Cool Things

[@onesyllable_kate]

The whole HR canon is basically the Bros Chaps "yes and"ing each other over and over again. I love it.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

Usually at 2 AM on Monday morning!

[@ProjectRedfoot]

*...but how could that BE?!*

[@Skorpeonismyrealname]

Too bad Original Bubs was retconned out. I miss Original Bubs.

[@viktordickinson7844]

@@Skorpeonismyrealname elaborate plZ. this is news to me

[@CasaiAgicap]

@@viktordickinson7844 watch the sbemail Original and all will be explained

[@LordKimbote-472]

I wrote "Cool tapes" in the dust on the back window on my work van. Several people asked me who wrote it, when I say me they ask "why did you write cool tapes?" And much joy is had when I get to say "maybe it's because I like cool tapes"

[@virg0_lem0nade]

i hope you also had a bag of four grapes, to really drive the point home

[@LordKimbote-472]

@@virg0_lem0nade I’ll do that from now on

[@bratwurstcat]

I have a feeling “cool tapes” is gonna be stuck in my head for a while

[@shadowvash07]

Everybody misses Dripping Yellow Madness. Heard he was a cool, cool guy.

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

I heard he and Onion Bubs are childhood friends.

[@AspiringHermit]

@@Her_Imperious_Condescension ONION BUBS!!!!

[@kellylyons1038]

Dripping yellow madness dated a lot of walls

[@CommunityGuidelines]

He was cool, until the canoe incident during spring break in 5'th grade. His family was so ashamed that they left town soon afterwards.

[@kennymartin5976]

@@Her_Imperious_Condescension Oh man! And Original Bubs could see him, from over there even! Good times... I miss those guys.

[@justinwlacy]

It was very polite of Homestar to add a mock-doppler effect to his scream after falling in the chest-high death hole.

[@TheInkPitOx]

Polite?

[@sleepCircle]

​@@TheInkPitOx very respectful to the laws of society. i mean physics. the laws of physics is what i meant

[@SavageGreywolf]

The proof that Bubs never passes up a chance to stick it to The Man is that he totally does it even when he's The Man.

[@AngelWolf12]

I remember watching this in the computer lab during recess. I wonder if Homestar ever finished his novella.

[@rosePetrichor]

was it during fifth grade?

[@CaptainGancena]

I doubt it, particularly considering how easily distracted he is in this toon alone…

[@JellyJman]

Real shit

[@happmacdonald]

@@rosePetrichor Must have been, since he moved away after that.

[@Dewgy]

Novella? There’s just this square of TP that says “victorian englund” on it.

[@cousinted]

3:11 - The perfect representation of that emotion of pensive guilt that comes with having to explain to your boyfriend that you formed a band called "Cool Tapes" because he was taking too long to return his cool shades at the store. I think all the ladies in the audience can relate to that one...

[@somoneelse3488]

The voice of a generation… Cool Tapes ft. Dripping Yellow Madness

[@ekimaulthar2044]

can't be hew moved out after 5th grade!

[@CyricZ]

To this day, I use "Oh hello Dripping Yellow Madness!" whenever I see a slimy enemy in a video game, even if they're not yellow. >_>

[@ragepoweredgamer]

Thanks for giving me a new thing to say that nobody will understand. Been quoting HSR for 17 years and nobody has understood it since middle school... in year 1.

[@Nathan_Sylvester]

Dripping yellow madness moved away after 5th grade! That’s awesome, I’m gonna start doing that too.

[@MilkyisDead]

When I feel fat I always say “I look like the huuuuuudge.” No one understands it including the 1000000 other home star quotes I make on the daily

[@FeenieVonKarma]

That seriously sounds like it could apply to a lot of things in Elden Ring😂

[@greenwave819]

Legendary!

[@damienparoski2033]

There is a serious lack of Homestar Runner in this world!

[@timmitny6310]

Yeah, it sucks that Homestar Runner moved away after 5th grade.

