Strong Bad Email

[@asteroidrules]

"Why thank you, Senator." I like to think that this was Strong Sad's attempt to finally get back at the extremely long list of nicknames that Strong Bad has for him, but Senator was the only thing he could come up with.

[@JanusHoW]

Except it sort of worked. Strong Bad was at least mildly annoyed.

[@slappybigalow436]

So true about collage radio. One time th DJ forgot to turn off his mic and I heard him snort a line right on the air.

[@TheInkPitOx]

I just noticed you said "collage radio". That would be interesting.

[@hobossuck2]

That's just sad

[@Mahoromatic]

God

[@A-man1998]

Well this is certainly not the kind of comment I was expecting to see down here.

[@DarkOmegaMK2]

@MomoTheBellyDancer You gotta make some compromises as a collage student.

[@funnyandrelatablecommercials]

The impression of college radio is crushingly accurate.

[@pollo20x6]

Yup. I ran the college radio from 8 am to 9 every Wednesday. One hour of pretty much what you heard here.

[@TheInkPitOx]

chanting?

[@RinkoDinko]

Keith Pixton And dead air

[@BizarroDF]

there's a college radio in my town where the guy hosting it one time had a really bad stutter, but i really rooted for him because i felt like he had Big Dreams but this was the closest thing he'd ever come to reaching them

[@ELSTERLING]

@@BizarroDF That's pretty great actually. Glad he was able to put himself out there like that without fear of judgement.

[@Abelhawk]

I still remember the joy in my heart when one of my local radio stations used "Don't you touch that, ZABITTABLOUGH!" "Zabittablough?" "Don't you ever make me do that again!" as one of their bumpers.

[@dylaninpieces2]

Would you mind sending me a link to the bumper, please?

[@Alicehastur]

the "High ball! *smashes glass*" has lived rent free in my head for years

[@glitchedoom]

Any time I drink a highball that scene runs through my head with every sip.

[@JelloApocalypse]

The "hour of chanting" joke is my favorite gag from Homestarrunner. It makes me burst out laughing every single time without fail.

[@ozharms]

One of my favourite bits that comes to mind is in the cartoon Senorial Day, when Strong Bad comes up to Senor Cardgage, and asks him to throw his football. Senor grabs it, raises it, and then just puts it down. Kills me every time!

[@amandahugankiss4110]

Yeah you do.

[@Betta66]

An hour of chanting, after which everyone washes their throats down with lemonade

[@timwoods2852]

They want you to join the Kregs! 😁

[@AiOinc1]

My favorite was easily "most macaronis nailed to a paper towel tube by strong mad: just one"

[@tmawd20]

I don't know why, but "Why thank you Senator." is one of my favorite quotes from this e-mail. Maybe it's just the sheer randomness of it, but I've taken to saying it whenever someone says an insult. XD

[@catbatrat1760]

I know you posted this a literal decade ago, but I'm replying anyway: I should try that someday, too.

[@tmawd20]

@@catbatrat1760 10 years later, and it's still a classic!

[@catbatrat1760]

@@tmawd20 Yeah! I just recently got into it. I kept hearing the title "Homestar Runner" in other works (for example, in Baldi's Basics, there is a chalkboard that literally says "Look! A Homestar Runner reference!"), but it wasn't until... idk, a few months ago that I actually started watching it. And I am HOOKED! I just bought the Everything Else Volumes 1-3 DVD!

[@jbproductions9]

I just assumed this was a Senior Cardgage quote when I first read this

[@XanderKHD]

Quit calling me that.

[@JonahLoeb]

Strong Sad is the secret star of this email.

[@TheInkPitOx]

Why thank you, Senator.

[@JonahLoeb]

Quit calling me that.

[@pat2rome]

The horrified "don't you ever make me do that again!" is one of my favorite HR moments.

[@__________________________2101]

@@pat2rome same

[@eteru2669]

@masakasama SB and SS are my entire personality (not taken from the cartoon)

[@zachpeterson4519]

When I was a kid I didn't totally appreciate the college radio one. Now at 22 my radio is keenly tuned to U of M campus radio and OHHHH MAAANNNNNNN I can't stop thinking about how accurate this describes it. Even the chanting is real.

