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RickTommy: /* DVD Version */ less redundant

RickTommy — Mon, 26 May 2025 23:46:33 GMT

DVD Version: less redundant

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	== DVD Version ==		== DVD Version ==
-	*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch the DVD player's audio language selection while watching. This only applies to [[Everything Else ~~Vol.~~ 2]].	+	*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch the DVD player's audio language selection while watching. This only applies to [[Everything Else, Volume 2]].
-	*The book is now read out loud. The narrator reading the book ~~also~~ comments on the sound effects in the book while reading.	+	*The book is now read out loud, with Homestar and Strong Bad saying their respective lines.
-	*Instead of the images being ~~fullscreen~~, the book is now presented in a similar fashion to [[kids' book]], with the same music playing.	+	*The narrator reading the book comments on the sound effects in the book while reading:
-	~~===DVD Transcript===~~	+	**When Mr. Bland is squashed, the narrator says, "Squish. That says 'Squish' there."
-	~~'''NARRATOR:''' The Homestar Runner Enters~~ the Strongest Man in the World Contest. A children's book by Mike and Craig. Everybody loves the Homestar Runner! He is a terrific athlete. One day, his friend, Pom-Pom, asked him to enter the Strongest Man in the World Contest. The Homestar Runner agreed, and the two trained for days and days to become the strongest men in the world! On the way to the contest, another competitor, Strong Bad, made fun of them.	+	**When Señor is squashed, the narrator says, "Splurt. It says 'Splurt'."
-		+	**When The Cheat unplugs the Robot, the narrator says, "Zip. The yellow man says 'Zip'."
-	~~'''STRONG BAD:''' I am the very strongest. You guys are not very strong.~~	+	*Instead of the images being full screen, the book is now presented in a similar fashion to [[kids' book]], with the same music playing.
-		+	*Both times the narrator says "contestants", it is [[-ant Pronounced With a Hard A\|with a hard A]].
-	'''NARRATOR:''' The contestants. Mr. Bland, The Robot, last year's winner, Señor, Pom-Pom, Strong Bad, The Homestar Runner. Upon their arrival, the rules were explained: The Grape Fairie starts everyone off with twenty grapes, then adds one at a time. Whoever holds the most grapes, wins. The Grape Fairie granted each of them twenty grapes. Mr. Bland did not hold up. Squish. That says "~~Squish~~" ~~there. The Grape Fairie added another grape. Senor was NOT the strongest man in the world. Splurt. It says "Splurt". Suddenly~~, the Robot shut down and dropped his grapes. Zip. The yellow man says "Zip". Homestar knew something was up. There were only three contestants left. Another grape was added. Homestar noticed that Strong Bad was getting some extra help.	+
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-	~~'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I will drop my grapes and UNCOVER that CHEAT!~~	+
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-	~~'''NARRATOR:''' The Homestar Runner yanked the cheat out from under the pile of grapes.~~	+
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-	~~'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh no.~~	+
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-	~~'''NARRATOR:''' ...screamed Strong Bad. Strong Bad was squished and Pom-Pom won. Knowing that he could not have done~~ it ~~without The Homestar Runner's help, Pom~~-~~Pom shared the trophy..~~.	+

	=== Commentary Transcript ===		=== Commentary Transcript ===
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	*Strong Bad refers to the [['Lectric Boots]] he owned in [[extra plug]].		*Strong Bad refers to the [['Lectric Boots]] he owned in [[extra plug]].
	*Strong Bad's monotone voice and mimicked microphone clicks are similar to how he sounds in [[theme park]].		*Strong Bad's monotone voice and mimicked microphone clicks are similar to how he sounds in [[theme park]].
-	*Strong Bad commenting his taking a nap under the grapes instead of being squished (as is the case in the story) may be a reference to the [[Strumstar Hammer]] version of the story from an Easter egg in [[kids book]].	+	*Strong Bad commenting his taking a nap under the grapes instead of being squished (as is the case in the story) may be a reference to the [[Strumstar Hammer]] version of the story from an Easter egg in [[kids' book]].
	*[[The Teach]] was first referenced in [[geddup noise]].		*[[The Teach]] was first referenced in [[geddup noise]].