[@DeepDishInk]

@@timmitny6310 That comment made me laugh more than the original joke XD

[@timmitny6310]

@@DeepDishInk Glad to hear it lol

[@0g0dn0]

A lack? But he’s standing right there! And I see the yellow paint right next to him! If anything, there’s a shortage of Homestar Runner in the world.

[@ekimaulthar2044]

@@0g0dn0 could you steal three cans of that yellow paint for me?

[@Ovvkoz]

Timeless character interactions and jokes. Really glad these are being uploaded in such high quality. Hoping for the complete collection eventually

[@badgerlordpatrick6493]

The DVDs?

[@Ovvkoz]

@@badgerlordpatrick6493 or something like that, That includes all their relatively modern episodes/appearances

[@ANIMAL.LOVERS.DONT.EAT.ANIMALS]

This one really did just have nothing but amazing joke after amazing joke for the whole episode. Ill never get over how much i love this series.

[@aiadoc105]

Oh, so these aren’t new? I’m just discovering the YT channel so I don’t know when any of this was from.

[@yomama9390]

@@aiadoc105 it says so in the description

[@Spalfos]

It’s great to see this toon on KZbin, I thought it moved away after fifth grade

[@moresoduh]

I never realized how bizarre of a storyline this was when I was a kid. Still entertaining all these years later, though.

[@happmacdonald]

w8 are you telling me we have Homestar to blame for how Gen Z grew up now? "Wh-here's the cheat, kids?"

[@DoctorDewgong]

This stuff was unironically extremely influential on my sense of humor and personality

[@kellylyons1038]

@@happmacdonald no, we have Homsar to blame for that. F--

[@Chaosrain112]

@@kellylyons1038 "IIIIIIII AM A CUP OF CAAAWWWWWWWWFEEEEEEEEYYYYY"

[@ZiggyMandarr]

I mean SBemailerized Entertainment basically summed it up. "Just some weird crap that you watch."

[@peter.j.07]

"Without the receipt, I can only exchange it for something of lesser or MUCH LESSER value...' Oh, Bubs. This only got funnier as I got older. XD

[@happypasta6]

“And the only thing that qualifies is this 🍇”

[@merlyworm]

21 yrs old. Homestarrunner can now have a cold one.

[@derekmccloud6333]

After all these years, the death hole bit still caught me off guard. Now I'm guffawing alone in my room like an idiot. This is the quality stuff

[@virg0_lem0nade]

"im at the bottom of a giant piiiiiiiiiiittttt"

[@kgriff293]

This was the moral support I needed today. I remember showing my 6th grade students “Everybody To The Limit” on my Microsoft phone in 2009.

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

OMG, Microsoft phone. What a throwback.

[@imadrifter]

Microsoft phone. What a cool thing

[@Kirbyfan87827]

Dripping Yellow Madness wouldn't happen to have been one of your students, would he? Cause I heard that guy moved after the fifth grade.

[@kgriff293]

@@Kirbyfan87827 I don’t know who that is, but it probably is fhqwhgads.

[@berrypepperroni7708]

@@kgriff293 i asked my friend Joe, I asked my friend Jake, THEY SAID IT WAS FHQWHGADS.

[@johntaylor7029]

"Oh Getting lucky tonight" has become my song of choice for a good time for these many years.

[@virg0_lem0nade]

i wish _i_ had a date with a wall

[@loganbangerter1917]

“Under old management!!!” Gosh I love Homestarrunner 😂

[@RaistliniltsiaR]

Finally started introducing my kids to H*R this past weekend, and they're begging for more. I'm so happy to be taking them on this journey.

[@berrypepperroni7708]

i was introduced to homestar runner a couple of days ago (as of the time of thos comment). COOL TAPES!!!!

