For those who love deviantART member DrFaustusAU's The Call of Cthulhu as it would've been written by Dr. Seuss, may we whet your appetite for what we hope is the next installment: There Goes a Gozerian, Ghostbuster!

Can't wait! Link - via Super Punch and Boing Boing

Scott Campbell reminds us of a scene that was thankfully removed from the final version of Ghostbusters. Also: Patrick Swayze was the actor best suited to play Slimer in the Broadway musical version of that film. Yet it was not to be.

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Here’s a great find at the New York City Comic Con by Caleb Goellner of Comics Alliance. It’s a cyclotron of cuteness.

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I ain’t afraid of no hyper-realistic sculptures of Egon Spengler. Are you? This incredible work of fan art was created by artist Carol Lyon, who has documented the process in one of his FaceBook photo galleries.

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Here is a photo of President Abraham Lincoln “taken during his brief, yet memorable stint as a paranormal investigator and eliminator circa 1864.” Link -via Buzzfeed

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If you loved it as a kid, you may be dying to try it again and now you can!

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Before the original Ghostbusters came around, Ivan Reitman, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd were in talks to make Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It was scrapped when Aykroyd came up with the idea for Ghostbusters.

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Stay Puft Mini Talking Plush Keychain – $9.95

How do you like your Stay Puft Marshmallow Man? Do you like him happy or angry? The NeatoShop likes him both ways.

If you are a Ghostbusters fan you need to check out the Stay Puft Mini Talking Plush Keychain from the NeatoShop.  Push his tummy and hear him sing, “Who you Gonna Call? Ghostbusters!” Even the angry Stay Puft Mini Talking Plush Keychain will put a smile on your face.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fantastic Keychains & Key Covers!

The Stay Puft Talking Plush in angry and happy are also available.

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Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Money Bank – $39.95

Attention Ghostbusters fans! Behold the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Money Bank from the NeatoShop.  Who needs a piggy bank when the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Money Bank can protect your precious change!

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Home & Garden fun!

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redditor SirCreate is making me hungry with this excellent model of Stay Puft from The Ghostbusters out of modeling clay. The missing bite is a nice touch.

Link via Geekosystem

If you like this, check out the Stay Puft Caffeinated Marshmallows, available in the Neatoshop.

Stay Puft Caffeinated Marshmallows – $22.95

Ghostbusters + Caffeine + Marshmallows = Awesome!!! What’s not to love about the Stay Puft Caffeinated Marshmallows from the NeatoShop!  This is pure, sweet, pillow soft goodness.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more exciting Mints & Candies!

Alex Eylar, who re-created Oscar Best Picture Nominees in LEGO, featured on Neatorama yesterday, also made this awesome Ghostbusters’s ghost trap in LEGO. Walyou has the details:

Since 1984, the Ghostbusters have gone from movie icons, to cartoon classics, to modern-day geek collectibles. And what Ghostbusters fan wouldn’t want to have this brilliant marriage of Lego and ectoplasmic coolness? This Ghost Trap replica is made entirely out of Legos, and is the brainchild of GB fan and Lego fanatic Alex Eylar.

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Charm City Cakes was commissioned to create a wedding cake for two Ghostbusters fans. Really avid fans.

Obsessed on a level that we can understand (though with us it’s Star Wars and/or Jaws).

They wanted to incorporate their shared love of the movie into their wedding cake. Their idea? To replicate the final scene of the movie, when the guys are battling the Stay Puft Marshmallow man from atop an NYC skyscraper, only with the bride and groom doing the proton pack zapping.Can we do that?

Um, YES? YES WE CAN.

Read how this awesome cake came together at the bakery’s blog. Link -via Geeks Are Sexy

Here are more pictures from the wedding. Link

It’s the time of year to pull out the movie Ghostbusters and watch it again! If you’ve done that already, you should do well on today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss. I scored only 64%, despite the fact that I wrote a post on the movie only a couple of months ago. You will, no doubt, do better. Link

The 1988 Gallery in Los Angeles is hosting The 3G Show (stands for Ghostbusters, Goonies & Gremlins – three films from the 1980s that ruled pop culture). The show features art pieces from 40 artists inspired by the iconic films.

Take a look at a few galleries over at Geeks Are Sexy | Popped Culture or the official website of 1988

Previously on Neatorama: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ghostbusters

"Only the depth varies" Now that’s a motto! – via Bits and Pieces

LEGO artist Bill Ward built an enormous diorama of a scene from the movie Ghostbusters for the 2010 Bricks by the Bay LEGO exhibit. It won “Best Minifig Scene”.

via Great White Snark | Bill Ward’s Flickr Photostream | Photo: Don Solo

Walyou has the larger pic (check out the neutrona wand!) Link

See also: The League of S.T.E.A.M (Supernatural and Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparition Management)

After a hard day’s work bustin’ ghosts, who you gonna invoice? The Ghostbusters Invoice above is a prop for the 1989 Ghostbusters II (hurry up and make the third one already, guys!). It was sold at auction in 2003: Link

Previously on Neatorama: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ghostbusters

1. The story as Dan Akroyd originally envisioned it involved time travel and many more ghostbusters. He wrote the principle roles for John Belushi, Eddie Murphy, and John Candy. Belushi died before the movie was made, and Candy and Murphy weren’t interested. Harold Ramis changed most of the original plot to make the production affordable.

