Talk:79 Seconds Left

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Revision as of 22:21, 18 May 2009

RT Not 1:19

Actual running time is 1:25. at 1:19, Str--I mean "The Leg" pours water on himself. --Brucker 05:26, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

You can make that change yourself if you want...— Bassbone (^{TALK CONT}) 07:50, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

If you remove the loading screen and say that the toon ends on the very last frame before "no seconds left", it's almost exactly 79 seconds. The extra six seconds are the loading screen and the "end". --Jay (Gobble) 08:03, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Description differences

He's called HSR in New Stuff, but Homestar in Shorts. --TheFunmachine

The Ledge

• "The Ledge" is possibly a reference to The Edge, the guitarist of U2.

Why? Was there any evidence that pointed to The Edge? If not, this is too much of a stretch. -- Nevadie 12:45, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

I agree. I'm no U2-ologist, but I see no connection to anything Strong Bad did in the cartoon that would be construed as parodying/satirizing/have anything to do with-ing the Edge. The only connection is that they rhyme. I suppose the Chap Bros just noticed that a shortened, nicknamed form of "legend" was the word "ledge", and got 79 seconds of comedy out of it. GillanTheVillain 13:30, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Operation

Water on the knee might be a reference to the board game Operation. First thing I thought of when Homestar said it was this old commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZAaHv_8xUk

All of the ailments suffered by the Operation guy are jokes and puns. So both referring to the actual ailment in an overly literal way, though a different overly literal way. --Jay (Gobble) 15:38, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

animation

Did anyone else feel that the overall animation felt different. It's hard to explain but the way the characters moved, stood, and sat seemed unique. Maybe it's the improved audio quality but SS's voice sounded deeper at times.

0:79

Should it be noted that the time is listed in seconds as 0:79 instead of 1:19 (example would be Peasant's Quest Preview, which is listed as 1:10, not 0:70) or is that just thought of not important enough?--Topmonhit 19:16, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

The Ledge, Spelling of

So... why are we spelling it Ledge? Strong Bad himself spells it "LEG" while I think "Lege" would be more appropriate since it's short for Legend.. so yeah guys, what the heck was this cartoon about? — 75.73.70.113 (Talk | contribs) 22:08, 18 May 2009 (left unsigned)

I'm not sure why we shouldn't be using the spelling that Strong Bad uses. (and regarding your second question: this page is for discussion of the article on the wiki, the forum would be a good place for general discussion about the toon).  Green Helmet 22:20, 18 May 2009 (UTC)