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50 emails

2005-09-13T03:25:38Z

chops: /* Homestar's attempts at DELETED */

[[Image:sbemail50.PNG|thumb|Strong Bad, I brought back your fondue pot.]]

'''Strong Bad Email #50'''

In honor of his 50th email, Strong Bad tries to answer 50 emails, only to have Homestar screw it up.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] (Easter egg), [[The Sneak]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Telegraph Room]] (Easter egg)

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

'''Date:''' November 11, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 3:28

'''Page Title:''' Lordy, Lordy, Look who's over there!

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, girl... I want to email you so nice. ''{stops singing}'' All right, everybody. In honor of this, my 50th email, I've decided to answer 50 of your emails! Ready? Go!

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Email #1 
Dear strong bad, 
Can you please write a book about 
come-back jokes! 
Mike 
Canada</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' More like, ''you'' write a book about come-back jokes, ''NERD!'' ''{hits enter}''

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Email #2 
Dear Stong Bad, 
what are some cool ways to spell 
different words? example, fat = phat 
 
matt</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, you mean like ''{types}'' strong = stong? ''{stops}'' You seem to like that one. Or how about this? matt = MATT! ''{He types matt = DELETED!, and the following appears on the screen as the email is deleted:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#003893; text-align:center">MATT!!</blockquote>

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email">Email #3 
Strong Bad, 
What is your favorite leg? 
 
Jess and Tiff 
Los Angeles, CA</blockquote>
''{He stops at "Jess and Tiff."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, I like all kinds of legs. You know, like the Great Leg... The Leg of Hope... Tape-Leg? ''{the phone rings}'' Oh, man! I was on a roll! Don't nobody go nowheres. I'll be right back. ''{He walks off and answers the phone}'' Hello? Yeah, this is me.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{on the phone}'' I dunno, what kind of savings?

''{Homestar Runner walks in carrying a fondue pot}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey Strong Bad, I brought back your fondue pot... Strong Bad? ''{He looks around, and then sees the computer}'' Whoa. That TV has words on it. ''{He sits down at the computer and re-reads the email}'' Strong Bad, what is your favorite leg? Jess and Tiff. ''{Stops reading}'' Um, ''{typing}'' Hey Crapface! Why dontcha blow it out your ear. Your buddy, Strong Bad. ''{enter}'' Whoa, another one!

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none">Email #4 
Dear Strong Bad 
How do you type with gloves on 
your hands? 
 
Scott 
Surrey BC Canada</blockquote>

Oh, even I know what to do with this one. ''{types}'' BALEETED! ''{hits enter, nothing happens}'' Wha—? Oh. Umm... ''{types}'' DELTEATED! ''{enter, nothing happens}'' No? Uhh... Del Taco?

''{Cut to Strong Bad talking on the phone}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, they're more like elephant feet. Yeah. So what do you think, like, 50 bucks? Sounds good. I'll leave the key under the at-may.

''{Back to Compy 386. Homestar has typed in many, many words, but none of them do anything.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What is that stupid word? ''{He types in "da cheated" and hits enter. The computer plays a tune and the blue "Flagrant System Error" screen comes up. It reads:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#003893; text-align:center">FLAGRANT SYSTEM ERROR 
 
The system is down. I dunno know what 
you did, moron, but you sure 
screwed everything up good.</blockquote>

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh oh. This does not look good for Homestar Runner.

''{Cut back to Strong Bad on the phone}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. Bye!

''{He hangs up and walks off. Cut back to the computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. Back to the 50 emails. ''{He sits down. There's a piece of paper over the monitor with a Windows error window titled "This is real." It says "System report: Everything is fine. Nothing is ruined." Strong Bad reads the message}'' Everything is fine. Nothing is ruined. Oh, that's good to hear. Let's just, wait a minute... ''{he tears off the paper and sees the blue screen}'' Wha... Flagrant Error? What the... Where did all my emails go?

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What? The paper? This isn't over yet! Go back up, go back up! ''{He swats at the paper and then tries to hold it up off the screen}'' Wait, wait! I think I can remember some of those emails! Uh, "Dear Strong Bad, why are you so awesome? Yours truly, Dumpface." Well, Dumpface, it's a long story. It all started with The Cheat one day when he was going down to the...

