Labor Dabor
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- This article is about the short. For the Strong Bad Email, see labor day.
The Homestarmy makes sure that nobody works on Labor Day.
Cast (in order of appearance): Puppet The Cheat, Puppet Homestar Runner, Puppet Frank Bennedetto
Date: September 6, 2004
Running Time: 1:25
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Transcript
{Ten chickens are assembled like bowling pins. A bowling ball strikes all of them with an explosion sound and "Hit 'em!" appears on screen. Shows that it is actually The Cheat making a movie. The screen in front of The Cheat shows a farmer saying "stee-rike" in a speech bubble.}
FARMER: "Stee-rike."
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {runs in}. All right, yellow man! {hits The Cheat with wooden spoon} What's the big idea workin' on Labors Day?
THE CHEAT: {says something}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Third-style Private Bennedetto and I are out making sure nobody or their brother does any type of work at all today!
THE CHEAT: {says something}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Stand down, citizen. You wanna have to give me five bucks?
THE CHEAT: {says something in inquisitive voice}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Todaybor Day is a Labor Day! Say it with me now, on three! On-ce, twice, three!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {with The Cheat saying it with him} {banner appears reading Todaybor Day is Labor Day!} Todaybor Day is a Labor—
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {Bennedetto starts popping some popcorn, surprising Homestar and The Cheat} Woh! Wah! Bennedetto! Did you get ahold of some bad corn-style rations? Keep that mess down, soldier! Keep it down! Crap! Crap! No! The Cheat, run for your life!
{"Happy Labor Day!!" appears on a blue screen with some popcorn. Cut back to Homestar, The Cheat, and Bennedetto}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {Eating some popcorn} Hey, this stuff's pretty good! Nice upchuck, Bennedetto!
{"Ended." appears on red background with some popcorn}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {singing, voiceover} Todaybor Day is Labor Daybor! Todaybor Day is Labor Daybor! Todaybor Day is Labor Daybor! Todaybor Day is a Labor Daybor! Todaybor Day! Labor Day! Daybor Day! Labor Day! Come on everybody it's Labor Day! Come on everybody it's a Daybor Day!
Easter Eggs
- Click on different popcorn at the end to see some bowling animations by The Cheat. (You can't click on them until Homestar is done with his little tune.) There are five in all.
Strike
{Ten bowling pin chickens are assembled outside a barn. A giant blue bowling ball rolls in from the right and knocks them all down. As the bowling ball collides with the chickens, the words "Hit 'em!" appear on the screen. A farmer appears from the bottom of the screen. A chicken lands on his head, and he turns around.}
FARMER: Stee-rike.
Split
{A single bowling pin stands on a white table. A guillotine blade comes down from the top and splits it in half. The halves fall onto the table, revealing disgusting-looking bowling pin innards. The halves spurt blood into the center of the screen, forming the word "SPLiT".}
Spare
{The bowling pins are set up in a prehistoric setting. A giant The Cheat-like monster appears on the left. The Cheat monster roars, then fires eye-lasers at the bowling pins, causing half of them to go away. The Cheat monster fires its eye-lasers again, and the rest of the bowling pins disappear. The Cheat monster roars again, and the symbol for a spare in bowling comes out of his mouth and centers on the screen with the word "SPARE!" underneath.}
Double Gutter
{Two heads spit out bowling balls into their respective gutter. The end of the bowling lane turns into a mouth and chomps up the bowling balls, then emits a flashing "DOUBLe gUTTeR" sign.}
It's Still Your Turn!
{A bowling pin stands impatiently at the end of the lane. It checks its watch, then frowns at the camera and starts "talking":}
BOWLING PIN: {words on screen only} IT'S STILL YOUR TURN!!!
{The screen changes to a cell phone with the words "YOR ANNOY ING FREND" on its display, and flashing red words say "turn off the cell phone & bowl".}
Fun Facts
Trivia
- This toon was called Labor Day when it originally premiered.
- They most likely changed the name because of labor day.
- Homestar's wooden spoon is drawn in; it would be hard to make it float in midair in front of Homestar for real.
- The sign that says "Todaybor day is labor day" is also drawn in.
Remarks
- Frank Bennedetto, presumed dead (army), is now revealed to be alive.
- It appears that The Cheat is making toons for use on bowling automatic scorers. Some scorers play such animations when someone gets a strike, spare, split, etc.
Real World References
- The Macromedia Flash interface is shown here when The Cheat is working on his animation.
