#632 - Illustrator and Designer CHOGRIN - August 24, 2020

#632 - Illustrator and Designer CHOGRIN - August 24, 2020

This week on the show, we sit down with artist Joseph Game aka Chogrin - plus we talk Sony’s Drive-In Experience and Jason Reitman’s introduction, Richard Edlund’s engineering achievement award, and Bill Murray’s latest with Sofia Coppola. First up in the news, Jason Reitman introduced the original Ghostbusters at a special drive-in experience on the Sony Pictures lot and talked about how excited he is for Ghostbusters...

#631 - "Eaglemoss Builders Club Part 6 and Ghostbusters II Score News" - August 17, 2020

The long-awaited score album release for Ghostbusters II is coming, we’ll talk about that as we also discover just how difficult steering rods and spring coils can be while building our Eaglemoss Hero Collector Ecto-1 subscription kits! That’s right, as we work through Stage 14 of our Ectomobile scale model kit, we’re talking about Randy Edelman’s score finally getting a proper...

#630 - "Remembering Tom Pollock" - August 10, 2020

This week on the show, we remember Ivan Reitman’s producing partner and Hollywood legend Tom Pollock, who passed at age 77. From a heartfelt remembrance in Vanity Fair by Reitman himself, to hearing Pollock’s words on stage talking about Draft Day, learn how Pollock was a key figure in many of the films that are probably among your favorites. Then in the second half of the show, some Ghostbusters Afterlife news, including...

#629 - "Wayne Resnick Radio Interview (1999)" - August 3, 2020

The winners of the Crossrip 5th Anniversary mystery boxes and a dip into the Proton Charging archives for a radio interview that aired in 1999 are in store for you this week! First up, Chris has the three winners of our mystery box giveaways in honor of our five years “on the air.” Did you win? Tune in to find out! Then, from the Proton Charging archives, Chris is dusting off a cassette tape of a radio interview...

#628 - "The Comic-Con That Wasn't" - July 27, 2020

San Diego Comic-Con may have happened virtually this year, but that didn’t stop the announcements, reveals, pre-orders, and more! First up, Hasbro is offering up the next in their Plasma Series, a two-pack of Louis Tully and Vinz Clortho. What does this release in September mean for the line moving forward? What are Troy and Chris’ thoughts on the offerings to date? Also, LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed has opened this weekend,...

#627 - "Negligible Questions" - July 20, 2020

It’s the end of the Ghostbusters World as we know it. On this week’s show, talking about the end of the mobile AR game, a wave of new fan films, Spirit Halloween offerings, and some additional merch including bobbleheads and custom Real Ghostbusters Ecto-Glow figures. Then, in the second half of the show, humor us for another thought experiment on the inconsequential questions we have from the original films. All that plus...

#626 - "Eaglemoss Builders Club Part 5" - July 13, 2020

We’re back to building our Hero Collector Ecto-1 subscription kits, this week stages 11 through 13 (otherwise known as the blue hose stages). While we’re doing so, we’re talking about Ghostbusters being number one at the box office 36 years later, Ghostbusters Year One issue number 4 and what it sets up for the future, remembering Peter Aykroyd and Carl Reiner, and a whole lot more!



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#625 - "Ghostbusters Day 2020 Round-Up and 5 Year Anniversary Special" - July 6, 2020

We’re turning five this week! Five years to the day ago, the Crossrip became a podcast! Yay us! To celebrate, we’re wrapping up Ghostbusters Day and all that was revealed then having a few of our favorite clip moments from the past five years. First up, Ghostbusters Day was a little delayed due to things happening around the world and was celebrated last week. The subdued marketing day...

#624 - "Rayo de Protones" - June 29, 2020

Did you pre-order Real Ghostbusters retro figures only to receive the international carded versions? You’re not alone. This week on the show, we’re talking about the strange progression of events behind Wal-Mart’s pre-order, and the resulting products that fans have been receiving. The good news is that the figures are outstanding, and a real blast from the past. The bad news is that the patient people who have stuck with their...

#623 - "Reunited Apart Discussion" - June 22, 2020

“Reunited Apart” brought the original Ghostbusters cast and director together and it sure lived up to the expectations. On this week’s show, Troy and Chris discuss their favorite moments, some of the behind the scenes reveals that they weren’t aware of (including a little expansion on Bill Murray’s comments of seeing part of the film during Thanksgiving dinner at Ivan Reitman’s house). All that, plus some of your...