Bleu Ninja: /* Footnotes */ letters rather than numbers, to match inline notes

Bleu Ninja — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 06:02:04 GMT

Footnotes: letters rather than numbers, to match inline notes

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	# {{note\|8}} [[The Boston Globe Interview - 9 Aug 2003\|"Looking at a Thing in a Bag", ''The Boston Globe'']], 9 Aug 2003		# {{note\|8}} [[The Boston Globe Interview - 9 Aug 2003\|"Looking at a Thing in a Bag", ''The Boston Globe'']], 9 Aug 2003
	===Footnotes===		===Footnotes===
-	# {{note\|a}} The "foreign" feeling of early ''Homestar Runner'' would continue with the usage of Japanese katakana in [[Super NES]] and British English in [[Where My Hat Is At?]]	+	<ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha">
-	# {{note\|b}} Estimated as far back as 1992 by Huggins at the [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show\|20th Anniversary Show]]. Lemke first played for the Braves in 1988.	+	<li>{{note\|a}} The "foreign" feeling of early ''Homestar Runner'' would continue with the usage of Japanese katakana in [[Super NES]] and British English in [[Where My Hat Is At?]]</li>
-	# {{note\|c}} Discussed in many places, including ''Gothamist'',{{ref\|1}} ''The Boston Globe'',{{ref\|8}} ''[[Club Aquatica Interview - 29 Oct 2003\|Club Aquatica]]'', ''UMFM'',{{ref\|5}} [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006\|''Flashforward'' 2006]], [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show]]	+	<li>{{note\|b}} Estimated as far back as 1992 by Huggins at the [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show\|20th Anniversary Show]]. Lemke first played for the Braves in 1988.</li>
		+	<li>{{note\|c}} Discussed in many places, including ''Gothamist'',{{ref\|1}} ''The Boston Globe'',{{ref\|8}} ''[[Club Aquatica Interview - 29 Oct 2003\|Club Aquatica]]'', ''UMFM'',{{ref\|5}} [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006\|''Flashforward'' 2006]], [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show]]</li>
		+	</ol>

	== External links ==		== External links ==

Bleu Ninja: /* Fast Forward */ reword a couple points

Bleu Ninja — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 05:28:16 GMT

Fast Forward: reword a couple points

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	**The opening passage {{--}} both "Everybody loves the Homestar Runner" (alternatively written as "''Everyone'' loves...") and especially "he is a [[terrific athlete]]" {{--}} would often be repeated in [[:category:Early Work\|early works]] and Storybook toons.		**The opening passage {{--}} both "Everybody loves the Homestar Runner" (alternatively written as "''Everyone'' loves...") and especially "he is a [[terrific athlete]]" {{--}} would often be repeated in [[:category:Early Work\|early works]] and Storybook toons.
	*Strong Bad later made a [[Books Defaced By Strong Bad\|"revised" edition]] of the story in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[kids' book]], called "[[Strumstar Hammer]]".		*Strong Bad later made a [[Books Defaced By Strong Bad\|"revised" edition]] of the story in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[kids' book]], called "[[Strumstar Hammer]]".
-	*~~The~~ book was remade as [[Strongest Man in the World]]~~, a fully modernized and animated adaptation, celebrating the book's tenth anniversary~~.	+	*For the book's tenth anniversary, it was remade as the toon [[Strongest Man in the World]].
-	*A sequel book, entitled ''[[Homestar Runner Goes For The Gold!]]'', was ~~planned;~~ selected sketches were shared in the [[Sketchbook (museum)\|Museum Sketchbook]]. ~~The unfinished~~ book was revisited in the toon [[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]]~~, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the original book~~.	+	*Early plans for a sequel book, entitled ''[[Homestar Runner Goes For The Gold!]]'', were made later in 1996. The book was never completed, though selected sketches from it were shared in the [[Sketchbook (museum)\|Museum Sketchbook]].
		+	**For the 20th anniversary of the original book, its unfinished sequel was revisited in the toon [[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]].

