Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Summertainment: Aloha, Ghost (Goober & The Ghost Chasers, 1973)

Goober & The Ghost Chasers are on a working vacation in Hawaii. Their client is actor Michael Gray (later of Shazam!), who, in this story, has hired the gang to unmask a fake ghost who's trying to scare Michael's dad into selling their plantation. Michael had appeared on The Brian Keith Show the previous season after guest appearances on shows as diverse as The Flying Nun and American Bandstand.

In recent times, Michael has voiced a fictional version of himself on the FXX animated series, Archer.

Right now, here's "Aloha, Ghost":

Edit, 7/9/22: We've located a sampler clip from Warner Archive:



Michael's appearance makes up for the absence of Partridge Family cast members Danny Bonaduce, Susan Dey, & Brian Forster, contrary to the advertisement made by announcer Ronnie Schell (Gilly).

Rating: B.

2 comments:

Silverstar said...

IIRC, the Partridge Kids (save for David Cassidy as Keith, who by this time wanted nothing to do with the Partridge Family franchise) only appeared with the Ghost Chasers on alternate weeks.

hobbyfan said...

Per Wikipedia, not a reliable source, the kids guested in 8 of the first 11, some on back-to-back weeks. Something tells me that might've been because ABC knew they didn't have a strong show with Goober, and needed a hook.

As it happened, of course, the Partridges and the Bradys were both cancelled at the end of the season.