Strong Bad Email

[@lizardguyNA]

The biggest irony is that everything Strong Bad said Pom Pom could do on his cellphone is all legit possible now.

[@hamursh]

And another big piece of irony is that Strong Bad is so far behind the times that he can't go for an entire day without outdated technology! I swear that his first toy was a rock!

[@Aluminum.K]

​@@hamurshAnd he had to share the rock!

[@CaliFreek63]

i genuinely hope the teacher actually used it

[@justarandomhandlewithnomeaning]

Agreed

[@yelloweyeball]

I wish middle school me was in that class.

[@aaronathas6972]

I’m a middle school technology teacher and have used this several times over the years.

[@commenter3484]

Jay, Oswego! To New York.

[@LuxAeterna22878]

@@aaronathas6972 How did the kids react?

[@ZiggyMandarr]

Everyone in school: spelling "BOOBS" on the calculator Me in school: "OBOESHOES"

[@NezumiVA]

The cellphone bit has aged remarkably well.

[@amazingdancingturnips9236]

I still say "where are you taking me, lappy?" whenever my computer does something confusing

[@RunstarHomer]

Most humor in Homestar Runner cartoons is completely timeless. This sbemail, however, is planted firmly in the 00's. And I love it for that.

[@anueutsuho7425]

Yeah, now pretty much everything Pom Pom did with his cell phone is to be expected from a smartphone nowadays.

[@SirWeirdGuy]

This sbemail is planted firmly in the 80's

[@MyDayAstonTheMuppetsFan]

Everyone loves the Homestar Runner. But what about the Runstar Homer.

[@GhostOfLorelei]

@@SirWeirdGuyMy exact thought 😂

[@LeahLuciB]

Oboe Shoes endures

[@moonbeast32]

Years later, and I still think about the line, "Robots are technology shaped like Square people."

[@TheInkPitOx]

They're basically used for destroying Japan or serving hors d'oeuvres.

[@TheInkPitOx]

They're basically used for destroying Japan and serving hordeurves

[@siruguri]

Where are you taking me, Lappy?

[@Oddi0]

I still say "oss we go" all the time and nobody ever knows why.

[@orangepineapplephoto]

Fatherbrain you and me both!

[@phildous]

That's me with "Haldo!"

[@reloadpsi]

As do I.

[@michaelchallis4129]

I do whenever I drive off the curb.

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

Spelling it "Awexome" for me...as well as a "Haldo" phase.

[@yelloweyeball]

I like how Pompom went from being Strong Bad's nemesis alongside Homestar, to being too cool for both of them.

[@chad9166]

He isn't cool.

[@heyitsjustaz]

I like how it went from Strong Bad being the nemesis to him being generally the protagonist and Pompom just kinda being that one rich jerk.

[@bkbeatit9993]

It’s always been like that The circumstances are just being gradually unveiled

[@AwesomeYena]

@@heyitsjustaz Strong Bad has gotten too much special treatment. End this now by joining the Homestarmy!

[@AwesomeYena]

Pom-Pom would never ditch Homestar, he loves him! (Hold your fire, as a BFF!)

[@animatrix1490]

If I were that teacher, I would play this EVERY YEAR

[@GooberInternet]

I'd play a Homestar Toon every start of the day from first year to senior.

[@nline2blast722]

I would play it on the reg

[@joeywomer]

I like how when Strong Bad is typing, when the text gets towards the bottom, he types around his head.

[@SpyrosKoronis]

Ooh, automatic head formatting!

[@NicoTheCinderace]

"The word technology means... Magic." "It's magic, Joel! It's magic!"

[@xxwarxx6227]

Ever since that day, little Joel was never the same

[@GhostOfLorelei]

1:03 - Ten years into my career as a software engineer and all I've learned is that this is truer than I ever could have guessed when I first watched this.

[@TBTabby]

I loved that 3D maze screen saver. It was cool because you could change the textures of the floor, walls and ceiling to anything you wanted. It almost makes me sad screen savers are obsolete.

