Editing kids' book

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[[Image:sbemail84.png|thumb|''Everyone Is Different'']]

Strong Bad shows off his children's book that he "made," entitled ''Everyone is Different.''

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' Monday, September 8, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:01

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Three}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Ladies and gentlemen. I give you...a-da sbe-mail. ''{almost puts a lisp on "sbemail". Sounds like "thbpemail"}''

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad,<br />
<br />
I was wondering if you have ever<br />
thought of a children's book,<br />
what it was about, and what kind of<br />
words did you try to teach the kids.<br />
<br />
Your fan,<br />
Steve Buttz</blockquote>

''{Instead of Buttz, Strong Bad says "Never mind. I'm not even gonna touch that one."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, I wrote a children's book. ''{Strong Bad pronounces book "bük"}'' Who hasn't? I mean, kids can barely read as it is so how hard can it be to write for them? The book I wrote is called

''{cut to the book itself. The name of the original author, [[Leomard Sportsinterviews]], has been crossed out, and Strong Bad's name is in its place. We find this sort of thing throughout the entire book.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ''Everyone is Different''. So here we go.

''{Strong Bad opens the cover of the book, where we can see that the book's original owner was [[Strong Sad]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Everyone is different. No two people are the same.

''{He turns the page. A picture of a kid riding a red bike is there, with Strong Bad having drawn a big truck behind him. The original text is "Some people have freckles. Frankie has freckles."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people are about to be run over. Frankie has about 5 seconds. 

''{He turns the page. There's a picture of a tall African-American kid with a tennis racket, and added drawings of fighters and helicopters shooting at him while he smashes a city. The original text is "Some people are very tall. Quincy is very tall."}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people are very tall and merciless. Quincy is destroying San Antonio.

''{He turns the page. There's a picture of a girl with glasses reading a book. The original text is "Some people wears<!--sic--> glasses. Beth wears glasses."}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people wears glasses. Beth looks like a dude. 

''{He turns the page. There's a picture of a kid in a baseball uniform and glove with Strong Bad having scribbled a squirrel on his left hand. The original text is "Some people are left-handed. Gregor is left-handed."}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people are squirrel-handed. Gregor is a weird name. 

''{He turns the page. There's a picture of a heavyset girl with braces and headgear, and Strong Bad has scribbled on a football jersey and a football field. The original text is "Some people have braces. Some people have headgear. Fran has both."}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people have braces. Some people have headgear. Fran could play linebacker for the Raiders.

''{He turns the page. A picture of a red-headed kid on a pogo stick, which Strong Bad has changed to the detonator of a huge amount of TNT planted in an enemy base. A guy is flying out of the base saying "AHH! i'M BEiNG KiLLED!!" The original text is "Some people have red hair. Albert has red hair."}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people have rigged the enemy base with explosives. Albert has. 

''{He turns the page. There is a girl jumping rope with wavy lines drawn coming from her mouth with the word "HOTNESS." Strong Bad has also drawn himself next to her saying "hiya hotcakes." The original text is "Some people have a Southern accent. Trisha has a Southern accent."}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people have a Southern accent, and those are hot. Trisha is a severe hottie. 

''{He turns the page. What was once a girl twirling a hula hoop is now a girl being swallowed whole by a huge monster, with an expression of horror drawn over her face, one of her legs disintegrating into bone, and a bag of money in her hand. The original text is "Some people have curly hair. Hillary has curly hair."}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Some people are being fangoriously devoured by a gelatinous monster. Hillary's legs are being digested. 

''{He turns the page. We have a picture of everyone we saw before, and they're all being burned by fire. The original text is "Everyone is different. No two people are the same.}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading}'' Everyone is different. No two people are not on fire. Awwwww.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So there's my book ''{pronounced "bük" again}''. Pretty good, eh Steve? And the words that we taught the kids were, uh, fangoriously, gelatinous, and um, ''{mumbling, typed in small text}'' linebacker. ''{normal}'' You know, education at its finest. Well, some people need to go get an ice cream sandwich. Strong Bad needs to go get an ice cream sandwich.

''{Strong Bad stands up and leaves, and then [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click on "eh Steve" to see a page about [[Eh! Steve!]]. Click on it to see a revised edition.
**'''ORIGINAL VERSION:''' ''{a picture of Eh! Steve}'' Some people are named Eh! Steve. Eh! Steve is not exactly a person.
**'''REVISED VERSION:''' ''{a circular rope trap is drawn around Eh! Steve. [[The Wheelchair]] is faded in the background with the other end of the rope}'' Some people are <s>named Eh! Steve</s> ''talkin wheelchairs''. Eh! Steve <s>is not exactly a person</s> ''will get what he deserves''.
*At the end click on "book" to see [[Strumstar Hammer]], Strong Bad's revised edition of the [[Original Book]] in a separate window.

