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== A few things ==

A few things. Firstly, the cast list gives Creepy Comb-Over Strong Bad whereas the Easter Egg section gives Senor Cardgage. Which should it be?

*EDIT: Since it's been almost a week since I posted this and I haven't had any feedback, I changed CCOSB in the cast list to Senor Cardgage, just to get rid of the contradiction. If you think they should both be CCOSB, by all means change it.

Finally, I removed this fun fact:

*The Prince of Town easter egg, which shows him asking if anyone will claim the lifetime supply of fishsticks, is there to show why he's so fat. He ate the lifetime supply of fishsticks and became the King of Town we all know and hate.

...on the grounds that it should be self-evident. --[[User:Upsilon|Upsilon]]

== Cave Quest ==

In the DVD version, they talk about a game they made called "Cave Quest" for the Apple II. Is this game available for download anywhere? Did the Brothers Chaps say anything else about this title?

[[User:Agentjs03|Agentjs03]] 12:44, 20 Sep 2005 (UTC)

== Saying "e-mail" 100 times ==

Can anyone confirm that he actually says e-mail 100 times? I got 96, but it's hard to count... I just pulled up calculator and hit enter every time, but you get into a groove and accidentally hit it twice or so when he says, "eeeeee-maaaail..." --[[User:favetvshows1x3|favetvshows1x3]] 17:22, 10 Oct 2004 (MST)

*I spent a good twenty minutes and counted the emails in a .wav editing program. Yes, he DOES say "e-mail" 100 times. Phew. I'm...parched. I'm not sure if this is a Fun Fact or not, but I went ahead and added it. Feel free to change my wording (I mean, how do you refer to the word "e-mail" in an e-mail?) as you may see fit. --[[User:Bellatrix|Bellatrix]] 18:48, 22 Nov 2004 (MST)

== Combolations reference ==

This claim in fun facts looks dubious:
''When Senor Cardgage/Creepy Comb-Over Strong Bad says "Many combolations, Elizagerth", it's a reference to the credits in japanese cartoon.''
???

:Have you read the transcript for [[japanese cartoon]]? Check the credits.[[User:Tom|<nowiki></nowiki>]] -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 19:43, 18 Oct 2004 (MST)

== Zagnut ==

Senor Cardgage is definitely eating a Zagnut. This also coincides with the house that gave sucky treats.
--[[User:128.135.171.66|128.135.171.66]] 22:51, 3 Feb 2005 (MST)
==Closed STUFF==
===Emails (DECLINED)===
How can the Compy know that Strong Bad has answered 100 e-mails if it wasn't there to see the Tandy emails?
*'''Decline''' Number A, facts are statements, questions are... questions. And secondly, maybe Strong Bad told it somehow (it WAS there for [[50 emails]])? --{{User:Jay/sig}} 04:29, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
*'''Decline.''' I dunno. Why does the King Of Town eat underarm deodorant? How does Homestar hold stuff without any arms? How does Strong Bad type with boxing gloves on? It's just one of those unanswerable questions that makes the H*R universe so hilarious! -- [[User:tomstiff|tomstiff]] 12:59, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
*'''Decline''' Maybe its a cartoon, and not reality? -- [[User:Tony Stony|Tony Stony]] 20:15, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
*'''Deline''' Who knows, who cares? [[User:The Pardack|The Pardack]]
*'''Decline.''' How did the Compy know that Strong Bad asked for a glass of water? It's a cartoon, spammit, don't take it so literally! --[[User:Upset_Your_Balance|Upset_Your_Balance]] 05:44, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
*'''Decline. Sorry.''' Ugh! These obnoxious losers and their overly agressive declines. I'm not like that. Sorry, but suspension of disbelief must be a factor in this. --[[User:VolatileChemical|VolatileChemical]] 06:33, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
*'''Declining with a visCOSity.''' This is not fun, and it's not a fact. - [[User:aaronak|aaronak]] 23:47, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
*Strong Bad has a list of the e-mails he has done on his computer. You know, the list he usually has a scroll buttons song for? '''Duh-cline'''. [[User:Donny vs Universe|Donny vs Universe]]
===Discount Flashback Warehouse (DECLINED)===
In the Discount Flashback Warehouse Easter egg, Strong Bad sounds a lot like Senor Cardgage. In fact, the whole Easter egg resembles the Senor Cardgage Mortgage toon.
*'''Declinating the countryside, declinating the peasants...''' Of COURSE Strong Bad and Senor Cardgage sound similar - they're alternate versions of the same character. As for similarities between the two, all I see is that they're both commercials. --[[User:Jay|Jay]] 23:50, 12 Apr 2005 (MDT)
**'''Second.''' -- [[User:tomstiff|tomstiff]] 11:48, 13 Apr 2005 (MDT)
**'''Second.''' -- [[User:mibluvr13|mibluvr13]] 23:40, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
*'''Comment from original poster''': After watching it a couple more times, I see that the second part is quite a stretch. As for the first part, I think I need to clarify: Strong Bad ''talks'' like Senor Cardgage, i.e. he uses a monotoneous voice. (Nice decline message tho'...) Therefore, the fun fact '''rephrased:''' In the Discount Flashback Warehouse Easter egg, Strong Bad's style of speaking is similar to that of Senor Cardgage.
*Excardon me, but what differation does that make, Valerie? '''Decriminoted (decline).'''' [[User:ISlayedTheKerrek|ISlayedTheKerrek]]
*Okay, maybe it's just me, but does anybody else notice that Strong Bad's voice is kinda rasp and expressionless? That's what I'm basing the whole thing on.
*'''Decline''' Matt Chapman can only do so many different voices, and it makes it especially hard to try and do two alternates to the same character. Strong Bad also does somewhat of a Senor Cardgage voice at the end of [[theme park]]. -[[User:Upset_Your_Balance|Upset_Your_Balance]]
*'''Comment''' One might also add that both seem to have a common source. That is, the cheap television ads that small businesses create. If you somehow don't know what I'm talking about, just watch a local network for a little while, you'll see and hear plenty of dead air, gaudy graphics, poor diction, and bad acting. Actually, I don't know how you can fully appreciate Homestar Runner without having watched even that small amount of TV.
**SIGN YOUR VOTES! [[User:ISlayedTheKerrek|ISlayedTheKerrek]] 16:05, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
***"Comment" is not a vote. --[[User:acekirby13|acekirby13]] 20:27, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
* '''D3kl1n3!!''' I didn't bother to read all this to see if somebody had already said this, but The 'Discount' bit came before 'Senor Cardgage' bit. --[[User:kerrek slaya|kerrek slaya]] 02:50, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
*'''Here comes the Thnikka-Decline-Man!''' Um, it's also a second with Kerrek Slaya, but sewiously, this did come out before [[Senor Mortgage]]. Check your facts, folks. ---[[User:the spludge|the spludge]] 16:43, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
*'''Comment from original poster:''' Ah cwap, I did forget to check the release dates. My apologies to the hrwiki users. This might have been the wohst hundwed wohds I evoh spent.
**'''Note on the characters:''' Strong Bad and Senor Cardgage are not the same person or even alternate versions of one another. According to Strong Sad, Senor Cardgage was a real person who lived nearby the Strongs' home. Creepy Comb-Over Strong Bad is a hypothetical version of Strong Bad who ''resembles'' Senor Cardgage. --[[User:TheRealZajac|The Real Zajac]] 14:51, 17 Apr 2005 (PDT)
*'''DEE-CLINE!''' Aslo note that:
:(A) Senor Cartgage IS Creepy Comb-Over Strong Bad. He's a, as Zajac said, a hypothetical version of Strong Bad.
:(B) Strong Bad, in this case, is bored and sad. Senor Cartgage is pretty much always bored and sad, and so, as a result of being simply a hypothetical version of Strong Bad, Senor Cardgage is going to sound like Strong Bad here.
[[User:TakuaKaita600|TakuaKaita600]] 17:12, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

