Editing Talk:old comics

This is probably a dumb question to ask, but can we really be sure it's Lem Sportsinterviews? Given that the comic is supposed to be "old," it could be his father or grandfather or similar. --[[User:TheNintenGenius|TheNintenGenius]] 23:28, 19 Sep 2004 (MST)

== Reference (Not Sure, though) ==

Hey, has anyone noticed that the drawing style is like that of the comic "The Wizard Of Id"? And there's a king in that one. It might be a reference but... I need clarification. -- [[User:Bonkava!|Bonkyman]]

Wait, it already said that in the fun facts. My b. -- [[User:Bonkava!|Bonko]]

I really do think the KOT's line "Whudderya askin' me for??" is a reference to Abbott & Costello's, "Who's On First?", but somebody doesn't think so. Watch the original sketch here: [http://dorkinout.com/movies/whosfirst.avi] before you decide. I say it *is* a reference, and it's funny because the KOT is in an old-timey comic, stealing an old-timey punchline. -- Asok

== Declined Fun Facts ==

These were on the [[HRWiki:STUFF|STUFF]] page and declined. If you wish to contest these, leave a note here, but don't allow it to be confused with any of the original votes.

===Strong Bad is an Old Man (Declined)===
Strong Bad says that he appeared as a guest in the Castlefunnies comic strip, which he later notes was cancelled prior to the "dry pencil scare of '47".  Since the email clearly takes place in 2004 (as noted at the end), this makes Strong Bad at least 57 years old.
*'''Accept''' [[User:unknownwarrior33|unknownwarrior33]] 15:49, 10 Mar 2005 (MST)
*'''Accept''' or even better '''Move'''. Excellent observation, but I think it would serve better on Strong Bad's and Homestar Runner's character biographies, stating that they must both have been born prior to 1947 according to this email. --[[User:62.252.224.13|62.252.224.13]] 16:19, 10 Mar 2005 (MST)
*'''Comment''' I put up this fact, and I think it's useful and "fun" as an anecdote, but it probably shouldn't be taken as a hard fact within the Homestar universe.  Just to note a few contradictions that would arise if Strong Bad were in fact this old: (1) We probably wouldn't be able to have a VHS tape of Little Strong Sad performing stand-up comedy at school, (2) If the King of Town was already King in 1947, then The Cheat must have "mashed play on an extremely expensive jambox" before 1947, because the king was still a prince when said jambox-mashing occurred in sbemail 100, (3) A fiftysomething man goes trick-or-treating, and his mom helped him with his costume (Homestarloween Party)?  Seems a bit strange.  But anyway, I think it's worth pointing out the age factor.
*'''Comment''' I'm not too sure, I mean, the email is really just looking at it as though the character of Strong Bad was used back then(since, as just a character, the age wouldn't matter. The idea for Strong Bad's character could've been around then, but then later used in modern day times, like, for example, Popeye or Mickey Mouse, for whom age isn't an important factor.), but it's presented through Strong Bad's point of view, thus implying that he would have aged since then. Sure, one could note that "Strong Bad has been around for 58 years", but saying that Strong Bad himself is over 58 years old doesn't work for me. --[[User:Ogog|Ogog]]
*'''Decline.''' I can't see any proof that the Castlefunnies actually "happed". --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 16:47, 11 Mar 2005 (MST)
*'''STRONG DECLINE.''' Some of you are reading way WAY too much into this. [[User:ISlayedTheKerrek|ISlayedTheKerrek]] 15:56, 13 Mar 2005 (MST)
*'''Decline''' Wow! Maybe old timey Homestar IS regular old Homestar...nah. Its a joke used for one e-mail. [[User:Donny vs Universe|Donny vs Universe]]
*'''Accept''' Very interesting, but it should be reworded. This isn't Strong Bad's age, it's just him showing that he knows that he's an unaging cartoon character. It's a forth wall break. --[[User:Joshua|Joshua]] 10:48, 17 Mar 2005 (MST)
*'''Accept and rephrase'''  It is interesting, but maybe it should be rephrased into the passive, saying "If it is true, Strong Bad would be 57 years old." That, or we've caught Strong Bad making things up, and there never was a Castle Funnies.[[User:Aaronite|Aaronite]] 6:32, 17 Mar 2005 (PST)
*'''Decline.''' Yeah, this is radiculous. Definitely not fun in any way... And probably not accurate either. It's just a joke. A one-time joke. Get over it. &rarr;[[User:evin290|evin290]] 20:00, 17 Mar 2005 (MST)
*'''Worst prize'D, Ding''' People, we have encyclopedias, we can look things up. Just because we know things about the revolutionary war, doesn't mean that we're 200 years old. We go to school, and we learn things. So there. --64.136.27.226 18:01, 18 Mar 2005 (MST)
**Um... you should READ the fun fact before you vote for it. Sure, just because you know about the Civil War doesn't mean you're 200 years old, but what about if you FOUGHT in it? Because the "fighting in the Civil War" metaphor paralells the fact in question, not your post.
*'''Decline''' Ummm, if this was taken literally, then how old would the KoT be?! Strong Bad's a liar, and this is a one-time joke, as said many times above. --[[User:acekirby13|acekirby13]] 14:11, 23 Mar 2005 (MST)
*'''Comment''' Chew on this: There's a 1936 version of Strong Bad out there, so it could be an "older" version of Strong Bad in the Castlefunnies, and not actually the present-day one. As it is, the other Castlefunnies characters look different from their present-day counterparts, and the Poopsmith actually had a different name.
*'''Decline.'''  First of all, the castlefunnies was not syndicated in 1947.  The strip is in color, and it's only one line long, not half a page!  The poopsmith talking in commas is a clear reference to woodstock in the Peanuts strip, who didn't even exist until the late 1960s.  And the font used for the title "The Castlefunnies" looks much too modern.  When Strongbad talks about the fact that the dry pencil scare of '47 only lasted three days, what he's saying (assuming he's not just making up the pencil scare just to be sarcastic) is that there was NO pencil scare at the time that they started producing the castlefunny pencil moistener (whenever that happened to be--looking at the comic strip style, I'd guess in the 60s at the earliest, though possibly as recent as modern day). --[[User:rsl12|rsl12]] 08:52, 30 Mar 2005 (MST)
*'''Revise''' Just needs something like "If what Strong Bad says is true...". [[User:Kvb|Kvb]] 07:12, 5 Apr 2005 (MDT)
*'''Decline''' A fifty-something man walking around with no shirt? Ew. And besides that, there was something MAJOR that was overlooked--If this Strong Bad is fifty-something, then how old is Old Strong Bad? 80? 100? And how old does this make the rest of the Brothers Strong? How old does this make EVERYBODY? See, it's best not to look too far into these things, because then your brain starts to hurt. [[User:Kiwi|Kiwi]] 19:24, 6 Apr 2005 (EST)
**That's the point that I was trying to make! --[[User:acekirby13|acekirby13]] 13:42, 8 Apr 2005 (MDT)
***And I, for one, agree to it. -Walking Armless

