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<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best. But Lappy-era e-mails are real good too.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF3030 |codebkgd=#99AAFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Matt_closeup.png|40px]]|msg=This user's favorite Chapman is '''[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#000000|code=MEH|msg=This user can understand '''[[cheat talk|Cheat Talk]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#7EC0EE|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:lilbrudder.gif|43px]]|msg=This user '''[[Li'l Brudder|can make it on his/her own]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00FF7F|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Baby_strong_bad.png|43px]]|msg=This user is playing '''[[highschool|better video games]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Fallen Ben.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is a member of the '''[[Homestarmy]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#990033|mainbkgd=#CC9966|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:DancingBros.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is '''[[A Folky Tale|gonna have a good time tonight]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:StrongBad_CarmenSanDiego.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user doesn't know '''[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats|what's fun about eating less candy.]]'''}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#000000|codebkgd=#0000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:43SMposse.png|43px]]|msg=&lt;span style=&quot;color:white&quot;&gt;This user is a member of '''[[HR:smsticker.html|&lt;span style=&quot;color:white&quot;&gt;Strong Mad's Posse.&lt;/span&gt;]]'''&lt;/span&gt;}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:firebert_army.png|45px]]|msg=This user also thinks '''[[Firebert]]''' is not a good '''[[Cheat Commandos|Commando]]''' name.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=[[Image:sbemail106.PNG|34px]]|msg=Looks like this user's [[dangeresque 3|'''gonna have to jump''']]!}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=[[Image:Bubs_Last_Stand.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user has '''[[The Best Decemberween Ever|all types of crazy crap]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#00BFFF|mainbkgd=#FFD700|codebkgd=#00BFFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Adorable The Cheat.png|43px]]|msg=This user is [[lady...ing|'''holy-crap-adorable''']]!}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF6103|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#FF6103|code=RC|msg=This user patrols '''[[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]]'''.}} <br /> |}<br /> Oh, hello! Greetings, one and everyone. Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals... Life One Oh One. Homestar Equals Life One Oh One. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-30T22:23:03Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best. But Lappy-era e-mails are real good too.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF3030 |codebkgd=#99AAFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Matt_closeup.png|40px]]|msg=This user's favorite Chapman is '''[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#000000|code=MEH|msg=This user can understand '''[[cheat talk|Cheat Talk]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#7EC0EE|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:lilbrudder.gif|43px]]|msg=This user '''[[Li'l Brudder|can make it on his/her own]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00FF7F|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Baby_strong_bad.png|43px]]|msg=This user is playing '''[[highschool|better video games]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00CC99|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=LOL|msg=This user is real, real funny.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Fallen Ben.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is a member of the '''[[Homestarmy]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#990033|mainbkgd=#CC9966|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:DancingBros.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is '''[[A Folky Tale|gonna have a good time tonight]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:StrongBad_CarmenSanDiego.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user doesn't know '''[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats|what's fun about eating less candy.]]'''}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#000000|codebkgd=#0000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:43SMposse.png|43px]]|msg=&lt;span style=&quot;color:white&quot;&gt;This user is a member of '''[[HR:smsticker.html|&lt;span style=&quot;color:white&quot;&gt;Strong Mad's Posse.&lt;/span&gt;]]'''&lt;/span&gt;}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:firebert_army.png|45px]]|msg=This user also thinks '''[[Firebert]]''' is not a good '''[[Cheat Commandos|Commando]]''' name.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=[[Image:sbemail106.PNG|34px]]|msg=Looks like this user's [[dangeresque 3|'''gonna have to jump''']]!}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=[[Image:Bubs_Last_Stand.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user has '''[[The Best Decemberween Ever|all types of crazy crap]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#00BFFF|mainbkgd=#FFD700|codebkgd=#00BFFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Adorable The Cheat.png|43px]]|msg=This user is [[lady...ing|'''holy-crap-adorable''']]!}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF6103|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#FF6103|code=RC|msg=This user patrols '''[[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]]'''.}} <br /> |}<br /> Oh, hello! Greetings, one and everyone. Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals... Life One Oh One. Homestar Equals Life One Oh One. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-26T19:29:50Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best. But Lappy-era e-mails are real good too.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF3030 |codebkgd=#99AAFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Matt_closeup.png|40px]]|msg=This user's favorite Chapman is '''[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#000000|code=MEH|msg=This user can understand '''[[cheat talk|Cheat Talk]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#7EC0EE|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:lilbrudder.gif|43px]]|msg=This user '''[[Li'l Brudder|can make it on his/her own]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00FF7F|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Baby_strong_bad.png|43px]]|msg=This user is playing '''[[highschool|better video games]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00CC99|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=LOL|msg=This user is '''[[real, real funny]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Fallen Ben.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is a member of the '''[[Homestarmy]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#990033|mainbkgd=#CC9966|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:DancingBros.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is '''[[A Folky Tale|gonna have a good time tonight]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:StrongBad_CarmenSanDiego.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user doesn't know '''[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats|what's fun about eating less candy.]]'''}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#000000|codebkgd=#0000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:43SMposse.png|43px]]|msg=&lt;span style=&quot;color:white&quot;&gt;This user is a member of '''[[HR:smsticker.html|&lt;span style=&quot;color:white&quot;&gt;Strong Mad's Posse.&lt;/span&gt;]]'''&lt;/span&gt;}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:firebert_army.png|45px]]|msg=This user also thinks '''[[Firebert]]''' is not a good '''[[Cheat Commandos|Commando]]''' name.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=[[Image:sbemail106.PNG|34px]]|msg=Looks like this user's [[dangeresque 3|'''gonna have to jump''']]!}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=[[Image:Bubs_Last_Stand.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user has '''[[The Best Decemberween Ever|all types of crazy crap]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#00BFFF|mainbkgd=#FFD700|codebkgd=#00BFFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Adorable The Cheat.png|43px]]|msg=This user is [[lady...ing|'''holy-crap-adorable''']]!}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF6103|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#FF6103|code=RC|msg=This user patrols '''[[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]]'''.}} <br /> |}<br /> Oh, hello! Greetings, one and everyone. Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals... Life One Oh One. Homestar Equals Life One Oh One. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Fortune_Cookies 2007-01-20T18:03:27Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>{{gamenav|Old Game|fortune|Dancin' Bubs|Hairstyle Runner}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:fortunecookies.PNG|thumb|Seek your destiny!]]<br /> <br /> A fun little &quot;game&quot; that gives you a new fortune every time you click on a fortune cookie. It used to be in the [[Museum]], but it was moved to the [[Handheld Games Menu]] when the [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|game menu]] was remodeled.<br /> <br /> '''Page Title:''' Homestar Runner Fortune Cookies<br /> __FORCETOC__<br /> == List of Fortunes ==<br /> === Left cookie ===<br /> *Maybe try and be a little funnier.<br /> *From now on, give only high-fives.<br /> *Switching soaps cold turkey will give you a rash.<br /> *Start a little fire. A little one!<br /> *Things are about to get a whole lot flimsier.<br /> *Hey, it worked for Taft.<br /> *Tell your boss to quit. Then take their job.<br /> *Start putting stamps on all your emails.<br /> *There are some dishes under your bed that you should just throw away.<br /> *It's not lazy if it's hilarious.<br /> *Buy me a sandwich.<br /> *Laugh your way out of a tense bathroom situation.<br /> *You will tire of your mayonnaise and it will grow tired of you.<br /> *Girls shouldn't casually wear ball caps.<br /> *The backwards alphabet is just as important as the frontwards one.<br /> *A pillow fort simply cannot last.<br /> *Greatness can be measured in arguments won.<br /> *A true friend will tell you how stupid that shirt looks.<br /> *Brush up on knock-knock jokes. They're on their way back.<br /> *Start adding sugar to coke. That's why they put it on the table.<br /> *A life of luxury will end in buxury.<br /> <br /> === Middle cookie ===<br /> *Gimme a dollar.<br /> *Length x width = height. No wait. I mean area.<br /> *Make it great. Next time don't be late.<br /> *You've got something between your teeth. Something green.<br /> *Ask me about super-dooper savings.<br /> *Wait by the phone. See if it rings.<br /> *It's not mean if it's hilarious.<br /> *Ugliness is next to you. Scooch on over.<br /> *Have a good time, all the time.<br /> *Stop listening to country music.<br /> *Make a little guy out of a paperclip.<br /> *Park in a secret place where no one can find you.<br /> *Your primary goal will be washing up.<br /> *You will spot a food store with your name. You aren't related.<br /> *An authority figure will look at you through X-Ray specs.<br /> *You will fight for a just cause, just 'cause.<br /> *Clumsiness will bring about a change of pants.<br /> *Your friends wonder if they met you now, would they still like you?<br /> *Homonyms will give you trouble at a social function.<br /> *You will avoid laundry altogether and buy more socks.<br /> <br /> === Right cookie ===<br /> *[[Thorax:|www.thoraxcorp.com]]<br /> *Don't skip school... skip class.<br /> *It's not illegal if it's hilarious.<br /> *Remember that time you lied to your mom?<br /> *Briefly, let's discuss your underwear.<br /> *The likelihood is great that you will bring home some bacon.<br /> *Your potential is full, empty it out. It's starting to stink.<br /> *Don't wait for a reason to give up, just stop trying.<br /> *Will you go with me?