Did Stranger Things Get Ideas From My 1980s Home Videos?
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
- Ever since the explosion of Stranger Things on Netflix, people have either told me that they believe the creators took inspiration from my 1980s home videos, or have asked me if I myself believe they did.
Also, younger people have asked me again and again if the 1980s life shown in Stranger Things was a realistic representation of life during that time.
So in this video I will compare some things shown in the series to my own home videos from the 80s and attempt to answer two questions:
Was the 1980s life shown in Stranger Things realistic?
Did they get any ideas or inspiration from my home videos?
Along with comparisons to my footage I’ll also give you a few Gen X history lessons and stories from my life growing up in the 1980s.
CHAPTERS:
Intro - 00:00
Random moments in Stranger Things compared to my videos:
Bike Riding - 03:16
Forts - 04:44
Bedrooms - 05:30
Police Station - 06:15
Sneaky Teenagers - 06:34
T.V. Channel Surfing - 07:42
Stores - 08:22
Vacant and Abandoned Lots - 09:00
The Mall - 10:11
Telephones - 10:47
Arcades - 11:38
Homes - 12:11
Video Rental Stores - 12:40
Video Camcorders - 13:01
Summary and intro for next section - 13:32
Did Stranger Things get ideas and/or inspiration from my home movies:
Hawkins National Laboratory - 13:56
Plot similarities to my 1980s homemade horror movies 14:29
House party and Motley Crue - 15:39
Billy Hargrove - 16:06
Skull Rock - 16:43
I’m not convinced - 17:18
Eddie Munson - 17:44
Summary / Outro / A direct quote? - 19:40
All home video footage shot in Port Hadlock and Port Townsend, Wa.
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Here are some of the original 1980s home videos that I show clips of in this video:
Mischievous Teenage Metalheads | A Day In The Life (1987)
czcams.com/video/XVu7_oRG1Bc/video.html
A Day In My 1980s Teenage Life (1988)
czcams.com/video/1P2QLLNGT6s/video.html
1980s Small Town Teenagers | A Day In The Life (1987)
czcams.com/video/7GyBhCGbBZs/video.html
1980s Kids Hanging Out In Backyard Clubhouse (1986)
czcams.com/video/0ApUkg-iFl8/video.html
1980s Teen Metalheads Climbing Chimacum Rock (1988)
czcams.com/video/Cgxq3rxH7F8/video.html
Scenes From My Homemade Horror Movies (1986-1988)
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The Duffer Brothers have ‘been to court,’ with Netflix by their side, at least six times since the series first aired.
In every case, they were accused of plagiarism.
And keep in mind, these were just the high-profile cases that actually ‘made it to court,’ so to speak; meaning that both sides filed PUBLIC DOMAIN/ accessible cases/affidavits/arguments. However, they have all ended with the duffer brothers, and Netflix, settling out of court, before any kind of actual trial can take place.
When that happens, both sides sign nondisclosure agreements, so…
We’ll never know how much they’ve paid out in order to shut people up.
The entire premise for the series/‘Series Bible’ of the series, has clearly been proven, through court documents, to have been stolen from others.
The premise itself is just based upon CIA declassified MK Vltra Documents, documents from the government’s remote-viewing programs in the 70s and 80s, and the semi-fictional Montauk conspiracy (which has been around since the 90s.)
I could go on for a long time, sadly. However, the point being;
Yes, the duffer brothers, or someone on their team, definitely ‘plagiarized’ your material to some degree.
As I have established, they have a long history of it. It’s gotten so bad, and so silly at this point, that two years ago, they had to start calling all of their plagiarism, “Homages.”
Should you sue them? Why the fvck not?
After all, Netflix has deep pockets, and they never fight plagiarism claims in open court for the public to see, so you’re guaranteed some money.
However…Do you deserve money? That’s an entirely different story. Posting your personal home videos onto a public platform, and then expecting money if someone is inspired by the contents, well, we all know you never expected to make a real buck off of this.
So why cause trouble?
Len!! I was literally thinking SO MANY MORE FILMS MOVIES must have been inspired by your archive footage man that's crazy!!!!!!! Ugh goosebumps I was literally thinking this must be happening when I see the Netflix film dramas based on 80s time period
These guys obviously watched your videos. It's only good common sense that they would as your videos are out there, have been out there, and that's exactly how film research is done.
Nice video 'tho. I'm calling it a shot across the bow, one quite professionally fired.....
OK, WTF!!!??? 🤔😳🤯🤔😳🤯🤔😳🤯🤔😳🤯🤔😳🤯
Hey, you never know, there's always a strong chance they did. ;)
I can relate to what you're saying as I'm sort of in the same boat; an old friend from grade school during the last few years of his life was working for Nintendo. He told me everyone there really enjoyed my Mario-inspired comic strip. He passed away in 2016, and suddenly two years afterward I saw at least a couple of things in their Mario output that appear to have been directly inspired by my comic strip. There's at least a 50/50 percent chance, but I'll never know for sure since he's no longing living.
So looking at your stuff above and watching this video, I'm happy to believe that there's a very strong possibility that they did. I mean, I've learned from personal experience that hey, you never know. ;)
Why wouldn't they come on to CZcams and search for videos to give them inspiration? Sounds perfectly logical to me.