[@Hellwyck]

Since they're still being produced, they're not obsolete. You mean they're redundant as they're not needed.

[@Kemonokami]

"Either way, middle school kids are all idiots and they need as much of my help and guidance as they can get." My middle school experience tells me that everything in the quote above cannot possibly be closer to the truth.

[@Davethe3rd]

"Pom-Pom just wrote, directed, produced and starred in a movie made on his cellphone. And he got into Sundance!!" It's hilarious how this is actually possible now...

[@gablewriter]

January 30, 2006 - "Pom-Pom just wrote, directed, produced, and distributed a movie with his cellphone. And he just got into Sundance." January 23, 2015 - Tangerine, a movie shot entirely on an iPhone, premieres at Sundance.

[@OdaSwifteye]

Now we just need phones to distribute films. I don't think Torrents or livestreams counts.

[@effigytormented]

@@OdaSwifteye Video app like, but like audible.

[@thespacecowboy420]

There was a high profile competition at the time this was created to make movies on cell phones.

[@richardgibson8403]

@@OdaSwifteye youtube

[@FFXI_Addict]

"and if it breaks, you have to buy a new one."

[@evanhagerth4501]

technology is amazing, i just watched this on my tellular celephone

[@knuclear200x]

>2015 >still no a The Cheatbot Where's my a The Cheatbot, Apple?

[@AoiKaze2000]

+knuclear2010 Ask Google, Apple took an arrow to the knee when Steve Jobs passed away >.>

[@nessthecat1]

+AoiKaze2000 That is the worst joke I have ever heard.

[@AoiKaze2000]

Father The Guy Well it is true >.>

[@nessthecat1]

AoiKaze2000 Yeah, but with that joke, I threw up in my pants.

[@AoiKaze2000]

Father The Guy Why were you wearing your pants on your head? Maybe that's what made you sick.....

[@Abelhawk]

The Cheatbot is adorable!

[@TheInkPitOx]

Cheatbot sounds like the name of a spam online gamer.

[@khaibutton]

The Cheatbot>>humidibot imho

[@570y3n]

I freaking love him. I wish he would do that bit again. "What are you still doing here, The Cheatbot?"

[@abwab-g8n]

It's the drawn-on smile

[@Abelhawk]

For me it's the noise he makes :D

[@everettlogan2433]

I just noticed Strong Bad is able to seamlessly type in italics.... _what I wouldn't give to learn how to type in italics_

[@Yceb0x]

Press Ctrl + i to type in italics, then the same combination to write normally again :) the same awesome shortcut can be applied for writing in bold (Ctrl+b), underlining (Ctrl+u) and any other command. Have fun!

[@everettlogan2433]

press shift+i? You mean the way you get a capital I?

[@Yceb0x]

(Crap!) *Facepalm* I meant Control+i (or Command+i for Mac)

[@squizzlor]

Everett Logan see what you don’t see is his editor the cheat offscreen doing the real work!

[@carmovision]

dude, there's no way that could possibly _OH MY GOD_

[@tb3411]

"Pom-Pom just wrote, directed, produced, and distributed a movie with his cellphone. And he just got into Sundance." That is some Matt Groening level clairvoyance there

[@chloejackson-reynolds418]

"Diskettes were invented by computers to help us like how cows invented milk"

[@Jomahawk2694]

Oboe shoes. One of the many things I have learned from watching homestar

[@princegoatcheese9379]

We need to start calling cell phones "Tellular Celephones" now!

[@eggbuscus]

It's what I do.

[@nthgth]

Way ahead of you buddy

[@YoBlockTheater]

dude imagine chilling in class waiting for the video to start and strong bad shows up i would go nuts

[@NeonDreams7]

This never gets old. I still use the opening line, about technology is magic when teaching new hires/trainees/students instead of starting off rambling about my 24+ years in IT and threatening them with an external modem.

[@Fralexion]

"I keep telling you, they're BOTH floppy discs!" "You think this... is a floppy disc?" "Yes!" "It's not a hard disc?" "No!" "And you're sure about this?" "Absolute-OW!"

