Do you see H*R as a kid's show?

DonutHead41 · **Joined:** Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:34 pm **Posts:** 286

Although it probably isn't for kids as much as for teens, I think that if HR went to Cartoon Network, it would wind up as a Cartoon Cartoon. Now before you get at me like "Well Strong Bad says crap all the time," well, Dexter said "crap" once, and in a recent episode of Billy and Mandy, Billy yells, "OH CRAP! The clowns are still here!"

Himan · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2005 1:27 pm

Actually in Billy and Mandy they said Holy Crud! Not crap.

Fluffity Marshalade · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:00 pm

Himan wrote:

Actually in Billy and Mandy they said Holy Crud! Not crap.

Himan you are correct. Every once in a while I'm stuck watching that, and Billy says "Crud".

Duct Tape Patrol · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:24 pm

bah i can't believe parents let their kids watch that show. Ugh i hate it. It's disgusting and slapstick. I used to be funny bun it's just...gross...blaugh. I hate it.

SuperNova · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:52 pm

In the first line of the legal stuff thing it says:

Quote:

HomestarRunner.com is committed to providing a fun, safe and secure website for people of
all ages.

Do they mean like the littlest tiniest babies!!??!!

Black Metal · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:18 am

babies can't read or understand the site. They just mean generally that they make the site okay for eight year olds who are typing random stuff into google and clicking on this site.

Duct Tape Patrol · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:48 am

Black Metal wrote:

babies can't read or understand the site. They just mean generally that they make the site okay for eight year olds who are typing random stuff into google and clicking on this site.

um..i think SN's post was a jab at humor, no an actual...question..there...
I don't think they try to make it suitable. I mean, i guess they have to hold back a little bit, but i don't think they have a specific age group in mind.

Himan · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:25 pm

Black Metal wrote:

babies can't read or understand the site. They just mean generally that they make the site okay for eight year olds who are typing random stuff into google and clicking on this site.

Good because I'm 8. (Turning 9 this month.) But I think they can make acceptions on kids shows. I heard the d-word on a kids show once.

AwesomeAndrew · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2005 3:44 pm

I believe it is intended for a wide variety of viewers. I know some older people who love Homestar and the gang. My oldest brother, senior in college, loves the site and all the toons. I don't know too many "kids" that like it. I mostly hear people 12 to 25 talking about Homestar where I live.

DonutHead41 · **Joined:** Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:34 pm **Posts:** 286

Fluffity Marshalade wrote:

Himan wrote:

Actually in Billy and Mandy they said Holy Crud! Not crap.

Himan you are correct. Every once in a while I'm stuck watching that, and Billy says "Crud".

Maybe in other episodes, but I'm talking about the episode "Attack of the Clowns." In the scene where Billy keeps jumping out windows, listen closely at his line when he comes in the door for the first time. You can clearly hear, "OH CRAP! THE CLOWNS ARE STILL HERE!"

Acekirby · **Posted:** Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:28 pm

I would agree with you, but...

I don't believe that they've ever said "Freakin'" on a Cartoon Network cartoon. On Adult Swim, probably. But H*R is too young for AS. It's good right where it is. On the net.

Power Crunch · **Posted:** Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:48 pm

When they post that disclaimer, "Fun, safe and secure," they mean that it's "fun" because it's a site created around toons and games. They mean it's "safe," as in, no personal information they collect from you (i.e. with cookies and tracking software) will be used in any way that would be questionalbe or sell it. And Finally, by "secure," they're talking about the fact that your kids and others can visit it without anyone invading their privacy.

That's just talking about your privacy rights online really.

TBC have said before that they're surprised how young their audience can get... I think it's somewhat funny, the site started off geared more towards smaller children and has evolved into an older demographic, however it is now more popular than it used to be with younger kids.

However, I'm 20 and I find so many things funny about H*R... it has it's own kind of "mojo," so to speak. It has all these call-backs to things from when I was a kid, because that's also when TBC were kids. That blue/white football player statue at the end of one of their toons, they said it was a cologne bottle, but I already knew it the moment I saw it. Why? Because I have it on my desk right here! I've had it since the late 80's!

It's just things like that, plus the witty humor, that make it so entertaining. But it's still very safe, I'd say, for kids 8 and up. I watched Ren and Stimpy when I was about 6 or 7, which is a crude show, and it didn't mess me up.

... all that much.

Himan · **Posted:** Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:56 pm

DonutHead41 wrote:

Fluffity Marshalade wrote:

Himan wrote:

Actually in Billy and Mandy they said Holy Crud! Not crap.

Himan you are correct. Every once in a while I'm stuck watching that, and Billy says "Crud".

Maybe in other episodes, but I'm talking about the episode "Attack of the Clowns." In the scene where Billy keeps jumping out windows, listen closely at his line when he comes in the door for the first time. You can clearly hear, "OH CRAP! THE CLOWNS ARE STILL HERE!"

Yes, you said clowns in that first post so I knew it was that episode. Billy said Holy Crud! They're still here!! (Jumps out a window.)

Professor No · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:52 pm

It's a show(err...website) for everyone, its safe for kids but also appeals to teens and adults. SpongeBob Squarepants has more crude humor than H*R. Crap isn't a bad word, I don't think any child is going to be mentally shattered by H*R.

