TV Reporter Quotes in Ghostbusters (1984)

TV Reporter: [reporting on the Ghostbusters] Well, everybody's heard ghost stories around the campfire. Heck, my grandma used to spin yarns about a spectral locomotive that would rocket past the farm where she grew up! But now, as if some unforeseen authority...

[last lines]

TV Reporter: Meanwhile, mystery surrounds the fate of David Webb, also known as Jason Bourne, the source behind the exposure of the Blackbriar program. It's been reported that Webb was shot and fell from a Manhattan rooftop into the East River ten stories below. However, after a three day search, Webb's body has yet to be found.

TV Reporter: Again, this footage is live and uncensored, so if you have any small children, you may want to have them leave the room.

TV Reporter: [Interviewing Korski] Mr Korski, what are your comments today on the Winch Corporation takeover?

Mikhail Korsky: I had a great admiration for Nerio Winch. But today I think my takeover bet is the best possible thing that could happen to the group which bears his name.

TV Reporter: And what is your next move?

Mikhail Korsky: I'm going to buy some sweets.

Mike Teavee: In the end, I only had to buy one candy bar.

TV Reporter: And how did it taste?

Mike Teavee: I don't know. I hate chocolate.

Grandpa George: Well, it's a good thing you're going to a chocolate factory, you ungrateful little bu-

[Mr. Bucket claps his hands over Charlie's ears so he can't hear what's being said]

TV Reporter: Why do you spend your time making underground films?

Andy Warhol: It's easier than painting.

TV Reporter: Which painters do you like best?

Andy Warhol: Oh, all of them.

TV Reporter: Now, one curious aspect of this case is that the swastikas were drawn backward, indicating either haste or a lack of familiarity with this most infamous of anti-semetic emblems, or perhaps rather more implausibly... that Hindus were involved.

TV Reporter: So what happens after today's parade?

Sterling: Angelique is going to remove her penis!

Mrs. Marcangelo: It's coming *right* off!

TV Reporter: [outside Randolph's cabin in the woods] Yes, shocking is an accurate way to describe what went on here in the early morning hours. Local police won't comment, but Channel 6 sources tell us that what happened here in the pre-dawn hours...

Dr. Kate McTiernan: [tending to Alex's wounds] Does this hurt?

TV Reporter: ...reaches beyond Southern California. And some say involves a rogue branch of the FBI.

Alex Cross: They sure can document a fuck-up at the speed of light.

TV Reporter: The world was stunned today by the death of Diego Ricardo, the youngest person on the planet, the youngest person on earth was 18 years, 4 months, 20 days, 16 hours, and 8 minutes old.

[last lines]

TV Reporter: We have now Governor Morris' new senior campaign adviser, Stephen Meyers, coming to us from Xavier University where Senator Thompson has just endorsed Governor Morris, essentially ending this primary race. Stephen, can you give us some insight into how this whole thing unfolded?

TV Reporter: [interviewing Jimmy after his first major league game] What pitches did you throw to get that strikeout?

Jimmy: Fastball, fastball, and

[chuckling]

Jimmy: fastball!

TV Reporter: How did it feel, pitching in the major leagues?

Jimmy: Just like I hoped it would.

Jimmy: [to the reporters, seeing his father through the TV lights] Can you excuse me?

TV Reporter: Why did you do it, Leland?

Leland: Because of the sadness.

TV Reporter: What sadness? Whose sadness?

Leland: Your sadness.

TV Reporter: How old was Izzy?

Shorty: Uh, like Jesus, about 30... 30 years old.

TV Reporter: Entertainment is food of the gods.

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TV Reporter: Police say the body was found early this morning by a wildlife photographer in a mangrove swamp off Key Biscayne. The victim's clothes were in disarray, and police believe she may have been the victim of an assault. This is possibly the third rape/murder in as many weeks. However, police are not willing to say the murders are connected.

TV Reporter: How do you see your chances, Kyle?

Kyle Kingman, Driver: You don't think I got the gall to answer a question like that, do ya, in front of famous drivers like Tex Zimmerman, Rick Penny, Davie Baer? So why don't we wait 'til this race is over and the best man's won and I'm standing there kissing the trophy girl? Then you ask me that.