#tina (goober and the ghost chasers)

[ghostchasersmagazine]

This came to me in a dream last night, chibi style and all.

Well, technically the dream version was a love triangle situation, but since I like both April/Tina and Nita/Tina I wanted to draw a happier outcome. Tina's got two hands and all that.

[sohannabarberaesque]

It's not that easy trying to interview ghosts

The gist of a lunch conversation between Daphne Blake and Velma Dinkley of Scooby-Doo's crew and Tina from Ghost Chasers magazine (as in Goober and the Ghost Chasers) some while back:

DAPHNE BLAKE, somewhat flustered: As I understand it, every time you go out on a ghost-seeking assignment, your biggest aim is to actually interview an actual ghost as part of the story ... and I wonder how such would be possible when most of the "conversation" with ghosts supposedly involves low moaning sounds? TINA: You have a good question to ask there, Daphne. As a matter of fact, what you easily say about how ghosts and poltergeists engage in spoken conversation is probably groundless, to begin with. I happen to have come across folk literature about people engaging in spirit communication, and some of that mentions that the kind of tone and pitch supposedly used by ghosts in conversation is slightly low, though you have great pains taken to try not and get too obvious. VELMA DINKLEY, ever the fascinated kid of Scooby's crew: Now what sort of audio equipment do you have in mind to record such conversation, if I may ask? TINA: Of late, the publishers of Ghost Chasers magazine has started adopting voice-activated MP3 recorders with microphones as the recording technology of choice for reporters like myself on assignment. They're not all that bulky or clumsy, you don't need to carry extra tapes, it's easier not to be all that obvious, and the MP3 recorders we use incorporate SIM card technology to make it easier to minimise storage space on the player. VELMA DINKLEY: Just out of curiosity, how much storage do your MP3 recorders have? TINA: With the SIM card technology we have, one such can store about 350 to 500 megabytes of audio recording capability. DAPHNE BLAKE: In terms of recording and playback time, such would be-- TINA: About two, two and a half hours. But still, it can be pretty tricky to try and distinguish between cheap jokesters and actual ghosts voice-wise for the sake of the interview attempt. Not to mention Gilly, our photographic expert, having to be quick with the camera without overdoing it on the flash so as to confuse and disorient the subject. VELMA DINKLEY: Let alone the fact of a dog supposedly disappearing on the presence of ghostly objects-- TINA, interjecting: And I've heard much about your own Scooby-Doo bound to expose numerous "ghosts" himself as outright frauds. Yet, as for our dog, name Goober, not even Ripley could discern how he could disappear in ghost-like manner when actual ghosts and spirits are imminent, never mind Ted and Gilly still thinking Goober's disappearance is more of a stunt to get out of legwork. DAPHNE BLAKE: Just how sure are these actual "interviews" you do with ghosts just that? TINA: Our case assignments are handled in close cooperation with experts in the paranormal sciences, in particular such specialist in ghosts, poltergeists and spirits. Who will sometimes talk with folklorists, what with traditional folklore sometimes elaborating on stories of ghosts and ghostly apparitions ... especially in country areas where you have much talk about the spirit world. Not just ghosts and that, but also strange lighting such as the Hornet Spook Lights just inside Oklahoma near Joplin, Missouri and Michigan's Pawling Lights; I suppose you're aware of them. VELMA DINKLEY: Somewhat. I think we saw the Hornet Lights at least two or three times. TINA: Which likely has me thinking as to how you'd try to record the sound of mysterious lights out in the backcountry whizzing close to your body....

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Trick or Treat! :D

Tina from "Goober and the Ghost Chasers"

[darkwolfknight00]

Tina (Goober and the Ghost Chasers)

[zombiegangster]

Tina From Goober & The Ghost Chasers

[sohannabarberaesque]

In this vein, how could you imagine the Laydeez of Hanna-Barbera (which, know, is my contrived Hanna-Barbera answer to the Disney Princesses)?

As reminder, with Penelope Pitstop as ur-leader, they happen to be:

Daphne Blake and Velma Dinkley from the Scooby-Doo franchise

April Stewart from The Funky Phantom

Tina from Goober and the Ghost Chasers

Pepper and Dottie from Clue Club

Lori from Inch High, Private Eye

Honey and Sis from The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour

And as Honourary Members:

Clementine (Huckleberry Hound's companion)

Cindy Bear

Lyla (Snagglepuss' occasional girlfriend)

Kitty Jo from the Cattanooga Cats

Sheena and Zelda from Heyyy, It's The King!

