Ghostbusters

I'm glad you said that, 'cause we don't wanna scare people.

The purpose of this isn't to promote fear and talk about this stuff and dwell on it, right? But it's showing up in all of our lives, and everyone's dealing with it in some capacity, and Laura is the person you call, the Ghostbusters.

Thank you.

[laughs]

Interesting.

And, you know, our house looked like it ...

We, we were Ghostbusters.

I mean, they had something on that with the green light.

I'm a big fan of Michelle Grace.

You know, I've said it since we did the Ghostbusters, the first Ghostbusters that she was in.

And I think I said at the end, she's going to be a star.

She can really act.

I agree.

You've seen our guest today on SNL, Ghostbusters, and Coming to America.

We will be right back with Leslie Jones.

Pew,

both

of you both of you like you you really pushed through the industry at around what age

47 right I was always I started comedy in 87 though so I was always here you were here I was always here and and and getting into the industry I didn't know that I was strong enough to tell somebody like when I got the Ghostbusters and then we did the red carpet and nobody didn't want to dress me because of my size that bothered me I was like what the fuck what what are you making clothes for who you making clothes for and Who the fuck you making clothes for?

You got to be able to say that.

It's the most well-documented case of this sort of paranormal thing.

So going back to everything from Ghostbusters, with like the parapsychology university to obviously there's Insidious and Poltergeist, you know, with the departments coming over there.

But it's just such a crazy story.

And he just wanted to, you know, tell that story of her and this woman.

What was your favorite toy when you were little? Are your parents still Mormon?

Ninja Turtles and Ghostbusters.

Same.

Same.

Yes.

Did

you have the Ghostbusters, like, firehouse?

Oh, I actually did.

Anyway, he goes on to split those two streams that we often talk about the problem of combining.

Crossing the streams, isn't that a Ghostbusters thing? Yes, yeah.

Of the Rings of Power side of it and how all that happens and the wreck of Eregion and things and then the Numenor interweaving the Numenor story.

So if anybody is wanting to actually understand, if you need a refresher course and actually want to understand what Tolkien thinks it's all about, there's your letter.

Amadeus, Amadeus.

Yeah, and one of the biggest hits of the year, Ghostbusters.

It was just barely behind Beverly Hills Cop

for

And by the time this came out, people were just waiting for more.

It finished the year as the third highest grossing movie.

It was behind Beverly Hills Cop and Ghostbusters.

And it got Oscar nominations for John Williams score and for best visual effects.

Okay, next one on the list.

I've got Ghostbusters Ecto-1.

Very quirky car, this one.

Yes.

it? It was sold as both.

So it was a 1959 Cadillac Miller Meteor Sentinel.

So 1959, when the Ghostbusters came out, 84.

So what's that? 69, 79, 25.

If I had a pair of glasses on that fit like that, I wouldn't be able to see or hear.

You know what I mean? His celebrity lookalike is Slimer from Ghostbusters, but only if Slimer was dry.

Let me hit you with a little bit of background.

Theodore Morel went to med school in Germany, and then he got into parasites and parasitology.