[@noloafing1652]

"but first up is an hour of chanting" "aaAAAYeeiiAA" i cant breathe

[@c02c02]

+izzy *presses record*

[@TAFARockWarrior97]

And here I thought I was the only one who found that funny! :D

[@janczarnecki1466]

You were not.

[@hobossuck2]

I think coach z was in that tribe

[@j.nicolosi6647]

Qwest?

[@ShuRugal]

"Don't eat the laundry detergent" turned out to be alarmingly prescient advice.

[@THiNGYBOBinc]

2:22 I JUST realized that Homestar is wearing the tote bag that Marzipan said she never got. I thought he was just wearing a bag on his head for no reason. Which, to be fair, would have been perfectly normal for this cartoon.

[@ladymantis]

OMG. MIND BLOWN. I cannot COUNT how many times I have seen this email and I never noticed that.

[@brandommario2]

THiNGYBOBinc holy shit!

[@38williams]

Literally just now noticed that after all these years, scrolled down to see if anyone else had this realization haha

[@paintedcrow]

And apparently it's highly flammable.

[@beckykennedy6886]

Same here. I didn't know that was the tote bag until now, especially since nothing Homestar did would surprise me these days.

[@studhouser6969]

I could listen to college radio SB for hours.

[@trearoos]

I laugh every time I hear it.

[@timwoods2852]

You'll have to put up with all the chanting.

[@emptywords1087]

when strongsad hits the record button after "...an hour of chanting" starts, i lost it. this show was so genius

[@Xondar11223344]

I love how SS is practising his calligraphy while he tapes an hour . . . of chanting.

[@TheInkPitOx]

ahAHahAHahAHahAHahAHahAH

[@LamanKnight]

In our younger days, I'm sure a lot of us would have made fun of Strong Sad for that. But these days... I don't know, having such a laid-back activity for an hour sounds kind of pleasant. (Except I can't do calligraphy. From what I can tell, it is borderline impossible for left-handed people to do good calligraphy.)

[@hipsterelephant2660]

@@LamanKnight Back in my day I made fun of Strong Sad for being everything I hated. Then I more or less became Strong Sad, hence my profile picture.

[@liamwarren7149]

Despite that this is a youtube video, I find myself scanning the text with my cursor looking for easter eggs

[@tnerbtnerb5136]

Amen.

[@TylerBaraby]

highly flammable.

[@kebm1388]

dude just hold tab smh my head

[@eteru2669]

@@kebm1388 smh means “shaking my head” so essentially you’re saying “shaking my head my head” (That came out of the random, I didn’t think I’d actually do that)

[@chrissmith3668]

😢 the gooder days 😢

[@Fralexion]

*Portly Washboy* _"Don't eat it like the cartoon, man!"_

[@joekoontz708]

i thought it was don't eat it like the cartoon man

[@Adidaas]

I have no idea what that line/joke means to this day.

[@nickdwyer1451]

That little tune about Portly Washboy is hilarious!

[@Daretobestupider]

It's like they were predicting the Tide Pod Challenge!

[@FireLordJohn3191]

@Danny Dolan the brothers chaps saw the future where people actually ate tide pods.

[@DimJongUn]

As someone who has been in radio since this skit came out (I was in college radio in '04), I can attest that it's deadly accurate in every way.

[@Nickel_The_Wise]

uhm... c- (clattering, sound of papers dropped, then picked up) campus outreach is looking for.. ..hang on (papers shuffling)

[@Loctorak]

**feedback**

[@ladymantis]

OMG I have watched this email countless times and I JUST noticed Strong Sad hit record when the chanting comes on the radio. Lol!

[@chuckmcguffin]

As an adult who religiously checked homestarrunner as a youth, I could 100% support this picking up steam again.

[@MegaDurvin]

Kinda jarring to see Strong Bad's rants being so real-world accurate instead of the usual marshmallow-dragon-festooned-with-hand-grenades type deal, right down to Homestar drunk on scotch at 7AM and throwing highball glasses at the radio.

[@coolboy8712]

John Durvin why would homestar being drunk ever at 7am be realistic?

[@mikeyg69]

You'll understand when you're older.