&lt;br&gt;&amp;emsp;Yes &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1px solid black&quot;&gt;&amp;emsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;emsp;&amp;ensp;&amp;emsp;No &lt;span style=&quot;border: 1px solid black&quot;&gt;&amp;emsp;&lt;/span&gt;<br /> *Why not try some moldy bread. You might not vomit.<br /> *Little things add up to a little bit.<br /> *&quot;They&quot; say &quot;you&quot; are &quot;stupid.&quot; Whatever that means.<br /> *Treat others as if they treated you first.<br /> *Lighten your load by doing less work.<br /> *Pay no attention to the man in the parentheses.<br /> *Begin saying 'toot' backwards. No one will ever know.<br /> *Try a little levitation.<br /> *&lt;span style=&quot;color: #FF0&quot;&gt;Yellow text is hard to read.&lt;/span&gt;<br /> *The truth is, banana peels just aren't that slippery.<br /> *Stop picking at it.<br /> <br /> == Fun Facts ==<br /> ===Trivia===<br /> [[Image:You very dead..png|thumb|right|You very dead.]]<br /> [[Image:Youarenotasgoodasmostpeople.png|thumb|right|You are not as good as most people.]]<br /> *All of the slips of paper read &quot;You are very ugly indeed&quot; (or, possibly, &quot;You very dead&quot;) and &quot;You are not as good as most people&quot; before they are completely unraveled.<br /> **Due to this, when &quot;yellow text is hard to read&quot; comes up, it's black until it's completely unfolded.<br /> *When it asks &quot;Will you go with me?&quot;, you can check off either answer, but nothing happens.<br /> <br /> ===Inside References===<br /> *The fortune cookie that reads www.thoraxcorp.com is an obvious reference to the [[Thorax Corporation]].<br /> <br /> ===Real-World References===<br /> *The one about the paper clip may be a reference to Clippy, one of the [[Wikipedia:Office Assistant|office assistants]] on [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Office|Microsoft Office]].<br /> *&quot;Pay no attention to the man in parentheses&quot; is a reference to ''[[IMDB:tt0032138|The Wizard of Oz]]''.<br /> *[[Wikipedia:William Howard Taft|William Howard Taft]] was the 27th [[Presidents|president]] of the United States of America.<br /> *The Fortune Reading &quot;Have a good time, all the time,&quot; is a reference to &quot;[[Wikipedia:This Is Spinal Tap|This Is Spinal Tap]].&quot;<br /> <br /> ===Fast Forward===<br /> *Similar fortune cookies are used in an Easter egg for the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[long pants]].<br /> *The game is referenced in the bonus cartoon [[Why Come Only One Girl?]] on the [[Everything Else, Volume 2|Everything Else, Volume 2 DVD]].<br /> <br /> == External Links ==<br /> *[[HR:fortune.html|play Fortune Cookies]]<br /> *[[HR:fortune.swf|view the Flash file for Fortune Cookies]]<br /> {{OldFlashStuff}}<br /> [[Category: Games]]</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Stinkoman_20X6_Goofs 2007-01-15T21:25:58Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>In anything as big as '''[[Stinkoman 20X6]], mistakes''' can be made. This is a list of some of the ones that have been found.<br /> <br /> __TOC__<br /> == Manual Inconsistencies ==<br /> *Kolkaryu is listed under level 2, but Kolkaryu already appears in level 1.<br /> *Old Sage is listed under level 2, but Old Sages already appear in level 1.<br /> *Level 3 is called &quot;Dumb Wall&quot; on the level select screen, but it's called &quot;Up 'n Down&quot; in the instruction manual.<br /> *In Level 1 in the manual, the original version said &quot;face treats&quot; instead of &quot;fave treats.&quot;<br /> *Level 3 is the only part to have its title constantly on the top of the page. All of the other Levels' titles disappear after the first page.<br /> *When v4 (Level 6) and v5 (Level 7) were first put up, The Brothers Chaps forgot to update the [[Stinkomanual]] to include Level 6. This was fixed, but the release of version 5 seemingly broke it again. Later in the day, the level 6 section was replaced, the level 7 section was added.<br /> <br /> == In-Game Goofs ==<br /> *The two Pooru-Poorus at either end of Stlunko seem to be hovering above the ground.<br /> *When you fall off the conveyor belt on Stlunko and stand on the ground below the belt, you'll still be carried along with it. (However, once you jump or are hit by one of the Pooru-Poorus, you appear back on the conveyor belt.)<br /> *When Stinkoman wears his giant fist, it is slightly larger than when Stlunko has it.<br /> *In Levels 4.1 and 4.2, if Stinkoman walks directly beneath the lavafall and then hits the ground with the rock fist, he apparently deflects the lava with his head. <br /> [[Image:level1.jpg|thumb|Level 1 or Level 1.1? ]]<br /> *Any damage you took as Stinkoman in levels 3 and 4 will remain on 1-Up in level 5, even though they're not the same person.<br /> **Similarly, any damage you took as 1-Up in Level 5 will remain on Stinkoman when you progress to level 6.<br /> *In the &quot;Level Select&quot; screen, levels 9.1 and 9.2 were originally listed as -0.1 and -0.2. This was fixed later in the day.<br /> &lt;!-- Every version past 2 only lets you play the first level in any episode no matter what. You can only unlock the second level if you beat the first one. It's almost certainly can't be called a Goof at this point, given that they did it three times in a row, so please don't add it. --&gt;<br /> *On level 3.1, if you get hurt, or attack, the silhouette of Stinkoman will stay in the form of him jumping.<br /> <br /> == Miscellaneous ==<br /> *In the Videlectrix catalogue, if you click Stinkoman 20X6, a screenshot of the game will appear. In the bottom right corner, it says &quot;Level 1&quot; and not &quot;Level 1.1&quot;.&lt;br style=&quot;clear:both;&quot; /&gt;<br /> *At the beginning menu, at the bottom left, it reads &quot;Flash 7 or hire required.&quot; It should say &quot;Flash 7 or higher required.&quot; <br /> <br /> {{Template:Stinkoman 20X6}}<br /> [[Category:Stinkoman 20X6]]</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-15T21:13:51Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best. But Lappy-era e-mails are real good too.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF3030 |codebkgd=#99AAFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Matt_closeup.png|40px]]|msg=This user's favorite Chapman is '''[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#000000|code=MEH|msg=This user can understand '''[[cheat talk|Cheat Talk]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#7EC0EE|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:lilbrudder.gif|43px]]|msg=This user '''[[Li'l Brudder|can make it on his/her own]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00FF7F|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Baby_strong_bad.png|43px]]|msg=This user is playing '''[[highschool|better video games]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00CC99|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=LOL|msg=This user is '''[[real, real funny]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Fallen Ben.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is a member of the '''[[Homestarmy]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#990033|mainbkgd=#CC9966|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:DancingBros.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is '''[[A Folky Tale|gonna have a good time tonight]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:StrongBad_CarmenSanDiego.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user doesn't know '''[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats|what's fun about eating less candy.]]'''}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#000000|codebkgd=#0000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:43SMposse.png|43px]]|msg=&lt;span style=&quot;color:white&quot;&gt;This user is a member of '''[[HR:smsticker.html|&lt;span style=&quot;color:white&quot;&gt;Strong Mad's Posse.&lt;/span&gt;]]'''&lt;/span&gt;}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:firebert_army.png|45px]]|msg=This user also thinks '''[[Firebert]]''' is not a good '''[[Cheat Commandos|Commando]]''' name.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=[[Image:sbemail106.PNG|34px]]|msg=Looks like this user's [[dangeresque 3|'''gonna have to jump''']]!}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=[[Image:Bubs_Last_Stand.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user has '''[[The Best Decemberween Ever|all types of crazy crap]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#00BFFF|mainbkgd=#FFD700|codebkgd=#00BFFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Adorable The Cheat.png|43px]]|msg=This user is [[lady...ing|'''holy-crap-adorable''']]!}} <br /> |}<br /> Oh, hello! Greetings, one and everyone. Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals... Life One Oh One. Homestar Equals Life One Oh One. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Wired_News_Radio_Interview_-_23_Jun_2003 2007-01-15T17:05:21Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:wnlogo.PNG|thumb|Wired News Radio's logo]] In June of 2003, [http://www.wired.com/news/bio/0,2338,656,00.html Kari Lynn Dean] of [http://www.wired.com/ Wired News Radio] interviewed [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] and [[Matt Chapman]], and then [[Missy Palmer]], in relation to their website, [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestarrunner.com]].<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Hi, I'm Kari Dean, and today on Wired News Radio we're talking to the lovably funny characters at HomestarRunner.com.<br /> <br /> ''{Musical interlude, lowered during Homestar's monologue}''<br /> <br /> '''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' They have the best snacks in the break room. Like, they have a- an entire assortment, I would- I would go so far as to say a smorgasbord of Little Debbie treats and confections.<br /> <br /> ''{Music ends}''<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' I'm joined on the phone today by brothers Mike and Matt Chapman, and Missy Palmer, the creative talent behind HomestarRunner.com. I started out by asking each of them how they became involved with the site.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Hi, I'm Mike Chapman, I'm 29 years old, I started Homestar Runner along with Craig Zobel in, uh, July of 1996, started doing the website in January of 2000. I do half of the graphics and animation and writing and, everything, ''{laughs}'' for the last three and a half years.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Okay, um, that's Mike, and Matt?<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yes, I'm Matt Chapman, and I'm 26 years old, and uh, so I didn't- I was working at the theatre the summer that Mike and Craig were working at the Olympics that they came up with Homestar Runner so I didn't have a lot to do with the inception of it. Then, once uh, Mike dropped out of school and I graduated from college, and we uh, moved back in together, we started working on it together and so I've been involved since we put the website up. Uh, and I do the other half of all the writing and animating, whatnot and then except the- with the exception of Marzipan and uh, the occasional odd voice that Mike does, I do all of the voices. <br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' And Missy?<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' Um, well let's see. I was friends with Craig Zobel, and produced the movie that Matt and Mike worked on a long time ago, they were the only ones that listened to me. So, Mike and I started dating, and I uh, became the voice of Marzipan and did a little bit of writing at the beginning.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' So there's really, I guess there's me, Mike, Melissa, and then, three business-types.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' How long ago did you have to start getting business people?<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Uh well, then I guess it was uh, July of 2001 Mike? Or no, 2000.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' May, yeah May of 2001 we started selling shirts.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yeah, May of 2001 we started selling shirts.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Then our dad was a- is a retired accountant um, and he offered to uh, you know, do that for us, send out the shirts. be the- our fulfillment. And uh, at the time it was, you know. Maybe a shirt a day. And so he was able to handle it, about six or, six months ago or so it became overwhelming, and now a fulfillment company does it.