====The Strong Mad Ate Pasta Salad With Homestar's Spoon Controversy of Aught-Five (Declined)===
The spoon in Strong Mad's easter egg is the one Homestar uses as "Colonel" of the Homestarmy. 

*'''Decline.''' Need we bring up the ketchup example? Too general. [[User:ISlayedTheKerrek|ISlayedTheKerrek]] 10:05, 16 Mar 2005 (MST)
**'''Second'd!''' Hmmm, is ''anyone'' getting the picture that TBC reuse things all the time? --[[User:acekirby13|acekirby13]] 14:42, 16 Mar 2005 (MST)
***Apparently not if the STUFF'D fact below is any indication (oh, and '''second'''). [[User:Donny vs Universe|Donny vs Universe]]
**'''Second''' This one IS too general... (however, the one below is not) --[[User:TheEggman|TheEggman]] 09:39, 21 Mar 2005 (MST)
***'''Third'd'''  Holy crap!  This cartoon is the 192nd time Strong Bad's head appears. --[[User:Zonath|Zonath]] 21:11, 17 Mar 2005 (MST)
*'''Honestly!''' A word to the administrators: I move that these copy-and-paste Fun Facts be DELETED immediately. Do I have a second to this motion? - Walking Armless (as of April 6)
** I move that you SIGN your vote. [[User:ISlayedTheKerrek|ISlayedTheKerrek]] 11:40, 28 Mar 2005 (MST)
***'''Second Kerrek's Motion''' People these days are getting sloppy with vote signage. --[[User:acekirby13|acekirby13]] 15:32, 30 Mar 2005 (MST)
* Okay, I signed it now. Happy? - Walking Armless (repeating on April 6)