[@Tadesan]

Mike G that was like boosh!

[@Saxshoe]

Homestar? Inebriated? The censor board would not be happy to hear this

[@Popebug]

You're an idiot.

[@paulcholewa5686]

I remember in my first semester of college my professor played this for the class and I was crying laughing and everyone thought I was crazy. 😂😂

[@fahadalghamdi9316]

Your professor if FREAKING AWESOME!

[@Afmedic85]

Armed forces network (military run radio stations on over seas bases) sound similar to college radio. They let any bewildered enlisted member with a decent voice in the DJ booth. The acting in the commercials is just painful to listen to as well.

[@mr.trumpet9750]

Ok

[@Tadesan]

So Good Morning Vietnam wasn't realistic?

[@j.nicolosi6647]

Those commercials, yeesh

[@roguishpaladin]

@@Tadesan Well, it was sorta realistic. Adrian Cronauer reputedly was one of the ones who was good at his job, which is why the implication would be that the others were not.

[@Asianwaste]

The commercials were pretty bad but I don’t remember the DJ’s being all too bad on the air.

[@animatrix1490]

This was one of the first Strong Bad emails that I watched with my mom and I felt so happy when she laughed at it. :)

[@somenerd2626]

Lmao, so true about the college radio. Especially when you get the guys on the air who you can tell are stoned out of their heads or are nervous as all hell. Kinda makes a guy feel sorry for them.

[@balalaikatana]

Strong Sad recording the chants, haha

[@aidanhowe2953]

I would like this comment, but I want the number to stay at 69.

[@pgj1997]

Dead air, um, dead air.

[@JordanMurdockMusician]

"Dead air. Um. Dead air." soooo sums up college radio Lol it happened to a few of my classmates last year. One time there was 5 minutes of dead air while someone went for a smoke lol

[@disneyfan85]

SIR STRONG BAD: Drat and double drat! It's true what they say: the rah-dio really does add four and twenty stone to one's voice!

[@RamrodAI]

Ok Dan Backslide :)P

[@NJGuy1973]

@@RamrodAI More like Dick Dastardly. But you do get a Like for the Dover Boys reference.

[@TheRealSpellstar]

I remember watching this when I was a kid, many, many years later I am now a delivery driver and this is still jarringly accurate

[@Merjia]

Uhhhhh. Is Homestar an alcoholic? I just made the connection that he's wearing Marzipans's tote bag on his head, and drinking hard liquor at 7am in the morning. Are you okay buddy?

[@SanAntonioJoker]

if you're living large you had better have a damn highball with you at the crack of dawn

[@undoneonion90]

Eh, typical Homestar behavior.

[@goatprince1]

Knowing Homestar, it's most likely just syrup or something.

[@TopRival75]

Except it's clearly a lowball.

[@sleepCircle]

@@goatprince1 apple cider, to go with the cinnamon

[@Compagno81]

"that fish was delish and it made quite a dish" and "that's the way the cookie crumbles", for some reason have stuck in my head since HR was in it's prime! I still wear the HR T-shirts! #homestarrunner

[@TheInkPitOx]

Kevin Compagno I have a Homsar T-shirt.

[@BlakGm]

Well Crap. I DJ at a college radio station, and he wasn't that wrong with how some peoples shows go.

[@TheInkPitOx]

Well um...that was...um...hang on...check...

[@Loctorak]

"Some people's" 🤫

[@pikminfan6778]

3:35 The fish swam all the way to the wharfs. The Quite a Dish gang is probably a bunch of seals and/or penguins.

[@rusticgiraffe4262]

I just realized, after having seen this dozens of times over the course of my entire life, that Marzipan never got her tote bag because Homestar stole it and is wearing it on his head. 😂 I swear everything on HR has infinite rewatchability

[@MomSaysImCool]

"The fish was delish and it made quite a dish" is a phrase that comes to my mind whenever I'm eating something even as remotely reminiscent of fish as chicken.

[@SuperStingray]

Nobody tell the portly washboy about tide pods.

[@Varidime]

Searched the comments for this. Thank you.