<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' We- we ended up having to divide their ping-pong table into quadrants in the basement, ''{laughter}'' of their parents house. In like... 12.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' They were like, shipping stations.<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' All the neighbors would have to come over, and fill orders.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Yeah, Christmas was a lot of fun this year... ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yeah it was great 'cause all our friends were home from, you know, school or- or wherever they lived New York or wherever and we put them all to work in our parents basement, shipping T-Shirts.<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' And then the mini-van would have to run to the post office twice a day with boxes of packages. ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yeah we ran a tight ship. ''{laughter}'' You know it was great, it was so-<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' ''{unintelligible}''<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' -it was a lot of fun though, but then, since then, because of that actually, we had to- now we have um. So we have um, our dad still helps with the store, our mom still helps with like, on the side, like, I mean not even uh- she's not even ''officially'' involved, our dad is sort of officially involved, and then our sister is- is like our customer service rep. Sister Karen. And then, we have uh, like main business guy that does all the like, you know any time there's like a ''deal'' or whatever, um, he takes care of that stuff. So I guess there's really, I guess there's me, Mike, Melissa, and then three business types.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' They're all relatives?<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' And, uh well no. The, their, our guy, Mike Hascone who's kind of our main business-type is the guy that, is funny enough went to junior high with us but we were never like, really friends with. But we grew up, you know, in the same neighborhood, the same, sort of people, and he just kind of came back into our lives like, right around the time were, sort of starting to get overwhelmed, and uh, offered to help us. He had just sold like a technology company out in silicon valley and all that, and so he was like &quot;well hey I- I&quot; you know, a friend of his, introduced him to the site before he even realized that it was, you know, these two guys he we to high- or junior high with. And then uh, we started working with him. So he takes care of the, like the nitty-gritty. You know, the deals, and all that junk.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' So um, how overwhelming is overwhelming? How many T-Shirts do you think you're shipping out in an average day?<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Well, in December that was like... I mean we were like, around Christmas which was ridiculous and this was running it out of our parents basement, we were doing, I mean there were days when we'd have like 400 orders a day, and um, and uh that was just, you know, picking stuff off the shelf at mom and dad's house. And now we've, we've since moved to like a fulfillment company, so it's all warehoused and they do all the shipping and stuff. And I think, you know, because you know, Christmas is obviously a- a peak point, but now I think our average- what is our average, like 300? <br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' I guess Matt.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Around 300 a day. Yeah, we're pretty, we can't believe that that many people want to wear T-Shirts with our dumb animal characters on them. ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Was there, a certain point at which, um, you felt that like, you suddenly started, really taking off, or was- has it been like this from the very beginning...?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Well it's definitely not been like this. It's been pretty gradual, I think the biggest spike probably happened in about September of last year which is, uh, coincidentally and just randomly the time uh that, Matt quit his job, he had, a job at Earthlink for the previous three years, and uh, that it had just gotten to the time where we uh, had, you know were making enough off of T-Shirt sales that you could quit his job, um, we just kind of wanted to focus on it. I guess-<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yea and at the time it was like an unknown, it was like- <br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Yea.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' -kind of unsure about it, you know, like-<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Right.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' -oh I'm not gonna get the steady paycheck necessarily, but then immediately like, kids got back in school I guess, in colleges or something, and it just went nuts. So that was very fortunate for- for me that, you know immediately I was like &quot;okay this is gonna work out alright.&quot;<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Were you guys doing some sort of PR [Public Relations] or, I mean that it just-<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' No, I mean that it really, I mean that's been the coolest part about this, we've never done any kind of advertising, we've never- we've never really- we've just concentrated on puttin', you know-<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Oh.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' -updating the site, and it's just seemed like word of mouth has really just sort of, done it's thing. Yea, I mean-<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Yea that's why it's been-<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' -we've been, we've been fortunate that like, you know, certain bands, like fairly popular bands and stuff would link us on their site and, you know we were sock- shockwave site of the day a couple of times over the years. But uh, so there's been things like that that definitely spike it and sort of get it into maybe a little more of a mainstream internet audience. And then um... But yea, it's been really cool, I mean just to like watch it grow. I mean we've just, you know, we'll hear like our cousins, ''{laughs}'' We had a cousin, that just came back, and then uh, two of her brothers were watching it, and they knew that we did it, but she didn't even know. Like she had heard about it through- so like even our relatives would like hear about it like independently through other people, and they'd be like &quot;wait, my cousins do that? That's weird.&quot;<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' ''{laughs}'' That's amazing. That's amazing...<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yea, so that's, that's really cool.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Okay. So, moving away from the business stuff, we've got lots of questions about characters and stories. One of the most pressing questions we've gotten is: &quot;Why is Marzipan the only girl?&quot;<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' Yea, that's what I've been wondering. ''{laughs}''<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' She's not the only girl anymore-<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' What do you mean?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' -there's Teen Girl Squad now.<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' Oh, well they don't count very much...<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yea, well now, Strong Bad has his own independent comic that he makes, he draws, and- and writes. And uh, and it's called Teen Girl Squad. So then there's four girls. So now we- we feel a little more comfortable, that, even though they're not technically girl characters that are interacting with everybody else, there are- there are four girl presences now, you know, on the site. In some form or fashion. And um-<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' And the other reason is that uh, well she gets more attention this way, right Melis?<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' I don't know about that. I'm pushing for more females. ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' We, it grew to a point where we-<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' But, then again, I'm the most important one.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' -yea. Well you- we just um- ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' It became a joke very quickly obviously, because she was-<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Yea we didn't- we didn't mean, you know, it was just like &quot;hey, the main character's gotta have a girlfriend.&quot; And then, we didn't think about it for a few months, and all of a sudden there was 11 characters and 12 characters and 11 of them were, you know... ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Dudes or, androgynous shapes. <br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Yea all, a couple of them are just kind of weird things that, you know, I guess they're technically male but, they could just as easily be female.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' We had discussed that, there's a character named The Cheat, and we had discussed him having a litter of babies at one point, so. Maybe some A-sexual characters. ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' Maybe- maybe somebody will have a gender change. ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Um, you said that you invented Marzipan because your main character needed a girlfriend. That was actually a question that was posed by a few people here is: &quot;is Marzipan ''really'' Homestar Runner's girlfriend?&quot;<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Well that, yea I think, definitely back when she was created she was Homestar Runner's girlfriend-<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Right.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' -but now it's uh-<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' She's sort of been fleshed out.<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' I'm kind of independent now.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yeah.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' So there was no official breakup or...?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' There's n-no, it's um. Homestar didn't-<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' You know, it'd probably take a while for it to sink in with Homestar anyways, even if they did break up. He's not the sharpest, uh, knife in the drawer. It's one of those relationships like you know, I dunno, what's- what's one of the- what's- what's some sitcom relationship where it's like for seasons and seasons they're off and on and off and on, it's almost like that where they're like-<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' So um- I'm back to moonlighting.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Moonlighting or something.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' -yea, like moonlighting. Exactly. ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' I've noticed that, you know, it's a pretty clean site. There's, no real adult content and no swearing. Was that a conscious decision? <br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' That's just sort of how who we are.-<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' ''{unintelligible}''<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' -I mean like if we were going to make anything it would probably be, you know, I mean we would just sort of, just growing up watching TV, I mean you just sort of get into that mode where it's like... I mean I guess it's changing now, sort of getting a little more edgy and crass but, for the moment we just sort of see it as, we'd write anything like an old Looney Toons, or an old Three Stooges or an old whatever, where it's like got some, you know, definitely humor that's more for adults, but not necessarily that it's like... inappropriate or, I dunno. I mean it's just, I guess that's just sort of the way we'd do anything, I mean it wasn't like, a decision where like &quot;We are going to be very clean, and- and appeal to the young children, and families&quot;. ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Also it was partly a reaction to when we started doing it in 2000, everything on the internet, all flash cartoons anyway were just kinda like South Park rip-offs and you know like this cute little cartoon character that, you know, says cuss words, or this cute little cartoon character that's gay or whatever, and so it was just about-<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' Crass humor.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' -trying to be shocking, and, you know &quot;hey we can make cartoons that cuss now, and no one can stop us.&quot; And uh, so there was a lot out that wasn't too... ''{unintelligible}''<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yeah, so we were just trying to do something that was original, was part of the, and yeah, that was definitely, that was more of a challenge that we actually just like-<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Yea, so what- and uh, yea, that's just the way we are too.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' So, how did you develop the characters for the site?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' The characters-<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yea, well tell her who all came in the book.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Yea the original story was uh, Homestar and Pom Pom were kind of like best friends. And then Strong Bad, and The Cheat um, were like, sort of-<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' The foils.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' -the two bad guys. And those were the two, really the only two characters that were really ''{Someone unintelligible in the background corrects Mike}'' or four characters, from the original story. And uh, when we first started the site it was, you know, obviously going to be centered around Homestar and... You know for the most part the cartoons, the early ones, were. And it was then in uh, I think I guess in the beginning of 2001, is that right? No, in the middle of 2001 we started doing Strong Bad emails. He had already sort of become, you know everyone's favorite character. We try to get the other characters in there, as frequently as possible, so they don't get too- ''{Says something unintelligible due to being cut off by Missy}''<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' Forgotten.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' ''{laughs}'' Or forgotten.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Exactly.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' ''{pause}'' Okay. Is there one character that you specifically identify with? So Melissa is it actually Marzipan for you?<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' Oh yea.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Really? ''{laughter}'' Can- just- in a couple words, how would you describe Marzipan?<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' Ummm... ''{pause}'' Oh I don't know. Maybe, um, freethinking, intelligent, charismatic, ''{laughs}'' and attractive? ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Okay. Umm, and how about Matt and Mike?<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Mike, you go first.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Ummm... ''{pause}'' I'm trying to think if I, ''{pause}'' I think I'm just saying this because it's my favorite character, but uh, we have, I don't know if you've ever seen those, old time black and white versions of all the characters in the whole world, the, you know, the cartoons from 1936...<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Oh yea, I have seen those, I think.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' They look, weird and are black and white. And that version of Homestar Runner, ''{laughter}'' Old-Timey Homestar is uh, ''{pause}'' I don't know, he's...<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' He's a little more aloof maybe than modern Homestar.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Yea, he's- he's definitely not as dumb as real Homestar, he's smarter and, um, he- he seems to know what's going on more than any other character.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' And he's Old-Timier, and that's always a bonus.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Yea, ''{laughs}'' exactly.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' So you guys diss Homestar Runner a lot, ''{laughs}'' can you give me uh, just a few words how you would describe Homestar Runner, the character, to someone.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' He's like um, he's like the really dumb caption of the football team, like the sort of clueless figure head, but that's like-<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Because he's really nice too.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' -yea, he's super well intentioned-<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Like he's nice to nerds...<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' -he would never do, and- and when he, even if he is uh, mean to you, he doesn't even know, you know he's so, he has no idea you were mean to him and, er, he was mean to you, and then, when you were mean to him, on purpose, he just, he can hardly even imagine that you're being mean to him, because, why would anyone be mean to someone else? And uh, so he's like that uh, yeah, sort of the clueless, figurehead, captain of the football team type, um, but then has a little edge that comes out here and there, like-<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Yeah that's- that's the fun stuff about the characters, and how they've developed, is like there's definitely, there's that aspect of Homestar but then there's this like five percent mean streak where he's like, he could just be a jerk. ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yeah, like especially to Marzipan. ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Yea, to Marz- sometimes to Strong Bad, he'll just like call him out on his stuff.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Matt, can you tell me which character you identify most with?<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Um, I- my favorite character, I- I like Homestar the best. And I'm the- I'm the one that's rooting the most for like, to, to like, you know, we need Homestar to have his own weekly thing like Strong Bad does, whatever. I think that Homestar's the- anytime Homestar shows up he's like the- It's sad because he used to be the sort of focus of it but now he's sort of become the salt of the site. I feel like it's shifted towards the sort of bad guys and then whenever Homestar shows up it's like, always, you know, it's always gold or at least I feel like, you know I always love it whenever we make him pop up so... I'm uh, I don't know if he's exactly like me, I hope I'm a little more uh, a little less gullible, maybe a little more uh, aloof than Homestar, but uh, but I'm pulling for him more than anybody. <br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' And you do the voice of Homestar?<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yea, I do all- everybody except Marzipan. <br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Oh, Mike said he does a ''couple'' of voices.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yeah, Mike does when uh-<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' It's ''very'' few-<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' Sort of just like random...<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yeah, whenever we-<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' ''{unintelligible through Matt}''<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' -need another voice like it's usually when it- we need a voice that is, just kind of funny and completely out of left field, that's when Mike will do.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' ''{laughs}'' Okay.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' The Cheat is uh, our character The Cheat is a flash animator-<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Mmm hmm...<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' -whenever ''he'' makes flash cartoons Mike provides the voice that The Cheat- and The Cheat doesn't speak, he just kind of makes these squeaking noises, but so when he, ''{laughs}'' when The Cheat is doing his impressions of other characters, it's Mike, doing bad impressions of me.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Can you describe The Cheat, for, the audience? <br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Describe him?<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Yeah, um, like who he is, what his character is, I mean, not ''what'' he is, 'cause, well unless you know what he is-<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' Well he's cute...<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' -because, I don't know any of this. ''{laughs}''<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yeah, he's the adorable like uh, evil sidekick, um, that uh, is a little, like he's sort of the whipping boy, but, you know, not your generic whipping- like he knows he's the whipping boy and kinda gets pissed off about it a lot. And so he- he's a little more pro-active, and like I said you know, he's- he's a flash animator. He's got his own thing going so it's sort of like-<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' Doesn't he, sleep in the barbeque grill?<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yes, he lives in a- he lives in the King of Town's barbeque grill.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' And he slept in a crisper once too, didn't he?<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' ''{laughter}'' Well yes, he did, he's recently- he's- he loves that, and so whenever he gets the privilege to sleep in the crisper he's very excited. ''{laughter}'' But uh, he's definitely like, you know, sort of you always have your- the bad guy's right hand man who's always just getting smacked by the bad guy. Whereas, you know The Cheat sort of like you get to see what that guy does when he goes home at night. And it's- you know, he wants to be a flash animator.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Okay. So, do you ever get concerned that you're gonna run out of content, or that you're gonna run out of story ideas, or I dunno, letter ideas, or, do you see yourself doing this for another, you know, twenty years or...?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Yeah we keep expanding, what- there's been, new characters and new realms, like we were talking earlier about Teen Girl Squad, and there's just been, as the site evolves there's new things keep coming up. Um, so I think they'll, or the foreseeable future there'll be, ideas for, you know whether or not it's- maybe focus the shift off of Strong Bad and Homestar Runner, and goes to a couple other characters and whatever, so I- I think there's definitely plenty of room, to, keep expanding.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yeah I mean, ''my'' concern is more of if people discontinue 'cause I mean, all along we've just been coming up with whatever we think of and putting on the, on the- internet, you know. And- and fortunately people have been digging it. But my concern is just like, ''{pause}'' you know, as long as people keep digging it we'll keep doing- you know, I mean well not that it's- it's- whatever- uh it's- whatever that if, if people stop coming we'll stop doing it, that's not necessarily true. Um, we may- we may not be able to, uh live on it anymore if people stop coming to the site obviously. But uh-<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' You guys have huge imaginations. ''{unintelligible through Matt}''<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' But yeah, but I mean that's seriously, that's- that's the part that I'm actually, fortunately I'm not worried about, just growing up with Mike, I mean we just, I mean just- putting me and Mike in a room for ten minutes, we'll just come up with something dumb that hopes- that I- you know that maybe somebody else will think is funny. So, isn't- it's less the ideas and- and the content that I'm worried about is more is this like I hope people continue to dig what we're doing. I mean there may be one of those things where me and Mike thinks it's hilarious and it comes out of left field and nobody likes it anymore, I dunno. But, the idea part is uh, um, I dunno, I think we've got enough dumb crap up in our heads that we can up- we can continue to come up with.