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I'm sure plenty of HomeStar Runner fans have said this, but why isn't HomeStar Runner on TV? HomeStar would gain more popularity this way. I can picture it: three 7-minute HomeStar Runner cartoons in one 21 minute episode (and a StrongBad E-Mail or two inbetween). It would be an instant phenomenon (did I spell that right?)! The show could air on G4 being it is an internet cartoon. Or Comedy Central (it's about time they have some original shows besides South Park), or even on FOX. If the animators can't picture constantly animating a 21 minute episode per week? No problem! Hire one of those animation teams to do it for you (like FatCat Studios, Canada). With that, you're pretty much set up!

They've been offered that and turned it down. Also this has already been posted.

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The links? Don't look at me.

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1. They turned it down?
2. This topic has already been posted?
3. Holy crap!
4. Well, do you think it should be televised? In your opinion?

This has been suggested many times. There are many reasons it wouldn't work.

The main reason is that Homestar would really lose it's charm as an internet cartoon. The cartoons we know and love on the site are usually under 7 minutes.

Another reason was that if they gave creative control to other animators like you said, the cartoon would lose the touch that the Brothers Chaps have given it.

I'm not sure why people want the cartoons on TV so much, the internet is the perfect medium for this cartoon.

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To Acekirby:
I get what you're saying, but have you seen the new Happy Tree Friends TV Series lately (If you're younger than 13, then just don't.)? If so, you'll see that the show has actually gotten better since the show was handed over to different animators.

FatCat Studios has managed to take a show that a regular episode lasted no longer than two minutes and stretched them out into three 7-minute cartoons per episode and yet the show still maintained its popularity. Seeing this is the reason why I brought this up to begin with.

If a cartoon that has almost no point to the episodes can easily move from internet short to TV series and be more popular than anybody would have thought when the internet short premeried, why can't HomeStar Runner?

I think it gives the toons (in the people's minds, anyway) a form of validation. It's on TV, so it has to be better than something on the internet.

People talk about the toons, then someone asks "What channel does it come on?" They hear "it's not on TV, just the internet" and, for some reason, it seems as if the toon is somehow less deserving of their time.

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Happy Tree Friends requires no "special touches" at all, which is why it works on TV. Homestar's humor is much more stylized.

Whil HTF is just like "lolo taht aminal dyed"

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To Duecex2:
Yeah, that and Happy Tree Friends has gotten a little funnier since released for TV, which also helped it out. Not "that animal died" funny as much as "that blue moose (Lumpy) did something stupid" funny.

Before I get TOO off-track: I still think HomeStar should have a TV show. I'm standing by my statement.

If it has a TV show, then that would be one more thing everyone else knows that I know that I thought nobody else there should. This is the internets, Things should stay here.

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To StrongRad:
And what about people who simply don't have the internet, yet somehow found out about HomeStar Runner (possibly through word-of-mouth) and want to see more.

Not only that, having HomeStar Runner on TV would attract new to-be-fans who haven't even seen it on the internet yet. And if on TV and the series turns out to be a hit, they could sell DVDs of the series for even more money than just by selling the StrongBad_Email.exe DVDs!

To Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest:
You're right to a certain degree. Certain things should stay on the internet where they belong, but HomeStar Runner has the potential to be very successful as a TV show. Though I really can't quite figure out just what channel besides G4 would go for that type of humor.

Well, whatever dude, but TBC have said many a time that they won't make a TV series, and have turned down offers from Comedy Central and [adult swim]. It ain't gonna happen.

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To Duecex2:
I'm only saying how I feel on the subject...
...and now that I think about it, I really can't picture it being on something like [adult swim]...or Comedy Central...or...

...umm...crap... -_-'

Do you know how to quote, son?

It's that fancy button up in the corner of people's posts.

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G4 sucks, It would be best suited on [adult swim], but only because they hand flash out to anyone who works at Williams street, even the mail-room workers, and tell them to make a cartoon and we'll put it on the air.

Perfect Hair Forever? Seriously?

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Look, it wouldn't work, TBC has said no, it would ruin Homestar Runner, it is never happening and as everyone who knows enough about it knows, it would be terrible if it did. It would make Homestar Runner jump the shark.

