Editing All Things Considered Interview - 8 May 2005
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{second excerpt from Strong Bad character video}'' "Like I said, I'm Strong Bad. I've been described as cool, awesome, hot, video games, the hottest, and real real hot." | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{second excerpt from Strong Bad character video}'' "Like I said, I'm Strong Bad. I've been described as cool, awesome, hot, video games, the hottest, and real real hot." | ||
- | '''JOHN YDSTIE:''' He may be cool, but it becomes obvious right away that Strong Bad is not as tough as he thinks, especially when you get a good look at him. He does have a scary Mexican wrestler's mask and glowing green eyes. He wears boxing gloves all the time, but his round shirtless torso and his skinny arms and legs are anything but threatening. Strong Bad and a collection of dorky but somehow endearing characters live in the simple one-dimensional Flash animation landscapes of Freedom | + | '''JOHN YDSTIE:''' He may be cool, but it becomes obvious right away that Strong Bad is not as tough as he thinks, especially when you get a good look at him. He does have a scary Mexican wrestler's mask and glowing green eyes. He wears boxing gloves all the time, but his round shirtless torso and his skinny arms and legs are anything but threatening. Strong Bad and a collection of dorky but somehow endearing characters live in the simple one-dimensional Flash animation landscapes of Freedom Country U.S.A. |
There's Homestar Runner, the slightly dim high school jock. | There's Homestar Runner, the slightly dim high school jock. | ||
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'''JOHN:''' This quirky cartoon universe, visited by a million people each month, is created by the brothers Mike and Matt Chapman in the family basement. | '''JOHN:''' This quirky cartoon universe, visited by a million people each month, is created by the brothers Mike and Matt Chapman in the family basement. | ||
- | ''' | + | '''MATT CHAPMAN:''' Originally, um, we sort of wanted to create the feel of, uh, Saturday mornings in the, uh, 70s and 80s when we grew up, waking up early with a bowl of cereal, sitting in front of the TV watching cartoons, which I don't feel like really exists anymore. |
'''JOHN:''' The web site is HomestarRunner.com and, uh, it's got a lot of characters, uh, but, uh, the one who seems to have taken over is Strong Bad. | '''JOHN:''' The web site is HomestarRunner.com and, uh, it's got a lot of characters, uh, but, uh, the one who seems to have taken over is Strong Bad. | ||
- | '''MATT | + | '''MATT:''' Strong Bad started out as, uh, just the antagonist and he was kind of, uh, two-dimensional in more sense than he's just a drawing, and you know everybody likes the bad guy more, usually, anyway and so, uh, then eventually we decided to give him his own little feature. It's called Strong Bad Email where he would -- we would -- ask people to send Strong Bad an email and he would pick a real email from a fan, uh, and then answer it. |
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{excerpt from [[rock opera]]}'' "Dear Strong Bad, I think it's high time you composed a rock opera. You simply owe it to society. What should it be about? That's up to you. Best Wishes, Anonymous Contributor. Oh, poor guy. ''{typing sound}'' Hey! Mr. and Mrs. Contributor, way to name your kid!" ''{fade into background}'' | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{excerpt from [[rock opera]]}'' "Dear Strong Bad, I think it's high time you composed a rock opera. You simply owe it to society. What should it be about? That's up to you. Best Wishes, Anonymous Contributor. Oh, poor guy. ''{typing sound}'' Hey! Mr. and Mrs. Contributor, way to name your kid!" ''{fade into background}'' | ||
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'''MATT:''' Yeah, even high school kids would seem like ''{Mike cuts in}'' I know you're making this for-- | '''MATT:''' Yeah, even high school kids would seem like ''{Mike cuts in}'' I know you're making this for-- | ||
- | '''MIKE:''' Yeah, they'd be like "I'm sixteen years old and ''I'' think this is funny" ''{ | + | '''MIKE:''' Yeah, they'd be like "I'm sixteen years old and ''I'' think this is funny" ''{Mike laughs.}'' |
'''MATT:''' And then college kids just started getting it after that; I don't know if the people-- the white collar crowd started telling their younger brothers that were still in college and younger sisters, uh, but then it seemed like college kids became our big focus and now, I mean, uh, it seems like more and more we hear from younger and younger kids. | '''MATT:''' And then college kids just started getting it after that; I don't know if the people-- the white collar crowd started telling their younger brothers that were still in college and younger sisters, uh, but then it seemed like college kids became our big focus and now, I mean, uh, it seems like more and more we hear from younger and younger kids. | ||
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'''JOHN:''' Younger kids like 13-year-old Brian Carroll from Silver Spring, Maryland. | '''JOHN:''' Younger kids like 13-year-old Brian Carroll from Silver Spring, Maryland. | ||
- | '''BRIAN:''' These characters are so zany and it's so funny and it, it's just random a lot of the funniness is, I mean the hilarity, | + | '''BRIAN:''' These characters are so zany and it's so funny and it, it's just random a lot of the funniness is, I mean the hilarity, humor... |
'''JOHN:''' Brian's little brother Danny, who's nine, and his classmate Dana Cook are also fans. In one of Dana's favorite episodes, Strong Bad demonstrates how to draw a dragon. | '''JOHN:''' Brian's little brother Danny, who's nine, and his classmate Dana Cook are also fans. In one of Dana's favorite episodes, Strong Bad demonstrates how to draw a dragon. |