[@TheInkPitOx]

This is different

[@ChristianCTaken]

Statistically, Senor Cardgage is more likely to make that mistake. Or the King of Town, but he'd be perfectly fine, probably.

[@Bawgle]

Youd think Fraser would know how Radio Stations work

[@bens1343]

To which Homsar says: Keeeeelsey Graaaaammer

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@bens1343 No, that's what he says about the characters

[@LamanKnight]

"Dear Strong Bad, I just don't know anymore. What should I do with that tossed salad and scrambled eggs? I'm listening, - Fraiser"

[@avosmash2121]

I just remembered: some years ago I was actually listening to a college radio station, on the way to work. The people who manned that station were exactly like this example was, but not only that?- I no joke distinctly remember that they actually *did* play an hour or so of chanting. Maybe two or more because it was still on when I came back from my shift that day, only for it to switch back on towards 'normal' alternative underground rock music. This happened on more than one occasion too. But it wasn't a regular daily thing either. I have no idea who was behind the programming of that station but I salute you sir or madam. 😂👌 Thanks for broadening my horizons.

[@SmilingJack100]

Strong sad, as "The Deathly Pallor" radio host= most awesome thing, EVER

[@undoneonion90]

Why, thank you senator. 😊 Quit calling me that. 😑

[@FlorafoxNights]

I remember laughing so hard at Strong Sad sounding completely different that I was coughing blood.

[@hawaiianshirts4715]

This is one of my all-time favorites. So accurate. So quotable. So many jokes squeezed into just four minutes.

[@3cheezpizza415]

2:00 I thought my country was the only one with stations like this, I’m glad other countries know the pain the Philippines goes through

[@GabePuratekuta]

I'm pretty sure the countries that don't experience these are ones that never discovered electricity.

[@christopherwall2121]

I always forget about Mike in the background in the morning zoo portion "Yeah, you got it, yeah!"

[@maryelizabethhuber]

College radio. Spot. On.

[@Afmedic85]

Same with military radio stations in other countries. My husband and I are in Japan and the only station in English is run by the military, the DJs (for lack of a better word) are lousy and they think they only music is top 40 pop, ugh

[@mr.trumpet9750]

Ok

[@mr.trumpet9750]

Afmedic85 ok

[@meagankaminsky2317]

Haha I was that college freshman trying to run a radio station. Strong bad sums up college radio pretty well.

[@Loctorak]

"Alright, squawk box... shut it up about the fish, already!!" This scene 😂

[@TheInkPitOx]

highball

[@Menckenperson]

I sent an email almost exactly like this Word for Word the week before this episode aired. I’m still convinced partially that they merged this with another

[@RoxStar1968]

So do you still use that email account? I’d be curious to see

[@Menckenperson]

@@RoxStar1968 I actually do, I never thought to look but I did. Unfortunately the earliest sent emails saved were from 2009.

[@djvoid1]

"Stay tuned for partial excitement!"

[@PlutoTheSecond]

"Portly Washboy, don't eat it like the cartoon, man!'

[@SmilingJack100]

The best part of this email, and, possibly the best of any email is Strongsad as "The Deathly Pallor" I love it when he teleports of up real close going "THE STUUURGE!"

[@khaibutton]

Homestar's aim with that highball glass is crazy good, especially considering he has a tote bag over his head.

[@R_C420]

The fish was delish.. And many people claim that it did indeed make quite a Dish. I'm Paul Harvey, and now you know... The rest of the story.

[@ChrisMolyneaux93]

"Why thank you, Senator!" "Quit calling me that."

[@Quackoid]

"BLUHEHEHEY! ITS SPENEVILY PALOR COMIN AT YOU ON THE MINI 9023D MIDNIGHT FM MISTERS.... COMIN UP NEXT WE GOT SOME HOT NEW TRACKS SOME DOUBLE O BALLEYHOO!!!1!1!!!!!!!!!" :-X "Dont you ever make me do that again!"

[@JoshFreilich]

*The Deathly Pallor On the Numbidy 902 WA3D FM, The Sturge”

[@nihilvox]

*Stirge. Strong Sad would absolutely name his radio program after giant D&D mosquitos.

