Erstwhile Okie on St. Mark's Place. "The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
On this weekend 30 years ago, in the summer of 1984, you could stroll into a movie theater and choose between the following films:
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Karate Kid
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Top Secret!
The Natural
Police Academy
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๏ธโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธโช๏ธโฉ๏ธโคด๏ธโคต๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐ต๐ถโโโโ๏ธ๐ฒ๐ฑใฐ๏ธโฟ๐๐๐๐๐โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐ด๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ต๐ฃโซ๏ธโช๏ธ๐ค๐บ๐ป๐ธ๐น๐ถ๐ท๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ชโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ข๐โ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ด๐๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฃ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง
Now 40 years ago!