years later and Ghostbusters remains the . Gatekeeper! Dr. Raymond Stantz: Don't shut it off. 1889 A.D. One of the greatest tangible evidence of psychic energy is recorded. Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Raymond Stantz: Winston Zeddemore: The Hotel Manager comes running up behind them]. Dr. Raymond Stantz: oh, wait, wait, i've always wanted to do this! Dr. Peter Venkman: Whoa! Will there be any more of them? Hey, wait a minute. Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Raymond Stantz: There are obviously other characters in this movie: Walter Peck, the stuck up government beaurocrat; Winston Zeddemore, the most grounded guy in the group (who just joined for a paycheck); Louise Tully, a memorable and hilarious nerd; Janine Melnitz, a secretary whos quit better jobs than being a Ghostbusters secretary. Louis: This chick is TOAST! [Walter Peck gets kicked out of the Mayor's Office] [clearing away tables in the dining room to make room for the ghost trap]. Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic?