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radio

2004-12-13T14:39:18Z

69.225.34.84: /* Fun Facts */

[[Image:deadlypallor.png|thumb|Strong Sad: Shock jock?]]

'''Strong Bad Email #120'''

'''Cast (In order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Strong Sad]], [[Marzipan (character)|Marzipan]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[The Strong Bad]], [[The Sneak]] (Easter Egg), [[Strong Mad]] (Easter Egg)

Strong Bad gives some advice on how to be a radio host, in various genres.

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' I got miles and miles of the e-mail style. Miles and miles of the e-mail style.

{types in "strongbad_email.exe"}

<pre>subject: radio
Dear Strong Bad,
My friends are radio hosts. Any chance you could give
them any pointers on what they could say/do on their show?
bowing to you
Fraser, Scotland
</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''(actually says "say slash do" while reading the above)'' ''{typing}'' Oh, no need to bow, Fraser. Get up. Rise, my son. And giveth me instead $7.50 with which to buy some buffalo chicken tenders. ''{clears the screen}'' So, your "friends" are radio show hosts, huh? Well, the first rule of thumb for all radio personalities is to look absolutely nothing like how they sound. Take Ol' Greystoke for instance.

''(Cut to Strong Sad's room)''

'''STRONG BAD:''' {voice-over} Now here's a whiny know-it-all who sounds just like he looks.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Why thank you, Senator.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' Quit calling me that. Anyway, if Strong Sad was a radio host, he'd sound like this:

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{In radio host voice}'' Hey hey hey, it's the Deathly Pallor, coming at you on the numbitty 902, WA3D FM, "The Sturge." Coming up next, we have some hot new tracks from double-O ballyhoo!

''{Strong Sad covers his mouth in horror while Strong Bad laughs.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{Normal voice}'' Don't you ever make me do that again!

''{Cut back to Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So once they've got the voice/appearance mismatch working, then it all just depends on what kind of radio station they work for. Listen and loin as I run my test sentence through the various genres.

'''Voice-over:''' Strong Bad's test sentence is "The fish was delish and it made quite a dish." ''{The sentence appears on-screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' First up is public radio: smooth n' smarmy.

''{Cut to Marzipan's kitchen. A radio is sitting on the counter.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as Public Radio host}'' Today on Capitol Hill, the fish was delish, and according to U.N. secretary council members, it made quite a dish. You are listening to member-supported public radio.

''{Public Radio theme song plays. Marzipan walks in.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Dang old public radio. I never got my totebag.

''{Cut back to Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Next up is the drive time morning show. ''{A morning show poster with two Strong Bad-like hosts appears onscreen.}'' These guys are like stand up comics that you can't heckle. Or jeckle. Or throw highball glasses at.

''{Cut to a clock-radio.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as morning talk show host, with sound effects in the background}'' Rise and shine, people! The fish was delish. ''{canned laughter}'' Wait for it, wait for it! And it made quite a dish.

''{Cut back a bit to show Homestar, with a Public Radio totebag over his head, holding a tumbler containing a brown liquid with ice cubes.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, squawk box! Shut it up about the fish already.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' High ball! ''{throws tumbler at radio}''

''{Cut back to Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Then there's the utter misery that is college radio, where they apparently just let any bewildered freshman wander in to the booth and try to run a radio station.

''{Cut to a boombox.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as college radio host, over a song ending and some feedback}'' Uh, that, that was "The fish was delish" and we heard... track six...''{thumbing through papers}'' "it made... quite a dish". Um... cam... campus outreach is looking for... hang on...

''{Cut back to Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' College radio can pretty much be summed up in five words: 
Dead air, um, dead air.

''{Cut back to the radio, next to Strong Sad writing some calligraphy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as college radio host}'' Okay, I am out of here for today, but um, but first up is, an, um, okay... an... an hour of chanting.

''{A chant plays on the radio, and Strong Sad's hand hits the Play and Record buttons.}''

''{Cut back to Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' And just in case your friends are, um, in the past, here's old-timey radio.

''{cut to 1936 style and an old-timey radio, with The Strong Bad reading in front of a microphone}''

'''THE STRONG BAD:''' ''{as old-timey radio host}'' This week on The Fish Was Delish progrum, brought to you by Portly Washboy laundry paste, we join The Fish down at the wharf as he closes in on the Quite a Dish gang's hideout. Stay tuned for partial excitement.

''{The Portly Washboy logo appears. It is of a boy and a heaping jar of paste with a spoon in it.}''

'''Voice-over:''' ''{singing}'' Portly Washboy. Don't eat it like the cartoon, man.

