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Just ordered the original brochure with the Ghostbusters painting on it! Found it on ebay for $10. Probably payed more than I should, but I loved that brochure! I'll scan it and post the pictures!

These are some images I got from the evolution of universal! I think that's Steven Spielburg on the camera.

That pic of the Winston is towards the end of the show run when they were using camping frames for the packs instead of alice ones.

I've got that blue pin/button. Pretty cool!!!

Cool Guys! Even though many of you have seen it. Here is a newer Ghostbusters Spooktacular Show...It looks like they changed the format at one time...

Ack! Blast from the past, no wonder there's broken links all over... lemme see how many of those I can fix.

haha I meant to throw in some kind of disclaimer for Troy I remember looking at those pages a looong time ago so the few broken ones are forgivable

I heart Rhapsody.

And fixed all the broken links on GBHQ just for her.

Edit:

PS: While everyone's taking a trip down memory lane, behold the primitive HTML coding that was Universal Studios Florida's Ghostbusters Spooktacular section of their official website back in 1995/1996.

http://www.ghostbustershq.com/usf.html

* gets out of rocking chair and glances in mirror*
Yep. Can't argue that comment.

*pets net* (and no he is not an animal. Just very kind)

Ohh. LOL. for real.

that Winston looks like its a shot of Wayne Brady back when he played Winston.

That's not Wayne in the above picture, but this is for certain:


As a side note, one of the other men in that picture has been in a few Emmy nominated films, television shows, and a couple of Academy Award winning films as I type this. Not as an extra, but as an actor with very legit , impressive roles...not necessarily large roles, yet a bit noteworthy and memorable.

He's 'that guy' that can walk down the street in peace, yet still collect a great actor paycheck even now. USF was indeed a springboard for many.
As on another thread, he is the proverbial UNKNOWN, yet still a working actor and has been for years and does not live in either LA or New York. Matter of fact, he's in one of the top grossing films of 2009!

Back to the Wayne topic. Here's another very, very blurry pic which is supposedly Wayne as a USF GB . It's been floating around the internet for a while. Still, it's so blurry that I can't seem to confirm it.
If I had to lean one way or another though, I lean towards, "Yes, that is Wayne."
This one:

Just by my ears alone I could tell that it was Maurice LaMarche performing not just Egon but Peter also for the Spooktacular show.
LaMarche also did the Bill Murray impression at the end of the episode "Take Two" from The Real Ghostbusters. You won't find a credit for it but I can absolutely tell that it was him.

Rhapsody, I forget (forgive me for being remiss) -- what year was your last at the USF show? You were there until they shut down the proper Spooktacular show, right?

Something i've always wondered...The firehouse facade they built doesn't exactly resemble FDNY Ladder 8's....it seems to be an amalgam of FDNY Engine 55's and FDNY Engine 33/Ladder 9's:

Engine 55(Little Italy)Fun Fact: Actor Steve Buscemi worked here for 4 years and after 9/11 went to work down at Ground Zero, digging along with his fellow firefighters for months, un-noticed.


Engine 33/Ladder 9(Bowery):

I have a couple original Gbs on my facebook page.. There nice guys and too this day they miss Ghostbusters

Here is the second Image at the garygoddard site. Click to enlarge. Or drag and drop into another window.
For some reason it does not work for me on Explorer 8.
Enlarge these also . . . From -- Universal Studios Florida PRESS KIT DVD 1995 Ghostbusters, Jaws, Back to the Future Ride, E.T.





DVD CONTENTS

JAWS (2:06)
KONGFRONTATION (0:47)
BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE RIDE (2:18)
EARTHQUAKE (0:54)
E.T. ADVENTURE (1:21)
THE FUNTASTIC WORLD OF HANNA-BARBERA (0:48)
DYNAMITE NIGHTS STUNT SPECTACULAR (0:21)
WILD, WILD, WILD WEST STUNT SHOW (0:59)
HITCHCOCK'S 3-D THEATRE (1:44)
MURDER, SHE WROTE MYSTERY THEATRE (1:46)
ANIMAL ACTORS SHOW (1:12)
GORY, GRUESOME & GROTESQUE HORROR MAKE-UP SHOW (1:30)
GHOSTBUSTERS (1:10)
LUCY: A TRIBUTE (1:18)
BEETLEJUICE'S GRAVEYARD REVUE (1:24)
FIEVEL'S PLAYLAND (1:22)
SCREEN TEST HOME VIDEO ADVENTURE (0:35)
STREET ENTERTAIMENTTE AND CELEBRITY LOOK-A-LIKES (1:22)
NICKELODEON STUDIOS (0:25)
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HISTORICAL B/W CLIPS (0:11)
PRODUCTION FACILITIES & SELECTED PRODUCTIONS (2:12)
AERIALS & GLOBE - DAY & NIGHT FOOTAGE (1:04)

Damn... that Spooktacular was awesome... better than the super mario brothers on ice that i saw as a kid during the ice capades

June 7, 1990. Opening day USF.


PS. I did not take this pic. A friend did. I do have one of Ernie in a golf cart on that same day. (but alas, my scanner is broken and in the shop. )

Ernie was pimped out early 90's style

very cool videos and pics everyone, esp bustinforjesus!

I Heart Rhapsody.

Thanks! I just got the original brochure of Universal on ebay. Hope to post pics soon.

Finally got the pics of the brochure. Sorry it took so long. Hope this takes you back!
These are files scanned from the actual Brochure.Here it is in order....

Man those were the good old days for sure. Theme parks just seem to have lost their magic and creativity these days. It's probably just me.

Busterforjesus, I have that and had it since I first went to the parks way back in 1990.

I know what you mean.

That's why they are called amusement parks now. They only amuse people.

I've been searching for anything about the show recently. Some cool stuff I found:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T5PR-oIDeA - Good view of pre-show packs and what-not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPQ-Yl9t3xo - the greatest billboard of all time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Pv84jCHoE - What the exterior looked like during the first year

Thanks for sharing those. I really liked the first one where you could see Louis in the Pre-show up close.

Does anyone have a brochure of the year after my brochure? I would love to see the 1991 version,