Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003

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On August 1, 2003, The Brothers Chaps appeared on G4TechTV on the (now cancelled) television program "Pulse".

Transcript

{The opening clip from First Time Here? beings to play}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Oh, hello! I'm Homestar Runner... {whispers} Line?

OFF-CAMERA: {whispers} Welcome.

{The camera cuts to Matt Chapman from inside his home}

MATT CHAPMAN: {Voice of Strong Bad} It's about time you guys, you know, came to the house, here, uh, to put me on TV. Uh, I don't know what's been keeping you this long, uh, my, my luscious abs have been here waiting for you, and the ladies..."

{The shot is cut, cued foward, and Matt is now speaking in his normal voice}

MATT CHAPMAN: ...It evolved out of...when Mike got his first computer...and he didn't know Windows very well and I was like a year or two ahead of him. And...so I went through one time visiting him at college and changed all his system sounds. And so I used a little system microphone to make this voice. And it was supposed to sound like this little Japanese girl and so like his mail, like when he got mail, I'd go like {Imitates voice used} It's best mail for you!

{The shot is cut again and is now zoomed out}

...January of 2000 is when we put the website up. And...have like a couple cartoons and a couple games. {pause} We were basically just doing it as a hobby--Just to like learn flash and show our friends and...weren't really set to out, you know, to be an internet whatever. You know, cartoon or phenomenon or whatever. {cut}

If you came over here and hung out with me and Mike while we're "working" for a couple days you'd just be like, "What are..what do you guys do?", "How do you...you're making money at this?", "What are you doing?" ...So, it's...pretty awesome. {Matt smiles before the camera stops}

{Cut to Mike Chapman sitting at a computer. Mike initially faces the screen where Stinkoman and Old Timey Homestar are used in a flash animation program}

MIKE: ...So, this is Stinkoman...and he's just been shot in the eye with a pea shooter {brief laugh} by Old Timey Homestar. And so this is just a movie clip...two frames...one like that and one like that. {He clicks and Stinkoman's feet move up and down repeatedly.}

MATT: {Interrupting} Very old school.

{Matt looks off-camera and directs his voice accordingly}

MIKE: ...Showing...Yeah, where it's only two frames. {laugh}

{Cut to Mike facing the camera}

...And then there's Homestar who's supposed to be the good athlete we could just...I guess maybe, I don't know since he's just Homestar Runner and "Runner" is in his name. So it's like why does this guy need arms for? {mumbles} He just...runs. It's in his name. You know what he does.

{Quick camera cut to a later in the interview when asked who is his favorite character}

My favorite character...there's a whole series...the whole series...all the characters also...exist in the 1936...era. They're black and white and the characters look sortof like how Mickey Mouse looked--different back then. So they look sortof "skewed" from the way they look now...and so the Old Timey Homestar is probably my favorite character.

{Cut back to Matt returning to use his Strong Bad voice}

MATT: {Strong Bad voice} ...You told me there would be ladies here, when you came to my house, and there's no ladies, so if you could send a truckload of ladies my way, that would be much appreciated.

{Cut to a slightly darker camera shot of Missy Palmer}

MELISSA: I'm the voice of Marzipan... {she looks off-camera} And, occasionally I get to give a little bit of creative contribution.