Strong Bad Email

[@Abelhawk]

I think "First off... all..." is underrated. I love how these characters always blend words and phrases together. It's the subtlety that makes these so fun to rewatch years in and years out.

[@nthgth]

I love that bit too. Like he couldn't decide which of the two near-identical phrases to use so he used both 😄

[@Bandrik]

I've watched this dozens of times and never quite caught what he was saying there. Heck I thought he was calling Bubz "Paul" or something like that. Now I can actually fully appreciate it!

[@arthurtaylor2593]

So true. The wordplay is always worth multiple rewatches.

[@bennettcawley4630]

Pre-ow!

[@animatrix1490]

I keep coming back to this sbemail just for that phrase. I’ll think/say “first off all”, go “Which sbemail was that?” Then it’s back to the garage sale for me

[@Poxell91]

"Coach Z, may I ask why you're buying all the 'great for baby' items?" "I'd prefer that ya didn't." The delivery gets me every single time. 😂

[@sentrysapper45]

Was that pun at the end intentional? Because it's perfect.

[@Poxell91]

@@sentrysapper45 It wasn't but now that you bring it up, I'm gonna say it was. Hahahaha.

[@Gooberpatrol66]

That pun was mom-worthy, one might say.

[@negascoot23]

Senor Cardgage's creepiness is bold and confrontational... Homsar's creepiness is just weird and indecipherable... But Coach Z... HIS creepiness is subtle and disturbing: Because he wasn't introduced originally as a weird character. He started off relatively normal, and over the years H*R fans began to realize he has serious and truly unsettling issues. (P.S. And Marshie is just a living nightmare)

[@CaptainLumpyDog]

James Daniels - Y O U - C A N ‘ T - D E S T R O Y - M E !

[@acidhelm]

Pronouncing Target as "tarzhay" is the other mom joke.

[@BeaglzRok1]

Home de Pot

[@j.nicolosi6647]

Wally World

[@cllewis1]

totally.

[@negascoot23]

I never even realized that was a joke: I thought people who say the name "Target" (in reference to the retail chain) with a silent final "T" and stress on the second syllable *really* believed that's the correct pronunciation... And all this time, these people have been trying to be funny?😜

[@feastofmoloch666]

I hated that the first time I heard it in the 80s.

[@JakitSol]

Pretty sure the baby items were for Coach Z's bag of pudding, now that I think about it

[@FloofPuppy]

This sbemail in general raises too many questions about Coach Z. I freaking love it.

[@Mike-739]

_many, many questions_

[@FireLordJohn3191]

Uncomfortable questions.

[@Evertide05]

And all of those questions are, "What?"

[@stoneyboyd]

We got an answer in the newest sbemail. His kid is really a decades old bag of Banana Pudding.

[@bazookagrunt5293]

@@stoneyboyd Are we sure that was an answer or was that more Coach Z weirdness. I mean unlike in this video he openly embraces it

[@peaceandgoodwill8647]

I still love how almost every item for sale has the number of the sbemail it debuted in as its price.

[@MaesterMike]

I never noticed that! That is a great touch. Also, I love the can of peas has the brand name 'canopys'. Just noticed that too.

[@dmdeester]

All of these years and I never noticed that, you learn something new about the HR world everyday!

[@smugsneasel]

I guess we finally know why Coach Z was buying all those "great for baby" items.

[@TheInkPitOx]

"Got lazy taking the trash out and started putting price tags on things" I quote this whenever I see a garage sale sign.

[@Maverick180c]

Yeah, yeah. Right, right.

[@negascoot23]

I know I am overthinking, but it seems to me that putting price tags on your trash, and arranging it on folding tables would take way more effort than simply carrying your garbage just a few more feet😜

[@Zaneyboy2_0]

"We got a homestar runner for sale!!! Mostly used and slightly confused."

[@Poyostar]

''We can't GIVE these Things Away!''

[@PokestarRunner75]

@@Poyostar I'll take it! I'll take 12!

[@Ihartwalrusguy]

Poyotrap “I’ll take it! I’ll take 12!”

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@PokestarRunner75 Drive one home today!

[@Kirbyfanlol]

I'll take 12

[@reloadpsi]

I forgot that the items were all priced according to what episode they were in!

[@dannyc.9161]

I didn't know that. Nice Easter egg

[@FreezepondMapping]

$EGG

[@TheInkPitOx]

I don't think that's the case

[@phantomstrider]

Huh.. All these years and I never noticed that detail 🤔 That's awesome!