Pixlee Trollsom and Deputroll Dolly Durkle from Trollkins

Now you know.

mid-2000s/early 2010s girl gangs

i was kinda obsessed as a kid w all girl friend groups where each girl had a unique hair colour, individual style, and personality. there was always the tomboy, the smarty-pants, the girly sweetheart. the quiet one, the crazy one. the calm one, the intense one, the funny one. they worked together as a team to accomplish big goals and make their dreams come true.

[subjectively-objective]

If you're a Scooby-Doo clone, and I'm a Scooby-Doo clone, what's left of us? (A blind opinion on the reasonably forgotten Goober and the Ghost Chasers)

One of many clones made to cash in on the success of Scooby-Doo throughout the 1970s. Goober was less successful than most, only managing 16 episodes before it was canned. The series follows a trio of ghost-chasing teens and their wacky dog as they chase ghosts for their magazine, Ghost Chasers Magazine.

Ted (left): The Fred of the group. Drives the car, and uses his alliterative equipment in his Apparition Apparatus Kit to do most of the investigative work.

Tina (center): She interviews the ghosts, and presumably writes the stories for their magazine. She seemed a little braver than Ted, willing to stand her ground and continue her interview until the ghosts get within arms reach.

Gilly (right): Their Shaggy ghost photographer. He is completely oblivious to danger; willing to let ghosts actively grab him in order to get his shot. And even berating Goober when he tries to save him.

Goober (dog): Ok, we got to him; the title character. The creature that would become Scooby-Two. He's ugly, he's annoying, and he completely lacks all of the charm of Scoob. Except when he does. Then you see through the grime placed upon him and see him for what he is. Goober.

What sets him apart from Scooby? His cowardice. While that is a Scooby trait, Goober et al. uses it to contrast his human companion's oblivious bravery. Usually having to drag characters away from danger. He also randomly turns invisible. There is 0 explanation for this, but it is often used for a "you thought he was there, but it was just his hat" gag. Otherwise, it was just done to save on animation.

You may notice some, er, recognizable music in this clip. The show has an original soundtrack, but the earlier episodes would sometimes recycle tracks from Scooby-Doo.

Unlike Scooby-Doo, Goober can’t talk except to the audience. Which he does in the most nonsensical fourth-wall breaks ever conceived. Like, sometimes they are just humorous asides, but most of the time they make absolutely no sense.

Like every "teens hunt ghosts with talking animal" series, the teens need a vehicle and boy do these teens have a vehicle.

I honestly don't know what this is. It has six wheels, an open driver's seat, the front kinda looks amphibious. Is this a military surplus vehicle the kids got? A custom creation? Are the middle wheels just decorative (a fashion statement I completely understand)? Does it have a marketable name? The world will never know.

Now onto the show itself. The first thing we see is the opening and it is desperately trying to evoke feelings of “Scooby-Doo”. Kids walking in vague corridors, ghosts and skeletons appear, dog runs away, dog says his one liner, kids show their ‘unique’ personalities.

There are two problems though. First, the only kid whose personality is shown is Gilly, and he is only shown to take pictures of ghosts. Second, the dog’s one liner is stupid. Scooby has his “Ruh-roh”, a funny modification on “Uh-oh” which can be used in any instance. Goober? He’s got “Who’s afraid of ghosts?” (Hint: It’s him. He was just running from them) and “This is ridic-alic-alic-alic-alous”. The first one makes no sense in the context of the intro, and the second makes me want to violence.

The typical episode was, well, it was Scooby-Doo. There's a mystery, they solve it. Except, Goober mysteries often involve actual ghosts. Which brings some added uniqueness to the series. Every episode also had a “If you didn’t x, and I didn’t x, then who did??” moment. It was never funny, but their insistence on using it (sometimes more than once an episode) made it wrap back around to hilarity, and a moment I was genuinely looking forward too every episode.

They also made the gang absolute morons who struggle to complete a puzzle with four pieces left.

Ok, that's a typical episode, but what about the quality Mark? Quality seems more important than formula. Of course it is Steven, you absolute fucking moron. That's what I'll discuss right after this segue.

