--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Threw a 'Ghostbusters' Reunion description: The new Ghostbusters crew met the original one in a reunion on Jimmy Kimmel's show canonical: https://time.com/4364081/ghostbusters-jimmy-kimmel-melissa-mccarthy-bill-murray/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-10T15:02:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:15.340Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Threw a 'Ghostbusters' Reunion and Everyone Came og:description: Bill Murray, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Dan Aykroyd and more og:url: https://time.com/4364081/ghostbusters-jimmy-kimmel-melissa-mccarthy-bill-murray/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1256ae3fb7afea22/69889741428a9eaa5acd2fd9/jimmy-kimmel-ghostbusters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" - Season 14 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Threw a 'Ghostbusters' Reunion and Everyone Came twitter:description: Bill Murray, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Dan Aykroyd and more twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1256ae3fb7afea22/69889741428a9eaa5acd2fd9/jimmy-kimmel-ghostbusters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Threw a _Ghostbusters_ Reunion and Everyone Came > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 10, 2016 3:02 PM UTC  Leslie Jones, Dan Aykroyd, Kate McKinnon, Ernie Hudson, Melissa McCarthy, Annie Potts, Kristen Wiig, and Bill Murray, the cast from both "Ghostbusters" films on the set of "Jimmy Kimmel Live." Leslie Jones, Dan Aykroyd, Kate McKinnon, Ernie Hudson, Melissa McCarthy, Annie Potts, Kristen Wiig, and Bill Murray, the cast from both "Ghostbusters" films on the set of "Jimmy Kimmel Live."Randy Holmes by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 10, 2016 3:02 PM UTC When the stars of the new _Ghostbusters_ film—Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, [Kate McKinnon](http://time.com/4152597/kate-mckinnon-ghostbusters-poster/?iid=sr-link1), and Kristen Wiig—stopped by _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ on Thursday, they thought it was just another stop in the ongoing publicity blitz for the film, which comes out July 17\. But Kimmel had something special in store for the stars—a reunion with the OG [_Ghostbusters_](http://time.com/4148272/ghostbusters-and-top-gun-were-just-named-to-the-national-film-registry/?iid=sr-link5) crew Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts. (Sadly [Chris Hemsworth](http://time.com/3917237/chris-hemsworth-ghostbusters/?iid=sr-link3) wasn’t there for a receptionist face-off with Potts, but hopefully Jimmy Fallon will make that happen.) If fans were excited, so was the cast. Jones was jumping up and down when Murray, Aykroyd, and the rest came out. With that many Ghostbusters in the house, the studio where Jimmy Kimmel records his show was a 1000% ghost-free zone. When some of the excitement had settled down, Kimmel interviewed both casts. “I feel like a step-father to this whole thing,” said Murray, of watching the film. Watch the[ full interview here,](http://time.com/4362334/ghostbusters-bill-murray-remake/?iid=sr-link2) and keep an eye on Kristen Wiig’s face when Murray notes that the only reason [he signed on](http://time.com/3989976/bill-murray-ghostbusters/?iid=sr-link9) to be a part of this reboot of the franchise because he “knew these girls were funny.” The reunion was capped off with a dance party courtesy of Ray Parker Jr.: Later, Kimmel sat down with the original Ghostbusters to get their take on the new film—and some fan tattoos: Of course it wouldn’t be a _Ghostbusters_ reunion without the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. In the clip, Dan Aykroyd tells the origin story of the adorable, edible super villain: The original cast also talked about the ninja like moves they had to make while [filming the movie](http://time.com/3962610/ghostbusters-boston-new-york/?iid=sr-link7) on the streets of New York, where they ended up having to steal shots: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4364081/ghostbusters-jimmy-kimmel-melissa-mccarthy-bill-murray/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4364081/ghostbusters-jimmy-kimmel-melissa-mccarthy-bill-murray/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Threw a Ghostbusters Reunion and Everyone Came","datePublished":"2016-06-10T15:02:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:15.340Z","description":"Bill Murray, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Dan Aykroyd and more","url":"https://time.com/4364081/ghostbusters-jimmy-kimmel-melissa-mccarthy-bill-murray/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","movies","Ghostbusters","Bill Murray","Kristen Wiig","jimmy kimmel live","melissa mccarthy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1256ae3fb7afea22/69889741428a9eaa5acd2fd9/jimmy-kimmel-ghostbusters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1256ae3fb7afea22/69889741428a9eaa5acd2fd9/jimmy-kimmel-ghostbusters.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ABC's \"Jimmy Kimmel Live\" - Season 14","caption":"Leslie Jones, Dan Aykroyd, Kate McKinnon, Ernie Hudson, Melissa McCarthy, Annie Potts, Kristen Wiig, and Bill Murray, the cast from both \"Ghostbusters\" films on the set of \"Jimmy Kimmel Live.\"","creditText":"Randy Holmes","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4364081/ghostbusters-jimmy-kimmel-melissa-mccarthy-bill-murray/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Threw a Ghostbusters Reunion and Everyone Came"}}]}] ```