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Hello everyone. Welcome back to yet another
episode of ham Radio Stranger Things podcast.
Today we're going to be playing some Stranger Things trivia.
We also are going to be talking about the effects of the current
writers strike on seasons five production, a marketing mix up
from Netflix. France's Twitter account got
some new content from the Stranger Things stage play, and
we respond to a listener e-mail. But first, you know, we've got a
little housekeeping to take care of.
We gotta let you know, you know, where you can find us and where
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First, before we dive into some trivia, we are going to be well,
I'm going to be reading the e-mail from one of our listeners
named Corey. Corey writes hello to everyone
at Ham Radio Podcast. I hope you're doing well.
My name is Corey and I've recently started listening to
your podcast. I enjoy it and I love your
discussions on Vecna and the Lord Stranger Things.
If you accept requests, I'd love to hear Ashley and Jasmine dive
deep into more discussion on the lore and Vecna.
Thank you, Corey. Jasmine and I will certainly be
doing that as many of our listeners know, and Corey, you
probably do as well. I love talking about the lore of
the show, especially now that we're getting into the end game
where the lore is becoming a little bit more prevalent than
it may be has in the past. So Corey continues.
I have a few questions for you. Corey wants to know who's your
favorite character? How do you feel about the two
day time jump in the season finale?
What do you make of spoilers and leaks already in circulation and
will you be covering filming once it begins?
Corey ends by saying keep up the good work and sincerely Corey,
thanks again Corey, for your e-mail.
We always love it when we get emails from you guys because you
know it's it's really fun to interact with you and you answer
your questions. So I I'll go first answering
Corey's questions and then Jasmine will give her take on
them. So my favorite character, you
know this may be may surprise everyone, but I don't know
Jasmine, you may not be very surprised.
I'll have to say like my favorite character really and
truly is Doctor Martin Brenner. Like, no joke, I'm kidding.
I'm kidding. No, I even though I really love
11, I'd have to say that my my top character, who just grows on
me every season is Nancy. Like, I love, you know how she's
like, Miss Nancy Drew, always investigating stuff.
And yeah, she can come off a little bit strong initially, but
she over the course of the season you see her when she
starts to really go in, she she really pulls through and and you
know gets the job done. So Nancy is definitely my
favorite character from the show.
My thoughts on the the two day time jump, I mean I don't like
I'm not gonna sit here and you know trash it.
I mean, I thought it could have been done a little bit better.
I feel like the biggest problem with it is not the the time jump
itself, it's the fact that it was so the episode was so
bloated a lot of parts in the beginning that by the end of it,
they're just like, we just want to hurry up and like, you know,
get the season done. We want to rip and get this
episode done. So that's probably the thing
that I wish they didn't do. But it's like, as our producer
and my good friend Brendan told me after he watched the finale
episode for the first time, he was like, you know, you know,
the the big thing they were going for there, right?
And I was like, no, what? And he said, you know, the last
10 minutes of the episode where the epic remix of the Stranger
Things theme song and them all coming together and watching,
you know, the ash fall from the sky.
And we know that the the Vecta's plan actually did come to
fruition and the two worlds are becoming one.
He's like that was like their modus operandi for this time
jump like and and you can tell and and I have to agree like you
can definitely see how that plays out.
But overall I I thought it was. I thought it was appropriate
also her too about, you know, people being upset that there
wasn't a post credit scene. And I actually think it was wise
of them not to to put one in there.
Because you know if if they have planned for a time jumper
something like that in Season 5, they're really going to write
themselves into a corner by doing a post credit scene of
something that they have to, you know, back up next season.
So actually thought that was wise just to ended on an epic
shot of them up on the hillside looking over at everything, you
know, merging and all that. The the spoilers and leaks, I I
personally think they're fake. You know, I like I do know that
there are people out there that have legitimate access to leaks
and spoilers. You can go on Reddit and see
leaks from season four that actually, you know about stuff
that actually did come to pass. But here at ham radio, even if a
spoiler or a leak is legit, we're not going to be posting
that. We're not going to talk about
that because, you know, that's a pretty, pretty crappy thing to
do in my opinion. I don't look at them, Jasmine, I
don't know if she does, she's never said anything.
So yeah, we, we won't be talking about that.
But I wouldn't believe everything that I see on the
Internet, that's for sure. If someone screams, you know we
have spoilers and then you look at them.
I think in this case, if you don't see anything about the
lore, probably not. It's, you know, probably click
bait and yes, we will be covering, filming, whatever.
We probably won't be posting set pics because again, you know,
not everyone wants to see, wants to see those, but we will be
talking about the little tidbits of filming and stuff once it
begins. And Jasmine, would you like to
take the mic? Oh man.
Got some good questions there, Corey.
He's my favorite character. I have to say, hands down Steve
Harrington. I'm a big Steve Harrington fan.
First of all, we tell it amazing hair.
But more importantly than that, I think Joe Carey does an
amazing job portraying him and I really love his evolution.
Like, he's the character who's probably changed the most and
has the most character development.
And I love his evolution from stereotypical 80s jock to who he
is now. You know, so much more of a.
Complex and and nuanced and developed character.
I just love that so much. I'd say Nancy is a close second
but actually I already talked about that so I I won't repeat
what you've said. But yeah, hands down, you know
Dave Harrington all the way. How do I feel about the two day
time job in the season finale? I I don't like it either.
You know I get what they were going for that like the lead up
with that epic shot at the end, which I love, but as other
people have commented on in order to get there instead of
skipping 2 days. There was definitely stuff
throughout the season that they could have either speed up or
skipped over or condensed in some way, particularly with the
Russia and Nevada slash California plots.
I mean, I feel like the tightest most sustained storylines in the
season were Hawkins and L in Nevada.
So they definitely could have speed up condensed or skipped
over things in the California. And Russia plots and then
instead of having a 2 daytime jump showed us that time
instead, which I think would have been a lot better because
it just leaves so many open unanswered questions at the end
of season. And like it was a great payoff
with that scene. But if the plots have been super
siccinc and every moment it felt earned, you still would have
been mad about the two daytime jump, but it wouldn't have felt
the same whereas because. You know, there were definitely
parts. That's like, OK, nothing's
really happening here. Or we could like, you know, we
could definitely speed this up some how.
It got a little bit bloated. You know, when you get to that
teenage time jump, you're like, what?
What do you mean we skip two days, you know?
So yeah, I was not a fan of the two day time jump.
What do I think about the spoiler special leaks on
circulation? Like I don't know how much
talking to them. I'm sure there is some real
information out there. A lot of it's so fan for the
people just starting stuff that I don't really pay attention to
much of that because I don't think it's like, I don't think
it's real and it kind of spoils the fun of it.
So I'm not really paying much attention to it.
Will we be covering filming again?
Yes, we will. Actually Said and he commented
on we'll be covering, you know, nonspoiler things.
You know what I mean? So.
You know, there happens to be a clip of, you know, somebody
running out of a library or doing the general things of that
word. Like, oh, these two characters
might team up. Like, I don't consider that a
spoiler. But we won't be posting photos
or videos or do anything too spoiler heavy because, like, we
don't want to be spoiled. We ourselves pretty much avoid
spoilers because we don't know what's real and what's not.
So we'll be covering, you know, Yes, we'll be covering filming
and kind of general updates that we get.
We're not getting too much into spoiler territory.