	== DVD Version ==		== DVD Version ==

Bleu Ninja: /* Background */ reorder one sentence

Bleu Ninja — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 01:35:00 GMT

Background: reorder one sentence

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	== Background ==		== Background ==
	[[File:InstagramHomestarStrongBadZerothDesigns.jpg\|thumb\|Early sketches of [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Strong Bad]] by [[Craig Zobel]].]]		[[File:InstagramHomestarStrongBadZerothDesigns.jpg\|thumb\|Early sketches of [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Strong Bad]] by [[Craig Zobel]].]]
-	The original book was co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] in the summer of 1996. The two college-aged friends were working for the {{w\|1996 Summer Olympics}} in [[Atlanta]];{{ref\|1}} Mike worked the night shift as a lighting technician for an Australian sports channel.{{ref\|8}} During a day off, they went to a local bookstore and found themselves looking at children's books. Joking that many of the books were "total crap", the duo decided to make a book of their own.{{ref\|1}} ''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest'' was created that same afternoon, completed in a few hours.{{ref\|2}} Chapman and Zobel wanted the storybook to feel different from the books they had seen, writing it with a strange tone that would made the book feel as if it were from another country or [[Deliberately Poor English\|translated from another language]].{{ref\|3}}{{ref\|a}} The uncolored illustrations were drawn with markers on printer paper; in 1997 the images were scanned and colored [[Photoshop\|digitally]].{{ref\|4}}	+	The original book was co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] in the summer of 1996. The two college-aged friends were working for the {{w\|1996 Summer Olympics}} in [[Atlanta]];{{ref\|1}} Mike worked the night shift as a lighting technician for an Australian sports channel.{{ref\|8}} During a day off, they went to a local bookstore and found themselves looking at children's books. Joking that many of the books were "total crap", the duo decided to make a book of their own.{{ref\|1}} ''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest'' was created that same afternoon, completed in a few hours.{{ref\|2}} The duo worked together on the character designs, with Pom-Pom being created by Zobel.{{ref\|1}} Chapman and Zobel wanted the storybook to feel different from the books they had seen, writing it with a strange tone that would made the book feel as if it were from another country or [[Deliberately Poor English\|translated from another language]].{{ref\|3}}{{ref\|a}} The uncolored illustrations were drawn with markers on printer paper; in 1997 the images were scanned and colored [[Photoshop\|digitally]].{{ref\|4}}

-	Though the characters were all invented on the day of writing the book, the ''name'' "Homestar Runner" ~~dated~~ back to several years earlier.{{ref\|b}} Friend [[James Huggins]], imitating a commercial featuring [[Atlanta Braves]] baseball player [[Mark Lemke]], had ad-libbed that Lemke was the "home star runner" for the Braves as he could not recall any actual baseball positions.{{ref\|c~~}} The duo worked together on the character designs, with Pom-Pom being created by Zobel.{{ref\|1~~}}	+	Though the characters and story were all invented on the day of writing the book, the ''name'' "Homestar Runner" dates back to several years earlier.{{ref\|b}} Friend [[James Huggins]], imitating a commercial featuring [[Atlanta Braves]] baseball player [[Mark Lemke]], had ad-libbed that Lemke was the "home star runner" for the Braves as he could not recall any actual baseball positions.{{ref\|c}}

	About a dozen copies of the small book were made at a local {{w\|FedEx Office\|Kinko's}} and given to friends and relatives.{{ref\|1}}{{ref\|5}} There was never any intention of publishing the book; Mike would later recall being upset when learning that [[Don and Harriet Chapman\|his father]] had submitted it to publishers without his knowledge.{{ref\|2}}		About a dozen copies of the small book were made at a local {{w\|FedEx Office\|Kinko's}} and given to friends and relatives.{{ref\|1}}{{ref\|5}} There was never any intention of publishing the book; Mike would later recall being upset when learning that [[Don and Harriet Chapman\|his father]] had submitted it to publishers without his knowledge.{{ref\|2}}

