Strong Bad Email #95 - The Bet

[@Dther99]

I don’t know what’s more adorable... that Strong Bad found Homestar cool, or that Homestar considers strong bad an authority on what is and isn’t cool.

[@EllRiver]

They are infact, bestest bros.

[@brandommario2]

Strong bad may deny it, but they bros

[@jonathanwarrdddedcxddeecec4787]

Best frenemies would be the correct term I think

[@dracojim6537]

@@jonathanwarrdddedcxddeecec4787 Yeah, they like disliking one another.

[@P8rioticPaxCl00n]

I doubt he’d even make the bet to strong bad in the first place if he didn’t feel that way. Guy probably needs some reassurance is all XP

[@pgj1997]

Well, KOT, I made it. Despite your directions...

[@Poyostar]

Ah, Sir Hotbod Handsomeface, weclome! I hope you're prepared for an unforgettable luncheon! Dooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

[@liopleurodon2000]

*GASP!* SWEET CUPPIN' CAKES! MY ROAST IS RUINED!

[@FriendlyLocalGeek]

"The Aurora Borealis." "Yes?" "At this time of year..." "Uh-huh..." "At this time of day..." "Yeah..." "In this part of the country..." "Um, yes..." "Located entirely within the royal kitchens." "That's about the size of it..." "Man, I'm not even gonna ask."

[@Dracomut]

King: Doo hoo hoo! Mr. Handsomeface I hope you are ready for some mouth watering hamburgers! SB: What the crap?! I thought you said we were having steamed Cheats! King: No I said steamed chekts! Thats why I call hamburgers! SB: You call hamburgers steamed chekts? King: Yes! SB: You are real sick man... (nom nom nom) SB: You know Kingy... These taste awfully a lot like the blubber burgers at Blubbos King: Doo hoo hoo noo! Patented K.O.T. burgers! Old family recipe SB: ... For steamed chekts? King: Yes! SB: ... Whatever Later (The Poopsmith comes out of the window holding out a sign that says "KOT! The castle is on fire!" King: No Poosmith, its just the Northern Lights SB: Well Kingy, you are a totally pathetic loser... But I gotta admit, you steam a good chekt (Strong Bad walks off as the Poopsmith holds out a sign that says "HELP! HEEEEELP!") King: ... Boooooo! (runs into his castle)

[@Popebug]

This Thick And Nasty looks like the kind you get at Blubbos.

[@MortonGoldthwait]

I love how underwhelming and intentionally lame things are in Homestar Runner. When you think of the King of Town's food stores, you think peking ducks, lobsters, sauteed mushrooms, ropes of summer sausage and mountains of sushi. As soon as you go to his house, the best he has to offer is a vintage '83 of Awww Gratin and a pack of Butter Da.

[@TheStopShort]

Tbh I think the king already ate everything you just mentioned

[@liamgallups2092]

I don't think The King Of Town will necessarily mind the smell of rotting army style mayo permeating his castle. I think he'd try to EAT his castle.

[@givcon14]

I think he's probably eaten a sizable portion of his castle already.

[@timwoods2852]

Pretty sure that was the point, to drive him crazy enough to do something like that.

[@LchanOtakudom]

@@timwoods2852 Drive him crazy nothing! That’s Thursday evening for him!

[@nottherealpaulsmith]

@@LchanOtakudom we finally have an answer for what the poopsmith does, then

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@nottherealpaulsmith The Poopsmith's job is obvious

[@nthgth]

I love how quickly Strong Bad admitted Homestar was cool. He has _that much_ respect for "cool" that he doesn't deny it when it's obvious - even when it's Homestar, haha 🤣

[@TheInkPitOx]

Either that or he's easily convinced

[@bucketofsunshine6366]

Sup 😎

[@Shenanigans303]

When my niece and nephew were born my wife and I hatched this plan to call her dad "Butter-Da" all the time so the little ones would think that was a normal term for your grandfather. We were both surprised at how well he took to it. Now he calls himself Butter-da all the time and my niece and nephew do too!

