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Ghostbusters

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Ghostbusters The Rewatchables

The fame montage wins Most 1984, with a wide field of period-specific runners-up.

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  • The fame montage is declared the winner for Most 1984.
  • Larry King taking radio calls while smoking and Aykroyd's video camera are runners-up.
  • The Twin Towers, Jean Kasem, and the period's fascination with Elvis sightings are offered as markers of 1984.
  • Tribeca being described as a demilitarized zone is contrasted with its later affluence.
  • The EPA serving as the villain is treated as a period detail whose politics have come back around.