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Strong Bad Email #44
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"Come on and get in the boat, fish fish!"

Strong Bad gets asked about the lures and jigs he uses when fishing.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Coach Z

Places: Computer Room, The Pond

Computer: Compy 386

Date: Monday, September 30, 2002

Running Time: 1:45

Page Title: COMPY 386

DVD: strongbad_email.exe Disc One

Contents

Transcript

STRONG BAD: {singing} I check e-mail from the front to the back, I said check e-mail from the front to the back I said check...

{reading}

Dear Strong Bad, {Strong Bad repeats this line three times with different emphases, stopping halfway through the third time saying "Hmm, I'll go with that one."}

{Strong Bad says lure as "lyooer", and "fishs" as "fishes...ss..."}

{fade out and fade back in to "Fish Show With Strong Bad and Coach Z". Strong Bad and Coach Z are in a boat on a lake. Coach Z has a pole, Strong Bad does not. Coach Z is wearing a fisherman cap, Strong Bad has a farmer's tan.}

COACH Z: {turns his head backwards} Say, Strong Bad, what type'a lure are you usin' dere?

STRONG BAD: Well, this morning, Coach, I've been mostly using this one: {shouting into the water} Hey fish! Hey fiish! I'm gonna, I'm gonna recommend that you guys come up here in the boat. We've got a, uh, a keg! {Coach Z shrugs} Of worms! And, uh...phytoplankton! ... Come on! Anybody who's everybody is up in here!

COACH Z: I don't think that's gonna work with a stocked pond. You got any type of jig you could try on there?

STRONG BAD: Oh, yeah! I got this jig! (starts singing and doing a little hip-swiveling dance) Come on and get in the boat, fish! Come on and get in the boat, fish fish! Come on and get in the boat, fish! {three fish jump into the boat} Get in the boat!

COACH Z: Oh! They got in the boat! ... Fish fish!

{Cut back to Compy}

STRONG BAD: {typing} Actually, David, it may surprise you to hear this but, uh... I don't know anything about fishing, man. You're welcome to try the jig thing if you want. Though it might work better with the ladies. {stops typing} You know, like, {singing} come on and come to my house, ladies! Come on and come to my house, girls girls! {stops singing, resumes typing} Actually, {chuckles shyly} I don't really know anything about the ladies either. I mean I do! I mean—WHGT! JGTH! YES I'M AWESOME!

{Strong Bad runs out of the room. The Paper comes down.}

Easter Eggs

"This is the pinnacle of graphics."
{The screen of the Compy displays the title screen for "Fishing Challenge '91"}
STRONG BAD: {offscreen} Whoa, look at that title screen! Man, the 386 never ceases to amaze me!
{After you press the spacebar, the screen shows the instructions on how to play}
STRONG BAD: {offscreen} No way! This is the pinnacle of graphics. They're never gonna get any better than this. I bet the sound's just as good, too!

Fun Facts

Explanations

  • Phytoplankton are small plant-like organisms that live in water, and are closely related to algae.

Trivia

  • The "Fishing Challenge '91" Easter Egg did not exist when the email originally came out. It was added months later. Until then, it was the only email on the Compy without an Easter egg.

Remarks

  • This is the first Strong Bad Email that immediately cuts to another scene, instead of Strong Bad responding first.
  • This is also the first time Strong Bad has ever openly admitted to knowing nothing about the ladies.
  • Coach Z's eyes are a little brighter than their regular black.
  • Strong Bad has a tan line while in the boat. This suggests at some time, he was wearing a shirt.
  • Coach Z is a darker shade of green.
  • The "loon" sound effect is taken from the Jim Jarmusch episode of Fishing with John (see DVD commentary below). It can be heard immediately before Jarmusch asks "Why am I here?"
  • There is a motor on the boat when Coach Z and Strong Bad are in it, but in the Easter Egg, there is no motor in the game.
  • Coach Z's eyes seem to be slightly further apart.
  • Strong Bad is not at the computer while he is talking about the game in the Easter egg.

Goofs

  • When Strong Bad does his lure, he doesn't appear to have any arms.