[@TheInkPitOx]

disk

[@Oddi0]

Keith Pixton Nice necro-correction.

[@TheInkPitOx]

I'm such a nitpick sometimes.

[@PureRok]

Except "disc" is also correct, so your correction isn't really a correction.

[@TheInkPitOx]

I just prefer disk to refer to floppy disks and disc to refer to compact discs BTW: the smaller floppies are still floppy inside, just encased in a hard shell

[@arbiter11171]

The maze screen saver was the best, I always wanted to play it because it kind of reminded me if Doom

[@mude_13]

arbiter11171 I spent literal hours messing with it as a kid.

[@Oddi0]

That and Pipes. I would freaking love a parkour-type game based on the Pipes screensaver.

[@rebelstrategist]

>not having the Matrix screensaver

[@siler7]

If Doom what?

[@Hellwyck]

@@siler7 IF doom = 22 THEN wolfenstein3d = 11

[@projectz975]

him folding the floppy disk HURT ME

[@j.nicolosi6647]

The noise the Cheatbot makes is too precious for human ears...

[@TooCoolForYoutube35]

*AGREED* !!!!!! 😢🖤💛

[@undoneonion90]

2:23 - 2:41 Creepily accurate with smartphones nowadays.

[@mitchellk2624]

Robert Jindra that was kind of a head of it's time

[@diehounderdoggenalt]

The Brothers Chaps successfully predicted Tangerine.

[@Mundwasser]

yes and no, PDAs were extremely popular back then and were incredibly similar, possibly even taking the idea from the popularity and many uses of a PDA, and possibly even the recent release of the iPhone at the time may have had a part in the making of this now very true to life joke.

[@Poxell91]

I still do the"oboe shoes" joke when I find a calculator and I'm bored at a job. 🤣

[@juanjoboy189]

3:06 and thus a legend was born

[@chickmate4446]

Thank you for being the Timestamp Terry, was looking for you ser

[@jackfleming1263]

I was trying to find a comment like this

[@leeiif]

I learned so much today.

[@hamursh]

Like how outdated Strong Bad's technology is! HIYOH!

[@LaedeeTyme]

i really miss that screensaver...

[@rebelstrategist]

Back when Windows 98 was the de facto OS...

[@JoeCambo]

Ah, the Cheatbot!

[@JamesLandon]

"OBOE SHOES".

[@TheSuperCommentGuy]

53045 3080

[@shelbythibodeau5506]

0.7734

[@FriendlyLocalGeek]

Making it say "5318008" would probably be a bit too inapro-pro

[@hamursh]

As if the word "crap" wouldn't be THAT too inapro-pro to begin with!

[@oboeshoesgames]

nice

[@WavePrism]

DAD, WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY?

[@KindOfFatGuy]

IT'S MAGIC, JOEL. IT'S MAGIC.

[@RogerTheil]

When my kids ask me this I'm just going to show them this video. That's good enough for a G.E.D., right?

[@carmovision]

ever since that day, little strong bad was never the same

[@BRD-Senpai]

AND MY DAD GOES “1:07”

[@plinsf]

Legend has it that the Lappy still has him stuck in the catacombs, even today in 2022.

[@Neverhoodian]

Dang Pom-Pom, leaving Strong Bad hanging with that high-five. That's cold!

[@bkbeatit9993]

And I thought the double duece was controversial

[@LchanOtakudom]

My Intro to IT Scripting class in college started out with typing "Hello there!" in 0s and 1s, and I laughed hysterically, this is what came into my mind INSTANTLY! I wonder if I should send this to my professor...

[@drathmoor]

Everything Strong Bad says here is completely accurate and should be integrated into school curriculums.

[@bkbeatit9993]

School teaches you to memorize stuff that’s gonna become proven inaccurate if not problematic in less than ten years

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

When this cartoon was made, writing producing filming and distributing a movie with a cell phone was science fiction.

[@tannerin]

To be honest, I really did learn more from watching SBemails than I did going to middle school.

