70-417: Jean-Marc Lofficier ( French: [lɔfisje] ; born June 22, 1954) is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comics and translations of a number of animation screenplays . He usually collaborates with his wife, Randy Lofficier (born Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, U.S., on February 3, 1953), and the reason why credits sometimes read " R. J. M. Lofficier ", after
140-716: A combination of articles, reviews and short stories – and began working as "film journalists" for a variety of "cinema/ sf pro magazines." Covering the Hollywood-based film industry (and particularly those aspects with a Sci-Fi or Fantasy bent), the Lofficiers wrote for a number of magazines created both for American and overseas audiences. Their work appeared in such mainstream U.S. publications as Starlog , Cinefex , Heavy Metal and American Cinematographer , as well as more focused publications including T. E. D. Klein 's The Twilight Zone Magazine . Overseas,
210-438: A guide to French-language novels based upon the character of Simon Templar (alias "The Saint"), created by Leslie Charteris . Books include: Works by Moebius : Cheval Noir (Dark Horse, 1989–94) Other : Screenplays A screenplay , or script , is a written work produced for a film , television show , or video game (as opposed to a stage play ) by screenwriters . A screenplay written for television
280-401: A list of master shots. However, screenwriters soon began to add the shot-by-shot details that characterized continuities of the films of the later silent era. Casablanca (1942), is written in this style, with detailed technical instructions interwoven with dialogue. The first use of the term "screenplay" dates to this era; the term "screen play" (two words) was used as early as 1916 in
350-684: A local university. When supernatural events begin occurring in New York, Egon recruits four of his university students as a new team of Ghostbusters, and Janine, also one of Egon's students, returns to manage the office. The original Ghostbusters return for the two-episode season finale to celebrate Egon's 40th birthday, leading to them reluctantly working together with the younger generation to solve one last case. The series has received critical acclaim since its premiere. The first season received an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , based on five reviews. Common Sense Media gave
420-499: A number of non-fiction books about film and television programs. Their first – The Doctor Who Programme Guide , published by W. H. Allen in 1981 – arose from their work for French magazine L'Écran fantastique . The pair produced This title in turn led to the Lofficiers producing several novelizations and editing various anthologies of science fiction and fantasy short stories. In 1985, Randy Lofficier completed Harry Love 's Animation Writing Seminar at Hanna-Barbera , which led
490-450: A number of them in the mini-series Strangers published by Image Comics in 2003. This universe of characters is now gathered as Hexagon Comics . The Lofficiers also wrote "Blood Oath", a crossover between Phenix and Top Cow 's Witchblade . Starting in 2010, the Lofficiers started to reprint the "classic" stories from the 1960s and 1970s in a series of black & white trade paperbacks, as well as write new stories, mostly by relaunching
560-551: A respectable, economically sound way of making a living," he got an MBA and a law degree, then went to work in international banking. Graduating from the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and from ESCP Europe business school in 1978, Jean-Marc Lofficier worked for Barclays Bank in Paris for a year before being hired by Crédit Lyonnais and moving to Los Angeles, California, U.S., where he met Randy. Jean-Marc and Randy were married
630-405: A single brad at the top left-hand side of the page, making flicking through the paper easier during script meetings. Screenplays are usually bound with a light card stock cover and back page, often showing the logo of the production company or agency submitting the script, covers are there to protect the script during handling which can reduce the strength of the paper. This is especially important if
700-481: A specific role (such as a body, Peter being the mouth, Ray the heart, and Egon the brain) but making Winston (the only main African American character) the driver saying he is "the hands". Another example would be stating how the character of Janine needed to be "more nurturing", put her in more "dress-like outfits" and "making her less harsh and slutty". At the start of the series' fourth season in 1988,
770-399: Is also known as a teleplay . Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. A screenplay is a form of narration in which the movements, actions, expressions and dialogue of the characters are described in a certain format. Visual or cinematographic cues may be given, as well as scene descriptions and scene changes. In the early silent era , before
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#1732800831180840-413: Is available as a mobile application and a website. The first screenwriting software was SmartKey , a macro program that sent strings of commands to existing word processing programs, such as WordStar , WordPerfect and Microsoft Word . SmartKey was popular with screenwriters from 1982 to 1987, after which word processing programs had their own macro features. Script coverage is a filmmaking term for
