"Baby Spookums" Production #140001 Season 2, Episode 1 Aired: Saturday September 12, 1987 on ABC Writer: Len Janson, Chuck Menville

Synopsis: A lunar eclipse produces an inter-dimensional rift and a baby ghost comes through. While Slimer babysits the ghostchild, the Ghostbusters try to deal with the baby's ghostly parents, not knowing that they're looking for their missing child.


Guest Stars

• Marilyn Schreffler [Baby Spookums, Lady, Woman Scream]

Regular Cast Incidentals

• Dave Coulier [Man Scream]
• Arsenio Hall [Radio D.J.]
• Maurice LaMarche [Male Ghost, Manager]
• Kath Soucie [Female Ghost]

Fun Facts

• The script for this episode can be found on The Real Ghostbusters Scripts page.
• Title Reference: George McManus' 1904 comic strip "The Newlyweds" was about a couple and their baby Snookums (sometimes called Baby Snooks).
• The voice actors were recorded on May 13, 14, and 15, 1987. Frank Welker recorded on May 14 and 15, 1987.
• The most noticeable change for the series is that starting with this episode, Slimer speaks more coherently as compared to his "Slimer-speak" of the past two seasons.
• Starting from this episode, Janine Melnitz falls under the influence of a Makoveris Lotsabucks, a spirit that feeds on a person's vanity. Frustrated in the glacial pace of her relationship with Egon, she relents in letting the creature "improve" her. The creature poses as a "fairy godmother", first changing her voice, then her hairstyle, then over time altering her actual physical appearance. This would all come to a head in the episode "Janine, You've Changed".
• Starting with this episode, Dave Coulier voices Peter Venkman and Kath Soucie voices Janine.
• For the third season, a number of changes were made to make the show more "kid friendly" and politically correct. This caused departure of story editor J. Michael Straczynski.

Multimedia

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