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'''Strong Bad Email #112''' | '''Strong Bad Email #112''' | ||
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Strong Bad Email #112
Zack asks Strong Bad why the King of Town has a Poopsmith, and Strong Bad tells him about the Castlefunnies.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, West Is Lip, The King of Town, The Poopsmith (as Mushy Chamberpot), Homestar Runner, The Knight (easter egg), Strong Mad (easter egg)
Places: Computer Room, The Field, Strong Mad's Room (Easter egg)
Date: August 30, 2004
Running Time: 3:20
Contents |
Transcript
STRONG BAD: {singing} Let's get it over with! With the e-mail style, get it over with!
{pulls up e-mail and reads it}
hey SB, why does the king of town have a poopsmith? your friend, zack west islip, NY
{Strong Bad pronounces SB as one word}
STRONG BAD: Whoa! West Islip. Sounds like some kind of British New Wave band. "And coming in this week at #4, it's those androgynous boys from Hertfordshire, West Is Lip {sound of a tape player switching on, music starts playing} with their hit single "She Partied Without Dancing."
WEST IS LIP: {singing} She partied without dancing. She partied with my heart.
{music stops, Strong Bad starts typing}
STRONG BAD: Anyways, Jack, the King of Town's just always had a Poopsmith. Even way back when they got their start as an old syndicated newspaper comic. You know, back when comics didn't seem to need jokes or humor or readers under the age of ninety-one.
{Cut to desk. Panel One of The Castlefunnies slides into the scene, featuring the KOT speaking to Mushy Chamberpot who is working at a pile of you-know-what.}
THE KING OF TOWN: {caption} I fell down and lost my crown.
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} It was called "The Castlefunnies," which I guess was a pathetic attempt by the authors into fooling you {Panel two slides on the screen, we see the KOT's hip is throbbing and Mushy digging into the pile} into thinking it was actually funny.
THE KING OF TOWN: {caption} D'ya have any hip rub in thar?
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} It mostly featured the King of Town {Panel three slides in. Mushy looks irritated and has the King's crown on his shovel along with some you-know-what} complaining about his ailing hip joints to the Poopsmith.
THE KING OF TOWN: {caption} That's no ointment!
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} Talking a lot about ointments... {Panel four slides on the screen, with the KOT addressing the reader} and salves.
THE KING OF TOWN: {caption} Cures what ails ya!!
{Second comic appears. The KOT is standing by himself}
THE KING OF TOWN: {caption, thought balloon} Yep, I'm old.
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} Back then, it was considered a form of treason to print the word "poop" in the paper, so instead they called the Poopsmith {Panel two slides onto the screen. The KOT is addressing Mushy} "Mushy Chamberpot," which is actually pretty funny sounding.
THE KING OF TOWN: {caption} I say, Mushy, do you have a pittance for me'self?
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} Anyways, Mushy could only talk in {Panel three slides on the screen. Mushy is speaking while the KOT laughs in the background} word clouds filled with commas, which I think had just been discovered and were apparently considered comic gold.
MUSHY CHAMBERPOT: {caption} ,,,,,,,,,,,
THE KING OF TOWN: {caption} HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR
{Panel four slides on the screen. The sun appears to be setting, and the KOT is addressing Mushy, who is once again working at the pile.}
THE KING OF TOWN: {caption} Ahem. I need money to get that new fangled sur-jur-ee to fix my hips.
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} Oh yeah, I can see why THIS masterwork took two dudes to write it. One to NOT think of something funny, {Panel five slides on the screen. The KOT is addressing the reader again while a squirrel with a bag of money runs away in the background} and the other to think of something NOT funny.
THE KING OF TOWN: {caption} A quarter never asked is a quarter never given!
{Third comic appears. Panel one features the KOT scurrying along.}
THE KING OF TOWN: {caption} Today is 'Goodtime Day!'
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} So later on, as readership began to dwindle, {Panel two slides on the screen. The KOT is addressing Homestar and Strong Bad} they'd throw me and Homestar in there as guests and hope they'd be mooching off our popularity.
THE KING OF TOWN: {caption} Who be you?
{Panel three slides on the screen. Strong Bad and Homestar are talking}
STRONG BAD: {caption} How could you forget STRONG BAD???
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {caption} Wha 'bout me?
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} It worked for maybe a week or so, but then the strip was sadly canceled {Panel four slides on the screen. The KOT addresses Strong Bad and Homestar as Strong Bad punches Homestar in the face} when the last living reader
THE KING OF TOWN: {caption} You're the worst of friends.
{Panel five slides on the screen. The KOT, Strong Bad, and Homestar are dressed up in Civil War garb in front of a tombstone that reads "Let's call him Chester: 'He loved The Castlefunnies.'"}
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} a Civil War veteran and creamed corn enthusiast, died.