Yeah, and real quick before we move on, just to add a little
bit to what Jasmine is saying there about the spoilers and the
leaks. I think that a good way that you
can tell if one is it legit or not is if you go back and look,
especially on Twitter. And if it says that their
account has been blocked or deleted after they make a post
proclaiming that they have spoilers and leaks, then that's
usually a good indication that, you know, they really did get,
you know some sort of information and they don't want
anyone to see it then. And that has that has happened.
So you just, you just got to, you know be very careful when
you're online and definitely don't listen to Noah Snap
because he. Yeah.
I also don't take what he says at face value either.
So thank you again for your e-mail Corey.
You know we will definitely get on those lore infect episodes in
the very, very, very near future.
So hopefully you'll be on the lookout for those and you know
sending your your feedback on that.
So we're going to move into something kind of touch on a
little bit. The writers strike and you know
like we're not really going to talk in depth about what the
strike is and what's bad. I think it's pretty
self-explanatory. And also you know we don't like
to get very political on the show and and this is definitely
something you can't really bring in politics into it.
But we what we are going to talk just a little bit about.
It's something that I think has been weighing very heavy on a
lot of fan bases. Mind is something you know like
you know how will this affect filming for season 5.
And and I think a big question at least that I had was should
we even be concerned about a significant delay in filming due
to the strike? And I'm brought, you know, going
to say, I don't really think we should be really concerned.
I mean, yeah, it's disappointing.
But look, you do at the end of the day, we don't really even
know really when exactly they were going to begin filming
anyway. So and and to to me, like, you
know, the Duffer brothers made the decision to not, you know,
to delay filming. You know, it's not something
they had to do, even though they are a member of the W members of
the WGA. And so, like, that's a decision
that was totally up to them. So I feel like if they knew that
this was going to really delay filming, they, you know, they
probably wouldn't have. I mean, I'm sure they would have
stood in solidarity. I don't think they would have
been like, Yep, we're gonna, you know, we're gonna halt filming.
But I do think there is a silver lining in this.
At least we know that you know the scripts have been written.
But as Jasmine and I have learned by doing our our script
breakdown episodes is that yeah the the writing really does not
end when filming begins because you know that that those scripts
will be revised like 7 times and really won't be finalized until
we are watching it on our screens.
So yeah, it's it's disappointing, but I don't think
it's we should be like really, really concerned about it in
terms of having a significant delay.
Jasmine, what do you think? I mean, I think we should be a
little bit concerned in the sense that you know like they,
the writers count has put out stuff about how like it is
playing filming and I saw, but I'm following the the signs that
people have been making with writer Strike.
Like the this physical like signs that the picket signs that
they have, but there's one going around being like you know like
pay us more Steve Harrington is toast.
So I mean I think we should be a little bit concerned with the
fact that like it, it clearly is affecting production and that
like if it doesn't, I'd say if the strike doesn't end soon, you
know they plan for what we know they it looks like they plan,
they plan to start this summer we heard.
If it doesn't get resolved soon, like that could affect
production. But if the strike wraps up soon,
I don't think it's going to have a huge impact.
So I think for me it depends how long the strike lasts.
If this strike drags on and on and on, eventually it will start
to have an impact. But it's not the case then.
I mean, I think it might cause a little bit of delay, but it
wouldn't be something to super worry about.
I would say it depends on how long the strike lasts, whether
or not we need to actually be concerned.
Yeah. And I I agree with that which
into like the way they, you know, they film the show anyway.
I mean it takes time to film it regardless.
And it seems like they really enjoyed how they they wrote and
filmed season four and it seems like they're going to do a
repeat of that was season five. So either way and especially
like I can imagine the special effects that are going to go
into Season 5 like the the post production, it's going to take a
long time. So I mean it's you know it's you
know it's going to be a while either way.
But hopefully hopefully both sides can can come to an
agreement and so that not only Stranger Things but other
productions that have been halted or delayed can can start
back soon. Which Speaking of rumors and
production or not sometime last week Netflix France's Twitter
account decided to to post in French is basically season five
is in production. And of course everyone was like
flocked to that and was like really I thought you know the
strike was going on and and this the stranger writers account
came in clutch and like yeah no we're still on strike.
Like that's that's not true. And so there was definitely some
some miscommunication on someone's part over there at the
Netflix France's office is probably a summer summer intern
or something you know did that probably uh lost their jobs to
uh. Jasmine, you have any thoughts
on that? I just thought it was funny
because, like, the Stranger writers were like, aren't you
guys on strike all the time? Like, like for all accounts get
it wrong and it's so true. Like we joke.
But like France has some of the most.
Like some of the happiest workers like they have they're
on strike often but they have like the most vacation days the
most holidays. So like kudos to French for
striking regularly. Like it's got them so many
things that I wish we had So that's not a that's not a dig at
France. Like it's I wish I wish protest
here was. More common till we have all
those things. But it was funny that for a
country that like strikes so often that there's like apps and
maps you can look out of like where strikes are going on to
like plan your commute and stuff.
That they you know that they would get that wrong.
That they would put out a message saying that season 5,
The Stranger Things is in production.
My guess is that they had it saved and somebody hit the
question that I saved. And my guess would be as
somebody who does work on social media for a living that.
You know, like when you're working with Hoot Suite or one
of the other apps, you can, you know, save or publish or
schedule and some probably a new employee or something hit the
wrong button and then nobody caught it.
That would be my guess because I don't think somebody went in,
like manually did that. They probably hit the wrong
button because we know that, like filming was supposed to
comment at some point, you know, in the next few months.
So that would be my take on it. It was kind of amusing somebody.
Yeah, somebody probably knows their job would have got
shuffled somewhere else or yeah, there was, there was probably
some some fallout for that because you know as you put in
the in the script notes, you know Netflix friends jumps foot
in mouth. I think it's a very accurate
description of what happened there.
Thank you. Thank you.
Yeah, I thought it would be. I thought you would get a kick
out of that too. But yeah, I think it's just just
an honest mistake that unfortunately happened, you
know, for the whole world to see like you or I, Jasmine, you do
something like that. I mean, yeah, it's a little bit
embarrassing, but it's you don't become like the laughingstock of
the Internet within a few seconds.
So I definitely, I definitely hope that no one lost their job
over that and that, you know, it's just they had a good laugh
about it and, you know, took it with a, you know, grain of salt.
So now we were going to get into the Precipice for two days
episodes, and that is Stranger Things trivia.
Jasmine, would you like to tell the good people what they can
expect from this trivia game? And it's also here I hear
through the Grapevine interactive.
Yes, absolutely. I love your game show.
Esque introduction there. I love it.
So yeah. So for our trivia today for this
segment, we'll each read a trivia question along with some
background information. And then we'll pause for a beat
to give the other person and our listeners a chance to think.
And then we'll answer the question.
Be sure to keep track of your answers and comment on the
Twitter or Instagram post for this episode with your score.
We've got some fun giving give wow.
Going to redo that sentence. We've got some fun giveaways
coming up, so this will be good practice.
Yes, it will, it will. You don't want to let those
giveaways go to waste folks. So please, please do us favor
and and comment your answers to our trivia questions.
So Jasmine, would you like to go first with your your questions?
Sure. I suppose we can all say I think
we have about 20 questions. Do I have that right, Ashley?
Yes, I went with metaphorical and I have 11 questions I could
not resist. That's good already.
We'll start. We'll start off with my first
question and here we go. So Vicky's look in season four
was based off of 80s icon Molly Ringwald, and her looks pretty
in pink and 16 candles in particular.
