A Tour of all the filming locations for Ghostbusters 1 & 2, in New York City. Hosted by James Rolfe and Brett Vanderbrook (PBC-Productions.com)
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Also, our camera dude Daniel Calliff-Glick just finished a historical mockumentary “The Triumph of William Henry Harrison”. You can get more info at the site.
April 26, 2010 at 5:15 am
Awesome, i’ve been waiting for this!!
April 26, 2010 at 5:25 am
Just pure awesome! keep them coming!
April 26, 2010 at 5:41 am
That was Awesome!
April 26, 2010 at 5:58 am
man. that was awesome, id love to be able to go and do all that. they must have continuously had to hop in a van or something and sync up the dvd’s on a portable player time and time again with where they were. that gentleman, was fucking aweseome. thank you.
February 24, 2013 at 10:16 pm
why would they have to have a portable dvd player or sync anything while on location???? all of that would have been done later on the computer. and as far as how they knew where to stand and where to go, all of that was pre planned and set up. it didnt even have to be filmed in any kind of order.
April 26, 2010 at 5:59 am
This was cool, I wish i could have been there with you guys. I love the movies!
April 26, 2010 at 6:00 am
this sucks where r the focking nes reviews . is he trying to lose fans
April 26, 2010 at 6:05 am
Great documentary, James! Very nice how you showed us both, the film scenes and the original locations. A pity for that diner though. You were lucky seeing it while it was still open.
Oh yeah, “Nicht die Ströme kreuzen”.. don’t cross the streams
I know that friends of mine once used that line over and over again when we were camping and they took a wizz toghether 
I always found that too foolish.
April 26, 2010 at 6:10 am
Excellent stuff, as always. I can tell a lot of work went into post-production, the quality of the editing and content is top notch.
April 26, 2010 at 6:11 am
Awesome,i loved it. Great work James,now itsa time to wait for more board james and nerd eps.Keep em cummin,lol.
April 26, 2010 at 6:17 am
wow. you guys might be some of the last people to visit the “tavern on the green” restaurant. hopefully that glass building sticks around so other ghostbusters fans can still check out the location. and i never thought i’d hear someone say “don’t cross the streams” in german! that was an awesome video james, thanks.
April 26, 2010 at 6:22 am
Great excursion! It’s very interesting!
April 26, 2010 at 6:22 am
Great touring guide. I’m stunned.
@German guy at the end: It’s actually “Nicht die Ströme kreuzen”.
I always dreamed of standing there in Tribeca and get a picture with me in front of the firehouse. One day I’ll hopefully be able to get to New York.
April 26, 2010 at 6:25 am
Nice man video man. Good to see the real locations for Ghost Busters. I haven’t seen the movies in a long time, but it brings back memories of it.
zipzip2. Read the news they’re on hiatus for a little bit. Watch some Board James easily as good as the NES reviews.
April 26, 2010 at 6:31 am
Great documentary James, I loved every minute of it.
April 26, 2010 at 6:45 am
Haha the german dude “Nicht die Strahlen kreuzen”, don’t cross the streams!
April 26, 2010 at 6:45 am
I’ve been waiting for this video. You guys went through a great length to get the locations and angles correct. Very accurate documentary. 5/5!
April 26, 2010 at 6:54 am
This was something i had planned to do should I ever visit New York. I also noticed the firehouse in an episode of Seinfeld where Kramer is giving the firemen a “better route”
April 26, 2010 at 6:56 am
Nice. You make very nice videos. Keep up the good work.
April 26, 2010 at 7:03 am
very nice video, this could be a really cool series, however an expensive one too i guess
April 26, 2010 at 7:09 am
Love that video, movie tours like this video are awesome!
April 26, 2010 at 7:09 am
Nice video
@ Kent: Nicht die Strahlen kreuzen!
April 26, 2010 at 7:31 am
Well done guys. A nice little trip down memory lane.
And ending with the firehouse was a very nice touch. =)
April 26, 2010 at 7:39 am
Boo Columbia! NYU all the way!
April 26, 2010 at 7:51 am
That just simply made my day. Thanks James. I didn’t realize you were so damn tall. It’s a shame that restaurant shut down. Another victim of this damn recession we’re in. What was your friend thinking leaping over that bar? lol! He’s lucky he didn’t get hurt. Great work, James!