Most of the show (almost 75%) is just blegh. Not bad per se, but so bland and so nothing I struggled to get through them and believed writing about the series to be impossible. There was just. . . nothing there. The first eleven episodes were absolutely nothing. The kids showed up, there was a ghost (either real or fake, it didn't matter), they would split up, group A finds and flees from ghost, group B finds and flees from ghost, repeat until 17 minutes of footage, then yada yada over the solution, and roll credits.

When I say 'yada yada' I mean yada yada.

All but one of these first eleven episodes had a guest star. With eight of them 'guest starring' the Partridge Family from the show of the same name airing at the time. Calling the Partridge Family 'guest stars' is like calling Vegeta a guest star. They are in half the episodes and play integral roles in each of them (as integral as they can given the episodes were nothing).

The most egregious example is episode five. The episode has the Chasers and Patridges (except the two youngest Partridge kids who exist to be told to wait outside the plot) stuck on a pirate ship haunted by two ghosts. The ghosts, Dink and Dunk, offer entertaining banter. And the “d” alliteration throughout the episode is fun, but the entire episode is “don’t ring the bell or Dunk will wake up and be mad!” *someone rings the bell* “Hide gang!” *Dunk goes to bed* Repeated 3 times. Ending when the gang finds the island where Dunk hid his treasure, something Dink mentions they should do several times throughout the episode. However, the gang completely ignores him and only happens upon the island Dink couldn’t find for 100 years. If the episode had just been the gang helping Dink find the island while Dunk is mean it would have been great (well, it would have been ok).

As with all cartoons at the time, there are a number of small errors throughout. From Gilly wearing his camera after it had been stolen, to minor discolorations. However, there's one really glaring error in episode 11, see if you can spot it.

Ok, I've talked about the bad first episodes, but what about the one's after 11? Well, about those. . . the five episodes after the Partridge family left are great. Like, way better than the first 11 episodes. There were real mysteries with clues and twists. The Ghost Chasers all do things in the episode. There are actually memorable gags and scenes. It was a magical shift in tone and quality.

Hell, one of the episodes inspired me. The effect for the villain in episode 15 talking looked super cool and I am definitely stealing it for something.

The first eleven episodes feel like someone wanted to make the next Scooby-Doo. From the restrained quirkiness of the dog, the usage of guest stars to drum up early interest, even using its music. They wanted the next Scooby-Doo so they took everything they could from it and added celebrities, and they failed. Not spectacularly. There was no spectacle, there was no reason to take note of it. It just failed. Nothing worth remembering, nothing worth revisiting.

But those last five? Those feel like someone wanted to make Goober. Sure, it's bones were still Scooby-Doo, but it was no longer only wearing a different skin. It had different flavor. The ghosts being real was no longer a gimmick used to disguise yet another villain scaring kids off their lawn. They were used as actual characters in the episode. From minor gag appearances to being a major antagonist or red herring.

Of course, the quality of these episodes is severely limited by the time and audience they were written for. They are good compared to the preceding eleven episodes, but compared to a modern television series they are middling. The reason I call them great is because of the promise they show. The promise that the series could have come into its own identity if given the time and freedom.

Goober wasn't good. It was a lazy excuse to cash in on the latest cash cow. It being forgotten was a reasonable outcome for what it was, but not a deserved one. Regardless of the soulless reason for creating the show and the awkward execution in the first three quarters of it, people put effort into it. They put their minds into it. And the fruits of their minds deserve to be remembered. Because, regardless of its poor execution, Goober has good ideas hidden within it. The mystery solving teens not being brave or cowardly but oblivious to danger. Hunting ghosts not being a hobby but a livelihood (which could be used to explain their willingness to be near dangerous ghosts. Can't pay rent if you're dead or if you don't get the picture. Might as well try for both). The dog being the straight man and voice of cowardly reason to the humans. The ghosts being malevolent, benevolent, or just plain evolent.

These concepts are worth revisiting and reimagining. Not as Goober 2, but as something else. Something new, building upon those brilliant ideas squandered by the original trying to fill-in Scooby-Doo's shadow. Something combining those ideas with their own to make a new, greater story. That's why nothing deserves to be forgotten. Forgetting someone's work is to slow the evolution of the human imagination. People grow from the stories they hear, even ones rarely spoken.