{{stuffcloseddecline}}

=== Universe of Energy ===
{{stufffact|The way that Strong Bad widens the screen is a reference to Ellen's Energy Adventure at Epcot in Walt Disney World. Ellen DeGeneres widens the screen by saying "Left side! Right side! A little wider.. there ya go!"}}
{{stuffverdict|16:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)|12:42, 4 June 2007 (UTC)|declined|13|1|flashback}}

== Remove useless comment on main page ==

One of the comments on the main flashback page says that Strong Bad says "My very own a The Cheat" but that the text is "My very own The Cheat." This is useless, because this is just Strong Bad's weird accent. He often calls The Cheat "uh-The Cheat". For an example see [[for kids]], when he asks, "Can you say, uh-The Cheat?"

It's very useless indeed, but it's not uh-The Cheat, it's a The Cheat. As in 'a book' or 'a Tragic Clown Dog'. [[User:Kvb|Kvb]] 15:56, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== very not-so-low prices ==

Do you think that Strong Bad's "How can I make these prices any lower"
could be a reference to how Wal Mart says they have low prices but they're not?

Wal-Mart has great prices. I got a Gamecube there for fifty cents less and two games more than at Best Buy. --[[User:homestar3.14|homestar3.14]] 04:10, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, but once they raised the prices on Slimfast for 1 week by a dollar and "lowered" it to the original price. --[[User:Ookelaylay|Ookelaylay]] 21:24, 5 Aug 2005 (UTC)

== Hey! ==

A long time ago, shortly after I joined, I added a remark about how Sir Strong Bad's shaving off half his mustache would hurt, since it is shown he has bones in it in That a Ghost? Why? --[[User:Ookelaylay|Ookelaylay]] 21:26, 5 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:Why what? {{User:FireBird/sig}} 21:27, 5 Aug 2005 (UTC)

::Yeah? [[User:Thechamp|Thechamp]]

Why was it assasinated? --[[User:Ookelaylay|Ookelaylay]] 12:59, 6 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:Because it is nothing but speculation. What if he just had bones stuck inside his mustache? Don't try to be scientific with things that make no reasonable sense in the first place. (like mustaches having bones) - '''''[[User:Joshua|Joshua]]'''''

:: Yep.

-Alex H.

== bubs stand ==

*"If bubs is there why are Mr. Bland and Señor not under his stand?" I posted this on the bored and it gets removed. should it be removed or not?--[[User:69.202.82.162|69.202.82.162]] 15:38, 31 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:*I think it should be removed, because we only see Bubs, not Bubs' Concession Stand. As was pointed out in the reversion notes, Bubs could've been around before opening his Stand (I can't imagine what he did with his time). {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 15:42, 31 Aug 2005 (UTC)

::*It must be so, because in the original book, which must have happened after Flashback as The Cheat is out of the egg, Senor and Mr. Bland were still not yet crushed by the stand. They must have gotten crushed sometime btween the first book and Where is my Hat At. [[User:Geshmalderborgen|Geshmalder]] 15:56, 31 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:* Or they could have survived getting crushed. Who knows? As I said above, don't try to be scientific with things that make no scientific sense. - '''''[[User:Joshua|Joshua]]'''''

::*The whole story could be apocryphal. Strong Bad has a history of making up whatever he feels like, and we all seem to be overlooking the fact that, supposedly, he and Coach Z were playing a game ''on the moon'' and rode a ''sweet, sweet rainbow bridge'' back to earth. Science! I said science again! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:23, 31 Aug 2005 (UTC)

== E-mails Strong Bad didn't answer ==

{| border=1 style="background:#ffdd99"
| When the Compy said Strong Bad had answered 100 e-mails, that's not entirely true. He answered two in 50 emails, two more in 2 emails, and you could say he answered more than one in huttah! (although he didn't answer any in anything or mile). Depending on your definition of "answering" an email, he read extras in spring cleaning (although they were promptly deleted). If you count by each toon being an e-mail, then he still answered in excess of 103 e-mails, since the three bonus e-mails on the DVD are presumably pre-100th. In addition, there is a "preview email" in the Toons Menu and never before seen emails in personal favorites. So really, at the time of the hundredth e-mail, Strong Bad actually has answered more than 100 e-mails. The hundredth email was actually answered somewhere between Emails 83-94.
|}

Just thought it might be worth mentioning that SB technically didn't answer two e-mails: [[mile]] (where The Cheat took it over, and technically that wasn't a real e-mail either), and [[anything]] (where Homestar poured Mountain Dew on the Compy's keyboard).
:Yeah, those are already mentioned in the quoted item. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::Holy crap! I've forgotten how to read!! (Sorry, I think I'll stop with the comments for today.) -- [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] 21:53, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I think that by "100th email", they mean "100th episode of the email show." Because, not only has he answered more than 100 on the site, I find it hard to believe that he would have never answered any emails on his own before the email show started. And bonus episodes don't count. That's kinda what bonus means. --[[User:Antisexy|Antisexy]] 07:28, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

== The PoT's Quote ==

I always thought that in the Easter egg, the Prince of Town said, "Well, no one claimed this lifetime supply of fishsticks..." instead of "Will no one claim this lifetime supply of fishsticks?" Just thought it was worth noting. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 04:14, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

== Triva is wrong ==

The first bullet mentions that strongbad never wore a shirt after finding out that homestrar was wearing the same shirt he was, but he wears one in different town.
:That could be counted as part of Strong Bad's imagination, and therefore non-canon... However, the real proof comes from that that was the original idea for the episode that they later scrapped. Therefore, it's not accurate at all. It's still notable, of course, because it was the original idea for the episode. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