April 26, 2010 at 7:58 am
Wow, I live in NYC and that was STILL informative and awesome! I loved this video, thank you so much for making it!
Huge Ghostbusters fan, and I am always thinking about the movie whenever I go by the Library or 55 Central Park West.
Great video
April 26, 2010 at 7:59 am
well worth the wait. great time.
April 26, 2010 at 8:01 am
This is a really interesting video I loved these films, enjoyed the cartoon too. 1025k per day disgraceful Still their fortunate to live in a country where they can film in front of a government building
April 26, 2010 at 8:02 am
Wow, I loved it! Thank you, James!!
April 26, 2010 at 8:08 am
AMAZING!!!
This was seriously some of your best work!
Well done!
April 26, 2010 at 8:15 am
This was a fantastic tour, and is really cool to see some of the locations. The beginning was pretty funny also. Great work, James and Brett .
April 26, 2010 at 8:21 am
Amazing vid!! Really enjoyed watching it ^^
I’ve bin waiting for this vid since you announced it xD Now I know for sure I wanna go there to someday..
April 26, 2010 at 8:23 am
Awesome video !
You two need to do more of these with other movies
April 26, 2010 at 8:31 am
Really good video!
Appreciate the very detailed work (specially the camera-angles where exactly oder nearly exactly as in the movies)
Funny tough you met a German dude. I´m German too.
Hope i can get to NY one day to visit 1-2 locations.
Keep up the good work
April 26, 2010 at 8:39 am
Awesome video!
I loved all the little references and jokes you made like the one about crossing the streams
Also lol @ Seinfeld reference:D
April 26, 2010 at 8:46 am
Always loved these 2 movies.
That was neat that you included that Seinfeld reference.
April 26, 2010 at 8:54 am
Well done! I love NYC! I love Ghostbusters! I love this video!
April 26, 2010 at 8:54 am
registered just to say this was very entertaining and props for the seinfeld location
April 26, 2010 at 8:56 am
Great video! Would love to go back to NYC again to check out those locations!
April 26, 2010 at 8:57 am
Great stuff guys, it was well worth the wait!
April 26, 2010 at 9:06 am
It’s called the “Zuul” building because they only had space for 4 characters on the front of the building in the game.
April 26, 2010 at 9:09 am
You shoul have made it earlier. I’ve been in NY two years ago.
April 26, 2010 at 9:34 am
Awesome video, James. Well worth the wait. Here’s hoping we’ll all see Ghostbusters 3 soon!!!
April 26, 2010 at 9:41 am
very enjoyable video. Doesn’t quite reach the quality of Rocky Jumped a Park Bench, but very good indeed! The chemistry between you two was very natural as well and I loved the German tourists (I’m German myself) at the end!
April 26, 2010 at 9:44 am
@ acratus
that’s a good point. i guess they didn’t want to write “GOZR”.
April 26, 2010 at 9:47 am
Lol, awesome! It took a while for this to be released.
April 26, 2010 at 9:48 am
Great video!
April 26, 2010 at 9:49 am
Aww, James missed a great opportunity. When his co-host talked about the buildings still being there I immediately thought “And the BUILDINGS are *STILL* STANDING!”
Great video, really enjoyed it. The work you guys put into it, both on the initial shooting and the editing really shows.
April 26, 2010 at 9:50 am
Great documentary James. Awesome build-up, and a funny ending…
“nicht die Strahlen kreuzen!”
“don’t cross the streams!”
wish i was there…
April 26, 2010 at 9:51 am
Great video!
I hope the next one you will do on your own, when you did Rocky jumped a park bench it was much much more amusing!
)
But great job by you, Rolfe, as always
April 26, 2010 at 9:52 am
Thats documentary is awesome – the german guy at the end is hilarous “Nicht die Strahlen kreuzen!”
April 26, 2010 at 10:09 am
Thise tours must be very funny. I just visited Munich to go through U96 and ride Fuchur from The neverending story. (Falkor in US). Not the same, but recommendable
April 26, 2010 at 10:17 am
Great work James! Brought back memories.
April 26, 2010 at 10:19 am
Hahaha, I love all the references. Tom’s restaurant!
