Ghostbusters (1984)
The Scene: The effect of negative reinforcement on ESP ability.
Why I Love This Scene: When I was around 7, I jumped into my dad’s easy chair and broke the footrest part of it. I was probably running from the asshole cat we used to have who was always scratching my legs. What a dickhead. Anyway, dad was pretty steamed about it, and blew his top at me. He was a pretty big dude and I was just a wee lad, so I got pretty upset at the tongue-lashing, and started bawling. I guess he started to feel bad about it, so he sat me down in the chair with him and put his arm around me, and he found Ghostbusters on HBO. It had probably just debuted on there, but my dad had already seen it multiple times, and was quoting along with the movie to help calm me down. It worked, but I don’t think that chair was ever fixed. Dad died last week at age 62 after battling ALS. We never had the closest of bonds, and he projected the image of a tough guy, but that story is evidence of how he had a soft heart deep down, and I’ll always love and miss him. I’ll let you all know if he comes back as a ghost.
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You doing OK, sister??
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Yeah, I’ll be ok, thanks for asking man.
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Of course! You’re the best Greek around!
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Hey Brian, really sorry to hear about your da. Any man who introduces his kid to Ghostbusters and can quote it must have been really cool. Hope you’re doin OK.
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Thanks Mikey. I’ll be alright. How are you?
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Sorry to hear about your dad. For people like us, movies are a way of dealing with this kind of thing.
One of my favorite Ghostbusters quotes is “We thought you were someone else.”
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Thank you. One of my favorites has always been when Ray asks Venkman what they’re going to do for money, and the way Murray says, “I don’t know.”
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Everybody has three mortgages nowadays.
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Memories are funny things. Sorry to hear – do take care.
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Thank you, Jay.
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A true classic. Sorry for your loss dude, hope you’re well
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The movie or this website? Thanks, Tom.
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Clearly both. 😉
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Sorry to hear that, Brian. Hope you’re doing okay? That’s a lovely story. Thanks for sharing that. I second Mike – a dad who loves Ghostbusters is very special indeed.
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Thanks, dude. I’m ok. Hopefully my kid will remember me fondly one day, but it’s not looking likely…
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I am really late here but I am so terribly sorry for your loss. It’s so good that you have such lovely memories though. I am thinking of you.
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Thank you so much, Abbi.
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Sorry for my delayed comment here, but I’m really sorry to hear about your dad. I love this post and I love Ghostbusters so much. What a wonderful memory to have…
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Thank you so much, I appreciate your thoughts.
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This is an unforgivably late comment, but what a sweet tribute, Brian. I’m glad that you have such a nice memory about your dad. Maybe it’s more of a bittersweet thing, but I for one like the idea of being able to watch movies and remember people we love. I’m always going to think about my grandma when I watch certain things, and I think it helps to remember good times with them like that. I ❤ you, dude, and I hope you're doing okay.
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Thank you, Cara. I’m doing ok.
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