Today I watched Ghostbusters with my 4 and a half year old son for the first time. I had built it up a lot as a fun movie that I couldn’t wait to see with him when he got old enough, but after keeping him up an hour past his bed time for the privlege he was politely ungrateful.

His one stunning observation at the iconic film’s conclusion was that the Ghostbusters theme song sounded a lot like the Inspector Gadget theme song “at that one part.” Also, it was really cute to hear him try to pronounce “Inspector Gadget” but you really had to be there.

Here is how I tweeted it:

I will now proceed to live blog my 4yrold son’s first viewing of Ghostbustes.     — 7:15pm

“Daddy, are the ghosts in this movie bad guys, or just dead people?” #4yrolds1stGhostbusters  — 7:17pm

“Are they ghostbusters yet?” #4yrolds1stGhostbusters  — 7:32pm

“Why hasn’t she been back in her apartment? Because she saw something scary in the fridge?” #4yrolds1stGhostbusters  — 7:37pm

“Maybe the monster was just hiding. Maybe he sneaked out of the fridge before he opened it. Maybe.” #4yrolds1stGhostbusters  — 7:41pm

“When will they bust a ghost? Daddy, I thought this would be ghosts outside and people fighting them. It’s not.” #4yrolds1stGhostbusters  — 7:43pm

Me: “They’re in a fancy hotel.” Kiddo: “Maybe the ghosts are there to mess up the fanciness.” #4yrolds1stGhostbusters  — 7:46pm

“Why are they splitting up so then it’s easier for the ghosts to win the battle?” #4yrolds1stGhostbusters  — 7:47pm

There’s a lot of smoking in Ghostbusters. Larry King is even smoking a cigarette in his cameo.  — 7:54pm

Movie: “I am Zool the Gate Keeper. Are you the Keymaster?” Kiddo: “Is she pretending?” #4yrolds1stGhostbusters  — 8:11pm

I grew up in L.A. The DWP guy who shuts off the Ghost Containment Unit, taught English at my Highschool. Larry Dilge  — 8:22pm

“They were right not to shut it down.” #4yrolds1stGhostbusters  — 8:23pm

“Daddy, I’m bored. Is there a Big Ghost fight coming up?” #4yrolds1stGhostbusters  — 8:25pm

“Why’d they cross the streams?” #4yrold1stGhostbusters  — 8:49pm

“Did it kill them? If it didn’t kill them and it did kill the Marshmallow Man that would be good for the whole city” #4yrolds1stGhostbusters  — 8:50pm

“Is this the end of the whole movie?  Why are there words on the screen? It wasn’t like I thought it would be.” #4yrolds1stGhostbusters  — 8:55pm

That’s it. He definitely enjoyed Star Wars more. Next I’m going to show him Gremlins. Then Goonies. Then Back to the Future. I sure hope the world doesn’t end.