The animated series "The Real Ghostbusters" debuted on September 13, 1986, two full years after the release of Ivan Reitman's film on which it was based. It wasn't poor timing, however, as the popularity of "Ghostbusters" hadn't waned one whit. Indeed, thanks to the film's 1985 release on VHS, it had only proliferated to a wider audience than ever before, allowing its popularity to expand. By 1986, kids tuned in en masse to see the animated exploits of Peter Venkman (Lorenzo Music), Winston Zeddemore (Arsenio Hall) , Ray Stantz (Frank Welker), and Egon Spengler (Maurice LaMarche). The series was massively successful, and spawned a line of toy products and a comic book. "The Real Ghostbusters" lasted 140 episodes over its seven seasons. The animated series was just as big a phenom as the

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