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morning routine

2007-04-30T08:23:52Z

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[[Image:sbemail54.PNG|thumb|"There needs to be a better word for 'weird'."]]

Strong Bad details his morning routine, but keeps getting interrupted by Strong Sad.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' Monday, December 9, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 2:09

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD''': Augh. ''{smacks mouth}'' My mouth tastes like...emails.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey Strong Bad- 
 
Whats up? What is your morning 
routine? 
 
Mike S. 
Gibsonia, Pa</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "routine" as "Ha-routine," and says "Pa" as "P-A"}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' Mike, as you know, the morning routine is the most important routine of the day.

''{cut to Strong Bad sleeping on the couch, mumbling}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{mumbles}''

''{Strong Sad walks up}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Hey Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{mumbles}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Wake up!

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{mumbles}''

'''STRONG SAD''': I wanna watch that show on public broadcasting hosted by that British guy.

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{mumbles}'' 

'''STRONG SAD''': You told me not to let you sleep past noon!

'''STRONG BAD''': Super Bomberman...

'''STRONG SAD''': Wake up!

''{Strong Bad gets up from the couch, and we see that one of his hands is inside a bag of Potate brand potato chips. He starts walking off, slouching. He walks up to the computer and sits down.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Augh. ''{smacks mouth}'' My mouth tastes like...emails.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey Strong Bad- 
 
Whats up? What is your morning 
routine? 
 
Mike S. 
Gibsonia, Pa</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "routine" as "Ha-routine," and says "Pa" as "P-A."}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' Mike, as you know, the morning routine is the most important routine of the day. The "R" in routine stands for r

'''STRONG SAD''': ''{offscreen}'' Hey Strong Bad! ''{Strong Bad turns to see Strong Sad standing there}'' I found this egg in the couch. Is this yours?

'''STRONG BAD''': Yes, it's very fragile. Put it down.

''{Strong Sad puts down the egg and walks off. Strong Bad resumes typing.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' So anyways, Mike, as I was saying, The "R" in routine stands for r

'''STRONG SAD''': Strong Bad, I found what I believe to be a goose egg in the couch.

'''STRONG BAD''': Thank you, Interruptor Jones. That is also my egg. Now put it down.

''{Strong Sad puts it down, and Strong Bad resumes typing again}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' Sorry about that, Mike. So, the "R"

'''STRONG SAD''': Here's a duck egg, a nuthatch egg, ostrich egg, maybe a dinosaur egg, one of those brown eggs...

'''STRONG BAD''': What are you trying to say, Strong Sad? So I got a lotta eggs. And I keep 'em in the couch.

'''STRONG SAD''': There needs to be a better word for "weird".

''{The Cheat runs onscreen with underwear on his head and Strong Mad in pursuit}''

'''STRONG MAD''': MY PANTIES! MY PANTIES!

''{they run off}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Okay. I'm moving out.

''{Strong Sad walks off, Strong Bad resumes typing}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' Fine with me, Strong Sad. I mean Mike. I mean whatever.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, you can click on where it says "COMPY 386" to see some of [[Strong Bad's EGGS|Strong Bad's "eggs"]]. The box of Strong Bad's "eggs" has the following phrases on it.
**Strong Bad's EGGS brand type [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]]
**"nut-hatch" eggs
**"goose" eggs
**"brown" eggs
**"duck" eggs
**A nutritious part of your morning routine.
**side words
**0 mg (listed seven times as the only content of the nutritional table)
**Ingredients: eggs, eggs, eggs, two more eggs

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*[[Potate]] is introduced in this email.
*The [[Couch Mumbling]] gag begins in this email.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#lode runner|lode runner]]".

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad manages to type wearing not only [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|boxing gloves]], but also the potato chip bag. He may have typed one handed like he did in [[tape leg]], though in that email he typed with just his right hand (for a short while). If he wasn't typing with the potate bag, he must have been using his left hand. It is possible Strong Bad is ambidextrous.
*Strong Sad mentions seven eggs, but finds nine.
*Apparently Strong Bad's [[Computer Room|computer room]] was supposed to be in [[Strong Bad's Basement|the basement]] next to [[The Couch|the couch]]; this concept seems to have been abandoned (see [[Arcade Game]]).
**It is also possible that Strong Bad may have used the Basement's second exit to reach the computer room.
*When the singers on the TV stop singing, you can hear [[Matt Chapman]] saying, "That's enough, [[Mike Chapman|Mike]]."

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad sits down at the computer to answer his email, the reflection of his face can be seen outside of the monitor on the right side momentarily.
*When Strong Sad is done placing the eggs on the table next to Strong Bad, the text on the Compy looks different. Half of it is not shown, because it is behind Strong Bad's head. (When Strong Bad types it, the "a>" is gone, and the word first paragraph is spaced differently; the second "routine" and the word "stands" are on the previous lines, there's no underscore after the lowercase "r", "rountine" is spelled correctly, and there's a period and the word "So" after the last "Mike".)

<blockquote class="compy email">
Mike, as you know, the morning 
routine is the most important 
routine of the day. The "R" in routine 
stands for r_ 
So anyways, Mike, as I was saying, 
The "R" in rountine stands for r 
Sorry about that, Mike, the "R"</blockquote>

*The [[Wikipedia:ostrich|ostrich]] egg should be much larger in relation to the others, as the ostrich lays the largest eggs of any living bird species. It should also be white.
*The "nut-hatch" egg should be written as "[[wikipedia:Nuthatch|nuthatch]]," without the hyphen.
*When Strong Bad is talking to Strong Sad for the last time, the left side of the monitor appears to be slightly jagged.