''{The screen, and Strong Bad's voice, slowly fade out. A paper plate with a Swiss Cake Roll with a "50" candle on it fades in. The Paper comes down again.}''

== Easter Eggs ==

*When Strong Bad types the word "book," you can click on it and bring up a picture of Strong Bad's idea of this book.
*At the end, click on the "50th email [[Swiss Cake Roll]]" to see an [[Old-Timey]] Strong Bad cartoon.
:''{A title screen reading "Strong Bad and The Electronic Message" appears. Cut to Old-Timey Strong Bad reading a telegram}''
<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#cccccc;color:#000">Dear Sir Strong Bad stop 
How do you manage the telegramophone whilst 
wearing gentleman's sport gloves? stop 

signed, Lord Elsington Hallstingdingdingworth </blockquote>
:'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Curses! This is all anyone ever asks me! ''{manning the telegraph}'' You buffoon! Stop. You...carpetbagger. Stop. I'll give you what's for!
:''{The Sneak walks onscreen}''
:'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' The Sneak! How was that? I told that poor sap I'd give him what's for! Yes... now go and steal me fresh jam!
:''{The Sneak scurries off}''

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*When old-timey Strong Bad responds to Lord Elsington Hallstingdingdingworth in the Easter egg, he calls him a "carpetbagger." A [[Wikipedia:carpetbagger|carpetbagger]] is actually a post-Civil War term for a Northerner moving to the South after the war to get rich or gain power.
*When Strong Bad says, "I'll leave the key under the at-may," he is speaking [[Wikipedia:Pig Latin|Pig Latin]]. "At-may" would mean "mat."

===Trivia===
*The title of the page may be a reference to the phrase "Lordy, Lordy! Look who's forty!" which is usually used on someone's 40th birthday, even though this is Strong Bad's 50th email.

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad is talking to a potential customer about "[[Soolnds|elephant feet]]." Apparently he is planning to sell [[Strong Sad]]'s legs on the black market. It is later mentioned in the email [[modeling]] that poachers have offered several thousand dollars for Strong Sad's feet.
*It is strange that Homestar calls the computer screen a "TV [that] has words on it," yet he immediately knows he can type a response to the email.
*This is the first email in which we see the "DELETED" screen on the Compy. The background is blue, whereas it was green on the [[Tandy 400]].
*The telegram received by Old-Timey Strong Bad has an incomplete [[Wikipedia:Boolean_algebra|boolean]] [[Wikipedia:truth table|truth table]] in the upper left corner.

===Goofs===
*When Homestar is talking while reading/answering an email, his lips' movements and the movements in the reflection are not in sync.

===Glitches===
*When you adjust the contrast while Homestar is at the computer, his reflection isn't affected.
*When Strong Bad says "Matt" while typing "DELETED", his reflection appears above the Compy for a moment.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad starts his email checking by saying, "Ready? Go!" This is a reference to [[spring cleaning]], when he said that to start his spring cleaning.
*When he responds to Email #3 ("What is your favorite leg?"), Strong Bad mentions tape-leg. This is a reference to [[tape-leg]], one of his past emails, and represents yet another [[Tape leg|inside joke]] of the Homestar Universe.
*The phrase "The system is down" is from [[techno]].

===Real-World References===
*This is another instance of [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning]]. The blue "Flagrant System Error" screen is a spoof of the [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows 9x]] [[Wikipedia:Blue_screen_of_death|Blue screen of death]].

===Homestar's attempts at [[DELETED]]===
*Baleeted
*Delteated
*Deltaco
*freaky D'td
*chadeated
*deedleated
*meathead?
*dltd
*duh lee ted
*teeteeted
*[[Bubs|bubs]]
*diddley dee
*repeated
*733t3d
*3-D movie
*del monte
*ddddddd
*[[The Cheat|da cheated]]
*diggity
*beefeated
*stupid word
*believe it
*received it
*stratego
*3TDted
*seabed
*whitebread
*open sesame
*marie
*hello
*de la soul
*geleted
*feeted
*Some of the commands Homestar tries are references. Some are more obvious than others:
**'del monte' — A popular brand of fruit juice.
**'beefeated' — 'Beefeaters' is a nickname for the [[Wikipedia:Yeomen Warders|Yeomen Warders]] of the [[Wikipedia:Tower of London|Tower of London]]. There is also a 'Beefeaters' London Dry Gin sold in most liquor stores.
**'meathead?' — This is probably referring to a catch phrase from the sitcom [[Wikipedia:All in the Family|'All in the Family']] in which [[Wikipedia:Archie Bunker|Archie Bunker]] called his son-in-law [[Wikipedia:Michael Stivic|Mike]] 'Meathead.'
**'stratego' — [[Wikipedia:Stratego|Stratego]] is a board game.
**'open sesame' — Famous words from the tale [[Wikipedia:Ali Baba|'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves']].
**'de la soul' — [[Wikipedia:De La Soul|De La Soul]] is a hip-hop group made of Posdnous, Trugoy, and P.A. Mase. They are best known for their groundbreaking 1989 debut album [[Wikipedia:3 Feet High and Rising|"3 Feet High and Rising"]]. Their second album, [[Wikipedia:De La Soul is Dead|De La Soul is Dead]] is on [[Matt Chapman]]'s favorite album list.
**'733t3d' — A reference to [[Wikipedia:Leetspeak|1337 speak]], or "Leetspeak," a language used on the Internet where letters are replaced by numbers or symbols. While this is probably meant to say "leeted," it actually says "teeted."
**'Deltaco' — [[Wikipedia:Del Taco|Del Taco]] is a mexican fast food chain.
**'diggity' — A reference to Strong Bad's windup in [[unused emails]].

