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'''MIKE:''' Uhm, so what else goes on in here? Oh, uhm, "fake fingers, eh Lee?" | '''MIKE:''' Uhm, so what else goes on in here? Oh, uhm, "fake fingers, eh Lee?" | ||
| - | '''MATT:''' Well there's the George "The Animal" | + | '''MATT:''' Well there's the George "The Animal" Steele— |
'''MIKE:''' Yes | '''MIKE:''' Yes | ||
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'''MATT:''' Yeah. And of course this has the through-line of dead Strong Sad throughout it. | '''MATT:''' Yeah. And of course this has the through-line of dead Strong Sad throughout it. | ||
| - | '''MIKE:''' You got a shrimp, uh... a candle, a cigar, a gummi worm, a George "Animal" | + | '''MIKE:''' You got a shrimp, uh... a candle, a cigar, a gummi worm, a George "Animal" Steele action figure, and a leg of— |
'''MATT:''' Looks like some He-Man, some He-Man miscellanous man figure. Some duct tape—ooh, he has a battery that time! Wait, what's the thing that he says? Oh, "ebil flindas," is that what— | '''MATT:''' Looks like some He-Man, some He-Man miscellanous man figure. Some duct tape—ooh, he has a battery that time! Wait, what's the thing that he says? Oh, "ebil flindas," is that what— | ||
Revision as of 21:34, 15 June 2005
Strong Bad Email #63
Lee Conrad from Edmonton, Alberta asks Strong Bad why he doesn't get fake fingers, so people stop asking him how he types with boxing gloves on.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Bubs, Coach Z, Strong Sad, Strong Mad, Homestar Runner
Places: Computer Room, Bubs' Concession Stand, Strong Bad's Basement, Coach Z's Locker Room, The Field
Computer: Compy 386
Date: February 16, 2003
Running Time: 2:08
Contents |
Transcript
NARRATOR: Previously on Strong Bad Email!
{An email asking about how Strong Bad types with boxing gloves on pops up. It reads:}
dear strong bad,
how do you type with boxing gloves on your hands?
aaron pratt
marion, in
NARRATOR: A familiar message!
{A second email comes up. It reads:}
Yo Strong Bad. What's crackin? I was
wondering how you type with your
boxing gloves on?
Heather
NARRATOR: Two of the same!
{Another email comes up. It reads:}
HOW DO YOU TYPE WITH THOSE BOXING
GLOVES ON? THAT IS AMAZING!
FRANKDOG
NARRATOR: And another one!
{Yet another email comes up. It reads:}
Dear Strong Bad,
How can you type so fast when your
wearing boxing gloves?
Typing Faster Than You...
Brandon Hicks, Enumclaw WA
NARRATOR: Frustration of frustrations! It's all they ever ask! {the next two announcements are accompanied by text banners coming up on the screen} WILL THEY NEVER CEASE?!?! STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT!
STRONG BAD: {singing} Welcome to the Strong Bad Email dat-daddle-dun! Everybody get down!
{reading}
Dear Strong Bad,
Why don't you add some fingers onto
your boxing gloves so that people
stop asking how you can type with
boxing gloves on? They wouldn't have
to be permanent. They'd be like the
phony antennae you buy at the joke store
or costume place.
Yours,
Lee Conrad
Edmonton, Alberta
{Strong Bad stops momentariliy and says "Palace, Lee. I think you mean costume palace." after reading "costume place"}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Fake fingers, eh, Lee? Well, I do hate those emails. Hmmmmmm...
{We do a fade-out like we're going into his imagination. We see him at Bubs' Concession Stand.}
STRONG BAD: Hey, Bubs! Gimme a little something-something.
BUBS: How many you need?
STRONG BAD: I'll take three.
{He holds up a hand which has a candle, a leg from his Strong Bad Action Figure, and a shrimp for fake fingers. Transition to the basement where he's rocking out to music with Strong Mad and they're throwing horns up, with the index and pinky fingers extended. Strong Bad has various objects for fingers. You can see Strong Sad's head in the corner of the room. Then we cut to him in the locker room with Coach Z.}
COACH Z: Looks like you got some type of a prawn on there...
STRONG BAD: Yeah...
COACH Z: Maybe a little leg...
STRONG BAD: Yup.
COACH Z: Ooh! And a candle! That's a good one.
STRONG BAD: Yeah, I think that's my best one. You know. Keeps-a me warm at night!
{cut to Homestar standing on a soapbox with fake arms attached}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: And frankly, I'm worried tha—
STRONG BAD: Hey, shut up, Homestar!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh, hey, Strong Bad!
STRONG BAD: You look ridiculous!
{cut back to Compy, where Strong Bad is typing with the fake fingers on and making numerous errors}
STRONG BAD: Well, Lee, it's a good idea in theory but uh, in reality, I don't think it would work out very well. But it would be pretty cool to be able to do the evil fingers. {What's actually typed: "qwelo jwee, ufs gopod isda treery vuit yuiyyj, un tweanouty U du'p yhij utz quijf reardy owd vera nis. bu6 rt woild b pletyt gool yo be swabl tp do teh ebil flindas." Stops typing.} Anyways, I don't wanna be around when this shrimp goes bad. Whooh!
{The Paper comes down. Strong Bad starts playing with the shrimp.}
STRONG BAD: {doing the voice of the shrimp} I'm a shrimp! Doingita-doingita-doing! Don't eat me, somebody, oh no, I'm a shrimp...
Easter Eggs
- When you see Strong Bad talking to Coach Z, click on one of the lockers to Coach Z's right (your left), on the handle specifically. What is going on with Strong Sad?
- When you see Homestar with his goofy arms, click on the side of the box. Strong Sad is in trouble.