[rivaltierno]

A sorta screenshot redraw of a scene from the Goober and the Ghost Chasers theme/intro. It’s the scene in the beginning where the three of them are sneaking through a haunted house, and the animators (presumably unintentionally) made Ted look so nervous it seems like he’s about to cry and that Tina and Gillie are concerned about him. Or at least it did to me and it stuck with me enough to want to draw it.

Used this piece as a reason to play around with color correction a little bit, tried to make it a bit darker to match the background. Also decided to give Ted a turtleneck like Tina and Gillie have, since I think he deserves to have one too.

Original scene I based this off of:

[its-symbolism-bitch]

so appearently there is an official Hanna Barbara Scooby Doo AU called Goober and The Ghost Chasers. 

notice anything odd? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goober_and_the_Ghost_Chasers]

Ted, Gilly, and Tina look like an off-brand Jdate crew. 

also the dog can turn invisable with seemingly no control and secretly breaks the 4th wall when nobody is paying attention.

I thought I was done when I pieced together the Egyptian mythology portion, now there’s the potential impacation that John Dies At The End is cannonly a part of the Scooby Doo multiverse, taking yet another step closer to Homestuck in terms of story layers. 

(Out of the things I was expecting from the JDatE series, scooby doo lore rabbit hole wasn’t part of that but now I love it. If this does happen to intertwine with Homestuck somebody is going to get a shipment of cake disguised as a pyramid of severed rubber hands, a dollar tree gift card, and a fidget spinner. Why? Because it sounds like fun.)

[ghostchasersmagazine]

#now i will admit#i have yet to watch goober but from what I've read on it#i can understand why it's is the least favorite scooby clone.#goober fans please fact check me#but don't yell at me

I'm assuming based on your tags that you are open to hearing a counterargument, so as someone who genuinely ranks Goober and the Ghost Chasers as my favorite of the "teenagers solving mysteries" shows, here's my defense of the show's heavy use of the Partridge Kids.

To start, a caveat: I do generally watch the non-Partridge Kids episodes more often than the ones with them, so I do get in a sense the criticism against their inclusion. Likewise, Goober and the Ghost Chasers is a "what it says on the tin" type of show, so if you read the fact that the Partridge Kids are in literally half the episodes and went "oh I don't think I'd like that" you probably won't. This defense is not one trying to argue that including the Partridge Kids was a brilliant move on the writers part, just that I personally enjoy it and think it works for the show.

I have two defenses for it. The main defense is the fact that the Partridge Kids do not get special focus in the show and instead are treated just like any other friend the Ghost Chasers have. Of the eight episodes they appear in, only one episode has the fact that they're famous musicians be relevant to the plot (and coincidentally, that happens to be my least favorite of the Partridge Kids episodes). The rest of the episodes really only use it as plot set up (e.g. "We were playing a gig and then a ghost showed up!").

I also think the idea of the Ghost Chasers and the Partridge Kids being friends fits naturally into the series, purely due to the fact that the Partridge Kids are well, kids, and around the Ghost Chasers' age (or at least Laurie is anyway). In terms of accepting that the main characters are friends with the celebrities they meet, it's easier to understand the Ghost Chasers are friends with other kids than say, how they happen to know Wilt Chamberlain.

There are also moments in the show that drive home that the Ghost Chasers and the Partridge Kids are actually are friends and interact outside of ghost business, such as the episode opening where the Ghost Chasers are hanging out at their house, or the one where the Ghost Chasers go to take publicity photos of them as a friendly favor, or the one where the Ghost Chasers tag along with them on their vacation (though Ted does still have ghosts on the mind in that last one). There is at least some attempt to show in-universe that these characters are all friends and do have a relationship with one another.

The Partridge Kids themselves never overtake the episodes they're in either. They fit neatly in the (admittedly formulaic) roles the other friend characters do - Danny is a conceited-yet-cowardly comic relief so he goes with Gillie and Goober, Laurie is the level-headed responsible one so she goes with Ted and Tina, and Chris and Tracy, while truthfully doing very little in most episodes, bring welcome side interactions. It's really no different then when the head of NASA helps Tina and Ted in his episode or when the absent-minded farmer friend accompanies Gillie and Goober in his episode.

