Talk:couch patch

2005-01-05T22:19:11Z

Nevrmore:

"Strongbad repeating hose me down seems to be a reference to skate videos."
What the heck does this mean?--[[User:Hysterical Woman|Hysterical Woman]] 09:12, 5 Nov 2004 (MST)

*I'm not sure, but I did edit it to make it a little more proper. Perhaps "skate videos" means videos like Tony Hawk's or something like that. --[[User:oddtodd|oddtodd]] 22:06, 19 Nov 2004 (MST)

== Stench of Biblical Proportions ==

There's a fun fact that says:

<pre>The fact that Strong Bad says "a stench of biblical proportions"
refers to the Bible and that there was always some kind of destuction
going on.</pre>

Is that fact even necessary? I'm torn between whether it's useful or not. --[[User:oddtodd|oddtodd]] 22:27, 19 Nov 2004 (MST)

I would have deleted it in its original form since it's sort of offensive, but it's a little better now. --[[User:Clever Ben|Clever Ben]]

The whole fun fact should be deleted all together, since "A *something* of biblical proportions" is a commonly used phrase to describe something enourmous, such as "a flood of biblical proportions"--[[User:Nevrmore|Nevrmore]] 15:18, 5 Jan 2005 (MST)

Talk:couch patch

2005-01-05T22:18:45Z

Nevrmore:

HRWiki:Old STUFF

2005-01-04T12:00:43Z

Nevrmore: /* 20X6 vs. 1936 */

Talk:Experimental Film

2005-01-03T10:34:11Z

Nevrmore:

== Disputed Fun Facts ==
*In the commentary, The Cheat has probably his most comprehensible lines ever, and at least one is even completely decipherable ("You don't like the video, huh?")
**I couldn't comprehend any of what The Cheat said.
**I agree. The first thing he says can be easily translated to "And this is The Cheat."

*In the commentary, Strong Sad's remark that it's the "Worst commentary ever" might be a refrence to the comic book guy on The Simpsons.
**How? And in what way?
***The comic book guy is a movie/series/comic-nerd stereotype, saying things like "worst episode ever", "worst cross-over ever" etc. For more information consult http://www.snpp.com/guides/cbg.file.html

Methinks the link to They Might Be A Wiki should be http://www.tmbw.net/wiki/index.php/Untitled/Lyrics
*The comment about the glass being full seems a bit unnecessary.
**Second That.

==I just can't resist==

The first line of the song is "The color of infinity inside an empty glass." Strong Sad's glass is full. 

* But Strong Sad would still think of it as "not-really-empty", wouldn't he? Okay, okay, bad joke over. --[[User:Jay|Jay]] 01:44, 7 Dec 2004 (MST)

:But what is an "[[Wikipedia:Is the glass half empty or half full|empty glass]]" anyway?[[User:Tom|<nowiki></nowiki>]] -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 11:28, 7 Dec 2004 (MST)

== I've been listening to too much music ==

Ok, this probably isn't very relevant, but I've noticed some paralells between this video and the tracks on TMBG's album Apollo 18. Only the people who have heard the CD will probably understand some of these. Also, I'm gonna skip the one's I haven't figured out yet.:

1 (Dig My Grave): Strong Sad as the grim reaper

2 (I Palindrome I): The palindromic formation of the ATM machines saying "experimental film" in the Artic.

3 (She's Actual Size): I dunno, maybe the giant finger coming from the water, since the song is about a really big woman.

4 (My Evil Twin): Everybody meeting their counterparts (and pogo-ing).

5 (Mammal): Another dubious one. Maybe the glass of water in the beginning (the lyrics in the beginning of Mammal are "glass of milk")

7 (Spider): Gavin the Cockroach. Ok, so he's not a spider per se, but he's another icky bug.

8 (The Guitar): The lion (since half of this song is about some lion)

9 (Dinner Bell): The muffin on the table.

10 (Narrow your Eyes): Strong Sad narrows his eyes after the ATM says "Check Balance??".

11 (Hall of Heads): John and John's heads, of course. Also, the "Our Gracious Host" guy.

15 (Turn Around): The skull guy riding the bike (Turn around/ turn around/ it's a human skull on the ground)

Well, that's all I can think of for now. Of course, I'm skipping over all the "Fingertips" songs, that would take up way too much space. Anyway, if anyone else has heard this CD and noticed any more paralells, please post 'em.