I knew many dudes back in the day that looked, dressed and vibed the same way as Eddie Munson and your friend Hawn. They're not exactly unique characters, they're more like a type of character. If you had film footage of crowds of people walking into an arena to see Ozzy in 1983 you'd see hundreds of Eddie Munsons.
Yep agreed. All Metal ppl in the 80s that liked bands like Dio, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest looked like that. The hair style, leather and denim :)
The same occurs nowadays concerning fashion trends.
Metalheads still look like that today if they dig old school thrash metal and the like.
I agree with this but the costume designers look to videos and pictures for inspiration and directly copy them. That’s what I remember from working on period pieces. Because our memories are not perfect, they still need the images from the time periods to accurately replicate it.
Of course, but as most of the people working on the movie production are not old enough to remember, are too old to remember, or were too stoned to remember, they surely looked up somewhere. Because this generation does not now how to handle paper media, they went online. They surely stumbled upon this material.
I'm about to turn 50 and there's so much nostalgia in this video that it hurts. We really had it all back then and didn't even know it.
I'm 47 and fully agree! I have so much in common w/ these videos, I was just a little too young to partake in the real fun back then
Yeah I don't think today's youngsters understand that yes, that stuff really happened & yes, we actually looked like that. Yes, we had forts in the woods, we rode our bikes everywhere, we listened to Motley Crue & Metallica long before there was a Pam & Tommy & Metallica sued Napster. In fact I turned "Ride the Lightning" into a sonnet for some English class & since only the metal kids knew who they were back then the teacher didn't have a clue it was a Metallica song I got a B on it!! I knew lots of guys like Len & Hawn & would've totally dated either of them. Even if you weren't a stoner or metalhead (we called them Freaks back then) you knew people like that. They weren't exclusive to any particular geographic area in the US. If you weren't one of them you knew one of them or sat behind them in some class. They were always much cooler than the jocks & cheerleaders too & didn't care if you like Journey or Motley Crue, they accepted you. Of course they mocked your love of Journey but since you also liked metal they let the Journey thing slide.
I knew it was a special time never to be repeated and I embraced it! Every day was exciting and a party. The music, Movies, Art all Magical!
@@JasonLeeIsAGod lol, why do u think any of that is hard for anyone to believe? EVERYRGING u said is completely normal common typical stuff
Didn't it? It's everything we did. I loved the video. Took me back.
I was a small-town Metalhead in the 80s in Scotland. Apart from a few minor cultural differences, my teenage experience was incredibly similar to your own, eerily so in most cases.
I was born in 87 so most of my childhood was during the 90s and early 2000's. Seeing all his home video clips, his experience in the 80s was damn near identical to mine from the 90s. I even felt a bit of sadness seeing a video rental store in his clips because those were always great occasions. lol The main difference was the fashion and music. Instead of the "Eddie Munson" types, it was mostly Grunge and Punk Rock scene-kids. Life hadn't really drastically transitioned yet between the 80s and 90s. Even the telephone situations were identical.
So yeah, outside of pop culture differences, our childhoods were very similar during those decades. I'm also old enough to have started on VHS and cassette tapes, even though DVD's and CD's started replacing them half way through my childhood.
Maybe it was based on you then.. its not like every 2. Teenager looked like that in the 80's right 😅
My dad looked like that in the 70's.. maybe its based on him 😮
That's fascinating. Did your experience include making club houses, riding your bikes at night, kids into heavy metal wearing band shirts, latch key kids, and everyone gathering at someones house and everyone getting quiet when someone was checking in with their parents on the phone?
@@HeavenlyRainPath We had a lot of similar things that Len shows- most of us from the 80's do....if only we all had our memories on tape, right? ~ sigh~
I really think this all just proves how accurately the Duffers nailed the 80's stereotypes and clichés.
I would imagine that if we looked at any home movies that were being filmed by teens in the 80's they would all look similar to yours and to Stranger Things. I mean that mullet, denim and leather jacket, and heavy metal garage band persona has been seen by everyone who grew up in the 80's. "That Guy" with exactly "That Look" has been at least a background character in every movie or show set in the 80's. And everyone who grew up in the 80's knew of AT LEAST one dude who actually looked and acted like Eddie Munson!
It's the reason we all relate so well to these characters. We feel like we know them...
...because we do.
We grew up with them.
They are us and our friends!
probably because that's the generation they are from
Of course they would nail it. They are 40 years old, they were alive in the 80's 😅🤣🤣🤣
Dude, as a writer who happened to stumble across your videos while doing research and searching for inspiration for my OWN stories set in the 1980s? Wouldn't be surprised if some writer or costume designer on the team somewhere saw your videos at some point. Maybe even multiple. And maybe it was conscious, maybe it was subconscious, but I can absolutely believe your videos had at least a small influence on Stranger Things. Especially the ones of Hawn.
one thing stranger things missed it was basically a law in the suburbs between the years 1981-85 if you owned a trans am camaro firebird mustang you were required to blast the stroke by billy squier out of your car stereo at least 5 times a day 🤣🤣 so if your show features those cars and a teen driving it dont forget that golden rule 🤣
I'm a writer too and also used Len's videos as inspiration for my mystery novel set in the 1980s. I even named my main character Len (different last name though). I hope Len Enders doesn't mind 😅
I agree! There's no one out there that has more "Raw" Footage from the 80's than Len does. Len basically invented the VLOG
@@bb-gc2tx So true!
