Penguin Brothers Interview - 26 May 2003

2005-09-05T17:37:49Z

Dork-on: typo

On May 26th, 2003, "Purple Penguin" of [http://penguinbros.com/ penguinbros.com] conducted a short interview with [[Mike Chapman]]:

==Transcript==

If names like Strongbad and Trogdor fail to get your blood boiling, then you’ve been missing out on something special. For the rest of you knowledgeable folks, I had the extreme honor to lay down my seven questions upon 1/2 of the Brothers Chaps. Check it out:

'''PURPLE PENGUIN:''' What is your creative background prior to Homestarrunner.com?

'''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' I went to the University of Georgia and majored in art. Photography to be
exact, but I had to take drawing and painting classes. I took art in high
school and took classes at the art center in our neighborhood when I was in
elementary school

'''PURPLE PENGUIN:''' I don’t want to make you pick favorites, but which character do you feel
the most invested in, or feel has developed more than the others.

'''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Well, obviously Strong Bad is the most developed as he has the most screen
time. Then Homestar. The characters I'm most excited about developing
further are Bubs and old timey Homestar.

'''PURPLE PENGUIN:''' I have noticed even though most of your energies are seemingly put into a
new Strong Bad E-mail each week, you occasionally still find the time to
release a new short or even a game! What is your schedule concerning the
site?

'''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Other than Sundays being set aside to make the weekly Strong Bad E-mail,
there is no real schedule. Just whatever we have time for. We always have a
couple non-Strong Bad E-mail projects going on at any given time...a game,
new menu screen, short toon, etc.

'''PURPLE PENGUIN:''' So where does Missy Palmer fit in on the Homestar Runner timeline, and
how was she “discovered”?

'''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' She is my girlfriend. We started dating just before the site started in
January of 2000.

'''PURPLE PENGUIN:''' Musically, the website is very powerful. I’ve heard a story about a whole
midnight crowd for Rocky Horror Picture Show breaking into “Trogdor” as it
played over the sound system. I’ll try not to make this a “where does funny
come from?” question, but where does your music come from?

'''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' We listened to a lot of hair metal in the 80's: Motley Crue, Guns 'n Roses,
Faster Pussycat, etc.

'''PURPLE PENGUIN:''' What directions do you see the Homestar Runner universe moving in? What
crazy merchandise would you like to see in the future?

'''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' I would like to see a breakfast cereal.

'''PURPLE PENGUIN:''' Okay: Frankly, I don’t care how Strong Bad can type with gloves on, but
how can Homestar type with no hands?

'''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' I don't really have an answer. Even I don't know that.

==External Links==
* [http://www.penguinbros.com/interviews/homestarrunner.html Read the Penguin Brothers Interview]

[[Category:Interviews and Public Appearances]]

homsar

2005-09-05T17:12:26Z

Dork-on:

[[Image:sbemail2.PNG|thumb|The first appearance of Homsar!!]]

:''This is an article about homsar, the [[Strong Bad Email]]. For the [[Characters|character]] of the same name, see [[Homsar]].''

'''Strong Bad Email #2'''

A misspelling of "Homestar" leaves Strong Bad "killing" "Homsar".

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Homsar]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]]

{{Comp|Tandy 400}}

'''Date:''' 2001

'''Running Time:''' 0:43

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I'm gonna check my email all of the time, doo doo doo... ''{stops singing}''

<blockquote class="tandy email">Hi Strong Bad,<br />
If you hate Homsar so much,<br />
why don't you kill him?<br />
-Vinnie C.</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know what, Vinnie? You're right. I'll be right back.

''{Cut to Homsar standing in The Field. Strong Bad enters the frame in the foreground.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Homsar!

'''HOMSAR:''' Uhdyeah, what ees it, Strong Baaaaayaad?

''{Strong Bad leaves the frame and the Heavy Lourde falls on Homsar, completely crushing him.}''
''{Cut back to Tandy 400.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh man, Vinnie. That feels so much better. Thanks a lot! ''{stops typing}'' Okay, so until next time, keep sending me your questions, and I will keep making fun of your punctuation and spelling. I mean, answer them.

''{[[The Paper]] comes out and it says "Click here to e-mail strong bad"}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*"Lourde" is French for "heavy."
*The bi-lingual labeling on the weight is a reference to the multi-lingual labeling of items [[Wikipedia:Bilingualism_in_Canada|required]] in Canada and becoming more prevalent in the United States since the advent of [[Wikipedia:NAFTA|NAFTA]].

===Trivia===
*This is the first email in which Strong Bad makes fun of someone's spelling.
*This is also the first email that shows an area outside of the [[Computer Room|computer room]].
*This is Homsar's first appearance.
*This is the first email where a character other than Strong Bad appears.
*The back button at the end of this email used to go to the games menu instead of the Strong Bad Email menu (an "old emails" button used to be present that would link to the old emails). After [[flashback]] was released, [[The Brothers Chaps]] removed the old emails button and fixed the back link.
*In this email [[Strong Bad]]'s mask doesn't have a lace on the back of it when he goes outside.

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad's mouth doesn't move when he says "Doo doo doo."

===Fast Forward===
*The [[Heavy Lourde]] makes another appearance in the [[Homsar Main Page]], in [[stunt double]], and most recently, in [[garage sale]].
*In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5]], Homsar leaves a message thanking [[Marzipan]] for the flowers she sent him while he was in the hospital. It's implied that he was in the hospital because the Heavy Lourde had been dropped on him in this email.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail2.html|watch "homsar"]]
*[[HR:sbemail2.swf|view the Flash file for "homsar"]]

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