:Oh, you are going to love [http://www.tmbw.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page This Might Be A Wiki], the wiki dedicated to TMBG. Check out [http://www.tmbw.net/wiki/index.php/Experimental_Film their page for Experimental Film] and especially the [http://www.tmbw.net/wiki/index.php/Experimental_Film/Interpretations interpretations page for the song], where you can pretty much add what you added here. I'm sure they'd love to hear from you.[[User:Tom|<nowiki></nowiki>]] -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 22:00, 30 Dec 2004 (MST)

==Awkward Actions...==

Alright, after watching this a few times, I have a question. At two points in the video, Strong Sad is bobbing his head, and you can see a film reel right next to him, then the rest of the page is blank. However, I can't figure out exactly why Strong Sad was doing. Was he nodding his head to the beat of the song or following the film reel as it moved up toward the top of the screen?

That a Ghost

2005-01-03T10:06:04Z

Nevrmore: /* Easter Eggs */

[[Image:thataghost.png|thumb|Dig my grave.]]

The old-timey characters seek a reward for the capture of a ghost.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[1936 Marzipan]], [[The Homestar Runner]], [[Fat Dudley]], [[The Strong Bad]], [[The Sneak]], [[Strong Man]], [[The Guys]], [[The Guy at the Depot]], [[Sickly Sam]], [[The Ghost]]

'''Page Title:''' Bury me deep I'm cold and clammy!

'''Date:''' October 18, 2004

== Transcript ==

THE HOMESTAR RUNNER

IN

A "SCARY"
CAR-TOON

''{Cut to:}''

"That A Ghost"

Presented in Grand Old
Sound-O-Vision

copyright 1937

''{Opens to 1936 Marzipan with a plate of bones on the table}''

'''1936 MARZIPAN''': We haven't eaten in weeks!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Guess what I read in the news-papper today.

'''1936 MARZIPAN''': I can't guess!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': I read that a ghost.

'''1936 MARZIPAN''': You read that a ghost what?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': I read that a ghost is.

'''1936 MARZIPAN''': You read that a ghost is what?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': I read that a ghost is here in town and there's a 27 cent reward for its capture.

'''FAT DUDLEY''': ''{makes showtune noises}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': You said it Fat Duds. We sure could buy a lot of corn-pone with 27 big ones.

''{The conversation is being watched in a telescope; pan to the right of the long telescope, where actually no-one is watching, but The Strong Bad stands nearby reading a paper}''

'''THE STRONG BAD''': Says here in the news-papper that the encapturement of the new apparition garners a top reward of 26 and one pennies!

''{Cut to The Strong Bad, Strong Man and The Sneak}''

'''THE STRONG BAD''': We could buy the monocle off Rockefeller's very eyeball with that kind of cash!

'''STRONG MAN''': Raaar!

''{The Sneak moves his nose}''

''{Danger music. Cut to The Homestar Runner, 1936 Marzipan and Fat Dudley in front of a spooky house with a gate signed 'Pietimer'}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Let's check out the old Pietimer place.

'''1936 MARZIPAN''': We should split up.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': We can do more damage that way.

''{They walk in. 1936 Marzipan looks under a cup.}''

'''1936 MARZIPAN''': Under here?

''{The Homestar Runner looks at a bookshelf full of ghost books.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Hmm. Let's see. Maybe it's in here.

''{He removes a book labelled 'A Goodtime Story', the only book not related to ghosts or monsters. Opening it, a moth flies out.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Just a moth. ''{He tries to eat the moth, but it flies off.}'' Dernit!

''{1936 Marzipan looks under a plate.}''

'''1936 MARZIPAN''': Under here? ''{Spiders run out.}''

''{The Homestar Runner walks past two portraits. The one marked 'Mr. Pietimer' follows him with its eyes.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': That picturemadrawin' looks sur-spicious. ''{He lifts it off the wall, revealing two one-eyed crows with a label reading "The Guys".}'' It's just two weird one-eyed crows. Ah, phooey.

''{Cut to Fat Dudley amidst some barrels, with a cigar and a jug marked 'XXX'. The Homestar Runner pops out of a barrel.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Fat Dudley? Were you gonna sneak a nip of hooch?

'''FAT DUDLEY''': ''{makes showtune noises}''

''{Outside the house again, with the gate behind them.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Aw, there's no ghosts here. Just a bunch of gross aminals. Let's go look somewheres else.

''{Cut to 'Cholera Acres Cemetary', then to The Strong Bad and The Sneak in front of Eustice Pietimer's grave (skinflint and junk codger).}''

'''THE STRONG BAD''': Listen smoothly, The Sneak! We're certain to catch a ghost once we exhume this grave using my new grave-exhuming invention!

''{Cut to Strong Man holding a shovel.}''

'''STRONG MAN''': Raaar!

