# Ghost Dad was on TV this morning **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203 "2013-03-06T17:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/1 "2013-03-06T17:34:49Z")
I’d never seen it before but I’d heard about it so I decided to give it a watch holy crap man that was really bad it literally had no redeeming qualities Bill Cosby you should have known better I cannot comprehend how anybody thought this was a good idea the ending is a total cop-out too because ghost dad magicks back to life, completely negating any drama and making the story meaningless and now looking it up on Google I see it was directed by Sidney Portier. really? How could such a great name in cinema be associated with this disaster? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/2 "2013-03-06T17:40:31Z")
I never saw it but when I went on the Universal Studios tour in the summer of '89, they were filming four movies on the lot at the time. Back to the Future II and III (concurrently), some Benji movie, and Ghost Dad. The entire tour I kept looking around hoping I’d spot Bill Cosby hanging around. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/3 "2013-03-06T17:42:24Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > I never saw it but when I went on the Universal Studios tour in the summer of '89, they were filming four movies on the lot at the time. Back to the Future II and III (concurrently), some Benji movie, and Ghost Dad. The entire tour I kept looking around hoping I’d spot Bill Cosby hanging around. What did you see on the tour? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/4 "2013-03-06T18:03:43Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > and now looking it up on Google I see it was directed by Sidney Portier. really? How could such a great name in cinema be associated with this disaster? Mortgage payment coming due? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/5 "2013-03-06T18:42:24Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What did you see on the tour? Just the typical backlot stuff they’ve been showing people for decades… Jaws, Psycho house, etc. Also, IIRC, we saw the house from The Great Outdoors, we drove down the street that The Burbs was filmed on and they pointed out that neighbor kid Cory Feldman’s house in that movie was also the house used as 1313 Mockingbird Lane in The Munsters (I think Desperate Housewives filmed on it more recently). Saw the A-Team van and Columbo’s station wagon parked in random spots. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/6 "2013-03-06T18:46:28Z")
I recall liking it when I was a kid, but then again I was about 12. Don’t really remember a whole lot of about it, other than Bill Cosby can only be seen when the lights are off. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/7 "2013-03-06T19:02:19Z")
I saw it when it came out. Yeah it was pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/8 "2013-03-06T19:03:08Z")
If you thought that was bad, you need to watch Leonard, Part 6. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/9 "2013-03-06T19:47:24Z")
I didn’t like how he at first had a hard time walking on the floor, but apparently he had no problem walking on the ground underneath. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/10 "2013-03-07T02:41:53Z")
Was this the movie where Cosby would go on talk shows and plead with people not to see it? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/11 "2013-03-07T03:13:04Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > Was this the movie where Cosby would go on talk shows and plead with people not to see it? That was Leonard VI. He actually gave people who said they saw it their money back at one of his concerts. _Ghost_ was the biggest thing at the box office that year and _Cosby_ was the biggest thing on TV for the entire '80s, so I can see why an exec may have listened. You’d think they’d have asked for a script before cutting the check, though. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/12 "2013-03-07T14:16:41Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > If you thought that was bad, you need to watch Leonard, Part 6. Dammit, I _like_ Leonard Part 6. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/13 "2013-03-07T22:03:06Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > I recall liking it when I was a kid, but then again I was about 12. > > Don’t really remember a whole lot of about it, other than Bill Cosby can only be seen when the lights are off. I saw it when I was 12, and I still thought it sucked. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/14 "2013-03-07T22:29:09Z")
It’s not like Bill Cosby’s starred in any good movies. TV and standup are/were his domain. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-dad-was-on-tv-this-morning/652203/15 "2013-03-08T09:24:20Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > It’s not like Bill Cosby’s starred in any good movies. TV and standup are/were his domain. His buddy movies with Sidney Poitier are his best, and pretty entertaining.