Bleu Ninja: Addn'l detail on Mike's jorb

Bleu Ninja — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 01:30:30 GMT

Addn'l detail on Mike's jorb

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	== Background ==		== Background ==
	[[File:InstagramHomestarStrongBadZerothDesigns.jpg\|thumb\|Early sketches of [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Strong Bad]] by [[Craig Zobel]].]]		[[File:InstagramHomestarStrongBadZerothDesigns.jpg\|thumb\|Early sketches of [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Strong Bad]] by [[Craig Zobel]].]]
-	The original book was co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] in the summer of 1996. The two college-aged friends were working for the {{w\|1996 Summer Olympics}} in [[Atlanta]]~~, and during~~ a day off went to a local bookstore and found themselves looking at children's books. Joking that many of the books were "total crap", the duo decided to make a book of their own.{{ref\|1}} ''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest'' was created that same afternoon, completed in a few hours.{{ref\|2}} Chapman and Zobel wanted the storybook to feel different from the books they had seen, writing it with a strange tone that would made the book feel as if it were from another country or [[Deliberately Poor English\|translated from another language]].{{ref\|3}}{{ref\|a}} The uncolored illustrations were drawn with markers on printer paper; in 1997 the images were scanned and colored [[Photoshop\|digitally]].{{ref\|4}}	+	The original book was co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] in the summer of 1996. The two college-aged friends were working for the {{w\|1996 Summer Olympics}} in [[Atlanta]];{{ref\|1}} Mike worked the night shift as a lighting technician for an Australian sports channel.{{ref\|8}} During a day off, they went to a local bookstore and found themselves looking at children's books. Joking that many of the books were "total crap", the duo decided to make a book of their own.{{ref\|1}} ''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest'' was created that same afternoon, completed in a few hours.{{ref\|2}} Chapman and Zobel wanted the storybook to feel different from the books they had seen, writing it with a strange tone that would made the book feel as if it were from another country or [[Deliberately Poor English\|translated from another language]].{{ref\|3}}{{ref\|a}} The uncolored illustrations were drawn with markers on printer paper; in 1997 the images were scanned and colored [[Photoshop\|digitally]].{{ref\|4}}

	Though the characters were all invented on the day of writing the book, the ''name'' "Homestar Runner" dated back to several years earlier.{{ref\|b}} Friend [[James Huggins]], imitating a commercial featuring [[Atlanta Braves]] baseball player [[Mark Lemke]], had ad-libbed that Lemke was the "home star runner" for the Braves as he could not recall any actual baseball positions.{{ref\|c}} The duo worked together on the character designs, with Pom-Pom being created by Zobel.{{ref\|1}}		Though the characters were all invented on the day of writing the book, the ''name'' "Homestar Runner" dated back to several years earlier.{{ref\|b}} Friend [[James Huggins]], imitating a commercial featuring [[Atlanta Braves]] baseball player [[Mark Lemke]], had ad-libbed that Lemke was the "home star runner" for the Braves as he could not recall any actual baseball positions.{{ref\|c}} The duo worked together on the character designs, with Pom-Pom being created by Zobel.{{ref\|1}}
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	# {{note\|6}} [[Run Devil Run Interview\|"homestar runner interview", ''Run Devil Run'']], 2003		# {{note\|6}} [[Run Devil Run Interview\|"homestar runner interview", ''Run Devil Run'']], 2003
	# {{note\|7}} [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005\|"A Date with Homestar Runner", live appearance at New York University]], 1 Mar 2005		# {{note\|7}} [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005\|"A Date with Homestar Runner", live appearance at New York University]], 1 Mar 2005
		+	# {{note\|8}} [[The Boston Globe Interview - 9 Aug 2003\|"Looking at a Thing in a Bag", ''The Boston Globe'']], 9 Aug 2003
	===Footnotes===		===Footnotes===
	# {{note\|a}} The "foreign" feeling of early ''Homestar Runner'' would continue with the usage of Japanese katakana in [[Super NES]] and British English in [[Where My Hat Is At?]]		# {{note\|a}} The "foreign" feeling of early ''Homestar Runner'' would continue with the usage of Japanese katakana in [[Super NES]] and British English in [[Where My Hat Is At?]]
	# {{note\|b}} Estimated as far back as 1992 by Huggins at the [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show\|20th Anniversary Show]]. Lemke first played for the Braves in 1988.		# {{note\|b}} Estimated as far back as 1992 by Huggins at the [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show\|20th Anniversary Show]]. Lemke first played for the Braves in 1988.
-	# {{note\|c}} Discussed in many places, including ''Gothamist'',{{ref\|1}} ''[[Club Aquatica Interview - 29 Oct 2003\|Club Aquatica]]'', ''UMFM'',{{ref\|5}} [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006\|''Flashforward'' 2006]], [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show]]	+	# {{note\|c}} Discussed in many places, including ''Gothamist'',{{ref\|1}} ''The Boston Globe'',{{ref\|8}} ''[[Club Aquatica Interview - 29 Oct 2003\|Club Aquatica]]'', ''UMFM'',{{ref\|5}} [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006\|''Flashforward'' 2006]], [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show]]

	== External links ==		== External links ==

Bleu Ninja: /* Background */ word choice, reinforce that they already knew each other before olympics

Bleu Ninja — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 01:31:07 GMT

Background: word choice, reinforce that they already knew each other before olympics