''{Cut back to Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Done and done, Fraser. Your friends should be well on their way to annoying drivers and gas station attendants the world over. Ooh! And see if you can score me some free coozies, frisbees, or bottle openers from their station. Those free giveaways: Highly flammable.

''{The Paper comes down.}''

<pre>Click here to e-mail Strong Bad
strongbad@homestarrunner.com</pre>

== Easter Eggs ==
* Click on Strong Sad's stomach while he does the radio voice to see a t-shirt from WA3D FM "The Sturge" radio station.
* Click on the text in the test sentence to see the book it was based on.
* Click on "free coozies, frisbees, or bottle openers" after [[The Paper]] comes down to see them.
* Click on "annoying" after The Paper comes down to see/hear more of Strong Sad's new persona.
:'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{normal voice}'' Oh, I disagree! I think it's more than just a matter of simple economics. In fact, I'd say...

:'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{radio host voice and mannerisms, with music}'' Oh, yeah! What's the phrase that pays that plays for days? It's numbitty-nine-oh-two "The Sturge." Don't you touch that BLEBERTYBLOUGH!

:'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{confused}'' Blebertyblough?
* Click on "me" after The Paper comes down to see more of old timey Strong Bad.
:'''RADIO:''' ''{The Strong Bad}'' Stay tuned for partial excitement!

:'''THE STRONG BAD:''' ''{listening}'' Drat and double drat! It's true what they say! The radio really does add four and twenty stone to one's voice!

== Fun Facts ==
*This is the second time Strong Sad has confused Strong Mad by saying something weird. The first was in [[caffeine]], after he said parakeet.
*The book "The fish was delish and it made quite a dish" (see Easter Eggs) is an obvious spoof of [[Wikipedia:Dr. Seuss|Dr. Seuss]]'s books, even down to the name of the author, Lem 'The Crazy Prof.' Sportsinterviews.
*Strong Bad calling Strong Sad "Greystoke" is a possible reference to the fictional character [[Wikipedia:Tarzan|Tarzan]], who was the orphaned son of Lord Greystoke.
*Strong Sad's calligraphy pen is also featured in his action figure in the easter egg for [[action figure]].
*Marzipan's reference to the totebag has to do with public radio often having on-air fund raisers where they offer gifts for different levels of donations.
*After the text of "The Fish Was Delish..." text disappears, you can still click where it was and it will come up.
*The college radio is 89.3 WSBD The Voice of CGNU, "Several Dozen Listeners". This refers to [[Crazy Go Nuts University]].
*The bag on Homestar's head reads: "PRS public radio sounds"
*The bag is the tote bag that Marzipan never received.
*Strong Sad's left sleeve disappears during parts of that easter egg. If you click on him again it appears.
*Marzipan's book "Tolstoy 2" is probably a reference to the Noblehouse 2 and also to the Disney/Pixar film Toy Story 2.
**Slight correction: The book is "Tolstoy Story 2", and is almost certainly a reference to the Disney/Pixar film.
*This is the second time we've seen the interior of Homestar's House. The first was in [[caper]], when Strong Bad and The Cheat tried to steal his Jumbles. Apparently, he fixed his cow lamp, which is seen at the righthand side of the screen.
*Homestar has four self-portraits, each one in a different style (from the Old And Crappy version to the current design).
*I don't know if it's just me, but Strong Sad's radio host voice sounds suspiciously like [[Crackotage]] when he laughs.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail120.html view "radio"] 
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail120.swf view the flash file for "radio"]

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Shotgun

2004-11-29T13:48:55Z

69.225.34.84:

Bubs used it to kill Strong Bad's computer because a virus in it turned his mouth into a broken JPEG.

montage

2004-11-11T02:43:50Z

69.225.34.84: /* Fun Facts */

[[Image:sbemail117.png|thumb|Wagon Fulla Pancakes]]

'''Strong Bad Email #117'''

[[Strong Bad]] "creats" a few montages about a [[Wagon Fulla Pancakes]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Coach Z]]

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{announcing}'' Tonight on Strong Bad Email: Comedian Coach Z, actress Marzipan, and some guy from a zoo.

''{reading}''

<pre>Dear Strong Bad,
Why don't you creat a montage?

Steve
Surf City, NJ</pre>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "creat" as it is spelled and reads NJ as "No Job"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' ''{in a high-pitched, mocking voice}'' Oooohhh! Why don't you creat an alternate reality where you don't have to spell correctly and I talk like this. And your name is Watered Down. ''{clears screen, continues typing in normal voice}'' A montage, eh Watered Down? Like, about whatever? Okay. I'll make a montage about...