===Inside References===
*This email makes numerous references to [[Eggs]].

===Real-World References===
*''[[Wikipedia:Bomberman|Super Bomberman]]'' is a game for the [[Nintendo#Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)|SNES]] from the early '90s.
*The tune playing on the [[Telebision|TV set]] while Strong Bad is waking up is the theme song from ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124265/ Voyage of the Mimi]'', an educational TV show from the 1980s featuring [[Wikipedia:Ben Affleck|Ben Affleck]]. This is probably what Strong Sad wanted to watch.
*Interruptor Jones is a play on [[Wikipedia:Indiana Jones|Indiana Jones]], the main character of a popular trilogy of adventure films.

===Fast Forward===
*Strong Bad's line at the beginning, "My mouth tastes like...emails," is later reused during the CGI sequence on the first disc of the [[strongbad_email.exe|Strong Bad Email DVD]], but instead, says, "My mouth tastes like... DVDs."
*The phrase "the R in routine" is used later in [[Authorless Books|a book title]] in the email [[rampage|rampage]].
*Strong Mad chases The Cheat again in a [[rampage#Easter_Eggs|rampage Easter egg]].
*Strong Bad sells the eggs for $54 in [[garage sale]] which also happens to be the number of this email.
*The term "Two more eggs" (which is in the ingredients on the Easter Egg cereal box) is on a post-it on a fridge later in [[pop-up]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail54.html|watch "morning routine"]]
*[[HR:sbemail54.swf|view the Flash file for "morning routine"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Compy 386 Emails]]

Musical Sightings

2007-04-23T18:42:32Z

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== [[Wikipedia:ApologetiX|ApologetiX]] ==
*In the booklet for the Christian group ApologetiX's 2003 CD "Adam Up," their guitarist is wearing a Strong Bad shirt. Also, at a show in Cincinnati, Ohio, the guitarist, Karl, wore his Strong Bad shirt (the mask shirt). In the booklet, he is wearing the full body shirt.
*At their stop in Big Rapids, Michigan October 2, 2004, the keyboardist, Bill Hubauer, somehow got the Homestar quotes from the main webpage into his piano playing loud "Toons!," "Games!," "Characters!," and "Downloads!" while the lead singer, J. Jackson, was trying to say stuff. So far, no reported repeats of this activity.
*On August 22nd ApologetiX stopped at Elizabethtown, PA. In the middle of the concert, between songs, Karl started singing "[[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor]]". He also commented on someone's The Cheat hoodie.
*Early 2006 ApologetiX released a Live DVD with snippets between some songs. Karl is seen several times with a Trogdor t-shirt.
*On www.apologetix.com in the FAQ section, it says Bill Hubauer's (keyboardist) favorite bands are "including, but not limited to...Limozine, etc.

==[http://www.ashleywool.com/ Ashley Wool]==
*Independent pop singer and songwriter Ashley Wool links to [[homestarrunner.com]] in the "Friends" section of her Web site, describing it as a "Holy Grail of online cartoons." She also links to the wiki, to which she is "almost perversely attached" (and later joined the site and forums as TehAshleyWool) and mentions that the studio at which she recorded her album features a bathroom graffiti drawing of [[Trogdor]].
*The photos on her MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/ashleywool) include a picture of said drawing, with the caption "the mark of a great recording studio = trogdor on the bathroom wall."
**On one of her blog postings, the title is "What time is it? IT'S VALENTIMES!", which is from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]].

== [[Wikipedia:The Beach Boys|The Beach Boys]] ==
*Homestar makes a random appearance on the interactive [[Wikipedia:The Beach Boys|Beach Boys]] CD-ROM "Project SMILE." Click to enter the "Smile 2004" section, then the "Fan Experiences" subsection. Somewhere in the mess of random images on the main page of this section is a tiny animated GIF of Homestar dancing.

== [[Wikipedia:Beastie Boys|Beastie Boys]] ==
*On December 16th 2004 at the Zenith in Munich, Germany, [[Wikipedia:the Beastie Boys|the Beastie Boys]] used two JumboTron screens on the left and right side of the stage to present to the crowd the first one and a half minutes of [[Everybody to the Limit]]. Even though most of the listeners might have never heard of Homestar Runner or Strong Bad the crowd cheered and clapped their hands rhythmically with the music.
*''Everybody to the Limit'' and other Homestar Runner footage might have been part of other Beastie Boys shows during the 2004 Pageant Tour, but no other sightings have been reported.

== Bigg Nife ==
*The band [http://www.angelfire.com/music5/bigg_nife/ Bigg Nife] took their name from [[band names]].

== [[Wikipedia:Butch Walker|Butch Walker]] ==
*On the links page on [http://www.butchwalker.com Butchwalker.com], there is a link to homestarrunner.com which reads "Homestar Runner ..our buddies.. yes.. i said it.. OUR buddies.."

== [[Wikipedia:Calibretto 13|Calibretto 13]] ==
Calibretto 13 has a [http://www.myspace.com Myspace profile]. [http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=20334531&blogID=33999662 Evidently] they like Homestar Runner. They have a link to the website, with the text "You gotta love that homestar, he is a terrific athlete."