== Lowercase i's ==

Is it just me, or are the I's in the two "Wierd"s lowercase? It isn't mentioned in the transcript.http://www.hrwiki.org/skins/common/images/thorax.pnginlion: 03:37, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

== 150th e-mail ==

This makes you think, will Strong Bad do anything for his 150th email? It's obvious he'd do something for the 50th, 100th, or 200th, but 150th? Feb. 21, 2006

yep, prolly so. prolly some kind of extended flashback or class reunion. {{User:Csours/sig}} 07:39, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
:I bet they will too. ;) {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 13:25, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

== Comment concerning the declined fact Discount Flashback Warehouse==

*'''just sayin'''': Dang, you people are vicious with your declines. Well, it may not matter anymore, but I agree with this guy. Strong Bad was obviously not talking in his usual voice, and his voice did indeed sound very reminiscent of Senor Cardgage. Strong Bad says often that he thinks Senor is so cool, so why wouldn't he imitate him? And as far as them being different versions of the same character: Like Stinkoman and Sterrance, Senor Cardgage is a character that was created as a variation on Strong Bad to satisfy someone's question, but, just to be funny, was made into his own character. Creepy Comb-Over guy and Senor Cardgage have to be the same person, because he wears Strong Bad's mask (indicating that he's the variant of Strong Bad) but he's still referred to as Senor Cardgage in various toons. Yet on more than on occasion, Strong Bad is seen talking to Senor Cardgage (indicating that the variant and the original are two separate entities).
 So in conclusion, Senor Cardgage is his own separate person, and Strong Bad likes him so much that he imitates him in this easter egg. BIGGITY!--[[User:Antisexy|Antisexy]] 05:57, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
:He was created in much the same way as [[Homsar]], via [[homsar]]. A misspelling leads to a short little joke character, leads to a full blown main character. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 06:39, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

::Wait. If CCOSB and Senor Cardgage are the same person, why does Strong Bad refer to them by different names in "[[kind of cool]]"? --[[User:Bill Hart|Uncle Bill]] 17:25, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
:::They did have separate pages at one point. --[[User:2Fast2Furious|Ced]] 18:01, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
But they've been merged. --[[User:Bill Hart|Uncle Bill]] 23:07, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

== "grrl"......or"grrrl" ==

I was just wondering, the word "grrl"(or "grrrl") has appeared somewhat throughout [[http://homestarrunner.com Homestar Runner]] and I though there should be a section about "grrl".....(or "grrrl")

:I would like to direct you to [[Grrl|this]] page. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 01:40, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

== Old Accent? ==

How do we get the email being read in the old accent? Sounds like the current voice to me, aside from "joo" for "you". When Matt intends to do the old accent, it's unmistakeable. If no good arguments come in, I'll reword that part of the transcript. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 02:01, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

== bob "homestar duckshirt" dylan ==

homestar sounds a good bit like bob dylan as he counts his 10 steps. {{User:Csours/sig}} 07:37, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

What do you mean? Like, in any specific song? How do you compare them? --[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 21:33, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

== External link ==

The link to http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=2961 just brings me to what seems to be a search engine. Judging by what else is on the page, I'd say this is probably a case of [[wikipedia:Domain parking|domain parking]]. The line "This page provided to the domain owner free by Sedo's Domain Parking" down at the bottom of the page also seems to support this. Anyway, just letting you know. [[User:67.78.136.222|67.78.136.222]] 06:16, 13 April 2006 (UTC)(KaloFoxfire)

== Stuck in his Craw ==
hey, what does it mean to get something stuck in your craw? and should it be mentioned here under remarks or something?
--{{User:Choc-O-Lardiac_Arrest/sig}} 05:48, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
:Here's what [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=stick%20in%20one's%20craw dictionary.com] has to say about it. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

== Verifying my Edit ==

I just put on the following, because I thought it was a good idea. 
<blockquote>*This E-mail also explains why the King of Town is so fat and where The Cheat came from.</blockquote> 
I'm putting it on the discussion page to see if anyone disagrees with me. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 19:29, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

:Gosh, this fact seems familiar. I think it has come and gone before, but I don't know. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 19:32, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

==We've got this season,last season,and stuff I just made up!==
What is the Last season(Tandy) email supposed to be?(guest)
:Did you check the transcript. "Last season. {He gestures to the right where a screen from '''"band names"''' appears.} "—[[User:Geshmalderborgen|גשמלדרברגן]] 23:16, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

==Rainbow Bridge==

Could the rainbow bridge refer to Care Bears, who used a rainbow to come from Care-A-Lot to Earth? [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 01:56, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

:It could be, but there are other [[wikipedia:Rainbow Bridge|rainbow bridges]] out there as well. So it would be speculation.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 02:43, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

I think this should be included in the "Real-World" references, because I'm sure a lot of people will remember the Care Bears doing that when this email is viewed or when they read this page.

See, I thought it was a Katamari Damacy reference, so unless we can get a definite noting should be added.
:Well, it certainly couldn't be that, since Katamari didn't come out in the US until a good 6 months after this toon. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:42, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

== WIIIIIDE SCREEEEN! ==

The way that Strongbad says "WIIIIIDE SCREEEEEN" could be a reference to Universe Of Energy, a ride located at Epcot in Walt Disney World. Ellen DeGeneres says this the same way before the screen widens. [[User:DNA Evidence|DNA Evidence]] 00:13, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

:Do you know when the ride was made? When I went (in 2005), I don't recall hearing about any such ride. Because if it came after, it's not a reference. ¤ {{User:The Mu/sig}} 00:18, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
::Yes. It was DEFINATELY made before 2005. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe_of_Energy Wikipedia article!] {{User:DNA Evidence/sig}}

==Lowercase I==

Because it's all written, does it count? [[User:Awexome Cross|Awexome Cross]] 17:07, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

== Modestly Hot Easter Egg ==

Should [[Modestly Hot Homsar]] be in the Characters list?--[[User:Onestop|ONESTOP]][[Image:bowler derby.PNG|20px]] 02:03, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
:nope, pictures don't count. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 02:23, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
:: She made a debut though.

==Time Paradox?==
How would Old-Timey Strong Bad know that present-day Strong Bad would read 100 emails? In fact, how did he even know Strong Bad ''was'' reading emails? {{User:Reversinator/sig}}
:Basically just because it's a cartoon and the laws of not knowing the future don't apply if it's funny for them not to. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 14:22, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
:: Just repeat to yourself "it's just a show. I should really just relax."--[[User:Jellote|Jellote wuz here]] 14:47, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

== Lier? ==

when SB said "I lost count around... 51." Tht is not true. proof? SBemail 91. hIs intro song is "'''And coming in at number 91, it's EMAAIL!!!!!!'''
:[[flashback#Remarks|That's already noted]] [[Inconsistencies within the Homestar Runner Universe|in a couple different places at least]]. it's actually been on this page since the days of the old wiki. {{User:The Knights Who Say Ni/sig}} 18:48, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

== Email song ==

Can I please have the chords for the email song? {{User:Dagoth/sig}} 15:03, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

== Mr Strong Bad ==

When Homestar says, "Hello! How do you like my egg, Mr Strong Bad?" he says the last three words in a deeper, completely brain-dead voice. It can also be heard when he says, "WHAT?" and on [[Main Page 20]] when he says, "Meet the characters!". What should we call this voice?