[@reillymcwriting]

@@nihilvox this is the best description of stirges I’ve ever heard

[@eteru2669]

Poor Strong Sad-

[@chainlightning58]

I think this was my favorite StrongBad e-mail simply due to its accuracy. I was in college when this came out and could never listen to college radio the same way again

[@stomper1232]

Strong Bad is SO right at 0:45, I used to listen to Nights With Alice Cooper on the radio years ago and I imagined him being somewhere in his 40's or 50's with blonde hair but I was WAY wrong he looks much older then how he sounds and looks like he came right out of a horror movie

[@reNINTENDO]

Well Alice Cooper's music got mainstream in the 70's, so it would be quite impressive if he were still in his 50's. Plus being a rock musician, I'd wager drugs/smoke/alcohol probably didn't do him any favors.

[@hotaru8309]

Yes. I'm glad I'm not the only one who imagined a blonde guy, although I pictured younger. Actually, if you've listened to his show he wasn't really a druggie or quite as party hard as most rock stars are made out to be. Alice Cooper tells stories about other musicians and famous people that he knew/knows and it's interesting hearing what different people were really like. I made that sound way more boring than it is. Basically Alice Cooper and his band are their characters from Spinal Tap, the movie. The movie I saw after years of his radio show.

[@ToxPhy]

I always thought Howard Stern was bald but I couldn’t have been more wrong.

[@roguishpaladin]

Wait...you listened to Alice Cooper, who's essentially the grandfather of the goth look, and you pictured him as a blonde? X3 In all seriousness, you should check out his music. He's a landmark rock artist. He's also the guy to whom Wayne and Garth bow and chant "We're not worthy!" in Wayne's World.

[@kellylyons1038]

You can tell a musician's hair color by whether they sing from the top of their lungs or the bowels of their lungs

[@Redsparrowcomics]

I just realized, Strongbad asked for 7.50$ to buy lunch here, and that’s what he charged for an email answer in the Bottom 10 email xD

[@allwrathnograpes]

Blehehey it's the deathly pallor coming at you on the Monday 9:02 WA3D FM "The Sturge". Coming up next, we got some hot new tracks from Jubahoo Blabyhoo!

[@jasonazucena9035]

0:58 Clearly the best part of this email.

[@PeaceyPraps]

Homestar: alwight, squakbox! Shut it up about the fish alweady! Strong bad: Thats the way, the cookie crumbles! Homestar: Highball!!! (glass shatters) XD

[@randomguy199545]

STAY TUNED FOR PARTIAL EXCITEMENT

[@JustinJTime]

1:42 Videlectrix theme XD

[@Fralexion]

+Neo james82 I NEVER NOTICED THAT

[@JustinJTime]

Alex Franklin Heh I did not either until listening to it for awhile.

[@christheleavittman7080]

My mind=💥

[@adorkychristiandad]

Lol when I was briefly trying out for radio, I made strong bad's college radio statement as part of my bumper lol

[@FireLordJohn3191]

Did anyone recognize it?

[@Jonathan-nn8fe]

3:19 So... Strong Sad just recorded some college radio chanting? Ok then.

[@roguishpaladin]

In college, you recorded everything you could in cassette tape. We didn't have free downloads, so if you wanted to listen to something again without buying the album, you had to have a spry hand with the record button.

[@senorkinney]

Rise, my son. And instead giveth me $7.50 with which to buy some buffalo chicken tenders

[@MarshalPhilip]

The voice appearance mismatch for radio personalities is so true.

[@secondman]

The public radio imitation was extremely accurate, at least for the news programs... I always listen to my local public radio station, but it's usually for the stuff like Radiolab, This American Life, Snap Judgement, or Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Not so much the news...

[@jaywalsh9150]

Jadeite Nephrite If you want a whole station of stuff like that, PRX exists. It’s on SiriusXM and TuneIn. It’s all sorts of stuff from public radio around the US.

[@hawaiianshirts4715]

There's a host on All Classical Portland who sounds just like the "smooth 'n' smarmy" voice Strong Bad does.

[@kuudez]

I love it that, chances are, Fraser's friends are college radio DJs

[@CoriantonHalladay]

1:59 Why is this so accurate? Great parody of the Bob and Tom Show!!

