That's priceless. I need to give someone a pat on the back for those fine Footloose and Knight Rider references. I wish Knight Rider was my dad.
Just like whoever told you about Kevin Bacon and David Hasselhoff, it really is called a joke. Older Earth people make a LOT of those, a lot of it can be based on sarcasm. It used to be (and still is in my case) a coping mechanism for when the entire universe goes bat shit crazy or time breaks, and we're all stuck in a crappy situation. There's drinking too but let's not shout out how hard I've been hitting that lately.
Or they used to make jokes, before the year 2000. Then 90% of people born after that point stopped laughing and designated themselves the social media police. Even on the superhero dark web, it's inescapable.
Anyway, about fat white monsters and Ghostbusters. They started out busting ghosts, and then the lead guy's girlfriend and some other geek from her apartment get possessed, turn into guard dogs that open a big gate that this demon god comes through. The demon tells them they get to choose the form of the destroyer, so they were trying NOT to think of anything. But one of them thought of the cutest, softest, yummiest thing from his childhood, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. It's a logo to sell marshmallows, like candy, something cute to appeal to kids. The marshmallow man showed up. Too big to eat. Watch it sometime. I don't care what anyone says, the entire franchise is good.
Since I'm expecting something like a big fat white marshmallow monster any time now, real leather gear is on its way. I'll send a few sizes over for you to check the fit. Hotel staff can knock and leave it outside your door. Have fun.