Sickly Sam's Big Outing

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{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|bigouting|Sloshybowl|Rotten Eggs}}
[[Image:Sickly Sam's Big Outing.PNG|thumb|Based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez]]
The Homestar Runner helps Sickly Sam get ready for a date. In ''a'' color!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Mr. Shmallow]], {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Old-Timey Marzipan}}, {{film|Sickly Sam}}, {{film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, [[Unnamed Characters|The Rest]], {{film|Strong Man}}, {{film|The Sneak}}, [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], {{film|Old-Timey Bubs}}, [[Dee]]

'''Places:''' "Skid Row", Someone's House, [[The Football Field]], [[Saw Mill]], The Boardwalk, Inside Sickly Sam, [[Glue Factory|The Glue Factory]]

'''Date:''' Monday, February 11, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 4:47

'''Page Title:''' Listen Up Short Children!!

==Transcript==
''{Open on a shot of an old-timey radio. As the announcer talks, cartoon lightning bolts fly out of the speakers.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Listen up, short children!

''{Cut to a title card for "Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum", with Mr. Shmallow dancing in the middle of the screen.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' It's the Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum! In ''a'' color!

''{A speech bubble reading "A COLOR!" in pink appears, pointing to Mr. Shmallow. Iris wipe to a title shot of each character as the announcer introduces them.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Featuring The Homestar Runner!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' His best gal, Marzipan!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Diseased orphan, Sickly Sam!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{gasps}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Dapper thousandaire, Strong Bad!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{boos}''

''{The last title shot features a robot, an alien, and an eel-like creature.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' And the rest!

'''AUDIENCE:''' Huh?

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Today's shenanigans: Sickly Sam's Big Outing!

''{Title card for the toon features Sickly Sam chasing three pink-colored hearts, with the text "Sickly Sam's Big Outing" and "Based on the Vaudeville Stylings of Wibe Chimendez". Open on The Homestar Runner and Marzipan walking down an empty street. The windows and doors of the houses they pass are broken and boarded up, and there are many cracks in the walls and the road.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid row.

''{They keep walking, and come upon a large box labelled "SOME HAMS".}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid ro—

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wake up, Sickly Sam. Today's the first day of the day of your big outing.

''{Sickly Sam exits the box.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' Up and at 'em.

''{Sickly Sam coughs twice, making dust clouds with the words "AS-" and then "ASBESTOS".}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' You need some dentifrice!

''{Behind Homestar and Marzipan is a garbage can with eyeholes. Cartoony eyes stick out of these holes as Homestar says the next line.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' If you're s'pose go on a big outing, we need to find you up a hot date.

''{Zoom in on the can with foreboding music, then cut to inside the can, where Strong Bad, Strong Man and The Sneak are present.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' So, that dead kid needs a hot date, eh? The only date he has is with the glue factory! ''{musical sting}'' Which I will sell him to! ''{musical sting}'' For money! ''{musical sting}''

''{cut to a room with The Homestar Runner and Sickly Sam inside}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' First we gotta do something about that old 'tatoe sack.

''{The door is knocked}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh oh, the doorbe—''{the scene quickly cuts to the same spot; however, The Homestar Runner's entire body is turned towards the door}'' There's a knock at the door.

''{The Homestar Runner opens the door. The Sneak is on the other side, holding up a telegram.}''

'''THE SNEAK:''' (singing) Whaaaaaaaaa telegraaam!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks, The Sneak. Boot!

''{The Homestar Runner boots The Sneak off into the distance}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This Honest Telegram says to meet your hot date down at the Boardwalk.

''{The telegram is displayed in The Homestar Runner's hands.}''

<blockquote>HONEST TELEGRAM
 
Dearest Dead Kid (stop)
Please meet for good times (stop)
at the Boardwalk. (stop)
 
-Hottessa Date
</blockquote>

'''SICKLY SAM:''' Am I gonna make romance?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{placing a bow tie on Sickly Sam}'' Now let's get you dressed to the five and three-quarterses.

'''SICKLY SAM:''' I do believe you've spic'd my span.

''{The bow tie turns into a vampire bat and flies away with a Dracula-esque "bleh". Sickly Sam is now in a room with Marzipan, and the "Do a Dance" music is playing.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' Come on, Jackson! Cut yourself a slice of rug! Let's turn those skeleton knees into bees' knees!

''{Sickly Sam starts doing the Charleston. After a short time his legs fall off, but he keeps dancing for a few seconds until his body falls to the ground. Sickly Sam is now on the football field with The Homestar Runner and Fort Wayne Locomotive.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Say there, Fort Wayne Locomotive, how's about a pep talk? Double-S here's about to go on his first date with a member of the opposite per-suasion.

'''FORT WAYNE LOCOMOTIVE:''' Well, I tell ya, Sickle Cell, when it comes to the ladies, you gotta turn and run the other way, like you're facin' the defense of the ''{holding flag}'' Sheboygan Booteaters! Dames is trouble! ''{spelling}'' T-R-U-double-E-Bubble! ''{the letters appear at the bottom of the screen as he says them}'' Hut one, hut two, and a hike!

''{Fort Wayne Locomotive hands a football to Sickly Sam and runs away, shouting gibberish. The football deflates in Sickly Sam's hands, and The Homestar Runner begins to walk away. Sickly Sam and The Homestar Runner are now in front of Bubs's cart, labeled "The Depot on Wheels!", with a handwritten sign reading "Fowlers 8bits/doz."}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You're almost ready, Sickly Sam. Last thing you need is a reaaaaaaaaaaal... ''{The Homestar Runner's body begins to spin and his legs twist, pushing him upward. The camera cuts to a wider view as he keeps going up and off the panel, and he then abruptly snaps back down to the ground.}'' ...bouquet.

'''OLD-TIMEY BUBS:''' Take a whiff.

