AN INTERVIEW WITH PAT TANTALO

Dr.Stantz : When and how did this job come to you?

Pat Tantalo : I worked for Landmark/Roboshop, the company that design the entire Ghostbusters show. I was in charge of figure finishing. When I moved to Florida after the show opened. USF wanted a street show as well so we built the animnatronic slimer and rigged the Ecto1 for the Ghostbusters bust Beetlguese street show.

Dr.Stantz : Tell the people what you did for the show.

Pat Tantalo : Originally I was a mold maker / painter. I was lead for mold and skin department working for Richard Ruiz, who was the original Mold maker on the 1st Ghostbuster Film. I was in charge of figure finishing at USF for the installation.

Dr.Stantz : What was your most challenging task?

Pat Tantalo: The schedule. We didnt have any time for mistakes.

Dr.Stantz : Where you a fan of the Ghostbuster films before this job came to you?

Pat Tantalo : Absolutely. It's one of my favorite films.

Dr.Stantz : What was your favorite effect in the show?

Pat Tantalo : Each of the ghosts has a special place for me. But I think I like the Stay-Puft the best.

Dr.Stantz : What do you think was the greatest achievment?

Pat Tantalo : I really think the animatronic Slimer for the street show was a really incredible acheivement. We built Slimer, and all the backpacks and trained the puppeteers and FX assistants in 10 weeks.