Thus, Goober and the Ghost Chasers never becomes The Partridge Family 2.0 when the Partridge Kids are in an episode - they're treated just like regular characters who have natural interactions with the main cast. You can still watch the show without any knowledge of the series they're from, it's a just fun bonus if you do. (Really, this how the show treated its celebrity appearances in general. The fact that Michael Gray is an actor was never discussed in his episode, and while Wilt Chamberlin being a basketball player is prevalent in his episode, knowing who he is beforehand isn't necessary to enjoy it.) I feel that The Partridge Kids aren't taking too much away from the main characters because they are rarely the main focus of the episodes they appear in.

In my opinion, disliking the Partridge Kids because of the roles they fit into in the show is less a criticism of their inclusion as characters and more of a criticism of the show's plot structure more generally, which is a different aspect to critique entirely. It's also one that I don't think getting rid of the Partridge Kids would fix. Since nearly every episode of the show uses the formula of "character calls the Ghost Chasers about a ghost and helps them along the way", replacing the Partridge Kids with another celebrity or an original one-off character wouldn't really make a difference in how said formula is used.

My other, more personal defense for the inclusion of the Partridge Kids is that I think having them feature so heavily in Goober and the Ghost Chasers really helps cement the show as a fun time capsule of the early 1970s.

I view the usage of the Partridge Kids in the same way I view the Ghost Chasers' clothes: it's a peak into what it was like back in the early 1970s, at least through a pop culture lens. The Partridge Family is popular so let's include those characters, just like how turtlenecks and jackets are popular so let's have our characters wearing them. Yes, this does inherently date the show, but I've always been of the opinion that a piece of media doesn't have to be "timeless" to be worthwhile.

There is the criticism that a focus on what is popular at the time, in this case the Partridge Kids, is just a show relying on other, more popular media for content, which in turn inherently makes it worse. I do get that argument and don't necessarily think it's wrong or unfair. But here's my counterpoint to it: All of Hanna-Barbera's "teenagers solving mysteries" shows in the 1970s also fit into this criticism, and I don't think Goober and the Ghost Chasers is particularly more egregious than its contemporaries.

Consider how Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids modeled its main character after David Cassidy, or how Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels was directly inspired by Charlie's Angels and modeled one of its main characters on Farrah Fawcett, for instance. Going further, the mere fact that all of these shows use the Scooby formula makes them all "guilty" of this criticism in sense. The influence and acknowledgment of 1970s pop culture is prevalent in all of these shows, and I think it gives charm to all of them.

That's how I feel about the Partridge Kids in Goober and the Ghost Chasers. I think that if it can be accepted that the usage of more popular elements doesn't inherently taint a piece of media, such as how these shows using the Scooby formula doesn't inherently make them bad, then the same viewpoint can be applied here. It's an example of fun 1970s cheese that enhances the viewing experience in my opinion.

In conclusion: I don't think removing the Partridge Kids would improve Goober and the Ghost Chasers, since I think the characters' usage in the show as it is fits what the writers were going for, and similarly their inclusion in the show adds a layer of 1970s pop culture to it that I personally enjoy watching.

I genuinely believe Goober and the Ghost Chasers would have been a decent show if the Partridge Family weren't shoehorned in almost every episode and it actually focused on the main trio/Goober.

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Goober and the Ghost Chasers Ep. 7 “The Haunted Wax Museum”

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Postcards from Snagglepuss

So here we are in Clear Lake--for the most part

AT AN IMPROMPTU HOSPITALITY HEADQUARTERS FOR THE CONVOCATION IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN CLEAR LAKE, IOWA: It may be a couple days befoee anything begins in earnest for the July 4th celebration in Clear Lake, one of those July 4th such as has to extend into the ensuing weekend ... but Huckleberry Hound and yours truly, along with some help from the Goober and the Ghost Chasers crew of Ted, Tina and Gilly.

Gilly, for his part, was looking at a nearby bookstore for something in the "Haunted Iowa" vein, mainly for the sake of studying possible post-Convocation side excursions into possible ghostly locales.

And at any rate, Top Cat and clowder brought along for the sake of fellow Funtastics and close friends in Clear Lake early some deli-type sandwiches such as ham and cheese, roast beef and ham and turkey breast, all on Hawai'ian sweet rolls or even on multi-grain bread. And you just hope a few Funtastics show up, get their name tags and Convocation scheduling (including appearances in the July 4th parade and assorted meet-and-greets along Clear Lake itself and in the carnival area)--and maybe enjoy a sandwich and some draft root beer.