[@Tufukins]

That's so cute

[@avosmash2121]

That is adorable

[@LchanOtakudom]

You deserve a pizza! Or a pizza trophy!

[@nthgth]

haha that's amazing 😂

[@Anonie324]

This is one of the greatest sentences composed in the history of the English language.

[@living_1daat]

“The coast is toast” Use that in the middle of a war

[@diehounderdoggenalt]

It's what German High Command told Hitler in late 1944.

[@lemmark3731]

@@diehounderdoggenalt wut rly?

[@shelbythibodeau5506]

@@diehounderdoggenalt That was also the tagline for the movie "Volcano". 🌋

[@pauligyarto3179]

​​@@shelbythibodeau5506 Lol that's definitely the reference.

[@benonaru]

@@shelbythibodeau5506🤮

[@baconlabs]

"Ice Style Cream" "Potate" "Awwww Gratin" I love the food packaging in these cartoons.

[@multivolt473]

Maybe mint?

[@0zziMason]

"Butter-Da" is my favorite!

[@chromosoze]

potatoes gonna potate

[@timwoods2852]

Choco-gravy.

[@Hawkstar270]

It doesn't appear in this cartoon, but "Pork b/w Beans" from "business trip" has completely replaced "pork and beans" in my vocabulary.

[@LendriMujina]

I know Butter-da is supposed to be a contraction of "butter" and "soda", but I find it funnier when you remember that in Japanese, it would just translate into "It's butter". Because The KoT would definitely be the kind of person to drink literally just butter in a can.

[@chiroptera626]

Soda. (That's true)

[@CoriantonHalladay]

Even if it is for automotive use only

[@ohnostoltzman2496]

I wanna can of Butter-da.

[@reidheidler5138]

_'I Can't Believe It Actually Is Butter This Time!'_

[@soupalex]

Butter-Da Classic Non-Diet Butter-Da Butter-Da Import

[@Blackiecomics]

They tell me not to, but I still drinks it.

[@fretless58]

*Butter-Da is noh hush a bush push Leopold

[@the-NightStar]

It's like me with Mountain Dew. I'm up to 32 cans a day!

[@SailorMaxie]

“*Butter-da is noh hush a bush push leopold” That’s some Senor Cardgage speak right there

[@zlinedavid]

I perceive you're right, Persephone.

[@keithklassen5320]

O. Mortuary much, my melancholy gravy.

[@CoriantonHalladay]

Potrzebie Calendula...

[@MarshalGrover]

I use the KOT's "It's possible" all the time

[@viggenguy4411]

For me it's "the coast is toast," I could hardly even remember where that was from until right now

[@RexActive4]

Oh man me too

[@Linguistic1]

Holy shit! My siblings and I do all the time! Lol

[@LOLC2k]

"If strong bad told you to jump off a bridge would y" "YES!!!"

[@bruhyoulowontime9009]

Seems logical

[@Monkey-rk4xi]

“Stick your head in here.” “You got it!”

[@SavageGreywolf]

I feel like it's probably good for Homestar that Strong Bad doesn't know this.

[@JustGrayson]

"if strong bad tells you to jump off a bri.." "YES"

[@General_Nothing]

It would be pretty funny if Homestar lost that bet, and then just every cartoon after this one his name was Kevin DuBrau.

[@judgem0rt1s23]

"It's in 83!" "Yeahthatsucks" The sheer speed of Strong Bad's response kills me every time.

[@virg0_lem0nade]

** an 83 (like a wine, haha)

[@guybrush20X6]

The lesson, any game, no matter how educational, is fun with a little imagination and gravity.

[@Poyostar]

Soooo... does that make Sonic's Schoolhouse good? Y'know, outside of ironic memes and such?

[@guybrush20X6]

Sonic's Schoolhouse + Climb up Empire State + Gravity

[@roxykontin]

The coast is toast!

[@djvoid1]

It was the tag line from the movie 'Volcano'

[@hamursh]

Tommy Lee Jones "Volcano" Rated PG-13 Now playing in theaters everywhere. Check website for showtimes!

[@GabePuratekuta]

The mountain is brownies!

[@balfanghellfire]

@@hamursh and they say the phantom menace has bad cgi. I have no idea why I even liked it.