==DVD Version==
*The "Comeback joke book" Easter egg is disabled.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail50.html|watch "50 emails"]]
*[[HR:sbemail50.swf|view the Flash file for "50 emails"]]

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part-time job

2005-01-04T00:41:06Z

chops:

[[Image:sbemail121.PNG|thumb|Strong Bad's part-time job]]

'''Strong Bad Email #121'''

Strong Bad proves he does more than just write e-mails, by showing everyone his part-time job!

'''Cast (In order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[The Cheat]], [[Bubs]], [[Coach Z]], [[Pom Pom]], [[Mrs. Bennedetto]]

'''Date:''' January 3rd, 2005

== Transcript ==

''{As usual, Strong Bad is in front of his Lappy, checking his e-mail. He does not seem to be in his basement, as he usually is.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': A lot of ladies and a lot of girls... some healthy ladies and some healthy girls!
<pre>subject: besides..
Dear Strongbad,
Do you do anything besides checking e-mails?

Sincerely, Hunter</pre>

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' Waudju- gighi- ikuh... What do you mean do I do anything besides checking e-mails. 'Course I freakin' do! I do everything! Always! ''{clears the screen}'' Nature walks, Meet N' Greets, Bus Chucker Club, The League of Me and The Cheat Ice Cream Socials. Shut up! I even have a part-part-part-part-very part-time job, to which I am currently 15 minutes late.

''{Cut to the lower area of Marzipan's kitchen. Strong Bad has apparently been checking this e-mail under Marzipan's kitchen table. Homestar walks in, and is holding a tennis ball.}''

''{Strong Bad looks around in a panicked way.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': This is perfect! Just perfect! I couldn't be happier with my new invention! I'll call it... the Super Question Machine!

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{whispering}'' I gotta try to sneak out of here without Homestar noticing me.

''{Homestar sets his "invention" down on the table.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah you do.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I gotta think of some kind of diversion...

''{The Cheat walks in, humming to himself, wearing a top hat entitled "Tito" and a bowtie, and holding a cane. Homestar turns around to look at him. The camera pans left. The Cheat begins doing a dance.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, wow! What a great new invention!

''{Strong Bad crawls out from under the table, and gives The Cheat the thumbs up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nice work, The Cheat!

''{He proceeds to crawl away, while The Cheat's still humming.}''

''{Cut to Bubs' empty concession stand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quietly while peeking out from the corner}'' This is perfect! Bubs must be passed out on the floor again.

''{Strong Bad disappears behind the screen, and begins walking toward the Stand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Comin' in to work on time..

''{Bubs pops up from under the counter. Strong Bad lets out a short yell.}''

'''BUBS:''' Aha!

'''STRONG BAD:''' {''Yells, then stutters a little.''}

'''BUBS:''' Late again, Strong Bad. I'm not running a country club, you know.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Quickly}'' But Mr. Bubs, I was just-

'''BUBS:''' ''{Interrupts}'' Wastin' time on that email show of yours again. That mess'll never get you anywhere!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yes it will! You'll see! I'm gonna be big one day. I'm gonna be a famous email checker.

'''BUBS:''' And I'm gonna be two times two. Now put on your uniform and get to work!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're gonna be ''what''?

''{The screen fades out and resumes to Strong Bad in a hot dog costume, which has been combined with a clown's in front of Bubs' stand. Strong Bad is holding a paper, and a stack of papers sits next to him.}''

''The papers all say:''

<pre>GET YOU A FREE CUP OF ICE WITH PURCHASE OF DELUXE CUP OF ICE OF EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE
BUBS' CONSESSION STAND</pre>

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right! Come on down to Bubs' and get you a free cup of ice with purchase of deluxe cup of ice for equal or lesser value.

'''BUBS:''' No, no. Work it, son, work it!

''{Strong Bad begins dancing and humming.}''

'''BUBS:''' That's it, that's it! Look out for Number 1!

