RE: Ghosts Vs. Gremlins- Ghostbusters AND Gremlins turn 34 today!
I saw and loved both those movies that year, but to my young self, it was "Ghostbusters" I couldn't stop talking about.
And that was down to one man: Bill Murray!
Nobody has ever combined frozen-eyed deadpan with coiled wild and crazy aggression the way he does.
His individualistic appearances in eighties movies, like Caddyshack, Stripes and Ghostbusters are timeless, peerless comedy performances. He keeps you on the edge of your seat because you never know what he's going to do next.
This last Monday 4th June, I fulfilled a bucket-list wish to see Bill Murray live on stage, and he was absolutely wonderful. He had a thousand of us singing along to "It ain't necessarily so" from Porgy and Bess, before skipping around the stage singing "I feel Pretty."
As I left, I was walking on air. I couldn't help myself. I doubled back and bought the t-shirt. :)