@@geenah3139 I would love to read it lol
I gotta say that documenting those years on video like you did is such a valuable thing. I'm so glad for people like you who preserved so much of our history this way. Cameras weren't super common, they were very expensive, and, like you said, heavy and awkward. I'm thankful there were people like you running around with them so the kids today have real footage of awesome times.
Agree❤
As an 80's kid I can confirm that was 80's life. They also 100% used your videos for research material. And guitar buddy definitely needs some royalty money!
This isn't something he created and copyrighted, he just filmed real life.
In the 80’s we looked towards the future with such dreams and hope. Now we just want the 80’s back 😅
You have perfectly documented a time in history, I think any filmmaker would love to use your vids as inspiration
i agree. Memories aren't as detailed as a picture & they do not last forever.
Correct.
Others: Try their hardest to make an impression and get lost in the fray
Len Enders: Accidentally achieves immortality
Now I wish I grew up in the 80s, this guy is describing my dream life fr
I lived the dream 😂...and loved every minute of it ❤.
I'd go back in a red hot minute and do it all over again.
This brought actual tears to my eyes due to emotional nostalgia overload. I'm a bit older (55) but this is so accurate! Len, you're the best! P.S. You aren't aging...it's like you're a character from Lost Boys. 🧛
Thank you!!! And I'm so glad you enjoyed this ☺️
Right? What a flashback, I'm 55 as well and it's too bad today's kids will never experience what we did!
68 model here, from Norway. Recognizing a lot of what we see in your videos. Much of it is a blueprint of how my life were here in northern Scandinavia in the 80s😀
As Bryan Adams put it: Those were the best days of my life...
❤❤❤
This is wonderful work.
51 year old small town kid from Australia can confirm.
We were on the other side of the world but pretty much every point on the list still checks out.
This could be footage of me and my friends during our early 80s metal years.
We also had new romantics, break dancing and surfer phases but those are stories for another day.
To all the guys and gals that grew up in the 80s and 90s, we’ve come a long way in technology. But I’d bet most of us would trade it all in for a chance to relive those amazing days of sun and friend back then.
100% yes. And I thought there was NO WAY I would ever miss the 80s. Lol. It seemed like the cringiest decade to me in the 90s. Lol.
I know I would
Yes! But also know we have that choice today. Don't buy an iPhone, don't use subscription streaming services, only check your email 2 times a day at certain time intervals, get a landline (almost free with some packages)... I could go on and on here...
@@Physics_Dude 2 times a day? Try 2 times a week. And by next week happily forget email was even a thing.
@@Physics_DudeI completely agree. I do own a cell phone, but use it minimally. I turn all notifications off. I don't use social media much. I still use a wall calendar and a paper planner. My phone is in another room when I sleep and I have an old fashioned alarm clock. I refuse to buy a smart TV, own no ROKU or anything like that, and regularly buy DVDs and Blue Rays. I read an actual book most nights in bed before I go to sleep. Yes, we do have a choice. We can decrease our dependence on the virtual world and live in the real world, which is so much more wonderful😊
51 yrs old from Ireland and we lived like this in the 80s.💚 Bikes, forts and Free House as we called it when the parents were gone were always great fun.. What a time to be Alive
man I wish I lived in the 80s as you.
As someone who works in the film industry, mostly in the art department I can tell you that Production Designers and Art Directors are doing research from their own photos and video (if they were alive back in those days) and from other films, books, magazines, internet videos, etc... Maybe the art department did come across some of your vids but I can tell you that the bedroom radio is easily available and can be rented at various prop rental houses or even found in thrift stores because they stood the test of time. Much of the evidence that you have presented sounds similar to things the Duffers, and the other Writers in the writer's room, probably grew up doing. Listening to Motley Crue or any other popular band at house parties (somewhere they had to get the music rights to even play that song in that episode) Riding bikes, smoking pot at some secret hang-out, and exploring abandoned buildings, warehouses, and any other weird building in their cities, towns, or small towns.
Now the Eddie Munson Character, that one I can't honestly say that it wasn't directly ripped off. When a character is designed for a show or tv the Director or Directors see every aspect of that character. Now sometimes it's Wardrobe, Hair, and Makeup that present the directors with different ideas but for the costume designer of that season, Amy Parris (who had previously worked as a costumer for another 80s period project THE TO DO LIST) to try and find inspiration online by typing into youtube 1980s rocker kid and finding your video of your friend is possible but coincidently the department Head of hair Sarah Hindsgual also give him a wig that matched your friend? That means that the Props department also too coincidently gave him a similar guitar? I don't think so. All signs point to the Duffer Brothers secretly being fans of yours, they probably showed each department your video or pulled a still of your friend and said this is Eddie Munson. And the departments took that and ran with it. He just matches up too closely to Eddie. Honestly, I hope the Duffers or whoever is involved that get inspiration or pulls directly from you gives you a shout. What if in the next season, there's a character named Glen Benders or something close to your name and he's a camera dude? That would be great.
