Ghost Writer- the PBS show

Hey everyone.

Do you remember the show "Ghost Writer?" I was so into that show a while back. My absolute favorite episode was "Don't Stop the Music" in which Lenni was about to become a famous pop artist!

Who else remembers the show or has any favorite episodes?

Oh my GOD!! That was the show that helped me want to go into criminalistics when I was little! I used to carry a pen on a string around my neck, have the cow-spotted notebooks and everything! I wanted to be Gabby so badly. Remember when Alex's pet chicken was accidentally cooked as dinner?

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I used to watch this too. For some reason I thought there was an actor that started out on this show that is kicking around a lot now, but I didn't really recognize any of the names on IMDB.

This was in the trivia section though:

The series had a total of 18 mysteries, each with 4 or 5 episodes devoted to each case.


Julia Stiles made her acting debut in this series, playing the bratty and rebellious punk Erica.


Samuel L. Jacksonmade a few cameo appearances in as few of the earlier episodes, playing the part of 'Jamal's father.

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Oh, Wishbone! I loved that, too! I even had lots of the Wishbone books that went along with the show. I love reminiscing (sp?) about these old shows, I feel like a kid again.

Heh, I used to watch those shows, but not regularly.

I don't remember any of the episodes at all, but I remember that I loved it.

One of the cast members was on The Real World last season.

Me and my long term memory...

Def one of my favs, I think Don't stop the music is my fav too, it's the first ep I ever watched.

Okay now to show I have a freaky memory by expanding on or answering questions that have popped up...

Calvin was the kid always causing trouble. I think he might have been played by a different after in the first or second...err 4-parters but then the regular annoying kid took over...he also had a red parrot.

The guy who played Hector was on the real world, he replaced Rob when he left.

The costume was Galaxy Girl, and there were these fans so obsessed with the show they kept sending death threats and stealing things or something and Gaby was a suspect but of course it all worked out nicely.

Julia Styles was Erica in the mystery "who is Max Mouse" She was one of two major suspects, but it wasn't her.

They had a new Gaby for the last two mysteries, one was the slime monster. I liked the old one better.

Brief details about episodes I remember...the first one the THABTOs were stealing money and they all met ghostwriter, there was the one where Jamal was a big suspect in burning down Mr. Brinker's store, the one where Tina worked for Lana Barnes who was being threatened, one where someone was putting toxic in the garden, the music video one, the slime monster, the one with the bird and new Gaby, the one where Jamal was in London and involved a code, the one where Ghostwriter went back in time, the one where Alex was on the basketball team and his friend was into drugs, the one where vandalism was taking place and Rob befriended Victor, the one with that old dude Rob was friends with who disappeared and him and his daughter got stuck in a cave, the one where Alex/Gaby's dad and Lenni's dad were in a huge fight over an accident mystery, Max Mouse, the comic book one...and...yeah, those are the ones I could think of.

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Yeah I remember that slime monster episode! I wrote to them and got a postcard back...remember being so happy, lol!

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I was a little old for this show when it was on, but I watched it nonetheless...

I vividly remember the Thabto episodes.

"In the park, after dark, you were there, so beware-- Thabto"

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Updated On: 8/13/05 at 12:35 PM

Was it really on PBS?

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Every young-black-male character has to be named Jamal. It's sort of a public television standard.

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I do remember watching it sometimes... but I dont remember much about it.

Wishbone, on the otherhand, I ADORE. I would still watch it now if I could...
I have to give that dog some props because I did a presentation on Pride and Prejudice (my teacher's fav book) from the Wishbone ep-- and made a 100.

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I loved GhostWriter! I watched the movie so many times.

And a 'Wishbone' Pride and Prejudice? Really?