To Duecex2:
I tried quoting, but all that came out was:

"[quote]Whatever the quote was[/quote]"

That even happens when I try using bold/italicized/underlined text, except instead of "[quote][/quote]", I either got "[B][/B]", "[I][/I]", or "[U][/U]".

Ayyyyy

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[quote="Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest"][quote="TheTechSupportGeek"]To Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest:
You're right to a certain degree. Certain things should stay on the internet where they belong, but HomeStar Runner has the potential to be very successful as a TV show. Though I really can't quite figure out just what channel besides G4 would go for that type of humor.[/quote]G4 sucks, It would be best suited on [adult swim], but only because they hand flash out to anyone who works at Williams street, even the mail-room workers, and tell them to make a cartoon and we'll put it on the air.

Perfect Hair Forever? Seriously?[/quote]

Perfect Hair Forever does suck...

To Duecex2:
See? This is exactly what I'm talking about...this is what happened when I clicked "quote".

Works fine for me. i think ur internets is broke

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To Duecex2:
Nevermind, I figured it out. You know when you register on the forum and you're asked to enable BBCode? I accidentally disabled it. The BBCode controls the quotes, bold, italicized print, so on and so forth...

I fixed it...

Yeah...I fixed it!

What the wedsite says

No, it should not be on TV. Except for interviews.

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Please read the rules. You've broken at least one of them...twice.

Also, homestar + tv = jump the shark

I doubt they could even think of a 15-minute or 30-minute plot.

No offense, TBC, if you're reading this.

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You want The Homestar Runner on television?

Well, you're around 70 years too late...


Here's my opinion on Homestar Runner and TV:

No--I say that Homestar Runner should stay as the normal four-minute cartoons that we love so much. Stretching out these cartoons to three seven-minute episodes per show would surely make the humor die down, get too drawn out, or get stale. Also add that a season of it would probably be 10 - 20 episodes, meaning that there'd be around 45 original cartoons a year, along with 25 or-so Strongbad e-mails for your interlude idea.

Speaking of which, Strongbad e-mails are in no spot to be interludes, since they make up the majority of toons, and TBC get most of their inspiration from fan mails to this fictional character. These also wouldn't work as the episodes of a Homestar Runner television show, because TBC wouldn't be able to throw out so many e-mails for their alloted time period of making them. TBC wouldn't give their work to a team of people to do (to speed up the process or whatever), as it'd probably be skewed to the point that several major things would be changed, like their animation style or character voices.

TBC have many ups on staying with the internet, as well. They have unlimited time to create cartoons or games; they can put out whatever they want each week, like things that wouldn't exist with a television show--games, main pages, sketches, store updates, etc.; and if there were a family-related matter such as a new baby (or even if they wanted to just take a break), then they could leave the site for a bit without the fear of having to provide their voices or character designs to a television show with deadlines.

Finally, if this were to be on television, the cartoons themselves wouldn't have any extra features, like Easter Eggs, which add to the humor on many occasions.

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^ That is exactly what I'm getting at. Well done.

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Yeah, they'd probably end up being that one ten-second part of the show after the last commercial break that they say 'Stay tuned, Homestar Runner will be right-right back!' for before they show the credits and start the next show. Grrr, I hate those. And I like it better how they don't rely on ads anyways.I don't think that says anything about TV...

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I totally agree that H*R should not be televised.
But you know how Matt Chapman used his Larry Palaroncini voice in the end of an episode of Sealab 2021 (formerly on Adult Swim)? I sometimes imagine that the main cast of H*R would appear in one segment in an episode on Robot Chicken. Hey, the figurines would be put to good use, and the RC crew could get Matt to do the voices and Missy to do Marzipan (if possible). That might happen in a 4th or 5th season, though. Who knows? I also feel that EVERY studio across America will never know about H*R.

Not only would this not work on TV, but even if it was put on G4, adult swim, or Comedy Central, there are still people who don't get any of those channels (me). The thing about TV is that there are always gonn abe some people who can't see it. I am one of the few people in the US not on satelite. I get 27 channels. However, everyone has access to the internet one way or another.

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People who have bowed down to me so far:

Wow. That made me laugh too hard.

But sewiously, it won't happen. It'd take away all the fun easter eggs, very much of the humor, and probably the being able to e=mail Strong Bad. They've had offers before, they've turned them down, they've made it very clear that they DO NOT want it done.