pizzaz
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Summary
Ryan N. asks Strong Bad what the secret to his "pizzaz" is. Strong Bad does a journalism interview with himself on his Strong Bad-Type Interview Progrum (sic) to find out.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Strong Bad, The Cheat
Transcript
STRONG BAD: {types "strongbad" while singing} Here comes The Strong Baaaaad... {types "_email.exe"} Oh, here comes The Strong Baaaaad! {brings up the email and reads it}
Hey Strong Bad, I'd like to know...what is the secret to your pizzaz? Why are you so cool? peace out dawg foo gangsta yo Ryan N.
Umm... {typing} Did you just call me a dog food gangsta? What is that supposed to mean? {in an Olde English typeface} Ought I to be offended?
{clear screen} Anyways... {typing} The secret to my pizzaz/why am I so cool? Good questions Ryguy, let's ask me!!
{music starts and a newspaper background appears}
ANNOUNCER: Tonight, on Strong Bad-Type Interview Progrum: {the Strong Bad-Type Interview Progrum logo appears} Strong Bad aims the barrel of his sawed-off journalism shotgun at his toughest interviewee yet... {a crosshair appears and moves around the screen revealing the scene underneath it before centering on Strong Bad's head and flashing "LOCKED ON!!"} ...HIMSLEF! {echoes ridiculously} I mean... himself.
{Scene changes to Strong Bad's interview stage with the lights dimmed; Strong Bad is talking to someone off-screen with his microphone turned off. The lights fade up and Strong Bad turns towards the camera}
STRONG BAD: Good evening, mostly-people, and welcome to another night of hard-hitting, buffalo-style journalism! As we say every show, let's...
AUDIENCE: Get to tha point! {the text "GET TO THA POINT" flashes on-screen in colorful graffiti-style writing}
STRONG BAD: Welcome, Strong Bad.
{The camera switches to the rear of Strong Bad to reveal another Strong Bad, this one dressed in a sailor's cap with a corncob pipe. Referred to as "CAPTAIN SB" for the purposes of not confusing people, aside from the hat and pipe he's a carbon copy of Strong Bad}
CAPTAIN SB: Thank you, Strong Bad.
{the camera shifts back and forth between them as they talk}
STRONG BAD: So... you're dressed like a ship's captain. Whuh... um... why are you dressed like a ship's captain?
CAPTAIN SB: I thought that I heard it was... {looks around} ...the latest style.
STRONG BAD: Absolutely not the case. So... you're still dressed like a ship's captain. Why is that?
CAPTAIN SB: Look, I'm telling you, I either saw or read or {mumbles quickly} heard it from The Cheat {speaking normally} that it's the latest style!
STRONG BAD: So you say. This "The Cheat" you mentioned... is he also dressed like a ship's captain?
CAPTAIN SB: Oh, no way. The Cheat's too cool for that.
STRONG BAD: But you don't seem to have that problem.
CAPTAIN SB: What... no, wait, you turned it all around on me! I'm cool! I have pizzaz!
STRONG BAD: Uh-huh. And a corncob pipe.
CAPTAIN SB: Oh, that's it! This interview is OVERRRR! {sticks his face in the screen as the picture fuzzes out}
{cue an old-cartoon-style picture of The Cheat next to a pulled power plug with the text "Hang In There" and "Technical Difficulties"}
{after a little while, newspaper background and music returns with a picture of Captain SB's angry outburst}
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} So after many fives of dollars and saying "Come oooonnnnnn!" a lot, I got Strong Bad to agree to a second interview, this time at his buffalo-style ranch in Strong Badia.
{switch to image of Strong Badia with Strong Bad and Captain SB behind the fence, which zooms to fill the screen and then zooms in on the two Strong Bads}
STRONG BAD: So, Strong Bad, the peoples want to know... what's the secret to your pizzaz?
CAPTAIN SB: Well, for starters, you've gotta have the three G's. Gumption, uh... Gum, like, chew gum, and, uh... Gar........gle. Minty gargle.
STRONG BAD: Minty... gargle. {Captain SB nods} Is that really all you got?
{camera switches to behind the fence, showing that it's far too tall for Strong Bad's head to come above it normally, and that they are both actually hanging from the fence by their arms}
CAPTAIN SB: Yeah... yeah, pretty much.
THE CHEAT: {makes "la-de-da-de-da" Cheat noises as he comes on-screen and the camera moves back to the front of the fence}
BOTH STRONG BADS: Hey, The Cheat!
THE CHEAT: {looks at one, then the other, then the other, faster and faster until finally his head explodes}
{scene shifts back to the computer}
STRONG BAD: {typing} So, I never really got a straight answer outta me, RyGuy. But if you wanna be cool and have pizzas like me, it looks like the secret has a lot to do with fresh breath apparently. Okay, before I go, I'd like to give a shout out to all my Dogfood Gangstas. Canned or Dry, We Neva Die. {speaking} Colors. {typing} Here goes The Strong Baaaaad. {gets up from the stool and continues off-screen} Oh, here goes The Strong Baaaaad!
{The Paper comes down}
Easter Eggs
At the end of the email:
- Click on "secret" to see a sneak peek of Strong Bad's next show. "Next week on Strong Bad-Type Interview Progrum... Watch as Strong Bad levels the business end of his 12-gauge journalism bazooka squarely at: BISCUIT-DOUGH HANDS MAN!"
- Click on "Dogfood Ganstas" to see a graffiti-style image of Strong Bad as a Dogfood Gangsta.
- Click on "The Strong Baaaaad" to get a preview of Strong Bad's old-western-style video "The Strong Bad" (In Colors!), written by A. Chimendez.
Fun Facts
- The background at the Buffalo-Style Ranch is from the Cheat Commandos...O's commercial.
- A. Chimendez is the one who wrote "Time to break...fast!" from the Cheat Commandos...O's commercial.
- The words that scroll across the screen in the intro for the talk show read "MICROPHONE", "TALKING 2", "PEOPLE", "A GLOBE", and "A PLANT".
- The phrase "Neva Die" was said by Homestar Runner in Email 101 (car).
- The background in the beginning of The Strong Bad-Type Interview Progrum is the same as the backround in the beginning of Senor Mortgage.
- "Biscuit Dough Hands Man" is the initial suspect for Strong Bad's crimes in Strong Bad Is In Jail Cartoon, created by Bubs drawing the KOT's description of the crook.
- The Cheat's head exploding is a reference to The House that Gave Sucky Treats and SBE (couch patch).
