Stranger Things Pitch Meeting

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Ever wonder how Netflix’s hit show Stranger Things got its start? What’s the deal with Eleven loving waffles so much, or Barb getting absolutely recked by a Demogorgon? Why was Will kept alive but she wasn’t? Does Mike have a thing for powerful women? Step inside the pitch meeting that started it all!
In the small town of Hawkins Indiana, a lot of strange things are happening. Like, very strange things. Follow the adventures of a bunch of kids trying to find their friend Will who disappeared into the mysterious realm known as the Upside Down. Also watch as Eggos become a cultural phenomenon for the first time in over 2 decades, thanks to a superpowered girl named Eleven. Netflix, you've done it again!
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[@ericw712]

“She gets nosebleeds when she uses her brain too hard.” “Oh, samesies!”

[@munstrumridcully]

Charlie's dad in Fire-starter did that too

[@Victoryismine52]

I came here to leave this same comment

[@eldani8095]

@@Victoryismine52 me too. Now I feel empty inside...it- it just seems like nothing really makes sense anymore... Everything has been done before...EVERYTHING!! There is nothing new in this world, it´s all old and dry and done for... nothingness, pure nothingness...no purpose...the void...

[@willywonka4690]

@@eldani8095 In all sincerity, do you need a friend? You just seemed genuinely sad.....and not everything's been done before....we just need to keep dreaming☺

[@samsulh314]

Whoopsies!

[@nabbott24679]

I just realized that the producer says his nose bleeds when he thinks too hard, and in the Tenet pitch meeting his nose starts bleeding! That's great continuity!

[@DeRockMedia]

rad, i didnt notice that till now

[@cavemanlovesmoke4394]

💀

[@scribble7492]

Oh continuity is tight!

[@tinygod81]

@@scribble7492 Continuity is also super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@bait5257]

Tight

[@RageUnchained]

"It's because they gave me a shipping container full of cash and waffles" the true American dream

[@ebolachan3451]

"and a barrel full of maple syrup I almost drowned in" truly the dream

[@LegoCommanderCody]

Buying waffles is *Tight*

[@gameragersboysofcr1624]

All realize waffles are of French and Belgium origins?

[@IamCree]

It was the maple syrup that got me

[@BorhnN]

One step closer to buying Canada I guess.

[@missiontobeaman3111]

Stranger Things is the most elaborate Ego waffles commercial I’ve ever seen

[@the_rachel_sam]

I was just thinking about how I wanted waffles and now I hate it.

[@siler7]

You can't spell "Eggo"?

[@stupidskitz9915]

siler7 you can’t ignore one simple spelling mistake?

[@poisonedyoyo]

Code Geass is a giant Pizza Hut commercial.

[@matthewlunn8238]

They’re called eggos

[@serre]

If only I could go through life with half of the producer’s enthusiasm.

[@heedmywarning2792]

cocaine helps

[@morningstar9233]

You should see me at my job, I can fake that kind of enthusiasm so well I start to believe it myself.

[@definitiveentertainment1658]

That would be TITE!

[@deathhzrd]

Enthusiasm is tight

[@ucfknight07]

Super easy...barely an inconvenience!

[@ayandak47]

Weird how their shaving schedules are on the same day.

[@TheDylanRomero69]

kopano gatsha Nope It's not Weird at all!.It is "Super Easy Barely an Inconvenience!"

[@squattingheads]

No, cant you see? One wears glasses, the other not

[@tobiasbenedictdrager965]

The one with glasses says that something is #SuperEasyBarelyAnInconvenience and the other one says that something is tight.

[@Shloomy_Shloms]

Synchronized shaving is tight

[@naptimegaming1347]

Most men shave every day.

[@deinVater9983]

"Sometimes I just lie confidently" That's basically me most of the time

[@TechnologicallyTechnical]

Become an entrepreneur

[@andrewm6244]

And every Hollywood Capitalist ever

[@siler7]

Samesies! That's how I got my fleet of ninja helicopters.