910-446: Is convenient to read or put in a pocket; this is generally for use by the director or production crew during shooting. Although most writing contracts continue to stipulate physical delivery of three or more copies of a finished script, it is common for scripts to be delivered electronically via email. Electronic copies allow easier copyright registration and also documenting "authorship on a given date". Authors can register works with
980-415: Is double-spaced, action lines are capitalized, and scene headings, character entrances and exits, and sound effects are capitalized and underlined. Drama series and sitcoms are no longer the only formats that require the skills of a writer. With reality-based programming crossing genres to create various hybrid programs, many of the so-called "reality" programs are in a large part scripted in format. That is,
1050-460: Is usually invented solely by the screenwriter, though spec screenplays can also be based on established works or real people and events. For American TV shows, the format rules for hour-long dramas and single-camera sitcoms are essentially the same as for motion pictures. The main difference is that TV scripts have act breaks. Multi-camera sitcoms use a different, specialized format that derives from stage plays and radio. In this format, dialogue
1120-652: The Book of the Vishanti back-up feature for Doctor Strange : Sorcerer Supreme , two stories for Clive Barker ’s Hellraiser , and the Tongue*Lash series for Dark Horse Comics . From 2000 to 2003, Jean-Marc Lofficier was editor and senior writer of a line of French comic books published by Semic Comics , redeveloping old French characters from the 1960s such as Wampus , Kabur , Phenix , Homicron , Dragut and Dick Demon into more modern versions, even gathering
1190-656: The Ghostbusters concept was tinkered with, the finalized show does feature many tie-ins from the films. In the season 1 episode "Take Two", the Ghostbusters fly to Hollywood to visit the set of a movie based on their adventures, which is revealed to be the 1984 movie at the end of the episode. The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man makes numerous appearances. During the third season, Walter Peck, the Environmental Protection Agency antagonist from
1260-599: The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) Registry, and even television formats using the FRAPA 's system. Screenplays and teleplays use a set of standardizations, beginning with proper formatting. These rules are in part to serve the practical purpose of making scripts uniformly readable blueprints of movies, and also to serve as a way of distinguishing a professional from an amateur. Motion picture screenplays intended for submission to mainstream studios, whether in
1330-463: The 2000s after Music died in 2001. Dave Coulier took over the role of Venkman from Music starting in the third season. Coulier explained that Joe Medjuck , a producer on both the original 1984 film and the animated series, wanted the character to sound more like Murray. Ernie Hudson was the only actor from the films who auditioned to play his character in the series; however, the role was given to Arsenio Hall and later Buster Jones . Although
1400-503: The Lofficiers to write a number of animation scripts for television series such as The Real Ghostbusters and Duck Tales . They also began to write numerous scripts for a variety of comic books, often in collaboration with other writers, notably Roy Thomas and Marv Wolfman , for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics . Their best-known works include a trilogy of DC Elseworlds based on German Expressionism cinema incorporating characters such as Superman , Batman and Wonder Woman ,
1470-478: The Lofficiers were hired by French artist Moebius to translate and arrange for the publication of his works in English. This led to a series of 30+ graphic novels published mostly by Epic Comics until 1995. During that time, the Lofficiers also translated numerous French comics for Dark Horse Comics , co-editing their comic Cheval Noir , and for Renegade Press , co-editing their comic French Ice , featuring
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#17328008311801540-604: The Lofficiers' work appeared in United Kingdom magazines including Dez Skinn 's Starburst (the magazine of "Science Fantasy in Television, Cinema and Comix") and House of Hammer , while in France, they continued to contribute to L'Écran fantastique . The Lofficiers' magazine work, which included short stories, retrospectives and TV program guides alongside journalistic articles, led naturally to them co-authoring
1610-529: The Moon (1902) and The Great Train Robbery (1903) had scenarios consisting respectively of a list of scene headings or scene headings with a detailed explication of the action in each scene. At this time, scripts had yet to include individual shots or dialogue. These scenario scripts evolved into continuity scripts , which listed a number of shots within each scene, thus providing continuity to streamline