[@grilledpook]

​@berrypepperroni7708 same as of right now. really helps while im freaking out over finals

[@virg0_lem0nade]

@@grilledpook-- awwww it genuinely does my heart good to know that there's a whole new generation of people getting into HSR ❤

[@GrantGardner80]

I totally am re-adding "What in the name of Pete Sampras is going on here?!" to my expressions list. 😂

[@dandelyon1830]

Ran into this comment just as that part came up

[@yaraaltro]

Watching this again makes me feel really happy, both for nostalgia and for the improvement of my English understanding. I understood the basics back when I first watched it on the website, so I didn't get some jokes, but now I can appreciate even more this short that still stands as my favorite.

[@BardiXOfficial]

I heard Dripping Yellow Madness and Stan ended up moving in the same dorm in college and when they graduated they started a successful world class company called “Bubs’ Concession Stand”

[@ajuicejemas]

This is such a blast from the past. I went through middle school, high school, college, and most of the way through a Ph.D since seeing this and it's so memorable I can still remember "dripping yellow madness" like it was yesterday

[@brainflash1]

It's nice to see a toon with Homestar and Marzipan where they actually get along.

[@gpoop23]

I like that tagging the wall in someone's living room qualifies as "getting along".

[@animatrix1490]

@@gpoop23 For those two? Pretty much

[@ubersham]

Who knew Homestarrunner was bringing back “If you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you” summer reruns?

[@BubbaAce]

So THIS is where Dripping Yellow Madness originated from. I remember he moved to our neighborhood before the 6th grade. We didn't talk much, but he was a chill dude. I haven't heard from him since High School, I wonder what he's up to these days.

[@professorhaystacks6606]

Oh is that where he came from? He was briefly in my class in freshman year of college. Not sure where he went after that.

[@Dyundu]

@FiveByFive Woah, woah, woah; DYM was in the Navy? That explains his thesis research on ICBM development during the Cold War-the dude was the fastest writer in our History MA program. I haven’t seen him since graduation! Wonder what he’s up to these days?

[@WildBluntHickok]

@@Dyundu Wait that's where Dripping Yellow Madness came from before he joined the band? I knew him during that half year he was in Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem (you know, the house band on The Muppet Show). Man their songs got weird around that time. Weird even by their standards. Eventually he got kicked out of the band for sleeping with the drummer's girlfriend. I wonder what happened to that loveable weirdo and his...whatever kind of musical instrument that thing was supposed to be

[@EriksGarbage]

@@WildBluntHickok Wait, I knew a Mr. Madness a few years back, said he used to be part of a band. Is it possible it's actually the same DYM?

[@CodfishJoe]

To this day, my "favorites" music playlist is titled Cool Tapes.

[@rm_L86onTwitch]

You guys were my childhood.

[@PinataTime]

When I was younger I actually cut out letters made of paper to spell out "cool tapes" and stuck them on my wall.

[@SoleaGalilei]

That is adorable.

[@Bururaian]

So many quality lines in this one. Four and a half minutes of concentrated Homestar humor and dripping yellow madness. Never change, Chappies. "What in Pete Sampras is going on here?!"

[@Jason_Quinn]

"Take off those stupid cool shades"

[@TheInkPitOx]

Why is Homestar upset? He was the one who was supposed to be solving the problem and he took too long getting the paint.

[@CompleteAnimation]

How have I never seen this one before? It feels so fresh and like it could have been made last year!

[@KairuHakubi]

I didn't see Kick-a-Ball til years after it came out. sometimes they slip through the cracks.

[@Oblithian]

@@KairuHakubi Just like Dripping Yellow Madness, RIP education.

[@Doughboy123x]

I always kept thinking drips of paint were falling into Homestar's underbite mouth.

[@Monkey-rk4xi]

Easily one of the top 5 standalone toons :) great to see it reuploaded!!

