Mark Lemke
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Mark Lemke is a former Major League Baseball player for the Atlanta Braves, The Brothers Chaps' home team. He was indirectly the inspiration for Homestar Runner's name, and as a tribute to this, his last name appears in a number of odd places in the Homestar Runner universe.
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[edit] "Home Star Runner" for the Braves
As related during the Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show:
STRONG BAD: There was this local commercial for Winn-Dixie, and on it it featured Braves second-baseman Mark Lemke. And it was like — "Mark Lemke makes all-star saves for the Atlanta Braves, and you can save at Winn-Dixie!". And our friend Jamey here, not being sports-ularly inclined, he was doing his impression of that commercial a few weeks later and he said something like this:
JAMES HUGGINS: I was watching a Braves game and didn't know which position was which, and I — sometime around 1992 — said something like: "Mark Lemke: Home Star Runner for the Braves!" A seed was planted... I had nothing to do with the aftermath; I guess I created the word "Homestar".
Lemke was the regular second baseman for the Atlanta Braves from 1990 through 1997. Although popular, he was never officially an MLB All-Star. Lemke retains a connection with the team by providing pregame/postgame analysis for the Atlanta Braves Radio Network.
[edit] Appearances
- On the wall of The Bar hangs a pennant reading "LEMKE!". It is visible in:
- Theme Song Video, in a brief shot of Homestar Runner and Pom Pom clinking Cold Ones.
- Homestar and Pom Pom's scene in Summer Short Shorts.
- Throughout Ever and More.
- Just visible in business trip.
- Jibblies 2, visible only beyond the left margin in the .swf file, in the scene with Strong Sad dealing tarot cards for Pom Pom.
- At the end of hiding.
- Everybody to the Limit — When the words "come on" flash on the Visor Robot, just before Strong Bad pops out, "come on" changes to "lemke".
- Main Page 14 — When "Store" is rolled over, the shower is fogged up and the word "LEMKE" appears.
- Email stunt double — The newspaper has a picture of Mark Lemke.
- This newspaper reappears in dangeresque 3.
- Email business trip — One of Homestar's passes reads "LEMKE".
- Summer Short Shorts (DVD commentary) — Matt makes reference to The Lemmer, a nickname for Mark Lemke.
- One of the made-up holidays on the 2010 Calendar is "lemke". The holiday is on August 13, which is Mark Lemke's birthday.
- Haunted Photo Booth — Homestar compliments himself for his "Mark Lemke" costume, even suggesting that he's the "Homestar Runner for the Braves".
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| Georgia | |
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| Inside Jokes | Mark Lemke (Atlanta Braves) | Waffle House |
| Companies | Harmless Junk, Inc. | Mellow Mushroom |
| Public Appearances | Dad's Garage (2014, 2015, Endorsement) | Georgia Tech |