THE KING OF TOWN: {caption} Thank you to All Our Reader.
{Cut back to the Compy 386 and Strong Bad's typing}
STRONG BAD: They tried to creep back into the mainstream years later with the release of the "King Castlefunny Pencil Moistener?!" But, considering, the Dry Pencil Scare of '47 only lasted 3 days, they didn't sell too many.
{Strong Bad clears the screen of text.}
STRONG BAD: Well, Zack, there you have it. The King of Town still wasn't funny. What a surprise. I'm going to start the Who Put Pasta Salad in Strong Mad's Underdrawer Drawer Scare of '04. Or. And I'm out.
{Strong Bad gets up from this chair and leaves. The Paper comes down}
Easter Eggs
- Click "west islip" at the beginning to see an audio cassette of the band, "West Is Lip".
- Click the commas in Mushy's speech bubble to see a picture of the comma's discovery by Sir Loodabert Comma. Caption: Sir Loodabert Comma & sherpa upon discoveration of comma.
- Click on the word "moistener" in the sentence "King Castlefunny Pencil Moistener" to see a picture of what the product looks like. The box has a quote from President Truman, "Everybody's gonna need one!"
- In the last scene click on the sentence "Who Put Pasta Salad In Strong Mad's UnderDrawer Drawer Scare of '04" to see a little movie of Strong Mad eating pasta salad out of his underpants drawer.
- {Cut to Strong Mad's room. We see Strong Mad eating pasta salad out of his underwear drawer.}
- STRONG MAD: IT TASTES SO GOOD!
- Click "still wasn't funny" in the end to see more comics.
- PANEL ONE:
- THE KING OF TOWN: I think my hip got knocked outta joint on the polo grounds.
- KNIGHT: I didn't know you played polo.
- PANEL TWO:
- THE KING OF TOWN: Are you crazy? I'm too old to play polo.
- PANEL THREE:
- KNIGHT: Then what were you doing there?
- PANEL FOUR:
- THE KING OF TOWN: Whudderya askin' me for??
Fun Facts
Explanations
- The KOT's line in the fifth panel of the second comic is a reference to "giving quarter", or showing mercy to a nearly vanquished enemy, who has "asked for quarter", or begged for mercy.
- Originally, the word Sherpa referred to an ethnic community from the mountain region of Nepal. Sherpas were of immeasurable value to early explorers of the Himalayan region, serving as guides and porters at the extreme altitudes of the peaks and passes in the region. Today, the term has been extended to apply to almost any guide or porter hired for mountaineering expeditions in the Himalayas.
Trivia
- Zooming into the SWF file it is seen that the characters are filled in with a square pattern to simulate the halftone printing technique used to print color pictures in newspapers.
- The table that the comics are shown on is used in Kids book and Decemberween Kids book.
Goofs
- Strong Bad talks about his and Homestar Runner's appearance keeping things interesting for "a week or so", but they're paying honors to their last reader (and getting cancelled) the exact same strip they first appear. (Unless, of course, the strip shown here is not the one they first appeared in. The context and strip dialogue is a bit confusing.)
- Strong Bad makes a classic American mistake when he pronounces Hertfordshire as Hert instead of Hart. People from the state of Connecticut seem to be immune to this, however.
Remarks
- Everybody in the comic has a nose, a feature that most cast members currently lack.
- Possibly because of multiple comics in reality where characters have huge noses.
- Like the storybook in "flashback", it is debatable whether this comic is really part of H*R continuity or not.
- There is debate as to whether or not Strong Bad actually answered Zack's question.
Inside References
- "The Castlefunnies" comic is co-authored by Lem Sportsinterviews and Levert Burtmore, both of whom are previously known authors and cartoonists.
- The spoon in Strong Mad's easter egg is the one Homestar uses as "Colonel" of the Homestarmy.
- The table that the funnies are showed on is the same table that was in Strong Bad's 2 kids books, Everyone is Different (shown in kids' book), and That Time of Year (from Decemberween Kids' Book).
Real-World References
- Mushy Chamberpot only speaking in commas may be a reference to Woodstock from the classic comic strip Peanuts, who could only speak using apostrophes.
- The Discoveration of the Comma may be a reference to Austin Powers, in which Dr. Evil's father claims to have invented the question mark. It may also be a reference to the urban legend of Domenico da Comma, the supposed inventor of the comma.
- "New Wave" was a music movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s, a strong precursor to modern day dance pop. A strong part of the style came out of England (with bands such as "Frankie Goes to Hollywood" and "Tears for Fears") and slightly androgynous appearances were a standard part of its visual style.
- Sir Loodabert Comma and his sherpa is a referrence to Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. In 1953, they were the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