Snailmail · **Posted:** Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:34 am

I don't know, I mean Shonen Jumps is for children, or at least a lot of kids read it(probably 6 and up) and they say crap a lot, and one issue, with Yu-Gi-Oh, there were 2 people making out in the backround in the park,(like, seriously, MAKING out, like they'd never stop.) and my little cousin didn't realise it, even when I pointed it out, he just said eww, kissing, and then kept reading like nothing happened. But he never realizes the word crap.

PyrochickenGH · **Joined:** Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:11 pm **Posts:** 15

i see it as a show but not a kids one

Entropy · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:02 am

my 9 yr old sister watches it and thinks its down-right hilarious. we were both brought up not to say bad words, but my sister knows them all. once i saw 3 five-yr olds cussing at eachother with worse words than i have heard on homestar. ya, my mom most likely would not have us watch it but, we didn't quite tell her. i love having my own computer

DonutHead41 · **Joined:** Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:34 pm **Posts:** 286

entropy wrote:

i love having my own computer

LUCKY! I have my own computer, but my stupid brother unplugged it and took the keyboard away, and when I tell him to put it back, he doesn't listen.

Snailmail · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2005 9:38 pm

You have THAT little control, over your little brother. My little brother is like an eight-year-old zombie, because he never listens to the mom he always gets in trouble and severly punished so he decided "Why not become a zombie?" I think someone was talking to him while he was half-awake, half-asleep.

SRapi · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2005 2:09 pm **Posts:** 29

I must say, I think it is for everyone. If I could, I would vote: Not at all! Cause it's always 'Holy Crap!'. But, unforteanutely, it won't let me vote. Can anyone help?

SwissCakeRolls · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:12 pm

Erm...the poll's probably over now. You can't vote anymore.

I'd say no, not at all. Because little kids don't/can't really get the jokes. They just like the 'funny voices' or stuff, but I'm sure most of the jokes go over their head. My 11 year old sister like it, she understands most of the jokes, but sometimes she'll ask me "What's that supposed to mean?" or something like that. I usually don't explain to her because it takes all the funnyness out of it. So, yeah. Not really a kids site.

Puphles · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:12 am

I think it's like simmilar to The Simpsons, or something in terms of target audiance. The humor is fairly simmilar in terms of maturity.

Upset_Your_Balance · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:15 am

Encountering Gremlins wrote:

Heh... there are people that think homestarrunner.com is intended for children? Like, the littlest, tiniest babies? :sb:

Darnit, you beat me to it! I was going to use that quote as soon as I saw this thread!

No, I don't see H*R as being for kids. It's not very vulgar like most adult cartoons, but I still consider it an adult cartoon. Every now and then, it can be just borderline edgy. (The worst was in sb_email 22's Easter egg when Strong Bad said "Screw all y'all!") It's certainly not intended for children. I know some parents who won't let their children watch Ed, Edd n' Eddy.

Strange Magic · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:45 am

I see it as more inbetween, for teens, though adults with a sense of humor could enjoy it too.

I've let my 6 year old brothers watch "Bug In Mouth Disease" before. They only think it's funny when Homestar takes Pom Pom and the King of Town's ice cream, and when he gets hit with the skillet and the remote. They can't understand the rest of it. I've also let them watch the SBEmail "funny". They just wanna see Strong Bad dump ketchup all over his computer and bounce around on his head.

Ju Ju Master · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:01 am **Posts:** 6245

Puphles wrote:

I think it's like simmilar to The Simpsons, or something in terms of target audiance. The humor is fairly simmilar in terms of maturity.

I agree, I started watchign SImpsons when I was four. Iu didn't get the jokes i wasn't supposed to get. I've noticed while watching re-runs how many of the jokes I didn't get a few years ago, and I think HR is like that (though HR is more appropriate than SImpsons, I'd say)

Upset_Your_Balance · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:12 pm

In a way, I suppose Homestar Runner is a gentler version of The Simpsons.

My cousins once came over and wanted to play games on my computer, but I don't have any actual games on here, but I knew of two websites with games: Homestar Runner and South Park Studios. Even though H*R isn't really intended for 6 or 7 year olds, however old they were back then, it was certainly the lesser of two evils next to SP. So, I let them play some of the games. My cousin stumbled upon the quiz game, and of course she didn't know the answers, plus she had only begun reading on a first grade level. At the end, Strong Bad told her she was the stupidest guy ever, or the stupidest girl ever, and she was a bit... bothered by him. She said to me "I don't like him..." So... yeah. I'd say it's best for ages 12 and up. I'll probably still like it even when I'm old and have gray hair. My mom and grandma always liked Animaniacs, so it's possible.

some_jerk · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:00 pm

With all the 80's/90's pop culture references and subtle sex references it's definately aimed at a older audience. But that, by no means, means it's innapropriate for kids. Much like Fairly Oddparents (as someone previously pointed out) in those senses. Definately good for all ages (except maybe like...80+..I dunno)

ed 'lim' smilde · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:12 pm

some_jerk wrote:

(except maybe like...80+..I dunno)

Who knows, maybe that's why they have 1936 toons...

some_jerk · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:27 pm

ed 'lim' smilde wrote:

some_jerk wrote:

(except maybe like...80+..I dunno)

Who knows, maybe that's why they have 1936 toons...

Ha. Never thought of that. Well spotted.

Groovy Dudette · **Joined:** Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:34 am **Posts:** 318

A kid's show?! Naaaahh...I think it's for all ages. :cheatgrin:

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