The Real Ghostbusters Episode Guide: "Guess What's Coming to Dinner"

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"Guess What's Coming to Dinner"

Production #140-507
Season 5, Episode 7

Aired: Saturday November 24, 1990
on ABC

Writer: Jules Dennys

Synopsis: When the guys go on vacation, their firehouse is taken over by a family of ghosts.

Guest Stars

Benny Grant [Bug Grungie, Ghosts, Kids]
Angel Harper [Pig Grungie, Punker Ghost, Ghosts, Kids]
Janna Levenstein [Smelly Grungie, Ghosts, Kids]
Frank Renzuli [Foul Grungie, Ghosts, Kids]

Regular Cast Incidentals

Dave Coulier [Ghost #1, Ghosts, Kids]
Buster Jones [Joe, Ghosts, Kids]
Maurice LaMarche [Ghost Beast, Ghosts, Kids]
Frank Welker [Yuck, Joe, Sewer Ghost, Ghosts, Kids]

Fun Facts

Title Reference: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 film starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn.
The voice actors were recorded on May 30 and 31 and June 20, 1990. Frank Welker recorded alone on May 31, 1990. Dave Coulier recorded alone on May 31, 1990.
The Grungie family are visually a reference to "The Simpsons", while their name is a reference to the Bundy family in "Married with Children."
Among the ghosts that get out of the Containment Unit are the Mean Green Teen Machine from the episode of the same name.
Scenes of ghosts chasing a kid, from "Slimer, Is That You?", are shown after the ghosts are let out of the Containment Unit.

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