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Okay I know I'm springing this on you, but please indulge our listeners. Can you have one of your characters tell me what he or she likes about working for Homestarrunner.com?<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' Well-<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' Um,<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER (AS MARZIPAN):''' -I think, for Marzipan, it- it allows me freedom of um, choice. And um, freedom of um... Movement. ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Was that ''in'' Marzipan's voice? <br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Yeah, that's hers pretty much- ''{laughter}'' <br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Wow-<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' ''{unintelligible through Matt and Kari}''<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' -like she says, she's not acting at all.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' -I was like wait, wait. I think it's the same. ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Alright Mike, you do it. Be- be The Cheat doing Strong Bad, talking about the site.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN (AS POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD):''' I like the part of the- with the punishment, ''{laughter}'' guy, right. I like to kick in the face. Dumb people. Twice I did it. ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' I think that's really mean.<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' That's good! ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' I... eat... food? ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Matt?<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Okay. I'll do Hom- I'll be Homestar, I suppose. And um...<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' So what does Homestar Runner like about working for Homestarrunner.com?<br /> <br /> '''MATT (AS HOMESTAR RUNNER):''' They have the best snacks in the break room. Like, they have a- an entire assortment, I would- I would go so far as to say a smorgasbord of Little Debbie treats and confections. I mean, they've got Suzy Q's, and they've got, um, banana, what?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN: '''Flips.'''<br /> <br /> '''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And they've got, fudge-rounds, and star crunches. So, I'm pretty much pleased, that's all I need in life is a decent snackfood, or snackcake.<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Okay, thank you. ''{laughter}'' Sorry. Thank you very ''very'' much, um...<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Awesome. Thanks sorry- sorry we ramble on so long.<br /> <br /> '''MISSY PALMER:''' Can we stay on the line and talk to each other afterwards?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' ''{laughter}'' Okay uh, yeah this little, this you know's cool, can we keep using this 800 number? ''{laughter}''<br /> <br /> ''{Musical interlude starts}''<br /> <br /> '''KARI DEAN:''' Okay, ''{laughter}'' You can try. Well it's been really fun talking with the three of you, but that's all the time we have. I want to thank Matt and Mike Chapman, and Missy Palmer for taking time out of their day to talk with us. Be sure to click on the link at the right, to watch Strong Bad answer one of his emails. Also, be sure you check out Homestarrunner.com, for more from Homestar, Strong Bad, Marzipan, and the rest of the gang. I'm Kari Dean, and thanks for listening to Wired News Radio.<br /> <br /> ''{Music ends}''<br /> <br /> ==External Links==<br /> *[http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59261,00.html Read the interview]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Interviews and Public Appearances]]</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Cold_Hard_Flash_Interview_-_1_Dec_2005 2007-01-15T16:12:28Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>Some time in Winter 2005, [[The Brothers Chaps]] were interviewed by [[Wikipedia:Aaron Simpson|Aaron Simpson]] of [[Wikipedia:Cold Hard Flash|Cold Hard Flash]].<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{uncensored|Cold Hard Flash Interview (censored)}}<br /> ===Part 1===<br /> Mike and Matt Chapman, hailing from Decatur, Georgia, have built themselves the equivalent of animation dream jobs. They write, voice and animate for a living - and distribute exactly what they want, when they want, to millions of people. It's an incredible achievement, and one that defies entertainment convention.<br /> <br /> Early on in their web-careers, the Brothers Chaps, as Mike and Matt have come to be known, opted to go without advertising on their site. But don't worry - [[HR:|homestarrunner.com]] has given them complete financial independence, solely through [[HRStore:|merchandise and DVD sales]]. It's allowed the brothers an unusual amount of creative control for a hit series. But instead of using this freedom to break all the rules, they went against the grain. Since the mid-90's, shock-value has driven millions of eyeballs to dozens of gross-out web shows and too-nuts-for-TV clips. Shirking convention, Homestar Runner and his pals are more G than some shows on [http://www.nickjr.com/ Nick Jr.], but it surely hasn't halted their success one bit.<br /> <br /> Perhaps it's because Mike, 33, and Matt, 29, the creators of such characters as Homestar Runner and Strong Bad, are family-oriented. At the [http://www.flashforwardconference.com/ Flashforward Conference] this past February, [[Flashforward Interview - 10 Feb 2006|they concede]] that their &quot;sister, dad and mom, and uh, inlaws&quot; all get into the act; working in the Homestar Runner store and helping out around the office. Growing up, Mike and Matt's parents, Don and Harriet Chapman, were reportedly always quite supportive of their creative endeavors, and ever since 1999, the brother's family-friendly tastes have attracted a feverishly loyal following.<br /> <br /> Now, let's get to that following for a minute or two. Their website, homestarrunner.com, is visited by hundreds of thousands of people a day. But the brothers supposedly don't know if it's 100,000 a day or 200,000, nor do they really care. You see, while other web companies and animators comb through the number of 'uniques' they get a day, The Brothers Chaps are busy ''being'' unique.<br /> <br /> However, that won't stop the CHF research team (me), who spent tens of minutes scouring the web to come up with rough, unverified statistics. Drumroll, please....according to web-stats giant [http://alexa.com/ Alexa.com], Homestarrunner.com gets more traffic than starwars.com, pixar.com, southparkstudios.com, thesimpsons.com and handful of other high-profile animation websites.<br /> <br /> {| border=&quot;1&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;3&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse&quot;<br /> ! WEBSITE !! ALEXA RANK&lt;br&gt;(on 08/06/06)<br /> |-<br /> | [[HR:|homestarrunner.com]]: || style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; | 4,050<br /> |-<br /> | [http://starwars.com/ starwars.com]: || style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; | 4,207<br /> |-<br /> | [http://www.noggin.com/ noggin.com]: || style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; | 6,215<br /> |-<br /> | [http://www.adultswim.com/ adultswim.com]: || style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; | 6,292<br /> |-<br /> | [http://mondo.happytreefriends.com/ happytreefriends.com]: || style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; | 9,046<br /> |-<br /> | [http://www.pixar.com/ pixar.com]: || style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; | 13,127<br /> |-<br /> | [http://pokemon.com/ pokemon.com]: || style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; | 15,692<br /> |-<br /> | [http://www.southparkstudios.com/show/display_faq_search.php?section=2&amp;id=38887&amp;search_faq= southparkstudios.com]: || style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; | 22,204<br /> |-<br /> | [http://dragonballz.com/ dragonballz.com]: || style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; | 26,774<br /> |-<br /> | [http://awn.com/ awn.com]: || style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; | 27,716<br /> |-<br /> | [http://thesimpsons.com/ thesimpsons.com]: || style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; | 29,574<br /> |-<br /> | [[Main Page|hrwiki.org]]: || style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; | 35,203<br /> |}<br /> <br /> In fact, the [[Main Page|Homestar Runner Wiki]], the collaboratively-run, online encyclopedia of everything Homestar, gets almost as much traffic at thesimpsons.com (more on the HRWiki in a moment).<br /> <br /> But for how many fans they have (the same fans that send in over 3,000 emails a day), The Brothers Chaps have somehow avoided being heralded with awards and honors. Mike and Matt would probably say that they could care less (and that's probably true), but it's symbolic of how independent they've remained. They don't have agents, managers or press buffers. They turn down TV execs holding deals as if they were pan-handlers. The Brothers Chaps are Hollywood 2.0 - blessed with a huge audience, creative freedom, popular merchandise, and an address far from Hollywood.<br /> <br /> Speaking of merchandise - the entire Homestar Runner empire is operated entirely off of DVD and merchandise moolah, and with hysterical products like [[HRStore:horufi.html|The Cheat Commando Figurines]], it's easy to see why. In fact, one of the more popular threads at the HRWiki Homestar Runner message board is titled '[[Forum:179|merchandise wishes]].' And if you're wondering what all of thee rabid fans are buying, The Brothers Chaps have shared that the [[HRStore:trbu.html|Trogdor t-shirt]] is their best selling item, but their many [[HRStore:stbademdvd.html|DVD releases]] (see the [http://www.coldhardflash.com/2005/03/strongbad-dvd-is-strong-good.html CHF review]) can't be far behind.<br /> <br /> So what's their secret? Well, it's not the software. While Mike and Matt have always used Flash to make their many shorts, they famously don't keep up with the latest versions, and their proud of it. Perhaps the secret lies in their ability to loose themselves in the work. With no sprawling production teams to hire, no Hollywood hobnobbing to suffer through and no agents to please, The Brothers Chaps can just focus on the funny. There's a moment in the interview below, where Matt, the puppeteer in the family, explains his mental state during one of his live puppet recordings. He felt he &quot;wasn't even there.&quot; This zen-like creative groove is just the thing Hollywood distractions so easily destroy.<br /> <br /> Onward to the interview. Before we get this rolling, I'd like to thank the gang over at the [[Main Page|Homestar Runner Wiki]], whose carefully assembled database helped me immensely in researching this article.<br /> <br /> So without further adieu, here's the phone interview I conducted back in the Winter of 2005 (Hey - I got busy!). It's a two-parter, starting with Mike.<br /> <br /> '''AARON SIMPSON:''' How do you guys decide who does what on the short?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE CHAPMAN:''' As far as writing goes, we'll talk about what ideas we have. Usually the project timeline is very short, and we'll quickly get the broad strokes down. At that point we usually go take a stab at writing it separately. We both know the main points of the story, and then we take a look at those, and decide that his part works here and my part here. Then Matt goes and records all the voices and when he's doing that, I'm generally blocking the scenes. If I know there's going to be a scene when Strong Bad is in space, I'll go and get those background graphics together. And then once the audio is done, we basically split up the scenes. Matt is the better animator, so if there's scenes that actually have some action going on, he'll usually do those. And if a scene just has characters talking, I'll do those - like Strong Bad at his computer. I mean I can animate okay, but Matt generally will spend more time on each shot, and his little flourishes will look a little better. I'm more likely to have the characters just say their lines.<br /> <br /> So after we finish ours scenes, we combine them, look at it, and make changes. For instance, we'll cut the line in half, add sound effects, or move a punch around. The last few hours are making changes like that.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' Were you guys creatively collaborating earlier in your lives, before Homestar?