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mellow mushrom is a site made by the brothers chaps (you can tell) for a pizza place. I only found this today. there seems to be one toon a few games and other stuff, but anyway, has anyone tried there pizza?

http://www.mellowmushroom.com

PS: mel seem to sound a little like strongbad. and melody sounds like marzipan.

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That's kinda cool.. Definitely seems to be TBC work, although someone could be stealin their look.. Still, Mellow sounds a lot like Bubs meets Strong Bad...
I've never had Mellow Mushroom Pizza before, although I have had Mad Mushroom Pizza in Lexington, KY. It's a pretty pretty good.. I noticed that there is a MellowMushroom in Lexington. Maybe the Lexington Mad Mushroom changed its name.

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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

Their pizza is good. (tries to run to there but stopped by a toll booth)

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DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUST THE JUMBOTRON, veterans, I'm really back.

Well, since I think TBC themselves have said they worked on the site before, I wouldn't have much of a reason to doubt it being their work. Remember, before they were able to live off H*R stuff, they had to do freelance web design.

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Yeah. Shut up, kid.

They're an Atlanta based company. I used to pass by the Sandy Springs, GA store all the time. It was the place where all the hippies hung out.

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Wasn't aware that they said they'd worked on it. My bad.

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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

Is this supposed to be a drug reference? You know, with the mushrooms and all?

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“Feelings…” he said slowly, as if he wanted to hold on to the words, “change.”
-Weirdoes in Paradise: Chapter 5

Considering the chief clientel of the Sandy Springs store, I can honestly say you're not the first to interpret it that way. But its an actual pizza store, so at least the level one meaning is the pizza ingredient.

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Oh, I get it- its a campaign site for this "Mellow Mushroom" place... Okay.

Considering its an Atlanta-based company, maybe TBC know the owners? Regardless- this could be a good site if they added a few more toons, a few cooler games, and some other features. Sorta like a companion to the restaurant, instead of an advertisement?

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New Banner Soon...

I've never heard of this place. Having seen the site, I'd like to see the restaurant.

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We shall have waffles. We shall have waffles, forthwith!

There is a Mellow Mushroom pizzaria in Fishers, a suburb north of Indianapolis. The pizza is good. Atmosphere is cool. Imagine my surprise when I looked at the website. I searched a bit, many months ago, but could find no link to h*r until now. Cool!

BTW, how does one live off h*r? The site is non-commercial. This I think is wonderful. I guessed they use it as portfolio material to get commercial work, hence the mellowmushroom site. If TBC has figured out a way to make a living by giving away an excellent non-commercial stream of material, that is nothing short of brilliant. Props to them anyway.

Cheers,
Strong Dad

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My 8 year old son draws an excellent Trogdor.

The site is far from non-commercial: they sell literally tens of thousands (if not more) of shirts, CDs, DVDs, etc., etc. every year, enough to make quite a healthy living. By my estimate, they grossed about $42,000 just on DVD sales in the 15 hours after the DVD was first put up for sale. I'm not kidding. Homestar Runner is TBC's full-time job in every sense of the word, and as far as I know they haven't done any freelance work (apart from small side projects like "Experimental Film") since Mellow Mushroom, and I have a feeling they'll never need to again.

P.S. Welcome to the forum, Strong Dad.

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Holy crap, I can see why they are planning to release more DVDs.

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That is completely and utterly cool. I couldn't hear the thing considering i am at a school computer.

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Mellow's not too bad, but I'm wishing that they would update it at least a little more. And I think that it is Missy that provides the voice of Melody.

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Yep, it's definitely Missy.

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It is (or used to be) linked from the wiki. TBC designed this site.

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Yes, I think that's pretty well-established by now.

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I did realize that the site has a store. By "non-commercial", I meant that as a regualar visitor to the site I am not bombarded with "buy this", "on sale now", or "BUY NOW!" messages. Also there is no subscription fee for the site. I really respect that in a web site.

That said, time to order my son a Trogdor T-Shirt.

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My 8 year old son draws an excellent Trogdor.

Yeah, there not too many ites that don't have like 15 popups every time you refresh.

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