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2005-06-21T05:47:00Z

Loop:

pizzaz

2005-06-20T09:03:05Z

Loop: /* Real-World References */

[[Image:pizzaz.png|thumb|Minty gargle?!?]]

'''Strong Bad Email #113'''

Ryan N. asks Strong Bad what the secret to his "pizzaz" is. Strong Bad does a journalism interview with himself on his "[[Strong Bad-Type Interview Progrum]]" (sic) to find out.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Biscuit Dough Hands Man]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strongbadia]], [[Secret Desert Headquarters]] (Easter egg)

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' September 13, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 3:18

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{types "strongbad" while singing}'' Oh, here comes The Strong Baaaaad... ''{He types "_email.exe".}'' Oh, here comes The Strong Baaaaad! ''{He brings up the email and reads it.}''

<blockquote class="email">Hey Strong Bad, 
I'd like to know...what is the secret 
to your pizzaz? Why are you so cool? 
 
peace out dawg foo gangsta yo 
Ryan N.</blockquote>

Umm... ''{typing}'' Did you just call me a dog food gangsta? What is that supposed to mean? ''{in an Olde English typeface}'' Ought I to be offended?

''{clear screen}'' Anyways... ''{typing}'' The secret to my pizzaz/why am I so cool?''{ spoken only}'' Hey,''{typed and spoken}'' good questions Ryguy, let's ask me!!

''{music starts and a newspaper background appears}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Tonight, on Strong Bad-Type Interview Progrum: ''{The Strong Bad-Type Interview Progrum logo appears.}'' Strong Bad aims the barrel of his sawed-off journalism shotgun at his toughest interviewee yet... ''{a crosshair appears and moves around the screen revealing the scene underneath it before centering on Strong Bad's head and flashing "LOCKED ON!!"}'' ...HIMSLEF! ''{echoes ridiculously}'' Eh...I mean...himself.

''{The scene changes to Strong Bad's interview stage with the lights dimmed; Strong Bad is talking to someone off-screen with his microphone turned off. The lights fade up and Strong Bad turns toward the camera.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Good evening, mostly people, and welcome to another night of hard-hitting, buffalo-style journalism! As we say every show, let's...

'''AUDIENCE:''' Get to tha point! ''{the text "GET TO THA POINT" flashes on-screen in colorful graffiti-style writing}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Welcome, Strong Bad.

''{The camera switches to the rear of Strong Bad to reveal another Strong Bad, this one dressed in a sailor's cap with a corncob pipe, hereafter referred to as "CAPTAIN STRONG BAD" for clarity's sake; aside from the hat and pipe, he's a carbon copy of Strong Bad}''

'''CAPTAIN STRONG BAD:''' Thank you, Strong Bad.

''{The camera shifts back and forth between them as they talk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So... You're dressed like a ship's captain. Whuh... Um... Why are you dressed like a ship's captain?

'''CAPTAIN STRONG BAD:''' I thought that I heard that it was... ''{looks around}'' ...the latest style.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Absolutely not the case. So... You're still dressed like a ship's captain. Why is that?

'''CAPTAIN STRONG BAD:''' Look, I'm telling you, I either saw or read or ''{quickly sotto voce}'' hearditfromTheCheat that it's the latest style!

'''STRONG BAD:''' So you say. This "The Cheat" you mentioned... ''{speaking with slight hint of withheld laughter}'' is he also dressed like a ship's captain?

'''CAPTAIN STRONG BAD:''' Oh, no way. The Cheat's too cool for that.

'''STRONG BAD:''' But you don't seem to have that problem.

'''CAPTAIN STRONG BAD:''' What... No, wait, you turned it all around on me! I'm cool! I have pizzaz!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh-huh. And a corncob pipe.

'''CAPTAIN STRONG BAD:''' Oh, that's it! This interview is OVERRRR! ''{He sticks his face in the screen as the picture fuzzes out.}''

''{Cue an old-cartoon-style picture of The Cheat next to a pulled power plug with the text "Hang In There" and "Technical Difficulties."}''

''{After a little while, newspaper background and music returns with a picture of Captain Strong Bad's angry outburst.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' So after many fives of dollars and saying "Come oooonnnnnn!" a lot, I got Strong Bad to agree to a second interview, this time on his buffalo-style ranch in Strong Badia.

''{Switch to image of Strong Badia with Strong Bad and Captain Strong Bad behind the fence, which zooms to fill the screen and then cranes in on the two Strong Bads.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, Strong Bad, the peoples want to know... What's the secret to your pizzaz?