That would be awesome! Thanks for taking the time to comment. As I said in the video, these are all similarities that people have pointed out to me, not that I came up with. It's interesting that the feedback I'm getting from people who have knowledge of the industry are like "It's definitely possible" while random schmucks that know nothing are telling me I'm an egomaniac for even suggesting this possibility!
Like I said in the vid, I'm not convinced but there are some eerie similarities! 🤘🤘
@@LenEnders Yeah, you kind of sound egomaniac for suggesting it. You've only been on youtube since 2014 and really have almost no followers so you're not important to Hollywood, sorry to tell you that. Stranger Things aired in 2016 and EVERYONE knows that film productions are done at least 2 years (often 3 or 4) prior to release dates. EVERYONE experienced the 80s and EVERYONE in the US dressed like that in the 80s and very early 90s. You in your personal video did because IT WAS FASHION. So why can't everyone else have dressed that way because it was fashion? You really do sound like your ego took over. That style of clothing was NOT specific to you and your pals. You're going to have accept that.
The Duffer brothers were 6 years old when the 80s ended, so I doubt they would have grown up doing many, if any, of the things in Len's videos, nor would they have any clear memories of those things happening around them.
I have to disagree about Eddie Munson just because that is A Look since the 80s. Go to any heavy metal festival today and you’ll see dozens of guys with vests like that and hair like that.
are they even generation x ?
the filmmakers aren't
lol
I was 16 in 1989 and Legit this is exactly our growing up life in the 80s right down to the forts and abandoned areas and I’m in Australia. Love this nostalgic video!
It's amazing how all western countries were so similar back then. I've noticed all western countries had a GREAT time in the 80s and all communist nations had a very rough time. The USSR and Eastern bloc were well into a decline that lead to their collapse by the 80s.
As an 80s kid this was so fun. I grew up in New Zealand - but that 80s culture was just the same here. Glad this came up in my CZcams feed. Nice work mate - and great you published your 80s VHS vids. Cheers, Cam from NZ :)
So glad u found me!!!!
Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s this video is spot on. Nicely done! I can relate to every single thing you cover in this and all the other videos on your channel. Thank you for recording your childhood. Watching brings back so many memories for me. Signed, a fellow rocker kid now in his 50's 🙂
This is such a playful (and well made) video. Thanks Len! There are more similarities than differences for sure, though I don’t remember bike lights being a thing until the late 90’s, for what it’s worth.
Yeah and I think the only reason bike lights became a thing after that is because the law suddenly started going after people for not using them in a lot of places.
They had these headlights for sale at the Montgomery Ward but it would be for total doofus bikes like PeeWee Herman MAN!... it's like a generator that turns by rubbing a wheel on the rim. No respectable Mongoose, GT ProPerformer, Haro Torker 2 or Schwinn Predator would be caught dead with this!
Your videos, presentation, editing and commentary put me back in 1983, on my Schwinn Scrambler, in my underground fort, running through the vacant field behind the house (which I accidentally set ablaze), skateboarding on our culdesac, listening to tapes on my Toshiba boombox.....frankly brings tears of joy so thank you once again
Len you were such ahead of the game , the nostalgia you bring back to us all and the blast from the past is so humbling 💋
Entertainment was limited in the 80s/90s.
We only had TV and cassettes. But the limitation made us more focused to enjoy the entertainment.
I'd say entertainment was LESS limited. We created our own entertainment instead of being told how to be entertained.
Right? Watched movies over and over again. Not even bored over it
All new toy brands? All new cartoons? Nintendo? Sorry you only had a TV and a boom box you missed A LOT
TV, CASSETTES, RECORDS, VIDEO GAMES, MOVIE THEATERS, GOING TO THE MALL, BIKE RIDING, OUTDOOR GAMES,
HOUSE PARTIES, COMIC BOOKS, SATURDAY CARTOONS, GOING TO RECORD MUSIC STORES, BUILDING TREE HOUSES,
BUILDING CLUB HOUSES, CATCHING INSECTS IN BOTTLES AND JARS, PLAYING FOOTBALL, PLAYING BASEBALL.,
PLAYING BASKETBALL , PLAYING SKELLY, SKATE BOARDING , BUILDING & RIDING GO-KARTS, DIFFERENT KIND OFTOYS,
in the very least the producer's research alone would have led them across your videos so yeah dude you've had total influence especially after watching this 😅
well put together
💯
@@AndreaEvansTribute Not everyone is religious.?! Souls,None is called to become religious, cause all are called to back into reality, through repentance and new birth.
That`s good news. And nor am i religious, nor was i ever religious. And nor do i follow or believe in a religion.
All religions are masons made up stories, just to keep mankind confused and busy believing all kinds of nonsenses, the most is known, that into heaven goes many ways, That is masons lie. Masons build up many ways into heaven, which are all known as religions. Search about them, for they are your enemies, they steal - destroy - kill.
Masons = children of devil.
John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Only through the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD, CHRIST - can we go into heaven.
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
But there is few buts:
Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
That verse sifts out the lukewarm christians, who proudly scream out and letting others know they believe, yet they do not do so in their hearts.