''{He holds the bouquet in front of Sickly Sam. He takes a whiff, causing the flowers to combust into flames and set the rest of the flowers on fire. The entire film catches fire and burns away from the screen. The soundtrack cuts out abruptly, and after a couple of seconds of white screen, the scene cuts to Strong Bad laughing evilly as The Homestar Runner and Marzipan, tied up, slowly move along a conveyor belt toward a giant spinning sawblade. The scene then disappears and we see Sickly Sam, wearing a little hat with a flower on it, holding a box of 'Chockle,' standing on a wooden boardwalk, with a Coney-Island-style amusement park on a pier in the sunset in the background. Two very fake-looking birds 'fly' by, one from the left and one from the right, hanging from wires.}''

'''SICKLY SAM:''' I'm havin' a time.

''{Cut to another section of the boardwalk, with Strong Bad, Strong Man, and the Sneak.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' All right, boys! Remember the plan! Step One: give him the business!

''{Strong Man flexes his muscles and the Sneak's nose wiggles sneakily.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Step Two: cocktails in the parlor! We shan't get foiled again!

''{Strong Man exits stage left, jumping out of the side of the frame and into the frame with Sickly Sam. He crashes through the wooden boards, leaving a jagged hole, from which three board-mounted 'shark fins' roil and dance greedily, as if invisible wooden sharks were feeding on him.}''

'''SICKLY SAM:''' What a pleasant hole.

''{Cut to closeup of Sickly Sam, who looks into the hole.}''

'''SICKLY SAM:''' I can't say 'nough good things about this hole.

''{Camera moves to boardwalk railing, along which the Sneak is sneaking, with a [[Big Knife]] held in his twirly tail. He poises his tail to strike like a scorpion, but is attacked by four wire-hung seagulls which caw and screech as they 'attack' him. They carry him into the distant background and drop him into the water. Cut to Strong Bad, who jumps into the frame from stage right and threatens Sickly Sam with a revolver as he speaks.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Curses, you bone-legged boob! I'll pump you generously full of lead, shot at high velocity out of my pistola! So as to pierce the flesh! Or in your case, the burlap sack!

''{Sickly Sam reaches out an improbably long right arm, opens his mouth, and, seizing Strong Bad by the head, slowly swallows him feet first. Strong Bad flings his pistol into the water in surprise.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Rrrah! I can't believe I'm being eaten! What a tragedy! I was supposed to sell you to the glue factory and whatnot!

''{Strong Bad is mustache-deep in Sickly Sam's mouth by now}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' I can't believe I'm still being eaten! This is taking so much longer than I expected!

''{Cut to closeup of Sickly Sam}''

'''SICKLY SAM:''' ''{gulps}'' This is the finest meal I've ever had in my extremely lo-o-ong life!

''{Circle wipe from black screen to interior of Sickly Sam's torso. More dramatic organ music plays. There is a barrel, a shovel, a jug marked 'XXX,' and a Parcheesi board with a few tokens on it.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Curses! All they've got in here is Parcheesi! Can't a gentle-man at least get a game of, say, pole-dagger, or Polynesian Roulette? What manner of uncivilized ribcage is this, anyways?

''{Fade out on Strong Bad shaking his fist in frustration. Organ music plays. Fade in on a smiling Sickly Sam standing in front of a glue factory. His left arm hugs a skinny, bony swaybacked horse with two enormous buck teeth, scraggly hair and a few strands of hair where a tail should be, wearing Far-Side-style ladies' glasses and a nametag labeled "Dee".}''

'''SICKLY SAM:''' I've finally found the love of a lifetime.

''{A big, beating pink heart appears over Dee's head. She leans into Sickly Sam's tender embrace as we circle-wipe to black. Only the heart is left above the words 'The End.' The organ music plays a final tune as the heart falls onto the lettering. The controls 'back?' and 'again?' appear.}''

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia: Vaudeville|Vaudeville]] was a type of variety theater popular in the early 20th century, featuring comedians, musicians, and assorted other acts.
*A [[Wikipedia:Skid row|skid row]] is a run-down or dilapidated urban area with a large population of impoverished abusers of alcohol and often other drugs.
*The Fort Wayne Locomotive refers to Sickly Sam as "[[Wikipedia:Sickle-cell disease|Sickle Cell]]", a group of genetic disorders that cause the red blood cells to take on a sickle-shape.
*A [[Wikipedia:Dentifrice|dentifrice]] is a means of maintaining oral hygiene, such as toothpaste or mouthwash.
*[[Wikipedia:Asbestos|Asbestos]] is a mineral compound that was used to make things like roofing, fireproofing and gaskets. After discovering asbestos fibers can cause serious illnesses, they have been banned from many countries since the mid-1980s. In the early 20th century, theater curtains often had "ASBESTOS" written on them, to show they were fireproof.
* [[Wikipedia: Sheboygan, Wisconsin|Sheboygan]] is a city in the state of [[Wikipedia:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]. There is also a [[Wikipedia: Cheboygan, Michigan|Cheboygan]], [[Wikipedia: Michigan|Michigan]]. The city of Cheboygan is the county seat of Cheboygan County.
*Dressed to the five and three-quarters is a toned-down version of [[Wiktionary:dressed to the nines|dressed to the nines]]. The phrase refers to someone who is sharply dressed.
*Selling Sickly Sam to the glue factory refers to the practice of using animal connective tissue and bones to make [[Wikipedia:Animal glue|animal glue]]. The animal in question is usually a [[horse]].
*Early 20th century films would be partially colorized in some parts of certain scenes for emphasis. This colorization would have to be done after the film was already made.
*"[[Wikipedia:Two_bits|8 bits]]" is slang expression for "one dollar".
*To "[http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/cut+a+rug.html cut a rug]" is a slang expression meaning "to dance".
*"[[wiktionary:bee's knees|The bee's knees]]" is a slang expression used to denote something outstanding or excellent.
*[[wikipedia:Parcheesi|Parcheesi]] is a game played with two dice, and the goal is to move each of the pawns to the center space.

===Trivia===
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon since 2004's [[That A Ghost]].
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon to include a color.
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon to not include [[Fat Dudley]] in the storyline.
*This is the first cartoon in which [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]] says anything.
**This is the first time the Fort Wayne Locomotive is made an official Old-Timey character, having previously been a background character. It is also the first time his name is officially used in a cartoon. The only other time he had been referred to by that name was in the commentary for [[Ballad of the Sneak]].
*This cartoon reveals that [[The Sneak]] can indeed talk, or at least sing.

===Remarks===
*In the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]'s preview of the toon, the bouquets are completely black and white, whilst in the toon, they are partially pink.
*"Based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez" sounds similar to "based on the comedic stylings of [[Lil' Strong Bad]]" from [[theme song]] and [[stand up]].
*As The Homestar Runner gets the telegram it says "SUPER MODERN TELEGRAM," but as he reads it it says "HONEST TELEGRAM."
*The first color films appeared in the late 1920s, but experimental color films (which this resembles) with only part of the scene colorized or tinted, were done as early as the first decade of the 20th century.
*Fort Wayne Locomotive pulls the Sheboygan Booteaters flag out of [[hammerspace]].
*In the Honest Telegram, the word (STOP) is placed at the end of each line. This is syntactically incorrect, for (STOP) was used to indicate a period in telegrams (since punctuation marks cost extra), causing each line to be a sentence in itself. Also, the period in the last line makes the (STOP) redundant.
*The woodcutter scene has no conclusion and Homestar and Marzipan never appear again in the toon, meaning they could have died.
*This toon could have been made later in the timeline than the others, as evidenced by the use of colour as well as the more advanced locations and title cards.