When head and hair designer Sarah Hensgall sorry I
mispronounced that Heinsgall was looking for the right shade to
dye Amy Beck Mcnultan's wig, she sent photos from 16 candles to
her wig maker Robert Pickens. As fate would have it, reworld
herself wound up stopping by for a wig fitting a few days later.
When they told her what they were trying to do, she was very
excited and gave them the exact color that she used to dye her
hair back in the 80s so the wig would match perfectly.
That would have it. They still made the color.
So there comes the question, what is that color called?
Wow, this is a really tough one. Okay, because, you know, I'm not
a hair stylist. Jasmine.
Okay. So that's an option, so we're
not leaving your hand. Good.
It's multiple choice, multiple choice.
Yes, I really wish it on the beat after the multiple choice.
I did the paint and I'm like, no, I didn't give you the
options. Well, we're not game show
professionals people, what can we say?
OK, ready for the options. Yes.
OK. So is it A Coral Red, B Firefly
Red, C Brick Red, or D Cherry? Red, I'm going to go with a
Coral Red. Alrighty, that's playing along
at home. The answer is actually be
Firefly red. Oh, I was very close.
I was like not cigar. I know.
I was like, well, I knew it really couldn't have been like
brick or cherry because those are too dark.
I knew coral was lighter and I always thought fireflies were
orange. So well, I don't name the
colors. So I mean, I think you're right,
fireflies I think are probably close to orange, but that that
is what the color is called. Before I knew it was multiple
choice, I was just gonna say red.
It is red. It is red with the mixture of a
little orange already. So do you wanna go the next
question? Yes, so I have all my questions
categorized by. We got some short answer.
We got some multiple choice and then I ended up with some true
or false questions. I wanted a good mixed bag and
you know these are like did not do quite as much research as
Jasmine did, but I can give you guys a little bit of background
about you know where the question is coming from and all
that good stuff. So my first question is, so you
know, we all know that Dustin. At least in the first three
seasons. I can't remember.
Yeah, it was in it was in season four.
Anyway, we know that Dustin has a pet turtle, which I still
cannot believe is alive even after dart was, you know, in his
room and that dart did not try to kill his fellow reptile.
But this is a short answer question by the way.
So my question is, what is the name of Dustin's pet turtle?
The name of his pet turtle? Oh.
Yes, that is a good question. OK, well, he names Dark
Dartanion. Oh, he says the name.
Oh, I should know that he says the name when he gets back from
camp in Season 2. The Cattle News, the artist
called Dartanion. I want to say it's another
Muscatine, or I feel like it's. I know.
I feel like it's got like Michelangelo or something like
that. Not that he was a Musketeer.
I don't mean like I just that's kind of what's coming to mind
for me. Can you give me a clue?
What letter does it start with? Why?
I can't think about how many
persons? Why?
OK, I yeah, I cannot think of the answer.
OK, what's the name of this pet turtle?
His turtle is named Yertle the Turtle, his name after the
Doctor Seuss book of the same name.
And Yertle is the king of the pond and he stands on his
subjects in an attempt to reach higher than the moon until the
bottom turtle burps and he falls in the mud, ending his rule.
It's a very cute yet interesting name for a turtle, which I
always thought was Myrtle. Until I looked it up just to
verify that it was Yertle. Alright, well I got that one
wrong. So if anybody out there got that
one right, hats off to you because.
We're both tied. We're both tied.
Alrighty. Time for the next question.
And all of mine are multiple choice.
I'm giving you. I'm giving you some little
hints. Alrighty.
You ready? Yeah.
OK, so as has been well documented, the character of
Steve Harrington was originally very different.
In the original script, he was much more of your typical high
school bully and was much more abusive.
However, due to Joe Carey's performance, the character was
rewritten into the Steve we know today.
Kerry originally auditioned for the role of Jonathan, but later
received a call back for the role of Steve and they said that
originally his character was much more like a jerky boyfriend
from Pretty in Pink Question. What is the name of that
character? Is it a Stefan, B Steve, C Staff
or D Scott? I think it's D It is C Steph.
I haven't watched that in a long time.
And I knew you're I knew the Steve thing.
That was a trick. That was a trick answer because
I was gonna like Steve. Yeah, it's hard because I had.
I had to look it up too. And like you'd expect him to
have a more normal name. But yeah, no his his name is
Steph, spelled STEFF. And my nickname apparently is
literally, literally his name is Steph.
OK, so all you John Hughes fans out there, there's a bit of both
things and John Hughes trivia. So you're welcome.
And if you got that one right, congratulations.
All right. Ready for the next question.
OK, this is another short answer.
So, you know, we all know that Dustin's girlfriend, little
Susie Pooh, is a Mormon. And, you know, very, very
apparently very devout Mormon. And so are her family, except
for an older sister. But the question is, what state
does Susie live in? Utah.
She lives in Utah. Yes.
OK. You're you're one up on me.
I only know that because Mormons are famous for living in Salt
Lake City, UT. I don't know if she actually
lives in Salt Lake, I don't know if they establish that, but they
say she does live in Utah, which is famous for having a ton of
Mormons. So that's the only reason I know
that. All right.
Alrighty. So actually, have you been
keeping, I guess, I guess I'm, I'm, it's 10, right?
Is that the score? I should be keeping track of
this. Yes, because I haven't gotten
any right so far. OK, let me just.
I should have been keeping track of this.
All right, here we go. I'm telling you all to keep
track at home. And then I I forgot to keep
track myself. OK, one point to me.
All right. Are keeping score.
OK, Are you ready for the next question?
All right, The subtitles in Season 4 have been lauded for
both their creativity and immersiveness.
Not only do the subtitles describe exactly the sound we're
hearing at that moment, but they're also, let's face it, fun
to read. Jeff T and the aptly named Carly
Webster are the geniuses behind these beloved descriptions.
Question, which of the following descriptions does not, I repeat,
not, appear in season four? Eh wet squilting, B Eldridge
thrumming, C dissonant gerbering, or D carrying
emotional music. Is it C incorrect?
It is. D Oh my gosh, I should have
known. Well, I don't.
I don't watch the subtitles because it distracts me.
I can't watch, I can't watch them at the same time.
So the only the only reason I knew.
Like the wet squelching one and the Eldrick Always one is
because I've heard it on like different podcasts talking about
it. That's the only reason that I
know about that. So for those of you listening at
home, there was actually a bit of a trick question, because
tender emotional Music is a subtitle that does appear, but
it's tender emotional music, not caring emotional music.
So for those. Could I at least give half the
credit for that? I OK we can give her 1/2 part.
I think we can give actually 1/2 point.
For that, thanks. You get a .5 little .5 there.
So a bit of a trick question for all you subtitled fishing items
out there. Well, I guess they tell you like
you guys that my multiple choice questions are much harder than
my short answer questions. So.
We will see you know what the score is by the time we get
there. All right.
So this this question is my final short answer question.
And Jasmine, this one might get a little close to home, but you
know Steve, very well known for his for using a nail bat in
seasons one and two, didn't see it in season three or.
In season four, unfortunately. So hopefully it makes a comeback
in season five. You know, since they're bringing
everything you know back full circle to season one.
So the question is who made again repeat made the nail bat
that Steve used in seasons one and two?
