The Real Ghostbusters Episode Guide: "Baby Spookums"

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"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.

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