== [[Wikipedia:Five Iron Frenzy|Five Iron Frenzy]] ==
*Reese Roper, lead singer of the Christian ska band Five Iron Frenzy, is pictured in a CD release's booklet wearing a The Cheat shirt [http://img156.exs.cx/img156/1907/reesecheatbig0qs.jpg as shown here]. In the liner notes, drummer Andy Verdecchio thanks Strong Bad.
*During their performance at the [http://www.cornerstonefestival.com/ 2003 Cornerstone Music Festival], Reese asked the crowd if they were "ready to achieve burnination".

== [[Wikipedia:Flatfoot 56|Flatfoot 56]] ==
Josh of the Christian celtic punk group Flatfoot 56 cites Homestar Runner as one of his favorite websites. [http://www.flatfoot56.com/page_meet_us/bio_josh.htm]

== [[Wikipedia:Goldspot|Goldspot]] ==
Indie band [http://www.goldspot.net/goldspotnew/index.php Goldspot] used the beat from the [[Old Intro 2]] on their song "Cusp" from their album "Tally of the Yes Men". This song is available for download on [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=73660800&selectedItemId=73660458 iTunes].

== [[Wikipedia:Gym Class Heroes|Gym Class Heroes]] ==
The indie rap group's song "New Friend Request" (video currently available on the website) includes the lyrics "[[butt IQ|On a scale of 1 to awesome]]".

== [[Wikipedia:Jack's Mannequin|Jack's Mannequin]] ==
During a performance of their song The Mixed Tape for Yahoo Music, one of the band members can be seen wearing a Limozeen t-shirt. [http://music.yahoo.com/ar-15591915-videos--Jacks-Mannequin See it here.]

== [[Wikipedia:Jump, Little Children|Jump]] ==
On June 6th, 2003, during his solo tour, Jay Clifford was asked to play a song and replied "It's been probably five years since I've played this song so forgive me. It's gonna sound like crap. Crap! It's gonna sound like crap! Anybody watch Homestar Runner? It's the cool- I mean, the best thing ever, that's ever happened to this planet! That's Homestar Runner. So Holy Crap!"
[http://www.archive.org/download/jclifford2003-06-06a.shnf/jclifford2003-06-06at01.shn Download this clip!] - ''You will need to be able to convert it or play a shnf file.''

== [[Wikipedia:Jump5|Jump5]] ==
During one bonus "track" on their remixed album (Remixed), Chris sings something extremely similar to The System is Down (one of the various sound effects).

== Karl Olson/Ultraklystron ==
[http://www.ampcast.com/music/4979/artist.php Karl Olson], also known as [http://www.karlrolson.com/ Ultraklystron], recorded two songs related to H*R: a cover of [[The Skate Party]] song [http://www.ampcast.com/LST-67826-mus-128-5890398-0-0-0-DLDLZTREGXSJDLGXDL/Ultraklystron__Strong_Sad_Rocks_Out_Original_by_the_Skate_Party.m3u Strong Sad Rocks Out] and an original song, [http://www.ampcast.com/LST-67834-mus-128-5890398-0-0-0-DLDLZTREGXSJDLFQO/Ultraklystron__Hes_Homsar.m3u He's Homsar], which are no longer available at these sites.

== [[Wikipedia:KJ-52|KJ-52]] ==
On his new album, ''Behind the Musik (A Boy Named Jonah)'', Christian rapper KJ-52 lists Homestar Runner in his song "Things I Like."

The way in which the bridge "Come on now, everybody!" is performed in "Whoop Whoop" (from ''It's Pronounced Five-Two'') is suspiciously similar to the [[Intro]] song.

Upon being asked what his favorite [[Strong Bad Email]] was, KJ-52 replied, "Oh, man! Come on, now, that's not even a question right there. Um, my favorite Strong Bad Email, I'm-a probably say, I like [[virus|the one where they got the virus]], that one was hilarious. I like the one where Bubs went out and blew, um, shot a hole through the computer, but I have tons of them. Couldn't even name them all on top of my head. Um, so, that's to say, I have quite a bit. I would say that one's definitely one of the first ones that popped into my head." [http://kj52.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=36323&comments=on Click here] to hear the podcast.

Earlier, a fan asked if he would write a song about Homestar Runner. KJ-52 said, "Oh, yeah! I just went to Homestar Runner this morning. I was watching, um, I read [[cheatday|the cheatday]], that was a Strong Bad Email, so you might wanna go check it out. Do I think I'll write a song about Homestar Runner? Uh, you know what, don't put it past me, I'm not saying I would. But don't put it past me, I would say that this is from the guy who wrote a song about [[Wikipedia:Mullet (haircut)|mullets]], ''[[Wikipedia:Napoleon Dynamite|Napoleon Dynamite]]'' and [[Mountain Dew]]. And, I love Homestar. I think it's my favorite web site ever." [http://kj52.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=20520&comments=on Click here] to hear the podcast.

On [http://media.libsyn.com/media/kj52/ask_kj_podcast_pt_1.mov his video podcast], he says that writing a song based on a Strong Bad Email is a good idea. He also wonders whether the emails sent to Strong Bad are real. [http://media.libsyn.com/media/kj52/ask_kj_podcast_pt._2.mp3]

On part 1 of his ''Remixed'' podcast, he mentioned downloading [[Podstar Runner]]. [http://media.libsyn.com/media/kj52/ask_kj_podcast_pt._1.mp3]

== Legitimate Business ==
*New Jersey ska/punk band [http://www.legitimatebusinessrock.com/ Legitimate Business] is named after one of Homsar's lines on [[Homsar Main Page|his Main Page]].