[@marthlink5015]

I swore he was going to make a maple syrup joke but oh well XD

[@humain1025]

I left 666th like!!!!!😂

[@janbaltes2863]

You sir, you perfected the: "I don't know"

[@ColdHawk]

Oh, perfecting that was super easy - barely an inconvenience!

[@rvantong]

Perfecting "I don't know" is tight!

[@sirunbekannt5653]

666 likes 😈😈😈😈😈

[@jeffrenjr]

@@sirunbekannt5653 665

[@sirunbekannt5653]

Jeff Ren not anymore

[@Alias_Anybody]

"So the Upside down is Canada" Completely priceless. You really set a new milestone with that joke.

[@xanderm6090]

At night when nobody drives around, it really does look like the Upside Down over here.

[@s.h.7751]

I paused the video to find this comment. Best joke ever.

[@YourFunkiness]

Covered in a sticky liquid. I'm assuming that refers to maple syrup.

[@God_Help_Us_AII]

YEAH YEAH YEAH

[@wbtvwtbwtbwfbabta]

What's Canada?

[@summyweewoo4148]

ryan without the beard looks so young, so innocent. this alternate ryan never watched cats

[@stevepd1]

Young, never innocent.

[@JS-rv3et]

what is cats?

[@nateworthy530]

Whoops!

[@aquaclouds4354]

Literally didnt notice he didnt have a beard till now

[@nateworthy530]

@@JS-rv3et Google james Corden cats ( I don't know how to spell his name and don't care enough to look it up)

[@BentonRox]

"How come it kills Barb and not Will?" "I dont know!" "Fair enough."

[@nicholasmedich7493]

Will had a gun!

[@valeriecooper1558]

Every time "Fair enough" is said, I hear "Fairy-Nuff" for some reason.

[@valeriecooper1558]

@C J Must be lol. XD

[@ItsAsparageese]

My tiny nitpick: Will was bleeding when it found him IIRC, he had fallen on his bike and scraped his knee I think

[@ctcomics8293]

Will didn’t have enough meat

[@dhruvgirgenti8268]

It’s actually pretty wholesome how Producer Guy pays attention and knows so much about Screenwriter Guy’s personal life

[@jamesrimes2870]

You can do Alita pitch meeting. You wouldn’t even have to enlarge her eyes👀

[@sam8404]

He could shrink her eyes.

[@MaquenaHere]

@@sam8404 lmao

[@robertherd9921]

Extra-extra-large eyes

[@cameronjameson2878]

I'm gonna need you to get aaaalll the way off his back about that

[@kaim8466]

Hela: how was it destroying half the universe Thanos: super easy barely an inconvenience

[@Patient_Zero_0]

really was...just one snap

[@thisismyname3928]

Yeah, you're on the wrong video, douchebag.

[@Patient_Zero_0]

@@thisismyname3928 why so mean

[@thisismyname3928]

@@Patient_Zero_0 Why so gay?

[@mimah1015]

Ha! He's lying!!

[@Novasky2007]

This episode was brought to you by the Canadian tourism board. Come to Canada. We have Goo everywhere. Goo is Tight.

[@onkelpappkov2666]

It must be impossible keeping a polite friendliness and welcoming attitude up in such a harsh environment.

[@KevinKnutson]

@@onkelpappkov2666 actually it's super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@platonicbuu7454]

Isn't traveling around with all the goo super difficult?

[@Novasky2007]

@@platonicbuu7454 nah its super sticky barely an inconvenience

[@theunbeatable728]

@@onkelpappkov2666 do you know In india we use term goo to represent poop

[@coffeeaddict9605]

As a Canadian I can confirm the country is covered in goo.

[@PawsleyDirt]

...called maple syrup?

[@crybabygacha1669]

eek not lying

[@thurin84]

being covered in goo is....no. no. nope. i cant say it.

[@wesleyreimer3868]

Can verify! 🇨🇦👍🥞

[@19JDOG91]

@@thurin84 Tight!

[@mc_gaming2007]

"Was he bleeding?" "No he wasn't" XDD That was such a subtle jab for such a massive plot hole! Love it

[@Jptm26]

Well, he wasn't bleeding, but he just happened to run into the monster. Pretty unlucky kid

[@Killer4fun]

Just because Demogorgon is attracted to blood doesn't mean it won't attack something that doesn't bleed. Do you think a hungry shark would just let you swim by if you weren't bleeding?

