parenting
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| Strong Bad Email #209 |
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A father to be asks Strong Bad for parenting advice and Strong Bad obliges by sharing his experience in health class.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Marzipan, Homestar Runner, The Cheat, Coach Z, The King of Town, Strong Mad, Strong Sad, The Poopsmith, Alex Hirsch
Places (in order of appearance): Computer Room, The Classroom, The Athletic Field, The Field, Strong Sad's Room, The King of Town's Castle, Marzipan's House, House of Strong, Strong Mad's Room, Playground, Recording Studio
Computer: Lappier
Date: Friday, April 1, 2022
Running Time: 10:00
Page Title: Get the droops!
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Transcript
STRONG BAD: And I can check my wha? And you can check your wha. If I can check your wha, then you can {rhythmic mumbles}
S to the Bad,
I'm about to become a Dad but I don't know the
first thing about raising a kid. Do you have
any tips or suggestions on how best to care for
a baby?
Mike Riverview, FL
{strong bad reads "s to the bad" as "stobad" and FL as "for life"}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Don't sweat it Mike. You're already on the right track by coming to me first. Instead of, ya know, like, your parents or a medical professional or any number of {text begins to become smaller} non-email checking wrestlemen. {clears screen}
And while I'm no dad meself, I do have some expertise on the subject. Turns out we all had to try out some child rearing in one of the nebulous health class {the "health classes" text becomes wavy, distorted and starts to become larger, while various sound effects play, and the text becomes larger until it pops into normal text and strong bad continues} that we for some reason allow Coach Z to teach us.
{Cut to a panning shot of Marzipan, Homestar and Strong Bad looking questioningly at bags of banana pudding}
STRONG BAD{voiceover}: We were all given sammich bags full of banana puddin' to take care of as practice for raisin' a baby
COACH Z: Alright potential parental units, you all have your R.H.Bs, or as we in the medical field call ‘em: “Real Human Babies”. Now, the next 18 to 35 years of your life will revolve around
Fun Facts
Trivia
- Alex Hirsch, creator of the Disney Channel show Gravity Falls, appears in the scene with Homestar in the recording studio.
- This email's release was also announced in a Trogdor!! The Board Game Kickstarter update:
It has been many years! Remember back in 2018 when one of the Stretch Goals in our campaign for Trogdor!! The Board Game was that we'd make a Strong Bad Email from a question submitted by our backers?
No? Neither do most folks, prolly!
Here's the original post about it:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1999933720/trogdor-the-board-game/posts/2241235
But WE remembered and now, after 4 years, we finally finished the thang ding!
https://youtu.be/qUDejhGOG6s
Not an April Fool's Joke! Just a long-forgotten cartoon that we decided to complete!
Hope you all enjoy it! Sorry for the takelong!- The spoonerism "thang ding" was previously used by Strong Bad in too cool and Trogdor!! The Board Game Playthrough.
Inside References
- The email intro song first appeared on th Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 3
External Links
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