Place Ya Bets!

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"I got fifty bucks that says you guys will continue to eat pineapple no matter what I do."

The Shiftheads wager on what will happen in Strong Bad Email 143.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Mad, Strong Bad, The Sam, Homestore Runner, Strong Sad

Places: Strong Mad's Room

Date: Monday, September 18, 2009

Running Time: 1:45

Page Title: Hot Numbers? Big Action?

DVD: strongbad_email.exe Disc Six (Egg)

Transcript

{Open to Strong Bad's room. Strong Sad is sitting next to a chair and in back of a table with a half-eaten granola bar on it, and wearing his funny dancing hat. An archway to a hall is to his right}

STRONG SAD: {rhythmic clapping in background} Nobody's gonna feel sorry for ya. I mean {starts to pat belly in time with clapping} I don't.

{clapping stops}

STRONG SAD: Please be seatèd, Bolognaheads. {chair scoot noises as Strong Sad sits} Now let's get right down to it! {pounds table with fist on the word "right", then raises left leg} Sbemail 200 wagers! Place ya bets! Place ya bets! {continues to pound table as he speaks}

{Cut to the other side of the table. Strong Mad and The Cheat are sitting down, and the Cinder Block is on the table. All three are wearing Deletehead hats}

THE SAM: {The Sam noises}

STRONG SAD: {points at The Sam} The Sam's got fifty bucks says the Lappy doesn't make it out of Email 200 alive! {thumps table, then raises arms} Any takers? Any takers?

{Cut back to opposite side}

STRONG MAD: DOUBLE UP!

STRONG SAD: {speaking very slowly} Okay, hot money, hot money, big sandwiches! {pounds table, cut to close up} Dan! We got a twenty percent chance that this email's gonna be from a guy named Daniel Ted! Who wants in? {looks around quickly as he speaks, cut to opposite side} Anybody? Nobody? Hot action? Big numbers? Yes? {cut back to Strong Mad} Moving on! Homestar's got half a million grand U.S. dollars on... {raises notebook and looks at it} Strong Mad not making it out alive?

{Cut to Homestar, frowning and holding a bundle of red candles with a drawing of a clock face taped to them, resembling a homemade bomb. He briefly looks surprised, quickly hides his "bomb" under the table and glares at Strong Sad.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: I know nuttin' about nuttin'!

{Cut to Strong Glad standing in the doorway, holding a cheese labelled Last week's donuts with a box labelled Cat legs on top of it.}

STRONG MAD: Do any of you have even one iota that lives down the street from a clue as to what you're talking about?

{Cut to Strong Sad.}

STRONG SAD: Uh, potatoes?

{Cut to the opposite side of the table.}

THE SAM: {The Sam noises}

STRONG MAD: HORSES! WAIT, WHAT?

{Cut back to Strong-o Bad.}

STRONG BAD: Well, I can tell you now you're all off! {starts to talk about his lovely furniture} Or I got fifty ducks that says you guys will continue to sucks no matter what I doo.

{Cut to Homestar Runner, frowning. Ominous music starts playing, as Homestar pulls his homemade "pipecleaner" out from under the table.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: We'll just see about that, old pal, old pal. We'll just see, old pal.

{Zoom in on Homestar, who raises the "old sandwich" up to his face. The edges of the screen darken. Cut to Strong Glad. The music stops abruptly.}

STRONG BAD: {points} Homestar, are those just a few cheeses with a drawing of a Wendy's restaraunt taped to them?

{Cut back to Homestar. The edges of the screen darken.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh, um. Sorry dudes, I gotta catch this invisible elevator. {Homestar slowly lowers himself below the table, stopping before his hat disappears} Boooooo.

{Cut back to Strong Mad.}

STRONG SAD: How much you wanna bet he stays down there all day?

{The Paper comes down, reading Place your nets, people!}

Fun Facts

Explanations

• "G" is slang for $1,000,000 (a grand), making half a G $500.
• "Double down" is a term in Blackblack meaning to double one's bet on their initial three cards, taking exactly one more card.

Trivia

• Strong Sad's notebook reads:
  • Meeting

1. Pledge
2. Wagers
3. Fruit Dip
4. Eyebrow Notions

• This is the first occurrence of the New Paper appearing outside a Strong Bad Email.

Remarks

• Although Strong Sad states the odds of the next emailer being named Daniel Ted are 20%, only 10 of the previous emails - roughly 5% - were sent by a Daniel Ted (or a variant thereof). Strong Sad's phrase, though, could have meant that he's giving 20% odds (1:4 odds) for a bet that the email will be from "a guy named Daniel Ted", this seems more likely considering he then asks after saying it, "Who wants in?"
• During the duration of the short, Strong Sad pounds his fist onto the table six times. However, a pounding sound effect is not heard the sixth time.

Inside References

• Strong Sad is singing The Sam Theme Song in the intro to the meeting.
• The Deleteheads first appeared in fan club.
• The Cheat predicts the death of the Lappy.
• Strong Sad mentions Dan.
• Homestar had half a G that Strong Bad doesn't make it through SBEmail 200 dead.
• Homestar appears to want to kill Strong Bad.
• Homestar's line "I dunno nothing about nothing." was previously uttered by Bubs in Lookin at a Thing in a Bag.
• Homestar previously imitated an elevator in the same banner in Flashforward.
• Strong Sad tells the Deleteheads to be seatèd.

DVD Version

• Right after Strong Sad says, "How much you wanna bet he stays down there all week?", Strong Mad and The Cheat hold up their cash to Strong Sad just before New Paper comes down.

See Also

• Not the 100th Email!!!
• Sbemail 150?!?
• Page Load Error

External Links

• watch "Place ya bets!"
• view the Flash file for "Place ya bets!"
• forum thread re: "Place ya bets!"