[@timwoods2852]

That would explain why Goobis (the stuffed lobster) is $77 but a keg is only $35.

[@itskennyjohnson]

Can of peas = “canopy’s” Brilliant. Just brilliant.

[@DorianCairne]

Is that a brand in America?

[@judiddly]

HEY! Moms only!

[@ruerue244]

@@DorianCairne no, they just sound alike. I think cardgage was saying it.

[@Loctorak]

You missed one! Can of peas = canopies = _can appease_ Appease meaning to please or satisfy someone.

[@cyanmanta]

Or canapés…

[@Tomapella]

It was only recently pointed out to me that Coach Z was buying a copy of the classic joke book, "More Like, YOU Write A Book About Comeback Jokes, NERD!!!" by S. Bad and I like that detail

[@SomeDumbKid1]

I still use "night manager at Stucky's type" to describe creepy people. No one ever knows what I'm talking about

[@j.nicolosi6647]

It was Strong Sad though not Senor Cardgage lol

[@animatrix1490]

Gotta say, judging by your trilogy of terror doll profile pic, you know creepy better than most

[@srbrant5391]

Especially effective since Stuckey’s has been out of business for _decades._ Edit: They’re still around?!

[@timwoods2852]

I'm too young. This is the *only* instance of Stucky's I've ever heard of.

[@swampdonkey4919]

Tim Woods, last time I've been to a Stuckey's was 3 years ago. Its like a gas station/truck stop/convenience store with cheesy souvenirs and travel supplies.. I copped a switch blade, a T-shirt, a Navajo blanket, and a pecan log. I've only seen them in the South, and they seem to be a dying breed. It's a shame, I always loved to stop there to gas up, make a tee-tee, and look at all the crap they were selling.

[@RaccoonFoot]

There's something about Bubs' squinting face that's really funny to me.

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

For me, that's Marzipan's confused face.

[@Noah_Levy]

Marzipan's expression in the last easter egg is the funniest thing to me in all of the Homestar Runner Cartoons.

[@pamelah6431]

Horror, confusion, disgust... it's got it all.

[@dimentiorules]

I'm missing the Easter eggs from clicking da things.

[@manoftruth0935]

dimentiorules that’s what happens when flash is being ripped out of the internet.

[@joncoale]

@@manoftruth0935 you mean da internet?

[@judiddly]

Never say da like that again

[@Dan-cm9ow]

Strong Sads deadpan delivery of "I'm finding it hard to express just how uncomfortable I am right now" always got me.

[@andrewv.9142]

wow the Coach Z parent joke came full circle in 2022...

[@coenisgreat]

“Mom’s only!” “Oooh! Then I’m okay to say it!”

[@FloofPuppy]

That raises... WAYYYYY too many questions about Coach Z. 0.0

[@RaccoonFoot]

The faces after that are priceless.

[@Rie-Vinaca]

@@FloofPuppy .... Perhaps he was cursed by a vindictive witch doctor after finding ancient Aztec gold covered in marmalade?

[@HairyHariyama]

@@FloofPuppy Because we didn't already have WAYYYYY too many questions about Coach Z.

[@negascoot23]

@@FloofPuppy I have been trying to think of a reason Coach Z might BE a mother, or THINK he is a mother.... *None* of them are remotely appropriate for a non age-restricted audience... Even a purely mature adult audience probably couldn't handle some of them. (I mean we're talking about some Triple R-rated stuff here) THAT is good writing: It would actually be LESS disturbing if it were explained... Just seeing Coach Z stocking up on "great for baby" items is a solid joke by itself. Most writers would leave it there... But Marzipan confronting him about it tells us that Coach Z's behavior is aberrant even in the fictional universe he inhabits... *And* his reluctance to explain tells us Coach Z KNOWS what he is doing is wrong--or at least bizarre. And that just makes it even more disturbing. Like I said: GOOD WRITING 😁

[@LiamWalds]

1:06 woah, is that the original Heavy Lourde that crushed Homsar in Sbemail 2? that's gotta be worth a fortune!!

[@FriendlyLocalGeek]

I know, and only two bucks! What a bargain!

[@misterbadguy7325]

All the items have the price of the email they appeared in. Like you can see the Swiss cake rolls from #50, for fifty bucks.

[@jdjw20fanmades97]

Umm, Mister Bad Guy. I Think That Was From Strong Bad Email No, 41

[@anueutsuho7425]

@@jdjw20fanmades97 there was one in Email 50

[@xenos_n.]