'''CAPTAIN STRONG BAD:''' Well, for starters, you've gotta have the three G's. Gumption, uh... Gum, like, chew gum, and, um... Gar........gle. Minty gargle.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Minty...gargle. ''{Captain Strong Bad nods.}''

''{The camera switches to behind the fence, showing that it is far too tall for Strong Bad's head to come above it normally, and that they are both actually hanging from the fence by their arms}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Is that really all you got?

'''CAPTAIN STRONG BAD:''' Yeah... Yeah, pretty much.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{He makes "la-de-da-de-da" Cheat noises as he comes on-screen and the camera moves back to the front of the fence.}''

'''BOTH STRONG BADS:''' Hey, The Cheat!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{He looks at one, then the other, then the other, faster and faster until finally his head explodes.}''

''{The scene shifts back to the computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So, I never really got a straight answer outta me, RyGuy. But if you wanna be cool and have pizzas like me, it looks like the secret has a lot to do with fresh breath apparently. Okay, before I go, I'd like to give a shout out to all my Dogfood Gangstas. Canned or Dry, We Neva Die. ''{speaking}'' Colors. ''{typing}'' Here goes The Strong Baaaaad. ''{gets up from the stool and continues off-screen}'' Oh, here goes The Strong Baaaaad!

''{The Paper comes down}''

== Easter Eggs ==

At the end of the email:
*Click on "secret" to see a sneak peek of Strong Bad's next show.
:'''ANNOUNCER:''' Next week on Strong Bad-Type Interview Progrum... Watch as Strong Bad levels the business end of his 12-gauge journalism bazooka squarely at: Biscuit Dough Hands Man!
*Click on "Dogfood Gangstas" to see a graffiti-style or cheat cartoon-style image of Strong Bad as a Dogfood Gangsta.
*Click on "The Strong Baaaaad" to get a preview of Strong Bad's old-western-style TV show "The Strong Bad" (In Colors!), created by [[A. Chimendez]].
''{Cut to a wooden gate with a sign reading "Buffalo-Style Ranch."}''
:'''SINGER:''' Here comes the Strong Bad! Here comes the Strong Bad! Yeeha!
''{The words "The Strong Bad in Colors! Created by A. Chimendez" appear. A bullet hole is shot through the words.}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*The words that scroll across the screen in the intro for the talk show read "MICROPHONE," "TALKING," "2 PEOPLE," "A GLOBE," and "A PLANT."
*When the Strong Bad in the sailor outfit knocks over the chair in the interview room, the "get-up" noise is heard.

===Remarks===
*"Pizzaz" is spelled wrong. It is correctly [http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=pizzazz spelled] "pizzazz" or "pizazz."
*Biscuit Dough Hands Man is the initial suspect for Strong Bad's crimes in "[[Strong Bad Is In Jail Cartoon]]", created by [[Bubs]] drawing [[The King of Town|the King of Town's]] description of Strong Bad. So technically, Strong Bad will be interviewing himself again.

===Inside References===
*The background at the Buffalo-Style Ranch is from "[[Cheat Commandos...O's]]".
*The phrase "Neva Die" was said by Homestar Runner in "[[car]]." The gangsta font is also used in [[car]], on Strong Bad's boxing glove.
*The background in the beginning of The Strong Bad-Type Interview Progrum is the same as the background in the beginning of "[[Senor Mortgage]]."
*The cartoon image of The Cheat pulling out a power plug is a reference to The Cheat's first appearance in "[[Original Book|The Strongest Man in the World]]."
*This is another instance of [[The Cheat's Head Exploding]].
*The font used for "Get to tha point" is similar to, if not the same as, the font used for Strong Bad's graffiti "Job" in "[[A Jorb Well Done]]."
*The plant on Strong Bad's show is [[Credenza]] the ficus from [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
*Strong Bad being in the ship captain suit may be a reference to [[A Mother's Day Message]].