''{cut to an empty field}''

Me. ''{Strong Bad appears}''

And a wagon. ''{a wagon appears}''

Full of pancakes. ''{pancakes appear in the wagon}''

''{Diamond wipe to Strong Bad and the wagon walking past Bubs's Concession Stand.}''

''{Wipe to a field where Strong Bad kicks the wagon calmly.}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad pulling the wagon uphill.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh, or maybe a montage of me falling in love with the wagon full of pancakes.

''{Heart wipe to Strong Bad in a boat with the wagon. They are both holding glasses of wine.}''

''{singing}''

Let's make this moment be the symbol of our lives 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon listening to a Taranchula LP on headphones.}'' 
We'll pawn your dad's computer 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon, under the stars. Strong Bad points to some shooting stars in the distance.}'' 
and we'll sail to paradise 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon spinning around, holding "hands".}'' 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon at the movies. Strong Bad drops some popcorn.}'' 
You're a girl... or maybe a wagon... 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon at a fast food place. Strong Bad puts ketchup on some fries while laughing and smiling.} 
filled up with pancakes 
{Cut to Strong Bad frolicking across a field as the wagon follows.}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' Or maybe a montage of the wagon full of pancakes
''{cut to a front door view of The Cheat and the wagon}''
and The Cheat being down on their luck door to door salesmen.

''{Cut to The Cheat lying in the wagon as the wagon rolls past.}''

''{Several doors slam on The Cheat at different angles.}''

''{singing}''
You can't do it so give up now 
Whatcha gonna do when your dough runs out 
Ain't that a drag? 
''{Cut to the wagon sitting in an arm chair while the Cheat lies on the floor in front, smoking.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{stops singing}'' No, I got it. A montage of the wagon full of pancakes training ''{cut to Homestar in a shirt that says "The #1" looking at the wagon in a field}'' for the championship.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' A wagon full of pamcakes in the champeenship? I'd like to see you try.

''{Zoom in on pancakes as training music starts to play.}''

''{Cut to the wagon climbing the stairs of a stadium.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}''
Guts, guts and might ''{The wagon's handle slowly collapses on top of a barbell.}'' 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon on a track.}'' 
Lifting weights and feeling all right ''{Strong Bad clicks a stop watch.''} 
''{Cut to a silhouette of Strong Bad and the wagon running past a sunset and an ocean.}'' 
It's a showdown going down 
Now you're gonna mess around showdown 
''{Cut to the wagon ascending the bleachers again.}'' 
Put your nose down showdown 

''{Cut to Homestar Runner and the wagon in a gym as Coach Z looks on in a referee costume.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hiya! Hiya! ''{Homestar kicks.}''

''{The wagon's handle falls on Homestar, just like it did while training with the barbell, and Homestar falls down.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oof!

'''COACH Z:''' The pamcakes wins!

''{A buzzer sounds and the score changes from 6-6 to 6-7 on the scoreboard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Showdown.

''{Cut to Strong Bad at the Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Those were some good montages, eh Watered Down? That was like, a montage of montages. The only thing we left out is the end credits photo montage. Hit it!

''{Cut to a glossy of Strong Bad and the wagon in the boat.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{singing}''
Partying... ''party party party'' 
''{Cut to glossy of Strong Bad and the wagon on the beach.}''
It's the weekend... ''party party party'' 
''{Cut to glossy of Strong Bad and the wagon in the movie theater.}'' 
''{Cut to a closeup of The Cheat lying on the floor.}'' 
'''CAPTION:''' The Cheat never sold a single box of toner. He is currently unemployed. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still singing}'' And a wagon... ''party party party''. 
Full of pancakes... 
''{Cut to Homestar kicking in the gym.}'' 
'''CAPTION''': Homestar sold his "The #1" shirt for $3(US). He got a good deal. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still singing}'' ''party party party'' 
''{Cut to a glossy of Strong Bad frolicing across the field, the wagon not in the photo.}'' 
'''CAPTION''': Strong Bad went on to host some show on Animal Planet. 
It was cancelled before the first commercial break. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still singing}'' And we're partying... ''party party party'' 
''{Cut to the wagon with a fedora.}'' 
'''CAPTION''': After winning the champeenship, the Wagon Fulla Pancakes did some local TV spots for a used car dealership. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' It's the weekend... ''party party party'' 
And we're partying... ''party party party'' 
Everybody does it tonnniiight... 
'''CAPTION''': It currently resides in Long Beach with its spouse and 2 children.

''{Homestar quits singing.}''

''{[[The Paper]] comes down onto the photo.}''

== Easter Eggs ==

*Wait a bit at the end to see what becomes of [[The Paper]].

*At the end, click on "4 Wheels" on the wagon to see Homestar, undefeated in spirit.

