"This scene and the part where Mike yells at his mom who is calling him upstairs" Haha, YES! I rewinded that part like five times because the transition from Mike calmly talking to Eleven to "COMING!" cracked me up.
To those who don't know, Dustin's character is somewhat inspired by Chunk from The Goonies. So with him finding the chocolate pudding here in this fridge, it's a reference to when Chunk found the ice cream in the freezer and started grabbing all of them. Mike on this show is even named after Mikey from The Goonies. And of course, they have Mikey's actor Sean Astin appear in season 2 as Bob, along with him mentioning pirate treasure.
MIIIIIKE I FOUND THE CHOCOLATE PUDD (extreme voice crack) ING Mike: srsly bro this is the second time you are ruining me confessing my love to the most badass kid on netflix
Dustin: MIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING Mike: Making chocolate pudding Dustin: IT'S FPPPPHOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. WHY THE *SCHITT* ARE YOU MAKING CHOCOLAT PUUDAENG Mike: Because I lost control of my life... cookies for the person who gets the reference.
The haters crack me up. No the lyrics aren't particularly genius, yes the themes are rather emo and whiny, but he carries it with pro-level presence, and where music is largely about getting the listener to believe the musician's being real with them, he does it with a clarity that most musicians struggle to figure out for most of their fucking lives. It's called "performance." The fact that it isn't blatantly obvious to you that these guys "have it" means you have absolutely zero actual taste. It's funny. I giggle.
This scene almost reminds me of the scene from The Goonies when that boy I can't remember his name but it's when he found some icecream in the fridge scene.