1680-499: The US or elsewhere in the world, are expected to conform to a standard typographical style known widely as the studio format which stipulates how elements of the screenplay such as scene headings, action, transitions, dialogue, character names, shots and parenthetical matter should be presented on the page, as well as font size and line spacing. One reason for this is that, when rendered in studio format, most screenplays will transfer onto
1750-483: The United Kingdom and United States, respectively. The DVD release of Ghostbusters II also included two episodes of the series as bonus features, "Citizen Ghost", a story focusing on events set immediately after the first movie , and "Partners in Slime" (this episode has the original broadcast version and the original end logos—DiC "kid in bed" and Columbia Pictures Television (1988) logos, respectively), which featured
1820-677: The United States and the other published weekly (originally biweekly) by Marvel Comics in the United Kingdom. Kenner produced a line of action figures and playsets based on the cartoon. In 2023, events from the series would be adapted for the canon video game Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed , in particular the character of Samhain . The series follows the continuing adventures of the four Ghostbusters, their secretary Janine, their accountant Louis, and their mascot Slimer , as they chase and capture rogue spooks, specters, spirits and ghosts around New York City and various other areas of
1890-399: The adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman , Dr. Egon Spengler , Dr. Ray Stantz , Winston Zeddemore , their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost Slimer . "The Real" was added to the title after a dispute with Filmation and its Ghost Busters properties. There also were two ongoing Real Ghostbusters comics , one published monthly by NOW Comics in
1960-451: The analysis and grading of screenplays, often within the script-development department of a production company. While coverage may remain entirely verbal, it usually takes the form of a written report, guided by a rubric that varies from company to company. The original idea behind coverage was that a producer's assistant could read a script and then give their producer a breakdown of the project and suggest whether they should consider producing
2030-592: The character Slimer . Animation for the Slimer! cartoons was handled by Wang Film Productions . At the end of its seven-season run, 147 episodes had aired, including the syndicated episodes and 13 episodes of Slimer! , with multiple episodes airing out of production order. At the same time The Real Ghostbusters was being created, Filmation was making a cartoon revamp ( Ghostbusters ) of their 1975 live action series The Ghost Busters , due to disagreements with Columbia over animation rights. A short pilot episode
2100-540: The comic-book Strangers . Since that date, Jean-Marc has been editor-in-chief of Hexagon Comics . Also for the French comic market, the Lofficiers wrote a trilogy of graphic novels based on the character of Robur created by Jules Verne . Illustrated by Gil Formosa , the first two volumes were nominated for the 2005 Jules Verne Award for Bandes Dessinees. There were published in English in Heavy Metal . In 1985,
2170-464: The explicit visual continuity and strict adherence to a budget that continuity scripts afforded, the master-scene script was more readable, which is of importance to an independent producer seeking financing for a project. By the production of Chinatown (1974), this change was complete. Andrew Kenneth Gay argues that this shift has raised the status of directors as auteurs and lowered the profile of screenwriters. However, he also notes that since
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2240-617: The filmmaking process. While some productions, notably D. W. Griffith 's The Birth of a Nation (1915), were made without a script, preapproved " continuities " allowed the increasingly powerful studio executives to more accurately budget for film productions. Movie industry revolutionary Thomas H. Ince , a screenwriter himself, invented movie production by introducing an " assembly line " system of filmmaking that utilized far more detailed written materials, clearly dedicated to "separating conception from execution". Film researcher Andrew Kenneth Gay posits that, "The process of scripting for
2310-523: The first five volumes (title and writer credits were superimposed over the animated opening). All 10 volumes, spanning 10 discs containing 111 episodes, were released in a slim plastic box set in October 2017 (comprising 80% of the series). The complete first season was released on DVD in Australia on June 3, 2009, and in the U.K. on June 15. In 1997, a sequel cartoon entitled Extreme Ghostbusters
2380-613: The following year. Jean-Marc recalled in 2005 that their writing partnership developed alongside their personal relationship; "Randy always wanted to write... [so] it evolved organically in a mutually complementary working relationship.". Jean-Marc left Crédit Lyonnais in 1985 to join Starwatcher Graphics, a new company set up by French artist Mœbius and his wife Claudine, then living in Santa Monica, California . After Mœbius returned to France, and Starwatcher Graphics
