Harold Ramis

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Michael Ovitz: 1 line

1. industry (super-packaging precedent) · through Ghostbusters (1984), which they wrote: Michael Ovitz ⇒ Ghostbusters (the host's read). Ovitz's famous packaging example: assembling the cast, director and effects on paper and forcing studios to bid, as with Ghostbusters.

   “His famous example of this is that he puts together like Ghostbusters and goes to all of the studios and is like, like, it's on everyone's table, you know, like, start bidding.”

   Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:57:34 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Look Who's Talking (1989): 2 lines

1. unmapped (autobiographical) · them, directly: Harold Ramis ⇒ Look Who's Talking (the host's read). The speakers say the film is Heckerling's personal grievance about Ramis, who fathered her daughter Molly while Neil Israel believed the child was his.

   “The child that Neil Israel thought was his own was actually the byproduct of a years-long affair that she had had with Harold Ramos.”

   Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 0:24:44 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
2. unmapped (roman a clef) · them, directly: Harold Ramis ⇒ Look Who's Talking (the host's read). Kirstie Alley's character Molly shares a name with Heckerling's daughter and echoes Ramis's leave-my-wife promise.

   “Kirsty Alli's character is named Molly. Amy Heckerling and Harold Ramos's illegitimate daughter is named Molly.”

   Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 0:21:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021): 1 line

1. lineage (lineage) · through Ghostbusters (1984), which they wrote: Ghostbusters ⇒ Ghostbusters: Afterlife (the host's read). Afterlife is a revival of the original series by Ivan Reitman's son, loaded with its mythology.

   “This is Jason Reitman's revivification of his father, Ivan Reitman's famed film series.”

   The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:02:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Jason Reitman: 1 line

1. people (people) · through Ghostbusters (1984), which they wrote: Ghostbusters ⇒ Jason Reitman (the host's read). Reitman has said he wants to honor his father's franchise; Jason was on set of some of the originals.

   “Jason Reitman was on the set of some of these movies”

   The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:16:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Pixels (2015): 1 line

1. unmapped (tonal model) · through Ghostbusters (1984), which they wrote: Ghostbusters ⇒ Pixels (the host's read). Pixels is called a Ghostbusters knockoff, with Adam Sandler trying to do Ghostbusters with Chris Columbus.

   “Hixels is Ghostbusters.”

   Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:48:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (3) everyone in directing

• director, Groundhog Day (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Flesh+Blood)
• director, Caddyshack (The Rewatchables, ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck)
• director, Analyze This (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)

Acting (5) everyone in acting

• actor, Ghostbusters (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber)
• actor (cameo as the doctor), As Good as It Gets (Blank Check with Griffin & David, As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard)
• actor (cameo as Ben's father), Knocked Up (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
• actor (spectral Egon), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (The Big Picture, ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies)
• supporting, Baby Boom (Blank Check — Patreon, Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free))

Writing (1) everyone in writing

• writer, Ghostbusters (The Big Picture, ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies)

Other (1) everyone in other

• biological father of Heckerling's daughter Molly; target of the film's subtext, Look Who's Talking (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis)

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

1. people (people): Bill Murray → Harold Ramis. Murray and Ramis did not speak for years after disagreeing over Groundhog Day's tone.

   “Murray was like, I want Groundhog Day to be more dramatic.”

   Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:38:15 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

1. unmapped (roman a clef): Look Who's Talking → Harold Ramis. Kirstie Alley's character Molly shares a name with Heckerling's daughter and echoes Ramis's leave-my-wife promise.

   “Kirsty Alli's character is named Molly. Amy Heckerling and Harold Ramos's illegitimate daughter is named Molly.”

   Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 0:21:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
2. unmapped (autobiographical): Look Who's Talking → Harold Ramis. The speakers say the film is Heckerling's personal grievance about Ramis, who fathered her daughter Molly while Neil Israel believed the child was his.

   “The child that Neil Israel thought was his own was actually the byproduct of a years-long affair that she had had with Harold Ramos.”

   Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 0:24:44 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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