Harold Ramis, a giant of 80s comedies is dead at the age of 69. He’s credited as the writer of cult classics such as Animal House, Caddyshack, and Ghostbusters, the latter of which he also acted in. In that film he played Egon, who prophetically declared that “print is dead” in 1984. He’s also famously used a Twinkie to explain the dangerously high levels of psychokinetic energy in the New York City area—although there’s been some debate about those computations by people who forgot this is a movie. He apparently wasn’t a big bellyacher like his fellow ectoplasm-busting peers when it came to dragging around the proton packs, per IMDB:
According to director Ivan Reitman, none of the actors enjoyed wearing the packs, but Harold complained the least (Reitman would not say which actor complained the most).
As New Yorkers mourn and celebrate the late actor, director and writer Harold Ramis, some are visiting the "Ghostbusters firehouse" in TriBeCa to pay their respects. Aside from flowers and candles, they've been leaving some interesting oddities -- Nestle Crunch Bars, Twinkies, fake petri dishes of "spores, mold and fungus" and other…
Here’s some art, film, music and other stuff happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com. FRIDAY 23°F NIGHT 15°F The Metropolitan Museum's Spectrum presents "Let's Get Digital," a panel discussion on digital art with artists Cory Arcangel, Clement Valla, Carla…
From Lee Hardcastle, who brought you the claymation YouTube classics of Die Hard (with Tetris), Evil Dead II (with cats) and The Thing (with penguins), here is the claymation'ed Ghostbusters Vol. 3! Sort of... If Quentin Tarantino had directed in. See it with Slimer being blown to slimy bits all over the car, Stay Puft Marshmallow Man…