The latest season of “Stranger Things” dropped on Friday, full with the standard references to Eighties cultural touchstones ― together with one other name-check of musical icon “Weird Al” Yankovic.
The second comes when a brand new character, Eddie Munson, describes first assembly Dustin and Mike ― and recollects Dustin’s “brave” alternative of wardrobe as a highschool freshman.
Yankovic shared a clip of the scene with a #Brave hashtag:
Yankovic has been referenced on the Netflix present at the least twice earlier than.
Dustin wore the aforementioned T-shirt in Season 3. And in one other scene in the identical season, Yankovic’s “My Bologna” ― a parody of the hit tune “My Sharona” by The Knack ― was enjoying at science trainer Mr. Clarke’s residence.
Yankovic tweeted on the time:
The latest season options a fair larger second for an additional Eighties musical icon as Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” performs a key function within the plot, driving the 1985 monitor to No. 1 on the iTunes charts.