''{The Sneak stands on his hind legs and moves his nose.}''

'''THE STRONG BAD''': What what? Why, no! Of course that's not just the Strong Man holding a shovel! It's my newest invention! Besides, the Strong Man's over there doing some manner of stylish jig!

''{Cut to Strong Man, who is now doing a stylish jig on an unmarked grave (son of mark grave). The Guy at the Depot's head comes up out of the grave.}''

'''THE GUY AT THE DEPOT''': ''{wheezily}'' Would you please keep it down?

''{Cut to The Homestar Runner, 1936 Marzipan and Fat Dudley in the 'Punkin Patch'.}''

'''1936 MARZIPAN''': The Homestar Runner, I'm s-s-s-s-scared!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Scared of what? Punkins? They're just punkins.

'''1936 MARZIPAN''': But I'm s-s-s-s-S-scared!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Oh, fine. We'll go look in the graveyard.

'''1936 MARZIPAN''': ''{smiling}'' Hooray!

''{Cut back to Cholera Acres Cemetary, where they enter, then meet The Strong Bad, Strong Man and The Sneak, who have dug up the grave of Eustice Pietimer.}''

'''THE STRONG BAD''': You're too late! The reward will be ours! I'll be marching around in gold pants in no time!

'''1936 MARZIPAN''': Where's the ghost?

'''THE STRONG BAD''': Behold! The fantoustic phantasm!

''{Sickly Sam rises out of the grave, and floats above it.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': That's no ghost. That's just our worst friend Sickly Sam.

'''SICKLY SAM''': I bury myself alive on Tuesdays.

'''THE STRONG BAD''': Criminy crickets! Foiled again!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Then where's the real ghost?

''{A black cloaked ghost with spindly arms fades in, floating above the tombstones and making a motorcycle-like noise}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{eyes bulging}'' Wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a. ''{his skin falls off, leaving his skeleton}''

'''THE STRONG BAD''': Wa-a-a-a-a-a! ''{his skin also falls off, leaving his skeleton too}''

''{Cut back to the ghost, which fades away, then to The Homestar Runner and 1936 Marzipan, who is also a skeleton.}''

'''SKELETAL 1936 MARZIPAN''': At least we'll never go hungry again.

'''SKELETAL THE HOMESTAR RUNNER''': 'Cept for Fat Dudley. ''{Cut to skeletal Fat Dudley, who is 'eating' a shoe with a soup spoon, with a jug labelled 'XXX' nearby.}'' He's livin' the high life!

'''SKELETAL FAT DUDLEY''': ''{makes showtune noises}''

''{Transition accompanied with closing music, to:}''

THE END

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click on the "D" in "THE END" to see The Strong Bad shopping for gold pants.
''{Show the Strong Bad's skeleton in a clothing store, trying to pull up a pair of pants, but they continue to fall down. Strong Man's skeleton is in the background.}'' 
'''The Strong Bad''': Curses! Now I'll never find gold pants that fit this tiny waist!