[@mechazoic]

“Sitting on the couch is zero amount of fun when there’s not a TV or hang glider in front of it” I love these references to “noodle incidents” where you can only wonder what happened. 😂

[@KaganB]

They really had me going with the "Cow Lamp & Bunny Slippers: A Brief History"... I was like... oh my dang, I'm so excited to watch this. How have I never seen it!?

[@GabePuratekuta]

It's been a while since they did a fake KZbin autoplay bit, huh.

[@ScottOshawott]

I've definitely used the phrase "Cool Tapes," "Sorry customer, I'm closed," and "lesser or much lesser value" a lot over the years because of this video. What a good one this is.

[@IsabellaCataldo]

This cartoon is the reason why I named my Minecraft world "Cool Tapes".

[@The_October_Man]

I remember being 8 years old and waiting like 5 minutes to watch these cartoons on dial-up internet.

[@Turnip199]

It's hard to really express how great of a band name Cool Tapes is in a world with similar two-word bands like Mom Jeans, Remember Sports, American Football, etc.

[@PiplupPeanut]

But of course, we can’t forget the best band name: She Likes Cloth

[@Chaosrain112]

My friend wrote a discord bot that stores and randomizes "Sick Song/Album/Band" Names we feed it as a running joke. These are a few of its masterpieces: -Marsupial Murder Party -Bodacious Jesus -Suicide Weiners Forever

[@connordarvall8482]

Dripping Yellow Madness is also a pretty good one.

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@connordarvall8482 Sounds like a punk band

[@KairuHakubi]

dagsarnit, in my day bands had names in the format of "The ____s." and it worked fine!

[@tomboyangel78]

This is the coolest thing to brace the internet since the last cool thing that moved away in 5th grade.

[@virg0_lem0nade]

...brace?

[@tomboyangel78]

@@virg0_lem0nade I think I meant "grace". My wording is weird sometimes.

[@MarquisDeSacks]

"The Dripping Yellow Madness" sounds like a killer Lovecraft tale full of cosmic horror and only the coolest of shades ("The Colour Out of Space", anyone?)!

[@devanbrowne8706]

It's so wild how in the early 2000s this sort of thing was the epitome wacky, hectic, "random" humor, and it already feels kind of tame and slow-paced compared to present-day content. It's still funny and enjoyable, that hasn't changed. It's just interesting to think how the culture of internet animations has changed around it.

[@virg0_lem0nade]

eh, i'd say that the "wacky hectic random humor" of that era was actually the stuff on Newgrounds, tbh.... Homestar was always more "tame and slow-paced" and character-driven, even when compared to the other internet cartoons being produced in the same years.

[@Reubentheimitator6572]

1:35 - 1:39 I'd love the brothers chapps to show us 'dripping yellow madness' as a character in a prequel to this cartoon.

[@TheSkullivan12]

The phrase “Dripping Yellow Madness” has lived rent-free in my head for years.

[@ekimaulthar2044]

long after he moved away (in 5th grade)

[@timwoods2852]

Man, I hope Homestar liked the flavor of that paint. Also, the town is one step closer to Strong Bad's vision.

[@virg0_lem0nade]

Marzipan could rock, indeed! 😂🎸

[@nintendo-nut1]

I'm super stoked you figured out how to include the easter eggs from the original by putting them after fake Up Next screens, that's super freaking clever

[@bobbymartin5088]

This is a mighty parable of epic proportions

[@rosskerr1439]

“Homestar, take off those stupid cool shades.”

[@zacharymendelsohn3740]

"Yeah I should probably return this things "

[@dw4124]

"Oh REALLY? What kind of...music do you play?!" Underrated joke

[@GabrielusPrime]

Did anyone notice that while homestar is wearing the cool shades and his mouth is closed the yellow paint on them drips to the ground, but when his mouth is open, it drips in?😂 I can't get enough of the brother chaps unique style of when it comes to subtle animation gags like that!

