Ghostbusters Afterlife is coming to digital and physical home video releases, there’s a preview version of the original Ghostbusters film coming with it and… hey, just what the hell is going on with the podcast? Well, Troy will do his best to talk about all of the above as he closes out our seventh year of Ghostbusters podcasting and does his best Milt to tell the future of the show.
Two weeks to go, and if you’re still looking for the perfect holiday gift for the Ghostbusters fan in your life good ol’ Mr. Chris Stewart has the program for you! This year, he’s focusing on the makers in our community, creating cool things by hand - plus a few items that should be on every Ghostbusters fan’s wish list.
This week on the show, we’re honored to be joined by the amazingly talented special make-up and creature effects designer of Ghostbusters: Afterlife , Arjen Tuiten. Spoiler avoiders beware, we discuss any and all creatures and prosthetic make-up effects that were created for Jason Reitman’s outstanding film and delve into how the original Ghostbusters among other classics from the 1980’s inspired Arjen to get into his chosen profession in the first place. If you love creature design, animatronic...
After a lifetime of waiting, then just a few months of waiting, and then hang on, back to waiting for over a year, then finally back to waiting a few months, nope, waiting more months, then weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds... Ghostbusters: Afterlife is here. While Troy is still on sabbatical, trying to return an ancient idol to a museum or deciphering prophetic riddles at the Vatican or some such nonsense, Chris has friend of the show Kevin Lim on to help him parse a little bit of what they ...
We're SO close to the release of Ghostbusters Afterlife that we can listen and smell it. So what can we do to pass the time? Hit WGBI on the radio. That’s right, WGBI is on the air with another Spooktacular mega-mix by the master himself, Chris Stewart. Songs, trailers, soundbites, and a whole lot more are coming your way. Don’t touch that dial, because WBGI is live!
First up on the show, a quick message about an upcoming hiatus for the podcast. You can read more on the HQ here. Then we’re off to regular business one last time, talking about NYCC, Adam Savage’s latest Tested where he builds an Afterlife inspired Proton Pack in a day, and then we’re unboxing some amazing items provided to us from our friends at Hasbro including the second wave of Plasma Series figures, Fright Features ghosts, and the Ecto-1 playset! Not to fear, there’s still a couple more ep...
This week on the show, we’re taking a deep dive into a stack of books inside Egon’s farmhouse, talking about Empire Magazine, bobbleheads, talking about upside down proton packs and a whole lot more! First up some Cleanin’ Up the Town news including the domestic release hitting this week and Randy Edelman scoring the sequel “Too Hot to Handle.” Then we’re talking about the latest Ghostbusters Afterlife news including new film score heard in a Muncher cookie video, Empire Magazine comments upcomi...
A whole lot of chat about the two theatrical one sheet posters released for Ghostbusters: Afterlife this past week! Up first, a little tribute to a comedian we admired, then we really get into dissecting both the domestic and theatrical posters. What are we seeing? What AREN’T we seeing? And which do we prefer? All that plus some chat about Ray Parker Jr.’s documentary, Cleanin’ Up the Town coming to US theaters, and a little rebuttal to a YouTube video suggesting that Ghostbusters cannot be rep...
This week on the show, we’re talking about Adam Savage’s amazing set tour of the farmhouse from Ghostbusters: Afterlife , Jason Reitman’s comments to Den of Geek, the 35th Anniversary of Real Ghostbusters (and its return to YouTube), and more! First up, we’re going through all the (non-spoilery) revelations from Adam Savage’s latest Tested behind the scenes video of Ghostbusters: Afterlife and all the toaster, Cheez-It, deliciousness it showed us. Then Jason Reitman had a whole lot to say to Den...
This week on the show, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is going to NYCC, a Making Of and Art book is coming in November, Halloween is coming, and remembering Michael K Williams. First up, we have a special guest as Chris’ son Thomas joins us for the beginning and end of the show and gives us his thoughts on Afterlife, toys, and a whole lot more. We also dive into speculating what may and may not happen at the NYCC Ghostbusters Afterlife panel: will they show the full film? Will they reveal a poster? And...