*At the end, click on "Strong Bad" to see another scene.

== Fun Facts ==
*The song Homestar is singing in the Easter Egg ("You're the Best") comes from the fighting montage during the tournament in the 1984 masterpiece, ''[[Wikipedia:The_Karate_Kid|The Karate Kid.]]'' Homestar's headband, bearing the design of an old Japanese flag, is also a reference to this film, and has appeared before in both [[pom pom]] and [[Theme Song Video]].

*In the Homestar Easter Egg, at the end, you'll see that his score reverts to "-1 points" even though the machine is off.

*The scene with Strong Bad and the Wagon Fulla Pancakes sitting in the canoe is reminiscent of [[lures & jigs]], where Strong Bad and Coach Z fish in the exact same spot.

*The song Strong Bad sings when he falls in love with the wagon is reminiscent of the style of [[The Kinda Long Haired Band]].

*Much of the wagon's training sequence (especially the wagon "running" up the stairs) is a parody of the training sequence from the immortal boxing epic, ''[[Wikipedia:Rocky|Rocky]]''.

*The Strong Bad easter egg is a take on the popular NES game ''[[Wikipedia:Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!|Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!]]'', in which halfway through the game you saw a similar sequence.
**The ''Punchout'' sequence itself was a clear reference to the training sequence in ''[[Wikipedia:Rocky|Rocky]]''.

*The [[Taranchula]] album cover is the same one from the liner notes of the [[Strong Bad Sings CD]].

*When Strong Bad is in [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]] with the wagon, he's using the Bottle of Ketchup and eating the fries from [[funny]].

*There actually is a system call in the Unix operating system called "creat." It creat(e)s a new file.

*The reference to Strong Bad going on to host a show on Animal Planet that got cancelled before the first commericial break is a reference to how the Cable network Animal Planet will sometimes hype a new show beyond a belief, making you think it will be a great new series.... then all they show is the pilot and nothing else.

*This is an email [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?p=34044#34044 that was sent in by an HRWiki member]. Congratulations [[User:porplemontage | porplemontage]]!

*The Cheat and his Trophy Lights:
*#Besides the [[The Cheat's Smoking Challenge|smoking game]], this is the first actual cartoon in which you see The Cheat smoking.
*#Note that Strong Bad sings the line, "Ain't that a drag?" just as the Cheat takes a long drag on his cigarette.
*#Strong Bad acknowledges The Cheat's tough-to-break nicotine habit in [[Where's The Cheat?]]

*The "some guy from a zoo" line by Strong Bad during the "Late-Night Talk Show"-style intro is most likely a reference to how such shows often resort to the gimmick of having zoo workers appear on the show, accompanied by their animal partners, whose mischievous antics can often get a cheap laugh from the audience.

*When The Cheat and the wagon are door-to-door salesman, they visit the house from [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] twice.

*The Easter Egg (the one where you click the words "Strong Bad") looks like it could possibly have been made by [[Videlectrix]].

*In the original version of this e-mail, the background was static while Strong Bad and the wagon were spinning around. It has since been fixed to blurred trees.

*Homestar gets less money for a shirt than he gets for a half-eaten breakfast burrito in [http://www.homestarrunner.com/auction.html "Some Type of Online Auction"]

*The Cheat not being able to sell any toner is reminiscent of the movie ''The Salesman'', where traveling salesmen have varying rates of success selling bibles. The poorest selling bible seller of the group winds up losing his job.

*The sparkling water seen while Strong Bad is running on the horizon seems to be the same from [[Main Page 3]].

*[[The Movie Theatre]] that Strong Bad and the Wagon go to is the one from [[A Jorb Well Done]].

*At the rate of one e-mail per week, [[The Paper]] will be around for almost exactly one more year, as the 173rd e-mail would land on December 5th, 2005 (fifty-six Mondays away).

*In filmic terms, scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson define a montage sequence as "a segment of film which summarizes a topic or compresses a passage of time into brief symbolic or typical images." Also, montage sequences generally represent a longer passage of time than the also-typical "dissolve" or "fade" techniques between shots.

*"Watered Down" may be a reference to the novel ''Watership Down'' by Richard Adams.

*Homestar's pronunciation of "pamcakes" could be a reference to the comic (and movie) ''[[Wikipedia:Hellboy|Hellboy]]''.

*When Strong Bad sings the line "Lifting weights and feeling alright" during the training montage, it might be a reference to [[dangeresque 3]], where part of the ending song in that email is "Riding in a Corvette and feeling alright."

== External Links ==
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail117.html watch "montage"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail117.swf view the flash file for "montage"]
*[http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=1226 forum thread re: "montage"]

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