| Phantom of Vaudeville | |
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| Appeared in | The Ghost Busters episode"The Dummy's Revenge" |
| Played by | Tim Herbert |
Phantom of Vaudeville was the ghost of an old music hall performer. He had a dummy named Elmo with whom he was constantly in conversation, often slipping into their old act. But the question remains: who was the dummy, and who was the puppeteer? The world may never know...
Personality[]
A bitter man, the Phantom of Vaudeville seeked revenge on music-hall performers Slapsy, Maxie and Nijinsky (a man in a gorilla suit). Tracy's existence led the Phantom to mistake the Ghost Busters for his foes. He even went as far as attempting to remove Tracy's "gorilla suit," but failed miserably.
Physical Description[]
The Phantom appeared to be a man in his mid-to-late fifties with gray/silver hair and moustache. He wore a black domino mask over his eyes a la The Lone Ranger, and was dressed in the typical vaudeville outfit of velvet jacket, checkered pants, soft shoes, and straw boater. He sometimes carried a bamboo cane, which he performs tricks with.
Special notes[]
- The Phantom is clearly a riff on Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, from his motivation (revenge on Slapsy, Maxie and Nijinsky for ruining his act) to the method of dispatching him (the only way to get rid of a Phantom is to unmask him).
- Elmo is a pastiche of Edgar Bergen's Charlie McCarthy act.
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