13. Homage to Oz
Aykroyd, Ramis, and Reitman had to work and rework the characters to make them distinct and get the comedic balance right. After several script incarnations, they finally decided to loosely model them on some classic Hollywood archetypes. Aykroyd has said, “Put [the characters of Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, and Egon Spengler] together, and you have the Scarecrow, the Lion, and the Tin Man.”
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