We were tremendously encouraged by the testing of Analyze That. Audiences loved it. They were telling us that they liked it as much as the original. We recorded the laughs in the theater.

Later Ramis became a performer on and head writer of the late-night sketch-comedy television series SCTV during its first three years (1976–1979). I wrote a spec piece and submitted it to the Chicago Daily News the Arts & Leisure section and they started giving me assignments [for] entertainment features. And not just with actors; it was good training for just living in the world.

Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981) both of which he co-wrote. As a writer/director his films include the comedies Caddyshack (1980) Groundhog Day (1993) and Analyze This (1999).