Yeah! Before Tropic Thunder, who you gonna call? Ghostbuster, of course! I watched until the VHS tape was all scratched when I was a little boy in London!
Image from gordtep.com
And my favourite ghost, sorry, not Slimer, but the Mr. Stay Puft Mashmallow Man!!!
Slimer
Image from Nerdage
What was Stay Puft really?
Quoting from Wikipedia, " According to Sam Delaney of The Guardian, "Stay Puft's familiar mascot combined elements of real life brand ambassadors the Pillsbury Dough Boy and Bibendum (aka the Michelin tyre man)"
Pillsbury Doughboy
Image from Wikipedia
Michelin tyre man
Image from Wikipedia
Image from staypuftmarshmallows.com
I can't remember Ghostbusters II that well, but I will be looking forward to Ghostbuster III (2012), which is reported to be in the process of scriptwriting, so Ghostbusters fans, we may just be lucky enough to see it in 3D one day! Or even 4D!!!
Image from fusedfilm.com
By the way, have you played the Ghostbusters game on PS3 or Xbox yet?
Vocabulary:
remembrance -- (n) formal [C usually plural] a memory of something that happened in the past
mascot -- (n)[C] a person, animal or object which is believed to bring good luck, or which represents an organization
caffeinated -- (adj) with caffeine added
caffeinated -- (adj) with caffeine added
Resources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCHFVTQKqdQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyRqR56aCKc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-sALU_hveA&feature=related
Ghostbusters @ IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/
Ghostbusters III @ IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289401/
Slimer @ Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMF1Id2ePQA
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_Puft_Marshmallow_Man
Stay Puft Marshmallows
http://www.staypuftmarshmallows.com/
Ghostbusters 3 Update with Casting, Director and Story News
http://www.fusedfilm.com/2009/05/ghostbusters-3-update-with-casting-director-and-story-news/
Ghostbusters @ PS3 and Xbox article
http://www.infoaddict.com/tag/ghostbusters
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/remembrance
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/mascot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyRqR56aCKc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-sALU_hveA&feature=related
Ghostbusters @ IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/
Ghostbusters III @ IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289401/
Slimer @ Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMF1Id2ePQA
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_Puft_Marshmallow_Man
Stay Puft Marshmallows
http://www.staypuftmarshmallows.com/
Ghostbusters 3 Update with Casting, Director and Story News
http://www.fusedfilm.com/2009/05/ghostbusters-3-update-with-casting-director-and-story-news/
Ghostbusters @ PS3 and Xbox article
http://www.infoaddict.com/tag/ghostbusters
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/remembrance
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/mascot