''{Coach Z walks in.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, it's the hot dog clown! What fun!

''{Pom Pom's silhouette merges in.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Pom Pom, take a picture of me with the hot dog clown. It'll be classic!

''{Pom Pom bubbles, and takes out a camera. A huge flash is seen, and a camera shutter sound is heard. Coach Z falls over, leaning on Strong Bad.}

''{The camera zooms in to Bubs.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pictures with the hot dog clown ain't free! Fifty bucks! Sixty bucks! Get back here and let me confiscate your film.
'' {The camera zooms back out to the four of them.''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{running}'' Charge, Pom Pom! ''{He and Pom Pom run off screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's a great day at Bubs' Concession Stand! Sign up now for giving us money.

'''BUBS:''' Now isn't this better than sitting at your desk answerin' emails?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Actually I was sitting under a kitchen table this week and.. uh oh! The Lappy's almost out of juice! I need to get back and end this email! Uhh.. say Bubs, I'm gonna need now off. Is that cool?

'''BUBS:''' Is Strong Sad cool?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh come on.

'''BUBS:''' You know all my policies! I'm not running a country club, you know.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay then I quit.

'''BUBS:''' Fine! But don't even think about swiping that costume!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You made me buy this costume, remember?

'''BUBS:''' Oh. Right. Well then pleasure doing business with you.

''{Strong Bad runs off in the costume.}

''{We cut back to the kitchen, where The Cheat has fallen over, still humming, and Homestar is standing over him. Strong Bad crawls back in.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This is the most amazing undersea epic ever filmed.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' See, Hunter? I got all types of stuff going on. I've got so many facets, you don't even know what facets are. I'm like a hundredaire socialite out on the sce-

''{The Lappy powers down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh great. The battery ran out. I gotta figure out a way to end this email.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah you do.

''{Cut to Mrs. Bennedetto. Strong Bad slaps a paper on it with some text and a picture of him on it.}''

<pre>yeah buddy,
i have muscles!

ps: preeeeow</pre>

''{The Paper DOES NOT come down on its own!}''

== Easter Eggs ==
* Click on "Bus Chucker Club" to see a post-it of Strong Bad's member badge.
* Click on "preeeow" to make [[The Paper]] come down.
* Click on Broast to see "Hundredaire Socialite magazine"
* Click on Power to watch an extra scene with Strong Bad and Bubs.
----
'''EXTRA SCENE TRANSCRIPT'''
''Cut to Bubs on the Stage from [[A Decemberween Pageant]]. We see a pamphlet:''
<pre> T H E A T E R
Dreamaway
Johnny

A Sweet 3-Acter
Directed by Strong Bad
Starring:
Strong Bad and Buh-hubs, man</pre>

''The pamphlet zooms out. We see Bubs is standing in front of a cut-out of his stand reading MR LEGARM'S Bubs Stand. Strong Bad walks in.''

'''BUBS AS MR. LEGARM:''' Well look who decided to show up. Fifth time this week, Johnny.

'''STRONG BAD AS JOHNNY:''' Oh I'm sorry Mr. Legarm. Honest I am! I just-

'''MR. LEGARM:''' ''{interrupting}'' You just what? Lost track of time?

'''JOHNNY:''' Yes sir. Only I wouldn't have to worry about that if I could just get the Johnny-Tron working.

'''MR. LEGARM:''' You still wastin' time workin' on that time machine, Johnny? That's a pipe dream, son! Your future's here at the shop. Now sweep up! I got customers to tend to.

'''JOHNNY:''' You'll see. Someday... someday...

''{Music starts, and a spotlight goes over to Strong Bad.}''

'''JOHNNY:''' ''{singing}'' When all my dreams come.. truuuuuuuuue.

''{The audience claps; the curtain closes.}''

== Fun Facts ==
* "preeeow" is what Strong Bad says in [[autobiography]], when attempting to prompt the printer to print the e-mail. He says (and types) it again to do the same in [[haircut]].
*"What do you mean do I do anything besides checking e-mails" is a question and Strong Bad didn't use a question mark.
*The "Hundredaire Socialite magazine" easter egg features the familiar faces of [[The Brothers Chaps|Mike and Matt Chapman]]; the photo is from [[Peasant's Quest Preview]].
*You can still make the circles appear on the LCD screen when the power shuts off.
*You can keep clicking on "preeow" to make the Paper come down again and again.

== Glitches ==
* After watching the "Power easter egg, " the paper comes down even though you haven't clicked on preeeow.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail121.html view "part-time job"] 
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail121.swf view the flash file for "part-time job"]
*[http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=1652 forum thread re: part-time job]
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