2. The film had no name through most of its development. One name that was considered was Ghoststoppers. After the producers settled on Ghostbusters, plans went ahead. Some time later, it was brought to their attention that a live action children’s show named The Ghost Busters had aired during the 1975-76 TV season. Columbia quickly pursued negotiations with Filmation, the owners of the series, to secure rights to the title they were already using. After the movie became a hit, Filmation went back and produced an animated series called Filmation’s Ghostbbusters, using the same characters from the earlier live-action series. A separate animated series from Columbia Pictures called The Real Ghostbusters based on the movie began in 1986.

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3. The voice of the gatekeeper Zuul, the minion of Gozer, was that of Ivan Reitman, the film’s director, but he didn’t take a credit for it. Just another trick at a producer’s disposal for saving money -one more voiceover artist they didn’t have to pay!

4. The Proton Pack is the weapon of choice for the Ghostbusters. It is sort of a particle-beam weapon. We have some of those in real-life now, such as the Large Hadron Collider and other particle-acceleration laboratories, but you can’t carry something like that on your back. Columbia Pictures had the Proton Packs made by the prop department out of fiberglass with various gizmos added like pneumatic fittings, resistors, and anything else lying around that might look appropriate.

5. Adult film star Ron Jeremy appeared in a the crowd as the containment unit explodes. The scene is about an hour into the movie, and Jeremy is to the left, sporting his iconic mustache.

6. Harold Ramis, who played Dr. Egon Spengler, is better known as a director. Before writing and acting in Ghostbusters, he directed Caddyshack and National Lampoon’s Vacation. After Ghostbusters, he directed Bill Murray again in Groundhog Day.

7. The spirit/diety Gozer takes the form of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man because Dr. Raymond Stantz (Akroyd) thought of him as someone who would never hurt him. Stay Puft is a fictional company. The Marshmallow Man was only one of many oversized monsters in the original script -the rest were cut due to budget concerns.

8. The voracious green ghost that passes through walls and leaves slime behind is known as Slimer, although he was never referred to by name in the first Ghostbusters movie. Instead, the cast and crew called him “Onion Head”! Oh yes, the voice of the-ghost-to-be-later-known-as Slimer was also director Ivan Reitman.

9. “Who you gonna call?” The theme song “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker, Jr. went to #1 on the Billboard singles chart and stayed there for three weeks. It was nominated for an Academy Award in the best original song category, and won a Grammy. But you won’t find the music video on the home video version of the movie Ghostbusters, due to a plagiarism suit brought by Huey Lewis in 1984. Lewis charged that the tune to “Ghostbusters” was essentially the same as “I Want a New Drug” by Huey Lewis and the News, which came out six months earlier. The suit was settled out of court in 1985, with one of the stipulations being that neither party would ever discuss the suit in public. Believe it or not, Huey Lewis was asked to come up with a theme song for Ghostbusters, but turned down the project, after which the producers approached Ray Parker, Jr.

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10. Ghostbusters III has been in discussion for years. Dan Akroyd had a script ready long ago. Producer Ivan Reitman says the movie will begin filming this fall for a 2012 release. The principle characters will be played by younger actors, although the original cast may appear as well. Bill Murray is not interested in participating.

Ghostbusters Stuff From the NeatoShop:

Ghostbusters Slimed Energy Drink

Ghostbusters Sours

Ghostbusters Ectoplasm Energy Drink

More: Video Game & Cartoons Inspired Energy Drinks and Candies

First, men covered with sheets, one by one, entered the reading room at the New York Public Library and engaged in normal library patron activities. People noticed, and the dramatic tension began to build. Then our four heroes appeared to deliver the library from this paranormal menace.

For our latest mission, we brought the movie Ghostbusters to life in the reading room of the main branch of the New York Public Library. The 1984 movie begins with a scene in the very same room, so we figured it was time for the Ghostbusters to make an encore appearance.

via CrunchGear

These steampunk Ghostbusters costumes are really inventive and visually interesting. Definately click on the link and take a look at all the pics because the old-styled ghosts accompanying them are also super cool.

Well then, let me introduce you to The League of S.T.E.A.M. (Supernatural Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparitional Management) — otherwise known as Steampunk Ghostbusters, who, according to their webpage, are “taking the 1984 back to 1884.”

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Movie fans everywhere should appreciate this once in a life time eBay opportunity -the chance to buy the original Ecto-1 ambulance from the Ghostbusters films. The auction’s over now, but how many of you actually had $45,000 anyway? Personally, I wish I did.

Link Via Laughing Squid

The Stay Puft Marshmallow man doesnt only make an appearance at the end of the movie, he is also seen twice before. In Dana Barrett's apartment, next to the eggs on the counter there is a bag of Stay Puft, and in one of the outdoor scenes an ad for Stay Puft can be seen on one of the buildings.

The Ghostbusters Fire House is located at North Moore, & Varick St. in New York, NY. They have the large white Ghosbuster II sign hanging in their bay.

To promote the film, the Ectomobile was driven around Manhattan prior to the release. In the middle of the film's initial release, to keep interest going, Ivan Reitman had a trailer run, which was basically the commercial the Ghostbusters' use in the movie, but with the 555 number replaced with a 1-800 number, allowing people to call. They got a recorded message of Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd saying something to the effect of "Hi. We're out catching ghosts right now." They got 1,000 calls per hour, 24 hours a day, for six weeks.

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From the Upcoming Queue, submitted by Muppetmaker.