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Never saw it, but I DID watch the Real Ghotbusters cartoon religiously
as a kid.

It was very confusing for us how there were two totally unrelated
cartoons called "Ghostbusters" airing at the same time.

In article <t8gkuv$r5q$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Travoltron
<travoltron@defender.uni> wrote:

> Never saw it, but I DID watch the Real Ghotbusters cartoon religiously
> as a kid.
>
> It was very confusing for us how there were two totally unrelated
> cartoons called "Ghostbusters" airing at the same time.

There was also a syndicated TV comedy in 1975 called The Ghost Busters.
It reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch from F Troop.

On 6/16/2022 7:32 PM, A Friend wrote:
> There was also a syndicated TV comedy in 1975 called The Ghost Busters.
> It reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch from F Troop.

Yes, that one was a little bit before my time. One of those cartoons was
a sequel to THAT show, which I'd never heard of. The other was a sequel
to the Bill Murray movies.

I don't know who owns the rights to the word "ghostbuster" these days.
Probably Sony. Even though the term had been used on film long before
1975 by several others.

A Friend wrote:
>Travoltron <travoltron@defender.uni> wrote:

>>Never saw it, but I DID watch the Real Ghotbusters cartoon religiously
>>as a kid.

>>It was very confusing for us how there were two totally unrelated
>>cartoons called "Ghostbusters" airing at the same time.

>There was also a syndicated TV comedy in 1975 called The Ghost Busters.
>It reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch from F Troop.

Filmation adapted its live action The Ghost Busters (1975, 15 episodes)
as the animated Ghostbusters (1986, 65 episodes). I never saw either. The
cartoon was supposed to be a continuation.

Columbia paid a licensing fee to Filmation for the title for the 1984 movie.
I have no idea why as titles aren't copyrighted.

Filmation created its own cartoon series based on the earlier television
series because Columbia assigned DiC to adapt the movie as a cartoon
series. J. Michael Straczynski was one of the writers on The Real
Ghostbusters. On Usenet and elsewhere, he's written about his experiences
on the show. There's a hint of the network interference and how changes
were forced, but he's talked about it rather extensively.

In article <t8gui8$m26$1@dont-email.me>, Adam H. Kerman
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

> A Friend wrote:
> >Travoltron <travoltron@defender.uni> wrote:
>
> >>Never saw it, but I DID watch the Real Ghotbusters cartoon religiously
> >>as a kid.
>
> >>It was very confusing for us how there were two totally unrelated
> >>cartoons called "Ghostbusters" airing at the same time.
>
> >There was also a syndicated TV comedy in 1975 called The Ghost Busters.
> >It reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch from F Troop.
>
> Filmation adapted its live action The Ghost Busters (1975, 15 episodes)
> as the animated Ghostbusters (1986, 65 episodes). I never saw either. The
> cartoon was supposed to be a continuation.
>
> Columbia paid a licensing fee to Filmation for the title for the 1984 movie.
> I have no idea why as titles aren't copyrighted.

Paying the fee was likely cheaper than fighting a lawsuit. BTW the
title Ghostbusters is trademarked. The trademark includes a
distinctive font and that little ghost in the "O."

IIRC Harvey Comics sued for infringement because the ghost looked a lot
like one of their Ghostly Trio characters.

> Filmation created its own cartoon series based on the earlier television
> series because Columbia assigned DiC to adapt the movie as a cartoon
> series. J. Michael Straczynski was one of the writers on The Real
> Ghostbusters. On Usenet and elsewhere, he's written about his experiences
> on the show. There's a hint of the network interference and how changes
> were forced, but he's talked about it rather extensively.

A Friend wrote:
>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>A Friend wrote:
>>>Travoltron <travoltron@defender.uni> wrote:

>>>>Never saw it, but I DID watch the Real Ghotbusters cartoon religiously
>>>>as a kid.

>>>>It was very confusing for us how there were two totally unrelated
>>>>cartoons called "Ghostbusters" airing at the same time.
>>>There was also a syndicated TV comedy in 1975 called The Ghost Busters.
>>>It reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch from F Troop.
>
>>Filmation adapted its live action The Ghost Busters (1975, 15 episodes)
>>as the animated Ghostbusters (1986, 65 episodes). I never saw either. The
>>cartoon was supposed to be a continuation.
>>Columbia paid a licensing fee to Filmation for the title for the 1984 movie.
>>I have no idea why as titles aren't copyrighted.

>Paying the fee was likely cheaper than fighting a lawsuit. BTW the
>title Ghostbusters is trademarked. The trademark includes a
>distinctive font and that little ghost in the "O."

>IIRC Harvey Comics sued for infringement because the ghost looked a lot
>like one of their Ghostly Trio characters.

I recall. They lost but it took years.

>>Filmation created its own cartoon series based on the earlier television
>>series because Columbia assigned DiC to adapt the movie as a cartoon
>>series. J. Michael Straczynski was one of the writers on The Real
>>Ghostbusters. On Usenet and elsewhere, he's written about his experiences
>>on the show. There's a hint of the network interference and how changes
>>were forced, but he's talked about it rather extensively.

On 6/16/2022 9:05 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> J. Michael Straczynski was one of the writers on The Real
> Ghostbusters. On Usenet and elsewhere, he's written about his experiences
> on the show. There's a hint of the network interference and how changes
> were forced, but he's talked about it rather extensively.

There's a guy on YouTube that did an interesting video on how ABC ruined
what was once their number one Saturday morning cartoon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW51PDa_puE

It's a follow-up to a video about the first two good seasons of the Real
Ghostbusters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z5Oc76joxo