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	== Background ==		== Background ==
	[[File:InstagramHomestarStrongBadZerothDesigns.jpg\|thumb\|Early sketches of [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Strong Bad]] by [[Craig Zobel]].]]		[[File:InstagramHomestarStrongBadZerothDesigns.jpg\|thumb\|Early sketches of [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Strong Bad]] by [[Craig Zobel]].]]
-	The original book was co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] in the summer of 1996. The two college-aged ~~men~~ were working for the {{w\|1996 Summer Olympics}} in [[Atlanta]], and during a day off went to a local bookstore and found themselves looking at children's books. Joking that many of the books were "total crap", the duo decided to make a book of their own.{{ref\|1}} ''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest'' was created that same afternoon, completed in a few hours.{{ref\|2}} Chapman and Zobel wanted the storybook to feel different from the books they had seen, writing it with a strange tone that would made the book feel as if it were from another country or [[Deliberately Poor English\|translated from another language]].{{ref\|3}}{{ref\|a}} The uncolored illustrations were drawn with markers on printer paper; in 1997 the images were scanned and colored [[Photoshop\|digitally]].{{ref\|4}}	+	The original book was co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] in the summer of 1996. The two college-aged friends were working for the {{w\|1996 Summer Olympics}} in [[Atlanta]], and during a day off went to a local bookstore and found themselves looking at children's books. Joking that many of the books were "total crap", the duo decided to make a book of their own.{{ref\|1}} ''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest'' was created that same afternoon, completed in a few hours.{{ref\|2}} Chapman and Zobel wanted the storybook to feel different from the books they had seen, writing it with a strange tone that would made the book feel as if it were from another country or [[Deliberately Poor English\|translated from another language]].{{ref\|3}}{{ref\|a}} The uncolored illustrations were drawn with markers on printer paper; in 1997 the images were scanned and colored [[Photoshop\|digitally]].{{ref\|4}}

	Though the characters were all invented on the day of writing the book, the ''name'' "Homestar Runner" dated back to several years earlier.{{ref\|b}} Friend [[James Huggins]], imitating a commercial featuring [[Atlanta Braves]] baseball player [[Mark Lemke]], had ad-libbed that Lemke was the "home star runner" for the Braves as he could not recall any actual baseball positions.{{ref\|c}} The duo worked together on the character designs, with Pom-Pom being created by Zobel.{{ref\|1}}		Though the characters were all invented on the day of writing the book, the ''name'' "Homestar Runner" dated back to several years earlier.{{ref\|b}} Friend [[James Huggins]], imitating a commercial featuring [[Atlanta Braves]] baseball player [[Mark Lemke]], had ad-libbed that Lemke was the "home star runner" for the Braves as he could not recall any actual baseball positions.{{ref\|c}} The duo worked together on the character designs, with Pom-Pom being created by Zobel.{{ref\|1}}

Bleu Ninja: Use footnotes for "Background" section and rewrite to prose rather than quotes.

Bleu Ninja — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 22:03:58 GMT

Use footnotes for "Background" section and rewrite to prose rather than quotes.

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Bleu Ninja: /* Background */ Context for the '97 Photoshop Remix remark.

Bleu Ninja — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 04:37:00 GMT

Background: Context for the '97 Photoshop Remix remark.

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	<blockquote>Craig Zobel and I wrote a story in 1996 one afternoon, went to Kinko's, made about ten or fifteen copies of it, and gave it to our friends. We were in college, and did it in a bored afternoon.</blockquote>		<blockquote>Craig Zobel and I wrote a story in 1996 one afternoon, went to Kinko's, made about ten or fifteen copies of it, and gave it to our friends. We were in college, and did it in a bored afternoon.</blockquote>

-	In a [[Adventure Gamers Interview - 12 Dec 2008\|2008 interview with ''Adventure Gamers'']], Mike ~~added~~ that he and Craig "wanted the book to feel like it was from another country, or maybe poorly translated from Japanese."	+	In a [[Adventure Gamers Interview - 12 Dec 2008\|2008 interview with ''Adventure Gamers'']], Mike explained that he and Craig "wanted the book to feel like it was from another country, or maybe poorly translated from Japanese." He later elaborated in [[Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007\|a 2007 interview]] that the original version of the book was in black-and-white; they scanned and colored the book a year later.