===Real-World References===
*The interview program may be a reference to Tim Russert's ''Meet the Press'' on which Russert often tries to be tough about unimportant topics ("So...you're still dressed as a ship's captain"). Russert also makes frequent references to his hometown of Buffalo, while Strong Bad makes numerous references to such in this e-mail with the phrase 'Buffalo-style'.
*"This interview is OVER!" is a reference to Pro Wrestling Manager J.J. Dillon, who managed Ric Flair in the early '80s in Georgia (where TBC live). He would end every interview with the same comment.
*The noise at the end (and the style of the hole being blasted from the "The Strong Bad" logo) is taken from the SNES game ''Super Scope 6''—and is the noise used in all the ''LazerBlazer'' games when a shot is fired. The Super Scope was a big bazooka-type peripheral used as a light gun.
*Strong Bad dressing up as a captain for an interview is similar to an episode of Seinfeld in which Jerry is forced to wear a pirate shirt for an interview and is asked why he is wearing it by his interviewer several times.
**The reason for Jerry's wearing the pirate shirt was to create a new fashion, while Strong Bad said that he was told by The Cheat that it was the latest style.
*The Three G's, also known as "GGG," will be familiar to any Dan Savage (''Savage Love'') reader. It refers to being Good, Giving and Game in an intimate relationship.
*the Dog Food Gangsters May be a reference to the Game Grand Theft Auto, one mission involves gangsters who use a Dog Food plant to deal with dead bodies.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail113.html|watch "pizzaz"]]
*[[HR:sbemail113.swf|view the Flash file for "pizzaz"]]
*[http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=826 forum thread re: "pizzaz"]

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Animation Sightings

2005-06-19T08:43:12Z

Loop: /* ''Review: Alien Versus Predator'' */

===Artificial High 3===
In one scene the message "Computer Over. Virus = very yes" shows up
In another scene, Strong Bad is checking an unknown email.
===Homestarrunner megamix===
[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/226206]This movie is entirely a homestar fan-work
===Chris.exe===
Homestar makes a cameo in episode "Chris, zanda and the treasure of captain no beard" of the popular flash series [http://www.chrisexe.tk chris.exe]

===''Albino Black Sheep'' Cartoons===
On [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/ AlbinoBlackSheep.com], there are many sightings embedded in many of its user-created flash cartoons. For example, on an Animutation, there is a screenshot from "StrongBadZone" and you can hear "STINY! GET ME A DANISH!" Also, the filename is a giveaway that the creator is a fan of Homestar Runner. [http://abs.gprime.net/Your_Head_Asplode.swf] Other animations on the website that have references in them include [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/elvis.php Elvis Lives] and
[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/elvisnotincluded.php Elvis Not Included].

===''ClaveMan''===
ClaveMan (Episode 1) - A [http://www.dinowax.com/ Dino Wax] Production.
Claveman poses as Homestar as one of his disguises to obtain free Popeye's biscuits.

=== ''Metroid Confusion: Parts 1 and 2'' ===
At [http://www.flashplayer.com Flashplayer.com], there is a movie entitled [http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/metroidconfusion.html "Metroid Confusion"], and at the beginning there are three computers and one has the H*R page displayed on its monitor. The end also borrows "Because It's Midnite" and credits a band named "Limozeen." Also when you them talking about how Samus is defenceless without her suit zoom in on the second shelf a book is the Homestar Runner enters the Strongest Man in the World contest. Also, also on that shelf is a book that's titled "Gelatinous Eyebrows." The word [[Glossary#G|gelatinous]] is possibly a reference to [[kids' book]], in which you could possibly construe those tilde (~) looking things as eyebrows.

Also, in [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/210716 Metroid Confusion Part 2], if you right-click, one option is "Send Trogdor to my House", and at the end of the movie, if you click on the fine-print giving homestarrunner.com some credit, you will see a funny Homestar-Metroid crossover. They also mention "E3 20X6". In addition to all of that, if you watch the commentary, it mentions that he got the inspiration for the "Claymation Simulator" from Strong Mad's Doug the Dino, in strong bad email [[the facts]]. Also in Fox Mcloud's arwing, there is a book called "TROGDOR The musical". The back (or front?) of the book reads, "[T]he Burninator himself [s]tars in his first-ever musical [t]hat won three Academy [a]wards and a couple of [fr]ee coffees at Starbucks. [E]xperience the magic, the [ma]gesty, the consumate V's!" (The word fragments in the square brackets are letters that I guessed because they weren't showing. Also, '[http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=majesty majesty]' is incorrectly spelled 'magesty' on the book.)

=== ''La La La'' ===
In this random animation, also at [http://www.flashplayer.com Flashplayer.com], Homestar is sighted very often, and Strong Bad actually sings the song! It is under the music section.

=== ''Kerri's Big Invention'' ===
Also at [http://www.flashplayer.com Flashplayer.com], there is movie entitled [http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/kerrisbiginvention.html "Kerri's Big Invention"] and about halfway through the movie Kerri is drawing on a blackboard. When the whole blackboard is visible, in the lower left corner is a poorly drawn Homestar and Strong Bad. In the upper right you can see the carrot shaped thing from the scrapbook on the Coach Z page. It's labelled Carrot Top on the black board. (This flash cartoon was created by [http://www.legendaryfrog.com/ Legendary Frog]).

