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===Inside References===
===Inside References===
*When Strong Bad says, "Oh, who's the guy that checks all the emails? That's me, Strong Baaad!", it is very similar to a line he says in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]].
*When Strong Bad says, "Oh, who's the guy that checks all the emails? That's me, Strong Baaad!", it is very similar to a line he says in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]].
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*Also, when Strong Bad says "Oh, who's the guy that checks all the emails? That's me, Strong Baaad!", it is also very close to the lines sung in The Cheat Theme Song.
===Real-World References===
===Real-World References===

Revision as of 18:54, 5 June 2005

Oh, how the times have changed.

Strong Bad Email #1

This was the first Strong Bad email ever. Strong Bad answers an email from Abdi LaRue from San Diego, California, who asks if Strong Bad takes off his mask and boxing gloves before he goes to bed.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad

Places: Computer Room

Date: August 2001

Computer: Tandy 400

Running Time: 0:45

Contents

Transcript

STRONG BAD: {Singing as he types "run strongbad's_email"} Oh, who is the guy that checks all his emails? That's me, Strong Baaad.

{The email appears on the screen, and Strong Bad reads it out loud.}

{Strong Bad calls up a blank screen and reads to himself as he types his response.}

STRONG BAD: Well, that's a stupid question, Abdi. Do you take off your face and hands before you go to bed? And if so, are you some kind of robot? And if so, what kind of powers do you have? Do you use them for good, or for awesome? Would you like to join forces? I just happen to be the greatest criminal mind of our time. {Signs off "—Strong Bad", and then stops typing.}

Okay, until next time. Keep sending me your questions, and I will make fun of you... I mean, answer them.

{The Paper comes down. It says "Click here to e-mail strong bad". Clicking on the text opens up a blank e-mail addressed to strongbad@homestarrunner.com.}

Fun Facts

Goofs

  • There was a typo, but The Brothers Chaps fixed it. When Strong Bad typed "before you got to bed" he said "before you go to bed".
  • There was another typo that The Brothers Chaps fixed. When Strong Bad typed "and if so, what kind of powers do you have?". The word "what" used to not show up.
  • After Strong Bad finishes typing a sentence, the typing sound is still played but no letters appear on the screen.

Inside References

  • When Strong Bad says, "Oh, who's the guy that checks all the emails? That's me, Strong Baaad!", it is very similar to a line he says in A Jumping Jack Contest.
  • Also, when Strong Bad says "Oh, who's the guy that checks all the emails? That's me, Strong Baaad!", it is also very close to the lines sung in The Cheat Theme Song.

Real-World References

Fast Forward

  • "For good or for awesome" is a suggested band name in band names.
  • This Email accidently comes up on Strong Bad's computer during the 100th Email.

DVD Version

  • The DVD version adds an Easter egg. If you click on the hidden Strong Bad icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the Tandy 400's screen at the end of the email, you'll receive an ASCII rendering of a robot.
  • The DVD version features a hidden audio commentary, accessible by switching over your DVD player's audio languages.
  • The typing sound effect was changed.

Commentary Transcript

(Commentary by: Mike Chapman, Matt Chapman)

MIKE: Hey! It's Mike and Matt! We're doing the commentary on the first Strong Bad Email we ever made! It's called... {pause} Some Kinda Robot.

MATT: {simultanously} In—Invisibility.

{Mike laughs}

MATT: The Basics

MIKE: So this, of course, is back when you could see Strong Bad's mouth, when we would animate his mouth.

MATT: And didn't his head didn—

MIKE: His head didn't shake

MATT: His head didn't shake around violently.

MIKE: So at some point, we thought that it would be quicker if we put his hea—the foreground head over the mouth...and, uh, just shake his head around, which now takes way longer than it ever took to just make his mouth move.

MATT: I think that's right. And Abdi LaRue was, this was from before we started doing this, we sent out, was it just a fan list?

MIKE: Yeah, it was like a list

MATT: Yeah, the few, just the 10 people who had ever emailed us

MIKE: The email's almost over!

MATT: Good grief!

MIKE: Thanks, Abdi!

MATT: Thanks, Abdi!

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