== Fun Facts ==
*List of books on the bookshelf:
**Zombies Are Cool
**Ghastly Monsters
**Banshees, indeed!
**A Goodtime Story
**There is a Ghost in This Book
**Creepiness, Oh My!
**The Ghost In My Pocket
**27 Cent Ghosties
**The Haunted Jacuzzi
**Creepy Stories for Toddlers
**Ghostly Measures
**Dead Things Book One
*List of graves in the graveyard:
**Steakface McGee
**unmarked grave: son of mark grave
**Sir Rondello Shmallow: Look Lively?
**EUSTICE PIETIMER: skinflint and junk codger
*Sir Rondello Shmallow could be [[Mr. Shmallow]]'s full name.
*The Homestar Runner's voice isn't as scratchy and Fat Dudley's voice is deeper than in [[Parsnips-A-Plenty]].
*The quote "let's split up, we can do more damage that way" is a reference to the 1984 film ''[[Wikipedia:Ghostbusters|Ghostbusters]]''.
*The picture labeled 'Cory' could be a reference to the email [[cheat talk]] written by "the citizens of cory".
*The Homestar Runner says the "news-papper" is offering a reward of 27 cents. This may have come from an old ''[http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0054524/ Rocky and Bullwinkle]'' show when Rocky offers a 27-cent reward for the capture of the Boxtop Bandit.
*The page title, "Bury Me Deep I'm Cold and Clammy!", is taken from an interview with [[Matt Chapman]] in which he says this line as [[Homsar]]. The interview can be seen [http://members.shaw.ca/kevinscott/Homestar/index.html here].
*The Strong Bad's severely cracked skull at the end could be a reference to [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (toon)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]], where a part of Strong Bad's head is blown off.
*The sound effect of the spiders scattering from under the mirror is taken from the Skulltulas in the Spider Houses in ''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]''. This sound also appears in [[RhinoFeeder]].
*The sound that Homestar does while trying to eat the moth is the same that puppet Homestar does while eating popcorn in [[Labor Dabor]].
*Fat Dudley eating the shoe may be a reference to Charlie Chaplin's ''[http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0015864/ The Gold Rush]''.
*When Marzipan lifts the teacup, the "liquid" in it does not spill.
*The Strong Man dancing on the grave is most likely a reference to [[Dancin' Bubs]], where one of the places he can dance is on "your grave".
**The tune used while he dances is the same one used whenever The Homestar Runner "does his dance".
*Marzipan's pony tails apparently sport their own spinal columns due to her skeletal visage, as does The Strong Bad's 'stache.
*The Strong Bad's skeleton shows that his shoes have bones.. or else that his feet are shoe-shaped.. or maybe his feet look like shoes. His skeleton also has hands that look like his "gentleman's sports gloves", which proves that he doesn't just wear them, those are really what his hands look like. The same would then apply to modern-day Strong Bad's boxing gloves, and maybe even his mask. This is most likely a reference to email "[[some kinda robot]]" where Strong Bad asks if the sender takes off his face and hands.
*Marzipan's skeleton also reveals that her "skirt" has its own skeletal structure. This is in agreement with [[The House that Gave Sucky Treats]], where contemporary marzipan wore jeans with a hole near the hem.
*The two one-eyed crows eyeballs do not match up with the painting after the painting is removed.
*Also, the painting-with-moving-eyes gag is most likely a reference to "Scooby-Doo".
*The graveyard is "Cholera Acres". Cholera is a disease that was really deadly in the Late 19th and early 20th century.
*When The Homestar Runners eyes balloon up in fright this is similar to The Cheat in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].
*When The Homestar Runner and The Strong Bad's skin falls off, the same sound is used as when worms come out of Homestar's mouth in [[Main Page 7]].
*The Pietimer place looks a lot like [http://www.doombuggies.com/phantom.html Phantom Manor]. This may, however, just be a coincidence.
**It also looks roughly like the house from Alfred Hitchcock's masterpeice, [http://imdb.com/title/tt0054215/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9cHN5Y2hvfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=1;ft=83;fm=1 Psycho]
*The ghost never shows his face, but bears a resemblance to the Grim Reaper.
*When we see The Strong Bad shopping, there is a skeletal Strong Man.
*We never see The Sneak's skeleton.
*Homestar and Marzipan's skeletons prove that they don't have arms.
*This is the first cartoon to date featuring the "1936" characters in the far-flung year of 1937.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/oldtimeyween.html watch "That A Ghost"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/oldtimeyween.swf view the flash file for "That A Ghost"]
*[http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=1061 forum thread re: "That A Ghost"]

[[Category:1936]][[Category:Holiday Toons]][[Category:1936 Marzipan Filmography]][[Category:The Homestar Runner Filmography]][[Category:Fat Dudley Filmography]][[Category:The Strong Bad Filmography]][[Category:The Sneak Filmography]][[Category:Strong Man Filmography]][[Category:The Guy at the Depot Filmography]][[Category:Sickly Sam Filmography]][[Category:The Guys Filmography]]

User:Nevrmore

2004-12-27T03:51:14Z

Nevrmore: /* Favorite Stuff */

Hello, good day, salutations, or any other variant of a greeting you may or may not want me to say. I am Nevrmore. Known around a lot of messageboards, I've recently gotten into Homestar Runner, and found this site. I haven't been here long, so I don't have any major contributions yet, but that may change. Or maybe..it won't....

==Favorite Stuff==
Favorite SB Emails: 
[[japanese cartoon]] 
[[dragon]] 
[[anything]] 
[[army]] 
[[different town]] 
[[replacement]] 
[[dangeresque 3]] 
[[pom pom]] 
[[time capsule]] 

Favorite Homestar Runner Toons: 
[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] 
[[Where's The Cheat?]] 
[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] 

Favorite Characters: 
[[The King of Town]] 
[[Homestar Runner]] 
[[The Homestar Runner]] 
[[20X6 Homestar]] 
[[Fat Dudley]] 

I'll leave you with a tall glass of piemonade and a saying you should hold dear.

If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day.

If you teach a man to fish, then he'll follow you to the pond you fish at, then catch all the fish in it, so then you'll die of stavation.

So just let him starve. He probably deserved it.