And, James… about the NES-game, have you considered that they just couldn’t fit the five letters of “Gozer” in the box of the building, but only four? Maybe that’s the answer. Stupid yeah… but really, isn’t the game shitty enough to have something as stupid as that?
Anyway, yet another great video. Keep it up, man!
April 26, 2010 at 10:19 am
Awesome work guys, really makes you want to take a trip to NYC.
April 26, 2010 at 10:37 am
That was fun. Nice work boys’
April 26, 2010 at 10:39 am
Best fandoc ever! This may even top the Swordquest AVGN video. Thanks for making this for us James!
April 26, 2010 at 10:42 am
Nice video! To bad the Tavern On The Green has gone bankrupt… The restaurant has been in many other movies:
“”Edward Scissorhands, Ghostbusters, Made, Only When I Laugh, Requiem for a Dream, Stella, The Out-of-Towners, and Wall Street.”
April 26, 2010 at 10:47 am
Really interesting documentary of one of my fave films. You guys did your homework!
April 26, 2010 at 11:04 am
Nice Location video. Again!
April 26, 2010 at 11:10 am
just sitting down with some pizza to enjoy, thanks for the videos
April 26, 2010 at 11:14 am
Have you guys looked into DivX hosting as a means of streaming HD videos to the web? It’s extremely quick and efficient. I hear that Veoh offers DivX streaming. Just something to drop in. Loved the documentary! Kinda sad the Tavern on the Green closed down, though. It made me laughed how you presented it as if someone passed away. Classic stuff!
April 26, 2010 at 11:18 am
As crazy as it sounds youtube is actually pretty decent these days. Its not always perfect for real time HD streaming, but if you don’t mind sometimes waiting a min before starting the video, its usually good enough. They support up to 1080p now. I generally choose the 720p option since it streams a little faster. This is definitely one that i would choose the 1080p option (if you shot it that way).
April 26, 2010 at 11:23 am
This has to be one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen. I’m sure Mr. Ramis and Mr. Akroyd would love to see this.
April 26, 2010 at 11:27 am
Simply fantastic. As a life long fan, this was what I’d always wanted to see. If I never get to visit NY myself, I can at least be happy having watched this!
Top notch production value too, great job
April 26, 2010 at 11:32 am
This was great!
April 26, 2010 at 11:36 am
Meh, I’ll wait till the quality gets better.
April 26, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Great job on the video guys, the fact that they kept alot of the geography of NYC true to life in the movie’s was a great little nugget of info, if I ever get a chance to visit I gotta check out some of those spot’s.
Or at Minimum the GB Firehouse and the Zuul building lol,
Again great job and thank’s
April 26, 2010 at 12:37 pm
When I visited NYC a couple of years ago I saw the firehouse while on my way elsewhere. I took a picture of the sign inside and right afterward a fireman, staring sternly at me, hit the button to close the garage door. I wonder how many GB fans they get each day…
April 26, 2010 at 12:38 pm
yea it’s true James is fat now ! do something about it James !
Excellent ghostbusters tour ; this movie is still great to watch (the 1st one)
April 26, 2010 at 12:43 pm
The funny thing is right before the Seinfield music started playing, I said “isn’t that the restaraunt from Seinfield?”
April 26, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Fantastic, Another great video,. Is there anyway that you could pass the location information onto myself as I am totally up for checking these out myself?
It seems that you guys must of slaved over this, superb.
April 26, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Wow great video! I feel sorry for the restaurant. Damn the multinational companies, it’s their fault
Anyway it must have been great to see these landmarks.
April 26, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Cool shit, dudes. Thanks for doing this.
April 26, 2010 at 1:13 pm
this is just awesome,i just watched rocky jumped the park bench again before this was posted, i cant wait to see more location tours there just excellent. keep up the good work : )
April 26, 2010 at 1:16 pm
This was F@(&!^$ awesome! Man your the best! its awesome how u sort of represent our generation w pop culture, my lil bro loves everything u do! Awesome video man….awesome!
