Con Edison Man — ghostbusters

The Con Edison Man^[1] is an employee of Consolidated Edison, Inc. in New York City.

History

The Con Edison Man, along with the Police Captain, was brought into the Firehouse to shut down the protection grid of the Containment Unit. Walter Peck led them in. In the basement, the Con Edison Man immediately admitted he hadn't seen anything like the Containment Unit. Peck didn't care and ordered him to shut it down. Peter Venkman advised the Con Edison Man not to do it. After some tense words, the Con Edison Man went to the gray lever and pulled it down with much hesitation. After alarms and lights were set off, he only uttered, "Oh shit" then fled the Firehouse with the others.

Trivia

The Con Edison costume given to Larry Dilg to wear was fitted to a body double that stood in for him when the scene of the actors running out of Hook & Ladder No. 8 in New York was filmed. In the Los Angeles filming, Dilg got a helmet that was too small. On the first take, the helmet fell off and when he bent down to pick it up, the tools fell out of his utility belt and everyone laughed about it. In scenes, he is holding onto his helmet and belt to actually keep them on.^[2]

Appearances

Ghostbusters
- Chapter 21: Out of Biz

References

↑ End Credits - Cast
↑ Extraplasm Podcast Episode 84 "Episode 84: Counting Down to Ghostbusters Day At NYC's Hook & Ladder 8 With Dan Liberg & Christopher Burns" 56:48-57:49 5/22/2024 Dan Liberg says: "The whole thing where the Con Ed guy is holding his helmet and his tool belt as he's running to catch up to them on the apparatus floor because those parts of the costume did not fit him and that is because they filmed a scene of all of them running out of the building in New York in Ladder 8. They filmed that before they filmed the stuff in LA. So the guy running out of Ladder 8 is not him. It's a different body double guy and so the costume fit that guy and so the helmet was too small and Larry explained that in the first take the helmet fell off and he bent over to pick it up and all the tools were falling out of the belt, clanging, and everybody was laughing. So that's why he's holding onto it in that scene but it actually makes the scene funnier."

Gallery

[1] End Credits - Cast

[2] Extraplasm Podcast Episode 84 "Episode 84: Counting Down to Ghostbusters Day At NYC's Hook & Ladder 8 With Dan Liberg & Christopher Burns" 56:48-57:49 5/22/2024 Dan Liberg says: "The whole thing where the Con Ed guy is holding his helmet and his tool belt as he's running to catch up to them on the apparatus floor because those parts of the costume did not fit him and that is because they filmed a scene of all of them running out of the building in New York in Ladder 8. They filmed that before they filmed the stuff in LA. So the guy running out of Ladder 8 is not him. It's a different body double guy and so the costume fit that guy and so the helmet was too small and Larry explained that in the first take the helmet fell off and he bent over to pick it up and all the tools were falling out of the belt, clanging, and everybody was laughing. So that's why he's holding onto it in that scene but it actually makes the scene funnier."

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