[[Image:p-nade.png|A tall glass of P-nade]]

User:Nevrmore

2004-12-27T03:47:09Z

Nevrmore: /* Favorite Stuff */

Hello, good day, salutations, or any other variant of a greeting you may or may not want me to say. I am Nevrmore. Known around a lot of messageboards, I've recently gotten into Homestar Runner, and found this site. I haven't been here long, so I don't have any major contributions yet, but that may change. Or maybe..it won't....

==Favorite Stuff==
Favorite SB Emails: 
[[japanese cartoon]] 
[[dragon]] 
[[anything]] 
[[army]] 
[[different town]] 
[[replacement]] 
[[dangeresque 3]] 
[[pom pom]] 
[[time capsule]] 

Favorite Homestar Runner Toons: 
[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] 
[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] 
[[The Luau]] 

Favorite Characters: 
[[The King of Town]] 
[[Homestar Runner]] 
[[The Homestar Runner]] 
[[20X6 Homestar]] 
[[Fat Dudley]] 

I'll leave you with a tall glass of piemonade and a saying you should hold dear.

If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day.

If you teach a man to fish, then he'll follow you to the pond you fish at, then catch all the fish in it, so then you'll die of stavation.

So just let him starve. He probably deserved it.

[[Image:p-nade.png|A tall glass of P-nade]]

Talk:time capsule

2004-12-27T03:27:17Z

Nevrmore: /* Standards for Strong Bad Emails */

This was better than usual in my view. I think the Brothers are coming out of their... funny-block. Anyone agree? -- [[User:FireBird|FireBird]]

Yeah, for a bit, they kinda went into a slump. The only thing that kept me watching was the hope that they would start being funny again(and Doug the Dino. Gotta love ol' Doug!). Now it seems they may be climbing their way back on top.

--MAX

I wouldn't ever stop watching Homestar Runner. Not for a million years! -- [[User:FireBird|FireBird]]

Alright, well, I liked The Facts and Cheat Commandos Ep 3 better than this one :) I don't think they've been in a slump for upwards of a month (perhaps 2, perhaps 3) and have been pleased with their contemporate work :) 
[[User:MetaStar|MetaStar]] 15:37, 4 Oct 2004 (MST)

What made you think that they had been in a slump? Seriously, explain, because it hadn't really occurred to me.
--[[User:Ogoms|Ogoms]] Oct. 4

Yeah, the Brothers' Chaps have been in an on-and-off slump for a few months now. --[[User:Dragondoom5|Dragondoom5]]

YAH I WAS THE FIRST GUY TO ADD ALL THE EASTER EGGS TO Time Capsule email before i did it all it said is "this sucks" -Silvermonkey8

Isn't the casette tape in the easter egg going backwards? -gront

== Standards for Strong Bad Emails ==

Just wondering if there should be a "Strong Bad Email #X" in the Summary for all Strong Bad Emails? Because it was there in most of them, but not in the most recent ones -- [[User:thejesterx|thejesterx]] 20:08, 4 Oct 2004 (MST)

2004-12-20T07:51:44Z

Nevrmore: /* Decemberween Toons */

[[Image:xmas2002.png|thumb|right|220px|Decemberween will come soon!]]
'''Decemberween''' is a holiday celebrated by the people of [[Free Country, USA]], 55 days after Halloween. It bears some similarities to Christmas as it takes place on December 25th, but it's not quite the same. It has complicated origins involving at least one [[The Angel |Angel]], [[Dr. Christmas]] (who looks a bit like Santa Claus), 2 Kobe Bryants, and a sailor named [[Archibald]], as explained in [[A Decemberween Pageant]]. It also seems to be celebrated in July.

==Decemberween Characters==
*[[The Angel]]
*[[Dr. Christmas]]
*[[Archibald]]
*[[The King of Town (Decemberween)|The King of Town]]
*[[The Popular Vote]]
*[[Kobe 1|Kobe 1 and 2]]
*[[The First Decemberween]]
*[[Santaman]]
*[[Santa Bad Graphics Ghost]]
*[[Gift Exchange Lion]]

==Decemberween Toons==
*[[A Holiday Greeting]] (2000)
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] (2001)
*[[A Decemberween Pageant]] (2002)
*[[Decemberween In July]] (2004)
*[[Snow Globe]] (2004)
*[[Homestar Presents: Presents]] (2004)

==Decemberween Emails==
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemailxmas.html Email Xmas]

[[Category: Lists]][[Category: Holiday Toons]]

User:Nevrmore

2004-12-20T03:48:25Z

Nevrmore:

2004-12-13T00:34:00Z

Nevrmore: /* Others */