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| - | '''[[Kick the Can]]''' is a | + | '''[[Kick the Can]]''' is a [[Toon#Shorts|short]] toon and is one of the earliest ones put up on [[homestarrunner.com]]. This toon introduces the [[Old-Timey]] series of cartoons on the website. This short has fifteen different cartoons in it, each twenty seconds long. Each cartoon has [[The Homestar Runner]] kicking a [[Can of Water Soup|soup can]] along the ground, with bizarre results each time. Each of the different versions of this cartoon has a different ending. The song [[wikipedia:The Entertainer (rag)|''The Entertainer'']] plays throughout each of the toons (in the [[Kick The Can#DVD version|DVD version]], it is replaced with an edited version of the music heard in [[Parsnips A-Plenty]]). According to the DVD Commentary, these toons were created shortly after the website was put up in early 2000. [[Mike Chapman]] claimed that a few of the short toons were created approximately a year later after an initial ten were created. '''[[Kick the Can|(more...)]]''' |
Revision as of 21:28, 1 June 2008
Kick the Can is a short toon and is one of the earliest ones put up on homestarrunner.com. This toon introduces the Old-Timey series of cartoons on the website. This short has fifteen different cartoons in it, each twenty seconds long. Each cartoon has The Homestar Runner kicking a soup can along the ground, with bizarre results each time. Each of the different versions of this cartoon has a different ending. The song The Entertainer plays throughout each of the toons (in the DVD version, it is replaced with an edited version of the music heard in Parsnips A-Plenty). According to the DVD Commentary, these toons were created shortly after the website was put up in early 2000. Mike Chapman claimed that a few of the short toons were created approximately a year later after an initial ten were created. (more...)
