# Ghostbusters plot hole - J Edgar Hoover as the destructor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-plot-hole-j-edgar-hoover-as-the-destructor/714768 "2015-03-11T17:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-plot-hole-j-edgar-hoover-as-the-destructor/714768/21 "2015-03-12T09:52:05Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I’d have sworn they were, too, UNTIL JUST NOW! Yep. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-plot-hole-j-edgar-hoover-as-the-destructor/714768/22 "2015-03-12T10:05:17Z")
I didn’t realise until I heard the DVD commentary that [Dana bought some Stay-Puft marshmallows](http://www.screentray.com/uploads/3/7/8/0/37804673/6412350_orig.png) when Zuul first made his appearance in her fridge. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-plot-hole-j-edgar-hoover-as-the-destructor/714768/23 "2015-03-12T12:55:07Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I didn’t realize until I heard the DVD commentary that [Dana bought some Stay-Puft marshmallows](http://www.screentray.com/uploads/3/7/8/0/37804673/6412350_orig.png) when Zuul first made his appearance in her fridge. You didn’t realize it while reading the earlier posts? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-plot-hole-j-edgar-hoover-as-the-destructor/714768/24 "2015-03-12T16:27:01Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > ETA: **Miller**? You’re probably thinking of Jet-puft marshmallows. Unlikely. AFAIK, I’ve never heard of Jet-puft marshmallows until this post. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-plot-hole-j-edgar-hoover-as-the-destructor/714768/25 "2015-03-12T16:38:51Z")
I did a google search to prove that they used a mascot that looked a bit like the SPMM. In the process, I learned that A) The proper spelling of the product is Jet Puffed; B) it’s Campfire Marshmallows that have the mascot I remember; and C) [he doesn’t look as much like the SPMM as I thought](http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231487621525?clk_rvr_id=795551383729&rmvSB=true). So maybe they conflated the name of one brand with the mascot of one or more other companies. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-plot-hole-j-edgar-hoover-as-the-destructor/714768/26 "2015-03-13T00:14:22Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > You didn’t realize it while reading the earlier posts? No, because I realised it about 15 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-plot-hole-j-edgar-hoover-as-the-destructor/714768/27 "2015-03-13T03:41:09Z")
Hey, just be glad Ray didn’t notice [Ron Jeremy was in the crowd gathered below](http://i.imgur.com/C17ii.jpeg). You know that image would have been in the back of his mind the whole time. “Funny us going out like this- killed by a 100 foot Ron Jeremy penis.” But it would make [this shot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPr7cYLq3dk#t=4m24s) a whole lot funnier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-plot-hole-j-edgar-hoover-as-the-destructor/714768.md?page=1)