After a year of impatiently waiting,Stranger Thingsseason 2 has finally arrived on Netflix. Many fans are planning to binge the entire new season (if they haven’t already) as part of their Halloween weekend. And now that the new season of the hit sci-fi series has arrived, it’s time for theparodiesto begin. Surprisingly, one of the first to come along is theSesame Streetparody ofStranger Thingsseason 2, officially titledSharing Things.
The full parody hasn’t yet been released, but a preview of the upcoming special has been released online.Sesame Streetis, and always has been, a kid’s show. Not to say that kids don’t watchStranger Things, but they’re definitely targeting different audiences. So thisSesame Street parodyis a bit odd in that sense, though they did a pretty wickedGame of Thrones spoofnot that long ago. However, the preview video alone makes it look like this is really going to work and could be enjoyable for kids and adult viewers alike. After all, you’re going to need something else to watch after you finish yourStranger Things 2binge this weekend. Those 9 episodes are going to breeze right by.
Sesame Streetdoes seem to have put the right pieces in place forSharing Things, which is going to arrive on Thanksgiving. The clip features Oscar the Grouch, who claims that he has all of the “trashy” spoilers forStranger Thingsseason 2, which is pretty on the nose. The video then introduces theSesame Streetversion of the main characters from the Netflix series. Fan favorites Ernie and Grover are portraying Dustin and Lucas, with a couple of other unidentified muppets taking on the roles of Will and Mike. Even if you’re not totally on board, Grover as Lucas is pretty great.
This video pulls pretty much everything from footage ofStranger Thingsseason 2 that was released in promos prior to Netflix dropping the second season. So you don’t have to worry aboutSesame Street, of all things, spoiling any of the show for you. What’s perhaps most surprising, considering thatSesame Street, as previously stated, is a kid’s show, is that they included their own version of the absolutely terrifying Shadow Monster. Let’s just hope thisparody doesn’t include a version of Barb. We wouldn’t want to scar any unsuspecting kids or anything like that.
If nothing else, this video proves just how much of apop culture phenomenonthatStranger Thingshas become. The fact thatSesame Streetis getting in on the action is pretty telling. There’s no specific date revealed for the full release ofSharing Things, but it does say “Thanksgiving” in the video, so if it’s not on the actual holiday, it should be coming right around that time. Be sure to check out theSesame Streetparody ofStranger Thingsseason 2, courtesy of theSesame Street Twitter, for yourself below.