===Goofs===
*When Old Timey Strong Bad jumps in on the boardwalk, Sickly Sam's hat and [[chocolate]] disappear.
*Old-Timey Strong Bad's outline is visible on Sickly Sam and on the boardwalk when he is being eaten.
**Plus, in the close-up of the being eaten, his shoe lines are visible through his other shoe.
*During the scene in the Saw Mill, a little part of Marzipan's eye vanishes on alternate frames.

===Inside References===
* This toon includes an instance of [[Kicking The Cheat|kicking The Sneak]].
* At one point, The Sneak holds a [[Big Knife]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad's pistol, last seen in [[Parsnips A-Plenty]], is another instance of [[guns]].
* "The Homestar Runner Progrum" is another instance of a [[progrum]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad is named at his introduction as a "thousandaire", a reference to [[suntan]].
* The toon is based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe [[A. Chimendez|Chimendez]].
* Sickly Sam does the same dance he did in [[Ballad of the Sneak]], the [[Wikipedia: Charleston (dance)| Charleston]].
* Sickly Sam is seen in a [[cardboard box]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad, The Sneak and the Strong Man hide in a garbage can with [[bike thief|cartoon eyeholes]].
* Sickly Sam eating Strong Bad is another instance of [[characters being eaten]].
* The flower cart is called a "Depot on Wheels" because Old-Timey Bubs was previously seen staffing the [[Parsnip Depot]] in Parsnips A-Plenty.
* Fort Wayne Locomotive gives advice about women and relationships, as does his modern counterpart, [[Coach Z]], in [[In Search of the Yello Dello]].
* The show being in "a color!" is an example of using the [[singular instead of plural]].

===Real-World References===
* "C'mon Jackson, cut yourself a slice of rug!" is a quote from the 1945 [[Looney Tunes]] cartoon [[Wikipedia:Hare Tonic|Hare Tonic]] with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.
*The note on the side of the Honest Telegram "X-11ish" a reference to [[wikipedia:X_Window_System|X-11 Window System]]. The telegram also contains an ambiguous [[wikipedia:Truth_table|Truth Table]].
*The sound and side-to-side movements of The Fort Wayne Locomotive are identical to those of the player in the handheld game [http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tiger/ElectronicFootball.htm Tiger Electronic Football].
* "And The Rest" at the end of the introduction of characters is a reference to the theme of the first season of [[wikipedia:Gilligan's Island|Gilligan's Island]].
*[[Wikipedia:Spic and Span|Spic and Span]] is a cleaning product marketed by [[Wikipedia:Procter & Gamble|Procter & Gamble]] from 1945 to 2001. The name was derived from a phrase meaning "extremely clean".
*The line "I've finally found the love of a lifetime" is taken from the 1991 song [[Wikipedia:Love_of_a_Lifetime|"Love of A Lifetime"]] by American rock band [[Wikipedia:Firehouse_(band)|FireHouse]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:bigouting.html|watch "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[HR:bigouting.swf|view the Flash file for "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[Forum:13557|forum thread re: Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]

[[Category:Holiday Toons]][[Category:Old-Timey]]

Sickly Sam's Big Outing

2015-01-09T23:46:32Z

Yogh: Added a remark and mentioned the Sneak singing.

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[[Image:Sickly Sam's Big Outing.PNG|thumb|Based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez]]
The Homestar Runner helps Sickly Sam get ready for a date. In ''a'' color!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Mr. Shmallow]], {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Old-Timey Marzipan}}, {{film|Sickly Sam}}, {{film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, [[Unnamed Characters|The Rest]], {{film|Strong Man}}, {{film|The Sneak}}, [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], {{film|Old-Timey Bubs}}, [[Dee]]

'''Places:''' "Skid Row", Someone's House, [[The Football Field]], [[Saw Mill]], The Boardwalk, Inside Sickly Sam, [[Glue Factory|The Glue Factory]]

'''Date:''' Monday, February 11, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 4:47

'''Page Title:''' Listen Up Short Children!!

==Transcript==
''{Open on a shot of an old-timey radio. As the announcer talks, cartoon lightning bolts fly out of the speakers.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Listen up, short children!

''{Cut to a title card for "Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum", with Mr. Shmallow dancing in the middle of the screen.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' It's the Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights Presents The Homestar Runner Progrum! In ''a'' color!

''{A speech bubble reading "A COLOR!" in pink appears, pointing to Mr. Shmallow. Iris wipe to a title shot of each character as the announcer introduces them.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Featuring The Homestar Runner!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' His best gal, Marzipan!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{cheers}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Diseased orphan, Sickly Sam!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{gasps}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Dapper thousandaire, Strong Bad!

'''AUDIENCE:''' ''{boos}''

''{The last title shot features a robot, an alien, and an eel-like creature.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' And the rest!

'''AUDIENCE:''' Huh?

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' Today's shenanigans: Sickly Sam's Big Outing!

''{Title card for the toon features Sickly Sam chasing three pink-colored hearts, with the text "Sickly Sam's Big Outing" and "Based on the Vaudeville Stylings of Wibe Chimendez". Open on The Homestar Runner and Marzipan walking down an empty street. The windows and doors of the houses they pass are broken and boarded up, and there are many cracks in the walls and the road.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid row.

''{They keep walking, and come upon a large box labelled "SOME HAMS".}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' This must be skid ro—

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wake up, Sickly Sam. Today's the first day of the day of your big outing.

''{Sickly Sam exits the box.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' Up and at 'em.

''{Sickly Sam coughs twice, making dust clouds with the words "AS-" and then "ASBESTOS".}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' You need some dentifrice!

''{Behind Homestar and Marzipan is a garbage can with eyeholes. Cartoony eyes stick out of these holes as Homestar says the next line.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' If you're s'pose go on a big outing, we need to find you up a hot date.

''{Zoom in on the can with foreboding music, then cut to inside the can, where Strong Bad, Strong Man and The Sneak are present.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' So, that dead kid needs a hot date, eh? The only date he has is with the glue factory! ''{musical sting}'' Which I will sell him to! ''{musical sting}'' For money! ''{musical sting}''

''{cut to a room with The Homestar Runner and Sickly Sam inside}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' First we gotta do something about that old 'tatoe sack.

