Number One Jams
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[[Image:Number one jam.PNG|thumb|"It tastes like a number one jam!"]] | [[Image:Number one jam.PNG|thumb|"It tastes like a number one jam!"]] | ||
- | '''Number | + | '''Number One [[Jam]]''' is a phrase used within the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work when [[The Brothers Chaps]] or a character is describing a song. The term is often used in a self-referential context, so there is nothing to verify whether or not a song is actually a Number One Jam. However, sometimes the claim is verified, as in [[time capsule]] when Stinkoman remarks "It tastes like a number one jam" after eating the Grumblecakes single. |
- | + | ==Appearances== | |
- | *[[Everybody to the Limit]] — "The #1 Summer Jam" (description on the [[Toons Menu]]) | + | *[[Everybody to the Limit]] — "The #1 Summer Jam" (description on the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons Menu]]) |
- | *[[Ballad of The Sneak]] — "The #1 Summer Jam from 1936" (description on the Toons Menu) | + | *[[Ballad of The Sneak]] — "The #1 Summer Jam from [[1936]]" (description on the Toons Menu) |
- | *Email [[time capsule]] — [[Strong Bad]] puts a cassette tape with one of his number one jams about [[Grumblecakes]] in his time capsule. | + | *Email [[time capsule]] — [[Strong Bad]] puts a [[cassette tape]] with one of his number one jams about [[Grumblecakes]] in his [[The Time Capsule|time capsule]]. Then, [[Stinkoman]] eats the cassette tape, thinking that it's a [[power crunch]], and says, "It tastes like a number one jam!" |
+ | **In [[rock opera]], this line is pulled out of context to form the sentence "Positate without pizzaz and ''jam!''" | ||
*Email [[rampage]] — [[Coach Z]] raps that his lyrical rampage is "the number one jam on all the stations". | *Email [[rampage]] — [[Coach Z]] raps that his lyrical rampage is "the number one jam on all the stations". | ||
*Email [[alternate universe]] — Strong Bad and his doppelgängers record a number one jam. | *Email [[alternate universe]] — Strong Bad and his doppelgängers record a number one jam. | ||
- | *[[An Important Rap Song]] — "Download All Our Number One Jams!!" appears at the end. | + | *[[An Important Rap Song]] — "[[Buy all our playsets and toys!!|Download All Our Number One Jams!!]]" appears at the end. |
*[[Field Day Intro]] — Strong Bad decides to give the audience the "number one jam of the summer!" | *[[Field Day Intro]] — Strong Bad decides to give the audience the "number one jam of the summer!" | ||
+ | *[[Yahoo Store]] — The [[Store Front Page News 2007|message on the front page]] described [[Strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]] as "the number one jam of the summer". | ||
+ | *[[Fish Eye Lens]] — Coach Z, worried about how long it has been since the last number one jam, gets Strong Bad to rap with him to make a new one. | ||
+ | *[[Main Page Messages]] — The button advertising [[Fish Eye Lens]] reads "new #1 jam!" | ||
+ | *[[Quote of the Week]] — "GET THE NEW #1 JAM!" (the full [[Fish Eye Lens]] song). | ||
+ | ===Variations=== | ||
+ | Occasionally, "jam" will be used to refer to music without qualifying it as "Number One". | ||
+ | *[[Everybody Knows It]] {{--}} [[Puppet Homestar]] tells [[The Cheat]] to "mash play on that [[Jam Box|jambox]]". The Jam Box then reappears in several other [[Toons|toons]]. | ||
+ | *[[Strong Sad's Lament]] {{--}} Strong Sad states that he'll take his washboard and jam with Francis Scott Key instead. | ||
+ | *[[Puppet Homestar]] recorded a series of songs with [[They Might Be Giants]], collectively titled "[[Puppet Jam]]". | ||
+ | *Email [[cheatday]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] tries to cut demos for two of [[Strong Bad]]'s songs, the latter of which he calls a good jam. | ||
+ | **In an [[Easter egg]], Bubs and [[Coach Z]] cut a demo as the [[Two-O-Duo]]. Coach Z remarks, "I got fresh jams." | ||
+ | *[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] {{--}} [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig Costumes|Dressed as]] [[Bill Cosby|Theo Huxtable]], Coach Z raps "Jammin' on the one!" | ||
+ | *Email [[road trip]] {{--}} Strong Bad takes a CD of Jammin' Tunes with him in the [[Gremlin]]. | ||
+ | *[[Happy Hallow-day]] {{--}} The skull in the spooky woods sprouts a rainbow afro and says, "A-jam on it!" | ||
- | + | ==See Also== | |
+ | *[[Jam]] | ||
+ | *[[Jam Box]] | ||
+ | *[[Popular Music References]] | ||
+ | *[[Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Word running gags]] | [[Category:Word running gags]] |
Revision as of 04:00, 14 May 2022
- This article is about "Jam" as a musical term. For the other uses of the word, see Jam.
Number One Jam is a phrase used within the Homestar Runner body of work when The Brothers Chaps or a character is describing a song. The term is often used in a self-referential context, so there is nothing to verify whether or not a song is actually a Number One Jam. However, sometimes the claim is verified, as in time capsule when Stinkoman remarks "It tastes like a number one jam" after eating the Grumblecakes single.
Appearances
- Everybody to the Limit — "The #1 Summer Jam" (description on the Toons Menu)
- Ballad of The Sneak — "The #1 Summer Jam from 1936" (description on the Toons Menu)
- Email time capsule — Strong Bad puts a cassette tape with one of his number one jams about Grumblecakes in his time capsule. Then, Stinkoman eats the cassette tape, thinking that it's a power crunch, and says, "It tastes like a number one jam!"
- In rock opera, this line is pulled out of context to form the sentence "Positate without pizzaz and jam!"
- Email rampage — Coach Z raps that his lyrical rampage is "the number one jam on all the stations".
- Email alternate universe — Strong Bad and his doppelgängers record a number one jam.
- An Important Rap Song — "Download All Our Number One Jams!!" appears at the end.
- Field Day Intro — Strong Bad decides to give the audience the "number one jam of the summer!"
- Yahoo Store — The message on the front page described Strongbad_email.exe Disc Five as "the number one jam of the summer".
- Fish Eye Lens — Coach Z, worried about how long it has been since the last number one jam, gets Strong Bad to rap with him to make a new one.
- Main Page Messages — The button advertising Fish Eye Lens reads "new #1 jam!"
- Quote of the Week — "GET THE NEW #1 JAM!" (the full Fish Eye Lens song).
Variations
Occasionally, "jam" will be used to refer to music without qualifying it as "Number One".
- Everybody Knows It — Puppet Homestar tells The Cheat to "mash play on that jambox". The Jam Box then reappears in several other toons.
- Strong Sad's Lament — Strong Sad states that he'll take his washboard and jam with Francis Scott Key instead.
- Puppet Homestar recorded a series of songs with They Might Be Giants, collectively titled "Puppet Jam".
- Email cheatday — Bubs tries to cut demos for two of Strong Bad's songs, the latter of which he calls a good jam.
- In an Easter egg, Bubs and Coach Z cut a demo as the Two-O-Duo. Coach Z remarks, "I got fresh jams."
- Halloween Potion-ma-jig — Dressed as Theo Huxtable, Coach Z raps "Jammin' on the one!"
- Email road trip — Strong Bad takes a CD of Jammin' Tunes with him in the Gremlin.
- Happy Hallow-day — The skull in the spooky woods sprouts a rainbow afro and says, "A-jam on it!"