A Brief History of Homestar Runner

[@pokemonmanic3595]

What I love about Homestar is that it always feels modern and fresh, even stuff released in the early 2000's feels new and exciting, their jokes are timeless, they don't reply on modern pop culture references and each of the character's personalities are strong enough to hold up even today

[@johnpfmcguire]

The fact that it's parody explains its eternal freshness, there's just something about parody that literally never loses its freshness, see Aristophanes.

[@kjan917]

Just looking at a thing in a bag

[@ImTopin]

Here's a fun fact: Strong Bad's Cool game for Attractive People is what caught the interest of Robert Kirkman into collaborating with Telltale Games and making the Walking Dead video game.

[@Videogamer96_]

That is a fun fact!

[@cj-seejay-cj-seejay]

Seeing all these comments like "I have never heard of this," makes me feel SO old. My brother showed me the site when we were both still in high school, back around 2001 or 2002. Homestar Runner is pretty much a part of my soul now. I still catch myself singing some of the songs or doing impressions of certain phrases. (Usually "That sneakity sneak all day loooooong!" or "Coach Z, how come you don't dance no more?" or "The system... is down.")

[@MrsMusica]

Old? I was out of university by the time Strongbad really hit it's stride.

[@schihigh]

I was just starting school then. ..

[@frollard]

E...Mail... Checkin' da email... I hope it's from a fe-male!

[@ThatGuyNamedBender]

Right? I was so hyped when I saw the return of HSR and of course everyone's favorite lovable jerk, Strorng Bad.

[@AdamTheAlien]

I'm right there with you. Homestar Runner is from my high school days as well. I still get Strong Bad's techno song stuck in my head. One of my cousins had Trogdor-decorated cupcakes at her wedding.

[@garcia06100]

I remember one night around 2004 (estimated to be, as I forgot the exact year), I wrote an email as a 13-14 year old boy. I wanted to profess my love for the Strongbad emails, but didn't want my mom to know (as we weren't allowed online at that time). With that said, I just mashed my palms against the keyboard in the box where you were supposed to enter your name. I figured it didn't matter, as I thought I would never have my question posted. To this day, the email I sent is saved under the title "i love you". I have bragged about it to friends for 10 years, and will probably never stop. Homestar Runner fans will understand this..

[@BoomChish]

Not only did your e-mail end up immortalized by Strong Bad, you also had a song made about your keyboard smashing e-mail. Not many people can say that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXexlIaqmauShc0

[@aquabreeze7612]

fhqwgads was one of my favorite emails. You’re a legend.

[@Comrade2261]

Omg it's you

[@Bawgle]

HOLY SHIT FHQWGADS?

[@TakaComics]

Is this true? I mean... come on... Fhqwgads? I said come ON Fhqwgads! Everybody, to the limit!

[@FootofaFerret]

Thank you so much for bringing ABH onto the Vlogbrothers channel, Hank! It is genuinely a dream come true :) DFTBA!

[@benaaronmusic]

I've always enjoyed your work with "A Brief History:" Really glad to see it here on the VlogBrothers Channel. Congrats!

[@Blindashitmetalasfuck]

Your "research" sucks dude. Your a fucking disgrace mate...

[@sarahocicki9928]

I spent a good deal of time in college reading Strong Bad's emails. I can't believe there are so many people saying they've never heard of it.... come on fhqwhgads.

[@pearlseasox]

Sarah Ocicki I see you jockin' me.

[@assymetry385]

are you ali's sister?

[@Zosio]

They're all tryin' to play like... they know me.

[@pearlseasox]

...mind games...

[@assymetry385]

come back ali....come back ali's sister :(

[@TheOmnipotentPenguin]

I'm 18, so I'm used to my peers not knowing what Homestar Runner is, but it's still so sad to read all these comments about how unimportant HR is just because someone's never heard of it. It seems kind of egocentric and unimaginative to assume that just because you've never heard of something it's unimportant to other individuals or the evolution of online entertainment.

[@tomshere8388]

"Rejoice everyone, Homestar Runner is back!" Man, those were the days.

[@ScreaminEmu]

Homestar Runner is the greatest thing the internet has ever produced and is still god damned hilarious well into my 30's.

[@c.i.demann3069]

I'm pretty sure this video has set a new world record for "Most Words Spoken In 4 Minutes."

