Mellow Mushroom
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Mellow Mushroom is a non-Homestar Runner related site designed by The Brothers Chaps in 2001 for a chain of pizza restaurants headquartered in Georgia. The layout, navigation, and sound effects are similar to that of the Homestar site, and the voices of the brothers and Missy Palmer are very distinctive.
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Characters
- Mel O. Mushroom - Cool dude and farmer in Shroomville
- Dude Shroomington - Friend of Mel and love interest of Melody
- Melody - Friendly employee of Mellow Mushroom
- The Fungis: "Port, Toe & Bello" - Trickster mushroom men
- Wizard - Helpful mountain wizard
Pages
- Toons: One so far - "The Sun Almost Rises"
- Games: Pizza Darts, Skateboarding Dude, Wack-a-FunGuy, Dress up Mel
- Mel-Locater: Locations of all the Mellow Mushroom Restaurants
- Characters: Fountain drink machine character page
- Menu: All the food available from Mellow Mushroom restaurants
- Gear: Clothing and gift certificates, plus now a new 2005 calendar.
Fun Facts
- "Mountain Dude", in the Characters Page, sounds very much like Mountain Dew.
- "Melody-ade", in the Characters Page, sounds very much like Melonade.
- Melody's head, ponytail, and overall body shape bear a striking resemblance to Marzipan.
- Port, one of The Fungis, makes extremely similar sounds to The Cheat.
Transcript to "The Sun Almost Rises"
{A series of envelopes appear and are tossed into a pile. The envelopes display the credits as follows: "loaded." "A Mellow Mushroom Cartoon" "Starring Mel & Dude" "The Sun Almost Rises"}
{Cut to the inside of Mel's mailbox. Mel opens the mailbox, pulls out the mail, and closes it back. Now we see the outside of Mel's mushroom house. It is raining. Mel enters his house. He is dripping wet.}
MEL: Sure is coming down hard out there.
DUDE: Looks like it's going up to me.
MEL: Dude! Sit up straightways!
{Zoom out to see Dude is sitting on the couch upside down.}
DUDE: Oh, sorry. {turns around to be sitting right side up} Hey, you're right. It is coming down. So what came in the mail? Anything good?
MEL: Let's see. . . {we see Mel's hands holding the mail, the top envelope is stamped "FINAL NOTICE" and addressed to Mel O. Mushroom, 420 Shroom St., Shroomville} A bill. . . {Mel throws it onto the floor, revealing the item under it to be some coupons for PEANUTS!, DiDi's "Pizza", and the House of Rays Tanning Salon.} A couple of crummy coupons, these can get thrown away. . . {Mel throws them onto the floor, revealing a letter from Melody, The Mellow Mushroom, addressed to the same address on the bill} And, oh! We got something from Melody up at the restaurant!
DUDE: {springs up quickly from the couch} Melody? {Dude's pupils become hearts} Is it for me?
{Mel opens the envelope. The letter inside reads:}
Dear Mel and Dude, Here's a list of the ingredients I need by tomorrow. Don't be late!!! 16 red onions 12 cloves of garlic 8 bell peppers 100 black olives 24 sundried tomatoes I expect them here by 7 am. -Melody
MEL: Uhhh, yeah. It says, uh, "Dear Dude, You're the cutest talking mushroom that I ever saw."
DUDE: Really?
MEL: Nah, it really says, "Dear Mel and Dude, Here's a list of the ingredients I need by tomorrow: 16 red onions."
{Dude open a cabinet. A large number of red onions fall down to the sound of falling bowling pins.}
DUDE: Got enough onions.
MEL: 100 black olives.
{We see many barrels full of black olives. Port Fungi is swimming in them.}
DUDE: What's after that?
MEL: 8 bell peppers.
{Cut to a big stack of bell peppers, with a sign that says, "A LOT OF PEPPERS". Some peppers fall down to reveal Dude.}
DUDE: Check.
MEL: 12 cloves of garlic.
{We see a barrel full of garlic cloves, which is labeled "GARLIC".}
DUDE: Got those.
MEL: And 24 sundried tomatoes.