2450-636: The initials of both spouses. Jean-Marc Lofficier was born in Toulon , France, in 1954. The son of a serviceman , he moved several times during his formative years, spending "a goodly part of my childhood in Bordeaux, and my teenage years in Fontainebleau". A budding writer from an early age, Lofficier also "drew my own little comic strips when I was 13, 14, and began being published in French ' zines at 16." Recalling in 2005 that "writing wasn't deemed
2520-406: The left to accommodate hole punches ). The major components are action (sometimes called "screen direction") and dialogue . The action is written in the present tense and is limited to what can be heard or seen by the audience, for example descriptions of settings, character movements, or sound effects. The dialogue is the words the characters speak, and is written in a center column. Unique to
2590-510: The official Ghostbusters YouTube channel. The Real Ghostbusters soundtrack was released in 1986 on CD, records, and cassette by PolyGram Records . All songs were performed by Tahiti (Tyren Perry & Tonya Townsend). From 1986 to 1989, several episodes were released by Magic Window, the children's imprint of RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video. The episodes on the cassettes were from the first season of syndication. In 2004 and again in 2006, Sony released bare bones episode compilations in
2660-466: The opening was completely redone to center around Slimer. Eventually the episodes were expanded from their original half-hour format to last an hour, and the overall feel of the show was changed to be more youthful, with episodes having a lighter tone to be less frightening. By season 5, Louis Tully was added to the show following the character's appearance in Ghostbusters II . Recording for
2730-472: The original film, reappears. The uniforms and containment unit are redesigned, and Slimer is changed from a bad ghost to a resident and friend, events which are explained in the episode "Citizen Ghost" that flashes back to what happened to the Ghostbusters right after the film's events. Gozer is mentioned repeatedly throughout the series, usually in comparison to a ghost they are currently battling (e.g. " Cthulhu makes Gozer look like Little Mary Sunshine "). In
2800-627: The other all black with different images on each side. Both featured lenticular printing , the firehouse version to show the Ecto-1 and the black version to have oozing "slime". Released on November 25, 2008, in the "firehouse" casing, the set spans 25 discs containing all 147 episodes of the series. They subsequently began releasing the individual volumes on March 31, 2009, but only the first three were released. Volumes 4 and 5 were not released due to poor sales. The Time Life releases have been discontinued and are now out of print. Sony began re-releasing
2870-471: The output of British writer/translator Brian Stableford . In 2005, the Lofficiers started another small press, Rivière Blanche [ fr ] , to publish French science fiction novels in the nostalgic style of the long-defunct Anticipation imprint of Editions Fleuve Noir . Lofficier's official website includes a section entitled "Illustrated History of the French Saint Novels",
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2940-512: The overall concept and story. The script format for documentaries and audio-visual presentations which consist largely of voice-over matched to still or moving pictures is different again and uses a two-column format which can be particularly difficult to achieve in standard word processors, at least when it comes to editing or rewriting. Many script-editing software programs include templates for documentary formats. Various screenwriting software packages are available to help screenwriters adhere to
3010-494: The overall skeleton of the show and its episodes are written to dictate the content and direction of the program. The Writers Guild of America has identified this as a legitimate writer's medium, so much so that they have lobbied to impose jurisdiction over writers and producers who "format" reality-based productions. Creating reality show formats involves storytelling structure similar to screenwriting, but much more condensed and boiled down to specific plot points or actions related to
3080-619: The psycho-active slime from Ghostbusters II and a brief mention of its villain Vigo the Carpathian. Time Life acquired the home video rights to the series in May 2008 and released a complete series on DVD in the Fall of 2008. That July they allowed fans the chance to vote between two variations of an outer box for the set —one designed to look like the main characters' firehouse headquarters and
3150-526: The required format written into the rubric of their writer's contract. The Nicholl Fellowship , a screenwriting competition run under the auspices of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , has a guide to screenplay format. A more detailed reference is The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats . A speculative screenplay or "spec script" is a script written to be sold on the open market with no upfront payment, or promise of payment. The content
3220-474: The result of ABC hiring a consulting firm called Q5, in an attempt for guidance on improving the network's low ratings for their Saturday Morning lineup, a move strongly criticized by show writers J. Michael Straczynski , who was a story editor on the series and wrote episodes for every season except 4 and 7, and Michael Reaves . Many of the changes brought on by Q5 were even criticized by Straczynski as being racist and sexist, such as having each Ghostbuster have