[@mermaidismyname]

Nah have you seen crash course, minute physics, ect. there are plenty of fast talk educational videos on KZbin.

[@mirifrappe]

TomSka could probably rival this.

[@seckela]

This is what we killed time with in High School. We still quote it all the time, including spontaneous Cheat inspired light switch raves. This made me so happy, thank you.

[@pearlseasox]

***** The system is down.

[@seckela]

Now that song is stuck in my head. Thanks lol

[@BeccaMoses]

My favourite thing in homestar runner is that one strong bad mail episode where he's like "Y-O-U-R. Y-O-U-apostrophe-R-E. They're as different as day and night. Don't you think day and night are different? What's wrong with you?"

[@TamaraValmar]

OHHHHH if you want to be possessive it's just "I-T-S" buuuut ifit'ssupposedtobeacontraction then it's "I-T-apostrophe-S"!

[@Hawkstar270]

Scalawag.

[@rachaelwalker3008]

HOMESTAR RUNNER WAS MY CHILDHOOD. He was the start of my addiction to the internet & videos. Strong Bad was the absolute best oh my gosh. THE NOSTALGIA

[@bjbarlowe]

I have had four kids since 2014 and it just occurred to me that I can watch some of the best Homestarrunner shorts with them. They LOOOVE it!

[@colonelquakers]

Burninating the countryside, burninating the peasants. Burninating all the people AND THEIR COTTAGESSSSS.

[@theoriginalsache]

And then Trogdor comes in the NIGHT!

[@aspenkids]

throw....... BABY!!!!

[@Adrian-fd4wf]

+Henry Sorren Exactly. Psychopath humor supporting child abuse. And let me remind you, your brother Mark, he's still out there boys. Remember that when you're standing outside the hotel in the morning.

[@reillymcwriting]

idle arrangement now I’m sad

[@moth7776]

Trogdorrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[@LamanKnight]

I have three thoughts right now: 1) HOMESTAAAAAAAR!!! This makes me so happy. 2) I just want to point out, the last computer that Strong Bad was using when the site went "under" was a Compé. The Compy 386 died a while ago. 3) I have to admit, it's been a while since I last watched a vlogbrothers video and gone so far as to read the comments. I never remember so many Nerdfighters being so entitled and annoying. People are complaining about the free video, brought to them by someone who doesn't do this as a full-time job, that introduces them to learning about things and people they didn't know, which things and people have brought enjoyment and happiness to a lot of people in the past? ...Yes. Let's all complain that Hank chose to do this instead of something else, why don't we. I think I'm going to stop reading comments again.

[@Entropic_Alloy]

Can't boot up a computer that has a shotgun hole in it, and then got eaten by Strong Mad.

[@OOZ662]

The second bit apparently being key, since the first didn't stop it.

[@LamanKnight]

OOZ662 Have you seen the Strong Bad e-mail called "retirement"? (I'm assuming you have, but thought I'd check.) That's one of my favourite sbemails.

[@OOZ662]

LamanKnight I've seen them all, many to the point of memorization.

[@LamanKnight]

Yeah, I feel like that about the Stinko Man cartoons. If I'm ever having a bad day I try to remember to ask Old-Timey Homestar for a challenge, or give thanks for the Cheatball spinning profusely on my head, or asking Stickly-man, "Whaaaaat are you think you're doing?!" Good times.

[@Victinigamer3]

You mean Housemouth

[@lundylow]

That was exhausting. Sometimes I find myself speeding up video essays by 25%, but holy crap but I really wanted to slow this down.

[@AdamTheAlien]

Homestar Runner always makes me nostalgic. When the Homestar Runner site launched and grew popular, I was in high school. I'm about to turn 30. Things on the Internet that actually stick around this long are an incredibly rare species. Things that go dead for years and then return to a dramatically transformed Internet that still welcomes them wholeheartedly are an even more rare species. Homestar Runner defies the odds.

[@TheDiplomancer]

Excuse you! He doesn't use the Compy anymore. I'm gonna get really Homestar pedantic here, but he started off with the Tandy 400 until that got trashed (though he continued to use it for a little while), and when he came back from "vacation" he started using the Compy 386. He used it for a very long time until it got a virus and Bubs took care of it with a shotgun. He then got the Lappy 486 that worked until it couldn't handle Homestar pouring Mountain Dew over it anymore (I actually can't remember how it went out), and he is now using the Compé.