And you could never guess who was especially interested--Big H out of The King's crew, who devoured all of seven ham-and-cheese rolls and couldn't resist as much even as The King and his romantic interest/Significant Other, Sheena the lioness, paid their visit. Even invited us to a local diner for some pork tenderloin sandwiches later on in the Iowa manner: as in the tenderloin being a little larger than the bun it rested in for some reason or another.

Which, when we got there, surprised even the late kitchen staff when they heard that the July 4th celebrations were also going to include a few of us fellow Funtastic types, let alone be surprised by our appearance.

"Yet try not to be caught too much off your guard," Huckleberry Hound remarked in explaining what to expect, as if more typical visitor types weren't headache enough.

"Even if it may have been years," added I, "since last you or the visitors may have been acquainted by us." By which time the attention of one waitress was driven to no less than a certain "Shaggy" Rogers and Scooby-Doo, fond as they were of satiating their "munchies" tendencies in the only way they knew how: Eating big time until they were likely stuffed, to be followed by a chaser of Alka-Seltzer to hopefully deal with the ensuing bloating.

(Need I explain that the pork tenderloin, breaded as it was in panko crumbs, managed to come out halfway decent, especially with some Coke to which some vanilla extract was added.)

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[ghostchasersmagazine]

As promised, my thoughts on the "Frankenhooky" episode of Jellystone!. Putting it under the cut in case anyone wants to avoid spoilers since the episode just came out today.

To start with a major spoiler: the second half of the episode was revealed to all be a dream sequence, so everything involving the Ghost Chasers and the Scooby gang (and also the Clue Club) didn't actually happen in-universe.

Basically every joke you would expect the show to make about the Ghost Chasers was made, with "Goober is weird looking" and "Gee there sure are a lot of teenage mystery solvers with dogs as pets" being the main two. There were also jokes about the Ghost Chasers not liking the Scooby gang (since modern shows do like to push the idea of conflict between the Scooby gang and the other mystery solvers) and the Scooby gang coming in to "defeat" them. However, that last point ended up not being too bad as it revealed that those weren't the real Ghost Chasers, and then that those weren't even the real members of the Scooby gang and so on, so it honestly didn't bother me that much.

As for the portrayal of the characters themselves, Goober was there exclusively for the aforementioned "Goober is weird looking" joke so I'd have to rank his appearance as negative overall (but I guess not completely negative as there was a cute sleeping pose he was in at one point).

Gillie didn't do very much in the episode, but there were a couple of moments I liked from him so I can guess I'd rank him fine overall.

Tina actually had a notable personality difference in this episode as she was portrayed as one of those sarcastic girls who doesn't actually take any of it seriously, which I didn't personally like too much (but also recognize that this is a different version of the character so I guess I don't really dislike that much either). However, I did think it was funny that it was her idea to physically fight the fake monsters.

Ted's character I did actually end up liking, though, and was my favorite part of the episode. His character was a (heavily) exaggerated version of what he was like in the show, with the various gadgets and, I say this affectionately, his "square" nature (I liked that it was his parents' van he drove around, and likewise I too do not know what "cheugy" means). There was one scene I really liked in particular, where he saw some horrors that weren't ghost related and automatically dismissed them, since I do headcanon that he + the other Ghost Chasers are only interested in ghosts and don't care about other supernatural creatures.

Overall, this episode was pretty much what you would expect from a Jellystone! take on the Ghost Chasers, "lol Scooby clone" jokes and all. Aside from liking Ted's character I really didn't have too strong of feelings on it, so I guess I can't really complain.

[sohannabarberaesque]

Let me guess: Tina from Goober and the Ghost Chasers having a rather casual weekend at her summer place out on Long island.

[ghostchasersmagazine]

Goober and the Ghost Chasers series description from a series promo card.

The only difference between this description and the final version of the show is that "Ghost Chasers Magazine" was called "Ghostly Review", so that must have been a change made later in development.

Typed-out version of the description under the cut:

"Slapstick comedy sets the theme for this wacky mystery series featuring the bungling antics of Goober, a canine who is more chicken than dog. The fun unfolds when Goober joins his friends - reporters for the "Ghostly Review" magazine - on assignments. They consist of Ted, team leader; Tina, who never misses a good story angle; and Gilly, a photographer oblivious to danger. The group travels around the globe, encountering unfriendly spirits and plenty of comedy entertainment."