Senor Cardgage called Strong Sad "Helvetica" 🤣

[@JonathanRossRogers]

It could be worse. At least he didn't call him "Comic Sans."

[@pikminfan6778]

Or maybe, "Impact".

[@TheInkPitOx]

So this is where I got it

[@Loctorak]

Yeah Helvetica is better than getting called "Lucinda sans handwriting console bold"

[@sleepCircle]

@@JonathanRossRogers *first four notes of megalovania play, followed by sudden silence.*

[@CosmicEternityCD]

I will always say "I'll take it! I'll take twelve!" because of this. Also, I will always refer to 20 cents as "Two thin dimes."

[@sleepCircle]

"two thin dimes" is so funny to me and i don't know why

[@Loctorak]

I like saying "what about 15 cents? I'm here to make 15 cents come true!" But I never have exactly 15c to throw on the ground afterwards ☹

[@MrDjWalnut]

This is possibly the creepiest Coach Z's ever been, which is saying a lot

[@stomper1232]

Ikr even creepier then anything senor cardgage does

[@Sunnysketchster]

Hemaphroditic

[@avosmash2121]

Nah Senor takes the cake with WHERE IS TOMKINS WHERE IS COLESLAW HERE I AMMM Jibblyjibbly

[@qty1315]

@@avosmash2121 The context makes it so much worse...

[@asteroidrules]

In light of recent events I can't decide if it's been made better or worse.

[@StratTremolo]

"Da Things" and thus, a youtuber was born.

[@TheVicarstownSentinel]

Trotcon 97 It's 2000faaf

[@GCTubaTim]

Fancy seeing you here.

[@Awesomest915]

SuS-tumes!

[@nthgth]

Speaking of "Da Things," DaThings is the KZbin account of a really good maker of KZbin poop videos

[@1secondarysmile]

2:36 The barrel of cold ones is great for baby 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gokaury]

"We got one Homestar Runner for sale. Slightly used and mostly confused. We can't give these things away. I'll take it. I'll take twelve!!! Drive one home today."

[@joeywomer]

I’ll take it! I’ll take twelve!

[@countesschewi2399]

Because of this email, I cannot help myself but call garbage "gárbáge", despite not being a mother.

[@Waffletigercat]

"something I don't want to read" Really cracks me up for some reason.

[@Newbiespud]

I have always enjoyed saying "I'll take it! I'll take twelve!"

[@LamanKnight]

Somehow, I never drew the connection between The Cheat kidnapping Homestar in that sack, and Homestar at the gar(b)age sale wearing a price tag. I always figured Homestar just put that price tag on himself randomly, because that's exactly the kind of thing he would do. But it's actually because Homestar was one of the stolen "items" from Marzipan's house, and Homestar not only understands that's the case, but he consents to being for sale. It's actually much funnier, now that I understand this.

[@roxygaming5968]

I love the subversion on "The Lurker," where you think it's going to be Senor Cardgage since he seems like a "creepy night manager" type, but then it turns out Strong Bad is just bullying Strong Sad again.

[@Ovvkoz]

My mommerson, who is an avid garage-sale specialist, found this SBemail hilarious

[@liopleurodon2000]

Moms only! Oh then I'm ok to say it I have several questions

[@acidhelm]

o_O

[@YoshiAngemon]

A better response to Marzi is "Have a baby with Homestar and then you can use it!" Then she brings in the Homestar Jr. sandwich.

[@negascoot23]

@@YoshiAngemon I like the Homestar Jr. callback... ...but to suggest, out loud or in writing, that Homestar and Marzipan could biologically reproduce... Here they come...wait for it...... *A-JIBBLIEJIBBLIEJIBBLIEJIBBLIEJIBBLIEJIBBLIEJIBBLIEJIBBLIEJIBBLIEJIBBLIEJIBBLIEJIBBLIE......*

[@Loctorak]

I'd prefer that you didn't.

[@dakotastarchild]

Coach Z is totally a MOM- Master On the Mic. That explains it.

[@Loctorak]

Im bad at abbreviations! (I'm on a rampage!)

[@andrewsimpson4134]

I've been saying "I dan't know why" for a really long time and now see where I got it from.

[@vtmarik]

I still use 'and them's 1998 dollars' whenever I talk about values

[@jestawell]

to be fair thats a very large difference today

[@maverickREAL]

Today, with adjustment for inflation, Aunt Gert would cost $10.38.