== [[Wikipedia:Neil Cicierega|Lemon Demon]] ==
*The band [http://www.lemondemon.com/ Lemon Demon] referenced [[Trogdor]] in the song Fire Motif from "Clown Circus" with the lyrics "The time has come for burnination."
*In the song "Geeks In Love" on the album "Damn skippy" One lyric says "ponkity-ponkity", and in the commentary he says that's a reference to the Strong Bad email [[funny]]
*In the [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/295165 Music Video] for "Geeks In Love", during the Logo declaring the songs name, you can see the word "TROGDOR" in the background.

== MazeDude ==
*The remixer MazeDude created a remix of Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, using clips from Homestar Runner cartoons. [http://mazedude.com/remixdescriptions/ffmq.htm]

== [[Wikipedia:Mindless Self Indulgence|Mindless Self Indulgence]] ==
*The band [http://www.mindlessselfindulgence.com/ Mindless Self Indulgence] played [[The System is Down]] and [[Everybody to the Limit]] while setting up equipment before a show at the Metro in Chicago, Illinois. After the show, a band member was heard to comment on a fan's Strong Bad T-shirt and mentioned reading about H*R in Spin Magazine.
*During their Desparta Los Ninos tour a compilation CD was played in between opening acts and before the openers played. The CD had The System Is Down, Everybody to the Limit and Ballad of the Sneak. The lead singer Jimmy Urine is quite fond of Homestar Runner cartoons, especially Strong Bad.

== [[Wikipedia:My Chemical Romance|My Chemical Romance]] ==
Lead singer Gerard Way, in an interview with Hot Topic, said that homestarrunner.com was one of his favorite websites. (This interview is not longer on HotTopic.com.)

== [[Wikipedia:of Montreal|of Montreal]] ==
The music video for of Montreal's song "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse" was co-directed by [[The Brothers Chaps]].

[[Ryan Sterritt]] and [[Wikipedia:David Barnes (artist)|David Barnes]] helped make the music video for of Montreal's song "So Begins Our Alabee".

== [[Wikipedia:Paramore|Paramore]] ==
On their "links" page, under the "things we love" list, there is a link to homestarrunner.com

== [[Wikipedia:Patent Pending (band)|Patent Pending]] ==
Patent Pending has a song on their album ''Don't Quit Your Day Job'' called Decemberween.

== [[Wikipedia:The Planet Smashers|The Planet Smashers]] ==
The hidden 13th track of The Planet Smashers album ''Mighty'' proclaims "Trogdor!"

== [[Wikipedia:Project 86|Project 86]] ==
Strong Bad is thanked in their "Special Thanks" section of their self-titled debut album.

== [[Wikipedia:Relient K|Relient K]] ==
The band Relient K had a Homestar Runner-like [http://millionmanmerch.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/rk_homestar_blue.jpg shirt logo] (currently unavailable) and have linked to Homestar Runner from their [http://www.relientK.com web site], although since the reformatting of their website the link has been taken off.

== The Reunion Show ==
*The punk rock band [http://www.music-city.org/discography.php?artist=The+Reunion+Show The Reunion Show] named one of their songs for their 2002 debut album "Kill Your Television" from this email. The name of the 9th song on the album is "On a Scale from One to Awesome (You're Pretty Great)".

== Salsa Commodity ==
[http://www.strikefouronline.com/salsa/home.html Salsa Commodity] released the song A Tribute to Homestar Runner "Live" on their debut album, Official Homemade Ice Cream. Before all this, guitarist and singer Michael Sanders made a song about Teen Girl Squad, which can be found in the [http://www.strikefouronline.com/salsa/music2.html old music] section of the site. There is also a sort of Trogdor cover there, using the singing from the email.

== [[The Skate Party]] ==
Wrote the music for [[The Cheat Theme Song]], and sent it to [[The Brothers Chaps]] as a fan contribution, who liked it enough to make a video for it and put it on the site. The Skate Party also have another song called "Strongsad Rocks Out".

== Sol Martin ==
At singer Sol Martin's web site, there used to be a link to Homestar Runner on the [http://www.sol-martin.com/new/index.php main page]. His musical idol, Ronnie Martin, founder of [[Wikipedia:Joy Electric|Joy Electric]], [http://www.joyelectric.com/jeboard/viewtopic.php?t=4676 probably dislikes Homestar Runner].

== Strike Four ==
The band Strike Four, which has some of the members from the now defunct band, Salsa Commodity, referenced the Strong Bad email [[mile]] in their song "''Here I Go''."

They also made a homestar tribute song, which can be heard [http://homestartribute.ytmnd.com here].

== Strong Bad Live! ==
On June 7th, 2003, at a concert featuring Radiohead and the Beastie Boys, Strong Bad Emails were shown on the JumboTron between acts. They also showed [[Everybody to the Limit]] and it had a special new introduction wherein Strong Bad complained that he wasn't allowed on stage even though he had been the #1 hit for two summers in a row.

== [[Wikipedia:Suburban Legends|Suburban Legends]] ==
Orange County ska band Suburban Legends thank "homestarrunner.com" in the inside cover of their 2003 album ''Rump Shaker''.

