Ghostbusters Page #3

EGON:

It's here.

RAY:

A full torso apparition, and it's real.

PETER:

So what do we do?

no answer

Could you come over here and talk to me for a second, please?

pulls RAY by the ear

Could you just come over here for a second, please? Right over here. Come here, Francine! Come here. What do we do?

RAY:

I don't know. What do you think?

EGON starts with calculator, but PETER slaps it away

PETER:

Stop that!

RAY:

We've got to make contact. One of us should actually try to speak to it.

EGON:

Good idea.

They look to PETER. He groans and goes to the ghost. RAY starts taking pictures.

PETER:

Hello. I'm Peter. Where are you from? Originally.

LIBRARY GHOST:

Ssh.

PETER:

going back

All right. Okay, the usual stuff isn't working.

RAY:

Okay, I have a plan. I know exactly what to do. Now stay close, stay close. I know. Do exactly as I say. Ready, ready, get her!

LIBRARY GHOST turns into a monster and scares them. They run away. Music: Cleanin' Up The Town.

Outside New York Public Library

PETER, RAY and EGON run away.

LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR

Did you see it? What was it?

PETER:

We'll get back to you!

LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR

What?!

Columbia University grounds

PETER, RAY and EGON go back to the lab. PETER is laughing at RAY.

PETER:

Hee, hee, hee! Get her. That was your whole plan. Get her. It was scientific.

RAY:

I just got overexcited. But wasn't it incredible, Pete? I mean, we actually touched the etheric plane. You know what this could mean to the university?

PETER:

Yeah, it's gonna be bigger than the microchip. Ray, I'm very excited.

EGON:

working with calculator

I wouldn't say the experience was totally wasted. According to these new readings, I think we have an excellent chance of actually catching a ghost and holding it indefinitely.

RAY:

Well, this is great! If this ionization rate is constant for all ectoplasmic entities, we could really bust some heads! In a spiritual sense, of course.

PETER:

Spengs? You serious about this catching a ghost?

EGON:

I'm always serious.

PETER:

Egon, I'm gonna take back some of the things I've said about you. You... you've earned it.

gives EGON a candy bar

Their lab

Moving men cart stuff out of the room. DEAN YEAGER stands in wait. Music: I Can Wait Forever.

RAY:

The possibilities are, are limitless! Hey, Dean Yeager!

PETER:

I trust you're moving us to better quarters on campus.

DEAN YEAGER:

No! You're being moved off campus. The board of regents has decided to terminate your grant. You are to vacate these premises immediately.

PETER:

This is preposterous. I demand an explanation.

DEAN YEAGER:

Fine. The university will no longer continue any funding of any kind for your group's activities.

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