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE:''' Definitely. We grew up drawing, making comic books, making Super 8 movies in the mid-80s, and then we worked with a video camera. So, yes, we've collaborated pretty much all of our lives.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' I know how brothers can get competitive. Does that ever get in the way of your creative process?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE:''' When we were growing up, I definitely used to beat the shit out of Matt. But from a creative standpoint, we don't really ever get carried away. And if there is a part where Matt or I don't like the direction it's going, we just say it - &quot;no I think that sucks, that's not funny. Let's do it this way.&quot; And we usually agree on everything, which makes it easy.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' Have you ever considered passing some of the animation duties on to others?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE:''' No, I think if we were gonna do that, we would have done it by now. Years ago, we'd always said that that animation would be the first thing to pass off. For me, that's the part I'm not as excited about. Writing is great, I love illustrating - but animation is especially boring. But since we've been doing it this way, at this point it would be a few steps backwards to get someone else in here. If we were going to do some other project, and start from scratch, we might look at that, but at this point probably not.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' Is there an certain aspect of your work that's currently getting the most attention?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE:''' For me, it's stuff with a unique visual style. Some people in the audience may notice that recently we've been paying more attention to the visual style.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' Between your games, puppet shorts and the DVDs - which takes the most time to make?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE:''' The DVD stuff definitely takes a lot of time. Especially the first time - we hired a friend ([[Ryan Sterritt]]) of ours to help make it. We basically had to learn from start to finish. It worked out great, and now we have a really great DVD author on our team of only 3 people.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' What was the process like getting the shorts to DVD?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE:''' It was around 6 months into the process, and we were watching some test DVDs and they just weren't cutting it. They were pixely and the colors weren't right, and at that point, we essentially started over. There's a program called [http://www.flashants.com/root/swf2video.shtml SWF2Video] that really helped us finish, and then we color corrected in [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;tag=coldhardflash-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;path=ASIN/B00005UMC6/qid=1117915336/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3 After Effects].<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' And those DVDs are packed with Easter eggs...<br /> <br /> '''MIKE:''' Ya, it would have been impossible to hire a company to do all that. There are just so many little nuances and hidden Easter eggs in the DVD. I'm sure Ryan (Sterritt - the DVD author) hates it but sometimes he'll author the DVD in some way, and in the last week, we'll say &quot;you know what, this interface is going to change.&quot; And if he wasn't sitting right next to us, that would have been a pain in the ass.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' How did you guys first team up with the band [http://www.tmbg.com/ They Might Be Giants]?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE:''' Actually John Linnell emailed us. Before that, a fan sent us a picture of them with John Flansburgh, and he was wearing a Homestar shirt. And six months after that, John Linnell emailed and said he was a big fan and suggested we could maybe collaborate. It didn't hurt that I'd been a huge TMBG fan ever since college. <br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' Of the 2 of you, who is the puppeteer?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE:''' Matt, mostly. Primarily, because he does the voices, and most of it is ad-libbed.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' You've been lauded on the internet, radio and TV for having an internet show that's relatively family-friendly. Have you ever gotten phone calls or emails complaining about the subject manner in your cartoons?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE:''' Ya, there's always people. We'll get someone who misinterprets a short and emails us &quot;what's up with the gay bashing?&quot; So we'd send back an email, and it ends up being a 13 year old girl, and we explain the issue. And then she'll email back saying &quot;you know, you're right.&quot; We've done that a few times, where people have sent us really angry emails. We'll email back: &quot;No wait - calm down. This is what we're talking about.&quot;<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' I'm sure you get approached by a fair amount of people wanting to partner up. Is there one offer that was more outrageous than the rest?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE:''' We get tons of cell phone offers - for ringtones and mobile-episodes. These people just don't get it. We're scratching our heads - have you even looked at our site? We'd never do that. It's the grossest thing I could think of - selling one minute [[HR:sbemail.html|Strong Bad Emails]] for cell phones. These people say &quot;you'd be surprised, people would do it.&quot; And we're thinking that's not the point - we know people will do it. We don't want them to do it.<br /> <br /> Oh, and there was one caller who wanted to give us $10,000 a month for banner ads or something. And you know someone had just tipped them off - &quot;Hey, you should check out this Homestar site.&quot; And they look at it for 5 minutes and call us, &quot;We like your Strongman character.&quot;<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' Have you ever had fans try to locate your office and try to swing by?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE:''' There have been a few people peek through the blinds. We're right next to a bowling alley and one day someone saw all the Homestar stuff in our office and knocked on the door. They asked us if we were big Homestar fans.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' How was your experience at [[Bobby Blackwolf Interview - 5 Sep 2005|Dragon*Con]]?<br /> <br /> '''MIKE:''' We've never been to a 'Con before. We'd always shied away from those because of the fanboy aspect of them. But it was alot&lt;!--sic--&gt; of fun. Far less creepy and far more fun that we'd imagined.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' Do you think any of your projects will move onto another platform? Maybe a broadband show or perhaps a video game.<br /> <br /> '''MIKE:''' I don't think it's gonna happen. The way we do things is very immediate - we make cartoons and put them up three days later. There's very few projects we do that are long term, but I'd say doing a video game, or something for Gameboy - that would be something that we'd be interested in doing. But we've never licensed our stuff out, and we'd have to do it in-house, and the timeline would have to be quick. But I really don't think that's gonna happen.<br /> <br /> ===Part 2===<br /> '''AARON SIMPSON:''' Do you think most people find the Easter eggs on your DVDs?<br /> <br /> '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' We've met people who've seen 60 or 70 [[HR:sbemail.html|Strong Bad Emails]] and we'll mention the Easter eggs and they're like &quot;wait, you guys hide stuff in them?&quot; For years now, we've been checking the fan forums to make sure people were finding them. But the [http://forum.hrwiki.org/ Message Board] fans are the super Homestar nerds, and we sort of took it for granted that everyone knew there were hidden things.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' You just released a new DVD.<br /> <br /> '''MATT:''' We're calling it '[[HRStore:stbademdvd.html|Everything Else: Volume 1]].' It's all the shorter cartoons. Volume 2 will feature the [[Toons#Big Toons|Big Toons]] and other stuff like the Halloween shorts.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' What made you want to put out DVDs in the first place?<br /> <br /> '''MATT:''' Several fans had said we should put our stuff on DVD so they could watch the animations on their TV and not have to get on the web all the time. Plus, we were realizing that things aren't going to last forever, so just for our own archival portfolio, it's a nice way to preserve all that stuff.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' Do you have plans to release your work in any of the new disc formats?<br /> <br /> '''MATT:''' Well, with [http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&amp;tag=coldhardflash-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;location=%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000CS3S4A%2Fsr%3D1-1%2Fqid%3D1156343636%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_1%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dsoftware Flash] because it's all vector, you can export to whatever size you want. Our process works like this - first we make an uncompressed AVI that just looks gorgeous. But, for instance, a [[HR:sbemail.html|Strong Bad Email]] will be about 10 gigs. To get it onto a DVD you have to use so much compression, and we end up with some loss and artifacting. To test these things we have this really old shitty DVD player, and then we have a DV-out into an HDTV - it's the low end and the high end. And when we started looking at our stuff on this really nice set-up we quickly saw some artifacting. It was discouraging, but then we'd watch it on a regular TV and it would look really good. So I popped in one of the 'Lord of the Rings' DVDs and watched it on the same HD setup, and even there we could see some artifacting. I guess its just a necessary evil of DVD compression. So maybe we could put out perfect versions of each Strong Bad Email as a 100 DVD set.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' Is there a character you find most fun to animate?<br /> <br /> '''MATT:''' I'd say Homestar. For one, he's got no arms, which is great. And his head is simple - a closed mouth, an open mouth and an 'Oh' circle mouth. So it's really easy to make him talk. Mike will tell you that if you see a scene and Homestar just sits there and talks - he animated that. If Homestar is talking and waggling all around and talking - that's me. It's fun to force yourself to get emotion from such a simple character. Homestar is essentially a glorified stick figure.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' What kind of animation tricks are you using now that you weren't doing 6 or 7 years ago.<br /> <br /> '''MATT:''' Early on, we relied on motion tweens, where you'd set point A and B, and the software would fill in the blanks. Now we're much closer to doing frame by frame animation. Beyond that, we're always trying new graphic styles - bringing in a blurred JPG background and then we'll do a rack-focus. We've been doing that for years, but if you look back at the earlier ones, we weren't animating quite as much. And now the quality has gone up a little bit more, but the time we've put into it has tripled.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' There must be thousands of symbols and assets in the Homestar Flash library.<br /> <br /> '''MATT:''' We're actually pretty bad at archiving all the artwork. We actually do have a couple master libraries filled with all the parts of each character. During the production of a cartoon, we'll make a new Strong Bad glove that looks a little better, or animates easier, but we'll forget that we did that. So when we go to make a new cartoon, we'll forget that me made that new asset. So we have to start searching.<br /> <br /> There's a symbol of [[HR:vcr_cheat.html|The Cheat]] - a reverse view - that's the same one we've been using for 4 or 5 years - and it's terrible! His proportions are off - he's way skinnier than the Cheat should be - and the line is real chunky. I think Mike drew it and scanned it in and then traced the bitmap - which we don't do anymore. We draw everything right into Flash. So it's really kinda gross looking. Over the summer, we made a new one - but we keep forgetting where that new one is saved. We need to organize them better. We should get an intern or something.