Whoops! Turns out it was the Bill Murray movie that was the (not so cheesy) ripoff of the show the cartoon was based on!

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Ghostbusters
The title page for the animated Ghostbusters series produced by Filmation
Format	Animated series, mystery, adventure
Created by	Marc Richards (characters) Robby London, Barry O'Brien (adapted for animation)
Starring	Pat Fraley Peter Cullen Lou Scheimer Susan Blu
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	65
Production
Executive producer(s)	Lou Scheimer
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Filmation Tribune Broadcasting
Distributor	Group W Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	Syndicated
Original run	September 8, 1986 – December 5, 1986
Chronology
Related shows	The Ghost Busters

Ghostbusters (later called Filmation's Ghostbusters) was an animated television series created by Filmation and distributed by Tribune Broadcasting and launched following the success of Ivan Reitman and Columbia Pictures' 1984 film Ghostbusters. It ran from 1986-1988 in daytime syndication and produced 65 episodes. The cartoon was based on a live-action television show from 1975-1976 titled The Ghost Busters. It is not to be confused with the animated show The Real Ghostbusters, which was based on the 1984 film Ghostbusters. Columbia Pictures had to obtain the rights to the name from Filmation for its film, and after Ghostbusters was a hit, Filmation went into production with its animated series based on the characters from its series. The series is technically called simply "Ghostbusters", but home video releases use the name "Filmation's Ghostbusters" to avoid confusion.

Turns out the cheesy cartoon was based on a live action series from 1975 that Filmation owned the rights to. Dan Akroyd and pals had to pay them for the rights to use the phrase "Ghostbusters" in their title. Then, once the movie was huge, Filmation went into production on a cartoon sequel to the original 1975 live action show. Yes, there actually is some sort of continuity between the two series. Wow, this is all way more than I ever wanted/needed to know about that show. I think I only ever watched it because one of the characters was hot.

Here's that link again if you want to know even more about this silly little show:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(1986_TV_series)

OH and it's "Let's go, Ghostbuuuusters" not "Go go, Ghostbuuuusters..."

I'm so stupid. WHAT was I thinking???

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