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“A Haunting We Will Go” — riding the Ghostbusters wave of that summer, Diff'rent Strokes put Arnold and Sam in proton packs and gave the Halloween episode its 1980s form

“A Haunting We Will Go” — riding the Ghostbusters wave of that summer, Diff'rent Strokes put Arnold and Sam in proton packs and gave the Halloween episode its 1980s form — historic image
“A Haunting We Will Go” — riding the Ghostbusters wave of that summer, Diff'rent Strokes put Arnold and Sam in proton packs and gave the Halloween episode its 1980s form. Historic image from the Chapter 4 — Halloween Comes to Television collection.

“A Haunting We Will Go” — riding the Ghostbusters wave of that summer, Diff'rent Strokes put Arnold and Sam in proton packs and gave the Halloween episode its 1980s form

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Notes“A Haunting We Will Go” — riding the Ghostbusters wave of that summer, Diff'rent Strokes put Arnold and Sam in proton packs and gave the Halloween episode its 1980s form. Source: Still from Diff'rent Strokes, “A Haunting We Will Go,” NBC, first aired 29 September 1984. Tandem Productions. Reproduced under fair use for scholarly commentary.
SubjectsFigure 4.9 in Hollywood Halloween Horrors
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