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Strong Bad Email #78
Strong Bad gets the week off as Homestar fills in, and discusses the finer points of frying computer parts with carbonated beverages.
Cast (in order of appearance): Homestar Runner, Coach Z, Strong Sad, The Cheat
Date: June 30, 2003
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Transcript
{Open to Compy 386; Strong Bad is absent. Homestar Runner walks in and sits down at the computer.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hello, class. Strong Bad could not be here today, so I will be filling in. My name is Homestar Runner. {with a piece of chalk he writes his name on the screen, then erases it.} Everyone please take out paper and a number 2 pencil, and we'll begin. {Homestar types "sb_enail.com", rather than the usual "strongbad_email.exe", to run the e-mail program, and strangely enough, it works.} Lesson one:
{He begins reading the e-mail.}
hi Strong Bad,
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {stops reading} Um, I do believe I just told you my name is Homestar Runner. But I'll let it slide this time. {resumes reading}
have you ever made anything out of anything? bye Dan from FL
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {typing} FL? Far-off Lands? Foreign Leadership Camp? Fish Lake? {stops typing} Oh, I got it. He's from Fish Lake. {resumes typing} Well, Jerome, I once made a birthday present for Marzipan out of some of my old CD's I didn't like anymore and placed them in a decorative bag. {stops typing} And then {resumes typing} I once made breakfast out of cold pizza and half and half. Oh! And one time I made a whole set of coasters out of {cut to some glasses of melonade sitting on game cartridges} some old Sega tapes. And I made a pair of shoes --
{Cut to Coach Z and Strong Sad out in the field talking. Strong Sad has a Foreign Leadership Camp '91 T-shirt on. Homestar walks on wearing shoe-boxes for shoes.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {continues in voice-over} -- out of a pair of shoe-boxes.
COACH Z: Whoa, those are some fresh kicks there, Homestar!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Thanks, I know! {walks off}
COACH Z: So anyways, Reg had the ball at the top o' the key.
{cut back to the Compy}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {typing} But this week, I will instruct you on how to make a wet computer out of Strong Bad's computer.
{The Cheat walks on in a red outfit, but is instantly knocked off-screen when Homestar stands up.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: First, you need a 2-liter bottle of Mountain Dew. {produces a bottle of Mountain Dew from behind his back} Then get Strong Bad's computer. Apply liberally. {starts pouring Mountain Dew on Strong Bad's keyboard, a ringing noise is heard.} Oops, we're out of time.
STRONG SAD: {off screen} That's just my egg-timer!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Class dismissed! {glaring at the screen angrily} Except for you, Jerome!
{The paper comes down. Homestar twitches a little. The Mountain Dew continues to be poured into Strong Bad's keyboard. After around 10 seconds or so of this...}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Dang. This thing's like... the never-ending soda. {sings} Never-ending so-oda! A-a-a, a-a-a, a-a-a...
Easter Eggs
- Click on the words "fish lake" to see a postcard from there.
- To see the wonderful CD collection Homestar gave Marzipan, click on "CD"
Fun Facts
Trivia
- This is thus far the only email without Strong Bad in it.
- One of the shoe boxes on Homestar's feet is from Freshley's.
Remarks
- sb_enail.com must be an actual file on the Compy 386, because in funny Strong Bad typed in "stongbad_email.exe" and couldn't open the email.
- Strong Sad is wearing a shirt that says "Foreign Leadership Camp '91" as in reference to when Homestar was guessing what FL was.
- The Email is from Dan from FL, and Homestar addresses him as Jerome right after he reads the email.
- This is when Homestar actually says something intelligent, and that is "apply liberally". Of course, you wouldn't usually expect such a phrase from him. Had he said it in the email stupid stuff, he would have won half of the Grumblecakes.
Goofs
- When you change the contrast on the Compy 386, Homestar's reflection doesn't change.
Inside References
- The names of the "Sega tapes" are actually the following Videlectrix games: Pigs on Head, Shploitz!, and QWERTY. The one that says just "Space" could be "Spaceshipper", also a Videlectrix game.
- Coach Z's line, "Reg had the ball at the top of the key," is a direct quote from Strong Bad's autobiography tape.
- Far Off Lands is a reference to In Search Of The Yello Dello DVD, where they travel through this area.
Real-World References
- The easter egg "Neverending Soda" song at the end is a reference to the 80's fantasy movie "The Never Ending Story," particularly the title theme from the first movie. The theme song to this movie was sung by Limahl (lead singer of 80's synth group "Kajagoogoo") Hear the Song!
- The Cheat is wearing George Harrison's costume from the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Fast Forward
- Jerome later pops up as a misbehaving kid on the Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits version of the Strong Badia National Anthem.
DVD Version
- The Fish Lake and "Old People Music" CD eggs are still viewable using the angle button on your DVD remote.
- The DVD version features hidden commentary by Mike and Strong Bad. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
Commentary Transcript
(Commentary by: Strong Bad, Mike Chapman)
STRONG BAD: Oh, this one is a travesty.
MIKE: But, you're not even in this e-mail, Strong Bad.
STRONG BAD: I know, which automatically makes it a travesty.
MIKE: It's your arch-nemesis, Homestar Runner.
STRONG BAD: I know, it's hard, aww, look the way he's treating the Compy, like how could you do that to it? Oh.
MIKE: At least he erased it.
STRONG BAD: Yeah, but he screwed up the monitor, there was smudgies on it for a while. I had to buy those special clothies.
MIKE: Yeah.
STRONG BAD: Maybe, you know.
MIKE: I got some special clothies.
{Strong Bad makes a sound effect}
STRONG BAD: That's the sound they make when you're rubbing it down.
MIKE: Uh, okay so where were you when this was going on?
STRONG BAD: Uh, I mean, I think.
MIKE: I mean Monday mornings, you know Monday mornings.
STRONG BAD: Yeah, but I...
MIKE: Wait, you listen to me. You're supposed to check your e-mail Monday mornings, sometimes Monday afternoons, occasionally Tuesday mornings.
STRONG BAD: One or two times Wednesday.
MIKE: Right, so where were you? What happened to you?
STRONG BAD: This was one of those Wednesday times. Planning on doing it on a Wednesday. Shanghai'd.
MIKE: Okay.
STRONG BAD: I got, look at all those Sega tapes.
MIKE: Are those yours?
STRONG BAD: Those are my Sega tapes.
MIKE: I figured they were.
STRONG BAD: Homestar never got to figure out how to work the Genesis.
MIKE: Are those Freshley shoes that you wear? Your wrestling boots?
STRONG BAD: Oh man, Freshleys are aptly named.
{Mike laughs.}
MIKE: Yeah?
STRONG BAD: About the freshest shoes you can imagine. They're freshly made. Oh, The Cheat, that was, see The Cheat was coming over, that was practice that day. Cause we were gonna...
MIKE: Why was he dressed up like somebody from Sergeant Pepper's?
STRONG BAD: Cause we were gonna do our Beatles cover band for that Wednesday e-mail, and then it got Shanghai'd.
MIKE: Look at, look at what's going on here.
STRONG BAD: Yeah, this I have a hard time looking at too. Look at all that wasted soda.
MIKE: So you don't care about your keyboard?
STRONG BAD: Oh, that keyboard was disgusting anyway, man. Have your keyboard upside down and like shook it? There's like, I had a rat one time fall out of my keyboard.
MIKE: Oh, really?
STRONG BAD: Yeah.
MIKE: I should do that, I haven't done that in a while.
STRONG BAD: You should be careful. Get this guy out of here.
MIKE: I think its almost over.
STRONG BAD: I mean look at him.
