techno
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Strong Bad Email #45
Strong Bad gets an e-mail asking if he likes techno. He proceeds to make up and sing a techno song of his own.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, The Cheat
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Transcript
STRONG BAD: It's the e-mail, the e-mail, what what, the e-mail.
{reading}
Hey Strong Bad, do you like techno at all? If you do, what kind. Silent J
STRONG BAD: Huh... very clever. {typing} Well, its not really my style, but I heard a techno song one time that went like... {stops typing and mimicks a techno beat} doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom {resumes typing} And then this other part came in, and it was like... (stops typing again, the original beat is heard along with this new part} doodle-a-doom doodle-a-doom doodle-a-doom doodle-a-doom {resumes typing} And then there's always some kinda high pitched noise, y'know? Or like a siren that's like... {stops typing again and another part is added to the song} DOO-DA-DOO-DA-DIDDLE DOO-DA-DOO-DA-DIDDLE DOO-DA-DOO-DA-DIDDLE DOO-DA-DOO-DA-DIDDLE {resumes typing} And of course they have to put in the obligatory old movie quote from some sci-fi movie. It's like... {stops typing again, all the parts are there} The system is down! The system is down! The system is down! The system is down!
{The screen starts going dark and light again. We zoom out to see The Cheat at his lightswitch, turning it on and off while twirling a glowstick, raving to the techno piece. Strong Bad walks up to him.}
STRONG BAD: The Cheat is grounded! We had that lightswitch installed for you so you could turn the lights on and off, not so you could throw lightswitch raves! Now let's go break open that glow-stick and pour it in Homestar Runner's Mountain Dew. {They both start walking off.} I heard they have to pump your stomach when you drink that stuff.
{The Paper comes down.}
Easter Eggs
- Click on The Cheat's lightswitch to listen to the music some more and see a flyer for a special event featuring that music. It reads:
The Cheat's Lightswitch Rave featuring: DJ The Stick and DJ from Full House Doors Open at 3 am
- At the end, you're given the option to download the song for either Windows or Macintosh.
Fun Facts
Goofs
- Strong Bad makes a mistake while typing here. He types 'its', which is posessive. He should have typed 'it's', for 'it is' (an error he points out when Dan D. repeatedly misuses it in local news.)
Real-World References
- On the flyer to the lightswitch rave, "DJ from Full House" is a reference to the television show "Full House" where a character named "Donna Jo 'D.J./Deej' Margaret Tanner" was played by Candace Cameron Bure.
- Strong Bad might have said "Oh very clever" after reading the name Silent J because it could be a reference to Jay and Silent Bob, a pair of reoccurring characters from Kevin Smith's movies.
Fast Forward
- The television show "Survivor" may have made a reference to this email saying "Tree mail, tree mail, what what the tree mail."
DVD Version
- The DVD version adds a hidden creator's commentary. To access it, change your DVD player's audio language selection while watching this email.
Commentary Transcript
(Commentary by: Mike Chapman, Matt Chapman)
MATT: I always think, in my brain, that Techno's on the old computer
MIKE: No, I know, it's much later. I think I always get Guitar and Techno mixed up.
MATT: I think they're like
MIKE: They seem to be similar
MATT: Yeah. Quite similar. "Its"... that's a error there, Strong Bad. Punctuation error, should be an apostrophe in that "its."
MIKE: I probably did that. I have a hard time with that. Until you made up that song in that later email.
MATT: Uh, so this was the way... lightswitch rave came from- I had this, um... my apartment, uh first year I lived alone in college, uh, my kitchen, the overhead light in the kitchen was always flickering. And so any time we'd turn that light on, uh, we would make that- do that song, do that {singing} DOO-DA-DOO-DA-DIDDLE DOO-DA-DOO-DA-DIDDLE. {stops} "The System Is Down" Mike made up, uh, but basically the background of music for this was some dumb joke we did in college. What room is THAT supposed to be in?
MIKE: I always thought that was the other side of his desk, even though there's not the carpet there.
MATT: The carpet just ENDS.
MIKE: The carpet ends right there halfway-
MATT: At half of his desk. It's like the Simpsons house.
MIKE: The Strong house has problems.
Fun Facts
- The song Mike mentions in passing is the "Its/It's" Grammar Song from local news