[@teddyholdon]

This was a household favorite, or maybe just a my favorite. I sang Cool Tapes all the time, also still do pretty much every time I pack a bag of grapes for a snackie

[@RonaldMacK]

What a wonderful blast from the past. I remember watching this when it premiered.

[@jayeverette]

I’ve always loved the way HR breathes when he says “What kind of music do you play?”

[@patandmacmusic]

I must have watched this a million times over the years. So many great lines. My old band used to have a song called Drippin’ Yellow Madness.

[@Ezrimustheblackconvoy]

Cool things like sunglasses, skateboards, and roller blades.

[@aekaydubs]

Noice! I’ve been quoting every other line of this one since I moved away after the 5th grade!

[@silverpslm]

There are at least 3 characters, from this so called "fifth grade", that I feel we need a fully detailed class photo of.

[@GabePuratekuta]

Nope. They're all the same person.

[@virg0_lem0nade]

was Real Live Mr. Blangcaster From Next Door one of them lol?

[@PEACEOUTPAT]

I needed this. This kept me going 20 years ago when I was first realizing how hard life was going to be. Shit ain't changed.

[@virg0_lem0nade]

❤❤❤

[@Arcademan09]

You know what's cool? Getting new HomeStar updates when you least suspect it

[@SilenTHerO78614]

It's not as much an update as much as a re-uploading

[@somejerk5662]

@@SilenTHerO78614 the fake "next video" bit between the main toon and the Easter egg are *technically* new Homestar Runner content. I'll take what I can get!

[@KairuHakubi]

@@somejerk5662 The pyorples are scrapin' dope gags off the kitchen floor, just to survive!

[@bruce-le-smith]

@@somejerk5662 the fake loading circle and cancel button were awesome, felt very true to the original brand of hunting over the page looking for easter eggs

[@amani576]

@@bruce-le-smith I just pressed the tab button repeatedly to highlight the different easter eggs in the videos. Perhaps against the spirit, but I was a kid with nothing better to do.

[@an0idiot0of0use]

Thanks Homestar. Really needed this today. And I have to agree with you: Cool tapes ARE cool.

[@stuartdunlop8834]

1:55 has me on the floor laughing every time. So glad it's officially on KZbin now for me to scream along to.

[@daniellepaszkiewicz1714]

Over 15 years later, and I still love this to the point I quote things from this often xD

[@drazsyr]

i am so so glad, that after 20+ years, the Brothers Chaps are still making me burst out laughing, especially after I hit the cancel on autoplay that is turned off.

[@kevinbahr4592]

Even though I know this was just TBC writing these, this has always felt like one of those episodes of Space Ghost Coast to Coast where one writer would write a page, then pass it over to another writer for the next, and so on.

[@virg0_lem0nade]

their Lore is so heavily based on inside jokes with their friends and family that it honestly _is_ kind of like a handful of people writing each one hahah ❤

[@darthgamer9861]

this series never gets old

[@tedsowards]

This is one of the homestar cartoons I quote the most

[@tmoe380]

a bag of 4 grapes is the linchpin of this whole charade...

[@TheGreatEbayer]

This was maybe the second Homestar toon I ever saw. It left an impression forever. Good to see you, Everybody!

[@Kyuubi424]

How is nothing going on in this cartoon, yet it's still so charming?

[@elizabethsullivan7021]

I wonder how that date went for Strong Sad and the wall. 🤔

[@virg0_lem0nade]

i heard he got lucky (toniiiiiight)

[@Echo81Rumple83]

this is a prime example of ADHD without medication. it would explain a lot why Sis and i gravitated towards this during our college years.

[@offlineable]

We absolutely LOVE that you are still making these! Timeless classics... all of them!