{We see two baskets next to each other. The left one is an empty basket labeled "Sundried Tomatoes". The right one is a full basket labeled "Undried Tomatoes".}
DUDE: {looks into the basket} Uhhh, we don't have the sundried tomatoes. We'd better start drying them now.
MEL: Are you kidding? It's pouring out there! What are we going to do?
DUDE: I got it!
{Dude shines a flashlight on the undried tomatoes.}
MEL: I don't think that'll cut it, Dude. We better call Wizard.
{Cut to Wizard's telephone, which is ringing. Wizard picks it up.
WIZARD: Hello?
{The screen changes to a split screen, with Mel and Wizard visible in separate screens.}
MEL: Hey, Wiz. Mel here.
WIZARD: Oh, hello, Mel. What can I do for you?
MEL: Oh, uh, Dude and I have a bit of a problem. We need to sundry a bunch of tomatoes by tomorrow, but the rain is sorta getting in our way. Any ideas?
WIZARD: Hmmmmmm. . . have you tried a flashlight?
MEL: WHAT? {Mel gains a shocked expression on his face.}
WIZARD: Just kidding.
MEL: Oh.
{The screen shows Wizard's crystal ball.}
WIZARD: I saw Dude trying that in my crystal ball. {cut back to the split screen} Actually, I think you will find the solution in a bed.
MEL: Say huh?
WIZARD: In a bed. The answer lies in a bed.
MEL: Say huh, wha?
WIZARD: Goodbye, Mel.
{Mel and Wizard hang up and walk off of their respective split screens. Cut back to Mel and Dude with the undried tomatoes.}
DUDE: What'd he say?
MEL: He said the answer lies in a bed.
DUDE: Say huh?
MEL: That's what I said. Well, let's start trying.
{Fade to black. Cut to Mel's bedroom, where he has placed the tomatoes on the bed.}
MEL: Hmmmmm. The answer lies in a bed. I dunno if this is gonna work. {scratches head}
DUDE: Maybe we should turn the lights off and sing 'em a song.
MEL: Hey, wait! Maybe he was talking about a different kind of bed.
{Cut to Mel's garage. The garage door opens, revealing Mel and Dude looking at Mel's truck. The truck bed has four darts in it.}
DUDE: Where's the bed?
Mel: The truck, Dude. The bed of the truck.
DUDE: Oh! I never slept there before.
MEL: Well, do you see anything in there that could help us?
DUDE: Oh, there's my jarts! You wanna play some jarts, Mel?
MEL: Dude! Stay on task!
DUDE: Oh, right. Beds. Let's see, what about a. . . bed of lettuce?
{Cut to Mel's kitchen. Dude is holding a plate covered with lettuce leaves.}
DUDE: Here goes! {Dude drops a tomato on the lettuce. Cricket chirps are heard while nothing happens.} Now, hold on a sec. Sometimes these types of things take a while.
MEL: You can wait there all you want, Dude. It ain't gonna happen. We'll just have to tell Melody we'll get her the sundried tomatoes in a few days.
DUDE: Oh, all right. {Dude dumps a tomato into the trash can.}
MEL: Don't throw 'em away! {Mel reaches in and retrieves the tomato. Underneath the tomato is the coupons from the mail.} Hey, that's it! {The camera zooms in on the House of Rays Tanning Salon coupon.}
DUDE: What?
{Cut to a now filled bucket of sundried tomatoes. Zoom out to see more dried tomatoes on a tanning bed. Mel and Dude are wearing protective glasses.}
MEL: Melody'll never know the difference.
{Fade to black. Cut to Mel, Dude, and Melody outside the Mellow Mushroom restaurant.}
MELODY: Well, guys, everything looks pretty good, though the sundried tomatoes are smelling a little bit like Coppertone.
MEL: Oh, uh, yeah, that's, uhhh, that's olive oil. You know. Olive oil, {using finger quotes} "Nature's Coppertone". {winks}
DUDE: That's right, Mel. Nature's Coppertone. {winks back}
MELODY: Why are you guys winking at each other?
MEL: Say huh?
DUDE: Say huh, wha?
{Canned laughter as black covers the screen and the words "the end" appear. Options to go "back" to the main page or to play the toon "again" are displayed.}