[@92brunod]

@@Killer4fun yes, sharks VERY rarely attack people. Bad example

[@kanyewest9378]

I think he started bleeding when he fell off his bike after running into the monster

[@Danyko33]

Exactly. Will was bleeding when he fell from his bike, that's when the demogorgon started chasing him.

[@boomstickbutcherwiththecha3843]

"is there a story?" "does it matter?"

[@jameschung6106]

Boomstick Butcher With The Chainsaw hand Kinda

[@Klm49]

"That kid is having a horrible childhood." 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jkta97]

Just wait til Seasons 3 and 4!

[@llongone2]

"A town where people can't take a punch without losing consciousness" - hee heee hee...and true.

[@qatestbrian1]

Every one of these Pitch Meetings is just chock full of funny lines like this one. Amazing

[@Adam-xf6sq]

That actually makes steve sound very powerful.

[@ajaimathew8745]

You a fan of Michael Jackson ? 😂

[@paulakroy2635]

This video is tight

[@timmynye6835]

@@thisismyname3928 really?

[@wstine79]

"Can we do a Pitch Meeting for the Lost In Space reboot?" "That'll be super easy barely an inconvenience."

[@kraggi13]

wstine79 The Lost in Space Reboot is tight!

[@neilcognito]

Jimmy Lol, was watching it last night, got to episode 2, and had to turn it off - awesome concepts, and series but the characters are as likeable as coffee stain and watered dunk hot beer. The robot-alien is super adorbs though.

[@mckaykelley92]

MattOmniHeart it gets better

[@chrislutz416]

Like McKay Kelley said, it gets better. The family has issues and the first season is about them kind of resolving them.

[@neilcognito]

Chinedu Opara Yeah, it does feel like a slog, but i'mma continue watching, because according to McKay Kelley and Chris Lutz says it gets better, and i want to believe them, because the concept is pretty interesting. also, alien-robot is super awesome for sure!

[@hj-kp2nq]

Anyone realize that each season a main character who dies starts with b Season 1 barb Season 2 bob Season 3 billy

[@Novasky2007]

Oh no Billy dies!? Ha i have absolutely no idea who billy is.

[@Novasky2007]

Not torn to shreds by a tentacle monster, damn.

[@acecarwell471]

Bopper

[@risick7649]

Season 4 butt

[@iznaxs]

Brenner

[@5thElementDFW]

I feel incomplete when there isn’t a “wow wow wow”

[@roderick8167]

This is going to sound insane but I've never seen one episode of Stranger Things but after watching this Pitch Meeting now I wanna watch this show right now

[@MikeDSept21]

Roderick Hare I hope your patience is fantastic. I made it through the first half of season one and it was nothing like anything they mentioned here. It was slow, lame, etc. I gave up. It's just not for me. In my opinion it completely sucked. If you can't grab my attention within the first few episodes, I'm not doing it. I'm moving on to something else.

[@doctorvanya]

It's all on Netflix, which means that watching it us super easy, barely an inconvenience. I'm sorry, it had to be done.

[@Kngaries1]

Roderick Hare it WAS a pitch meeting

[@Joela393]

MikeDSept21 Because you're a bitch

[@connorhoppes13]

Roderick Hare you should, it is a really good show

[@lukem7110]

I just finished binge-ing all the Screen Rant videos yesterday and today at school I had an irresistible urge to say SuperEasyBarelyAnInconvenience and tight. LOL

[@localalien6173]

Do the Alien series!!!

[@Dan89201]

Luke M was it hard to not say it?

[@job3rg]

Quoting youtube is tight!

[@neilcognito]

Luke M it's not just you - took me a week to stop saying it just off of impulse alone. can we turn it into a meme, but a good meme, like saying BOI a thousand times from GoW and Half Life 3 confirmed

[@reachforthemoon05]

Cactus Jones 2.0 it is

[@jordanpetty4170]

"She gets nosebleeds from using her brain too hard." "Oh samesies!"

