Homestar Runner

Poor Coach Z XD;

#FreeCoachZ!

In all seriousness, that was a) amazing, b) depressing, and c) amazingly depressing. Good show, Bros. Chaps.

Man, Coach Z's messages were depressing in a general sense, but Homestar's were also depressing, in a "wow, look at all those things that failed" sense.

I liked the surprisingly-coherent Homsar phone call the best, myself.

I felt sorry for both Homsar and the Poopsmith. Only ever able to express themselves properly through the phone, and fully aware of it.

But it ended with the most epic prank ever :D

There were so many great bits, but I think "Let's Fhqwgads Again" is the best gag they've done in years.

Anyone going to the 20th anniversary concert that The Brothers Chap are holding?

The gang get together after another spooky Halloween adventure they totally went on.

The Fan Costumes of 2016

In which Strong Bad shows us how to make a Homestar Star

Homestar & Strong Bad unearth the long-lost sequel to the original book. Includes everybody's favourite character, Dijjery Do!

Where have I seen Dijjery Do before?

He's basically a character that never got past the drawing board. He's had a few appearances in the sketchbook, but nothing official. He's in the same vein as Homeschool Winner.

Also, now I know the context for that bizarre Strong Sad sketch with the legs. I mean it's still nonsensical, but now I understand where it came from.

Strong Gams indeed

Heh. The wiki was having an edit war over whether the dialogue was a Beatles reference or a Mr. Mister reference.

That was really funny. I also learned recently that the original "book" was never actually published - it was just something the Chaps threw together at Kinko's and distributed to their friends, and it's supposed to be a parody of cheesy kids' picture books, not actually one.

So what would be a good episode you'd recommend to someone who's never seen it? I myself started with Japanese cartoon (i was huge into anime at the time) and then proceded to binge-watch the rest of the cartoons (it took me some time to realize that the e-mail's were ordered from newest to oldest), but what individual cartoons or e-mails would be best to show a newbie?

You can honestly select any post-Tandy era sbemail at random (though Lappy era sbemails in particular are really good) and show them off. The continuity and call backs are presented in such a way that there isn't much Continuity Lockout. It helps that it's a comedy site, so not knowning about the existence of somebody like Senor Cardgage might lead to a newbie receiving a pleasantly hilarious surprise.

edited 15th Jan '17 8:44:55 PM by Karxrida

I think "dragon", Trogdor's glorious debut, was my introduction to the series.

"dragon" is actually a pretty good starting point to get newbies in. As a bonus, it's already on the official YouTube channel.

I'm not sure what my first HSR experience was; I just know it hit around the time "crazy cartoon" did.

I discovered H*R in middle school, which for me was sometime in '07 or '08. I sadly can't remember the first toon I watched outside of knowing it was a sbemail.

EDIT:

I was wrong, after discussing with a friend of mine who showed me the site, it was one of the 60s email, as Japanese Cartoon had recently come out

edited 17th Jan '17 9:02:10 AM by Ghilz

I think most people find their way to Yello Dello first

I'd assume Dragon was a lot of people's first, since Togdor (the song), got a lot of memetic exposure (Even featuring in Guitar Hero).