I know the answer to this, so it's actually multipart answer
because the bat itself or really belongs to Nancy and she tells
Steve that she's thinking of trying out for baseball or
softball or something like that. But it's Jonathan who nails the
bats, not the bats. Nails the nails into the bat and
it becomes the spiky bat and he drops it during the fight and
Steve picks it up. So the bat belongs to Nancy.
They both bought the nails and then Jonathan nailed the nails
into it. So technically he belonged to
Nancy but was created by Jonathan.
Yes, correct. On all fronts.
And I included that question because it, it secretly drives
me nuts when I hear people give Steve all the credit for the
snail bat, I'm like, yeah, he used it and it's super cool.
But he did not nail the nails in the bat.
He did not. It was not his bat, did not
provide this bat. It was Jonathan and Nancy's plan
for to use this thing all along. But again.
Jonathan dropped it and that and Steve comes and clutch and uses
it and saves the day. So I feel like, you know, I had
to throw that one in there to set a little record straight.
If I may. I thought I'd use it, you know,
be creative and use it in trivia.
Hey, we're all about setting the record straight here at HIM
Radio. So come here for the, you know,
come for the trivia, stay for the facts.
So I'm saying, alrighty, Are you ready for the next question?
I am alright, here we go. The blonde wig and pink dress 11
wore in season one while hiding in plain sight have become
iconic. Not many people know this, but
the blonde wig that 11 wears actually has more of a back
story than most people realize. As it turns out, the wig
originally belonged to Mike's grandmother who passed away from
cancer, which is why the wig is so expensive and nice looking.
The hair department tried over 250 cheap wigs for 11, decided
there was no way the entire day of Hawkins Middle School was
going to believe that any of them were her real hair.
As a result, an entire back story was created about the wig
to explain this question. How much did the wig cost?
Was it A $8000 B $2000 C $6000 D $900?
We were talking in terms of. Like a 2016 budget here or we.
Yeah, in the budget. So I feel like $900 would be an
80s, more of an 80s price before you know inflation feel like
it's either B or C. This was in the 2015, 2016
budget when the show When the show was found OK, anyone would
have been found. I'm going to go with B and that
is incorrect. What it was a It would cost
$8000. What?
I'm so close, Jasmine. I want.
I'm so close. I can feel it.
But at least at least I knew to
account for inflation. And I knew you.
Did you did account for inflation?
OK, so the story on this one is that like they tried so many
cheap wigs. And of course, cheap wigs are
synthetic. They haven't outright said this,
but I imagine an $8000 wag is probably real human hair.
I would imagine it is for $8000. And especially since they said
it was a cancer. Like this back story is that it
was a cancer wig, which are typically made out of real human
hair. I would imagine that's probably
why, like they tried a bunch of synthetic wigs and none of it
worked. So yeah, I mean your answers
were good. I mean, you said B or C&C was
$6000. You know, I mean that was a good
guess. You were kind of for inflation.
It was just like a really, really, really, really expensive
wig. And at the time when season one
came out, it was this huge, not controversy, but people were
talking about it because you know there's that mean that goes
around where they're like the most unrealistic thing about
Stranger Things is that we're expected to believe that like 3,
like 3 middle school age boys made a girl like look this good
with no experience, like a costume, wig and a dress but.
Yeah, you have to look into the the back story.
The back story is it's a cancer wig, which means it's higher
quality. The dress and the makeup belong
to Nancy and the Wheelers have money.
So this is like she's wearing like high quality stuff that
belongs to like Nancy, her grandmother, possibly Karen.
So it's it's hard to tell people.
Yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah, that's crazy.
That's a lot of money. I mean, like it's probably worth
a lot more now too because it's it's, you know, now it's famous.
You know, people, people they would, you wouldn't believe it.
People would probably spend to to buy that wig because Billy
Bobby Brown wore it and it was in the show.
It's crazy. So this is my first multiple
choice question so we know that. The the Creole house was a very
integral part of season four, especially in the Hawkins
storyline. So the question is, what is on
the stained glass door of the Creole house?
Like the front door, Is it A a bird BA red rose?
C The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ or D.
A Daisy, that would be be a red rose.
Correct. I think that's like probably one
of the coolest things. The show and season four was the
door and I, we don't have enough, nearly enough time to
get into it tonight. But you know, you, I would
encourage everyone to keep a lookout.
You know, when you're watching season four about that door,
because. It's very, I think very
important because in in fact does mine world it's like the
only thing that's not broken besides the clock.
So it's it's very interesting. It's interesting, I hadn't
thought about that, that it's the only not broken thing.
But like, I've seen, I thought about the fact that perhaps,
like the doorway is like a gateway between the worlds, then
maybe once the barrier is broken like or something like that.
Yeah, you're right. It's interesting that it's the
only not broken thing. Although you'd think if he could
use it as a an entry point, he would have just done that he
wouldn't need the gates. So yeah, that's interesting.
And also they never explained why the clocks are upside down
and they're floating and they've got like botanicals.
But I hope we're going to get into that because if the answer
is just that's back this mind world and there's no other
explanation, I will be sad. I really hope we're going to
give in to you. Like, why is that?
Why is the door there? Why is like, why did it look
like that? I really hope I can always do
time that we're going to get into, you know more about why
that is, you know? Yeah, well, it's probably the
answers. If there are any answers,
Jasmine, it's probably going to come in that stage play that we
can't see. But we'll talk more about that
at the end of tonight's episode, folks.
Jasmine, you have a question? Yes, OK.
So throughout Season 4, beloved character Eddie Munson wears a
leather jacket and a denim vest adorned with patches and pins
featuring heavy metal bands such as Megadeth, Motörhead, Iron
Maiden, Wasp and Judas Priest. His vest also features a large
DO backpatch, which was made from a genuine vintage dot shirt
that was donated by the estate of Ronnie James Dio, as his
exwife Wendy Walters sent the crew vintage shirts and
sweatshirts for them to use. Question What was Dia's first
big hit as a band? A Holy Water B Rainbow in the
Dark C Sacred Scars D Inferno. D sorry to say D or B.
D D Inferno That is incorrect. Oh my gosh, this is rigged.
It's rigged. That one was a bit of a trick
question, which I almost told you, but it was B Rainbow in the
dark. Oh yeah, but well, that's.
Really. I know, it's really interesting
in the dark, yeah. Yeah, like there was a Rainbow
Room this season and the antagonist is in the dark, I
guess. Wow.
I had not thought about. That I thought it was Inferno.
Like I I'm pretty sure there's a song called Inferno.
So Inferno was one of their big hits, but it was not their first
big hit. Okay, Okay.
I see. Yeah, that's okay.
Yeah, that was like a hardcore, if you were a hardcore Deo fan,
yeah, yeah, for all those Deo fans out there.
All right. So in season one, the ham radio
that Mr. Clark, that's a brand new ham radio that the AV Club.
I just purchased and Mr. Clark so excited.
Show it off to Mike, Will, I mean excuse me, Mike, Dustin and
Lucas. And so there's a certain scene
when they bust in to go use it and they're all excited and all
that. And so my my question is where
can the ham radio, that ham radio in season one reach to?
Is it a California? B New Zealand C Russia?
Or D Australia I think it's D Australia cuz somebody make it
makes a comment, makes a comment about.
Yeah, it's it's D, yeah, Dustin says.
Do you eat kind of roofs for breakfast?
It's so cute. And Mike also tossed in an
Australian accent. I think he says something like
Mike Wheeler here or something like that.