[@joeyteter9383]

“Didn’t you have an ex girlfriend named Barb? I don’t think so.......I don’t think so”

[@LupercalRising]

I feel like this guy needs to work for Netflix

[@WouterCloetens]

Yep. Every show needs a pitch meeting in addition to a trailer.

[@Tree]

#SuperEasyBarelyAnInconvenience I do wanna see the pitch meeting of his show to Netflix! I'm sure it will be TIGHT!

[@sorayaalcyone2726]

More so than most of the people who seem to work there now

[@lediaiv9416]

New Age no ,Netflix should work for him .

[@SoraTheKeyToEverything]

This aged

[@jessbragg1]

very risky, but nice job pulling it off, and when you said "in a town where people cant take a punch w/o losing consciousness", that was awesome!and i like how you made it seem like barb was a revenge type thing in his personal life because no one understood WHY she was killed off. cant wait for season 3!

[@kjoc70]

Are you sure that goofing on everybody losing consciousness so easy was awesome, because I thought it actually tight.

[@muhammadrabbani8255]

She was killed off to make the stakes go higher and to make it actually seem like everyone is in danger. It works because she's the innocent relatable best friend in the show and of all people she doesn't deserve to get killed off.

[@colincampbell3199]

I 03:14 I love his character takes a break from being its character. They totally dropped the rhythm. "I don't think so."

[@wesleyoldham-cartoonsandtv1962]

"And she gets nosebleeds when she using her brain to hard." "Samesies." now an established fact in the Tenet Pitch Meeting

[@sirtoby4939]

2:06 Brain-bleeds are tight.

[@God_Help_Us_AII]

OH MY GOD!

[@TheGamerVideos]

Loving it! Keep the amazing Pitches coming Ryan!!!

[@soccerconfirmed4264]

TheGamer WOOOO

[@Saigonas]

Oh he did

[@jkempf71]

“Sometimes I just lie confidently.” Presidential

[@decap6000]

Biden

[@Mr-1rfan]

Modi

[@JamestheXennial]

@@decap6000 Found the bot.

[@akuljamwal3085]

Lying confidently to trick people to make you their king then leading their lives into horrible circumstances is TIGHT

[@TheFiddleFaddle]

Ryan George without facial hair is not tight. My brain cannot comprehend.

[@Klm49]

He is cute without facial hair, but with it, he bumps up to full on 🔥 Hot.

[@dane.1043]

Here is a suggestion for a movie/show pitch: every...one...of...them. Seriously, I could watch this bit for every movie or show ever made...forever.

[@jaigarcia2507]

*Screen Shot* save as home screen. #motivationistight

[@julianramirez1536]

Can we get a Rick and morty pitch meeting

[@carnsoaks1]

to diicult & over done elsewhere, but we do need more R&M

[@unknownguy639]

Do Dragonball super

[@rhitamdutta1996]

Yes please do this!

[@DarkLordGK13]

It's hard to do rick and morty

[@RJCHOICE]

Mr poopy butt-hole is tight..

[@QDWhite]

Fun fact: the US is actually Canada's Upside Down. Think about it.

[@grimjhaixus]

It’s half an adage: “Stranger Things Have Happened”

[@NickRoman]

and so I guess these are those things

[@reachforthemoon05]

"Isn't Bob the name of your ex-girlfriend's fiance?" That part made me laugh so hard 😂 Btw, thank you so much for finally doing this

[@ronineditor9920]

1:01 - "Can't take a punch without losing consciousness" LOL!!!! Every one of this guy's videos is hilarious, keep it up man.

[@wiilov]

"He apparently has a thing for powerful women" Same, little buddy

[@DysmasTheGoodThief]

Lol women aren’t powerful

[@randallporter1404]

@@DysmasTheGoodThief You must not have a girl friend... :)

[@sam8404]

@@randallporter1404 probably hasn't even spoken to a woman.

[@epsilon-eleven]

@@sam8404 He's an incel. Guaranteed he gets winded eating Hot Pockets, screams the n-word over Call of Duty, & hasn't met a woman except for his own mother.

[@berengustav7714]

Yup, Annabeth Chase is my first fictional crush.

