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Strong Bad Email #30
Corey Dewey-Smith wants to know how to get his VCR to stop blinking 12:00.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Bubs
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Transcript
Strong Bad: I'll take Strong Bad Emails for a thousand, please.
Strong Bad, My vcr keeps blinking 12:00 over and over. Do you have any suggestions on how to fix it? Thankyou, Cory Dewey-Smith
STRONG BAD: {typing} I had the same problem, Dewey-Smith. So I called in a professional to get the job done. Let's go see how he's dewing...um...doing. {Strong Bad leaves his seat and goes to Bubs at the workroom.} So Bubs, how is it coming?
BUBS: Oh, hey, Strong Bad. I think I'm almost finished. It took me a little while to figure out what I was going to do. Then I duct-taped an alarm clock to your VCR.
STRONG BAD: Duct-taped an alarm clock to the VC... See I never would thought of that! Okay, there's some hairs that seem to be stuck in the duct-tape here. Was that on purpose?
BUBS: Oh... no! That's just left over from my first idea, which was to duct-tape The Cheat to your VCR. He wasn't into that.
STRONG BAD: Oh, I could have told you that, man. Well, anyways, thanks for your help, Bubs! And thank you, Cory... Dewey-Smith! So... join us next week when we'll be duct-taping clocks to all kinds of different stuff. {The Paper comes down.}
Easter eggs
- At the end, you can hit the "eject" button to eject a tape. You can then click the tape to put it back in. A different tape will come out each time. The tapes are:
- Yo! MTV Raps
- Condorman (1981 movie starring Michael Crawford)
- Hagler vs. Hearns (Mid 80s boxing match on HBO)
- YCDTOTV (season 2) (You Can't Do that On Television)
- Moscow Peace Festival
- car commercials
- "V" (Mid 80s miniseries)
- The Commish (Early 90s drama with Michael Chiklis)
- space shows
- M*A*SH* final episode (Highest rated final episode ever, misspelled in email)
- Joy of Painting
- Strong Mad's b-ball game
- Slam Dunk Contest (Spud Webb)
Fun Facts
- Strong Bad's intro is a very obvious reference to the game show Jeopardy.
- The time on the alarm clock is the system time of your computer.
- The tape labeled "YCDTOTV (season 2)" is a reference to "You Can't Do That On Television", a show that appeared on the Nickelodeon kids cable network in the 1980's.
DVD Version
- The time on the alarm clock now always reads 8:28 at the start of the email, which changes to 8:29 and 8:30 as the email progresses.
- The VHS tape Easter Egg only goes up to "YCDTOTV (season 2)"
- This email features hidden creators' commentary. You can access it by changing your DVD player's audio language selection while watching the email.
Commentary Transcript
(Commentary by: Mike Chapman, Matt Chapman)
MATT: That's a reference to the TV show Jeopardy!. Yeah...
MIKE: I like how he says Dewey-Smith here. I've always liked that. Or, watch it! Oh, not that.
MATT: Not this time
MIKE: Yeah. {horrible Strong Bad imitation} Dewey Smith
MATT: {as Strong Bad} Dewey Dewey Dewey. Dewey Dewey.
MIKE: Oh, do the voice! Do Strong Bad's voice!
MATT: {as Strong Bad} Dewey Dewey Dewey Dewey.
MIKE: I love getting Matt to do Strong Bad's voice
MATT: Look, that's one of those, what do you call those work boards in the back?
MIKE: Pegboards.
MATT: Pegboards.
MIKE: My friend Tobin made homemade pegboard just by getting a piece of masonite and drilling the holes in just freehand and it was really bad and funny-looking.
MATT: So in, Mike, thi-
MIKE: Look, the No Loafing sign and his desk are-
MATT: There's also-
MIKE: -right there! So, apparently
MATT: Wait, is that supposed to be the same desk?
MIKE: I dunno.
MATT: You mean Strong Bad's computer desk is in the garage?
MIKE: There's the same color wall. Well, it looks like it...
MATT: I don't believe you, Mike.
MIKE: Well...
MATT: I like that little, he's like {adopts semi-Strong Bad tone} "Aw, pshaw. I could've told you that." I like that.
MIKE: Wait, you- I like that.
MATT: {Strong Bad voice} Dewey Dewey Dewey Dewey Dewey Dewey.
MIKE: Aw, do it AGAIN, Matt!
MATT: {Strong Bad voice} Uh, holy crap!
MIKE: Holy crap. {laughs}