[@TheInkPitOx]

I use that sometimes

[@FriendlyLocalGeek]

Homestar wears his sunglasses at night, so he can so he can be's cool

[@Poyostar]

0:53 And that, my friends, is how even the dumbest of the dumb can simultaneously end up being the coolest of the cool.

[@GabrielusPrime]

To quote the anime FLCL, "It takes a dumb guy to do cool things. That's what makes it cool."

[@typacsk]

Great, now I've got "Queer" stuck in my head

[@culwin]

Kevin DuBrow was the lead singer for Quiet Riot

[@AlexAuldron]

One of many references to 80's Heavy Metal they tend to do.

[@DoodleWill]

Says here we're RAT.

[@therealhardrock]

Except his name was Kevin "do-bro" not "do-brao"

[@briancross7835]

@@moseswebster1337 that's Twisted Sister, dude. 🤘

[@TheInkPitOx]

I thought he was a grunge musician

[@70sman]

I love Homestar's little head flicks

[@Linguistic1]

Any time we quoted this email growing up, we always had to add the head flicks... Lol

[@St4r_Z0mb13]

I know, they r so cute xD

[@TomboTime]

a little difference in animation goes a long way

[@RealTrey19]

“Well, KOT, I made it, despite your directions.”

[@dracojim6537]

Ahh, Wrestle Man, Strong Bad. I hope you are prepared for an unforgettable lunch-in.

[@emeraldarwyn5367]

I'm surprised there wasn't an Easter egg of Strong Bad following through on his claim to make an indentured servant out of Strong Sad

[@LamanKnight]

Hey, wait a minute! That tub of cocoa butter in the King's pantry... isn't that the tub he stole from Strong Bad in Sbemail # 77, where he was trying to get a suntan? So the King doesn't even return dishes after he's done with them. Unbelievable.

[@numanuma20]

LamanKnight ???

[@averagefez]

It's best not to question continuity according to Strong Bad.

[@SSJStrongBad]

The Animal Phat lard was there too, on the top shelf

[@Popebug]

Deepest lore.

[@chiroptera626]

And if I'm not mistaken those chips are the same ones to be featured when (SPOILERS lol) SB was drowning his sorrows in junkfood after losing his lappy

[@jasonmckie4402]

Fans finding these here will never know the joy of running the mouse pointer over everything on screen looking for easter eggs at the end of the video.

[@GmNdWtchr96]

""The coast is toast!" Such a good line.

[@makeshift-moth]

I say “the coast is toast” and “get ready for fun” on an almost daily basis

[@SpaceHunterM]

It's an '83!

[@vinyoshi7536]

Yeah that sucks.

[@greengloop15]

i love how the typing game doesnt even have a keyboard

[@MusicBlik]

It looks like Space Invaders, with the letters all in a grid there. We laugh about Typing Tutor being a terrible arcade game, but just imagine having to hit those letter sprites in a certain order--it just became an *even worse* arcade game!

[@MemeAMeme]

3:11 To this day, I still say "Hush a Bush Push Leopold" and I forget sometimes that it came from this email.

[@reNINTENDO]

Part of me wants to make replicas of Butter-da cans and fill them with some normal soda or something. Just to weird people out when they looked in my fridge. Alternatively I could fill them with actual butter, to weird them out forever.

[@Dracanius]

Why stop there? Carbonate the butter!

[@reidheidler5138]

I'm scared that drinking butter like that is gonna DeviantArt-T.F. a person into a real-life King of Town. As awesome as this show is, I doubt _being_ a character is really all that great.

[@DrSauce]

Welp. People already eat deep fried butter at fairs, so...it might be a hit. Gives me the jibblies though.

[@Linguistic1]

And to go even further, you should fill an old speed stick with white chocolate!

[@ShakeItLittleTina]

Typing Tutor Turbo truly is terrific

[@typacsk]

Not gonna lie, I would go through a 200 lb bag of au gratin potatoes pretty quickly.

[@TheInkPitOx]

Eww

[@motmahp]

This came up as a recommended video after I watched the trailer for "Volcano," the tagline of which is "The coast is toast."