''{The door is knocked}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uh oh, the doorbe—''{the scene quickly cuts to the same spot; however, The Homestar Runner's entire body is turned towards the door}'' There's a knock at the door.

''{The Homestar Runner opens the door. The Sneak is on the other side, holding up a telegram.}''

'''THE SNEAK:''' (singing) Whaaaaaaaaa telegraaam!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks, The Sneak. Boot!

''{The Homestar Runner boots The Sneak off into the distance}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This Honest Telegram says to meet your hot date down at the Boardwalk.

''{The telegram is displayed in The Homestar Runner's hands.}''

<blockquote>HONEST TELEGRAM
 
Dearest Dead Kid (stop)
Please meet for good times (stop)
at the Boardwalk. (stop)
 
-Hottessa Date
</blockquote>

'''SICKLY SAM:''' Am I gonna make romance?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{placing a bow tie on Sickly Sam}'' Now let's get you dressed to the five and three-quarterses.

'''SICKLY SAM:''' I do believe you've spic'd my span.

''{The bow tie turns into a vampire bat and flies away with a Dracula-esque "bleh". Sickly Sam is now in a room with Marzipan, and the "Do a Dance" music is playing.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' Come on, Jackson! Cut yourself a slice of rug! Let's turn those skeleton knees into bees' knees!

''{Sickly Sam starts doing the Charleston. After a short time his legs fall off, but he keeps dancing for a few seconds until his body falls to the ground. Sickly Sam is now on the football field with The Homestar Runner and Fort Wayne Locomotive.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Say there, Fort Wayne Locomotive, how's about a pep talk? Double-S here's about to go on his first date with a member of the opposite per-suasion.

'''FORT WAYNE LOCOMOTIVE:''' Well, I tell ya, Sickle Cell, when it comes to the ladies, you gotta turn and run the other way, like you're facin' the defense of the ''{holding flag}'' Sheboygan Booteaters! Dames is trouble! ''{spelling}'' T-R-U-double-E-Bubble! ''{the letters appear at the bottom of the screen as he says them}'' Hut one, hut two, and a hike!

''{Fort Wayne Locomotive hands a football to Sickly Sam and runs away, shouting gibberish. The football deflates in Sickly Sam's hands, and The Homestar Runner begins to walk away. Sickly Sam and The Homestar Runner are now in front of Bubs's cart, labeled "The Depot on Wheels!", with a handwritten sign reading "Fowlers 8bits/doz."}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You're almost ready, Sickly Sam. Last thing you need is a reaaaaaaaaaaal... ''{The Homestar Runner's body begins to spin and his legs twist, pushing him upward. The camera cuts to a wider view as he keeps going up and off the panel, and he then abruptly snaps back down to the ground.}'' ...bouquet.

'''OLD-TIMEY BUBS:''' Take a whiff.

''{He holds the bouquet in front of Sickly Sam. He takes a whiff, causing the flowers to combust into flames and set the rest of the flowers on fire. The entire film catches fire and burns away from the screen. The soundtrack cuts out abruptly, and after a couple of seconds of white screen, the scene cuts to Strong Bad laughing evilly as The Homestar Runner and Marzipan, tied up, slowly move along a conveyor belt toward a giant spinning sawblade. The scene then disappears and we see Sickly Sam, wearing a little hat with a flower on it, holding a box of 'Chockle,' standing on a wooden boardwalk, with a Coney-Island-style amusement park on a pier in the sunset in the background. Two very fake-looking birds 'fly' by, one from the left and one from the right, hanging from wires.}''

'''SICKLY SAM:''' I'm havin' a time.

''{Cut to another section of the boardwalk, with Strong Bad, Strong Man, and the Sneak.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' All right, boys! Remember the plan! Step One: give him the business!

''{Strong Man flexes his muscles and the Sneak's nose wiggles sneakily.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Step Two: cocktails in the parlor! We shan't get foiled again!

''{Strong Man exits stage left, jumping out of the side of the frame and into the frame with Sickly Sam. He crashes through the wooden boards, leaving a jagged hole, from which three board-mounted 'shark fins' roil and dance greedily, as if invisible wooden sharks were feeding on him.}''

'''SICKLY SAM:''' What a pleasant hole.

''{Cut to closeup of Sickly Sam, who looks into the hole.}''

'''SICKLY SAM:''' I can't say 'nough good things about this hole.

''{Camera moves to boardwalk railing, along which the Sneak is sneaking, with a [[Big Knife]] held in his twirly tail. He poises his tail to strike like a scorpion, but is attacked by four wire-hung seagulls which caw and screech as they 'attack' him. They carry him into the distant background and drop him into the water. Cut to Strong Bad, who jumps into the frame from stage right and threatens Sickly Sam with a revolver as he speaks.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Curses, you bone-legged boob! I'll pump you generously full of lead, shot at high velocity out of my pistola! So as to pierce the flesh! Or in your case, the burlap sack!

''{Sickly Sam reaches out an improbably long right arm, opens his mouth, and, seizing Strong Bad by the head, slowly swallows him feet first. Strong Bad flings his pistol into the water in surprise.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Rrrah! I can't believe I'm being eaten! What a tragedy! I was supposed to sell you to the glue factory and whatnot!

''{Strong Bad is mustache-deep in Sickly Sam's mouth by now}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' I can't believe I'm still being eaten! This is taking so much longer than I expected!

''{Cut to closeup of Sickly Sam}''

'''SICKLY SAM:''' ''{gulps}'' This is the finest meal I've ever had in my extremely lo-o-ong life!

''{Circle wipe from black screen to interior of Sickly Sam's torso. More dramatic organ music plays. There is a barrel, a shovel, a jug marked 'XXX,' and a Parcheesi board with a few tokens on it.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Curses! All they've got in here is Parcheesi! Can't a gentle-man at least get a game of, say, pole-dagger, or Polynesian Roulette? What manner of uncivilized ribcage is this, anyways?

''{Fade out on Strong Bad shaking his fist in frustration. Organ music plays. Fade in on a smiling Sickly Sam standing in front of a glue factory. His left arm hugs a skinny, bony swaybacked horse with two enormous buck teeth, scraggly hair and a few strands of hair where a tail should be, wearing Far-Side-style ladies' glasses and a nametag labeled "Dee".}''

'''SICKLY SAM:''' I've finally found the love of a lifetime.

