and as such opted for a more realistic passage of time. Maurice LaMarche was brought back to play Egon Spengler — though Frank Welker and Laura Summer did not return to play Slimer and Janine, respectively. The series would start to have more explicit tie-ins to Real as it went on — "Slimer's Sacrifice" referenced Egon entering the Containment Unit in an episode of Real Ghostbusters: "Xmas Marks the Spot"; "Grundelesque" was a direct sequel to Real Ghostbusters episode "The Grundel", bringing back the eponymous villain and revealing Kylie lost a friend during its first attack. Finally - and notably - was the two-part finale "Back in the Saddle", which featured the remaining original Ghostbusters returning and teaming up with their successors— with Dave Coulier (the second voice of Peter Venkman), Buster Jones (the second voice of Winston Zeddemore), and Frank Welker (the voice of Ray Stantz) all reprising their roles. Episodes Broadcast The series originally aired on the Syndicated BKN block in 1997. The show was aired on ABS-CBN in the Philippines in 1999. The show first aired in the Republic of Ireland on RTE Two from 19 February 1998 to 1999. Years later, a short rerun was shown on the same channel in the summer of 2007. In 2021, to celebrate the upcoming release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, episodes of both The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters were released onto the official Ghostbusters YouTube channel. Home media In 1999, three VHS volumes of the show were released by Columbia TriStar Home Video, all of which are now out of print. These videotapes were available to purchase separately or as a packaged boxed set containing all three volumes. The episodes included on the VHS volumes were: Volume 1: "Darkness at Noon, Part 1", "Darkness at Noon, Part 2" Volume 2: "The Infernal Machine", "Grundelesque" Volume 3: "Back in the Saddle, Part 1", "Back in the Saddle, Part 2" A two-disc DVD set of the series was released in Australia on June 2, 2009 and in the United Kingdom on June 15 the same year, along with Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, all containing the first thirteen episodes of the series, with the UK releases being slightly edited to remove scenes of horror and threat. There is currently no plan to release the series on DVD in the United States. The series was re-released in the UK on the 27th of