[@drewping2002]

More like Preeeow! Good one Marzy!

[@makeshift-moth]

I love that Strong Sad is the lurker and not Senor Cardgage

[@CommunityGuidelines]

The equation for the other mom joke is: (word)y Mc(word)Pants. Examples: Frowny McFrownpants, Grumpy McGrumppants, Sneaky McSneakpants If you convert your words instead of speaking plainly, and you're not a mom... it's time to reconsider many things.

[@pilpyfimbleton8918]

Okay, but that’s like 40% of the humor in Homestar Runner…

[@dylaninpieces2]

Thanks, DaThings.

[@bennettcawley4630]

Coach Z, the original trans representative and we never knew.

[@lightyearpig12]

Marzipan may have spent years as the only girl, but I think we should start over-analyzing Coach Z saying it might be okay for him to make mom jokes.

[@brianrunyon266]

One of my favorites. The garage/garbage thing gets me every time.

[@MrSkerpentine]

Holy crap! Strong Bad & Da Cheat invented online scalping!

[@Maverick180c]

The garage/garbage joke is something I consistently remark upon when the subject of garage sales comes up.

[@Maverick180c]

So true!

[@josh_is_grafted]

Holy flood of sbemail uploads Strong Badman! I ain't complaining.

[@Nejove]

This sbemail wasn't on KZbin already? Oh, man, such a classic! "Look at this can of peas, Helvetica! Won't you help me buy it for you?"

[@PokestarRunner75]

"I'm finding it hard to express just how uncomfortable I am right now."

[@Nejove]

@@PokestarRunner75 "I dan't know why, exprecially when you have this can of peas to look forward to."

[@negascoot23]

I'm just gonna say what I *know* we're all thinking: Is Cardgage hitting on Strong Sad?

[@NJGuy1973]

@@Nejove Look, if you're not gonna buy anything, you gotta leave. You're scaring away all my best customers.

[@TheInkPitOx]

I accidentally put Helvetica into a different Cardgage quote.

[@dimentiorules]

Cold ones are great for baby! God I love homestar runner!

[@TheInkPitOx]

I never noticed that!

[@badreprint]

I'm absolutely loving rewatching these as they come out!

[@danielbrant6740]

"Slightly used and mostly confused!" That needs to be said more often.

[@AweStrikerNova]

'da things', you say... like, DaThings?

[@Foxpawed]

Oh, the questions this raises. Like, is C🏀ach Z's name always been spelled with the some-kinda-bounce-thing emoji but early aughts text interfaces generally didn't have that implementation yet?

[@Ryusuta]

One of the few times Strong Bad and Marzipan have an identical reaction to something.

[@U014B]

1:09 The G A R -B- A G E S A L E sign disappears just before the screen pans away from it.

[@RED_indiemusic]

Hey Chap bros, please show us someday Coach Z's baby. Feel free to freak us out and make us say "tertiary" LOL!

[@stoneyboyd]

We saw it today. A decades old bag of Banana Pudding

[@RED_indiemusic]

@@stoneyboyd It all makes sense now!!!!

[@THiNGYBOBinc]

"First off...all" isn't even funny but for some reason I can't stop saying it

[@nicholasharvey5628]

First off... all... THAT IS AUNT GURTH

[@hadrianadrian]

1:11 the garbage sale sign disappears magically

[@plushifoxed]

0:13 *a legend is born*

[@Zaneyboy2_0]

This episode has some of the most disturbing implications for Coach Z

[@negascoot23]

Are there any *undisturbing* implications for Coach Z?

[@daydreamglitterbug3439]

@@negascoot23 No?

[@negascoot23]

@@daydreamglitterbug3439 That's right... But it was intended to be a rhetorical question 😁

[@daydreamglitterbug3439]

@@negascoot23 Gotcha!

[@manoftruth0935]

Ah ta ta tat ta ta!! Moms only! Coach Z: Oh then I’m ok to say it! What are you Coach Z?!?

[@humangirl2122]

Is coach Z having a baby?!

[@guybrush20X6]

I'm definitely The Lurker but with less actual conversation and more saying what I'm thinking out loud.

[@negascoot23]

You know, it seems to me that Senor Cardgage's "conversations" actually make a little more sense if you assume he's not really talking to anyone--just thinking out loud in the general direction of another person... He may have never realized Strong Sad was even there.