[@ramblincapuchin9075]

Marcelline must be a deeply creative type. She can't stay mad at the obstruction long enough for it not to influence her subconcious

[@Stammer6]

We've got an orange tabby cat who likes to meow at the top of his lungs when he's hungry. One of the many nicknames I've given him is "Screaming Orange Madness", and now my partner has started calling him that as well

[@virg0_lem0nade]

hahahahaa 😂❤❤

[@DaNoob1485]

I won’t lie. Those are indeed, some cool things

[@faroffblue5529]

Years ago my Father was working on my room and replaced the wooden wall with drywall. It was left bare. I wrote "Cool Tapes" on it. The wall was never finished. I think it's still there.

[@jekblom123]

The paint drips directly into his mouth lol

[@JIreland1992]

Seeing this back brightens up my day

[@maxcloud753]

The Greatest part of this episode is that it gave us some of that Dripping Yellow Madness lore the fans were begging for!

[@lizardguyNA]

Cool Tapes is actually a pretty good band. Like, I'm honestly surprised Marzipan's VA hasn't tried a musical career yet. Yo, Chaps Bros, Marzipan should sing more.

[@onesyllable_kate]

If only the town were different, then she would rock.

[@cgoater8672]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZqcqX2cd9iHgMU&ab_channel=MagnoliaPictures%26MagnetReleasing

[@ekimaulthar2044]

@@onesyllable_kate and the Poopsmith could talk.

[@Vespuchian]

@@ekimaulthar2044 And The Stick would be this big-ol' tree that tried to eat everyone but the Cheat and Strongbad.

[@ekimaulthar2044]

@@Vespuchian and Strong Mad

[@chaddickhaut140]

Sitting on the couch is zero amount of fun when there isn't a TV or hang glider in front of it.

[@virg0_lem0nade]

yo i HAVE to ask if that is your real surname

[@chaddickhaut140]

@@virg0_lem0nade ayep!

[@animatrix1490]

Marzipan's singing voice, despite kinda giving me Blossom Deary vibes, somehow really works with that song

[@The-Silent-One]

I just... love this. At this point in life this is truly the only thing that makes sense anymore. Thank you.

[@roxtrox7]

So nostalgic. One of my all time fav cartoons from the site 😎

[@gpoop23]

How has this absolute gem of a toon not been officially uploaded until now? Well, regardless, I'm glad to see it up and will probably make up a significant portion of the view count at any given moment.

[@therealhardrock]

SBCG4AP was the first time we could hear the voices of the Homestar Runner characters in normal quality instead of early 2000s flash quality, but the Brothers Chaps have been so slow in filling this KZbin channel with their old content.

[@antaresthirdeldenlord4840]

Man I got disc 1-4 of Strong Bad email on DVD. I remember watching them all the time. God these are the best.

[@UmaROMC]

Homestar runner saves the day once more!

[@millennialchicken]

this show never gets old, bless up the star of the homerunner

[@doingitwelldotbiz]

Power to the people!

[@swistedfilms]

I wonder what Strong Sad did with the paint if he didn't paint Marzipan's wall?

[@ScrewYouThatsMyName]

Maybe he took it to a different wall. That he then had a date with.

[@Dark00Wolf79]

Loved it originally. Love it now. Will always love it. Thank you for making my childhood better. Keep up the great work.

[@andresbravo2003]

That’s how Marzipan formed a band called: “Cool Tapes”.

[@tylerwarner3677]

If I'm not mistaken, this was the first instance of the dodge ball sound when Strong Sad touches his stomach. Anyway it was the first time I noticed it, made me bust a gut. Legendary

[@neomerlin]

This is one of my favourite episodes. Glad to see it here!

[@crappyschool]

I cohosted a party at my then former-roommates grandma's house and someone wrote "howdy bitch" in sharpie all over the walls and furniture and we spent all morning painting

[@sentientblender]

1:26 ah, so THIS is the “having drip” I’ve heard so much about

[@pikminfan6778]

3:11 Yes, folks. Marzipan has teeth.

[@OccasionalHaHa]

The amount of absurdity I put up with as a child astounds me. I seriously doubt that grapes make that sound when shook...though I have yet to try...