I feel like we should point out that Mr. Cogg was excited to
show it to Will as well, but that Will was not there that day
because as we later find out, he has gone missing so.
Yes, but the ham radio was integral and finding out where
he was. So very true.
Very true. And it helped Joyce make contact
with him. So it did reached further than
they really thought it could? Exactly.
Yeah, it's even farther than Australia.
Yeah. The land down under, yes.
Oh, I didn't, it didn't go down there, but it did go upside
down. So, you know.
Yeah. Alrighty.
Ready for the next question. I am OK.
I feel a bit bad. Look, you're like, yeah, I know
you're walking the floor with me because because I forgot all
about like, you know, giving like background stuff.
And so I just met these questions and I'm like, well,
this seems kind of like challenging.
You know, But then I'm like, no Jasmine.
Another thing about it, like Jasmine pays attention too much
to the show. So like, she's gonna get this.
Yeah. I mean, it is a little bit
unfair in that like a I am very good at trivia and B I'm very
detail oriented. Like I can I remember like fine
details, like if I'm interested in something very, very easily.
And my brains always work that way.
So I feel like it needs a little bit stacked.
But nonetheless, we are having fun.
Yeah, great time, great time. What's all about fun, fun, fun.
Yeah. Also, if you in addition to your
scores, if any of you have interesting pieces of Stranger
Things trivia you'd love to see us cover in a future episode or
piece of trivia you think is really neat or interesting that,
like, Nah, people might know. Feel free to comment that too on
the Twitter and Instagram posts for this episode as well.
Yeah, send them in. We'd love to share them
alrighty. So next question.
The skateboard we see Max ride throughout the show is made by
Madrid Skateboards, which is the same brand that Marty McFly
rides in 1980. Five's Back to the Future.
Her skateboard design was just called Explosion, was a staple
of Madrid skateboard collection throughout the 1980s.
In true Bang Girl fashion, Max's bedroom and school locker are
decorated with lots of Madrid stickers.
And of course, when Season 2 premiered, Madrid partnered with
Netflix to sell replicas of Max's skateboard, as well as
other designs inspired by the show.
Question What kind of Madrid skateboard did Marty McFly ride?
A Santa Cruz? B Shaman C Valterra D Explosion.
Feel like it's either C or D OK, I'll give you.
I'll give you a hint. OK, these are all real
skateboard designs that Madrid makes.
I don't know if that actually helps, but so you said C or D,
right? Yeah, I feel like it's either C
or D, OK. Final answer, I'm gonna go with
C you are correct. Oh my gosh, I actually got one.
Wow, Volterra. This is great.
I'm not going to go home a complete loser as a moral
victory, yes. And I picked ones that were like
popular like in the 80s that are part of their collection that
they reissue when trader things came out.
So this is for all you skateboard fans out there, or
Back to the Future fans or Max. And it was actually really fun.
I did a lot of research on this question and looking at the
different designs and stuff and how it's really cool.
These designs that were like so pop in the 80s got this big, you
know, they obviously got this, you know, very popular
skateboard company, got this huge boost from Back to the
Future, got another big boost from, you know, when Stranger
Things Two came out. I mean not that they needed like
it's a it's, you know, it's a major skateboard company.
But it's really cool that these are actual designs and they got
this second life and it's really cool that they were able to do
that and they're cool skateboards.
So that is some Back the Future Max Madrid trivia for all of
you. Awesome.
Yay. All right, so we know that
Vectna's clock very big in season four.
Heck, it might be big in season five.
It's the first we've really well, actually there since
season four's come out. You know, it's been big, you
know, trying to make connections of, oh, we heard the clock.
Throughout. And yeah, we did heard we heard
a lot of ticking noises and clock sounds.
But in terms of like the actual grandfather clock that Vetna
uses, season four is like the first time that we've actually
heard this particular one. So question, how many times does
Vetna's clock chime? Is it A1B4C10?
Or D5. I'm gonna go with five.
Yeah, I'm gonna go with five, we go.
It trims five times. Okay.
So no, that is incorrect Jasmine.
It's times. Four times.
As Max pointed out in episode three, she said it.
Times exactly. Four times while you're having a
vision. All righty.
Ready for the next question. I am all righty.
So in season four, chapter 6, the Dive Steve tells the group
that he needs to be the one to check out Watergate because he's
the most qualified, explaining he was Co captain of the Hawkins
High Swim team for three years and is a certified lifeguard.
This is a call back to a plot that was originally supposed to
be a part of season one. Instead of showing, Steve is a
star basketball player at practice like we see in season
2, he was supposed to be a star swimmer at a swim meet.
Thinking he would be shown an 80s Speedo joke, he repaid for
lessons and trained for six weeks prior to start of filming
to get into shape for the role. However, when he arrived on set
for the first time, he was told that the swim meet plot had been
cut. Luckily for us, they decided to
return to the spot in season 4. Now for long time listeners you
will know that I actually talked about this in a previous
episode. So if you were caught up on our
previous episodes and if Ashley remembers we talking about this,
you will get it right and Ashley will get it right.
So here we go question, why did Steve being a swimmer have to be
cut from season one? A Joe Carey wasn't in good
enough shape, B they ran out of time in the story or C they
couldn't get the pool for filming.
I just like to point out to everyone if I get this question
wrong, I have so many responsibilities for this
podcast like you wouldn't believe.
So I probably did not hear Jasmine talk about this.
But if I get it right then I've listened.
I I think it was a that is incorrect.
Ohh my gosh it is C They couldn't get the pool for
filming. Oh, OK well see everyone.
I have so many responsibilities through this podcast and our in
our parent company. OK, I I'm you know like the CEO
like I have a little people do all this stuff for me.
I'm kidding. I'm kidding and no.
I probably, I just really did not have.
I probably really don't remember he's saying that, but it's just
a listen for me, you know? I gotta go back and re listen to
the episodes. Yeah, exactly.
So yeah, they couldn't get the pool for filming and it's not
clear that was for budgetary that they couldn't afford the
pool or the pool wasn't available.
It's unclear why they couldn't get the pool for filming and
jump forward to season 4. You know, knowledge that they
have helicopter money, but they have created an entire
artificial like money. So you know just how much
budget. Yeah, budget.
How much you know things have things have changed.
Yeah, of course. Oh, sorry.
No, no. Go ahead.
No, I was just going to say it. You know, of course we know in
Season 3 Hawkins has a community pool, so they, like, they could
have used that for their swim meets.
So yeah, it's budget. Yeah, I mean by seeing where
they obviously had community pool money like they just didn't
have, you know, again, we don't know if the pool wasn't
available or if there was the budget.
And I mean they could have had the budget and the just the
local pool was not available. Like it's not available.
It's not available. You know what I mean?
Like you're not knocking, you can't knock the real swim team.
So you can fill a fake swim team.
So somewhere out there there's a, there's a swim team that went
to the championships, the finals.
I don't know what the final things are called in swim and
swim meet. If somebody knows please let us
know, but somebody out there went to finals and they inside
of Steve Harrington. So good for you guys, whoever
had the pool. All right.
So this next question. I mean, Jasmine, you will most
definitely get this one right. I'm just gonna lay it out there.
OK, so where does Argyle work? Like, what type of place does he
work? Not the name of the place that
he works, but what type of place is he work?
A. A deli?
Be a theme park, C pizza restaurant or D or roller rink.
That would be, see, a pizza restaurant.
Yeah, yeah, you got it right. OK.
