Number One Jams

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'''Number one jam''' is a phrase often used within the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work when [[The Brothers Chaps]] or a character is describing a popular 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.Usually, number one jams are "  " because of the popular rate or Strong Bad says it is "awesome". These hits can be found on the download section of homestarrunner.com so people can put it on their computers to enjoy.
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'''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.
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===Appearances===
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==Appearances==
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*[[Everybody to the Limit]] — "The #1 Summer Jam" (description on the [[Toons Menu]])
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*[[Everybody to the Limit]] — "The #1 Summer Jam" (description on the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons Menu]])
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*[[Ballad of The Sneak]] — "The #1 Summer Jam from 1936" (description on the Toons Menu)
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*[[Ballad of The Sneak]] — "The #1 Summer Jam from [[1936]]" (description on the Toons Menu)
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*Email [[time capsule]] — [[Strong Bad]] puts a cassette tape with one of his number one jams about [[Grumblecakes]] in his time capsule.  
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*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!"
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**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.
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*[[An Important Rap Song]] — "Download All Our Number One Jams!!" appears at the end.
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*[[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!"
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*[[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".
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*[[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.
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*[[Main Page Messages]] — The button advertising [[Fish Eye Lens]] reads "new #1 jam!"
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*[[Quote of the Week]] — "GET THE NEW #1 JAM!" (the full [[Fish Eye Lens]] song).
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===Variations===
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Occasionally, "jam" will be used to refer to music without qualifying it as "Number One".
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*[[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]].
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*[[Strong Sad's Lament]] {{--}} Strong Sad states that he'll take his washboard and jam with Francis Scott Key instead.
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*[[Puppet Homestar]] recorded a series of songs with [[They Might Be Giants]], collectively titled "[[Puppet Jam]]".
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*Email [[cheatday]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] tries to cut demos for two of [[Strong Bad]]'s songs, the latter of which he calls a good jam.
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**In an [[Easter egg]], Bubs and [[Coach Z]] cut a demo as the [[Two-O-Duo]]. Coach Z remarks, "I got fresh jams."
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*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] {{--}} [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig Costumes|Dressed as]] [[Bill Cosby|Theo Huxtable]], Coach Z raps "Jammin' on the one!"
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*Email [[road trip]] {{--}} Strong Bad takes a CD of Jammin' Tunes with him in the [[Gremlin]].
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*[[Happy Hallow-day]] {{--}} The skull in the spooky woods sprouts a rainbow afro and says, "A-jam on it!"
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==See Also==
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*[[Jam]]
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*[[Jam Box]]
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*[[Popular Music References]]
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*[[Songs]]
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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.
"It tastes like a number one 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

Variations

Occasionally, "jam" will be used to refer to music without qualifying it as "Number One".

See Also

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