[@TheInkPitOx]

At the garage sale we had, someone tried to pay with digital currency. Um...this is a garage sale. It's cash only.

[@Launchpad05]

1:10 Hey, the 'garbage sale' sign disappeared. This wasn't animated by Akom, was it?

[@AlbertHamik2]

Oh man, my personal favorite sbemail has finally gotten the official YT treatment!

[@nameeman1562]

I still often replace "don't" with "dan't" because of this email.

[@Jonathan-nn8fe]

I dant know why... especially since you have this canopy's to look forward to.

[@antimattv]

Senor Cartgage's part in this episode is comic gold!

[@Ovvkoz]

I still use "twenty-two ana half cents!" to this day

[@ProjectRedfoot]

Not even a real cow hahahaha I remember showing my dad this episode but he wouldn't stop talking, just like at the movies

[@mahiru20ten]

Thanks to this email, I feel like saying "garbage" like how Strong Bad says it.

[@StormSpottersTN]

I've been saying it since this sbemail came out. 😁

[@danielstreeter6738]

This...is also true of people who frequent thrift stores. ...I am one of these people.

[@Hidyman]

Maybe they should create a Kickstarter for an M-Disc Blu-ray version of the site with all of the click and find goodness? It worked for Trogdor.

[@nthgth]

I'll take it! I'll take twelve!

[@JoeyTurner476]

......every day, Coach Z makes me ask questions that... I'm seriously afraid of hearing the answer to.

[@blinxwang]

Can't wait to get my newborn to butt-chug an entire keg of Cold Ones™

[@negascoot23]

That was the only part of this email I took issue with: EVERYONE knows babies only drink Cold Ones Dry.

[@nthgth]

🎶"The Ponders of Warenting" 🎶

[@inkyencore0429]

3:28 MARZIPAN PREDICTED THE PAPER?!?!?!?!?!

[@TheInkPitOx]

Signalled

[@hans_____]

I didn't know bubs could squint.

[@weresofansie1457]

Aw crap did coach Z have a baby?! Whose?! My personal bet is Bubs but y’know...

[@TiberianFiend]

$EGG is a good price for a used carton.

[@koopa159]

Classic episode.

[@polartechie]

More like pre-ow!

[@captainjurgh8142]

So, Strong Bad... Do you still sell Onion Bubs?

[@joebykaeby]

ONION BUBS! ONION BUUUUBBBSSS!!!!

[@negascoot23]

No one would be able to afford Onion Bubs.

[@jdjw20fanmades97]

I’ll Take 1.77$ For That

[@NunofYerbizness]

"Ladies in skimpy outfits should be hanging out with" 0:13

[@TXGrackle]

And to a lesser degree, Football players and Rappers and Rapball players and Footers and Rap-Rats

[@snipelfritz]

Wait, did Coach Z knock somebody up?

[@dawnpoint]

I didn't realize until just now that Strong Sad was the lurker!

[@Scutrputr]

If Coach Z's the mom, then who's the dad??!?!?

[@StormSpottersTN]

I truly don't want to know what individual would procreate with Coach Z. So much ew.....

[@adamholland-gresock3522]

MAYBE Bubs?....or the KOT?

[@mr.boombox5021]

1:54 it's a literal canopy's. I love it.

[@toonmaster7806]

Fantastic episode!

[@griffinnovie4921]

My mom used to pronounce garbage like that. Spot on.

[@nthgth]

This one is particularly classic. With y The "bounce thing," stupid uncle Egg, "even when we win... He wins." Lots of great stuff with many side characters

[@kanna-san.]

Drive one home today!

[@KurpMcPurp]

I still quote "Slightly used and mostly confused!" to this very day.

[@PlutoTheSecond]

I was today years old when I learned that Señor Cardgage said, "Exprecially."

[@CaptainLumpyDog]

Aunt Gert is my homegirl.

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

I'm tempted to say gar-bage sale, but I can't because I'm not a mum.

[@hadrianadrian]

6 years after first watching this and I'm just now noticing how the keg of cold ones is "great for baby". No wonder Coach Z was buying that stuff.

[@salteeth]

I love that Strong Sad is at his own family's yard sale. He's probably making sure none of his stuff is getting sold.

[@NJGuy1973]

Especially that they don't sell his blue underwear.

[@Nookimus]

"Slightly used and mostly confused!" Same, Homestar, saaaame.

[@srbrant5391]

3:33 - "$Egg"