Random Movie Trivia - Ghostbusters

Here is the next edition in our weekly Random Movie Trivia post.  Enjoy:

Ghostbusters

• The original title of the film was Ghost Smashers.
• Gozer was originally supposed to be played by Paul Reubens, but he turned down the part.  In case you didn't know, Paul Reubens is Pee-Wee Herman.
• When Alice the librarian is queried as to whether anyone in her family had ever had any history of mental illness, she replies she had an uncle who thought he was St. Jerome.  Jerome is the patron saint of librarians.
• The goo from the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was actually shaving cream.  50 gallons of it was dumped on Walter Peck (William Atherton) at the end of the movie, almost knocking him to the ground.
• The role of Peter Venkman was written for John Belushi, but he passed away before the movie was made.  So, in his honor Dan Aykroyd always referred to Slimer as the ghost of Belushi.
• Until the release of Home Alone, this was the highest grossing comedy of all-time.
• Christopher Walken, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd, and Jeff Goldblum were all considered for the role of Egon.
• John Candy was cast as Louis Tully, but quit when his ideas for the character kept getting rejected. One of his idea was that he wanted to speak with a German accent but no one else thought that made sense.  So, Rick Moranis replaced Candy at the last minute.
• Pornstar Ron Jeremy is an extra in a scene right after the containment unit explodes.
• The demonic voice of Zuul/Dana was provided by director Ivan Reitman.
• The original premise of Ghostbusters had three main characters: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. They fought ghosts in S.W.A.T. like suits using wands instead of guns. The ghost named Slimer was known as 'Onionhead', and at the end of the movie, Ghostbusters businesses were all over the United States.
• Eddie Murphy was supposed to play Winston, but turned it down to star in Beverly Hills Cop.  That movie was the only movie that earned more at the box office than Ghostbusters in 1984.  If he had taken the part, Winston would have been more prominent in the film, but was rewritten and didn't show up until much later in the story.
• The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man suits cost about $20,000 each.  Three were made and all three were destroyed during filming.
• Michael Keaton turned down the roles of both Venkman and Egon.
• The term "proton pack" was never actually said until the middle of the second movie.
• Larry King's film debut at the age of 124 (estimated).

"It must have been Belushi, he was doing his famous food fight scene from Animal House."