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Post by Prime Good on Oct 8, 2008 18:35:33 GMT -5
Certain academic fields are more indepth, Prime Good. It might have taken them a very long time to earn the degrees they were looking for. ... yeah. I still think they are 32 (Jake) and 28 (Eddie), or something along those lines.
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Post by ghstbstrlmliii on Oct 9, 2008 19:26:35 GMT -5
Fair enough. I just didn't know if there was something in an episode I was missing that referred to their age.
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Post by Prime Good on Oct 10, 2008 2:56:58 GMT -5
Fair enough. I just didn't know if there was something in an episode I was missing that referred to their age. It's just a guess from my part...
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Post by Devil of the Ghostbusters on Jul 8, 2009 11:09:19 GMT -5
While I don't offhand know the age of anyone, I can atleast connect a few dots.....
In "Father knows Beast" it is stated that slort was busted back in 1946 (40 years ago) so perhaps the actors of the characters are the ages?
Which means that back in 1986 : Jake Kong Sr. (Forrest Tucker) is 67 Eddie Spenser Sr. (Larry Storch) is 63 Zero(Lou Scheimer) is 57
However this doesn't appear true for the newer ghostbusters: Jake Kong Jr. (Pat Fraley) 37 Eddie Spenser Jr. (Peter Cullen) 41
Anyways it seems to make sense with the Fathers.
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Post by Prime Good on Jul 9, 2009 7:29:00 GMT -5
In "Father knows Beast" it is stated that slort was busted back in 1946 (40 years ago) so perhaps the actors of the characters are the ages? So they were STILL active in 1946. Didn't catch that! Interesting to know...
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Post by smittenkitten on Feb 20, 2020 20:51:45 GMT -5
I think along the lines of university as well. I definitely see the boys as being in their mid to late 20's. If they were much older than that, they'd be more mature, physically and mentally and perhaps having families of their own. In the very first episodes, both sons mention having not seen Ghost Command in quite a while. Jake says, "Wow,this place has really changed since the last time we were here." That means, they were somewhere other than near their fathers' business for some time. Also, Eddie Jr. had no idea Tracy existed and was introduced to him in that first episode as well. Unless they stayed at their dad's 'other' home (that we see in a different episode) and were learning some ghostbusting lessons and business formalities from their dads there.
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Post by Jakey on Feb 25, 2020 13:32:52 GMT -5
I definitely see the boys as being in their mid to late 20's. Actually, Pat Fraley, the voice actor for Jake Kong jr., has stated in an interview that was on the internet for a while that Jake was a teenager, and in fact Jake often sounds and seems like a teen, young, youthful and enthusiastic. In the interview on the bonus DVD from the cartoon's box set Pat Fraley also refers to Jake as a teenager. When asked how Filmation helped him to prepare for the role of Jake Kong, Pat Fraley answered that his research for Jake came from being a teenager himself for about 7 years. He also said that voicing Jake was the first time he worked for Filmation and the last time he got to do a teenager. So I always thought that Jake was maybe 19. He often seems to be quite grown up, but in many scenes he comes across as a teen. If he was older (and Eddie as well), the question is what the boys had been doing before their ghostbusting training? Did they have another job, something completely different? Why shouldn't they have started training immediately after finishing high school instead of working in another job first? So, the "teen age" makes sense to me.
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Post by Prime Good on Sept 25, 2020 19:00:36 GMT -5
I definitely see the boys as being in their mid to late 20's. Actually, Pat Fraley, the voice actor for Jake Kong jr., has stated in an interview that was on the internet for a while that Jake was a teenager, and in fact Jake often sounds and seems like a teen, young, youthful and enthusiastic. In the interview on the bonus DVD from the cartoon's box set Pat Fraley also refers to Jake as a teenager. When asked how Filmation helped him to prepare for the role of Jake Kong, Pat Fraley answered that his research for Jake came from being a teenager himself for about 7 years. He also said that voicing Jake was the first time he worked for Filmation and the last time he got to do a teenager. So I always thought that Jake was maybe 19. He often seems to be quite grown up, but in many scenes he comes across as a teen. If he was older (and Eddie as well), the question is what the boys had been doing before their ghostbusting training? Did they have another job, something completely different? Why shouldn't they have started training immediately after finishing high school instead of working in another job first? So, the "teen age" makes sense to me. Very interesting. If they were older than that, far beyond adolescence, well, they must have done different jobs... I mean, why not? It's not a stretch thinking about Jake going to university or Eddie being employed somewhere. As simple as that, their fathers wanted them out of the ghostbusting business, deemed to be too dangerous for them in the very first place. Fact is, they don't wear teenager clothes. They seem older than that. My guess: They are both 24. Seems proper and legit.