- It is possible to close the locker and box after opening them. They are closed using the same method as used when opening them.
Fun Facts
Trivia
- When Strong Mad is headbanging, this is the first time you see a top view of his shoulders. They are at right angles, almost cubic.
- This is the first time you see the side of the Compy 386.
- The Compy appears to have a wireless keyboard.
- This is the first appearance of the soap box.
Remarks
- Strong Sad is also seen unconcious on the floor behind Strong Bad and Strong Mad while they are headbanging.
- Possible explanations for the "dead" Strong Sad are that this is Strong Bad's imagination and Strong Bad's phone conversation in 50 emails.
- The crate Homestar is standing on reads "ELEVEN SOAPS."
- At the end, you can still click on the contrast buttons through Strong Bad's hand. Pressing Tab helps.
- Homestar's right arm (on his right) is made out of dryer tubing and gummi worms, while the left arm is made out of a wiffle ball bat and a foam hand with the text "GO SPORTS!" on it
- When Strong Bad's imagination ends and the cloud zooms closed, the foam finger at the end of Homestar's whiffle ball bat becomes a baseball mitt.
Glitches
- When you press and hold the tab key during the transition from Strong Bad in front of the Compy to ordering at Bubs' Concession Stand, The contrast keys on the compy are still clickable even though the computer isn't being viewed, Strong Bad ordering at Bubs' is.
Inside References
- The song that Strong Bad and Strong Mad are head banging to, "Moving Very Slowly," was later made into a Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits song. However, although the song itself has always been there, the lyrics weren't added until after the CD came out.
- The golden whiffle bat used as one of Homestar's arms is also the one used in the email your friends.
Real-World References
- The introductory narration and slanted camera angles are a reference to the old 1960s Batman TV series, in which previous episodes were recounted in much the same tone and wording.
- The action figure is most likely resemblence of wrestling legend George "The Animal" Steele.
Fast Forward
- The phrase "costume palace" is referred to in the King Of Town's character video, when the King says that he didn't "just buy a crown from the Costume Palace."
Strong Bad's Fingers
- In front of the TV Strong Bad has a shrimp, an Xacto knife, a leg, and a ketchup bottle on his right glove (which was not there in the previous scene). On his left is an action figure, a leg, a gummi worm, and another shrimp.
- In the locker room, he has a candle, a leg, and a shrimp on his right, and the lit cigar from the Meet Marshie ad replaces the leg on his left.
- One of Strong Bad's false fingers appears to be a leg taken off one of the action figures from an Easter egg in the SB email action figure.
- When yelling at Homestar, he adds a D-cell battery (also from the Meet Marshie ad) to his left glove. This is the layout he has at the end of the email as well.
- When typing, the battery is missing, and his right glove only has the Xacto knife and leg.
DVD Version
- The original version of "Movin' Very Slowly" (as in non-CD version) that Strong Bad and Strong Mad headbang to is included as opposed to the newer one.
- This email features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
- The song "Moving Very Slowly" is hearable from the "Strong Bad Sings CD".
Commentary Transcript
MIKE: So this email is called "fingers."
MATT: Clearly, this is a reference to one of our most very favorite TV shows of all time.
MIKE: That's true, Friends.
MATT: No, Mike, The Bantam. Bantam 2: The Dark Times.
MIKE: {overlapping} Ohhh, Batman, yes, starring Adam West and...Burt Ward.
MATT: Yeah. They always had those great, like, 10 minute long recaps in the second of, like, the first episode.
MIKE: {overlapping} Yeah, exactly! Like half of the episode was just recapping the previous episode.
MATT: And then they always did this flashing... it'd be like "Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel" and they'd—they'd flash like that.
MIKE: It used to be on TV Land a year or so ago, but it's not on anymore.
MATT: And we'd watch it every day.
MIKE: Yeah.
MATT: It was great.
MIKE: Yeah, it was great. That needs to come out on DVD.
MATT: Yeah.
MIKE: Adam West, if you're listening, {Matt laughs} you should put those out on DVD.
MATT: I'm sure he is in control of all rights. OK. {slight pause} Costume Palace, yeah.
MIKE: Uhm, so what else goes on in here? Oh, uhm, "fake fingers, eh Lee?"
MATT: Well there's the George "The Animal" Steele—
MIKE: Yes
MATT: —uhh, what do they call those? Bend 'Em wrestler—I forget, are they just Bend 'Ems?
MIKE: Yeah.
MATT: I don't remember what they're...
MIKE: Yeah, but he was a posable...had wire running through...
MATT: Yeah. I used him later for a, uhm, a—there you go.
MIKE: There's the song that became "Moving Very Slowly," by Taranchula.
MATT: Yeah. And of course this has the through-line of dead Strong Sad throughout it.
MIKE: You got a shrimp, uh... a candle, a cigar, a gummi worm, a George "Animal" Steele action figure, and a leg of—
MATT: Looks like some He-Man, some He-Man miscellanous man figure. Some duct tape—ooh, he has a battery that time! Wait, what's the thing that he says? Oh, "ebil flindas," is that what—
MIKE: "Ebil flindas."
MATT: Yeah. Oh, what he's gonna say, yes. This is one of those, uh, occasions where Strong Bad—it's not done! That's what I was just talking about.
MIKE: Ohhh yeah.
MATT: Kinda mumbles to himself. I love this.
MIKE: {imitating Strong Bad's tone} I'm a shrimp! Oh no, I'm— {normal voice, quickly} now it's over.
Fun Facts
- Adam West and Burt Ward played Batman and Robin, respectively, in the Batman TV series.
External Links
- watch "fingers"
- view the Flash file for "fingers"
- view QuickTime file for "fingers" with original music
