a quip for every situation, a put-down for everyone who deserves it and an ability to rise above it all, Venkman is a lot like Groucho." The comparison is also reinforced by the scene in the original movie where, waiting for Dana Barrett to finish the day's rehearsals with the orchestra Peter jogs up and down a bustling New York square hopping on a single foot, alternately, just as Groucho Marx used to do. References Fictional Columbia University people Fictional ghost hunters Fictional parapsychologists Fictional professors Fictional psychologists Fictional television personalities Film characters introduced in 1984 Ghostbusters characters Male characters in animated series Male characters in film