yes, wrestling

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"Never before had two chairs and a potted plant so transformed the wrestling ring!"

Strong Bad demonstrates to Gardenboy various wrestling costumes and gimmicks.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Strong Sad, Homestar Runner, The Announcer, Strong Mad, The Cheat

Places:

Computer: Lappy 486

Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Running Time: 4:41

Page Title: Lappy 486

Transcript

STRONG BAD: {singing} Emailin' from the left, to the right, emailin' on a Tuuuuesday night!

subject: none

Dear awesome Strong Bad.
Could you please show us some of your awesome wrestling
moves.
Gardenboy
Bfn SA

{After "Strong Bad", Strong Bad says "Period. That's the best sentence ever written!" He reads the location as "Best friends never, South Africa".}

STRONG BAD: {typing} Well Gardenboy, as a crafty ring veteran, I can let you in on a little secret: being an awesome wrestler has nothing to do with awesome wrestling moves! {clears scree} It's all about awesome costumes, gimmicks, and dinosaur tranquilizer fueled ranting and raving! I got my first big break with cable access's longest named wrestling organization: All World Mid-Pro Shirtless Championship Entertainment, or AWMPSCE. {pronounces "OMP-skee"} Of course, they wanted me to be one of those lame masked wrestlers at first, but I had gimmickier plans.

{Cut to a photograph of Strong Bad wearing a crown and a wrestling suit that has a crown printed on it. The picture is labeled "Sir Boliver Turnbuckle".}

STRONG BAD: {voiceover} Sir Boliver Turnbuckle and his signature move:

{Another picture appears with Strong Bad in his Turnbuckle outfit standing behind Strong Sad, with Strong Bad's arm grabbing Strong Sad below his own arm. The picture is labeled "Master of the 1/8 Nelson!"}

STRONG BAD: {voiceover} The one-eighth Nelson!

{Cut back to the Lappy}

STRONG BAD: {typing} That was back in the days when pretending to be a pompous Brit was considered a premium gimmick. Once I started getting more popular, my next incarnation was

{Cut to the Gymatorium's doors. A piece of paper with an AWMPSCE logo is taped on sideways.}

THE ANNOUNCER: {voiceover} And hailing from the age of exploration, the namer of nations,

{The doors swing open. Strong Bad is posing behind them. He is wearing an orange beret, a frilly white shirt, and a brown vest. The words "il Cartographer" appear at the bottom of the screen.}

THE ANNOUNCER: il Cartographer!

{Strong Bad poses as though he's expecting applause, but all that can be heard is the King of Town booing and some singers.}

SINGERS: il Cartographer! He makin' the maps! il Cartographer! He takin' the rap!

{Strong Bad steps forward and throws pieces of paper at the empty seats.}

STRONG BAD: {voiceover} And one of my gimmicks was that I'd always come into the ring throwing—

{One of Strong Bad's papers stops in front of the camera. It is a map of the Gymatorium and shows the way from one of the seats ("here be you") to "the can", as the toilet is labeled. The map is labeled "Ye Olde Restroom Trail".}

STRONG BAD: {voiceover} maps to the restrooms into the crowd!

Easter Eggs

• At the end, click on Strong Sad's hat to see the Announcer interviewing Strong Mad:

  STRONG MAD: Beef 'n Cheddar, five for five!

• At the end, click on Strong Sad's watering can to see a scene with Homestar and the Brothers Strong in the Field at night.

  HOMESTAR: Hey, Strong Bad. I really like your Rudy from Fat Albert costume.

Fun Facts

Trivia

• This sbemail was released Tuesday night instead of the usual Monday morning, as Strong Bad points out in his opening song.

Inside References

• Homestar Runner, as The Jack 'Em Up Kid, has a wrestling belt with an image of bacon and eggs.
• Strong Bad, as il Cartographer, wears an orange beret.
• The egg for clicking on the watering can is a reference to the ending of most Halloween cartoons, including the inability to recognize Strong Bad's costume.
• The Cheat, as the Insidious Mr. Cheatayama, wears a black bowler hat.
• In "Strong Bad's Folding Chair DUNGEON", the word "DUNGEON" is dripping with blood.
• At the end of the email, Strong Sad's watering can inexplicably spurts fire.
• The singers for Strong Sad's entrance music are the same singers for the Thnikkaman's theme song.
• The scoreboard has "?" printed on it for the Home team, as it did in the paper.

Real-World References

• A "Beef 'n Cheddar" is a sandwich available at Arby's restaurants. They infrequently have had a "Five for $5" sale on this type of sandwich. Rax is one of Arby's competitors.
• Fat Albert was a 1970's cartoon created and hosted by Bill Cosby, based on his stand-up comedy routine.
• Homestar as The Jack 'Em Up Kid refers to fans of him as "Jackomaniacs", which is similar to Hulk Hogan calling his fans "Hulkomaniacs".
• The Cheat's character is based on famous wrestling manager "Mr. Fuji".
• Strong Bad's interview segment is based on many wrestlers having interviews segments (Such as WWE's Edge's "The Cutting Edge", Carlito's "Carlito's Cabana", and many others.) mid-show.

External Links

• watch "yes, wrestling"
• watch "yes, wrestling" on the old Flash site
• view the Flash file for "yes, wrestling"
• forum thread re: "yes, wrestling"