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Since there was interest in seeing it, here are the pages to the original episode concept write-up for the Goober and the Ghost Chasers episode "Go West, Young Ghost, Go West!".

The most major differences between this concept write-up and the finalized episode (along with a couple that just happened to catch my attention) are listed below:

. In the episode concept, the episode opens with Gillie trying (and failing) to trim Goober's hair. In the finalized episode, the episode opens with Gilly trying (and failing) to win a game of checkers against him.

Relatedly, in the episode concept, Ted and Tina already know about the haunted house at the SunFun Amusement Park before Danny Partridge calls them, so they're a little irritated by Gillie and Goober's shenanigans. In the finalized episode however, Ted and Tina are not aware of the haunted house at the FunLand Amusement Park until Laurie Partridge calls them, so they're more relaxed about Gillie and Goober's game.

. In the episode concept there were three villains: the rival amusement park owner Jonas Lagree as the fake ghost of Ichabod Ipswitch, his wife Mrs. Lagree as Madame La Zonga the Fortune Teller, and his unnamed henchman as the Knight. In the finalized episode, there was only one villain, the rival amusement park owner Mr. Snooker as the fake ghost of Ichabod Ipswitch.

Because of this reducing of villains, a lot of the villain scenes were either changed or gotten rid of entirely for the finalized episode. For instance, in the finalized episode there is only one scene with the Fortune Teller (which serves more as an atmosphere builder than an indication that she's an actual character), with Gillie willingly going to see her. In the episode concept, however, Goober has to force Gillie to go see her, which then leads to a scene with the two of them escaping a flood of custard which isn't present in the finalized episode.

The Knight never appears in the final episode at all, so scenes such as the one with Gillie, Goober, and Danny encountering him in the library and him messing with their flashlights were removed entirely. (In fact, the whole scene with Goober going to get flashlights is removed. My guess is the scene with the lights going out and the candles floating over replaced it thematically.) In the finalized episode, they instead encounter the fake ghost of Ichabod Ipswitch in a hallway at first.

. In the episode concept, the group finds out about the legend of Ichabod Ipswitch from a book Ted reads from after it mysteriously floats over to them. In the finalized episode, Mr. Dodd tells them the legend directly and there's no book scene at all.

. In the episode concept, a lot more of the Apparition Apparatus Kit is used, with mentions of the Haunter-Taunter, the Poltergeist Powder, and the Post-Ghost Scanner. In the finalized episode, Ted only ever uses the Spector Detector.

. In the episode concept, it was Gillie's idea to try and trap "the ghost" with a sheet, which he, Goober, and Danny do, only to realize it was really Mr. Dodd. In the finalized episode, it was Ted's idea to try and catch "the ghost" with a sheet, which Gillie helps him do, only to realize it was really Mr. Dodd.

. In the episode concept, Ted was the one who suggested Mr. Dodd take Chris and Tracy onto the park rides as a way to keep them safe. In the finalized episode, it was Mr. Dodd's idea for him to take Chris and Tracy onto the park rides as a way to distract them while the rest of the group investigated.

Relatedly, in the episode concept Chris and Tracy spend most of their scenes driving around in bumper cars because they were told to "stay in their cars". They end up meeting the real ghost of Ichabod Ipswitch and chasing him around the amusement park, starting in the Tunnel of Love. In the finalized episode, the two of them leave the bumper cars on foot because they're bored and go straight to the Fun House because Chris didn't want to go through the Tunnel of Love. There they meet the real ghost of Ichabod Ipswitch and three are immediately friendly with one another.

. In the episode concept, it was Gillie, Goober, and Danny who get chased by the fake ghost of Ichabod Ipswitch on the rollercoaster, with Mr. Dodd later appearing the scene. In the finalized episode, it's Ted, Tina, and Laurie who gets chased by the fake ghost of Ichabod Ipswitch on the rollercoaster, with Mr. Dodd never making an appearance.

Similarly, in the episode concept the roller coaster scene leads to more scenes involving amusement park rides, including a ferris wheel, a parachute ride, and a merry-go-round, none of which appear in the finalized episode. However, the finalized episode does have a scene with a spinning floor ride which does not appear in the concept write-up.

. In the episode concept there's a moment in the Hall of Mirrors scene where Danny and Gillie follow Goober into a framed mirror and someone (presumably Gillie) makes a reference to Alice in Wonderland. In the finalized episode this moment and line do not appear.