3290-405: The screen at the rate of approximately one page per minute. This rule of thumb is widely contested — a page of dialogue usually occupies less screen time than a page of action, for example, and it depends enormously on the literary style of the writer — and yet it continues to hold sway in modern Hollywood . There is no single standard for studio format. Some studios have definitions of
3360-400: The screen did not so much emerge naturally from other literary forms such as the play script, the novel, or poetry nor to meet the artistic needs of filmmakers but developed primarily to address the manufacturing needs of industrial production." With the advent of sound film , dialogue quickly dominated scripts, with what had been specific instructions for the filmmaker initially regressed to
3430-545: The screenplay (as opposed to a stage play ) is the use of slug lines . A slug line , also called a master scene heading , occurs at the start of each scene and typically contains three pieces of information: whether the scene is set inside or outside (INT. or EXT.; interior or exterior), the specific location, and the time of day. Each slug line begins a new scene. In a " shooting script " the slug lines are numbered consecutively for ease of reference. American screenplays are printed single-sided on three-hole-punched paper using
3500-438: The screenplay is no longer a technical document, screenwriting is more of a literary endeavour. The format is structured so that (as a ballpark estimate ) one page equates to roughly one minute of screen time, though this often bears little resemblance to the runtime of the final production. The standard font is 12 point , 10 pitch Courier typeface . Wide margins of at least one inch are employed (usually larger for
3570-438: The screenplay or not. The Real Ghostbusters The Real Ghostbusters is an American animated television series, a spin-off and sequel of the 1984 comedy film Ghostbusters . The series ran on ABC between September 13, 1986 and October 5, 1991, and was a joint production of DIC Enterprises in association with Columbia Pictures Television and distributed by Coca-Cola Telecommunications . The series continues
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#17328008311803640-405: The script is likely to pass through the hands of several people or through the post. Increasingly, reading copies of screenplays (that is, those distributed by producers and agencies in the hope of attracting finance or talent) are distributed printed on both sides of the paper (often professionally bound) to reduce paper waste. Occasionally they are reduced to half-size to make a small book which
3710-452: The scripts for use in the US letter size, especially when their scripts are to be read by American producers since the pages would otherwise be cropped when printed on US paper. Because each country's standard paper size is difficult to obtain in the other country, British writers often send an electronic copy to American producers, or crop the A4 size to US letter. A British script may be bound by
3780-494: The second season, which ran in syndication at the same time as the third season ran on ABC. Later, reruns of the show appeared on the USA Network 's USA Cartoon Express from September 16, 1991 to September 11, 1994. Fox Family Channel also reran the series from August 17, 1998 to October 1, 1999. In August 2012, reruns began airing on Fearnet during the weekends, part of their "Funhouse" block, and on April 1, 2017,
3850-525: The series Carmen Cru by French artist Jean-Marc Lelong . In 1990, in recognition of their career as writers, translators and editors, the Lofficiers were presented with the Inkpot Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comic Arts. In 2003, the Lofficiers created their own small press, Black Coat Press , to translate and publish classics of French pulp literature into English, relying in part on
3920-411: The series a three out of five stars: "Parents need to know that The Real Ghostbusters is an animated series spun off the mega-popular 1984 movie Ghostbusters (the "Real" was added to avoid confusion with an unrelated cartoon of the same name). The core characters remain the same, though the cartoon is skewed toward younger kids and as such, drops the swearing, the smoking, and the sexual innuendo. While
3990-523: The series on DVD in Region 1 in 2016. Volumes 1–5 (each containing 11 or 12 episodes) were released on July 5, while Volumes 6–10 (with 10 or 11 episodes each) were released on September 6. Unlike the previous Time Life edition, the Sony release is incomplete, missing 29 episodes that were inexplicably omitted, as well as the entire Slimer! sub-series. Additionally, title cards were removed from all episodes in
4060-510: The show began to stream on Netflix , but was removed two years later. Then the show aired in Spanish on TeleXitos from 2022 to 2023. As of June 25, 2024, the show is currently airing on MeTV Toons . It aired on ITV in the U.K. in February 1988. To celebrate the upcoming release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife , both The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters were released onto