[@canibevincent5269]

"Very Strange Things" The top show on Netflix

[@jedidrummerjake]

Please do one on "The Shape of Water"!!!!

[@davidwit7749]

Writer: "You know the Creature From the Black Lagoon? Well my movie's about how this one deaf lady is really into that. You know, sexually." Producer: "Sex with fish people is TIGHT!"

[@ghrondindustries5136]

@Zoe Kouf It was a masterpiece of artistic genius with a profound satirical message and philosophical value. But I also agree with the idea of a pitch meeting of it.

[@jodie3950]

YES!

[@davegarrett231]

"Grinding Nemo"

[@julianramirez1536]

Can we get a Game of thrones pitch meeting

[@yankee8seven]

Julian Ramirez "a bunch a penis"

[@emilengen7825]

Thom Wilson "a bunch of vagina"

[@zeeb2190]

They already did. Season 8

[@chamibrosnetwork7043]

You should make a Stranger Things season 3 pitch meeting.

[@luxx4]

I agree

[@ElFlores1984]

S3 sucked

[@jaykay4033]

@@ElFlores1984 s2 sucked and s3 was Good again

[@ElFlores1984]

@@jaykay4033 s2 is better than s3

[@Floridaman_69]

Why was shouting "strangER things" when they were trying to come up with the name at the beginning, like a 5 year old telling Dora the explorer where the ocean is

[@estherpena-nicholas5283]

I took my children to see Dora the movie just so I could go see it with less shame... :)

[@niamhmcnamara8852]

These videos are hilarious do more please!

[@TEKKENKING23]

how about a Ash vs. Evil Dead pitch meeting?

[@nickovoxsipa]

The "didn't you have a girlfriend..." thing is always great😂

[@Tenchigo100]

It's nice to know Producer-Man is so involved in Writer's life that he knows who he dates sometimes 😌

[@NavyDave82]

Love it!! Absolutely love watching these videos. I've binge watched them all, might have to watch them again to pass the time. Don't worry, it's super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@MemberWhen]

David Gronde Binging Screen Pitches is tight.

[@logan7titan879]

Do a pitch meeting for either Phineas and Ferb(I think the whole inventions disappearing before mom gets home and the super easy barely an inconvenience joke were meant to be) or SpongeBob squarepants. I think doing about a children's show would be a great idea

[@sign543]

It’s pretty cool how I actually perceive this as two characters, even if the biggest difference is just glasses. Whoever came up with this idea to begin with stumbled onto a very interesting and entertaining idea. It’s funny how almost any show can be made to sound ridiculous just by describing it a certain way. :)

[@sibanipanigrahy5509]

will WAS bleeding. from falling down his bike. BTW great video

[@itshouston5042]

Do the flash pitch meeting

[@cliveconrad6460]

Yes

[@colemanslade1512]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssss best KZbin channel ever!!!!!

[@andrewwinkler4274]

Coleman Slade boi shut up

[@dorothyb6395]

It's the ONLY YT channel. Well, in Canada, anyway.

[@thesweetartofcakehayward1534]

“This place is gooey and has strange stuff floating around” “oh so it’s like like canada!”

[@sashafleming9757]

1:20 as a Canadian, I can verify that this is true

[@Kokozuii]

I watched this 11 times ;)

[@mr.master2017]

I bet u posted this the first time u watched this just like me

[@retrorocket562]

Andrew Gonzalez should I question this

[@laini362]

Meee

[@WouterCloetens]

Have you tried watching it upside down?

[@JokerScars69]

Yeah, yeah me to

[@yabutmaybenot.6433]

*Pitch Meeting is my jam!* This show is the best, love every episode you make. Keep up the great work!

[@rainygamedays5873]

"Sometimes I just lie confidently" 😂

[@reganwolf4405]

🤣👌🏼

[@dubleCC]

3:25 The fastest "I don't know, fair enough" I've ever heard.

[@fletcher9066]

These sketches have grown on me a lot! I like that the characters are developing their own personalities too.

