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Nerd of Mouth

Homestar Runner

Nerd of Mouth

The Last Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Leisure, Video Games

4.7649 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

We explore the making of The Brothers Chaps' beloved web series. Want even more WizBru? Support us on Patreon! Patreon.com/WizBru Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody, it is me.

0:03.0

Hello everybody, it is me.

0:19.0

Strong bad bruiser, Holden McNeely. Uh-uh-uh-uh, the system is down. The system is down. Do-T-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D. The cheat. Come on. I get to your own light switch. Not so you could throw rave parties. And it's me. Japanese cartoon version of Strong Bad Stinko man

0:20.9

Are you Not so you could throw rave parties. And it's me. Japanese cartoon version of Strong Bad Stinko Man.

0:41.2

Are you prepared for a challenge?

0:44.6

And of course today we are talking about Homestar Runner,

0:48.8

the American Flash animated offbeat comedy web series.

0:52.4

I'm actually going to do the synopsis.

0:53.7

How dare you reduce the Home Star Runner experience to American off-brand humor flash website?

1:01.3

That is, that's like describing the sun as like, you know, the big circle.

1:07.4

You're doing it a disservice.

1:09.6

It was created by Mike and Matt Chapman, also known as the Brothers Chaps, and this became

1:13.5

exceptionally popular in the early stages of the internet, spread via word of mouth, and the

1:18.7

site still operates today with cartoons and web games.

1:21.7

And yes, Jake, you are correct.

1:23.3

I'm not giving it enough of its due.

1:24.8

This was everywhere in a way that was different from most other media,

1:30.1

which we got via whatever the TV stations wanted to give us.

1:33.7

I mean, even Adult Swim was sanctioned by Turner.

1:36.4

This beat was such a pure word of mouth thing that existed,

1:40.9

that had no attachments to any kind of industry or any kind of big money.

1:46.0

This was just absolutely two dudes making goofs as little animated things in an interactive

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