This week on the show - yes, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is moving out another week. But it’s for a good reason! Join us as we try to explain why the extra week benefits the film. We’re also talking about Adam Savage’s first behind the scenes piece on Tested where he gets to drive the new Ecto-1 and a whole lot more!
This week on the show, we’re talking about the surprise screening of the entire Ghostbusters: Afterlife film in front of an industry insider CinemaCon audience in Las Vegas. We’ll discuss why it’s a big deal that the whole film was screened, what it means about the filmmakers and the studios’ feelings toward the film, and what it means for the next couple months leading up to the November 11th release. All that plus news on merch, a few new fan films, and more on this week’s show!
This week on the show, catching up on the news and then taking a deep dive into the newly officially released Ghostbusters II score by Randy Edelman (and as a bonus, our first listen to the Ghostbusters Afterlife score). First up in the news, a merch round-up of biblical proportions: Hasbro Plasma Series Wave 2 figures are hitting shelves, as are family sized boxes of Ghostbusters cereal, tons of halloween costume offerings, and a whole lot more. No, we won’t talk about those images that circula...
This week on the show, we’re opening up the voicemail lines to get your thoughts and feedback on the most recent Ghostbusters Afterlife trailer. Spoiler alert: there are a few small spoilers in here, and also - it’s all pretty positive!
This week on the show, Troy and Chris are back together again to chat about the Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer a week after its release, Adam Savage’s behind the scenes series reveal, all the toy news fit to print, and a whole mess of merch updates. First up, now that they’ve had a week or so to live with it, the boys talk about revelations about the trailer and the general public response to it. Then Adam Savage has announced a behind the scenes series for Afterlife where he learns all the sec...
Have you seen that trailer? It’s insanely good. Join us and the Yes Have Some podcast as we all gather together to chat through all the easter eggs, engage in some healthy speculation, and give our reactions to the amazingness that is contained in the recent glimpse of the new film. Then we’ll talk about all the toy reveals that happened on Tuesday as well! This is from our livestream Tuesday night, if you’d like to watch us, check out the Yes Have Some Podcast YouTube channel and the video belo...
Seems like there’s a lot that’s going to be on our mind in the week(s) to come, so we figured we’d open up the voicemail bag and air some of those that we’ve been holding onto for a while. Figuring everyone might want to talk about something else in the near future. Don’t worry, we’ll have all the Ghostbusters Afterlife trailer coverage you can handle in the days to come. Stay tuned to the Crossrip social feeds for more!
This week on the show, we’re joined by the amazing Ross May for a draft of biblical proportions: what if you could recast the original characters from the original Ghostbusters film with ANYONE from any time period? Who would you choose? Ross May of the Reitman for the Job podcast hosts Chris and Troy through their draft picks. Who will emerge with the strongest team — er, cast? Who will pull through with the pick everyone wished they had? Join us to find out!
This week on the show, Troy takes the opportunity of a solo record to do a little thought experiment: what is it that makes us love the movies, music, art, photography, and a whole lot more as much as we do? And could Ted Lasso be the key to it all? Join us for that exercise plus a few updates on the Ghostbusters II score album release, and a whole lot more!
This week on the show, examining the items up for bids at the Prop Store auction and once again diving into a recurring Mandela phenomenon recently revisited by the official Ghostbusters social media team: did Slimer ever emerge from the Statue of Liberty at the end of Ghostbusters II? Or is it one of those occurrences where enough people misremember seeing it and therefore, it’s been accepted as being true?
This week on the show, we’re exploring another fan theory - this time we explore if the Ghostbusters actually caused the very thing they were trying to prevent. Up first, a few news item recaps including some more talk about that Hughes & Thrall demo from last week and a very particular “error” someone spotted on the Ghostbusters Afterlife teaser poster. Then, in the second half of the show, the boys jump into debating if the Ghostbusters, by capturing ghosts and storing them all in one plac...
