Mark Lemke
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Lemke is a word that appears in the Homestar Runner universe now and again.
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Origin
Taken from an interview with The Brothers Chaps
...there was an old local grocery store commercial, and we live in Atlanta, and it advertised the Atlanta Braves. It was like, “the Atlanta Braves hit home runs, and you can hit a home run with savings here!” And so there was this player named Mark Lemke, and they said something like “All star second baseman for the Braves.” And our friend knows nothing about sports, and so he would always do his old timey radio impression of this guy, and not knowing any positions in baseball or whatever, he’d just be like, “Homestar Runner for the Braves.” And we were just like, “Homestar Runner? That’s the best thing we’ve ever heard!"
Mark Lemke was the regular second baseman for the Atlanta Braves from 1990 through 1997 and no longer plays in the majors. According to MLB's website, he was never an All-Star. Mark Lemke was known as the Braves' "Mr. October" after stellar post-season performances [1].
Appearances
- On the wall of The Bar hangs a pennant reading "LEMKE!" It is visible in:
- Theme Song Video, in a brief shot of Homestar Runner and Pom Pom clinking Cold Ones.
- Homestar and Pom Pom's scene in Summer Short Shorts.
- Ever and More!, throughout.
- Main Page 14 — Roll over "Store" to get the shower all fogged up and the word "LEMKE" will appear.
- Everybody to the Limit — When the words "come on" flash on the Visor Robot, just before Strong Bad pops out, "come on" changes to "lemke".
- Email stunt double — The newspaper has a picture of Mark Lemke.
- This newspaper reappeared in dangeresque 3.