Glitches

  • If you get the score up to 10,000 in Fishing Challenge '91, it goes back to 1,000. You still have 10,000 points—it just doesn't display the last digit.
    • The same thing happens if you get a score of 100,000.
  • In Fishing Challenge '91, if you press "j" or "l" while Strong Bad is still speaking, the noise will become staticky and you won't be able to hear Strong Bad say anything.
    • Also, if you press then both at the same time quickly, Strong Bad will automatically catch every fish.
  • When you play the game at the end, the contrast knobs still work, except the screen turns whiter.

Inside References

Real-World References

  • This email may be a reference to the Bert and Ernie skit called "Bert and Ernie Go Fishing." In the skit, Ernie gets fish to leap into the boat by calling, "Heeeere fishy fishy fishy!" Bert eventually tries this technique too, louder and louder. Finally, a shark jumps in and says, "You called?"
  • The "Fishing Challenge '91" game resembles many early '90s PC games that featured grainy digital voice and pixelated "photo-realistic" graphics with limited frames.

Fast Forward

DVD Version

  • While the Fishing Game isn't playable, you can still watch Strong Bad play it.
    {After catching several fish (including a large, red one), text flashes on the screen reading "Congrats! You caught the big one!}
    STRONG BAD: {offscreen} I can safely say this is the most fulfilling video gaming experience I've ever had in-a my whole life.
  • The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

Commentary Transcript

(Commentary by: Matt Chapman, Mike Chapman)

MATT: {joining in with Strong Bad} to the back as I check. This is a good one. We should turn that into a hip-hop song.

MIKE: This, um, one, our friend Jamie was—

MATT: No, this was when Nat was here. Nat was the one tha—

MIKE: This was the one when Jamie was here!

MATT: Jamie was there for the, uh, leftover emails, Unused Emails.

MIKE: Ohhh, yeah, this is Nat. That's right.

MATT: Nat was here.

MIKE: I forgot, sorry. Sorry, Jamie. Sorry, Nat.

MATT: Yeah.

MIKE: I get you guys mixed up sometimes.

{Matt laughs a little}

MIKE: So.

MATT: Here it comes.

MIKE: Ahhh.

MATT: So that's, our—

MIKE: Fishing with John.

MATT: Yeah, reference to Jim Jarmusch episode of Fishing with John, which you should all buy on-

MIKE: {imitating Jim Jarmusch} Why am I here?

MATT: {imitating Jim Jarmusch} Why am I here? {stops} That was a good one.

MIKE: Uhh, I enjoyed making the uh, I like the mist. The mist on the bottom there.

MATT: Yeah, the mist is really good. Those cattails—

MIKE: The ripples along the boat. This is, and we had to do a whole new view of Coach Z there.

MATT: It's a whole new way to experience Coach Z.

MIKE: Yeah, this is a {Matt says something that's hard to make out} This is some scenery that's never happened, never been reused.

MATT: Yeah. We never ended up—

MIKE: There's very few... most things, we end up reusing, but this, we've never reused. I think I might, uh, reuse it next week.

MATT: Yeah.

MIKE: Next week's email, they're gonna be in a lake!

MATT: {weak voice} Okay, Mike. Look, there, it's funny.

MIKE: He's got, uh, a farmer's tan of a tank-top.

MATT: Yeah, look at those fish. Those fish are kind of funny looking. {imitating Jim Jarmusch} Why am I here? {pause} This is one of those other times, it's another recurring trend, with Strong Bad sort of tipping his hand in letting you know that he doesn't know anything about women. Uh, which I don't know why he ends up doing a lot, {Mike laughs in the background} but he kinda has to let you see his sensitive side, I guess. And then, whgt! Jgth!

Fun Facts

  • "Fishing with John" was a satirical fishing show starring, written, and directed by independent musician John Lurie, known for both its interesting selection of guest stars (including director Jim Jarmusch) and very dry sense of humor. It ran for only 6 episodes and is considered something of a cult classic.
  • Mike mentioning he'd like to reuse the lake is foreshadowing for montage, when he finally would use the scene again. Montage was released in the short time after this commentary was recorded, and before the box set of DVDs were released.

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