This week on the show, and in honor of Father’s Day, we’re passing the proton pack: Ghostbusters Afterlife news, merch news, updates on the Ghostbusters II score release and a Hughes/Thrall demo discovery that has left us speechless (imagine that)! First up some chat about a featurette released just after Ghostbusters Day that has a few behind the scenes revelations about the film. And what does the release of this BTS piece mean for the release of a new trailer (and how will we talk about the t...
This week on the show, we’re glad to have joined forces with our good friends at Yes Have Some Podcast for a Ghostbusters Day wrap up! Talking about the details and chemistry that was shown during the Ghostbusters Day Group Chat on Twitter Spaces, the awesome t-shirt reveals including designs drawn by some of our long-time friends like John Yurcaba, and we’re chatting about the Hasbro reveals including Mini-Puft Plasma Series pre-orders and glow-in-the-dark variants of the four original Boys in ...
Did you miss it? That’s okay, we’ve got you covered. Here is a rebroadcast of the Ghostbusters Day group conversation between Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Finn Wolfhard, McKenna Grace, Carrie Coon, Celeste O’Connor, and special guest Logan Kim. Everything from casting to character name reveals, to Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray’s reactions to the weight of the new packs is here! Enjoy!
This week on the show, it’s the week before Ghostbusters Day and all through the house everyone’s trying a soda from FYE - - something something that rhymes with house. That’s right, it’s a little slow leading up to the fun to come next week. So what are we to do? We’re breaking out some voicemails, talking about some fan events and announcements, and talking about the sodas and cereals available to us all (or at least some of us at the moment).
This week on the show, the kind folks at Hasbro have sent us their reissued Ecto-1, Bug-Eye Ghost, and Fearsome Flush figures for a fun unboxing and trip down memory lane. How do each of the respective toys stack up to the originals? Is this in fact the cleanest and brightest white we've ever seen a Kenner Ecto? All these things and more will be answered, tune in!
Dan Aykroyd has seen Afterlife, Variety dives into Kate McKinnon’s anxieties (and how they inspired a certain Ghostbuster), and is Trevor changing the oil on the car in the middle of nowhere? That’s right, it’s another week and another episode of the Crossrip. We’re starting out with all the news fit to speak including Dan Aykroyd’s toast and comments about Afterlife (and his snub on SNL last week), Variety talking to Kate McKinnon about her social anxiety and comedy being her defense, and a few...
It’s another Dic Peeks episode commentary, and this week we’re talking about the creepy Extreme Ghostbusters classic, “Deadliners.” One part Hellraiser, another part Lovecraft, and a dash of Goosebumps and R.L. Stein make this a perfect indication of the type of series Extreme Ghostbusters had the potential to be only a mere handful of episodes in. Cue up the episode on the official Ghostbusters YouTube and join us for a real-time commentary after a quick recap of the week’s news!
This week on the show, we’re joined by KiSS Radio host Kevin Lim to chat about the music of Ghostbusters! From our first memories of the original soundtracks, to Bobby Brown fueling childhoods and summers, we take a deep dive into all the tracks on the first three pop soundtracks. Then in the second half of the show, we speculate on things that we may hear on the counterpart album for Ghostbusters Afterlife. Will it be a throwback to previous decades? Will it be an indie-filled eclectic mix? And...
This week on the show, we’re catching up on all that we weren’t able to chat about the last couple weeks with the 300th episode celebration! On the Afterlife front, Jason Reitman confirms November in theaters date, Ernie Hudson has seen the movie, Annie Potts calls the experience of making the movie “trippy,” and the onslaught of Mini-Puft merch has begun including blind bags, Christmas ornaments, and walkie talkies! The Buffalo Ghostbusters are raising funds for Hook and Ladder No. 8 to get the...