	[[Matt Chapman]] was not involved with the book's writing, joking [[Run Devil Run Interview\|in a 2003 interview]] that Mike and Craig "told me to shut up and to go away." He would not contribute to Homestar Runner until the [[Super NES]] animation produced later.		[[Matt Chapman]] was not involved with the book's writing, joking [[Run Devil Run Interview\|in a 2003 interview]] that Mike and Craig "told me to shut up and to go away." He would not contribute to Homestar Runner until the [[Super NES]] animation produced later.

Stux: /* Background */ the site seemed to only work for me on https. Although it might be better to link to the earliest archived version.

Stux — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 01:26:38 GMT

Background: the site seemed to only work for me on https. Although it might be better to link to the earliest archived version.

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	The original book was co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]].		The original book was co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]].

-	Craig described the story thusly in a [~~http~~://www.gothamist.com/archives/2004/06/04/craig_zobel_film_production.php 2004 interview with ''Gothamist'']:	+	Craig described the story thusly in a [https://www.gothamist.com/archives/2004/06/04/craig_zobel_film_production.php 2004 interview with ''Gothamist'']:
	<blockquote>Mike Chapman and I were working for the Atlanta Olympics and had a day off. We went to the bookstore and somehow found ourselves looking at children's books. We decided that they were all total crap and that we should make one. So we did. We named it Homestar Runner after something our friend [[James Huggins\|Jamey]] would always say (he liked to pretend he was a sports announcer and would always say, Next up is [[Mark Lemke]], homestar runner for the [[Atlanta Braves\|Braaaves]]!!!) So, we named it that and we drew a bunch of weird little dudes and made them do things. We gave it to our little cousins.</blockquote>		<blockquote>Mike Chapman and I were working for the Atlanta Olympics and had a day off. We went to the bookstore and somehow found ourselves looking at children's books. We decided that they were all total crap and that we should make one. So we did. We named it Homestar Runner after something our friend [[James Huggins\|Jamey]] would always say (he liked to pretend he was a sports announcer and would always say, Next up is [[Mark Lemke]], homestar runner for the [[Atlanta Braves\|Braaaves]]!!!) So, we named it that and we drew a bunch of weird little dudes and made them do things. We gave it to our little cousins.</blockquote>

The Knights Who Say Ni: rm/extra space. neither here nor there, but why did you switch "described the story thusly" and "briefly discussed the book"?

The Knights Who Say Ni — Fri, 31 May 2024 22:46:58 GMT

rm/extra space. neither here nor there, but why did you switch "described the story thusly" and "briefly discussed the book"?

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	<blockquote>Mike Chapman and I were working for the Atlanta Olympics and had a day off. We went to the bookstore and somehow found ourselves looking at children's books. We decided that they were all total crap and that we should make one. So we did. We named it Homestar Runner after something our friend [[James Huggins\|Jamey]] would always say (he liked to pretend he was a sports announcer and would always say, Next up is [[Mark Lemke]], homestar runner for the [[Atlanta Braves\|Braaaves]]!!!) So, we named it that and we drew a bunch of weird little dudes and made them do things. We gave it to our little cousins.</blockquote>		<blockquote>Mike Chapman and I were working for the Atlanta Olympics and had a day off. We went to the bookstore and somehow found ourselves looking at children's books. We decided that they were all total crap and that we should make one. So we did. We named it Homestar Runner after something our friend [[James Huggins\|Jamey]] would always say (he liked to pretend he was a sports announcer and would always say, Next up is [[Mark Lemke]], homestar runner for the [[Atlanta Braves\|Braaaves]]!!!) So, we named it that and we drew a bunch of weird little dudes and made them do things. We gave it to our little cousins.</blockquote>

-	Mike briefly discussed the book during a [[UMFM Interview - 20 May 2003\|2003 interview with UMFM]]:	+	Mike briefly discussed the book during a [[UMFM Interview - 20 May 2003\|2003 interview with UMFM]]:
	<blockquote>Craig Zobel and I wrote a story in 1996 one afternoon, went to Kinko's, made about ten or fifteen copies of it, and gave it to our friends. We were in college, and did it in a bored afternoon.</blockquote>		<blockquote>Craig Zobel and I wrote a story in 1996 one afternoon, went to Kinko's, made about ten or fifteen copies of it, and gave it to our friends. We were in college, and did it in a bored afternoon.</blockquote>

