Stranger Things actor David Harbour has danced with penguins in the Antarctic after asking his Twitter followers to help him secure the trip.
The star, who plays Chief Hopper in the Netflix show, has been helping out his fans lately by agreeing to appear in yearbook photos or officiate their weddings if they get enough retweets.
The roles were reversed last month when Harbour asked his followers to help him get over 200,000 retweets on a tweet.
He had written to Greenpeace asking how many retweets he would need for them to “send me someplace to tell emperor penguin couples I think they have terrific parenting ideologies” and “perhaps hone the Hopper dance with the males”.
After reaching the 200k retweets needed, Harbour has made the trip, uploading clips of him dancing with penguins and stressing the importance of protecting the Antarctic. See his posts below.
stagefright…#ProtectAntarctic pic.twitter.com/QHrREzotHD
— David Harbour (@DavidKHarbour) February 19, 2018
https://t.co/29mTHvLYOA
here's a petition to create the largest protected area in the world.@Greenpeace has 1M sigs.
let's give them 1.8.
1.8 million.
1 for every proposed square km
for the 'guins.
here's me dancing with them,
as promised.
they don't have netflix.@Greenpeace ? pic.twitter.com/jjLBk2XOIr— David Harbour (@DavidKHarbour) February 20, 2018
After Harbour’s request, the environmental organisation replied: “Hmm, if you get over 200k we’ll ask the Captain if you can join our expedition to the Antarctic and dance with the penguins. #StrangerThings have happened.”
Hmm, if you get over 200k we’ll ask the Captain if you can join our expedition to the Antarctic and dance with the penguins. #StrangerThings have happened https://t.co/qT78aIcKOw pic.twitter.com/LmmLceE17J
— Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) January 22, 2018
Harbour sent out a request to his fans, saying: “I’m a giver. I give and I give. But now I need you. I need 200k retweets to go dance with penguins. Please internet. Please retweet THIS TWEET. Please. A man needs his ‘guins.”
Internet, listen…
I’m a giver. I give and I give.
But now I need you.
I need 200k retweets to go dance with penguins.
Please internet.
Please retweet THIS TWEET.
Please.
A man needs his ‘guins. https://t.co/YN1XRrPGhp— David Harbour (@DavidKHarbour) January 22, 2018
When it reached the 200k mark, Harbour noted that it took “less than 5hrs” to achieve the feat. “I’ve never said this to a multi-user weblike platform of tons of computers connected worldwide, but… Internet… I think I love you.”
Fernando, thanks for protecting vital unheralded ecosystems in super cold places and everything but please leave the dancing to the professionals…?
If you’ll excuse me. I gotta get some snow pants. https://t.co/s00z5abrZK
— David Harbour (@DavidKHarbour) January 23, 2018
Greenpeace replied with a video message from a chief mate called Fernando, who invited the actor to join an expedition to Antarctica in February. At the end, he signed off with a little dance. Harbour replied: “Fernando, thanks for protecting vital unheralded ecosystems in super cold places and everything but please leave the dancing to the professionals…”
Meanwhile, a US singer is to release an album inspired by Stranger Things. Singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson said in a tweet last week: “As you all may (or may not know) I am OBSESSED with @Stranger_Things. So obsessed, I’m writing a record inspired by the show! Release date TBA. Stay tuned my Stranger Babies…the 80’s are comin atcha!”.