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*Strong Bad mentions the year [[1987]] for the second time in a row. He also brings it up in the previous email, [[2 years]]. | *Strong Bad mentions the year [[1987]] for the second time in a row. He also brings it up in the previous email, [[2 years]]. | ||
*When the picture of Strong Bad in front of the Tandy comes up, the green lines on the Tandy are moving, even though it's supposed to be a photo. | *When the picture of Strong Bad in front of the Tandy comes up, the green lines on the Tandy are moving, even though it's supposed to be a photo. | ||
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Revision as of 22:14, 2 October 2005
- This article is about the Strong Bad Email. For the sign of the same name, see No Loafing Sign.
Strong Bad Email #86
Ryan asks Strong Bad about the "No Loafing" sign in SB's house, and where it went. He puts up inspirational posters to get everybody working.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Strong Mad, The Cheat, Strong Sad (Easter egg)
Places: Computer Room, Strong Sad's Room (Easter egg)
Computer: Compy 386
Date: October 6, 2003
Running Time: 1:53
Contents |
Transcript
STRONG BAD: {singing} Driving down the strip in my cool cool car, checkin' all the emails out!
{reading}
Hey Strong Bad!
Whatever happened to that "No Loafing"
sign you used to have?
Ryan, CO
{Strong Bad reads "CO" as "Co... colo-colorado."}
STRONG BAD: Hey, great question, stupid! Here's an answer. {typing} The year was 1987, not a very good year for productivity. And as a result, productivity was down something-eight percent. {A pie-chart, circa 1987, falls down displaying the productivity rating} I realized things were gonna spiral out of control unless I gave them a little jumpstart. A sign that said "No Loafing" {A picture of Strong Bad standing by the sign} was the answer. {clears screen, continues typing} But that was a long time ago. I suppose ol' Loafy might be losing his edge. Maybe I should put up some of those inspirational posters and stuff to get things back in gear. You know, the kinds that have {stops typing} like {resumes typing} whales or sunsets or windsurfers on em. And they say stuff about determination and giving a care.
{Cut to a mostly blank room. Strong Bad walks in on Strong Mad and the Cheat sleeping under the "No Loafing" sign next to a beat-up muffler and a length of pipe. He has a bunch of posters under one arm.}
STRONG BAD: You guys are pathetic.
STRONG MAD: Dah?
STRONG BAD: Have you forgotten what got us here? {The Cheat makes a questioning noise} No Loafing got us here! {The Cheat makes an indifferent noise} Take a look at these bad boys and get back to work!
STRONG MAD: Dah!
{Strong Bad begins posting the posters. The first one is a picture of a whale's tail sticking out of the clouds and it is captioned "Remember the 'tivities: Creativity; Productivity; Activity; Get Back To Work."}
STRONG BAD: This one's got like some kinda whale...in space...
{He puts one up that has a picture of a windsurfer and the caption "Failure is not a four-letter word."}
STRONG BAD: And this one talks about cussing...
STRONG BAD: And this one's incredibly inspirational... {He puts one up with a picture of a guy jumping out of the water and it's captioned "I HAVE FRIENDS! Keep working, little man"} with the bursting waters...
{He puts up a framed picture of a dog captioned "The Cheat, watch your freakin' back, Squeaky."}
STRONG BAD: Here's one a-those hush puppies. They'll make you work for it.
{A slice of a tree trunk is put on the wall, with a picture of a horse on it and it is captioned "The loneliest goat sees the last sunset last..."}
STRONG BAD: And this wood-burny thing's got some kinda old adage on it. About goats.
{Strong Mad instantly leaps up with a yell. The Cheat tosses him the pipe, which he uses to smash the muffler.}
STRONG BAD: Excellent! That-a way, boys! Chins up! Tifle down! And so on...
{Strong Bad walks back to his computer}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Well, whoever, I see I've gotten things back on track. Sounds like I deserve a three-hour lunch. I'ma head over to Bubs' for one of his 30-cent lunch specials.