I don't know why you had to ask. You know, you got it right.
Yeah, but that's the point. OK.
Are you ready for the next question?
I am. And I can keep off the mute
button. Yeah, keep off the mute button.
OK. So in season one, Jonathan
failed to make sure Will came home the night he disappeared
because he was working on it. While his job during this time
has never stayed in the show, it can be assumed he quit this job
following the first season, as his employment there is not
mentioned in season 2. In season three he begins
working as an intern at the Hawkins Post, but it's fired
along with Nancy in chapter four of the Sonopest at the start of
season four. He is presumed to be unemployed
as a job is not mentioned, and we see that his car is broken
down and has been out of Commission for quite some time.
As most super fans will know before it became Stranger
Things, the show was originally called Montauk and the pilot
script can be found online. Question according to the
Montauk script where does Jonathan work in season one?
So for those of you who read the script, you will know the answer
to this a. The Hawkins Post B, Surfer Boy
Pizza C Scoops, Ahoy D The Hawk Theater.
D you are. Correct.
Yay. Well, I like and Speaking of
that, like our first episode of this podcast ever when I it was
just me, OK. And we were actually at that
time called through the HAM Radio podcast I recorded.
I did a script reading of the script for Montauk.
So if you don't want to, go and read it for yourselves.
Please, you know, go listen to it.
I really enjoyed that script and it's it's completely different
from the vanishing of wool buyers.
I can tell you that like it's there's some elements to it that
are similar, but that it's a little bit darker and there's
some things in there that I kind of hope make a little bit of an
appearance. And Season 5.
But yeah, I encourage everyone, you go listen to that episode or
you can, like Jazz said, go look it up online read it for
yourself. It's available out there.
But yeah, I I like, I knew he worked at the theater in that
script and also the other the other jobs didn't come on till
later. So yeah, and interesting fact
about that. So in the Montauk script is
actually said he's listened as working at the movie theater.
It doesn't become the Hawk Theater until it becomes
Stranger Things. Right, because it wasn't.
The town wasn't called Hawkins in the script.
It's literally at Montauk, NY, which is a real place.
So. But you should look that up to
and the Montauk project, because a lot of Stranger Things it's
based on Montauk and this is not.
A trivia question, but for those of you who may not know well,
obviously Strange Things was going to be Montauk, but they
changed it to Hawkins, Indiana because they could not get
something, you know, with the filming and stuff up there in
Long Island on Montauk. That's why it was moved.
But I actually like the change in them having a fictional town
and stuff. I think it's it's really cool
while also paying homage to Montauk and you know bringing
light to to what happened there, what allegedly happened in the
Montauk project some of that stuff real some of it's it's
stranger things so so my my last multiple choice question is
about Barbara what is Barb's last name A Holland?
B Howard C Hadley. Or D Hollingsworth, That would
be Holland. Correct.
Again, I thought maybe if I put a bunch of H's in there it would
trip you up. Jasmine No, I hard to trip, I
must say. Yeah, I know.
I got. I got that.
All righty. Let's do the next question.
So it's well known for the Duffer Brothers are huge Stephen
King fans that his novels and their addictions have had a huge
influence on the show, and the King himself was a fan of the
show. He's revealed in Season 2, when
Joyce starts dating Blood character Bob Newby that he grew
up in Hawkins and Lieutenant Hawkins High School with Joyce
and Hopkins. He also spent time in Maine,
where his parents now reside. This is a direct reference to
the fact that most of King's novels are set in Maine, where
he's lived for most of his life. Bob also tells Will about his
childhood, Fear of clowns and how they haunted his dreams,
which is referenced to King's 1986 horror novel IT, which is
also set in May. Question, how many adaptations
of IT have there been today? Now keep in mind this is the
date of our recording which is taking place by June of 2023.
So if you listen to Quote in the future, they're looking to
change it now. So how many adaptations a date
have there been? 4 adaptations B6 adaptations C2
adaptations D3 adaptations. A4 You are correct.
Hey, well I knew the the newer ones two parts and so were the
the original ones from the early 90s.
Which I know too. They're also making a a prequel
series. It's supposed to come out they
there's what they're actually filming in Canada.
I heard it's it's supposed to be called Dairy.
So by that point it will have been five.
Well, not really of the original book, but of the IT story.
That's interesting. I didn't know they were doing a
prequel series, although it does make sense to fill up here.
You'd have landscapes that look similar to to main that would be
a lot cheaper to film in and less people, so I could
definitely see why they'd film it up here.
Yeah, it seems seems really interesting.
You should check it out. Interesting, yeah.
And as many show anything things will know, Finn Wilkhard starred
in. One of the adaptations that came
out is the one of the more recent ones I believe.
Yeah, I think he was in the first one, yeah.
When they're When they're little kids.
Also, I don't know, you may have seen this already, Ashley, but
as we were watching, I think when you're preparing to watch
season four, my friend that I wrote with Amy, we're chatting
and she's the Kings and Red novels, movies and we are
chatting about it and we're chatting about the, you know,
Bob storyline and two and she she's Red.
And we're chatting and so as we're we're talking about it.
So basically like she's like, yeah, the the the implication
there after she's explained the whole, the whole plot and
things, she's like, yeah, the implication there is that Bob.
So like it's like it the clown was running around in Maine and
that Bob experienced it, but he didn't.
He thought it was a dream. He didn't realize it was real,
that he narrowly escaped it. That's the implication there
that Bob nearly escaped it. There was advice to Will, like
if the crowd goes away because the events of the novel, not
because Bob tells it to go away. And likewise when Will tells the
my player to go away, it does not go away, it gets him.
So basically, I mean, Bob had no, no way of knowing his advice
was bad because to him he said, you know, he stood up to it and
it went away in reality. A bunch of kids not on like,
well, you know, wind up dealing with it and that's why Bob does
not die but later does die in season 2 of Stranger Things.
So we were chatting about how like basically, if, you know, if
that had not happened, the family would have moved to Maine
and basically like become like a stranger, like a Stephen King
novel, basically. Had Bob.
Had Bob not died. So I just thought that was like,
when she told me that I was like, oh, so basically like
that's what they're saying. It's like, yeah, basically.
And then she, she's laughing. Later in season four when I
didn't catch this again because I haven't read it and I would
never see the movies are far too horror scary for me.
But so the part when they're in the basement and.
Lesson is talking about their theory about Becna and Steve
makes some comment about like So what he comes back and kills you
know teenagers, you know this many years and then goes dormant
like no I don't buy it and how ridiculous that is.
Amy's laughing and I'm like why are you laughing And she's like
that's literally the part of it the amount of time they just
mentioned that's the clown does. They're literally making fun of.
Like the absurdity of it, like, in a loving way, like, they're
obviously huge fans. But she's like, yeah, like
that's literally the the plot, yeah.
And also the Duffer Brothers campaign.
Really hard to direct the IT, the new IT movies when it came
out, but they were unfortunately for them denied.
And that's when they we're like, well, I guess we'll just go make
our own version. And if it hadn't have been for
that rejection, we probably would not have Stranger Things
today, or at least not as we know it.
So rejection just going to show you sometimes rejection it's
tough, it hurts, but sometimes it can be a good thing.
So my first true or false question is Vagna believes
humans are superior and deserve nothing but puppies and
happiness and life. True or false, that would be
false. Hey, well he well, I mean if if
anyone out there picked true, I think you could get half credit
for that because Vetna or at least Henry Krill believes he is
superior and I think there is yet a still still a human with
inside him under all that monstery badness.