===Sb Ma-Ya-Hi===
On garybromsla.net (A site dedicated to the Numa Numa song star) there is an animation of Sb lip syncing to Dragostea Din Tei.

=== ''Bush Bash'' ===
On this very weird [http://tlchicken.com/bush/bushbash.swf flash] animation at tlchicken.com, you can see a picture of President Bush and a flaming Earth that says "Burninating the Peasants since 2000".

=== ''VG Cats'' ===
At the end of the [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/extras/100.php 100th strip](a flash special so I can't post it here), click on the middle '0' in '100', to see an easter egg with one of the characters answering an e-mail SB-style, and a cameo by the man himself!

[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=129 VG Cats comic #135] has a The Cheat doll in Ye Olde Comic Bookerys' display case(Frame 6)

Thier "First Time Here" also has blatant references and a link to Homestar Runner.

At the top of the new layout, there is a [http://www.vgcats.com/quotes/rotate.php rotating image], featuring many quotes. Two of them are 'How do you type with boxing gloves on?' and 'We are the band LIMOZEEN!'

=== ''8-bit Theater 3'' ===
On [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/106049 this flash animation] based on the 8-bit Theatre comics, at the ending outtakes, Strong Bad and The Cheat appear. The Cheat appears on the table instead of a Chocobo when Cloud does a summoning in the outtakes, and Strong Bad appears in one of the Mega Man boxes and says "HOLY CRAP!"

=== High Score ===
At [http://www.highscoreonline.adiversions.com/homstray.html High Score Online] they made a Homestar cartoon entitled "Not Without My Application, AKA Jorbs a Plenti." Be sure to click on the bucket at the end after the credits.

In Episode 3, there is a set of really fast moving credits with a Strong Bad reference:
[http://img117.exs.cx/img117/2954/strongbadsighting.png Seen here]

High Score [http://www.highscoreonline.adiversions.com/episode4.html Episode 4] has a Parents Day spectacular, with "special guest star" [[What's Her Face]]. Later in a newspaper montage one of the subtitles says "Strong Sad Still A Loser."

=== ''Bonus Stage'' ===
*In [http://www.bonusstages.com/bonusstage8.html episode 8], there is a passing reference to Strong Bad making video games. This episode came out not long after the email [[video games]], so that's probably what it refers to.
*In [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/155306 episode 9], Joel dies and goes to hell. Phil and Elly then die so they can rescue him, and while there, they meet Strong Bad, Homestar, and Coach Z. Apparently, Strong Bad got sick of the 'boxing glove emails' and jumped into a lake of fire, and Homestar and Coach Z followed. After they rescue Joel, Phil starts typing on a Compy 386 about how Bubs won the race, and Strong Sad shows up. (This episode was later removed, then changed in order to avoid legal trouble.)
*In [http://www.bonusstages.com/bonusstage11.html episode 11], Joel says he wants to move to Atlanta where "those guys that make that cartoon" live. He is probably referring to the Brothers Chaps.
*In [http://www.bonusstages.com/bonusstage19.html episode 19], there is a rather long easter egg in which Joel and Phil try to prank call some people. One of their targets is Strong Bad... or is it?
*In [http://www.bonusstages.com/bonusstage30.html episode 30], there is a commercial for a candy called "Kandy Commandoz". A small disclaimer flashes across the screen proclaiming "Not a ripoff of Homestar Runner".
*In [http://www.bonusstages.com/bonusstage60.html episode 60], there is a laptop called Lappy.

=== ''One Ring To Rule Them All 2'' ===

When they're singing about Bilbo the middle elf chick has a pin that says "Wear a Bikini." And when Wayne tries to tell Sauron about how the Ring will be destroyed, he uses a black and white film. The music is from [[Kick the Can]].
[http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/ring2.html Watch it here!]

=== ''Decline of Video Gaming 2'' ===
On [http://www.flashplayer.com Flashplayer.com], there are slight references to Homestar Runner. While watching it, put on creator's notes.

===''Lost in Tijuana''===
At [http://www.jaydonaldson.com Jaydonaldson.com] and on [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/118798 Newgrounds.com] if you're not willing to pay the membership costs, you see SB's face on a wanted poster about halfway through the animation.