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Post by smittenkitten on Sept 26, 2020 15:43:35 GMT -5
Very interesting. If they were older than that, far beyond adolescence, well, they must have done different jobs... I mean, why not? It's not a stretch thinking about Jake going to university or Eddie being employed somewhere. As simple as that, their fathers wanted them out of the ghostbusting business, deemed to be too dangerous for them in the very first place. Fact is, they don't wear teenager clothes. They seem older than that. My guess: They are both 24. Seems proper and legit. I agree with that age range too. I wonder if what Pat Fraley said could be taken figuratively rather than literally when he was given directives to make the character 'sound' youthful and energetic? My take on it anyway based on what I heard while attending conventions and talking to some voice actors of other dubbed anime series (I spoke with several who voiced Dragonball Z and Yu-Gi-Oh! back in the 90's).
While Jake seems immature at times (I'm not even going to go there with Eddie)...even in mid to late 20's age, that youthful immaturity can and will still occur. It's that awkward point in life where you're definitely an adult, but sometimes, you're just unwilling to let the kid disappear. I work at a university. I SEE how 'young adults' in this age range act. They can be worse than 5 year olds! I see much more maturity in Jake than immaturity in the episodes. His youthful or boyish vigor, mannerisms, etc. comes out mainly in his ghostbusting--which is indicative that he really enjoys his job and loves the adventure and action it brings forth. Eddie's immaturity is refreshing and he lets his 'inner child' come to the surface regularly. I see it in sci-fi and fantasy hobbies. It's fairly common in geek fandoms with males of any age range really. And we know Eddie likes comics, etc. so I put him into those fandoms.
Jake has obviously learned manners and etiquette in a business setting. He speaks formally around clients as we see in several episodes. He also knows how to manage the bills, business expenses, etc. coming and going. This stuff isn't taught in American high schools even in the 80's (I was an American high school kid in the same years and in the same state that these boys are in. I was in advanced classes and I still wasn't taught that stuff.). So, unless his dad schooled him in this at home (since Jake Jr. said he hadn't been to Ghost Command in quite some time), then he acquired this knowledge from 'somewhere.' He's been properly trained in CPR too. Again, not something regularly taught in American high schools. It's only briefly touched upon in health classes (Or did he work a summer side job as a life guard or something? He'd get CPR training/certification in a job like that). He's also running the business from a CEO/President side, actively ghostbusting, AND dating in his off time. That's a good sign of adulthood. He's not fighting it or distracted as a youthful late teen would if having to handle that 'boring adult stuff'. Though a bit of a mystery is why does he still blush and act immature whenever Jessica or Futura compliment him, kiss him, etc.? Maybe he's inexperienced or naive in intimacy, which by mid-20's age, shouldn't really be there, especially if he seems comfortable in other aspects of being an adult. As for Eddie, he reminds me of a typical university age guy. Youthful, carefree, aloof. I'd take Eddie to a party over Jake any day! He'd be a blast!
Adding to this, I like to think the boys 'began' their main training for the business just out of high school, but I don't believe they acquired the business at that point. I think they acquired it a few years later. If Jake attended university, he could still continue ghostbusting training during the breaks between semesters which are often a month or more in length. Or he could fast-track his university studies by sliding quick courses into those breaks so he could graduate a year or two earlier. If he did university studies at a nearby university in the same city they live in, he could even remain living at home and not on campus and therefore, do both university studies and ghostbusting training at the same time.
What we see in the 5-part pilot episode could be the first 'hands-on' training a year or so beyond high school. Because as Jake Sr. mentions in that first episode, they have been practicing with the weapons prior to this episode. I like to think there's a bit of a time lapse after that 5-part pilot episode of a year or more before the boys actually take over the business. What Eddie's doing in this time frame would be a bit more difficult to figure out. He's really not university material. Since we see him participate in a "Big Brother program" with a boy in an actual episode ("Pretend Friends"), my guess is that Eddie would be working--be it full time or part time. It'd give him a little bit of business experience afterall.
But of course, this is just how I perceive it and how I write it for my fanfics.
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