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Feb 24, 2014 - 12:18 PM
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Michael24
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It's almost like a piece of my childhood just died. Ghostbusters was such a big part of my life as a kid and one of the earliest movies I have the clearest memories of seeing in a theater. Egon was my always my favorite character, and whenever my friends and I would pretend to be Ghostbusters, I had to be him and run around with my makeshift PKE meter. He wrote and/or directed some great comedy classics, too, like National Lampoon's Animal House, Caddyshack, Stripes and National Lampoon's Vacation, and he had a really funny cameo in 2002's Orange County. But, for me, he'll forever be remembered as Dr. Egon Spengler.
RIP, Mr. Ramis. Thanks for helping make my childhood so much fun.
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Feb 24, 2014 - 1:55 PM
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DeputyRiley
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Ghostbusters had an immeasurable impact on my filmgoing childhood; along with Back to the Future, it was my favorite comedy growing up as a kid and I watched it countless times.
Groundhog Day was equally brilliant, hilarious, and worth seeing one million times (at least). Not just comedy, not hard, cynical comedy...but both Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day managed to pull off that rarest of feats (IMO): feel-good hilarity. Both films are tremendously warm and infinitely pleasant, yet endlessly funny.
Mr. Ramis also managed to pull this feel-good comedic touch in my other favorite role of his: Dr. Bettes, from As Good As It Gets. His warm and fuzzy, generous doctor to Helen Hunt's son was a small role but Ramis shone. Same goes for his role as Seth Rogen's dad in Knocked Up.
These were my fondest memories of Harold Ramis, may he rest in peace.
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