==[[Wikipedia:Tenacious D|Tenacious D]]==
In Tenacious D's song [[Wikipedia:Malibu Nights|Malibu Nights]] one of the lyrics mentions [[Tangerine Dreams]] which is the name of [[The Cheat]]'s computer.

== [[Wikipedia:Thursday|Thursday]] ==
The band [http://www.islandrecords.com/thursday/index.las Thursday] thanked The Chapman Brothers in the booklet to their latest album, ''[[Wikipedia: War all the Time|War all the Time]]''.

== Time For Living ==
The San Francisco hardcore punk band [http://hardcoremusic.com/tfl/main.html Time For Living] has a Homestar themed album with the title track "The Cheat is not Dead". They have songs called "Discount Brick", "Just A Friendly Reminder", "Population: Tire", and "The King Of Town." Beyond the titles, the songs don't have any relationship to Homestar Runner.

== Tripleside ==
Tripleside ([http://www.tripleside.net www.tripleside.net]) wrote an homage to Homsar called "Legitimate Business", which contains many classic Homsar quotes. You can download the song [http://purevolume.com/tripleside here] or read the lyrics [http://www.firewalkingmusic.com/3S/lyrics/legitbiz.html here].

== Very Low Sodium Band ==
*[http://www.verylowsodium.com The Very Low Sodium Band] has a song that praises Homestar Runner. Hear the song [http://www.verylowsodium.com/band/ here].
*VLSB guitarist and singer Michael Sanders later formed the band [http://www.strikefouronline.com// Strike Four] (formerly Salsa Commodity) which performed the song live; a recording is on their album [http://www.cdbaby.com/salsacommodity Official Homemade Ice Cream].

== Waking State ==
In the liner notes of their 2005 release, ''Hang On'', the DC Band [http://www.wakingstate.net Waking State] gives special thanks to www.homestarrunner.com.

== [[Wikipedia:"Weird Al" Yankovic|"Weird Al" Yankovic]] ==
In the music video for ''Virus Alert'' (included on the ''[[Wikipedia:Straight Outta Lynwood|Straight Outta Lynwood]]'' DualDisc), a guitar turns into a shark, which then eats the guitarist. The scene is a reference to a similar scene in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]].

[[Category: Sightings]]

from work

2007-04-10T01:33:16Z

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[[Image:from work.png|thumb|"D'wanna know what ''my'' dream job would be?"]]

Strong Bad answers an email from work.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Pom Pom}}

'''Places:''' [[The Office]]

{{Comp|Corpy NT6}}

'''Date:''' April 9, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:24

'''Page Title:''' Corpy NT6!

==Transcript==
''{Close-up of the lower half of Strong Bad's face. He holds his hand over his mouth.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sotto voce}'' Shhh! Shut up, you guys! I'm checkin' email from work today, and I can't let The Man know what I'm up to!

''{Cut to Strong Bad typing on a computer with a grey monitor that reads "Corpy NT6"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Oh, tiptoe your fingers 'cross the keyboard for the quietest email you can check.

''{A buzzer is heard. An error message with a picture of a hand blocking a basketball appears with the text "BLOCKED! Back to work, drone!" The box shakes when the buzzer plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh, man. They got everything blocked now. Even those awesome pop-up insurance ads with the cool mini-games in 'em. I tasered that gnome like ten times! ''{stops typing}'' Good thing The Cheat hooked me up with this Cheatware!

''{Strong Bad holds up a yellow 3.5" diskette with black spots; the label reads "Cheatware ver. 2.1" and has an ASCII drawing of The Cheat. He puts it in the computer. The text "Grandmaw Edgar's Corporate Firewall Get-Arounder" appears on the screen with a picture of an old woman and a brick wall. The screen changes to an animation of the old woman pole vaulting over the wall into an envelope.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, nice work, pixel-Granny! Undermine those corporate oppressors on witcha bad self! ''{brings up email}''


<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div></div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
If you could have any job in the whole 
world, regardless of how much it pays, what 
would you have? 
From The Nitwon
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "The Nitwon" as "The Nittle One"}}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' You ask like I haven't told you guys a million times... ''{drumroll sounds; Strong Bad clears screen}'' I'd be a 2nd 2nd Assistant Space Whale Scrubber! ''{"tada" sound effect; the words "Space Whale Scrubber" flash in many colors}'' Cause  those are the ones that get to wear that glittery pantsuit and use a lazormop to scrub all the nudules and crudules off the whale's dorsal ridge! ''{Crickets chirp. Strong Bad looks around.}'' Umm, shouldn't we be seeing some of this by now?

'''BUBS:''' ''{offscreen}'' Baghh!

''{Cut to view of Bubs standing behind Strong Bad, who is facing him}''

'''BUBS:''' Sorry, Strong Bad! The suits had me install a firewall on your imagination! All that free thinking was wasting the company's cost money!

''{Close up of Strong Bad's face}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, that's it! I am totally never gonna quit this job but start complaining about it a little bit more!

''{Back to view Strong Bad and Bubs}''

'''BUBS:''' Well, I'd better get back to tasering that gnome! Err, I mean, upgrading the taser in that gnome! Server!