So if you put true, you can still get a little credit for
that, but the answer is indeed false.
So my last question is, well, I guess you have 11, but my last
question also kind of like a silly one and that the answer is
similarly obvious. I hope it is.
I excited to kind of throw in a bonus coin here.
I didn't realize you were going to need it quite so badly to be
honest. Thanks.
What?
Does I forget that everyone has the mind for detail and trivial
that I do so that's not a personal job I just sometimes
after get that because like Amy is there anybody out there who's
like man I I'm not doing so well I didn't get very many like Amy
will repeatedly like. Asked me and be like, wait,
what's the timeline on this? I feel like I missed that.
Like, what are we doing here? No, no, no.
This happened. Yeah, Yeah.
What happened to so and so. So you're not the only one.
And she's, you know, just as big a fan as I am.
So that's OK. It works differently.
That's OK, Jasmine, because once we're done here, I'm docking
your pay from zero to negative. I've got a negative pay, yes.
All right, you ready for the question?
I am okay. In the original pilot script,
Mike had a crush on his classmate Jennifer Hayes, who is
described as being one of the popular girls at Hawkins Middle
School in season one, Chapter 5, the Flea and the Acrobat.
When the party attends Will's King Hall, they take notice of
Jennifer crying. They are excited to tell Will
about this when they visit him in the hospital in Chapter 8,
the Upside Down, but Will appears disinterested and is
unmoved by Jennifer's show of affection.
In season three and four, we learned more about Will's
attitude towards girls, dating and having a girlfriend.
Question why is Will not interested in Jennifer A.
She once stole his crayons in elementary school.
B He thinks she smells bad. C he knows Mike has a huge crush
on her. He Will is gay and in love with
Mike. It's very loaded question
Jasmine. I mean I know it's D in my heart
like I know it's D but at this at this point in season one we
don't know that. So I think it's a OK.
Clarification point. I'm going by what we know by the
end of season four. Oh well, D is definitely D.
Correct, yeah, yeah. Finally got one by default.
No, you have the right answer. I mean she couldn't stole his
crayons, it's just never mentioned that she stole his
crayons. So for all we know, you know,
for, I mean originally in the pilot script, you know, Mike had
a crush on her, so that was originally true.
But for Montac it's true, not for stranger Things.
We don't know if she smells bad, we don't know if she stole his
crayons. She could have, but it's never
mentioned. So we just don't know.
Yeah, I wish we could have seen her again.
At least, you know, once. Or one triangle between Mike and
11. Like that would have been like a
lot more interesting, even though 11 probably wouldn't have
really understood. And you know, before she lost
her powers, probably would have killed the girl.
But I mean, well, she did get jealous of Max that one time
from like, you know, lack of communication, but I'm talking
like a real true you know, Mike caught in the middle thing head
cannon wise. I'd love to see that.
But yeah, he's a fantasy. I'd actually like to see
Jennifer make a comeback in season 5.
Like cuz they all would still attend the same high school so
and the two bullies from season one too.
Yeah, I I'd honestly love to see that, to see if she still has a
crush on him. Like I'd love to see him.
Try to navigate that. And I mean, if long time
listeners will know about my my, well, that's my theory, but more
my hope for season five that they're going to introduce a
love interest for Will. And I think it'd be super
interesting to have it play out something like, you know how in
season 4, you know Robinson to Vicki, but then we realized she
has a boyfriend. And then you find out that,
like, you know what the story is with that and then the end of
the season, you know, kind of on the road to being together.
Not that exact plot, but I'd love to see something like, you
know they introduced love and just for Will and that's moving
forward. And you know, we see him, you
know Mike working to repair their friendship and L you know
and you know how that affects his relationship with with hell
and you know, and then we find out that like, Oh yeah.
And then Jennifer Hayes still has feelings for him and will
try to navigate that Will not outing himself.
Like I think. I think that could be an
interesting plot. If they did something with that,
I think it could be interesting. If done so, you know there are
many possibilities. Would you like to give me your
eleven question? Yes.
Well, I actually have two left, so this is number 10.
All right. Cuz you're going back and forth,
Okay, so there should be 10. Yeah?
So true or false? The Nina Project is located in
Nevada. This feels like a trick
question, but I'm going to go with True.
Yes, it's in the desert in Nevada, somewhere in Nevada.
We don't know. I don't think we know
specifically where, but it's the coordinates.
It's in Nevada, probably near where Doctor Owens lives, I
would think. And then the 11th and final
question, Will Byers went missing on November 6th, 1984.
True or false? Sorry, A bunch of myself just
rolled onto the floor. So you said 1984?
Yeah. OK, let me do the math on this.
Well, we had Four Seasons and we're 1986 in season four.
So we have 868584. No, it's gotta be, it's gotta be
false. It's gotta be 1983 that he went
missing. Yes, well, the the question is
false. Yeah, you got that right.
The question is false. But he also yeah he went missing
on November 6th, 1983 which this year on on Stranger Things Day
which is November 6th. For those who don't know, it
will have been if this were real life 40 years since that
happened. So I really hope they knock it
out of the park this year and and do do something really
special for that anniversary. I.
Hadn't thought about that, but yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, thanks for, uh playing uh stranger.
We just telling it the scores. Though we just telling it the
scores, Uh well we don't need to do that.
I think we know what the scores are.
You only have like missed like 2.
I missed like 10. Do we know they're not as off as
you thought? Because I got 9 and you got 4.5.
Oh wow, my favorite number. My favorite number?
I mean you would want more question than I did.
So I feel like I could give you an extra, maybe an extra point
there because we are questions were off.
So it was a little bit rigged in my favor unintentionally.
So we give you one more point. That's 5.5.
Yay. OK, I'm satisfied.
All right. So everyone, thank you for
playing this round of trivia with us today.
As we said earlier, you know, please comment on our our
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this episode, your answers and then whoever wins will will be
in for some super cool prizes. But we do have two, two quick
things we we kind of want to discuss because it's the latest
and the greatest of, you know, I guess Stranger Things news and
that being the Stranger Things play.
And also to Dom, this year will be on June 17th instead of
September and apparently there's going to be something about
Stranger Things. So think real quick, me and
Jasmine talk about to Dom and then we'll get into the play and
then we'll get you guys out of here.
So, Jasmine, do you have any big expectations for to dumb as a
regard Stranger things? I don't like the expectations.
I was thinking about how it was last year and I remember that
there was a Indivisible with like a quiz thing with some of
the cast, which I actually did better than the cast because, I
mean, they're in it. Like they're not sitting at home
studying this, you know what I mean?
So remember that. So I think we're going to get
some cool stuff with the cast to do that every year.
It would be nice to get like a little bit of a teaser trailer
maybe. I don't know if we will.
I I mean, I can see them doing something like, you know how
before season four drop before we got like a even like a teaser
trailer or like a trailer trailer, maybe that little thing
with the four with the Vines on it.
Yeah, something like that. I could see them doing because
they could they could whip that up.
It would be cool to get another episode title.
I don't know if we will though, or maybe even just some dates
for when we might expect to see it or like filming will start,
although that's dependent on the writer stretch that might not
have that information. So that's kind of what I'm
expecting, you know? I'm expecting the big, the high
expectations for me are Stranger Things Day.
I think we'll get some stuff into them, but.