[@RodoMallard]

Oh hey duster

[@tannerin]

@@RodoMallard i think i commented this immediately after finishing middle school

[@GmNdWtchr96]

I sometimes use "I really hope JCPenney's takes 'Really appreciate it's.'"

[@GreenChillZone]

Cheatbot is adorable.

[@Mundwasser]

"and so I go up to my dad and ask: "Dad, what is technology?"" "it's magic Joel, it's magic..." Varg's dad~ sometime in the early 2000s...I think.

[@c0baltl1ghtn1ng]

I have translated what Strong bad had said in Technology. He said "�"

[@MuttonTheDragon]

I got "&�"

[@nthgth]

I got 9945

[@realfakejayme]

you make me feel so old, hehe. it's so interesting to be old enough to see generation gaps form!

[@shmook1507]

"Corrosion: The Pre-Sequel"

[@vpvignesh5858]

Marcus' bean burrito blblblblblblbl

[@SephirothRyu]

You can always tell when there is an overly aged computer still in use for some random niche thing because they always seem to put that old maze screensaver on it.

[@sleepCircle]

that's because it's the objectively best screensaver

[@fatcerberus]

@@sleepCircleI would contest that it has stiff competition from Johnny Castaway.

[@Hawkfire360]

These days, this counts as a tech history lesson. I gotta become a teacher ASAP.

[@CarlMakesVideos]

I hope that guy used this to introduce his students to the class.

[@Rattlepaw]

Strongbad!! Man i remember watching your guys cartoons back in 2004 when i got internet! Strongbad is so awesome!

[@jasoneverett]

I don't know why but that pause and then "what are you still doing here The Cheatbot?" always cracked me up.

[@FelixTheGhost]

You can hear the geddup sound in this one

[@MrBackoftheface]

Um that’s “geddup noise”

[@pikminfan6778]

I think that's his cousin, Chairscoot.

[@KewlNerd20X6]

"Get your wireless extension cords! 3 for 300! Lightweight, existent, and shock-proof!"

[@oboeshoesgames]

cool video

[@Poxell91]

Hahaha! I went to college in Oswego! The guy who sent this email still works at the school. So epic.

[@bkbeatit9993]

Are the dining hall tater tots hot and crispy or raw and soft? That’s what you have to know before anything

[@JonathanAuburn]

@@bkbeatit9993 More importantly, how's the beef stroganoff?

[@Voller84]

"I'm telling you they are _both_ floppy disks!"

[@felixcroc]

My dad used to be a tech teacher at a community college and he played this email in class, along with 'isp'

[@citizenkanerosebud]

That whole thing with Pom Pom making his film from his phone...that seemed like a miracle 6 years ago. Now its reality.

[@Racecarlock]

Wait. The cell phone bit was before phones could actually do all that. DID STRONG BAD EMAILS PREDICT THE SMART PHONE?!

[@Globituary]

Came here for the oboeshoesgames lore

[@bundtworthington]

my tattoo textbook references this video i was so happy to see this

[@Kieran5]

Dude, Everytime I was bored in Physics class, i would always been typing "Oboe Shoes" on my calculator

[@taraniatheanicomguy7898]

1:07-1:11 Dad, what is technology? It's magic Joel, it's magic!

[@wilwdr96]

I work at a job with ancient cash registers and sometimes we have to calculate a discount manually and we can't have phones so we have solar calculators on the register and every day I make mine say 30453080 cause the day has gotten to that point

[@gavingro]

Thhe cheatbot makes me happy

[@chastermief839]

1:10 - 1:15 i'm surprised strong sad doesn't butt in with some joke about Arthur C Clarke here

[@octopijones6680]

I hope this teacher uses this video every year.

[@shelbythibodeau5506]

My favorite screensaver is "Pipes" because of its hidden teapots. What's yours?

[@TheInkPitOx]

black

[@oddcrafter1270]

"Hidden teapots"? Please explain. (I liked Pipes, Maze, Gates Does Windows, that one with the haunted mansion, Mystify Your Mind... I never had a singular favorite.)

[@thomasisrael1636]

The Aquarium was my fave.