{Strong Bad puts a Post-It note on the screen reading "out to lunch, then appointment, then something else" and leaves. The Paper comes down.}
Easter Eggs
- At the very end you can click on "lunch specials" to see Bubs' lunch specials:
- 2 buffalo wing bones (hot)
- A cup of ice
- A half-eaten candy bar
- Also at the end you can click on the word "appointment" on the Post-It to see exactly what that appointment was.
{Cut to Strong Sad's room. Strong Sad is in bed.}
STRONG BAD: {jumping up and down on Strong Sad} I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!
STRONG SAD: {simultaneously} Ooh! Ooh! Ow! Ooh! Oh!
Fun Facts
Trivia
- When the picture of Strong Bad pointing to the No Loafing sign in 1987 flashes up, the screen of Tandy 400 reads:
Dear Strong Bad,
I like your wallpaper.
-Mendelev
- The wallpaper shown is done in the style of a typical '80s home, complete with pears and two other angiosperms.
- In an earlier version of this e-mail, this spot contained the same screen seen in little animal right up until Strong Bad calls the Cheat over.
- The chart reads: Productivity 5%, Loafing 95%. Hence the sign.
Remarks
- Strong Bad mentions the year 1987 for the second time in a row. He also brings it up in the previous email, 2 years.
- When the picture of Strong Bad in front of the Tandy comes up, the green lines on the Tandy are moving, even though it's supposed to be a photo.
Real-World References
- The falling whale is probably a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a series of books by Douglas Adams. The whale falling from space was a short, but funny, chapter in the first book in the series.
- The poster on Strong Sad's wall in the "appointment" Easter egg is of the emo band The Promise Ring.
Fast-Forward
- Mendelev, the wallpaper-admirer, turns out to become a character in Peasant's Quest, much like Jhonka and Kerrek.
DVD Version
- The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
- The "I hate you, I hate you" Easter egg was extended, making it more practical for DVD players that take a while to load the clip.
Commentary Transcript
(Commentary by: Matt Chapman, Mike Chapman)
MATT: So, no loafing, the no loafing sign... I'm trying to figure out where...where it first came from when we first used it.
MIKE: Yeah, well, where it comes from is an old batman episode. The uh, Joker, his lair, in the background, on the wall there's this sign that says "no loafing."
MATT: {laughing} Is that it? When The Joker goes to school?
MIKE: It's behind the candy store; their secret hideout's behind the candy store
MATT: The "Easy Living" Candy Store.
MIKE: That's right.
MATT: Um, so anyway, the no loafing sign is uh, another reference to Batman
MIKE: Oh, that right there, that chart, I used to have this job where I made graphics just like that all the time, so that's why it was so well shaded. Oh, and I want to make that wallpaper.
MATT: And, that, uh, you'll notice, in that still photograph, the lines are moving on the computer.
MIKE: What lines?
MATT: The lines on the old computer. The green lines!
MIKE: Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! I missed... Oh!
MATT: Yeah. It's one of those "Harry Potter" photographs.
{Mike laughs}
MATT: A Muggle photograph. Er, non...non-Muggle.
MIKE: Now this was fun to make, to make these posters and stuff.
MATT: Them, that's a reference to the basis movie I made in college where these no good-nicks are beating on a muffler with a lead pipe. Mike made that one.
MIKE: That was fun to do. Whales...
MATT: That one's great.
MIKE: And look...
MIKE AND MATT: There's our friend Matt!
MIKE: At the beach!
MATT: He's on later, he has a voice appearance
MIKE: Appearance, yeah. Which e-mail is that in?
MATT: {Imitating the other Matt} Mom!!
MIKE: He says that
MATT: Yeah. Shins up... They've really given up the works there.
MIKE: That photo... That's another song that gets into our heads all the time.
MIKE AT MATT: BatbedededeBatbededede {laughing}
MIKE: I like Bubs', uh... {gibberish}
Fun Facts
- Matt calls the moving photograph a "Harry Potter" photo. This is referring to the moving pictures in the Harry Potter series of books and movies. He first calls it a "Muggle" photograph and then corrects himself and calls it a "non-Muggle" (i.e. magical) photograph. "Muggle" is a word referring to non-magical people in the Harry Potter universe.