[@FesterWerks]

This post should be in the appendices.

[@Aelffwynn]

On the April Fool's episode he rolled out the Compy 386, not the Compe. ;) Technically he hasn't done a new sbemail yet, so we have yet to see if he'll keep the Compe or not. I love your attention to detail! DFTBA.

[@TheDiplomancer]

I wasn't sure if we were considering the April Fools episode part of SBemail canon, and I actually thought it was weird it was in that episode. And my attention to detail is something I very much value,so thanks for that comment!

[@thisisabadchannel.stopsubs2952]

he uses a lappier now

[@richardgibson8403]

also the compe condensed into a Lappy through the same process that makes coals into diamonds

[@ingaman]

Nick Carter is doing a tour, there's a new Pokemon game just released, a Star Wars movie is coming out next year and Homestar Runner has new content... WHAT YEAR IS THIS?!!!

[@DelaneyMB]

Really, an old Pokemon game just released.

[@ryuuseicha]

it's the year of media creation companies being totally out of original ideas and therefore relying on nostalgia to sell cheap rehashes of old crap to 20- and 30-somethings who are disillusioned with the current state of pop culture.

[@cleodello]

The media knows that the generations who watched this content have disposable incomes now.

[@IglooWarrior]

Also, newly announced Starfox game and Zelda game.

[@moristar]

Also Terminator, Cold war again,

[@vlogbrothers]

In a collaborative video ***** and Ryder introduce you (or re-familiarize you) with the majesty of Homestar Runner. In a lot of ways it was the very first broadly successful online video project. Pretty much everything we do here on KZbin is in some way based on trails The Brothers Chaps blazed. Our history, people! It is here!

[@TheEricabug]

Maybe young people will know what I'm quoting now.

[@michaelsims1460]

Yeah. I've found the Homestar cartoons to be very memetically sticky.

[@freeatlanta530]

Who else . . totally OWNS two letters on the google line, followed only by "wiki" where the top line result ISNT Wikipedia, you get the ACTUAL hr wiki. Much to the dismay, it should also be added, of strangely puzzled Human Resources wage slaves looking for info. Try it.

[@kyleschroder3659]

There is another huge and surprising reference with World of Warcraft's reference with "Trogzor the Earthinator" (Also now a new card in Hearthstone released in the Goblins vs. Gnomes expansion.) It really is amazing just how inspiring Homestar Runner was to many people, including KZbinrs with little figurines being seen of the characters on many famous channels.

[@Aristocles22]

I hate it when horrible people like one of the same things I like. Just had to get that out. Pair of liberal propagandist brothers.

[@thatmaia]

Whoa. A collab with Hank. Congrats, Ryder!

[@DKlarations]

RIGHT?!?!

[@monev44]

DKlarations *poke* yo

[@after-worknetwork6095]

Hurts to watch this in 2023 knowing that they've hardly made any new content. The hype at the end of this video came to fruition in some other time or place, but not ours.....

[@JDubbsTheatre]

You didn't mention Homsar. I mean, I love you guys, and you're very smart, and everything, and this was a good video, but you missed the greatest character ever.

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

WaAaaAAaaa I'm the Human wedgie.

[@Videogamer96_]

You're a real state trooper.

[@PickleJello]

The greatest character ever? "Homsar" is a funny way to say "Senor Cardgage."

[@shawniscoolerthanyou]

PickleJello No probalo. Nobody gets it when I say that. Home lawn, refinancin'.

[@HandleYoself]

I was raaaaaised by a cup of cahhhhhhfeee!

[@MegaChickenfish]

It's in a weird place where nobody knows how popular it was but *everyone* old enough knows about it. I learned my first cuss words off this site, it was great!

[@AwesomeYena]

Does crap count?

[@aspinwallos]

The lateness of this video is a lesson in why you should stream on twitch more often.

[@DKlarations]

Seconded :-D

[@AHatredOfEs]

THIS IS THE BEST THING EVERRRRR! None of the kids at my work have ever heard if Homestar Runner which is so insane to me, I was only born in 1995 but I was still an early adopter to the site and it seriously shaped my sense of humour and world view and it made my siblings and I closer when they still lived here, we would watch the toons all day and then when we were away from the one computer we would all pick a part and act them out in our best voices word for word. My mum never even watched them and STILL TO THIS DAY uses the word Jorb. The first time I met somebody else that liked Homestar Runner was in grade 9 when my English teacher would draw Trogdor on the board sometimes and oh my god that was the first time I ever realized that other people could be into the same thing as you and you could geek out over it and it made me realize how cool fan communities are. I'm currently playing through Strong Bad's Game for Attractive People and oh my god everything is wonderful in the world of Homestar Runner.

