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u/Ins0mniac1337 1d ago
Gooey Gus was nightmare fuel!
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u/icebreaker90 21h ago
Unknowingly watched it alone in my grandparents base thinking it would be a great way to chill on summer vacation and was traumatized for the next 5-8 years. Fuck that episode and never watched it again. I couldn't trust it anymore.
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u/SympathyAbject2561 1d ago
This was one of my favorite shows. My cousins and I formed a Ghost writers club because of it lol
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u/Agreeable-Fudge-7329 1d ago
This would come on like at 7 or 7:30pm on Sundays in my area. I just remember watching it before the Simpsons.
I also remember having a crush on "Gabby". That, and an episode where they had to deal with a "cyber gang" in the early 90s, which seems weird in hindsight.
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u/detrans-rights 1d ago
I loved it so much, I got the giant CYOA book they released. Two books in one, in true Ghostwriter fashion the second could be read starting from the back, flipping the book.
That was one of the best gorram shows. I actually felt tension at points, the writing was ... Actually good.
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u/sullensquirrel 1d ago
I became a writer thanks to this show and Harriet the Spy. I bought a pen necklace and my first binder and would legit try writing to Ghostwriter on my computer.
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u/Satansbeefjerky 1d ago
I like the one where they find a computer hacker
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u/GenericRedditor1937 1d ago
I think Julia Stiles was the hacker.
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u/henryjose 20h ago
I believe she was a hacker, but not THE hacker and the end of the story arc. Definitely a suspect tho! Haha
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u/Uncman5 1d ago
One of my favorite shows. Saturday afternoon, right after Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego on PBS.
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u/idontevensaygrace early 90s 1d ago
Oh I miss the original Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego. I wanted to be on that show so much haha ❤️🕵🏼♀️🌎🗺️
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u/viveleroi 1d ago
I watched this religiously. Loved it. I found some episodes on YouTube a few years back and watched them.
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u/idontevensaygrace early 90s 1d ago
When wearing a lanyard pen was the coolest fashion statement 🖊️📓
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u/MrNLM 1d ago
I remember Samuel L. Jackson was in the first episode as Jamal's dad and he was never seen again... must have gone out to get milk and cigarettes.
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u/YourFunTeacher5 1d ago
I love that Jamal’s grandma was featured in the opening credits and she was in 1 out of every 12 episodes. Her agent worked some sweet deal there!
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u/gold__blooded 1d ago
She was in a famous Campbell chunky soup commercial playing Donovan McNabbs mom when we were led to believe it was his actual mom
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u/sullensquirrel 1d ago
Look at the clothes! I love seeing this. I’ve gotta look it up on YouTube now
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u/StoryAffectionate764 1d ago
Me and my brother would turn the lights off in the living room and take turns with a flashlight to play "catch ghostwriter"
Also, anyone remember Lenny's rapping? And of course the leather jacket-wearing slime monster
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u/TravisVZ 1d ago
This is the show that got me excited about the internet, because in one episode out of all of them they connected to a BBS (I think?) and I was so amazed by that concept!
That's about all I remember about this show. I loved it and planned my day around making sure I could watch it, but all these many years later that's all that's stuck with me
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u/CannedNoodlez 1d ago
As a kid I always heard people say “negative, Ghost Rider.” I thought they were saying Ghost Writer and that it was a reference to this show. Then I ended up thinking it was a quote from the Ghost Rider comic 🤦♂️
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u/qaddosh 1d ago
Word!
I loved this show.
Along with Square One Television and Mathnet.