[@thecianinator]

I love how the only control input on "Typing Tutor" is a joystick

[@Abelhawk]

Er... a “can” of mayonnaise?

[@TheInkPitOx]

It's the KOT

[@maxkennedy7430]

It does say “Army - Style” Mayo.

[@michaelfixedsys7463]

That sucks because you can't microwave cans

[@binkyboy87]

Just noticed the tub of cocoa butter the KoT stole from Strong Bad when he was sunbathing on the shelf of his pantry. Almost teo decades later, and I'm still finding stuff I missed as a kid

[@guitarrulezz]

CHILDHOOD R E V I T A L I Z E D

[@flapjack0925]

"The coast is toast!" -The King of Town

[@XanSprouse]

I love the throwaway Quiet Riot joke in this.

[@SavageGreywolf]

And then the callback where Homestar tries to use it as his 'cool name'

[@lundylow]

1:20 "AWWWW GRATIN POTATES" For every one good joke most other comedy sketches make, the Chaps pack 10 into just background jokes.

[@ObiWanBillKenobi]

Greetings from Ann Arbor, Michigan! (But not Chris.)

[@HairyHariyama]

2:35 - The get up noise? Doesn't he mean the geddup noise?

[@mimkyodar]

Pretty sure its Chairscoot

[@HairyHariyama]

@@mimkyodar I think you're right.

[@Sumschmuck]

I wouldn't mind a dinner with the KoT. He's probably got a near unlimited amount of food in all recipes

[@witchfynder_finder]

THIS is where pork snagglins came from! I've been using it for ages and totally forgot where I learnt it!

[@arvisjaggamar]

Love the cameo by Schenectady Crispies

[@greenshoesguy1]

This was my introduction to Homestar Runner, so this SBemail is really nostalgic for me.

[@OMGITZRUFFLZ]

Cant belive how long its been

[@tyrant-den884]

suddenly I really want a butter flavored soda.

[@TheInkPitOx]

Eww

[@GeoSciBree]

DUDE! I have seen this episode maybe 15 times or more in my life...how am I just now noticing the box of Schenectady Crispies?! I grew up in a town adjacent to Schenectady. Holy crap!

[@nthgth]

And now _I_ will never not notice it too, thank you! 🤣 (My mom's cousin lives in Scotia)

[@jacobs.9661]

0:53 Someone turn that into a gif. I don't understand why no one has done that but it NEEDS to happen. The internet may never be complete without it!

[@leliamcnees5482]

"yeah that sucks" 😂😂😂

[@Growlzagra]

My very first email I watched when I went onto Homestar Runner.net for the very first time.

[@purplepotatochipPPC]

Homestar runner . net: It's Dot KAHHHHHHHHHNNNNNN!

[@pikminfan6778]

purplepotatochipPPC ¡Bienvenidos a Homestarrunner.com! ¿Conoces a Miguel? ¡Si!

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@pikminfan6778 English

[@GabrielusPrime]

@Growlzagra Dude, for me, it was Fifty Emails...

[@FlameAdder]

Something-arity is a good descriptor for much of the Homestar Runner oeuvre

[@infi-nerdy]

the coast is toast my dudes

[@nth7273]

"let me get this is straight."

[@dylanmcartoonell1536]

-"Get ready for fun!"-"I'm ready!"

[@pikminfan6778]

I wish Butter-Da wah hush a bush push Leopold.

[@Bururaian]

...Sup?

[@Poyostar]

...aww, CRAP!

[@OneAndOnlyDanky]

Homestar quit saying that

[@patandmacmusic]

Kevin Dubrow is the singer from Quiet Riot lol

[@josephsawczyn1145]

This is a classic SB email, just like that beautiful cathode ray tube monitor.

[@calanon534]

I will never stop loving this.

[@Abelhawk]

"How many WPMs can you get up to? That's 'words per minute,' ya know!"

[@Ovvkoz]

to this day, I pronounce the state like "mishiggun"

[@KellyVergara]

The 3 people who disliked this video were annoyed that SB's font when typing was smaller before the skit than afterwards.

