Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters: Coolest?
There’s something weird. It don’t look good. Who you gonna call? Now, don’t just say “The Ghostbusters,” because thanks to some messy ’80s trademark laws, any old gang of supernatural investigators can name themselves after the iconic Marshmallow-exploding foursome who starred in 1984’s Ghostbusters. No, you don’t want any fake ghost-busters; you want The Real Ghostbusters, who starred in the cartoon series of the same name for seven proton pack-tastic seasons. The series’ title was later amended to Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters to reflect the increased importance of the chubby green ghoul. And that’s fine; when we were kids, we all loved Slimer. But kids are stupid, so let’s get down to brass tacks here: Who’s the coolest member of the Real Ghostbusters?
Peter Venkman
Hair Style: Beautifully coiffed brown
Original Movie Hair Style: Well, in the movie, Peter was played by Bill Murray. Suffice it to say, Murray did not have beautifully coiffed hair.
If Ghostbusters were Animal House, he’d be: Otter, the adorable cad
Egon Spengler
Hair style: A blonde Jean Harlow cut with a surprise rat-tail extension
Original Movie Hair Style: As played by Harold Ramis, movie-Egon had a tall brown do, but no rat-tail. Thank god for cartoons.
If Ghostbusters were Animal House, he’d be: Hoover, the clean-cut fraternity President who invariably has to get his friends out of scrapes. Since Egon is the brains of the outfit, he’s arguably the only one of them who is actually qualified to, you know, bust ghosts.
Ray Stantz
Hair Style: A fiery ginger combover
Original Movie Hair Style: Dan Akyroyd found a horrible middle-ground between Murray’s restless anti-baldness patch and Ramis’ straight-to-the-moon platform cut. Yet again: Advantage, cartoon.
If Ghostbusters were Animal House, he’d be: Flounder, the big-hearted, big-boned pledge who derives childlike joy from almost everything
Winston Zeddemore
Hair Style: Jet-black hair, trimmed to the cranium
Original Movie Hair Style: The same, but Ernie Hudson also rocked an awesome mustache. Advantage: Movie.
If Ghostbusters were Animal House, he’d be: Boon, the savvy everyman
Slimer
Hair Style: N/A
Original Movie Hair Style: N/A
If Ghostbusters were Animal House, he’d be: Bluto the man-child mascot
Janine Melnitz
Hair Style: A spiky-red dye job, which gave the Ghostbusters’ secretary the aura of a lady perpetually coming from or going to a New Wave concert.
Original Movie Hair Style: Annie Potts played Janine with a smart brown pixie cut.
If Ghostbusters were Animal House, she’d be: Katy, the cool-chick galpal with a cutting sense of humor
Those are the options, viewer — who would you pick?
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