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	== Background ==		== Background ==
	[[File:InstagramHomestarStrongBadZerothDesigns.jpg\|thumb\|Early sketches of [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Strong Bad]] by [[Craig Zobel]].]]		[[File:InstagramHomestarStrongBadZerothDesigns.jpg\|thumb\|Early sketches of [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Strong Bad]] by [[Craig Zobel]].]]
-	The original book was co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] in the summer of 1996. The two college-aged friends were working for the {{w\|1996 Summer Olympics}} in [[Atlanta]];{{ref\|1}} Mike worked the night shift as a lighting technician for an Australian sports channel.{{ref\|8}} During a day off, they went to a local bookstore and found themselves looking at children's books. Joking that many of the books were "total crap", the duo decided to make a book of their own.{{ref\|1}} ''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest'' was created that same afternoon, completed in a few hours.{{ref\|2}} Chapman and Zobel wanted the storybook to feel different from the books they had seen, writing it with a strange tone that would made the book feel as if it were from another country or [[Deliberately Poor English\|translated from another language]].{{ref\|3}}{{ref\|a}} The uncolored illustrations were drawn with markers on printer paper; in 1997 the images were scanned and colored [[Photoshop\|digitally]].{{ref\|4}}	+	The original book was co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] in the summer of 1996. The two college-aged friends were working for the {{w\|1996 Summer Olympics}} in [[Atlanta]];{{ref\|1}} Mike worked the night shift as a lighting technician for an Australian sports channel.{{ref\|8}} During a day off, they went to a local bookstore and found themselves looking at children's books. Joking that many of the books were "total crap", the duo decided to make a book of their own.{{ref\|1}} ''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest'' was created that same afternoon, completed in a few hours.{{ref\|2}} The duo worked together on the character designs, with Pom-Pom being created by Zobel.{{ref\|1}} Chapman and Zobel wanted the storybook to feel different from the books they had seen, writing it with a strange tone that would made the book feel as if it were from another country or [[Deliberately Poor English\|translated from another language]].{{ref\|3}}{{ref\|a}} The uncolored illustrations were drawn with markers on printer paper; in 1997 the images were scanned and colored [[Photoshop\|digitally]].{{ref\|4}}

-	Though the characters were all invented on the day of writing the book, the ''name'' "Homestar Runner" ~~dated~~ back to several years earlier.{{ref\|b}} Friend [[James Huggins]], imitating a commercial featuring [[Atlanta Braves]] baseball player [[Mark Lemke]], had ad-libbed that Lemke was the "home star runner" for the Braves as he could not recall any actual baseball positions.{{ref\|c~~}} The duo worked together on the character designs, with Pom-Pom being created by Zobel.{{ref\|1~~}}	+	Though the characters and story were all invented on the day of writing the book, the ''name'' "Homestar Runner" dates back to several years earlier.{{ref\|b}} Friend [[James Huggins]], imitating a commercial featuring [[Atlanta Braves]] baseball player [[Mark Lemke]], had ad-libbed that Lemke was the "home star runner" for the Braves as he could not recall any actual baseball positions.{{ref\|c}}

	About a dozen copies of the small book were made at a local {{w\|FedEx Office\|Kinko's}} and given to friends and relatives.{{ref\|1}}{{ref\|5}} There was never any intention of publishing the book; Mike would later recall being upset when learning that [[Don and Harriet Chapman\|his father]] had submitted it to publishers without his knowledge.{{ref\|2}}		About a dozen copies of the small book were made at a local {{w\|FedEx Office\|Kinko's}} and given to friends and relatives.{{ref\|1}}{{ref\|5}} There was never any intention of publishing the book; Mike would later recall being upset when learning that [[Don and Harriet Chapman\|his father]] had submitted it to publishers without his knowledge.{{ref\|2}}