[@Neilios1000]

I'd entirely missed that the book on Marzipan's table is 'Tolstoy Story 2'.

[@superpan218]

3:16, that chanting makes me wanna crack up!!!

[@ErinGnarkill]

I always yell high-ball when ever I throw something it’s my generations yeet

[@MichaelfromtheGraves]

The thought of Homestar standing in his living room at 7 in the morning with a public radio tote bag on his head, throwing a glass of whiskey at the radio will keep me entertained for hours at a time.

[@donatrog]

I love it when they use the same sound effect in every toon and sbemail.

[@Loctorak]

Geddup noise 🤙

[@CitrusXVA]

As an employee of a set of radio stations, I can confirm pretty much all of this. Still classic material from the venerable Strong Bad.

[@Ryusuta]

I've actually worked very briefly in radio and I can confirm that this is 100% accurate.

[@pokemonmanic3595]

DOn't you Touch tHat bLABABLAHBOW!

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@pokemonmanic3595 Blabbitablough?

[@johnt.k.scherchbass6787]

In a way, I do all four of these at once. I do the drive time morning show on a public radio station owned by a college on which most of the music I play is from the distant past.

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

Oh the morning drivetime show. There's one broadcast in my area called the Two Guys Named Chris. Unfortunately, it's broadcast on the only station with decent coverage of the city. What is wrong with playing music while people are driving?

[@soulguibo]

I like to think at 1:09 strong sad is talking directly to Matt for making him say that

[@Nervete]

I enjoy the implication that homestar runner is not dumb, but in fact just eternally smashed.

[@Loctorak]

You would be too if you had to share a house with Marzipan.

[@Kapila]

STAY TUNED FOR PARTIAL EXCITEMENT!

[@j.nicolosi6647]

“Tolstoy Story 2” at 1:40 😂

[@BrainWady]

Portly Washboy: don’t eat it like the cartoon man!

[@frankmills6226]

I'm proud to say I was a lot better at college radio than Strong Bad's portrayal of it.

[@HeyCupertino]

Or so he um, dead air, thought.

[@Deloreanfan1981]

"Portly washboy, don't eat it like the cartoon!" This needs to be made into a real jingle.

[@eteru2669]

1. 1:52 woah! Shiny Strong Bad 2. Homestar with a tote bag on his head is my spirit animal

[@stormcloudsabound]

Dang old public radio. Marzipan never got her tote bag.

[@heloknight]

Where is the other easter egg? Strong Sad "Don't you touch that blabita-blaw!" Strong Mad - "Blabita-Blaw?"

[@SlyHikari03]

1:42 is that the theme to all things considered? I miss NPR.

[@dylanintendisney]

Whenever morning radio hosts annoy me, I tend to find myself saying “Alright, Squawk Box, shut it up about the fish already!” Even though the jokes/conversations are usually not about fish.

[@TheNewFlutist]

1:40 Tolstoy Story 2 HAH!

[@TheInkPitOx]

Wa-ha-ha-hey! It's the Deathly Pallor! Comin' at you on the 29-02 W3D FM, The Sturge. Comin' up next we got some hot new tracks from W-who balley-who!

[@pentagonanimates]

don’t you ever make me do that again!

[@jasonflay8818]

To be fair, my college radio station sampled 'The System Is Down' and the parts of a band email as bumpers..... I wonder (I doubt it) if it still plays those clips

[@maverickREAL]

You know what? One day I'm gonna CashApp someone $7.50 and say it's "to buy Strong Bad some buffalo chicken tenders."

[@RAPIDFIRE896]

I worked at a radio station. But with this covid thing I haven’t been on in a month. Miss it so much

[@busterdouglas2250]

Were you ever able to get back on? How was your experiences with radio?

[@Andrew-ze6kq]

2:35 That was the fish was delish screaming

[@luisreyes1963]

"Stoops & Gusso", pretty much today's radio...📻

[@AliC202]

2:15... was... was Homestar drunk?

[@TheInkPitOx]

ATTENTION EVERYONE! This email did not predict the Tide Pod Challenge! It came out fifteen years ago, long before that. The Portly Washboy thing is about how children many decades ago used to eat paste because it smelled and tasted like mint. Thank you.