[@girlwithasong1133]

Homestar Runner video? Heck yes. I love it! Unfortunately, you didn't get this uploaded before 12 am eastern, so I believe it's punishment time. :D

[@DelaneyMB]

12 hour Gameswithhank stream!

[@BrokenPointeShoes]

But he uploaded it before midnight where he lives. So I don't think a punishment is in order.

[@zippycat]

how come i've never heard of homestar runner before late 2019?! when i watched one toon, i was in love with it

[@colinmccahon8039]

I love Footofaferret! I got so confused at first when I saw the thumbnail on your channel., but then I read the description before the video loaded and realized it was a collaboration. Yay!

[@FootofaFerret]

Yay! :D

[@itshayleymaybe]

AHH! I was so confused and then immediately psyched when I saw this video on my subscription feed! Congrats Ryder!! DFTBA

[@LindsayB]

I'm cuddling my Kick The Cheat doll and smiling really goofy right now, and I'm a 31-year-old woman.

[@its_generik]

the system is down. the system is down. THE SYSTEM IS DOWN THE SYSTEM IS DOWN

[@jackkramer7239]

DUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDU

[@jadenj7005]

+CleavingCleaver I'm sad that I'm flying

[@HeroLink18]

+CleavingCleaver DOO DOO DUH DOO DUM DOO DOO DUH DOO DUM

[@littlehonu]

Jaden J HAHAHAHAHA LMAO OH MY GOD I REMEMBER THAT

[@liopleurodon2000]

dah dah dadah dah do dodah dah DOOOOOOOOOOOOJJJ!!!

[@VanBurenOfficial]

It's the greatest Internet series ever. And weekly updates again would be beyond awesome.

[@Adrian-fd4wf]

No it's not. It's just a sting on child molesters. I'm the writer and original creator by the way, pleased to not meet you.

[@VanBurenOfficial]

Kevin England Yeah whatever, Im not sure if you're trying to be funny or just a failed troll.

[@TalonBX]

+Bogmire777 Probably both.

[@Adrian-fd4wf]

Bogmire777 Nice try, but you just got called out and smacked down for defending criminals. Now you're being reported, blocked, tortured astrally in your sleep by everyone running the spam lists I registered all your email addresses to, and hypnotized into tripping and breaking your hands. Tough luck, chump.

[@Adrian-fd4wf]

***** The same happened to you. Whoops.Better luck next time.

[@chiliwithonel]

Homestar Runner is the only thing on the Internet, nay, in the entire world, that never EVER ceases to make me laugh.

[@TheKeyote]

Love homestar, but found the fast talking slightly off putting. Also genuinely surprised how many people who claim to be poking around the internet during the early 2000's have never heard of homestar runner. If you have never watched homestar or strong bad then you need to because aside from being absolutely hilarious it is also definitely a price of internet history.

[@Tyngdlyftning1]

Well, I'm not from America, so that can be why.

[@PotentialLegend]

Dr. Astrô Nauth I'm from New Zealand and I went to Homestar Runner dot com when I was 9 or 10 which was 11 years ago so you have no excuse... and that was on dial up lol.

[@ryuuseicha]

Hilarious is subjective, and not all history is good.

[@Tyngdlyftning1]

HeadbangingLegend Yes, but people speak english in new zealand, right? I couldn't speak fluent english until i was 13-14. And by then it was 2009.

[@Correctrix]

KZbin has speed controls, so your point is invalid.

[@zeeej710]

The bros chaps inspired me to pursue animation.. A decade and a half later, Im about to try again

[@RadicalAns2]

Matt Chapman also worked as a writer/director on The Aquabats Super Show! He even played a ghost/hardcore punk vocalist in one ep.

[@bugtussle5720]

I was at the stream. It was interesting... by the way it was cool seeing nerd fighter history. Also the chat was in an uproar for a long time. It was the best. I was 1/76 people or so who got to see you fail.