Christians = saved souls, who go and sins no more and until their deaths or the returning of CHRIST, are all doing daily the will of GOD:
KEEP
PREACH
WATCH
EXPOSE
+ being daily in a battle agents his own flesh.
For every Christian must walk after the SPIRIT and not after the flesh:
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Romans 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For no Christian are called to just believe but to be also a doer of THE WORD :James 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
These are the 2 buts.
Again i say, it is good news that you, dear soul, are not religious.
And if we`d be to take a Christianity as a religion, then no soul be saved for real and Christ either died in vain or not at all -- that is a lie, stating that Christianity is a religion and not a reality is a lie.
For it is a fact that no religion saves.
Christianity do saves, for no soul becomes a Christian, until he have gotten saved, called upon the name of the lord, which proofed the needed faith to be there.
Good stuff bro. Doesn't surprise me. There's not a whole lot of footage out there like yours. Not many teenagers in the 80s had the idea to document and film everything. I'm sure many people find your channel inspirational. I know I do! Keep rockin Len!
I'm a cartoonist and in the early 90s, I drew a fat cat for a comedy club (called the Fat Cat Comedy Club, natch 😅). At the time I was living in way south SoCal in San Bernadino.
Months later, an animated cartoon comes out (that I'd never seen before or heard of) called "Eek the Cat". What did my cat look like? Look up Eek. Identical.
In the mid-90s my brother, who lived and worked in Hollywood, wrote a screenplay based on the Herman Melville short story, "Bartleby the Scrivener". My brother named his character "Corkleby". He hadn't even mentioned to anyone he was writing it, but when my brother heard someone had beat him to it -- "Bartleby" had already been filmed by someone else -- he abandoned it.
Weird thing is, it was a rather obscure old story from a long-dead writer. And yet someone else decided to make a movie out of it, too. Weirder still: years later I would move to San Francisco and date a guy who was an actor in "Bartleby", lol!
I think stuff just gets out there into the aether; ideas and thoughts floating around on the same wavelength; somethings bound to attract others...
This was a great video. I really enjoyed it.
Thanks! 👍😊
What a coincidence, meow 🙋♂️🤷😸😺😺
Then lawyers get involved and boom, someone has an intellectual property case, possibly.
@Starry_Night_Sky7455 Oh yeah, happens all the time in H-wood...
*Nothing* is original; everything is derivative, but try telling that to them, lol
@@mrkitty777 😼😼
@@hamsterdiving7593 😸
53yo here. I think Stranger Things did an awesome job of recreating life in the 80s - it was amazing for me to see it brought back to life so vividly... My friends and I used to walk the railroad tracks a lot as our "third space" away from family... and we had an abandoned sanitorium nearby (Hickory Grove Sanitorium in DePere, Wi) where we used to explore and hang out at night before we could get into bars... it was a whole different world back then!
I was born in 1975 and grew up in the 80s so seeing all this footage is a time machine for me! My older brother was your age Len so I looked up to him and he introduced me to Iron Maiden, Ozzy and Van Halen to to name a few metal bands from those times. It's great that you filmed all through these years and preserved all this footage. This is the best thing someone can ever do to preserve time. Great job!
I was born in 80.looked up to all the dudes that looked like this. I even did for a bit. Still a metal head and still loves the 80s and 90s. Awesome video
This is such an awesome premise and analysis ✊
Thanks Tay!!
@@LenEnders .. Wow.. Dude that's cool! .. Tayzonday .. Saw CR when it had 1M views
omg why am I seeing you everywhere these days? and I'm not mad about it, miss you.
spot on 78 to 88 about rt. they nailed my life too
maybe a little for sure. they got inspiration from i
I miss the late 80s early 90s. Brings backs so many memories of my childhood. Thanks for your videos Len. I think the series did run across your videos and get ideas from them. Pretty damn close in my opinion.
crazy how similar 80s life was for kids as it was for my child hood in the late 90s and early 2000s. I was totally a latch key kid who would ride around on bikes with a gang of hoodlums, build forts in the woods, and hang at the mall. Also! my parents listening in on my convos on the other line lol
Man i just happened to come across this video. Its so awesome that you recorded all your history from the 80s growing up. I remember all these things and so much more when i was growing up. The 80s were definitely the best time to grow up. Very nostalgic, thank you
Super pumped u found me!
Len, I have been watching your videos for the past few days. These bring so much joy and nostalgia. I am glad you have put all this out there.
Never watched Strangers Things, but I'm convinced they used your videos for inspo. 80s where an amazing time, glad I was a kid then, lots of similarities.
They did 100% The Duffers were not old enough to remember the 80's. So they had to copy someone ?
That's sad you never got to experience Stranger Things 😢
Literally EVERYONE in the world went through the 1980s, and 90% of the people in the US dressed EXACTLY like that. It's an 80s stereotype for a reason.
That’s what Hollywood thief’s do all the time…ask how James Cameron stole many ideas for his biggest movies…
Artists steal ideas from people all the time - it's absolutely nothing new....so don't have a go at James Cameron please!!....