Not a not a whole lot in comparison.
What do you think? Yeah my my expectations are like
to the floor and that's like, you know really every year to
dumb. I'm not.
I'm not really expecting anything big.
I think like you said, if there is anything even remotely
Stranger Things five, let it. It would be a graphic like, you
know, a little teaser trailer thing like they did for season
four. I think that would be pretty
cool. Or maybe even though they just,
you know, release another episode title, I think that
would be pretty awesome. I think whatever it is though,
it's obviously something that has been prerecorded.
I don't think it's it's live. So yeah, that's that's kind of
what I'm hoping for. Now what we might actually get
again could be a rehash or something in season four or you
know, quiz thing, you know, something, something like that.
But definitely hope for at least something, you know some content
related. I've also heard, you know,
things might be about the play. I really hope not and I don't
think it really will be because from what I understand Netflix
is not really involved with the the stage play.
So I don't think it'd be that that, but I definitely think
something from the art department would I think be
doable because you know, you don't really have to write
anything for that And it typically, you know,
preproduction stuff like the art department wardrobe, they get
going pretty fast even during the writing process.
So that's what I'm hoping for, but I'm keeping my expectations
very low, so I'm not disappointed, you know?
Yeah, I I get that. And I think you're right.
I think whatever it is, I mean, if you look at the footage from
last year, it's obviously prerecorded.
Like I I kind of figured that they do when Netflix, Saddam is,
you know, recorded, it's probably okay.
They kind of see what their top shows are, you know what I mean?
Like ahead of schedule. And then, you know, they look at
the numbers, they look at what's the most popular and you know,
then they get those actors together.
And they film some contents on the sound stage.
And there's even times, I think, where most the actors in one
place and one or two actors of that cast words.
So, I mean, that didn't go to show you the, you know, like
okay, if they were filming it live, they'd all be together.
But they're not because, you know, that actor had to go to
another project, you know what I mean?
So yeah, I definitely think they probably want Stranger Things.
Or probably rap. They probably filmed something
also because the actor will look different.
That's the other thing people have to think about is that
like, well, the actors are going to look different as they take
different roles in the interim. So that's the other reason they
would prerecord because like, well, you look similar to your
character now or as people you would expect you to look.
You might not look like that three months from now.
We have to do this now. So I think it's interesting that
they bumped it up. You know, I think that's
interesting. And.
Yeah, I I agree. It'd be nice to some see some
stuff with the cast like we've talked about.
But at the same time, yeah, expectations are are low and I
agree. I I don't think they're gonna do
stuff about the play. I hope not because as we talked
about, if it's not gonna be available like through Netflix
globally, but originally I think we thought it was going to be
like streamed on the service. If we're not gonna do that, then
there's no really incentive for Netflix there.
And I mean, frankly, I'm not tuning into to dumb to see
additional things. I'm tuning in for OK, well,
what's coming up with my favorite shows?
And I'm really excited for some this year because there's a
number of shows that like last year I only really knew.
I only really recognized Stranger Things.
I like skipped over everything else apart from, I think some
stuff from really, Bobby Brown. But this year, you know, there's
certain things. There's Wednesday, there's a
heart stopper, there's Richard, Ted, you know, there's a whole
bunch of things that I'm excited about.
So I'm, I'm actually really excited for tadam this year.
Yep. And you know, I'll, I'll be
tuning in. I'm sure Jasmine will as well.
But segue a little bit to the play.
I don't don't know why I find it, you know, necessary to
really talk about this, But we did.
You know, they dropped the little video teaser thing within
the last week and it featured a black cat, a blood moon, a black
crow and church with what looked like to be either a young girl
or a young woman or a woman looking out of the window and
very cryptic And, you know, Jasmine and I, we're not going
to really get into what we really think it really all
means. I think it's it really, you
know, connects probably to Henry's powers.
Some incident maybe happen with the cat or the crow or something
like that. You know, I just and I don't
like to get off on tangents because, you know, it's really
not really that important, but. Again, you know, I just and and
they keep confirming. By the way this this play is
Cannon. I just feel like, you know, if
this play is cannon then the stuff that is in this play, it
should be in the show or they should at least make it
accessible to, you know, the masses globally or even mention
it in season 5. Like I hope they at least do
that because I mean I just think like it is.
I think so, you know absent minded of them to put on a play
that is supposed to be cannon is supposed to be key to the
ending. And I'm not saying like I what's
the word criticizing them for you know using different mediums
to tell the story. Like I think that's great.
But for them to be like, yeah, if it.
Unless you can afford the airfare and accommodations to
fly out to London and stay here for at least a week and Oh yeah,
take a week off from your job and not to mention to pay for
expensive tickets to come see this play.
You're not going to watch this play And and yeah we're not you
know, going to bring be bringing it to the States anytime soon
which even if they did it would be in New York which again you'd
have to do the same thing depending on where you live as
you would for London. And I just it just blows my mind
that that's what happened. I mean, you know what?
You know. Do you?
How do you feel about that? Yeah, I I agree.
I I think if they you know if it's one of those things that
like you know with like the Marvel Cinematic Universe where
like the shows and the movies feed into each other if.
In that case, you can access that stuff globally, whereas
with this you can only access it if you're in the UK or like
Europe. Like you can, you know, get
there, get there easily. I mean of course other people
can fly, but it's really only super accessible to people in
Europe. So I agree.
I mean, I think if they're going to be, if it's that critical, if
it's really is Canon, then it should be, you know, it should
either have a touring production attached to it or should be
like, you know, New York, London, like the major theater
centers. You know, in each country,
right? You know, or even just the major
ones, like even just, you know, New York and London would be an
improvement. But really, I mean, Netflix has
a global audience and it has a global audience.
So to limit it only to London, like, I don't really see the
rationale behind that, especially since it's an
American show. Like if it was a British show I
could see it, but seeing as it is an American show.
It's odd to me they did London, not New York, and I think that
has a lot to do with the people involved with the project.
And I've spoken on this before, but a lot of them are the same
people that were involved with Harry Parton, the first child,
which is all I'm going to say about that.
But I think it has more to do with who's involved and who
approached them, potentially about it, because it's giving me
the vibe of this weird they say it's Canon, but it's not really
Canon. Kind of off.
Thing offshoot thing that you know if you're lucky enough to
see it, great, but if you're not I I hope you as well that
because one thing that doesn't give me hope is because they
know that not everyone's going to be able to see it and we
haven't gotten broadcast information or like a streaming
version of the information that we thought we were going to get
That whatever is in is in the play.
If it's critical to the story, if it really is, Canon will be
included. In season 5, like the key points
will be included to the five. I hope so, because otherwise,
like if it's not, it's not Canon, What's the point?
And if it is Canon, that information needs to be in
Season 5, because we don't all live in London.
Exactly. Or can afford to go to London,
you know, I think I mean until like, you know, people that go
to that are fortunate enough to go watch this, they're gonna
spoil it. I mean, they're going to put it
on the Internet. So at least we'll get some
insider info even though they're not supposed to do that, they're
going to do that. But yeah, I just, I think, look,
if it really is Cannon and it's so important, I mean make it
available to everybody or at least have it be referenced in
season five, that's and that's all I'm going to say on that on
that front. So again, thank you everyone for
listening to today's episode and playing trivia with us.
Even though I lost in the very bitter defeat, it was still so
much fun playing Trivia and Jasmine is going to get us out
of here. Jasmine.
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