[@Sakura11101]

I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS BACK MAN HOMESTAR WAS MY CHILDHOOD

[@ZaneMillecchia]

As a lover of Homestar Runner from my early years, i am overjoyed to see so much recognition as of late. Hank was actually the first youtuber i ever watched who knew what Homestar Runner was, and i'm so glad that this video can introduce people to the amazing website!

[@SuperRat420]

It's weird. I used to go to a physical store and rent DVDs of Strongbad Emails

[@TraceVandal]

When I got the DVD set it threw me off because it was really weird to hear all the voices in full quality, when you watched the site you just got used to the extremely low quality audio, it was kind of charming at the time.

[@MichaelHaskin]

I will never ever ever write a song about the sibbie

[@MoonlitHistory]

I have never heard of homestar. None of those characters look familiar. Who are you people.

[@semi-sweet]

I feel sorry for you. Yet I am also not surprised as now a days lots of people can't tell Homestar Runner from Homestuck. It's sad. I would tell you to look it up but really It's way too late to get into something this complicated. There's no on-going story-lines but a lot of the jokes are inside-jokes.

[@MoonlitHistory]

strongstartownipan What's homestuck? What are these things. Where am I. Hrnngggg.

[@DarthSenorQueso]

strongstartownipan I enjoy both homestuck and homestar runner, quite funny.

[@nadiact-ie5hy]

You can totally watch homestarrunner. There are a lot of inside jokes, yes, but it's just a collection of short videos, not an ongoing story. Go to homestarrunner.com, click on Strong Bad e-mails and choose a random one (or start from the beginning, but the very first ones aren't quite as good).

[@semi-sweet]

Heinrich von Draken Alright, you DEFINITELY don't want to start reading Homestuck because it is basically the longest story on the internet. It's been called the Ulysses of the internet. In fact, you would have an easier time trying to read Ulysses.

[@EmBurglar]

This is seriously exciting! Homestar Runner was my first real introduction and, for the most part, my first memories of the internet. For a long time I would check up on the website and see if there was new activity, so this news brings a smile to my face and a warmth to my heart. I can't wait to see what they do next.

[@bobbywyckoff]

Finally! Something on Homestar Runner! Man I used to go on that site all the time!

[@Waterflame]

Thank you for this video! I knew, vaguely, what Homestar Runner was but I didn't know all that! I love learning new things from you, Hank! You make learning so entertaining!!

[@elliottmcollins]

And now I'll have Strong Bad's techno in my head the rest of the night.

[@getsomebud]

THE SYSTEM, IS DOWN.

[@MrsMusica]

Alex Ehler doodle do do do doodle do do do

[@LolliGiggles]

i love this so much ahhh i cant believe you reintroduced this to the world guys thanks so much for honoring that honor that is homestarrrrr runnnerrrrrr!

[@321gofast7]

This got me into Homestar Runner. THANK YOU!

[@okmiedga]

321gofast This is what pulled you in? Oh you poor soul. You'll never know the thrill that H*R was in its heyday. Eagerly awaiting the new sbmail every Monday. The excitement of knowing what each character's costume was in the halloween specials. So much joy.

[@KatrinaEames]

Aww, Ryder I'm so proud of you. This is awesome, and not just because I love Harry Potter and the vlogbrothers. This is really good for you and as always it was excellently produced.

[@MicrowavedCarrot]

I was one of the 76 people on the GamesWithHank stream! :D

[@uhohhotdog]

me too!

[@DoctorBHSwift]

Yo!

[@samfincannon5292]

Me too! I was also one of the people who explained why people were talking about punishments

[@samfincannon5292]

On twitch I'm smcfin

[@DKlarations]

Same :-)

[@Laneth]

I know I'm late to the party here since the video is a fortnight old, but this was one of the greatest videos I've seen ever. Greens + Homestar = WIN! Thanks for the rundown. I was a fan from the start of the Homestar Runner buzz and followed it religiously until it disappeared. That it's coming back makes the ... not-so-child in me *sigh, old* so, so happy!

[@saylemolberg2998]

I just discovered a brief history last night!!

[@FootofaFerret]

Yay! :D

[@nadiact-ie5hy]

FootofaFerret Awesome collab video! Love your channel. :)

[@Tyngdlyftning1]

Why is he everywhere? He was in some game theory videos a couple of months ago also. I assume he's happy now, because I remember him loving the green brothers.

[@thewuurm]

Man, talk about nostalgia. Homestarrunner was "viral video" before anyone had ever uttered the word. And now I feel old for having been on the Internet in 2003.

