For some odd reason, there is a Saturday Night Live skit that originally broadcast on November 10, 1984 that has always stuck in my head. It is a parody of a local TV show hosted by two Latin women named Chi Chi (Mary Gross) and Conseula (Julia Louis-Dreyfuss) called The Ghostbusters Show. It is simply dedicated to discussing all things related to the film that had been released that Summer. During the skit, Chi Chi asks Consuela which guy is her favorite Ghostbuster, and Consuela replies “I like thee black one.” To which Chi Chi repeats several times “but he dint do notheeeng.”
On Saturday, March 14, 2010, I got to meet the black one while he was appearing at the Chicago Hollywood Collectors Show. Ernie Hudson portrayed Ghostbuster Winston Zeddemore in both the original film and the sequel Ghostbusters 2. Outside of that, there aren’t a whole lot of appearances of his that I have seen, although he has kept very busy with movies and TV, incuding Oz, Desperate Housewives, and Heroes – to name of few from recent days.
He was a very friendly guy, although I didn’t care for his $25 price tag so much, but he spent an ample amount of time chatting with my sister and me. He naturally lives in California, but was making a whole trip out of coming to the Chicago show and then visiting his hometown in Benton Harbor, Michigan.
After meeting him, I had to concur, that I too like thee black one.
Celebs of the March 2010 Chicago show will continue…
I have been dying to find a copy of this skit! I still remember it so well, and I’ve told my wife about it. I just can’t find a clip of it anywhere!
Dan Knight
August 6th, 2019