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' How do you currently go about finding props or backgrounds from old episodes?<br /> <br /> '''MATT:''' It's funny - we ended up using a really exhaustive fan site - the [[Main Page|Homestar Runner Wiki]]. We'll be asking ourselves, &quot;when did we make the orange spoon?&quot; The Wiki is a searchable database, so we'll just search for 'orange spoon,' and it pops right up - &quot;it's in Strong Bad Email #63.&quot; And then we noticed the Wiki was having a pledge drive so we donated to it. We probably use it more than the fans do so we figured we should try to keep it alive.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' You still use Flash 5. Why is this the best version for your production process?<br /> <br /> '''MATT:''' It's the way you can select colors and frames. And Flash 5 is the best for lip-syncing. When you click on a frame in Flash 5, you hear that exact frame of sound, which makes it real easy to animate. We tinkered around with Flash 8 and couldn't get it do work the way it does in 5, so we stopped messing around with it. We've had people tell us they could get Flash 8 to work exactly like Flash 5, but who knows.<br /> <br /> We got to talking to the Flash developers, the guys who actually make the software - and it was awesome. Sort of like meeting your makers. But it was funny, they put it us a beta test team for Flash 8 along with developers and information architects, and we didn't understand a thing they were talking about. We'd just email them asking &quot;can you make it more like Flash 5?&quot;<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' People seem fascinated that you don't have advertising on your site. What's your reaction to that?<br /> <br /> '''MATT:''' I'm surprised that they're surprised. When we started, we knew we were taking a risk, as it seemed like every site needed advertising to get by. But at that point, we weren't trying to make Homestar into a business. Looking at the industry, I wish our no-banner ad stance had caught on more, especially now that ads are sneakier than ever.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' Had you done any puppetry before the Homestar puppet shorts?<br /> <br /> '''MATT:''' No, we'd never really done any puppetry - at least no more than a kid does growing up. We just have a friend who is a puppeteer and makes puppets. We've always thought all along that there were these different Homestar universes. Like there's an [[HR:old.html|old 1930s version]] (click the reels) of the cartoon, and there's the [[HR:stinkogame/v7/stinkogame.html|Stinkoman Japanese version]] of it. So we chose the Pee-wee's Playhouse-style variety show to mess with. We keep the length of these around a minute, because of bandwidth issues. A 6-minute Flash cartoon can be 1.5 mbs, but with video, a minute ends up being about 1mb.<br /> <br /> But we think we've only scratched the surface of what we'd really like to do with the puppets. We could make some hilarious set, and have a human host and group of kids - I don't know.<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' Tell us about Homestar's day hanging out with [http://www.tmbg.com/ They Might Be Giants].<br /> <br /> '''MATT:''' I don't even remember [[HR:puppetjam3.html|that day]]. Because I was mostly interacting with the band through a puppet. I think of that whole experience through Homestar's eyes and when I watch that stuff, I feel like I wasn't even there.<br /> <br /> We occasionally email back and forth with John and John. Hopefully we'll find a way to collaborate again in the future.<br /> <br /> &lt;span id=&quot;fanstuff&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'''AARON:''' Do you ever get fan animated stuff that appeals for you?<br /> <br /> '''MATT:''' We've gotten a couple things over the years. As they say &quot;imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,&quot; but some of these submissions were from really young kids - like 12 year olds. So they're just learning Flash, and it's awesome. And if making your own Homestar fan cartoons is the way you want to learn Flash, then do it. But Mike gets cringy and embarrassed watching some of them.<br /> <br /> We're not trying to sound spoiled, or &quot;people like our stuff so much that they're making these things for us.&quot; I guess it's dealing with the geek factor. There's people that like your stuff so much and it's just kind of overwhelming and hard to deal with. But on the other hand, there's plenty of fan pieces like [[HR:cheatvideo.html|The Cheat Theme Song]]. It was a song made by fans from Alabama who call themselves [http://www.geocities.com/theskateparty/ The Skate Party]. It was hilarious. It sounded exactly like something we would do. For the longest time people thought it was us, which was great.<br /> <br /> There's also an acappella group called [http://www.bulletproofartists.com/onlinestore/category.cfm?Category=18 DaVinci's Notebook] that did an old-timey barbershop song called '[[HR:sneakvideo.html|The Ballad of The Sneak]]'. So there's both ends of the spectrum - some of the stuff is exactly what we would have done or better, and we actually want to use it or collaborate, and then there's the other stuff.<br /> <br /> But for the most part, we kind of stay away from the fan stuff - it's a combination of being afraid that it will be bad and we'll feel bad about not liking it. And then what if it's even better and funnier than what we're doing?<br /> <br /> '''AARON:''' Would you see yourselves doing this 20 years later?<br /> <br /> '''MATT:''' Definitely. If not exactly this, then something like it. Our work is mainly short form, and when we feel Strong Bad Emails are getting old, we can quickly jump into something else. Anytime we talk about wanting to do some other projects, we figure we'll do it the same kind of way - put a few years into it, put it on the web, and if it's good then people will start coming.<br /> <br /> But this is as good as it gets, you know, the fact that we make a Flash cartoon for a living. Look at '[http://www.happytreefriends.com/ Happy Tree Friends]' - you can [http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?categoryid=cat02031&amp;id=1457784&amp;skuid=7425994&amp;type=product&amp;DCMP=KNC-TLC&amp;ref=25&amp;loc=MOV buy their DVDs] in Best Buy. Those guys have distribution deals. We just don't want to deal with agents and managers. The fact that we're supporting ourselves and we get to hire friends and family is amazing.<br /> <br /> ==External Links==<br /> *[http://www.coldhardflash.com/2006/10/homestars-show-runners-part-1.html Part 1 of the interview]<br /> *[http://www.coldhardflash.com/2006/10/homestars-show-runners-part-2.html Part 2 of the interview]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Interviews and Public Appearances]]</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-13T14:43:44Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best. But Lappy-era e-mails are real good too.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF3030 |codebkgd=#99AAFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Matt_closeup.png|40px]]|msg=This user's favorite Chapman is '''[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#000000|code=MEH|msg=This user can understand '''[[cheat talk|Cheat Talk]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#7EC0EE|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:lilbrudder.gif|43px]]|msg=This user '''[[Li'l Brudder|can make it on his/her own]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00FF7F|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Baby_strong_bad.png|43px]]|msg=This user is playing '''[[highschool|better video games]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00CC99|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=LOL|msg=This user is '''[[real, real funny]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Fallen Ben.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is a member of the '''[[Homestarmy]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#990033|mainbkgd=#CC9966|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:DancingBros.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is '''[[A Folky Tale|gonna have a good time tonight]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:StrongBad_CarmenSanDiego.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user doesn't know '''[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats|what's fun about eating less candy.]]'''}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#000000|codebkgd=#0000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:43SMposse.png|43px]]|msg=&lt;span style=&quot;color:white&quot;&gt;This user is a member of '''[[HR:smsticker.html|&lt;span style=&quot;color:white&quot;&gt;Strong Mad's Posse.&lt;/span&gt;]]'''&lt;/span&gt;}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:firebert_army.png|45px]]|msg=This user also thinks '''[[Firebert]]''' is not a good '''[[Cheat Commandos|Commando]]''' name.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=[[Image:sbemail106.PNG|34px]]|msg=Looks like this user's [[dangeresque 3|'''gonna have to jump''']]!}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=[[Image:Bubs_Last_Stand.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user has '''[[The Best Decemberween Ever|all types of crazy crap]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#00BFFF|mainbkgd=#FFD700|codebkgd=#00BFFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Adorable The Cheat.png|43px]]|msg=This user is [[lady...ing|'''holy-crap-adorable''']]!}} <br /> |}<br /> Oh, hello! Greeting, one and everyone. Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals... Life One Oh One. Homestar Equals Life One Oh One. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-09T20:26:40Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF3030 |codebkgd=#99AAFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Matt_closeup.png|40px]]|msg=This user's favorite Chapman is '''[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#000000|code=MEH|msg=This user can understand '''[[cheat talk|Cheat Talk]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#7EC0EE|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:lilbrudder.gif|43px]]|msg=This user '''[[Li'l Brudder|can make it on his/her own]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00FF7F|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Baby_strong_bad.png|43px]]|msg=This user is playing '''[[highschool|better video games]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00CC99|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=LOL|msg=This user is '''[[funny]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Fallen Ben.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is a member of the '''[[Homestarmy]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#990033|mainbkgd=#CC9966|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:DancingBros.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is '''[[A Folky Tale|gonna have a good time tonight]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:StrongBad_CarmenSanDiego.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user doesn't know '''[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats|what's fun about eating less candy.]]'''}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#000000|codebkgd=#0000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:43SMposse.png|43px]]|msg=&lt;span style=&quot;color:white&quot;&gt;This user is a member of '''[[HR:smsticker.html|&lt;span style=&quot;color:white&quot;&gt;Strong Mad's Posse.&lt;/span&gt;]]'''&lt;/span&gt;}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:firebert_army.png|45px]]|msg=This user also thinks '''[[Firebert]]''' is not a good '''[[Cheat Commandos|Commando]]''' name.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=[[Image:sbemail106.PNG|34px]]|msg=Looks like this user's [[dangeresque 3|'''gonna have to jump''']]!}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=[[Image:Bubs_Last_Stand.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user has '''[[The Best Decemberween Ever|all types of crazy crap]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#00BFFF|mainbkgd=#FFD700|codebkgd=#00BFFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Adorable The Cheat.png|43px]]|msg=This user is [[lady...ing|'''holy-crap-adorable''']]!