[@judsongaiden9878]

And now it's been referenced in Deltarune: Chapter 2.

[@kimi49783]

There's finally new content on Homestar Runner?! That just made my day! sbemails and TGS are still staples in our house, probably quoted at least once a day in some context. I'm so glad the Brothers Chap are back :D

[@mkbcoolman]

You got the munch The crisp and the crunch! Livin' in the gutter with grandma. When Coach puts you in you gotta go for the win! Y2K turned out alriiiiiiight Sblounskched! You can do it! Sblounskched! Crispy chew it! Who's got the moneeeeeeeey?? You got Sblounskched.

[@JudsonRadio]

Glad to see A Brief History getting a bit of deserved attention. I like the idea of VB doing more of these collabs to highlight up and coming KZbinrs.

[@DKlarations]

Glad you got it up in time :-D

[@sunstripe85]

OH MY GOD HOMESTAR IS BACK???? I didn't know this! I freaking LOVE homestar runner! SO MUCH. I used to religiously check that site daily for new sbemails and all the other things they did. I love the hell out of it. I didn't have any money back then so I couldn't afford any merch :( But maybe there will be merch again now that I can? I didn't realize there was anything new posted this year! I thought it was gone for good. omfg. I can't even explain how incredibly excited I am about this wtfffffffff thank you SO MUCH for doing this video! I wouldn't have known it was back without it! I'd stopped checking the site years ago when I thought they stopped for good.

[@martha_s]

I'm fascinated by and curious about the part of me that expected (and maybe even hoped) your video would be about Eric Garner/Michael Brown/the protests/this particular moment in our culture. I guess I'm finding the whole situation so painful/difficult to process, and while I'm eager to be in conversation about it w/thoughtful people, I'm having trouble finding the words. Maybe that's why I was hoping you might have some or might have created a space to hang out in this weird space/time together. But then why is that your job/duty/whatever? It isn't. (I really really believe that.) So I will carve out a little space right here, nestled amongst all the deserved Homestar Runner love, to just be here, right where and how I am, fascinated by and curious about my impulse to project onto you the responsibility for doing the things I really need to do for myself (dwell in, process, feel, articulate, express, discuss, take action, etc). So thank you. You created the space for me to realize that.

[@LynneBat]

Homestar Runner was seriously the beginning of quality entertaining content on the internet, and I am so happy they're trying to find a way to bring it back and keep it relevant in today's over-saturated internet media culture. I remember the days when those flash videos filled almost my whole web browser screen -- but that's when 800x600 was standard computer screen resolution, haha.

[@griffinsmith8326]

OH MY GOODNESS I LOVE HOMESTAR RUNNER. My favorite are the videos of Strongbad...

[@xaixmaster]

Thank you so much for featuring Ryan, Hank! He deserves a buttload of more subscribers!! Sweet video too!

[@kassidyl9100]

Twitch was there to save you Hank.... But what time zone are we going by? Let's say Eastern so... PUNISHMENT!

[@SmilingRuby]

Awesome! Took me back to my first days watching Trogdor Burninate the villagers, and watching the Cheat throw light switch raves. Great video about the beginnings of the creative force the internet video making universe has become today. Cheers!

[@HKaho]

This is exactly why we should alway be on twitch so the videos get uploaded later XD

[@violetpolkadots]

HOMESTAR RUNNER IS BACK! I didn't even know before I saw this. THANK YOU VLOGBROTHERS. brb watching all the new homestar content.

[@chelsimadonna]

Teen Girl Squad was my entire childhood!!!

[@Aluminum.K]

I know right? That comic was... SOOOO GOOD

[@thatoneXman]

very short, but somehow intelligible. you guys somehow nailed this. its surprisingly accurate.

[@dylansmith3660]

Watching this at .75 speed makes it easier to understand.

[@chopkins57]

It's so interesting to read the comments that split between "Hell yes Homestar Runner is back!" and "Who the hell is this and why should we care?" I fall into the former camp, but I also recognize that the whole flash video phenomenon is kind of specific to those of us who came of age on the internet in the early-mid 2000s. I remember watching these and trying to learn to do basic flash animation on my middle school's computers because I thought it was so great, but I can also see how someone who wasn't online or engaged in internet culture at the time could find is boring or strange.