4130-495: The show took place in Los Angeles, California. The cast always recorded together, instead of separately as is custom. After recording of the dialogue was completed, sound tapes, storyboards, backgrounds, and character designs were then shipped to Japanese animation studios for animation and filming. South Korean studios were also used during the final two seasons. The show originally aired on ABC for its full run, except for
4200-412: The silent era to refer to the film itself, i.e. a play shown on a screen. With the end of the studio system in the 1950s and 1960s, these continuities were gradually split into a master-scene script , which includes all dialogue but only rudimentary scene descriptions and a shooting script devised by the director after a film is approved for production. While studio era productions required
4270-496: The standard American letter size (8.5 in × 11 in; 220 mm × 280 mm). They are then held together with two brass brads in the top and bottom hole. The middle hole is left empty as it would otherwise make it harder to quickly read the script. In the United Kingdom, double-hole-punched A4 paper is normally used, which is slightly taller and narrower (210 mm × 297 mm; 8.3 in × 11.7 in) than US letter size. Some UK writers format
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#17328008311804340-513: The strict formatting conventions. Detailed computer programs are designed specifically to format screenplays, teleplays, and stage plays. Such packages include BPC-Screenplay, Celtx , Fade In , Final Draft , FiveSprockets , Montage , Movie Draft SE, Movie Magic Screenwriter , Movie Outline 3.0, Scrivener , and Zhura . Software is also available as web applications , accessible from any computer, and on mobile devices , such as Fade In Mobile Scripts Pro and Studio Binder, and WriterDuet , which
4410-463: The third season, some of the character designs were modified. Ray's character design was slimmed down to give the character a less overweight appearance and Slimer was given a tail instead of the formerly rounded bottom (he reverted to a stub in Season 6). The biggest change was to the character of Janine, whose hair was completely changed from being short and spiky to long and straight. Her overall design
4480-401: The turn of the 20th century, "scripts" for films in the United States were usually a synopsis of a film of around one paragraph and sometimes as short as one sentence. Shortly thereafter, as films grew in length and complexity, film scenarios (also called "treatments" or "synopses" ) were written to provide narrative coherence that had previously been improvised. Films such as A Trip to
4550-505: The voice of Egon Spengler , Maurice LaMarche noted that while he was asked not to impersonate Harold Ramis , he did so anyway and eventually got the part. LaMarche also noted that Bill Murray had remarked off-handedly to producers that Lorenzo Music 's voice for Peter Venkman sounded more like Garfield (who was also voiced by Music at the time). Murray went on to voice Garfield in Garfield: The Movie and its sequel in
4620-493: The world. At the start of the fourth season in 1988, the show was retitled to Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters . It aired in a one-hour time slot, which the show had begun doing under its original name earlier that same year on January 30, 1988. In addition to the regular 30-minute Real Ghostbusters episode, a half-hour Slimer! sub-series was added that included two to three short animated segments focusing on
4690-410: Was disbanded in 2000, the Lofficiers started their own company, Hollywood Comics, which advises and counsels comic book professionals in their dealings with Hollywood. Jean-Marc and Randy moved to Chalabre , in the south of France, in 2005. In 1979, the Lofficiers built on Jean-Marc's earlier work for fanzines and French magazines – including Lunatique and L'Écran fantastique , for which he wrote
4760-438: Was produced by Columbia TriStar Television and Adelaide Productions . It premiered on September 1, 1997, and ran for forty episodes until its conclusion on December 8. Set several years after the end of The Real Ghostbusters , the series opened by saying the team has disbanded due to a lack of supernatural activity. Only Egon remains in the firehouse, along with Slimer, to care for the containment system while teaching classes at
4830-586: Was produced, but never aired in full. The full 4-minute promo was released on Time Life 's DVD set in 2008. Scenes of the pilot can be seen in TV promos that aired prior to the beginning of the series. Among differences seen in the promo pilot, the Ghostbusters wore beige jumpsuits as in the film and the character design for Peter Venkman bore more of a resemblance to actor Bill Murray . The character designs by Jim McDermott were dramatically different, with color-coded jumpsuits for each character. When he auditioned for
4900-430: Was softened, as was her personality. Her voice was also softened with Kath Soucie taking over the voice role from Laura Summer . ABC also went back, and redubbed Peter's and Janine's dialogue in several episodes of the show with Dave Coulier and Kath Soucie, respectively. Changes to Janine's character were eventually addressed in the season 6 episode (#118) entitled, "Janine, You've Changed". Most of these changes were
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