''{return to view of Strong Bad in front of the Corpy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, I guess I could try and describe it using work approved methods. ''{clears screen, brings up a blank graph}'' Let's see: ''{types, the words appear in red above the graph}'' Why 2nd 2nd Assistant Space-Whale Scrubber is My Dream Job. Twenty percent pantsuit ''{a green bar comes up from the bottom of the graph with "20%" written on it and "pantsuit" written under it}'', seventeen percent space-whale proximity... ''{a shorter purple bar comes up with "17%" written on it and "space-whale proximity" written under it}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Hey, cube neighbor!

''{Cut to Strong Sad looking at Strong Bad over the side of his cubicle}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' My work staysh is asking me if I want to log off or log out. Which one do I choose?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pffft! Stupid temp. You don't know the difference between logging off and logging out?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, no. Back when I was in charge of the schwa sound at dictionary.com they used to...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{interrupting}'' Look, just hold down escape, control, tab, alt, both shifts, num lock and the little squiggly until your screen turns blue. Then, stare at it until your shift ends.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, thanks!

''{Strong Sad Goes back down into his own cubicle. Cut back to Strong Bad in front of the Corpy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Okay. Back to the, back to the sbemail. Let's talk about dorsal ridges!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You wanna know what—

''{Cut to Homestar Runner behind Strong Bad}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''my'' dream job would be?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No. I mean, no. I mean, no.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'd be the guy—

''{Cut to a shot of blue sky with clouds}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:'''—that flies around ''{Homestar Runner falls onto and starts riding a large flying goldfish}'' on that big plastic goldfish, painting the clouds with an oversized novelty toothbrush!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey! How come your imagination's working?

''{Cut back to Homestar Runner and Strong Bad}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, I got admin privileges! It helps when you're best friends with the Big Cheese!

''{Zoom out; Pom Pom is behind Homestar with sunglasses above his eyes and carrying a bicycle with the text "[...]IG CHEESE"}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Agh! ''{jumps, turns around}'' The Big Cheese!

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubble noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{bends over with a sad look}'' Yes, sir. Sorry, sir. Right away, sir. Hallelujah, sir. ''{Pom Pom and Homestar Runner begin to walk offscreen}'' I'll have that DNA evidence on your desk by five.

''{Back to Strong Bad in front of the Corpy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nevermind, Nitwit. Checking sbemails at the office is not worth the trouble. I dunno how all those bloggers do it. Oh well. I guess I'd better get back to woik.

''{Screen clears; a message appears saying "Would you like to:"; there are two buttons, one that says "Log off", one that says "Log out"}''.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{mumbles, typing noises}'' 'Scape... tab... squiggly... ''{with each type, a word appears onscreen: "esc.ctrl.tab.alt.shift.shift.numlock.~.<"}''

'''{Compy 386 startup/Flagrant System Error sound; blue screen with the words "TEMP LOG OFF/OUT ERROR" and "Oh you are SOOOO not going to work here again!" comes up. The Paper comes down.}''

''{After about 7 seconds}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, gonna be a long one. I haven't even taken my first sit-in-the-men's-room-and-play-Tetris-for-an-hour break yet.

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Taser gnome.PNG|thumb|Low rates and percent signs]]
*Click on the [[Dullard]] when Strong Sad appears to bring up a Dullard comic.
*Click on "work" at the end after Strong Bad's comment to play "Taser the Gnome For Low Rates."

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*A [[Wikipedia:Firewall|firewall]] is meant to protect a computer from unwanted connections.
*A [[Wikipedia:Temporary work|temp]] is a short-term worker.
*A [[Wikipedia:Blog|blog]], or "weblog", is a journal-like user generated website.
*"Insurance games" is a reference to online advertisements from companies, like LowerMyBills.com and FreePay, that feature Flash-based games which lead to the company's website when played.
*The screen turning blue is a reference to the [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning#System Errors|Blue Screen of Death]], a [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] system error screen.
*A [[Wikipedia:Schwa|schwa]] is a unstressed, neutral vowel, represented by an ə (an upside down e).
*The squiggly (~) is known as the [[Wikipedia:Tilde|tilde]].
*"Corpy" is a [[Portmanteaus|portmanteau]] of [[Wikipedia:Corporation|corporation]] and [[Compy 386|Compy]].

===Remarks===
*The sound made by the computer when the Cheatware disk is put in is the noise made by many old 5.25" floppy drives. This was also heard in [[Peasant's Quest Preview]], [[Peasant's Quest]], and [[Thy Dungeonman 3]]. 
*The tune to the opening email song that this email has is similar to that of [[trading cards]].
*Several lights can be seen in the Corpy's reflection.
*The polos that Homestar and Strong Bad are wearing are different than the ones they wore on Biz Caz Fri in the email [[other days]].

===Goofs===
*The Dullard comic is not visibly attached to the wall in any way, as the thumbtack does not actually go through the comic.

===Inside References===

*This is the sixth email running to mention [[DNA Evidence]].
*Strong Sad previously said "staysh" in [[Missing Lappy]].
*This is another program mentioning [[Edgar]].
*Using a lazormop to scrub all the nudules and crudules off the space whale's dorsal ridge is another example of [[Lasers]].
*One of the items in Bubs's tool belt is a [[Permanent Marker|permanent marker]].