April 26, 2010 at 1:27 pm
This is just absolutely awesome. This took me back. I have been waiting for a video like this and I plan to visit New York someday and check out all these locations if possible. Thanks for the video, you guys really put in a lot of effort and research. There is a lot of nostalgia value with this video. I hope the rumor of a third movie are true. I grew up loving Ghostbusters and will always be a huge fan. Thanks again for making this.
April 26, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Cute.
April 26, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Hey that guy looks like Scott H. Reiniger (Roger from George A. Romero’s original Dawn Of The Dead classic!) that automatically makes him awesome!
April 26, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Really interesting and entertaining piece. It was interesting seeing the places and how they manage to make sure it was correct. Also I popped huge for the Seinfeld Cameo
April 26, 2010 at 2:01 pm
That was awesome James! I cant wait to visit these areas myself.
Oh and I love the Seifeld piece you guys did, great stuff!
April 26, 2010 at 2:03 pm
FINALLY! Ive been waiting for this since october. And i have to say this is the BEST Ghostbusters location tour i have ever seen and i ve seen alot of them… NO ONE has ever showed locations from GB2. I have a feeling i will be watching this many times. Anyway AMAZING job as always. Any Huge GB fan like myself would appreciate this as i do! Thanks James!
April 26, 2010 at 2:08 pm
that was so cool..! awesome video james keep up the good work;D
April 26, 2010 at 2:21 pm
How ironic you called Tavern on the Green “very successful” and it closes down shortly after.
I enjoyed the video.
April 26, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Great video!!! Thank you for triggering alot of awesome flashbacks and a warm feeling inside =)
I love the german dude at the end of the video:
“Nicht die Strahlen kreuzen”
I remember when I was a kid we often used the german equivalent to ghostbuster, which would be “Geisterjäger”. Yeah, in those days most of the english movie titles were translated here in Germany.
April 26, 2010 at 2:43 pm
too short
April 26, 2010 at 2:50 pm
This brings back memories a lot of memories! thanks James for the head shake to refresh this fading memories!
Ghost Busters 3 when is it coming out?
April 26, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Loved it! Just had to watch the movies after seeing this
April 26, 2010 at 2:53 pm
James, this just completely made my day. I’m a huge Ghostbusters fan (my family claims “Ghostbusters” was the first word I said!), and your video just captured the fun and memories of the movies perfectly. It also really makes me want to visit New York City just for the city itself!
April 26, 2010 at 3:10 pm
this is awesome, fantastic and just great. for me, this is the best video of the location spot tours. i hope you plan new ones of that quality!
April 26, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Wow great job James. It’s amazing to see all those landmarks matched up with the footage of the movie. It must of taken a while to get all of the shots. Oh and I love the mention of Seinfeld in the background with the music. You could probably find all of these places with the list of film locations at the end of the movie and google street viewer. I love your dedication to actually going there……. ……..I wish I could do that. Anyway great job…….. ………oh and by the way in case you didn’t know there is going to be a Ghostbusters 3 just go look on imdb.com.
April 26, 2010 at 3:14 pm
As a fan of the Ghostbusters films I loved watching this! Great work
April 26, 2010 at 3:20 pm
awesome!!!!!
April 26, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Oh great, I was really excited for this one! But…I can’t spoil it all now! I’ll watch it later tonight with my wife while we eat dinner.
April 26, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Wow, this was way longer then what I expected which is awesome! It’s pretty cool that the locations are mostly geographically correct. This video made my week awesome and it’s only Monday
April 26, 2010 at 3:31 pm
niiicee
April 26, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Awesome video man. I agree with what you said about alot of the humor being lost because we were too young.
Being almost 29, I definitely share so many of the same memories.
April 26, 2010 at 4:21 pm
i love how you do these location documentaries. you’ve inspired me to do one, as i have wanted to do one for a long time. a friend of mine and me live very close to chicago, so we want to go there to check out some Dark Knight locations, as well as some other famous movie spots, like the Untouchables.
April 26, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Excellent documentary, James! I’ve always been a big Ghostbusters fan, and I’d love to be able to see those locations in person someday. Although, watching your video, it’s almost like being there myself!
April 26, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Nice to see, how accurate the Movie is.
Saw that movie a long time ago but i still remember most of it.
Anyone else noticed that James is walking as if he would be wearing clown shoes?
Great video.