This is awesome - thanks for sharing your old footage! It’s amazing how well the show nailed the feeling of that era
Your videos are awesome. Wouldn't surprise me AT ALL if your videos were among their research and inspiration. My friends and I were the exact age of the stranger things boys. We played D&D, rode bikes everywhere, had walkie talkies, mom named Karen, even exact matches on lamps and other decor in the movies. These guys really did their homework and nailed the 80s.
I read somewhere that Joseph Quinn the actor who played Eddie more or less picked his look, from the hairstyle to the clothes. Its entirely possible he saw your video when researching for the role.
This was put together really well man. Thxx
Graduated in '87 in the suburbs of Dallas, TX and your videos are a BEYOND accurate representation of those days. I love watching them!! Spot on with Stranger Things. Zero doubt here. Way too many similarities.
Your narration is impeccable,man. And all of this brings back so many memories.
Wow. Nice job being a kid in the 80's and documenting what life was like. They may have been studying your stuff.
Wow! Just found your channel, I love your content!! Also @ 10:31 the girl looks just like Robin from stranger things! Keep up the great content!
Wow! This channel is a trip. 100% accurate. I even had that same stereo. I don't watch TV so I don't know about the show, but the home videos are literally my memories.
I turned 15 in 1989 & I’m surprised at how many similarities between your town & mine, especially with regards to the woods, trails, hangout places, activities, friends, house parties, etc. Your video unearthed so many fond memories. Thank you!
Love your channel. I really enjoy how you didn't just dump some old home videos onto CZcams, but instead you've built content around them. Super fun. Cheers from right down the road in PA!
PA in the house!!! Thank u my friend! 🙂
Duuuuuude awesome episode. I'm not caught up with Strangers Things yet and i havent watched all your video's so I can't give my 2 cents on comparing. But this is really exciting. Sooooo freaking cooooooool
Perfectly edited down to the final WTF…!? I can’t believe this is the first I’ve seen of you. I love Stranger Things for the nostalgia. I can’t wait to pour over your videos! Thank you for being “that kid with the camera” back then! ❤❤
Thank you! So glad you found my channel!!!
This is so legit!💯💯💯
My oldest brother and sister are 80s kids.. going into the 90s I still have a memory of the last two of 80s.. and the adjustments people made.
I’ve been binging your channel all last night, I’m so happy I ran into it! You truly are an OG Metalhead. I’m 40 now and love the exact same bands, especially Iron Maiden. Looking back at this era through the eyes of other people is comforting in a way, like confirming we lived through the same things.
A Wiseman once said....."Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery" Great video Len, wish you posted more often as a trip to the glory days is always time well spent.
A wise man also said that forgiveness is divine…but never pay full price for late pizza.
I have just started watching the show and am on Season 3. My daughter kept bugging me to watch it and said it would give me complete nostalgia. Well Season 1 and 2 didn’t really give me that but Season 3 is definitely giving me those feelings. God I miss those simpler times 🥹
Yeah, especially when they went into the mall... holy crap... our local big mall was demo'd about 15 years ago after a death spiral. When I saw the scene taking Eleven to get clothes I literally cried... especially when thinking my niece and nephew would never know what it used to be like for us!
cool content bro! been looking for more 80's a day in the life type stuff so i subbed!
Honestly wouldn't be surprised if they not only saw a bit for inspo, but that they passed them out as homework to the entire art dept team and demanded they absorb every element. Not just your stuff though, anything they could get hold of. S1 was so good at setting the 1980s vibe that they had to have been obsessed with it. I had trouble getting through it! Kinda freaked me out how real it felt; I was born in 74 and I still miss it. Anyway fun video, and thank you for having the foresight all the way back then to make (and preserve) a record of the best decade ever. 🙏🌟
This analysis was outstanding. As a metalhead who also grew up in the 1980’s many of us had the denim and leather look so there’s a good chance someone in the ST orbit knew someone with that look. All in all this was fantastic. Thanks dude.
Dude, that is defiantly a coincidence especially Eddie's strong resemblance to your old friend. Granted many of us metal heads dressed like that back then but there is no denying they used him to build the character off of on top of Billy and the car as well. Thanks for sharing, always wished I had recorded my friends and I back then as well, such great times for sure!
The fact people are actually taking this to heart and seriously is amazing 😂😂 love your videos Len! Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It’s very much interesting and I love to see your old videos it’s awesome
They should put you in the next season as a thank you for your documentation from your youth. The similarities are too close.
He didn't even upload his 80s videos until a year after stranger things came out this is deception at its finest!
Most of these coincidences were very common things during that time - Someone who also was a teenager in the 80s.
Of course they did! Your videos are the best source material available!
You remind me of my cousin back in the 80's. your videos are like gold keep them protected!
I do really enjoy your 80's videos. They bring back so many great memories!
You have to be ignorant to not think that EVERY ONE of us dressed like that in the 80's. Your videos are exactly what the 80's were like for thousands and thousands of people....no different than tons of other home videos we all have stashed in an attic.
Omg - @10:31 and @10:37, that 80s grocery store girl is a dead ringer for Maya Hawke, especially in justiposition with the ST Starcourt Mall clip in the seconds before. So STRANGE...
YES I WAS SHOOK.
Len, you and your friends are the 'CZcams Time Machine'. Awesome breakdown! My friends and I laughed out loud when we watched the first episode/season of Stranger Things - strange on how everything looked so spot on and incredibly nostalgic.
