The King of Town DVD

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Homestar explains it to everybody

The King of Town DVD is a DVD-style update of an older King of Town cartoon. It includes commentary by Strong Bad, storyboards and the old version. In the toon, the King of Town sends Homestar and Pom Pom to investigate the whereabouts of his sheep.

Cast (in order of appearance): The King of Town, The King of Town's Sheep, The Sheep-Eating Dragon, Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, The Blacksmith, The Poopsmith, The Little Chef Guy, The Bishop, The Knight, The Hornblower

Places: King of Town's Castle

Date: 2000

Contents

New Version Transcript

Text: [This is the King of Town] {King of Town pops up}

[He is a good king and he rules the land quite nicely] {Pan of 'the land'}

[But he worries all the time]

KING OF TOWN: {cries} My sheep are missing! My sheep are missing! And I'm afraid that a dragon has gobbled them up!

{Scene shows what the King of Town thinks happened.}

KING OF TOWN: Get me Homestar Runner!

{Bugle sounds to the tune of the Homestar Runner Theme Song, and Homestar and Pom Pom walk in.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey, King, what's up?

KING OF TOWN: {cries} My sheep are missing! My sheep are missing! [cries]

{Homestar looks at Pom Pom.}

KING OF TOWN: {cries} I'm inconsolable!!

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Okay, I guess we'll help you find your sheep then! {to Pom Pom} Pom Pom, let's get out of here!

[And so...]

[They questioned the Blacksmith...]

HOMESTAR RUNNER: I say, fair Blacksmith, have you seen the King's sheep?

BLACKSMITH: {Blacksmith shrugs} {in a very deep and quick voice} No.

[They questioned the Poopmsith...]

HOMESTAR RUNNER: I say, fair Poopsmith, have you seen the King's sheep?

{Poopsmith shrugs}

[And finally, they questioned the royal chef]

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {annoyed} {sighs} I say, fair chef, have you seen the King's sheep?

CHEF: {The Chef nods} {in a pretty deep voice} Uh-huh.

{Homestar and Pom-Pom look at each other, suprised.}

[So Homestar called everyone together...]

{A Blackboard appears and graduate cap and pointer fall into Homestar's head and non-existent hand from above.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {while drawing a sheep and a dragon} I have found that the King's sheep were not eaten by a dragon {crosses off dragon}

KING OF TOWN: Phew!

HOMESTAR RUNNER: ... but, they were eaten!

KING OF TOWN: Oh, no! What could have done such a thing?

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Why don't you ask yourself, King? {pokes King's belly with pointer}

KING OF TOWN: ...Oh, yeah. They were delicious! {blushes and burps}

{Everyone laughs.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {laughs} Oh man, Pom Pom! He ate the sheep! {continues laughing as we pan out of the castle onto a sheep grazing in the field}

Commentary Transcript

Strong Bad does the commentary while the cartoon plays.

STRONG BAD: Uh, hello and welcome to The King of Town special edition DVD. I am your host, America's number one son and sweetheart to all the ladies, Strong Bad. You're probably wondering what I'm doing the commentary on this cartoon for, and it's because they didn't put me in the freakin' cartoon, so, the least they could do is let me make fun of it. So, let's uh, let's begin.

{Cartoon starts}

Okay, now, this guy does not belong in cartoons. From what I understand, he's everybody's least favorite character, and I don't understand how he got his own freakin' cartoon, and I haven't even got... my own cartoon yet.


Oh, and the special effects here; look at that piece of crap! I mean, I really think that was a piece of crap tied to some strings... that they just... pulled up behind the mountains, you know...


And here comes mister prancy-time himself, Homestar Runner, to save the day. Personally, I don't know what he's doing not wearing his hat, because, he looks kinda creepy whe—when he doesn't wear his baseball hat. Or whatever that hat is, you got the propeller on it... I mean, I hate everything about that guy.


Oh, now this guy had some class. The Blacksmith, that guy was a good guy. I hung out with him after the cartoon; we had some good times. Yeah, we—oh, and this freakin' guy, man, he STANK SO BAD! I mean...you know, I would say that he smelled like crap, but that wouldn't go far enough enough. Imagine the worst thing you ever smelled, and pretend that took a crap. That's what he smelled like. And this little guy, he gave me the creeps... I don't trust that guy any farther than I could throw him.


Oh, and Homestar wearing the graduate cap... I'll tell you what, I mean, Homestar never graduated from anything in his life. And, uh, that little X he just made... To tell you the truth, I don't think that he would ever be able to tell you that it was an X because I'm pretty sure he doesn't know the alphabet and I'm almost positive that he can't read, so. Oh yeah, everyone has a good laugh...


And that place, the King of Town does not live in that castle! I can tell you that right now. I mean, like, he lives in like some two bedroom job next door to me. It's kinda run down and creepy, actually. Yeah, you don't want to go over there, man.

Easter Eggs

  • After the commentary, you can click the button on the King's answering machine for different messages.
ANSWERING MACHINE: You have no new messages. Ever.
ANSWERING MACHINE: Nobody likes you.
ANSWERING MACHINE: You still have zero messages.
ANSWERING MACHINE: You have no friends.
  • At the end of the olde version, you can click on the sheep to make it fly off behind the mountains.
  • On the main DVD page, click on the mustache on the shield. After it moves aside, click on the brick that was under it to see the King of Town Intro and Main Page that was used for April 1, 2003.

Fun Facts

Trivia

  • The colors of the King of Town's crown are reversed compared to his crown's color scheme in all of his subsequent appearances.

Remarks

KoT's mouth
  • In the commentary, Strong Bad saying that Homestar probably can't read is incorrect, for Homestar shows his reading and writing skills in the emails credit card and anything. Homestar's literacy is also tested in Arcade Game and Cool Things.
  • In the Olde version, we actually see the King of Town's mouth under the moustache when he belches.
  • The storyboards depict the Poopsmith having a speaking part. Apparently, he was origanally going to respond to Homestar's question with a simple "Nope". It also shows the second P in Poopsmith crossed out and replaced with an H, indicating that the Brothers Chaps may have initially renamed him the "Poohsmith", but this name isn't used anywhere else, suggesting the consideration to rename the charater "Poohsmith" was abandoned altogether.

Inside References

Real-World References

  • The DVD menu theme is reminiscent of the theme from the King's Quest games.

DVD Contents

DVD Menu

New Version

Storyboards

New Version with Commentary

Olde Version

The King of Town Special Edition DVD
New Version | Olde Version | Commentary | Storyboards
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