When Slimer isn't on screen, the other characters should be asking "Where's Slimer?"

''Think of them as a body...''
''Peter is the mouth.''
''Ray is the hands.''
''Egon is the brains.''
''Winston is the driver.''
This show was placed in the hands of people who didn't know that ''driver'' is not a body part.

'kids are afraid of sharp objects'
.......clearly those 'advisors' have never met real children. real children love sharp objects.

It's so funny to me how a shift in tone delivery can make any sarcastic line into an idiot line.

If we're looking at the Ghostbusters as a body, it should be: Venkman is the mouth, Ray is the heart, Egon is the brain, Winston is the hands, Janine is the ears and Slimer is the stomach.

"One, Slimer needs to be louder, sloppier, and have access to a time
machine. Two, whenever Slimer's not on screen, all the other characters
should be asking 'Where's Slimer'?"

Whenever Slimers not on the screen, everyone should be asking, where's slimer? - Homer Simpson head of Q5

what I find absolutely hilarious is that when taking marketing classes in college, everything Q5 did was what we were told NOT to do within the first 2 weeks of class.

The whole "Get rid of those scary, scary glasses" thing still baffles me.
When it comes to character design, there's a bit of a rule where round shapes/curves fit cute and funny characters, and pointy fits into mature/scary. These "experts" probably heard about that and took it to the extreme...

I always liked Winston. He represented the "normal" person (me) that tried to make sense of all this not-normal ghost stuff. The movies, and early episodes of TRGB, had it right. Focus groups ruin everything, I swear.

"Kids are afraid of sharp object."

That has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard in my entire life! Afraid of sharp objects?! Then explain to me why kids play with toy swords and such and watch movies and tv shows FEATURING CHARACTERS USING SHARP OBJECTS LIKE SWORDS!

Q5: Starting today, Dave Coulie is the new Peter Venkman.
Meanwhile
Garfield: (Shudders) I don't know why. But I sense something particularly horrible has happened this Monday! 🙀

As a girl I loved Janine. She was one of few strong, well rounded women characters aside from the X-men and April from Ninja Turtles (on occasion). I hate what they did to her, and I love his defense of her. it's so nice to hear a producer really stick up for a character he created, especially a woman and the fact that he supports her as having her own role, having a real personality, and being a part of the team.  What they did to her was really offensive, and a way to brainwash girls into being stupid, "motherly" docile things instead of strong women like Janine. I think this group was threatened by women or black characters that stood out and showed kids that they could be represented too and wanted to shove them in the background as the "mother" and "daisy's driver" lol

To me it just sounds silly that they changed Janine's glasses simply because they thought said glasses 'scared young children' so to speak.   It's a pretty stupid reason,  as for her considered too 'abrasive'  -  last time I checked,  she's supposed to be snarky and sarcastic like that.

It's pretty telling that Q5 thinks that being a mother is the only thing a little girl (you know, a child ) cares about in a character, while boys can like any characters. Nobody's claiming the slimeball gremlin needs to start being more responsible and get a job so he can provide for the family because what else could little boys care about?!

I've often heard about stupid demands from the higher ups ruining things, but I've never seen it in this much detail. What a fascinating case study on just how much can get ruined when the executives know barely anything and hire people who know even less. This makes me appreciate the good shows I've seen even more.

You know what would have made "Janine You've Changed" even better?
If Laura Summer returned

“Winston is The Driver.” No, it goes like this.

Peter is the mouth
Ray is the hands
Egon is the brains
Winston is the heart

Wait, so according to Q5, Slimer is an important character, and should be around 24/7, but Ray is NOT an important character, and should be dropped from the show entirely...........I'm speechless.

"Let's make Slimer the witty main character and the witty character into the dumb comic relief." Genius.

When Q5 said they wanted to fix the show, did they mean fix as in "repair" or fix as in "neuter?"