Oh boy!! This was absolutely fantastic! I would say there is a very strong case here! I started watching your video in the last couple years as they took me back to those wonderful days. Thanks Len!! 🤘🎶
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Lol love this video Len! As a Hadlock and Port Townsend native it's always nostalgic to see your vids. I have never watched ST but I did live and work in Hollywood for 10 years and I would not doubt for a second that producers and set designers etc. have used your vids for inspo. They are gold!
I'm so glad u liked it!!! ❤❤
Seriously though, half my graduating class were "Eddie Munson", LOL. I mean that style was the prequel to the "Slim Shady" effect. It was what was popular and available AND it was what was good. That ending tho, LOL! Awesome video yo! :)
It's really cool that that style was so common at the time
@@theYuGiOhseasonzeroguy It was good! :)
@@peehandshihtzu I'm sort of trying to imitate it now, as a gen Z, but I'm sure it's not the same thing
@@theYuGiOhseasonzeroguy If you add a black leather Fedora it is like boss mode. The key elements to this style are a rock T shirt, long hair, Levi's jeans (hopefully red tag 501's, blue or black), the Levi's vest (red tag) with patches and pins and Nike high tops. Bonus to lace your Nikes with the wide 'break dance" shoelaces that were popular during the same era. Black and white Nikes were available and popular at the time and for some the OG red and white Air Jordan's were the bomb.
You can also do the denim in acid wash but blue or black are OG. Rings, necklaces and bandannas add a lot to the look, you'll definitely want a chain wallet and a left ear piercing.
You can go for the Grunge era transition simply by adding a red or blue flannel under the vest. Either button the top button only or no buttons at all. Last thing I almost forgot, black leather fingerless gloves were the thing and a few leather studded or spiked bracelets went a long way too.
It was a very versatile and functional wardrobe. Possibly one of the 4 most iconic "rocker" looks of that era. The other looks were the Spandex and hairspray look, the all blue jeans and the black leather and spikes fit. I personally rocked all of the except the spandex one, those guys were "posers", LOL. Rock it my Zuma friend. :)
Your channel is amazing Len! I grew up as a 90s kid and a 00s teen, i can kinda relate to your videos, tho not much, but i love it still
Wow! This was an amazing video! I grew up in this era and there were many types of people dressing in the metalhead style. I knew some Eddie Munson's and Billy's for sure. But, the small details in your videos are definitely very close to Stranger Things.
The 80’s were the best, regardless what kids have nowadays. 🤘
100%. LIke Len i was 8 when the 80s started and 18 when they ended...best decade ever.
Yes they were I miss the 80s
We had the BEST toys
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My friends yard looked just like the overgrown car graveyard. Their lot was narrow and very long, as a kid it seemed never ending. There was even an old rusty bus way in the back. It was so fun exploring it back then. Now I realize due to the state of their house and yard that they were major hoarders lol.
This was so awesome. I'm glad you put it out there on CZcams. Thanks, brother, I loved it❤
Your videos are so cool! I feel like things didn't change much in the early 90s, this gives me a lot of nostalgia.
Len, I grew up in the 80s too. Best time in history for sure! Your vids always bring me back to being a metalhead and the best times in my life...Thanks Dude!
P.S. CALL A LAWYER
I seriously dig your channel. I just subscribed ❤
This is fun. I love this video so much. Love the parallels, love the light hearted nature and playful banter. Love it all.
I'd love to go back!
When I binge watched Stranger Things, I thought they did a fantastic job! It kinda brought me back to the 80's. You don't realize what you have until it's gone.
AWESOME Video, Sir!!
Thank you so much for the trip back to the best of times!
It’s very possible that they used some of your videos as apart of the research. As for the characters like Billy and Eddie, I’m sure there were a lot of guys in the 80s who looked just like them. My mom grew up in the 80s and she said Billy looked exactly like the metalhead dudes she remembers in her hometown. Similar to how there are trends and subcultures now that can be identified by the same kind of dress, hairstyles, and music taste; the same can be said for the 80s.
EVERYONE in the 80s dressed like this. It was THE fashion trend. I was born in 83, and that trend didn't stop till about 91, and didn't really disappear until about 93 when those options just weren't in stores anymore.
I dated both Eddie and Billy 😂
I'm so glad to hear you say that you do not think they ripped anything specifically from you, or any character was "taken" from your Rad videos. The fact is, every small town during that time period, had all the same characters. In my town, Eddie was a guy named Ray. Exact BC Rich Guitar, same denim jacket, same exact finger rings, same exact hair! We had an abandoned dairy and cheese factory. We all had house parties with Motley Crue cranked up!
That's exactly why so many of us from our generation love your videos! It's like we all lived it, but you had the foresight to record all! Watching your videos is like tapping into my own memories in so many ways!
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Dude! Just discovered your channel! I grew up in the late 80s/early 90s and this channel makes me remember those days. Damn! How I miss my crew!
Super stoked you found my vidz!! 🤘🤘
It's amazing that you have your own video footage to back up all the informations :D
I think the things you captured on video are awesome, but we all did that, looked like that, and did that. It was fairly universal.
There weren’t thousands of options from Amazon for every item. That’s why we all have fond memories of the basic same toys, etc.