''{A big, beating pink heart appears over Dee's head. She leans into Sickly Sam's tender embrace as we circle-wipe to black. Only the heart is left above the words 'The End.' The organ music plays a final tune as the heart falls onto the lettering. The controls 'back?' and 'again?' appear.}''

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia: Vaudeville|Vaudeville]] was a type of variety theater popular in the early 20th century, featuring comedians, musicians, and assorted other acts.
*A [[Wikipedia:Skid row|skid row]] is a run-down or dilapidated urban area with a large population of impoverished abusers of alcohol and often other drugs.
*The Fort Wayne Locomotive refers to Sickly Sam as "[[Wikipedia:Sickle-cell disease|Sickle Cell]]", a group of genetic disorders that cause the red blood cells to take on a sickle-shape.
*A [[Wikipedia:Dentifrice|dentifrice]] is a means of maintaining oral hygiene, such as toothpaste or mouthwash.
*[[Wikipedia:Asbestos|Asbestos]] is a mineral compound that was used to make things like roofing, fireproofing and gaskets. After discovering asbestos fibers can cause serious illnesses, they have been banned from many countries since the mid-1980s. In the early 20th century, theater curtains often had "ASBESTOS" written on them, to show they were fireproof.
* [[Wikipedia: Sheboygan, Wisconsin|Sheboygan]] is a city in the state of [[Wikipedia:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]. There is also a [[Wikipedia: Cheboygan, Michigan|Cheboygan]], [[Wikipedia: Michigan|Michigan]]. The city of Cheboygan is the county seat of Cheboygan County.
*Dressed to the five and three-quarters is a toned-down version of [[Wiktionary:dressed to the nines|dressed to the nines]]. The phrase refers to someone who is sharply dressed.
*Selling Sickly Sam to the glue factory refers to the practice of using animal connective tissue and bones to make [[Wikipedia:Animal glue|animal glue]]. The animal in question is usually a [[horse]].
*Early 20th century films would be partially colorized in some parts of certain scenes for emphasis. This colorization would have to be done after the film was already made.
*"[[Wikipedia:Two_bits|8 bits]]" is slang expression for "one dollar".
*To "[http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/cut+a+rug.html cut a rug]" is a slang expression meaning "to dance".
*"[[wiktionary:bee's knees|The bee's knees]]" is a slang expression used to denote something outstanding or excellent.
*[[wikipedia:Parcheesi|Parcheesi]] is a game played with two dice, and the goal is to move each of the pawns to the center space.

===Trivia===
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon since 2004's [[That A Ghost]].
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon to include a color.
*This is the first full Old-Timey cartoon to not include [[Fat Dudley]] in the storyline.
*This is the first cartoon in which [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]] says anything.
**This is the first time the Fort Wayne Locomotive is made an official Old-Timey character, having previously been a background character. It is also the first time his name is officially used in a cartoon. The only other time he had been referred to by that name was in the commentary for [[Ballad of the Sneak]].
*This cartoon reveals that [[The Sneak]] can indeed talk, or at least sing.

===Remarks===
*In the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]'s preview of the toon, the bouquets are completely black and white, whilst in the toon, they are partially pink.
*"Based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe Chimendez" sounds similar to "based on the comedic stylings of [[Lil' Strong Bad]]" from [[theme song]] and [[stand up]].
*As The Homestar Runner gets the telegram it says "SUPER MODERN TELEGRAM," but as he reads it it says "HONEST TELEGRAM."
*The first color films appeared in the late 1920s, but experimental color films (which this resembles) with only part of the scene colorized or tinted, were done as early as the first decade of the 20th century.
*Fort Wayne Locomotive pulls the Sheboygan Booteaters flag out of [[hammerspace]].
*In the Honest Telegram, the word (STOP) is placed at the end of each line. This is syntactically incorrect, for (STOP) was used to indicate a period in telegrams (since punctuation marks cost extra), causing each line to be a sentence in itself. Also, the period in the last line makes the (STOP) redundant.
*The woodcutter scene has no conclusion and Homestar and Marzipan never appear again in the toon, meaning they could have died.

===Goofs===
*When Old Timey Strong Bad jumps in on the boardwalk, Sickly Sam's hat and [[chocolate]] disappear.
*Old-Timey Strong Bad's outline is visible on Sickly Sam and on the boardwalk when he is being eaten.
**Plus, in the close-up of the being eaten, his shoe lines are visible through his other shoe.
*During the scene in the Saw Mill, a little part of Marzipan's eye vanishes on alternate frames.

===Inside References===
* This toon includes an instance of [[Kicking The Cheat|kicking The Sneak]].
* At one point, The Sneak holds a [[Big Knife]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad's pistol, last seen in [[Parsnips A-Plenty]], is another instance of [[guns]].
* "The Homestar Runner Progrum" is another instance of a [[progrum]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad is named at his introduction as a "thousandaire", a reference to [[suntan]].
* The toon is based on the vaudeville stylings of Wibe [[A. Chimendez|Chimendez]].
* Sickly Sam does the same dance he did in [[Ballad of the Sneak]], the [[Wikipedia: Charleston (dance)| Charleston]].
* Sickly Sam is seen in a [[cardboard box]].
* Old-Timey Strong Bad, The Sneak and the Strong Man hide in a garbage can with [[bike thief|cartoon eyeholes]].
* Sickly Sam eating Strong Bad is another instance of [[characters being eaten]].
* The flower cart is called a "Depot on Wheels" because Old-Timey Bubs was previously seen staffing the [[Parsnip Depot]] in Parsnips A-Plenty.
* Fort Wayne Locomotive gives advice about women and relationships, as does his modern counterpart, [[Coach Z]], in [[In Search of the Yello Dello]].
* The show being in "a color!" is an example of using the [[singular instead of plural]].

===Real-World References===
* "C'mon Jackson, cut yourself a slice of rug!" is a quote from the 1945 [[Looney Tunes]] cartoon [[Wikipedia:Hare Tonic|Hare Tonic]] with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.
*The note on the side of the Honest Telegram "X-11ish" a reference to [[wikipedia:X_Window_System|X-11 Window System]]. The telegram also contains an ambiguous [[wikipedia:Truth_table|Truth Table]].
*The sound and side-to-side movements of The Fort Wayne Locomotive are identical to those of the player in the handheld game [http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tiger/ElectronicFootball.htm Tiger Electronic Football].
* "And The Rest" at the end of the introduction of characters is a reference to the theme of the first season of [[wikipedia:Gilligan's Island|Gilligan's Island]].
*[[Wikipedia:Spic and Span|Spic and Span]] is a cleaning product marketed by [[Wikipedia:Procter & Gamble|Procter & Gamble]] from 1945 to 2001. The name was derived from a phrase meaning "extremely clean".
*The line "I've finally found the love of a lifetime" is taken from the 1991 song [[Wikipedia:Love_of_a_Lifetime|"Love of A Lifetime"]] by American rock band [[Wikipedia:Firehouse_(band)|FireHouse]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:bigouting.html|watch "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[HR:bigouting.swf|view the Flash file for "Sickly Sam's Big Outing"]]
*[[Forum:13557|forum thread re: Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]

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