Egon Spengler
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Nov 2, 2026
Sam SchultzHOST
seen.
Sam SchultzHOST
But how do the Bundys and the Golden Girls and the Huxtables and Egon Spengler fit into this? And E.T.? ?
Matthew GaydosHOST
So Egon, I didn't see his part.
Matthew GaydosHOST
Okay.
Sam SchultzHOST
in and rub Vaseline on E.T. to keep him?
Matthew GaydosHOST
Someone's got to get that job, right? Yeah, I guess so.
Sam SchultzHOST
Harold Ramis isn't Egon Spengler.
Sam SchultzHOST
He's Elon Spengler, brother of Egon.
Stuart HarmanHOST
Yes, actually your kids might actually, if you can convince them, if you can convince them to give it another try, you don't even have to get them to finish watching the first one.
Stuart HarmanHOST
If you watch Ghostbusters Afterlife, it actually centers around the daughter of Egon.
Stuart HarmanHOST
And his daughter is 12 in this movie.
Stuart HarmanHOST
And she is the main character in a lot of ways.
RobHOST
Oh, not Venkman.
RobHOST
Spengler.
RobHOST
Spengler.
RobHOST
Spengler.
RobHOST
Yeah.
RobHOST
And so, like, he's one way.
Jamie Pale RiderHOST
I love Boogeyman.
Jamie Pale RiderHOST
At the time, it's stupid because I'm getting him anyways now, but at the time, because Boogeyman was packed in with Egon and it was like... $250 US, $300 plus.
Jamie Pale RiderHOST
It was a really hard pill to swallow.
Jamie Pale RiderHOST
So at least now I can space it out and I can get him on its own.
14 MINS LATER
Jamie Pale RiderHOST
Yeah.
Jamie Pale RiderHOST
I, uh, the other thing that distracted me about the ghost family was because this was the first episode and it felt like a couple of the main characters were kind of finding their voice.
Rob WilliamsHOST
Especially Egon.
Jamie Pale RiderHOST
Egon, for sure.
Sam WilsonHOST
And also Harold Ramis had died several years before.
Sam WilsonHOST
And the fact that they integrated Egon's death into the plot of the movie and made it an integral part of the plot, I think did allow them to kind of go for that emotional gut punch.
Sam WilsonHOST
I don't love movies using CGI to resurrect dead actors.
Sam WilsonHOST
I will say that the implementation in Ghostbusters Afterlife is probably the best and most respectful example of doing that that I've ever seen in a movie.
Sam WilsonHOST
Oh, yeah.
Sam WilsonHOST
Like, this is the one time where they actually did it right.
Sam WilsonHOST
You know, like, Ghost Egon actually, like, it completely hits emotionally.
Sam WilsonHOST
Yeah, like, seeing him get to meet his grandkids and hug his daughter before ascending and have that one last moment with the other original Ghostbusters and having that one last time of seeing the four original Ghostbusters together.
SipsHOST
That was their falling out, yeah.
SipsHOST
Harold Ramis' Egon from the original Ghostbusters.
SipsHOST
Of course.
SipsHOST
That
David CallariGUEST
There was a huge scientific component that just really stood out to me.
David CallariGUEST
Egon always kind of resonated with me as a character because he was the one who was, he kind of sat back and felt like he took it all in.
David CallariGUEST
And then all of a sudden he's like, here's all our tech and here's what we're doing.
David CallariGUEST
And I just really, really just took to that.
Monica HeidtHOST
E.B.
Chelsea DuffHOST
Spangler.
Chelsea DuffHOST
Yeah, same last name.
Chelsea DuffHOST
Yeah, granddaughter of Egon Spangler.
Chelsea DuffHOST
Oh,
Monica HeidtHOST
yeah, yeah.
29 MINS LATER
Chelsea DuffHOST
But I am surprised to discover that Ghostbusters, all media types, the biggest... relationship on there is two of the girls from girl ghostbusters it's so rare that a sapphic ship is more popular than a gay ship
Monica HeidtHOST
is one of them kate mckinnon because like it's right there yeah what are you gonna do she has chemistry with anybody
LauraHOST
Yeah.
LauraHOST
mm-hmm Venkman and then they meet up with Egon yes oh my god the like ultra nerd of the nerds yes I love him And Venkman is a skeptic.
LauraHOST
So, like, Rey and Egon, they're very much, like, believing in the apparitions or the ghosts or whatever.
LauraHOST
But Venkman is, like, you can tell that he's part of this group, but that he does not believe in ghosts.
YvetteHOST
Yes.
6 MINS LATER
LauraHOST
And he's like...
LauraHOST
He, like, charges at him, and then we see Venkman on the floor.
LauraHOST
I think it's maybe, like, Egon that comes to find him.
Javier Grillo-MarxuachHOST
Yeah.
Javier Grillo-MarxuachHOST
If there were only one other prop that I love from this time, it is Egon Spengler's PKE meter that has the two little ones that sort of come up automatically.
Javier Grillo-MarxuachHOST
That's pretty cool.
Javier Grillo-MarxuachHOST
Yeah.
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