You better be prepared to take them to court I’d get paid for life with this 😂
He just needs a Jewish lawyer
If you need a lot of money, I give you permission to take them out and gain what they have. Don’t worry, you’ll still go to Heaven
The Duffer Brothers have ‘been to court,’ with Netflix by their side, at least six times since the series first aired.
In every case, they were accused of plagiarism.
And keep in mind, these were just the high-profile cases that actually ‘made it to court,’ so to speak; meaning that both sides filed PUBLIC DOMAIN/ accessible cases/affidavits/arguments. However, they have all ended with the duffer brothers, and Netflix, settling out of court, before any kind of actual trial can take place.
When that happens, both sides sign nondisclosure agreements, so…
We’ll never know how much they’ve paid out in order to shut people up.
The entire premise for the series/‘Series Bible’ of the series, has clearly been proven, through court documents, to have been stolen from others.
The premise itself is just based upon CIA declassified MK Vltra Documents, documents from the government’s remote-viewing programs in the 70s and 80s, and the semi-fictional Montauk conspiracy (which has been around since the 90s.)
I could go on for a long time, sadly. However, the point being;
Yes, the duffer brothers, or someone on their team, definitely ‘plagiarized’ your material to some degree.
As I have established, they have a long history of it. It’s gotten so bad, and so silly at this point, that two years ago, they had to start calling all of their plagiarism, “Homages.”
Should you sue them? Why the fvck not?
After all, Netflix has deep pockets, and they never fight plagiarism claims in open court for the public to see, so you’re guaranteed some money.
However…Do you deserve money? That’s an entirely different story. Posting your personal home videos onto a public platform, and then expecting money if someone is inspired by the contents, well, we all know you never expected to make a real buck off of this.
So why cause trouble?
mf gonna delay the final season fuck that shit
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I turn 59 in June and being a few years older then you I agree they did a very good job of capturing the 80's feel even the early 80's . Well done dude !!
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Dude!!! Your videos have gotten so well made! There is no doubt in my mind they watched your videos for inspiration. And how can you blame em? They are awesome!! Love ya dude !🤘🏻
I went to a local museum and they had like, a 70s and 80s display. It was like my old couch and i sat on it and kinda felt like i was visiting myself as a kid. 80s was way different than now and i want to go back.
Thanks for your videos they feel like I'm there as I was only a few yeara younger than you.
Actually johnny depp and 21 jump street filmed at my old high school in burnaby near vancouver in 87/88/89 and stranger things is filmed near me too
I may not look very old, but I was a kid in the 1980s and I remember alot of this stuff! Fun times!!!!!
I even lived in the 80s and your video make me feel so much nostalgia that I'm watching this again, and again.
Discovery you channel with this video and now I'm devouring the content. Just great!
Awesome!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 You ROCK!!!
Hey Len Enders! Fantastic video! 🎥 Really enjoyed the trip down memory lane with your 1980s home videos. As a fellow '80s kid (born in '83), your footage brought back some nostalgic vibes. The way you've pieced together the essence of that era is both impressive and entertaining.
Growing up, my perception of the '80s was largely shaped by iconic movies like The Breakfast Club, E.T., Back To The Future, The Outsiders, and The Lost Boys. It's interesting to think about how those cinematic portrayals may have influenced the Duffer brothers, especially since they were born in '84. If they did draw inspiration from your videos, it would be awesome to see them acknowledge your contribution.
The '80s and '90s truly were special times, filled with bike rides, building forts, and unforgettable moments with friends. Nostalgia hits hard, and your videos capture that essence beautifully. Here's to the good ol' days! 🚴♂🏰
Thanks for this comment! Really glad you got the true spirit I intended in this video!!
Don't forget as a male teenager you always turn to that one scrambled cable channel hoping to see something ...
I’m a year younger than Len, and I grew up in a small town in Louisiana.This is exactly how it was. We built a fort at the bottom shore of a bayou, we road bikes all day. I worked at the grocery store when I was 16, and we shut down at 8pm. I’m assuming the writers of Stranger Things grew up in the 80’s. It was a great time and this is an awesome video.
I used to have a lot of very similar looking videos to the ones you have but they have long since been lost, degraded or taped over. I loved seeing that we had some overlapping archetypes in our youths. Instead of the abandoned army base, we had the underground drainage system. You had forest forts, we had our desert foxholes. we even had our own rock formation which has more recently been referred to as "Bishop/Monk Rock" although we were a lot less imaginative in our naming of the place.
It's good to see the look of a house party is pretty universal, Crue and all!
loveeee this video lmaooooo 😁😁 also love your hometapes videos
Hey, good job recording these videos so TV producers in the future could use it as reference material. Everyone knows the 80's kick ass.
Your home videos are great Len! Comparing the show with real 80s life was a fun watch!👍
Hey Len! I love the the 80's flashbacks I graduated in '90. As for bike headlights no way! Every bike my brother or I got the first thing you did was remove all reflectors lol! Keep posting the great videos so we can keep remembering our teenage years!
Bro they brought your childhood to the big screen. efinitely felt like they did your childhood justice. If i was you i wouldve been watching stranger thing jaw dropped around every scene.