[@Doughboy123x]

Typing Tutor Turbo needs to be a real thing.

[@reidheidler5138]

I think I played that in my Computer Graphics class There was a little CG baby that danced whenever you got a 100% score

[@micahnewman]

I might just dare to try some of those Schenectady Crispies...

[@GabePuratekuta]

Fruity Spokanes are better, though

[@Loctorak]

I hope I don't get caught! 🤷‍♂️

[@CoriantonHalladay]

They taste twice. Once in your mouth, and once in your esophagus.

[@A-man1998]

I'm curious, as soon as all the sbemail's are re-uploaded, are we gonna get some new sbemail's??

[@timwoods2852]

Forget boxing gloves. How do you type with a joystick!?

[@TheInkPitOx]

backspaced!

[@DarthInsomnis]

The coast is toast I’m gonna start saying that

[@josh_is_grafted]

Oh happiest of days, more Stro Bro!

[@pokemonmanic3595]

🙂: ... 😎: Suuup?

[@Robscurity]

"The coast is toast!" Ok...but what kinda bread do you want?

[@emulsion_]

Kevin Du Dois, the long lost cousin of Harry Du Bois

[@cptnd3851]

'yeah yeah, spoon it up' i use this so much

[@TheInkPitOx]

Is that a reference to Jeremy?

[@HeyKirbay]

The first reference to lil Chairscoot?

[@slappingcontest]

Yeahthatsucks

[@Randoplants]

I just noticed the containers of cocoa butter and animal phat KOT stole from Strongbad are there in his pantry. .

[@Tenfey]

I could really go for a can of Butter-da right about now.

[@6inTruder]

Literally one of my favourites.

[@Sigmallennial]

My favorite SB email ever!

[@RubUOutC]

I’m curious how in what world that arcade machine helps to improve typing skills.

[@jekblom123]

Kevin Dubrow is the lead singer in Quiet Riot. I just now found that out...

[@zlinedavid]

Someone just Felt The Noize.

[@MrBenMcLean]

"if you play it the right way"

[@ShakeItLittleTina]

I love playing Bed Axe!

[@emmyekko]

I prefer "Find the Load Bearer".

[@shelbythibodeau5506]

"The get up noise"? Oh wait, you mean the Geddup Noise! Ahhh, what fun...! But that's not even the original Geddup Noise. What you're hearing now is really Chairscoot, his cousin. The official Geddup Noise split some time around the Kids' Book email and got real big overseas. And then, wouldn't you know it, the phone calls started comin' in...

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

I assume Geddy was on a "Pay per appearance" deal at that point, and Strong Bad had enough of it when the Lappy era started

[@shelbythibodeau5506]

@@freakfoxvevo7915 Perhaps.

[@shelbythibodeau5506]

But in either case, before long and before we even knew it, every-freakin'-body's talkin' about the Geddup Noise!

[@knuclear200x]

3:07 I once bought a King of Town-style Pringles but the can was empty

[@rodneylives]

Still the best cartoons on the internet.

[@AP-uj2fg]

I just noticed "AWWWW GRATIN" lmao

[@JacobJonesy]

Even all these years later, this shit is still gold

[@mendaliv]

The apparent “Bush Push” reference at the end is sure odd. Is someone a Notre Dame fan?

[@zlinedavid]

The Brothers Chaps are originally from Indiana, so it's entirely possible that one or both of them are ND fans.

[@megatoasty4763]

Space Ghost Coast to Toast

[@TheInkPitOx]

Dino Boy is better

[@johnpfmcguire]

You'll just have to pay Strong Sad reparations later

[@Me-fr7yj]

Butter-Da is noh gush a bush push leopold

[@TheInkPitOx]

Typing tutor the arcade game? That seems impractical.

[@mightydorchux]

Ice Style Cream Choco Gravy That's what we'll all be eating soon enough

[@TheGLfilms]

wow homestar is the best!!

[@InternetTAB]

say no to Get Up noise. it's all about the Chair Scoot

[@TheInkPitOx]

Maybe he thinks the literal coast is literal toast.