Hey, before you go any further, you should know that this podcast goes so deep into the Stranger Things Universe that even our trailer has season 3 spoilers. Consider yourself warned.

Earth, America, America, Hawkins, a growing patriotic community

and a shining example of the American dream.

Today, Hawkins is taking another step into the future with the brand new Star Court Mall.

I love the mall. It's so cool. I remember the first time I stepped on that set I was just in awe.

It was like traveling back in time.

Sadie Sink, the actress who plays Max, she may not have been around in the 80s, but I was.

And I can't confirm that this season of Stranger Things goes all out.

I mean all my hopes and dreams were lots of perms.

And there were Ratales and Jerry Jerry Curls, and feathered bangs.

From the hair department to the writer's room, everyone was dripping in 1985, jazzercise sweat.

You know, we spent hours talking about what the stores would be and what the anchor stores would be and

Somebody would say Sam Goody and everybody would throw their arms up and triumph and tell seven Sam Goody stories.

And it all came together in the Star Court Mall.

The Stranger Things crew, they actually took one wing of a basically defunct mall in Duluth, Georgia

and resurrected it to its

1980s glory.

When we finally got the mall delivered, everybody got there,

everybody showed up.

I remember going to my car, sitting in the parking lot and

literally almost crying. I'm Dan Tibersky. I'm a filmmaker,

the director, a podcaster, a 1980s kid and a big fan of stranger things. On this podcast we are pulling back that curtain

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