" One of the illegals, executed by a crew member during the trip, was carried away on a stretcher: "They pop one every boatload."" Although the film appeared during the post-Watergate period and exhibited an obvious distaste for government intervention, its optimistic, loving portrayal of alien encounters was unusual, and set it apart from most science-fiction alien-encounter films of an earlier era.What to tell a growing son? How o bring truth and justice to my people?" He sang "A Puzzlement" - (Lyrics: "When I was a boy World was better spot What was so was so What was not was not Now I am a man; World have changed a lot Some things nearly so Others nearly not.Let""s just say, just for the sake of argument, that it was a come-on.What do you want me to do about it? I take it back, OK? I take it back.Sally: You can""t take it back.Harry: Why not?Sally: Because it""s already out there.Harry: Oh jeez.What are we supposed to do? Call the cops? It""s already out there!Sally: Just let it lie, OK?Harry: Great! Let it lie.Originally, the film""s script noted the film""s title o be "Ghost Smashers." Co-writers Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis designed he film to take advantage of the talents of otherSaturday Night Live (SNL)cast members, including John Belushi (who died before the film""s making of a drug overdose in March of 1982) and Bill Murray.