Dan Aykroyd, Paranormal Researcher and Ghostbuster

gizmodo.com ^ | Thu May 28 2009 | Adam Frucci

[Nikas777]

Dan Aykroyd, Paranormal Researcher and Ghostbuster By Adam Frucci, 7:40 PM on Thu May 28 2009,

Dan Aykroyd at the American Society for Psychical Research in New York

[Nikas777]

Full article is here @ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/arts/31schi.html

[dfwgator]

Did he talk about the Twinkie?

[wastedyears]

Don’t cross the streams.

[4yearlurker]

The next time somebody asks you if you are a God...you say yes!!!!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!”

[AnglePark]

What about the Twinkie?

[Yo-Yo]

Answer: Don’t cross the streams.

Question: What does the movie GhostBusters and a trough urinal at a Football Stadium Men's room have in common?

[r9etb]

Good article ... I've always liked Dan Aykroyd. I didn't know his family were all into paranormal stuff. It explains a lot.

By sheerest coincidence, we happen to have gotten Ghostbusters just the other day. It's still funny.

[wastedyears]

No idea

[Nikas777]

The “Blues Brothers” is the most pro spiritual movie I have ever seen since “The Exorcist” - “We are on a mission from God”.

[Yo-Yo]

You're not familiar with the Johnny Carson Carnac bit, are you.

[AnglePark]

Man, I really miss Carson...

[Nikas777]

Is this for any of your ping lists?

[wastedyears]

No

[dangerdoc]

I was thinking the same thing. You could always count on being entertained before you fell asleep.

[Little Ray]

I miss Dan Akroyd and Bill Murray and all the rest.
Truth is, comedy had gotten a bit weak since they moved on...

[Nikas777]

It was smart comedy that worked on many levels. I think because these guys came out of a comedic movement that appealed to educated college kids of the 70s - counter culture, etc.

Modern comedians come from a different atmosphere. The stand up night club which produces more lowest denominator style of jokesters.

[krb]

That’s a big Twinkie.

[Kakaze]

You are right, comedy was smart, jokes were"running", you would laugh all night.

Now all it takes is a F bomb and a laugh track.

I am amazed at the people who laugh, just because a so called comedian is on stage, we have been dumbed down.

[Nikas777]

Compare college kids of today and their worldly knowledge to those of the 80s 70s or 60s - it is like we went down in IQ power in a generation. Everything now is a frat boy sex joke. Who would get a Chevy Chase joke in the style of “Generalissimo Franco is still dead” joke today?