[@trogdortheburninator2908]

While you're busy talking about homestar runner I was burning THACHED ROOF COTTAGES!!!! Because I'm TROGDOOOOOOOOOORRRRRR! !!

[@sledgehammer_floatzel]

Cant forget homestar runner is where the doge meme came from

[@Anonarchist]

Compy 386 died. It's the Compé, and you cant stop me.

[@FootofaFerret]

In the April Fool's Toon, he was using the Compe 386 :p

[@FootofaFerret]

Or "Compy" however you spell it :P

[@Anonarchist]

RIP compy, compy 386, lappy 486, compy nt6, paper

[@bricebricegb]

Anon archist Don't forget the Tandy.

[@gordontarpley]

So awesome! I've missed Homestar!

[@jeannico10954]

The home star runner logo inspired the channel jacknjellify which instead of the h and r it was j and j but they changed their profile recently

[@Camilleillustrates]

This was my childhood! My dad and I used to watch these together all the time when I was little, and now that I'm about to graduate high school, it's great to start that tradition again! I'm so happy they came back!

[@theoriginalsache]

I said come on fhqwhgads. I said come on fhqwhgads. Everybody to the limit! Everybody to the limit! Everybody come on fhqwhgads!

[@EKS511]

I am so excited Homestar Runner is coming back!!! One of the funniest things ever to grace the internet! If you've never seen it, I highly recommend it. I hope they keep posting on the website. The interactive videos were always really fun.

[@dca24100]

TROGDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRR! TROGDOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRR!

[@JALaflinOfficial]

Finally got around to watching this. Love Homestarrunner and have been a fan since the old days... But the speed of this video gave me anxiety... :(

[@earlgreytempest]

I watched homestar in middle school with my older sisters and I still will reference it without even thinking and almost no one gets it. But when you do find that one gem of a person who knows "wiggidy whack?" "no, just regular kind" it's a sweet victory. Also my blood hurts!

[@aperson3868]

Homestarrunner.net. It's doooot coooom.

[@TheMaskedMarauder0]

I love love love Homstarrunner!!!! I was pretty young when I first started watching but it definitely influenced the way I grew up, :') such a good blast from the past. I'm so glad they're kinda back!

[@Chlorate299]

Aaand after a brief episode of back-ness....silence, once again.

[@effigytormented]

New episode just came out dood.

[@thecianinator]

Yeah, they're grown men, with grown-man families and grown-man jobs. It's great that they have time to do even one episode a year.

[@terisue12]

Strong Bad and Teen Girl Squad are my middle/high school. Absolutely amazing. Thank you Hank Green. You are as always, made of awesome.

[@JamiM93]

you be late by east coast standards, glad us on twitch reminded you

[@glowhazel]

YES I AM SUPER GLAD YOU MADE THIS VIDEO! I have always loved Homestar Runner! Also, I'm glad you spelled Tuesday right!

[@G-Major]

Great jeaorb Hank and Ryder!

[@tsgillespiejr]

Homestar Runner was a huge part of several years of my adolescent life. Thanks for the update!

[@FailureFaction]

OH. MAN. POM-POM

[@iwillmaceyou]

Homestar Runner is such a special show. I really hope a new generation can appreciate it now that the Chaps are back at it. Elated!

[@robozaogameryt]

3:28 One word: Ruffle.

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

Homestar Runner is a huge part of my life and even during the hiatus, it never strayed far from my mind. I make references to it all the time. I was so happy when they started making toons again that I actually cried. :'D

[@skrich2]

Is he using the 386 again? I thought it exploded from an awesome virus?

[@FootofaFerret]

It inexplicably showed up in the April Fools 2014 video

[@skrich2]

FootofaFerret Awesome

[@EmberIslandPlayer]

One of those virus emails? Like the kind that moms and off-shore casinos send you?

[@NicoTheCinderace]

I'LL take care of THIS!

[@EvilCheese555]

Nah, he's using the Compe. After he blew up the Lappy in one of those blast-wavy Saturn ring explosions that have become so popular lately, he put 80000 pennies in the mail, and got a fancy new computer. With actual graphics!

[@danaharvey7845]

Way back in '03, my roommates and I would gather around to watch the weekly StrongBad email and laugh and laugh...and then we'd watch it several more times. Two favorites: 1) when he helps Kyle "the yellow dart" write his "Englilsh" paper and 2) the System is Down techno song. So great.

[@beachbum0014]

I said consummate V's! CONSUMMATE!