}} <br /> |}<br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-09T20:25:09Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF3030 |codebkgd=#99AAFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Matt_closeup.png|40px]]|msg=This user's favorite Chapman is '''[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#000000|code=MEH|msg=This user can understand '''[[cheat talk|Cheat Talk]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#7EC0EE|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:lilbrudder.gif|43px]]|msg=This user '''[[Li'l Brudder|can make it on his/her own]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00FF7F|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Baby_strong_bad.png|43px]]|msg=This user is playing '''[[highschool|better video games]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00CC99|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=LOL|msg=This user is '''[[funny]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Fallen Ben.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is a member of the '''[[Homestarmy]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#990033|mainbkgd=#CC9966|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:DancingBros.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is '''[[A Folky Tale|gonna have a good time tonight]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:StrongBad_CarmenSanDiego.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user doesn't know '''[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats|what's fun about eating less candy.]]'''}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#000000|codebkgd=#0000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:43SMposse.png|43px]]|msg=&lt;span style=&quot;color:white&quot;&gt;This user is a member of '''[[HR:smsticker.html|&lt;span style=&quot;color:white&quot;&gt;Strong Mad's Posse.&lt;/span&gt;]]'''&lt;/span&gt;}}<br /> |}<br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-09T20:24:02Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF3030 |codebkgd=#99AAFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Matt_closeup.png|40px]]|msg=This user's favorite Chapman is '''[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#000000|code=MEH|msg=This user can understand '''[[cheat talk|Cheat Talk]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#7EC0EE|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:lilbrudder.gif|43px]]|msg=This user '''[[Li'l Brudder|can make it on his/her own]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00FF7F|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Baby_strong_bad.png|43px]]|msg=This user is playing '''[[highschool|better video games]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00CC99|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=LOL|msg=This user is '''[[funny]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Fallen Ben.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is a member of the '''[[Homestarmy]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#990033|mainbkgd=#CC9966|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:DancingBros.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is '''[[A Folky Tale|gonna have a good time tonight]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:StrongBad_CarmenSanDiego.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user doesn't know '''[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats|what's fun about eating less candy.]]'''}}<br /> |}<br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-09T20:23:20Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF3030 |codebkgd=#99AAFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Matt_closeup.png|40px]]|msg=This user's favorite Chapman is '''[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#000000|code=MEH|msg=This user can understand '''[[cheat talk|Cheat Talk]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#7EC0EE|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:lilbrudder.gif|43px]]|msg=This user '''[[Li'l Brudder|can make it on his/her own]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00FF7F|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Baby_strong_bad.png|43px]]|msg=This user is playing '''[[highschool|better video games]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00CC99|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=LOL|msg=This user is '''[[funny]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Fallen Ben.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is a member of the '''[[Homestarmy]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#990033|mainbkgd=#CC9966|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:DancingBros.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is '''[[A Folky Tale|gonna have a good time tonight]]'''.}} <br /> |}<br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-09T20:21:11Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF3030 |codebkgd=#99AAFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Matt_closeup.png|40px]]|msg=This user's favorite Chapman is '''[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#000000|code=MEH|msg=This user can understand '''[[cheat talk|Cheat Talk]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#7EC0EE|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:lilbrudder.gif|43px]]|msg=This user '''[[Li'l Brudder|can make it on his/her own]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00FF7F|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Baby_strong_bad.png|43px]]|msg=This user is playing '''[[highschool|better video games]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00CC99|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=LOL|msg=This user is '''[[funny]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#006600|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Fallen Ben.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user is a member of the '''[[Homestarmy]]'''.}} <br /> |}<br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-09T20:20:32Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF3030 |codebkgd=#99AAFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Matt_closeup.png|40px]]|msg=This user's favorite Chapman is '''[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#000000|code=MEH|msg=This user can understand '''[[cheat talk|Cheat Talk]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#7EC0EE|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:lilbrudder.gif|43px]]|msg=This user '''[[Li'l Brudder|can make it on his/her own]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00FF7F|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Baby_strong_bad.png|43px]]|msg=This user is playing '''[[highschool|better video games]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00CC99|codebkgd=#009966|codecolor=#66FFCC|code=LOL|msg=This user is '''[[funny]]'''.}} <br /> |}<br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-09T20:19:39Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF3030 |codebkgd=#99AAFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Matt_closeup.png|40px]]|msg=This user's favorite Chapman is '''[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#000000|code=MEH|msg=This user can understand '''[[cheat talk|Cheat Talk]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#7EC0EE|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:lilbrudder.gif|43px]]|msg=This user '''[[Li'l Brudder|can make it on his/her own]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#00FF7F|codebkgd=#000000|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Baby_strong_bad.png|43px]]|msg=This user is playing '''[[highschool|better video games]]'''.}} <br /> |}<br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-09T20:18:17Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF3030 |codebkgd=#99AAFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Matt_closeup.png|40px]]|msg=This user's favorite Chapman is '''[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#DAA520|mainbkgd=#FFFF00|codebkgd=#FFD700|codecolor=#000000|code=MEH|msg=This user can understand '''[[cheat talk|Cheat Talk]]'''.}} <br /> |}<br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-09T20:16:40Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF3030 |codebkgd=#99AAFF|codecolor=#000000|code=[[Image:Matt_closeup.png|40px]]|msg=This user's favorite Chapman is '''[[Matt Chapman|Matt]]'''.}} <br /> |}<br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-09T20:15:27Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best.}} <br /> {{userbox|border=#FFA500|mainbkgd=#FFCE7B|codebkgd=#FFA500|codecolor=#FFFFFF|code=[[Image:qod 1 - homestar.PNG|43px]]|msg=This user's favorite character is '''[[Homestar Runner]]'''.}} <br /> |}<br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-09T20:14:41Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#C9C9C9|codebkgd=#000000 |codecolor=#00FF00|code=[[Image:sbemail.png|43px]]|msg=This user enjoys '''[[:Category:Compy 386 Emails|Compy-era]]''' emails the best.}} <br /> |}<br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-09T20:13:11Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 == <br /> {{userboxtop}}<br /> |}<br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2007-01-09T20:07:37Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{userbox|border=#000000|mainbkgd=#FF9900|codebkgd=#FFCC00|codecolor=#663333|code=TEEN|msg=This user is between '''13 and 19 years old'''.}}</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2006-12-27T22:27:42Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).<br /> <br /> I used to be Homestar=LOVE95, but I felt that LIFE would've fit better, and, as embarrassed as I am to admit, I forgot my password.</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/User:Homestar%3DLIFE101 2006-12-27T22:26:15Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>== Homestar=LIFE101 ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Welcome to me... Homestar... Equals Life one-oh-one. As you can plainly see, I am sort of obsessed with the Homestar Runner website. My favorite character is Homestar, or else I probably would've made my username StrongBad=LIFE101.<br /> <br /> (Coincidentally, Strong Bad is my second favorite character in the Homestar Runner universe).</div>

Homestar=LIFE101 http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Swimming_Pool 2006-12-26T22:43:07Z

<p>Homestar=LIFE101:&#32;</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Keep cool.PNG|thumb|&quot;It's the pool that we've always had...&quot;]]<br /> [[Image:Diving.png|thumb|Homestar takes the plunge.]]<br /> <br /> The '''Swimming Pool''' is where [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar Runner]] characters are occasionally seen swimming and lounging. It is an inground pool with a white and red checkerboard-patterned liner, and is presumably Olympic-sized or similar. It appears to be located somewhere in [[The Field]], walking distance from the [[Contest Area]]. It also must be near an outlet, as a [[booOOMbox|radio]] with a power cord supposedly connected to an outlet has been seen here. It first appeared in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]], when [[Strong Bad]] was seen reclining in a pool chair while waiting for Homestar to fail at the jumping jack contest. Later, it appeared in the [[Theme Song Video]], revealing a diving board that Homestar jumps off of.<br /> <br /> For many years, the pool was not seen, though in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[other days]] we learn that [[Strong Sad]] and Strong Bad had swim practice on Saturday mornings. In keep cool, he also claims that he &quot;use[s] it all the time&quot;. This pool reappeared in the email [[keep cool]], where it is revealed that Strong Bad is the resident life guard. According to him, the pool rules are to keep crap out of the pool (banning [[The Poopsmith]]), no rough-horsing, house-rousing, [[Butt-Patting|butt-patting]], running, diving or swimming (not widely enforced). In the event of a lightning storm, all the characters he likes have to leave the pool, and the characters he hates (Namely [[Coach Z]], [[Homestar Runner]], and [[The King Of Town]]) have to enter holding lightning rod-like objects.<br /> <br /> In the book [[Where My Hat Is At?]], a different, kidney-shaped, [[HR:hs6.html|pool]] belonging to Homestar was seen.<br /> <br /> ==Appearances==<br /> *'''Debut:''' [[A Jumping Jack Contest]]<br /> *[[Theme Song Video]]<br /> *Email [[keep cool]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Places]]</div>

Homestar=LIFE101