Puppet Time

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{{puppetnav|puppettime.html|Everybody Knows It|Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes}}
 
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[[Image:PuppetTime.png|thumb|right|220px|"I was just, um, doing nothing, with... nothing that belongs to Strong Bad."]]
 
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Homestar "borrows" a "couple" of things from [[Strong Bad]].
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*As of [[the movies]], Strong Bad Emails make up about 60% of the toons on the site.
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*Back in the Tandy 400 era (at least until July 2002), emailing Strong Bad would result in this automated response:
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet]] {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet]] {{Film|The Cheat}}
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<blockquote>Thanks for your freakin email. I hope it's not stupid.<br>
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Once I finish these swiss
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'''Date:''' Monday, March 8, 2004
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*As of [[the movies]], Strong Bad Emails make up about 60% of the toons on the site.
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*Back in the Tandy 400 era (at least until July 2002), emailing Strong Bad would result in this automated response:
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'''Running Time:''' 1:11
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<blockquote>Thanks for your freakin email. I hope it's not stupid.<br>
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Once I finish these swiss
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'''Page Title:''' Puppet Time
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{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}
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== Transcript ==
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''{Homestar Runner walks in to Strong Bad's computer room, holding a damaged tape. The [[Compy 386]] is off and there is a note attached to the screen.}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad? Strong Bad, I brought back your tape of old Mister Wizards! Okay, I'll just leave it on the floor.  
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''{He drops the tape, and a smashing sound is heard. He sees the note.}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:'''  ''{dramatically}'' A note! ''{turns to the camera}'' A note! ''{reading}'' 'Probably at a barbecue... with lotsa ladies! SB.' ''{mischievously}'' Oh, really?
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''{Homestar runs out of the shot to the left, then enters again with a quart-size dairy carton.}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad! I'm borrowing this milk for an undisclosed period of time!
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''{Homestar runs across again, now with a squeegee.}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad! I'm borrowing this squeegee-type-deal!
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''{He runs across again with an electric guitar.}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Taking the guitar!
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{struggling with a TV set}'' The TV! ''{he drops it}'' Phew!
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''{Homestar enters again, carrying an [[Atari 2600]], but this time he meets The Cheat coming the other way, carrying Strong Bad's keyboard; the monitor has already gone.}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey Strong Bad-
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat exclamation}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:'''  Oh! The Cheat!
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I was just, um, doing nothing, with... nothing that belongs to Strong Bad.
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, you too, huh?
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:'''  Cool, um, I'm going to... run away, now... pretty quickly.
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''{Homestar Runner and a screaming The Cheat run off, each in the direction he came from. The screen goes black momentarily, but then the shot returns for a moment as The Cheat leans in from the right and swipes Strong Bad's [[Floppy Disk Container]].}''
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat exclamation}''
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== Fun Facts ==
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=== Trivia ===
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*Outtakes of the final sequence with The Cheat stealing the disk container are shown in [[Some Extras]]. The predicament of the hand in the shot was solved in the final website product by cutting out the edge of the picture and enlarging the remainder. The fade-to-black before the final sequence was inserted in order to mask the editing.
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=== Inside References ===
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*Homestar "borrowing" things from Strong Bad is a reference to [[50 emails]].
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*This is another appearance of [[Sticky Notes]].
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=== Real-World References ===
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*Mr. Wizard is the pseudonym of [[Wikipedia:Don Herbert|Don Herbert]]. He was the host of the children's television program [http://mrwizardstudios.com Mr. Wizard] which ran on-and-off from the 1950s until the 1990s. The show featured Herbert and a young assistant performing interesting science experiments.
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*The "milk carton" that Homestar borrows is, on closer inspection, a [[Wikipedia:Winn-Dixie|Winn-Dixie]] brand carton of Half and Half, not milk. Winn-Dixie is a supermarket chain based in [[Wikipedia:Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville, Florida]] with stores throughout the southeastern United States.
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*The guitar is a custom Gibson Explorer.
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=== Fast Forward ===
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*The guitar is seen in an Easter egg of [[flashback]], being held by [[Larry Palaroncini]] of [[Limozeen]], when the band congratulates Strong Bad on his 100th email.
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== DVD Version ==
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*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
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===Commentary Transcript===
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('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])
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'''MATT:''' Here's a puppet time that I made when Mike was out of town! So, it was easier to do a little live action than to try and animate.
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'''MIKE:''' This was, I guess&mdash; was this the second thing after the [[Everybody Knows It]] video?
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'''MATT:''' I think it was! Umm, before the Strong Bad puppet was&mdash; existed, so we just had to use Homestar and The Cheat again. Uh, I remember, our buddy Nat helped out with this, and our friend Sarah was in town, and I think she helped out, too... ''{pause}'' There's some half-and-half that Ryan probably bought at the Save-Rite.
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'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' There's our real disk caddy from growing up&mdash;
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'''MATT:''' Yes.
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'''MIKE:''' &mdash;full of real games that we used to play.
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'''MATT:''' Just copied versions of King's Quest II, Police Quest III, save disks etc.&mdash; err, Police Quest II, probably. Ooh, there's some&mdash; I never noticed those reflections in the TV!
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'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Reflections? Yeah. ''{alone}'' Probably can't see them &mdash;
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'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' You can't see!
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'''MIKE:''' &mdash;when it was so small on the web.
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'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah. Homestar's got that Atari... ''{pause}'' Umm... ''{pause}'' You don't usually see this side of Homestar, just ripping off stuff from people.
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'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''
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'''MATT:''' He totally cleans out Strong Bad's place! And The Cheat, too! ''{imitating the music}'' Wayaw, wayaw! ''{in normal voice}'' I remember that took a lot.
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===Fun Facts===
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*[[Wikipedia:King's Quest|King's Quest]] and [[Wikipedia:Police Quest|Police Quest]] are both computer game series from [[Wikipedia:Sierra Entertainment|Sierra Entertainment]].
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*"Wayaw wayaw", or rather "way-o way-o", was later used in [[geddup noise]].
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*[[Wikipedia:Save Rite|Save-Rite]] was a rebranding of the Winn-Dixie grocery store chain that withdrew from Atlanta in 2005.
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== External Links ==
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*[[HR:puppettime.html|watch "Puppet Time"]]
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*[[HR:puppettime.swf|view the Flash file for "Puppet Time"]]
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*[[Forum:526|forum thread re: Puppet Time]]
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{{subtitlesLinks|puppettime}}
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[[Category:Puppet Stuff]]
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[[Category:Not Quite Strong Bad Emails]]
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[[Category:DVD Commentary]]
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Revision as of 17:05, 22 October 2009

  • As of the movies, Strong Bad Emails make up about 60% of the toons on the site.
  • Back in the Tandy 400 era (at least until July 2002), emailing Strong Bad would result in this automated response:
Thanks for your freakin email. I hope it's not stupid.
Once I finish these swiss
  • As of the movies, Strong Bad Emails make up about 60% of the toons on the site.
  • Back in the Tandy 400 era (at least until July 2002), emailing Strong Bad would result in this automated response:
Thanks for your freakin email. I hope it's not stupid.
Once I finish these swiss
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