===Real-World References===
*[http://dictionary.reference.com Dictionary.com] is an actual online dictionary.
*Products advertised in the Taser the Gnome easter egg are a [[Wikipedia:XBox|Microsoft Xbox]], an [[Wikipedia:iPod Video|iPod Video]], and a [[Wikipedia:PlayStation Portable|PlayStation Portable (PSP)]], all common "prizes" for playing the game ads which the Gnome Tasering game is parodying.
*[[Wikipedia:Tetris|Tetris]] is an extremely well-known and often imitated video game created by [[Wikipedia:Alexey Pajitnov|Alexey Pajitnov]], and has been ported to several video game consoles.
*The "Corpy [[Wikipedia:Windows NT|NT6]]" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Windows_Vista|Windows Vista]], which is sometimes referred to within Microsoft as [[Wikipedia:Windows NT|NT6]].

==External Links==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}

from work

2007-04-10T01:27:32Z

71.246.68.169: /* Inside References */

monster truck

2007-03-27T21:57:17Z

71.246.68.169: /* Fun Facts */

{{sbenav|61|huttah!|interview}}

[[Image:sbemail61picture.png|thumb|SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SOMEDAY!]]

Strong Bad hosts a monster truck event this SUNDAY SUNDAY SOMEDAY!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|The Sad Kids}}, {{Film|Limozeen}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Badia]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' Monday, February 3, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 1:43

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD''': ''{like Homestar on the main page}'' Toons! Games! I'm gonna check my eeeemail...

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey Strong Bad, 
 
Do you ever do TV commercials for 
Monster Truck Shows? I think you 
would be great for the voiceovers. 
 
Your devoted fans, 
 
Stan and Loretta</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww...that's very sweet. ''{typing}'' Look Dan and Linda, Strong Bad doesn't sell out to anybody, man. No matter how monstrous their truck show may or may not be. Though I have done the occasional promo for the events we hold in Strong Badia. In fact, I think there's one coming up this...

''{Cut to a monster-truck show promo-style segment. The words Strong Bad says appear on the screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SOMEDAY!

''{Two tires cross the screen diagonally, with Strong Bad providing the "vroom" noises for them}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' IT'S AWEXOME ''{pronounced "awesome"}'' CROSS 98!

''{Awexome Cross logo appears. Another tire appears and screeches away to cut to the Strong Badia national flag}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' LIVE IN STRONGBADIA!

''{Cut to The Cheat wearing a jumpsuit and waving.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' THRILL! AS THE CHEAT ATTEMPTS TO JUMP THE TIRE OVER THE KOT EATING A CARDBOARD BOX COVERED IN SYRUP!

''{The Cheat is shown rolling inside the tire as it rolls up a ramp. Cut to the King of Town, in the process of eating a cardboard box with maple syrup and a pat of butter on it.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN''': This is some good cake!

''{Cut to Strong Mad holding Marzipan's guitar over Homestar, who is wearing a helmet and knee pads.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' CHILL! AS STRONG MAD SMASHES MARZIPAN'S GUITAR OVER HOMESTAR'S HEAD!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Let's do this like Brutus.

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' RECOIL IN HORROR!

''{Strong Mad raises the guitar. As he starts to bring it down, cut to the Poopsmith tossing out multicolored smoke bombs.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' AS THE POOPSMITH LIGHTS SOME SMOKE BOMBS! AND THEN? YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO BE THERE TO FIND OUT!

''{The Poopsmith winks at the camera.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ADULT ADMISSION IS STILL JUST FIVE DOLLARS! KIDS AND OLD PEOPLE—

''{The Sad Kids and the King of Town appear on screen, then are respectively crossed out}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' NOT ALLOWED WITHOUT A BUCKET OF FRIED CHICKEN—

''{A bucket of KnF'nC chicken appears onscreen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' FOR MEEEEE!

''{An image of Strong Bad appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' STICK AROUND AFTER THE SHOW FOR A FREE PERFORMANCE BY LIMOZEEN!

''{Cut to a photo of Limozeen}''

'''LIMOZEEN:''' ''{singing}'' I've got the heart of a lion and the wings of a bat, because it's midnite!

''{Cut back to the Compy 386 and Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Heart of a lion, wings of some stuff, because it's something! ''{stops singing}'' Oh-ho man, I love that song! ''{typing}'' I can't wait for this sunday ''{pause}'' sunday ''{pause}'' someday.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:AWEXOME_CROSS_FLYER.PNG|thumb|200px|AWEXOME CROSS 98]]
*At the end you can click on the first "Sunday" to bring up a flyer advertisement for the show. The Awexome Cross 98 theme song plays in the background.
<blockquote>SUNDAY 
AWEXOME 
CROSS 
98 
LIVE IN STRONGBADIA 
Thrills! Chills! Syrup! 
Also, too: 
A live performance by 
LIMOZEEN</blockquote>
*Click on the second "Sunday" to play [[Awexome Cross]].
[[Image:Limozeentruck.PNG|thumb|200px|Because it's something!]]
*Click on the "Someday" to see an autographed [[Limozeen]] picture. "Because It's Midnite" is sung in the background.

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*A loud voice booming "Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!" or any word repeated, as if an echo, is a commonly mocked style of advertising used for [[Wikipedia:Monster truck|monster truck races]].
*[[Wikipedia:Brutus|Brutus]] most commonly refers to [[Wikipedia:Marcus Junius Brutus|Marcus Junius Brutus]], friend and assassin of [[Wikipedia:Julius Caesar|Caesar]].