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	== Background ==		== Background ==
	[[File:InstagramHomestarStrongBadZerothDesigns.jpg\|thumb\|Early sketches of [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Strong Bad]] by [[Craig Zobel]].]]		[[File:InstagramHomestarStrongBadZerothDesigns.jpg\|thumb\|Early sketches of [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Strong Bad]] by [[Craig Zobel]].]]
-	The original book was co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] in the summer of 1996. The two college-aged friends were working for the {{w\|1996 Summer Olympics}} in [[Atlanta]]~~, and during~~ a day off went to a local bookstore and found themselves looking at children's books. Joking that many of the books were "total crap", the duo decided to make a book of their own.{{ref\|1}} ''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest'' was created that same afternoon, completed in a few hours.{{ref\|2}} Chapman and Zobel wanted the storybook to feel different from the books they had seen, writing it with a strange tone that would made the book feel as if it were from another country or [[Deliberately Poor English\|translated from another language]].{{ref\|3}}{{ref\|a}} The uncolored illustrations were drawn with markers on printer paper; in 1997 the images were scanned and colored [[Photoshop\|digitally]].{{ref\|4}}	+	The original book was co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] in the summer of 1996. The two college-aged friends were working for the {{w\|1996 Summer Olympics}} in [[Atlanta]];{{ref\|1}} Mike worked the night shift as a lighting technician for an Australian sports channel.{{ref\|8}} During a day off, they went to a local bookstore and found themselves looking at children's books. Joking that many of the books were "total crap", the duo decided to make a book of their own.{{ref\|1}} ''The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest'' was created that same afternoon, completed in a few hours.{{ref\|2}} Chapman and Zobel wanted the storybook to feel different from the books they had seen, writing it with a strange tone that would made the book feel as if it were from another country or [[Deliberately Poor English\|translated from another language]].{{ref\|3}}{{ref\|a}} The uncolored illustrations were drawn with markers on printer paper; in 1997 the images were scanned and colored [[Photoshop\|digitally]].{{ref\|4}}

	Though the characters were all invented on the day of writing the book, the ''name'' "Homestar Runner" dated back to several years earlier.{{ref\|b}} Friend [[James Huggins]], imitating a commercial featuring [[Atlanta Braves]] baseball player [[Mark Lemke]], had ad-libbed that Lemke was the "home star runner" for the Braves as he could not recall any actual baseball positions.{{ref\|c}} The duo worked together on the character designs, with Pom-Pom being created by Zobel.{{ref\|1}}		Though the characters were all invented on the day of writing the book, the ''name'' "Homestar Runner" dated back to several years earlier.{{ref\|b}} Friend [[James Huggins]], imitating a commercial featuring [[Atlanta Braves]] baseball player [[Mark Lemke]], had ad-libbed that Lemke was the "home star runner" for the Braves as he could not recall any actual baseball positions.{{ref\|c}} The duo worked together on the character designs, with Pom-Pom being created by Zobel.{{ref\|1}}
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	# {{note\|6}} [[Run Devil Run Interview\|"homestar runner interview", ''Run Devil Run'']], 2003		# {{note\|6}} [[Run Devil Run Interview\|"homestar runner interview", ''Run Devil Run'']], 2003
	# {{note\|7}} [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005\|"A Date with Homestar Runner", live appearance at New York University]], 1 Mar 2005		# {{note\|7}} [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005\|"A Date with Homestar Runner", live appearance at New York University]], 1 Mar 2005
		+	# {{note\|8}} [[The Boston Globe Interview - 9 Aug 2003\|"Looking at a Thing in a Bag", ''The Boston Globe'']], 9 Aug 2003
	===Footnotes===		===Footnotes===
	# {{note\|a}} The "foreign" feeling of early ''Homestar Runner'' would continue with the usage of Japanese katakana in [[Super NES]] and British English in [[Where My Hat Is At?]]		# {{note\|a}} The "foreign" feeling of early ''Homestar Runner'' would continue with the usage of Japanese katakana in [[Super NES]] and British English in [[Where My Hat Is At?]]
	# {{note\|b}} Estimated as far back as 1992 by Huggins at the [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show\|20th Anniversary Show]]. Lemke first played for the Braves in 1988.		# {{note\|b}} Estimated as far back as 1992 by Huggins at the [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show\|20th Anniversary Show]]. Lemke first played for the Braves in 1988.
-	# {{note\|c}} Discussed in many places, including ''Gothamist'',{{ref\|1}} ''[[Club Aquatica Interview - 29 Oct 2003\|Club Aquatica]]'', ''UMFM'',{{ref\|5}} [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006\|''Flashforward'' 2006]], [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show]]	+	# {{note\|c}} Discussed in many places, including ''Gothamist'',{{ref\|1}} ''The Boston Globe'',{{ref\|8}} ''[[Club Aquatica Interview - 29 Oct 2003\|Club Aquatica]]'', ''UMFM'',{{ref\|5}} [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006\|''Flashforward'' 2006]], [[Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show]]

	== External links ==		== External links ==