[@theartificer3456]

The internet is a series of tubes.

[@shelbythibodeau5506]

Every so often, after a certain number of screens, one of the ball joints will instead take on the shape of a Utah teapot.

[@fredfredburgerdude]

I want Pom-Pom's ringtone. Actually, the mp3 of the full length song of DJ Teh Cheat's Remix of The Geddup Noise would be awesome.

[@SingingSeraph]

Oh, the Cheatbot. So cute.

[@bugradio]

Oh man - "Oboe Shoes" - !!

[@halcyon510]

I just had some technology break and I think I need to buy a new one. Of corse that makes me think of this.

[@ginaca5972]

Thanks for teaching the world all we needed to know about technology since

[@MenacingBanjo]

Where's the scene with Strong Sad and Strong Bad arguing over floppy disks and hard disks? That's one of my favorite scenes from the series. "It's not a hard disk?... and you're sure about this..."

[@rosskerr1439]

… What are you still doing here, The Cheatbot?

[@HairyHariyama]

"Why I've got some technology beneath my pants right now!" Do you get the feeling Strong Bad deliberately tries to make it funny to take his quotes out of context?

[@TheInkPitOx]

I don't think it was taken out of context, although can be these days.

[@licenselessrider4486]

That cheatbot is adorable I hope its gluten free

[@sustelsuk]

Strong bad is the only scientist I trust for advanced techs

[@nthgth]

1:57 if there's a Schwarzenegger themed educational institution, I would like to apply _right now._

[@ButtonMasherReal]

It's magic, -Joel- viewers. It's magic.

[@roxygaming5968]

I love how Strong Bad, in this hypothetical educational film where he has complete control over what stays in, kept the shot of him getting absolutely shot down by Pom Pom.

[@GroupNebula563]

1:11 “it’s magic joel, it’s magic”

[@Isiel42]

I wonder if that teacher ever showed this to them.

[@deftcoleman0552]

“1 00 11 0 1 10 110 01” -Strong Bad, 2006

[@jekblom123]

this was the first 'Homestar Runner' cartoon I ever watched back in 2010. And between it and MST3K (classic series) it's one of the greatest long dead franchises I ever really got into. And I DO use the term "long dead" very lightly.

[@the-NightStar]

Both MST3K and Homestar Runner still puts out occasional content. It's just rare.

[@Quincy_Morris]

In case anyone wondered where oboshoes got his KZbin name

[@mattc7420]

When OboeShoes said "It's OboeShoes time" and OboeShoes'd those guys

[@ciderfan823]

Why hasn't anyone made a "Tellular Celephone"?

[@rachelbybee1455]

Who is watching this on their tellular celephones now-a the days?

[@Oblithian]

Wow, I am really disappointed in the great correctionist for the common misunderstanding of what part of a floppy disk makes it floppy (psst, it's not the case but the actual disk). ...Then again it may be part of the bit.

[@spugintrntl]

That last "where are you taking me, Lappy?" seemed like an oddly Cardgage-esque statement.

[@siler7]

Question. It was a question.

[@big.venom.snake.boss.]

Oh man, strong bad is totally the internet through the ages!

[@classymarowak7001]

Is Strongbad joel's father?

[@MachineWashableKatie]

+Luke Turner He isn't kermit.

[@kt46smug]

Luke Turner Strong Bad is Joel.

[@No-mv7tf]

ToasterRoboto duh

[@dee-jayluig-jay5352]

Was just about to make this comment!

[@ArtemiyBerezhnoy]

@@CatMasterandHazelnut Probably Vinesauce Joel

[@Crazy56U]

1:07 ... I'm tempted to make a Vinesauce joke...

[@ArtemiyBerezhnoy]

IT'S MAGIC JOEL, IT'S MAGIC

[@TheInkPitOx]

Five people think this video will lead to mass layoffs at middle schools nationwide.

[@ZandraRealm]

Lappy 486 is a hero! It saved the screen! That poor little screen! Hasn't been cleaned in months! Or ever again, RIP.