April 26, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Love the ghostbusters and seeing actual sites it was filmed is always so awesome to see. If you ever do a Terminator 2 let us know before you do, I live about 5 mins away from the steel mill the last scene was filmed in and i would love to watch you film haha!
April 26, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Unlike most of the things you grew up with,I didn’t really grow up watching Ghostbusters.Although I should have.
This video was awesome and it was nice to see that you guys REALLY did your homework and that movie was geographically accurate.
April 26, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Great video, James! I love the tour pictures and videos you do and how you match them up with the actual movies. Really cool that they actually considered the accuracy while making the movie as opposed to just randomly shooting all over NYC at every tourist attraction. Thanks for the great video. I always look forward to your great projects!
April 26, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Awesome video! Now I’m gonna watch both movies.
April 26, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Great video, but where was the hotel where they caught Slimer?
And rest in peace, Tavern On the Green, you’ll live forever in Ghost Busters (as the place where a bunch snooty jerks don’t give a rat’s ass that some dude is getting mauled by an inter-dimensional creature. Comedy gold!).
April 26, 2010 at 5:13 pm
I really enjoyed this video, definitely worth the wait!
April 26, 2010 at 5:14 pm
I love seeing all of these locations. I grew up watching the cartoon, playing with the toys, and watching the movies. Its strange how when we watch those movies today, how funny they are, as when we were kids, it was just flashy and cool. Try watching Jurassic Park now, same effect.
Thanks for a great video guys, these are some of my favorites.
Never noticed The Blob references
Mike
April 26, 2010 at 5:17 pm
James expression at the end when the are starring at the fire house is priceless it reminds me of butt head tho lol.
April 26, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Me and my brother got to get some pictures next to the Ecto-1 in universal studios when we were kids
April 26, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Great Video James! These location videos are really great for fans. I enjoy watching them!
April 26, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Can’t wait for GB 3!
Honestly though James, I like when you shoot the documentaries by yourself. Don’t get me wrong, that Brett guy is all right, but it’s you the fans wanna see! (and your thoughts on the subject matter.)
Anyways, thanks for the documentary, it was awesome!
April 26, 2010 at 5:34 pm
That was cool, but NYC has been done to death in films. I prefer stories set anywhere else in the real or imagined universe.
April 26, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Actually according to IMDb they are currently making Ghostbusters 3, due to the success of the good Ghostbusters game.
April 26, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Great, great video !
I like these location videos and as a very big Seinfeld-Fan, it was really surprising and cool to see the Restaurant in the Background.
Thank you for that.
April 26, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Hey it’s captain S lol
April 26, 2010 at 5:59 pm
honor a quien honor merece me encantaron las peliculas de los cazafantasmas o ghostbusters y este filme de cinemassacre y pbc pues es muy bueno y muy entretenido felicidades James lo volviste a hacer Congratulations
April 26, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Do not cross the power thingys!
April 26, 2010 at 6:49 pm
That brick at Bowling Green is new, they replaced the cobblestones with that flat brick a few years ago when they built that awning over the 4/5 train entrance. Probably b/c of the Americans w/ Disabilities act. You should see how terrible the tavern looks now, our mayor has to fuck with everything. Great job, very enjoyable video.
April 26, 2010 at 6:57 pm
The only thing missing were the addresses. Should have posted the addresses like in “Rocky Jumped a Park Bench”.
God job tho!
April 26, 2010 at 7:10 pm
The giant monster ghost coming through the archway in Ghostbusters II looks like the Rancor. I guess after the Rancor was killed by having a large metal door fall on its head it decided to terrorize New York City.
April 26, 2010 at 7:23 pm
You guys did your research well. Never knew that jump was further down where Louis went. And yes, farewell to Tavern on The Green
April 26, 2010 at 7:47 pm
If you look at the image of Ray’s bookstore from the movie, you can see the stairs right below the green awning. You guys were too far to the left.
April 26, 2010 at 7:52 pm
After watching this video i have to say… I can’t believe things have gotten so bad in New York City that there’s no way back! I mean sure it’s messy,it’s crowded,it’s polluted ,it’s noisy, and there are people who just as soon step on your face as look at you. But come on, there’s gotta be a few sparks of sweet humanity left in that burned out old bird!