couch patch

From Homestar Runner Wiki

Revision as of 19:47, 27 September 2004

Screenshot

Summary

Strong Bad Email #88

Somebody asks Strong Bad about the history behind the patch on his couch.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Strong Sad, Little Strong Bad, The Poopsmith, Homestar Runner, Coach Z, The Cheat (easter egg)

Transcript

STRONG BAD: I'm goin' to try something a little different. {typing} print out million dollar bill.exe

{The computer responds with "Bad command or file name"}

STRONG BAD: {not typing} What? Oh. {typing} no for real, print me out a million dollar bill, man.exe

{The computer responds with "Syntax error."}

STRONG BAD: {typing} um, this time, really print me out a million dollars bill.nofoolin'

{The computer responds with "Cut it out, you."}

STRONG BAD: {not typing} What the-! Don't give me none of that cross talk! Oh well, it was worth a shot. Now on to... {sighs} on to the e-mail.

{reading}

is there a story behiend the patch
on the couch?  if so, do tell!

form,
your pal

{Strong Bad pronounces "behiend" and "form" like they're spelled}

STRONG BAD: Ooh, my pal! {typing} Well Palbert, it's a good story. And now you all have to hear it.

{Cut to flashback of Strong Bad in the basement with a sack acting all mysterious.}

STRONG BAD: {voiceover} Seems I was looking for a place to hide all my Aztec gold. But when I made the first incision, not only did I realize that I don't have any Aztec gold, {bag falls open to reveal it was full of oil filters} but I unleashed a stench of biblical proportions.

{Cut back to Strong Bad in front of the computer}

STRONG BAD: {typing} They had to call in a hazmat team just to hose me hose me hose me {typed then deleted, typed then deleted, then typed} down!

{Cut to The Poopsmith wearing a "Has Matt?" suit hosing Strong Bad down as he screams.}

STRONG BAD: {typing} I had to spend a fortune on Glade plugins.

{Cut to Strong Sad standing next to Strong Bad at the computer.}

STRONG SAD: Now wait a second! That's not how I remember it

STRONG BAD: Oh, and I'm sure every loser out there wants to hear your loser opinions, loser.

STRONG SAD: They do!

{Cut to flashback of a young Strong Bad in the basement}

STRONG SAD: {voiceover} I seem to remember a young Strong Bad thinking that Olympic sprinter Carl Lewis was a woman. And that he was hot!

{Young Strong Bad writes "Strong Bad LUVS Carla Lewis!! and thinks shes hott!!" with a Sharpie on the couch.}

STRONG BAD: That is entirely untrue.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Lies! All lies!

{Cut to Homestar standing behind Strong Bad.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Clearly I'm the only one who remembers how it all went down.

{Cut to flashback of Homestar laying on the couch in the basement.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {voiceover} It was not so long ago that I was in Strong Bad's basement spitting Teddy Grahams all over the place. One of them got stuck to the ceiling.

STRONG BAD: {voiceover} Homestar, shut up! This is about that patch on the couch. It's clearly already on there in your flashback.

{Cut back to the two Brothers Strong and Homestar at the computer}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh oh ohhhhh. I thought this week's e-mail was entitled "Teddy Graham Memories."

{Cut to shadowed "This guy's voice has been digitally altered" interview session}

MYSTERIOUS PERSON {Clearly Coach Z}: No, no. I got the real scoop. Strong Bad had me over for Gumbo one night, and I don't know what kind of doodoo meat he was using in there, but I had to puke!

{Cut to flashback of Mysterious Person's shadow in the basement}

MYSTERIOUS PERSON: {voiceover} So I went downstairs and I noticed this little rip in the couch, so I puked in it!

{Shadow pukes in the couch. Cut back to interview session}

MYSTERIOUS PERSON: {voiceover} I... I'm sorry for what I done!

{Cut back to Strong Bad in front of the computer}

STRONG BAD: {typing} I liked that gumbo! I didn't use no doodoo meat. If I ever find out who that guy is... Well, palbert, there's your answer. Me? I'm gonna go over there.

{Strong Bad starts to get up from his seat, but sits down again.}

STRONG BAD: {not typing} Oh wait! {typing} make homestar's head explode.exe

{The computer responds with "No can do." The camera pulls back so we can see Strong Sad and Homestar again}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: No can do.

STRONG BAD: Oh crap! this computer is worthless.

{Zoom back to just Strong Bad and the computer. Strong Bad now gets up and leaves. The Paper comes down.}

Easter Eggs

• At the end you can click on the "make homestars head explode.exe" link to see someone's head explode.
• You can click on a hidden 'print out million dollar bill, please.exe" at the bottom to print out a million dollar bill. This is more easily seen if you use the contrast knob to make the background blue.

Fun Facts

• Little Strong Bad is wearing a shirt featuring a rather well known advertisement for "Rock City", a tourist trap in the south.
• In the "make homestars head explode.exe" easter egg, when Homestar Runner asks The Cheat if he ever like, "Pour Mountain Dew all over it," it is a reference to the email anything.
• The Cheat's head exploding is a reference to The House that Gave Sucky Treats.
• Strong Bad's floppy disk reads "Old Game"

External Links

• watch "couch patch"
• view the flash file