[@erickknight1239]

I thought you were going to use the "super easy ..." line to describe how Will survived for a week in an alternate dimensions with no food or water, with monsters actively hunting him

[@dr-sy1fs]

pitch for the plot holes and implausible festival that is "Prometheus"

[@jacobrobertdesio9265]

I legit choked on water when he said “A barrel of maple syrup so big I almost drowned in it”

[@AtlasADK]

This is my new favorite series. I tell everyone to watch Pitch Meeting. So clever and hilarious

[@cokedupcat]

I just love your pitch meeting videos! 😂

[@jacknapier8201]

“What did Barb do to deserve that?” Sierra Burgess.

[@johnnyblaze8439]

So glad I found these videos. I've been bingeing for 2 days. Hilarious

[@eriksinica2557]

One of the greatest concepts ever... Satire.. I love it ... Keep em coming!

[@sidious187]

Thanks for your work- always a highlight in my week

[@switchunboxing]

Bro you're great. Yesterday I was at the gym and I don't remember what happened but it made me think of you and one of your skits popped in my head. Awesome.

[@LCloudofficial]

lol the interactions in this episode were awesome "ah look at your face, no it's because they gave me a shipping container filled with cash and waffles" XD

[@CodyWhitlock]

Not sure if this was supporting or knocking stranger things but I loved it 😂

[@colinedner326]

both?

[@Oscar-dc4ur]

how about neither?

[@shan4680]

Either?

[@pezatsea]

Consider Screen Rant's Pitch Meeting a love of the show/movie they're doing with a "Everything wrong with..." thrown in.

[@patrickparadis9038]

you gotta love something enough to get close ... then you can smell how bad it is...

[@cjthrill]

This episode was killer! Great job Ryan!

[@Donegal62]

"Don't you have an ex-girlfriend named Barb?" "I don't think so.....I don't think so."

[@vitmir9099]

"It's Canada!" 😆 "So let's buy Canada!" 🇨🇦

[@limitless3104]

Stranger Things is TIGHT

[@Em4gdn1m]

Stranger's things? You one freak my boy!

[@bornaporopat199]

Do next A series of unfortunate events

[@issy785]

the barbara bit of this video killer “Don’t you have an ex-girlfriend named Barb?” i died lmao

[@jaredcrimm3472]

I love that in the first season it's initially set up that Eleven's nose only bleeds when she uses her power too much or two hard, but that's just abandoned almost immediately in the following seasons and her nose just bleeds every time she uses her power in general now.

[@alexjones9008]

Do a meta pitch meeting for the Pitch Meeting series

[@fenrir7065]

Would definitely love to see that one. Who came up with "super easy barely an inconvenience"

[@G33KST4R]

Alex Jones meta content is tight

[@Agent-fg9ol]

I feel like if these guys grew beards they'd become more popular and maybe one day have their own pitch meeting channel.

[@TheoTheCoolest]

Ryan without a beard is a strange thing

[@karlacrous8361]

I just love the way Ryan says "wow"

[@sam8404]

Saying wow is tight!

[@danielhoang289]

Who else is here after the Season 4 Pitch Meeting release?

[@jakecreations]

When he said "samesies" I almost choked on a cherry pit.

[@FunnyMav]

If these strange things are dangerous, maybe we could call it Stranger Danger.

[@officialwillieg2001]

You’re definitely gonna do another one of these ‘Strange things’ I’m surprised you haven’t done ‘The Boys’ yet

[@TheNinthGenerarion]

You should keep doing double uploads

[@Charlie_TU]

Do Phineas and Ferb!

[@kamyafred3114]

I'd like to see that

[@baddad9141]

every single pitch meeting is a work of art. I cannot adequately describe how much I enjoy PM.

[@God_Help_Us_AII]

Popping people's Brian's inside there head is TIGHT! LOVE IT!!!

[@dustinstaggs3833]

Do game of thrones and then do West world

[@boiledelephant]

Your wish was half-granted.

[@thewolverine7619]

04:21 Is my favorite part of the video because it's just so funny

[@maylieallen8919]

“The upside down is Canada” y’all I laughed at that way too hard😂😂

[@AmanCreatesArt]

Loved this! The Duffer Brothers are twins. You could have played both of them! :-D