== Fun Facts ==


===Trivia===
*On the page with Trisha, there is no period in the original second sentence.
*According to the inside of the front cover, the original book belonged to Strong Sad.
*The summary on the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed for this video says "Strong Bad seriously defaces a children's book."

===Remarks===
*As Strong Bad progresses through the book, the stack of pages on the right never decreases, and the stack of pages on the left never increases.
*As each page is turned, you can still see it through the back of the paper on the left (reversed, of course).
*The book lacks page numbers and any publishing information, but it is possible that Strong Bad ripped out the publishers' page (usually the first page of a book, after a title page).

===Inside References===
*This book was written by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews]].
*This book's company is [[Cheap as Free]].

===Real-World References===
*The design of the children's book is based on the old [[Wikipedia:Little Golden Books|Little Golden Books]], right down to the yellow vined border on and near the book's spine.
*There is a book written by Fiona Bleach titled "Everybody is Different", and the cover bears a resemblance to the book in this email.
*Strong Bad uses the term "fangoriously" in the email, probably in reference to the magazine [[Wikipedia:Fangoria (magazine)|Fangoria]], which is dedicated to covering horror films and movie monsters.
*The [[Wikipedia:Oakland Raiders|Raiders]] are [[Wikipedia:Oakland, California|Oakland's]] team in the [[Wikipedia:National Football League|NFL]]. They have won the [[Wikipedia:Super Bowl|Super Bowl]] multiple times.

===Fast Forward===
*A [[That Time of Year|holiday edition]] of the book would appear in [[Decemberween In July]].
*In the email [[geddup noise]], Strong Bad reveals that this is the email in which [[The Geddup Noise]] becomes popular overseas, resulting in its eventual departure and subsequent replacement by Chairscoot.

== DVD Version ==
*The Strumstar Hammer Easter egg is accessible (and viewable on Strong Bad's TV), and Strong Bad reads it. To access it select the hidden Strong Bad logo to the bottom left of the Compy screen at the end of the video.
*You also get to hear Strong Bad and Bubs as the Talking Wheelchair read the Eh! Steve Easter Egg in turn. To access it, select the hidden Strong Bad logo on the bottom Right of the Compy screen at the end of the video.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MIKE:''' All right, this is the... commentar&mdash; ''{starts laughing}'' Sorry, let's start that over.

'''MATT:''' No, let's get going!

'''MIKE:''' So this was a fun one to make. Anytime there's an email where you get to do some drawings or do some, just kind of, non-regular Homestar Runner, Strong Bad type illustrations... it's kind of fun.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Mixes it up.

'''MIKE:''' We had to go buy Prismacolor... Prisma... Prismacolor markers for this one.

'''MATT:''' Yes. To color.

'''MIKE:''' I brought, uh, I bought colored pencils and Prismacolors.

'''MATT:''' That's the another appearance of Lem&mdash; That's when you see what Lem Sportsinterviews' full name is.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' full name.

'''MATT:''' Leomard. So there's the Alamo down there, that's how you know it's San Antonio. She looks kind of like Marcie, from Peanuts, too.

'''MIKE:''' I don't... ''{mumbles in agreement}'' He's on the S Team.

'''MATT:''' Did I draw that one? Basically, that was just Mike making fun of my drawing ''{Mike laughs}'' 'cause I gave that that girl some broad shoulders, and a big chest. I like Strong Bad's depictions of himself, they're always good.

'''MIKE:''' Mmm-hmm.

'''MATT:''' That gelatinous monster is...

'''MIKE:''' I like how she's dropping money. She's walking around with a bag of money.

'''MATT:''' His "book."

'''MIKE:''' Um... why didn't we have more to say about this one?

'''MATT:''' I don't know. I thought we picked this one because I thought we'd have a wealth of things to say.

'''MIKE:''' I like how the text gets small anytime when Strong Bad mumbles things.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah. The Shift key.

'''MIKE:''' The function key.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' The ''mumble'' key.

===Fun Facts===
*[[Wikipedia:Marcie|Marcie]] is a character from the [[Peanuts]] comic strip. She is the best friend of [[Wikipedia:Peppermint Patty|Peppermint Patty]].
*Prismacolor is a brand of high end art supplies manufactured by Sanford.

== External Links ==
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