View new posts | View your posts That voice in the Sedgewick... Ricardo Montalban?

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Apologies if this has been discussed before...

When the original three Ghostbusters separate at the Sedgewick hotel, and Venkman is wandering a hallway, there's a snippet of noise audible from a TV inside one of the rooms.

It's a rich male voice saying what sounds like, "But, you may be right. If so, we'd better [unintelligible] ..."

And I swear, it sounds like Ricardo Montalban.

Anyone know more about this?

It could be an episode of Fantasy Island, it could be TOS, it could be Wrath of Khan. It could be anything, really, from throughout his long and distinguished career, at least pre-1983-ish.

But this has nagged at me long enough. In 2012, I want to FIND that clip and hear/see the entire bit of dialogue. Yet I can't do it alone, so I appeal on the obsessive GBfan gene in all of us... Help me find this!

Alex

I did a quick audio recording on the phone and uploaded.

http://kiwi6.com/file/bha94ngo9h

Sounds more like "'mars' or 'marge' you may be right" to me.

That's the GB Scene btw for reference, not the source of the line.

Yeah, the first word is open to interpretation. Could also be "Bart".

And the last word (in the unintelligible section) sounds like it might be 'boat'. Or 'votes'.

Looking over his imdb list, there's very little of his career in my collection. I may seek out the Planet of the Apes movies where he played Armando and give them a listen.

Alex

I thought it sounded like "roads"

Anybody ever interviewed any of these folks?


Sound Department

Rick Alexander .... sound re-recording mixer (as Dick Alexander)
Richard Beggs .... sound designer
Raul A. Bruce .... sound boom (as Paul A. Bruce)
Jim Bullock .... sound editor
Gene S. Cantamessa .... production sound mixer (as Gene Cantamessa)
John M. Colwell .... sound editor (as John Colwell)
Les Fresholtz .... sound re-recording mixer
Joseph Holsen .... sound editor
William L. Manger .... sound editor
Tom McCarthy Jr. .... sound designer
Vern Poore .... sound re-recording mixer
Michael P. Redbourn .... sound editor (as Mike Redbourn)
Don S. Walden .... sound editor
Jack Wolpa .... cable person (as Jack Walpa)

And, of lesser likelihood, but I'll throw them in here too since they'd have heard the movie in various levels of audio completeness.

Ken Dufva .... foley artist (uncredited)
Kim Maitland .... sound recordist (uncredited)
Christopher Moriana .... foley artist (uncredited)

Alex

This is one of the bigger mysteries of Ghostbusters. No one has been able to ID it thus far and the sound guys aren't well interviewed, though it's hoped that the Cleanin' Up The Town documentary might get an answer.

Talk about ironic! Dig the ad that I just saw in the upper right corner when I logged in to check this topic!



Alex

I suspect, if it is in fact Ricardo Montalban, that we may find the quote in this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0577709/?li ... 0544283837

As a kid I thought it said "they saw...a ghost "


upon recent viewings sounds more like "HOAX " which is a bit funnier in contrast to the way they were handling things.

no idea about the voice though.

The Fantasy Island episode actually makes more sense given that Columbia Pictures produced the show.

Every time it gets to that part I think of this thread, and obsess over what is being said. THANKS A LOT ALEX!!!

Anyways I've watched the movie a couple times while wearing my Bose QC 15's and it sounds to me like:

"Barnes, you may be right. If so we've been heard...[not sure]..."

Hahaha, sorry to make you obsess about this for over a year now!

I was watching it again the other day, and the unintelligible phrase came to me (that time) as 'if so we'd better get a boat'.

But I had also just watched a music video the day before which sampled the line from Jaws "You're gonna need a bigger boat" so there's a strong chance my perception was skewed.

Alex

Dude, to me it sounds like he's saying "Fonz, you may be right. If so, we're..." That would only leave one source to look towards.

Aaaayyyy!