===''Waterman''===
At [http://watermanstudios.com Waterman Studios], the SB ice pop is advertised for sale on the side of the ice-cream truck that shows up in several of the episodes. The main menu of said site is also slightly reminiscent of the homestarrunner main menus

In the 6th episode [http://www.watermanstudios.com/waterman6.html], the voice-over says "syringe'd!", like the TGS voice-over.

=== ''Ebolaworld'' ===

'''Haloween Special'''
At [http://www.ebolaworld.com Ebolaworld.com], there is a Weekly Update titled Halloween Special. Taco-Man hosts a costume party for Halloween and Homestar makes an appearance at the very end.
[http://www.ebolaworld.com/movies/weeklyupdate/19.swf watch it]

'''Other Cartoons'''
in "Weekly Update: March 15, 2004 they have a Awards program and during the 2nd part of the film, a crowd of many cartoon characters and among them is Homestar Runner. [http://www.ebolaworld.com/movies/weeklyupdate/29_01.html See It here]

=== ''Dr. Wily Shorts Collection'' ===
At [http://www.planet-megaman.com planet-megaman.com], there is a flash animation called "Dr. Wily Shorts Collection." If you click on Dr. Wily's shorts, a short animation of Strong Bad and Homestar pops up. [http://www.planet-megaman.com/ent/wilyshorts.php click here to see it]

=== ''The Matrix Has You'' ===
At [http://www.legendaryfrog.com this site], there is a cartoon called The Matrix Has You. At the end of The Final Fight, Sati says "It's Over" in a voice that sounds kind of like Cheerleader's. Also at the end of the episode ''Zion rave'' the creator of the cartoon says "What the crap" and The End comes up. Followed by w00t!

===The Matrix Still Has You===
At [http://www.legendaryfrog.com this site], there is also a cartoon called The Matrix Still Has You. At the end of Subway, when Mr. Anderson throws Mr.Smith in the trashcan, he yells DELETED!

=== ''Checkerboard Nightmare'' ===
At [http://www.checkerboardnightmare.com/d/20041230.html Checkerboard Nightmare], Chex does a parody of different internet cartoons, including a "web animation" done in the style of a Strong Bad E-mail.

=== ''Neopets'' ===
On [http://www.neopets.com Neopets.com], a super rare avatar used only by the staff, features a bomb with the words "A splode." It can be viewed [http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/avatars/tntasplode.gif here].

A new avatar features a lupe with the words "Your lupe a splode." It can be viewed [http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/avatars/yourlupeasplode.gif here].

=== ''Robotbox and Cactus'' ===
On Robotbox and Cactus [http://www.corporate-product.com/d/20050105.html episode 13 "Internet",] Cactus receives a computer that crashed down from space, and he's boasting to Robotbox that he's on the internet now. Robotbox goes into his own segment much similar to a Strong Bad E-mail. Other parodies include random appearances by 'Pole' (Bonus Stage's Joel) 'Gil' (Bonus Stage's Phil) and 'Coach F' who says "BLOOOORGHHH!" and his head explodes.

=== ''The Great Eggscape 2'' ===
On this animation at [http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/thegreateggscape2.html] has a "No Loafing" sign in one of the rooms.

=== ''Pom Pom Dances'' ===
In this [http://members.fortunecity.com/xeriandros/Pomdance.html little ditty,] Pom Pom dances to [[The theme from DANGERESQUE II: This time, it's not Dangeresque I]]. Four Different backgrounds! (The site is down now)

=== ''Geoweasel'' ===
In [http://mindmush.net/geow1.html episode 1] of [http://mindmush.net/geoweasel.html Geoweasel], when Nar says that he is the computer guy around here, you can see the computer says run sb_email.exe.

=== ''Review: Alien Versus Predator'' ===
In [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/231099 this] flash film by the flash artist Legendary Frog, Ark and Kerri are at one point playing with Alien and Predator action figures. In the background, the Cheat Commandos action figure storage vehicle can be seen with Gunhaver and SilentRip inside. Firebert and Reynold also appear in front of the "Der Wunder Box."

=== ''Ducktales: The Auditions'' ===
In [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/119501 this] follow-up to the internet "Ducktales" series, Homestar Runner shows up as the fifth audition for the part of Scrooge McDuck.

=== ''Retarded Animal Babies''===
'''WARNING: EXTREMLY RUDE. DO NOT WATCH IF UNDER 18'''
In [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=181798 episode 10] when they are walking past the websites, jokingly calling each one gay, www.homestarrunner.com is the first one.

[[Category: Sightings]]