===Remarks===
*There are apparently two authors of this email, but they say "''I'' think you would be great for the voiceovers." However, one of them could have been dictating the email.
*For some reason, in the picture of Limozeen, there are four extra hands floating around the band members. One is in front of [[Perry Palaroncini|Perry]] and [[Larry Palaroncini|Larry]], one behind Perry, one behind [[Gary Palaroncini|Gary]] and the last one behind Larry.
*In the "Awexome Cross" ad and the "someday" Easter egg, the bass player plays his first note a step too high, then corrects himself on the second beat.
*As with a few other cartoons on the website, the King of Town is oddly using an older design for this e-mail.
*The Paper comes down slightly faster than most other e-mails.

===Goofs===
*The Back link extends farther to the left than the word itself.
*Strong Bad doesn't capitalize either Sunday when he types them.

===Inside References===
*"Toons! Games! I'm gonna check my eeeemail..." is a reference to all the [[Main Pages]].
*Strong Bad calls one of the email's authors "[[Dan]]" instead of "Stan".

===Real-World References===
*The jumpsuit The Cheat is wearing is similar to the jumpsuit worn by the famous daredevil [[Wikipedia:Evel Knievel|Evel Knievel]] during his famous motorcycle jumps. However, in design (specifically, the red and blue head-to-toe piping with stars) it is actually closer to the jumpsuit worn by hapless stuntman [[Wikipedia:Super Dave Osborne|Super Dave Osborne]]. The image of The Cheat inside the tire is also a possible allusion to one of Super Dave's more famous (and disasterous) stunts, where he rode in the center of a giant yo-yo.
*The bottles of maple syrup around the cardboard box are designed similarly to those of Mrs. Butterworth's, a famous syrup brand.
*The line "Let's do this like Brutus" comes from [http://www.lyricsdepot.com/de-la-soul/skit-1.html a skit] on the [[Wikipedia:De La Soul|De La Soul]] album [[Wikipedia:De La Soul Is Dead|"De La Soul Is Dead"]].
*The chicken bucket that says "KnF'nC" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Guns N' Roses|Guns N' Roses]], who used the acronym "GnF'nR" during the [[Wikipedia:Use Your Illusion I|Use Your Illusion]] era. The 2000-2004 incarnation of the band contained guitarist [[Wikipedia:Buckethead|Buckethead]], who wears a [[Wikipedia:KFC|KFC]] bucket on his head like a hat.


===Fast Forward===
*The Limozeen song "[[Because It's Midnite]]" would eventually appear on the [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits|Strong Bad Sings CD]].
*Also the King of Town would later hold the chicken bucket in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]].
*"Awexome Cross 98" is available on the [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|current game menu]] with more levels.

== DVD Version ==
*The Awexome Cross '98 Easter egg is disabled for obvious reasons.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' We were just discussing, uh, how there are some Strong Bad Emails that really tip their hand with the name of them—

'''MIKE:''' The title, yeah.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, like this one.

'''MIKE:''' You kind of know what it's going to be about.

'''MATT:''' ''{almost simultaneously}'' Know what it's going to be about.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' This is—was this the first instan—nah, I guess he's always getting people's names wrong. That's a common theme.

'''MIKE:''' I don't know if that's—I don't know if he's—this... Maybe it's the first time.

'''MATT:''' Who knows?

'''MIKE:''' Somebody, uh, let us know. One of you callers. One of our callers will probably let us know.

'''MATT:''' Mike, we don't have callers.

'''MIKE:''' We should, uh, have a radio show.

'''MATT:''' Mike, no.

'''MIKE:''' Like, this is a radio show.

'''MATT:''' It's not.

'''MIKE:''' ''{adopts gravelly voice}'' All right, all right.

''{Matt laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' Uhm...

'''MATT:''' So here we go. That's The Cheat in his Evel Knievel outfit, obviously, which our mom made us for—or made our ''oldest'' brother first for Halloween—

'''MIKE:''' Yep.

'''MATT:''' —and then I think it got passed down to all of us. I think in, like, 1987 I was wearing an Evel Knievel ''{Mike laughs}'' and I, like, didn't know that he wasn't very popular anymore. And he says "Let's do this like Brutus" there, not "Buddhists." A lot of people think he says that, but that's just a, uh...comment. It's in a De La Soul song or it's on the De La Soul album "De La Soul is Dead." Doesn't Flavor Flav say it at some point?

'''MIKE:''' I think so, yeah.

'''MATT:''' KnF'nC. That's a reference to GnF'nR, Drivin' N' Cryin'.

'''MIKE:''' That's—

'''MATT:''' That's—all four of those are our big brother Donnie, very seriously in the year 1987 dressed as Vince Neil for Halloween. There you have it. And then a bunch of extra limbs.

''{Mike laughs}''

'''MATT:''' And of course, there you go. Limozeen given...wings...wings of steel ''{Mike laughs}'' you know, with which to fly.

=== Fun Facts ===
*Drivin' N' Cryin' was a Southern rock band famous in the Georgia region that never really achieved national fame.
*[[Wikipedia:Vince Neil|Vince Neil]] is the lead singer for the band [[Wikipedia:Mötley Crüe|Mötley Crüe]].
*"Wings of steel" combined with the lyric "wings of a bat" refer to the 1960s cartoon [[Wikipedia:Batfink|''Batfink'']], whose eponymous hero is a crime-fighting bat with steel wings.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail61.html|watch "monster truck"]]
*[[HR:sbemail61.swf|view the Flash file for "monster truck"]]
*[[Podstar:sb_email_monstertruck.m4v|download "monster truck" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])
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