Email #159: retirement

Cybernetic Teenybopper · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:39 pm

I'm a bit surprised more people here haven't heard of hush puppies. Never been to Long John Silver's? I LOVE hush puppies, so if the Lappy doesn't like 'em, hey, I'll eat 'em, Strong Bad!

Cuz them's is yummy!

Solid mail, this! Though I seriously don't want to know what the KOT's act is. *jibbly* Also, did the "Lalalala" make anyone else think of "Here's-a I-sa go-sa!"

geckogirl · **Joined:** Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:45 am **Posts:** 13

Yay! Strong bad has saved the day twice again! He definately deserves a pizza-trophy! :mrgreen:

The Jibblie Medallion of this week goes to...
Marzipan being able to curl her neck :marzi:

*shivers*

JollityFarm · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:36 pm

I love Strong Mad's house mouth! I think that should turn up in the future

I also hope they put some kind of link to e-mail Strong Bad into this one, because I would like to see more e-mails.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:54 pm

Hey, I like Hushpuppies, too. Hooray!.

It's dot com · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:57 pm

I wonder whether they'll combine retirement A and B into one email next week, or at the very least change The Paper at the end of part A to read "Click here for the exciting conclusion" or something. If it stays as three toons (plus one teaser), then we've got a pretty cool trilogy. I likes story arcs.

I did find it odd that there was no link to email Strong Bad anywhere, but I'm assuming that was just an oversight.

TheBladeRoden · **Joined:** Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:54 am **Posts:** 15

The paper is starting to remind me of Colbert Report's "The Word" sidebar.

lazadisk · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:46 pm

Oh man, awxome email. A solid 8.5.

Does anyone else here think that there's a possibility that the next email will somehow require the lappy's little toe, and in frustration Strong Bad shoots her or summat? That would be cool.

JaxShores · **Joined:** Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:57 pm **Posts:** 35

Ahh... how satisfying. Well done, TBC.

Chris Bad · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:57 pm

it was good. the return of the compy but A was better

:sb:

I'm finally taking you out for those hush-puppies you always wanted!!! :cheatgrin:

Power Crunch · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:09 pm

It was ok... not as good as part A. A bit of a letdown to what I imagined happening to the Compy. Still cool tho.

Bobsmith84 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:12 pm

Definitely liked "A" better. Two words to describe this one --

Weirded out ...

(Especially the Marzipan part ...)

Fav. part was The Paper -- "It was me. I like hushpuppies."

(For some reason, the music at the end sounds vaguely familiar to me. Have we heard it, or something like it, before?)

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:24 pm

This wasn't as fun as the last part, but it was still funny, especially with the freak show.

I actually think the Compy getting swallowed was a better way to go. At least Strong Bad didn't have to see the demise up-front, since he loved it so much. Sadly, I had to wait for the power to come back on after last night's storm.

I really want a flea prison on me now.

Octan · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:58 pm

lazadisk wrote:

Does anyone else here think that there's a possibility that the next email will somehow require the lappy's little toe, and in frustration Strong Bad shoots her or summat? That would be cool.

No. He already typed a comma in his reply to Jake, so clearly the key's cap is not needed.

Nice to see this all worked out in the end, although the Compy-still-working thing was kinda... well, reaching. At least we now know for sure whether the Tandy and Compy will ever be back or not. Except, I don't know anyone who didn't think they already knew before this. Meh.

All in all, I still love that TBC managed to make an honest-to-gosh three-parter out of this.

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:32 pm

Octan wrote:

Except, I don't know anyone who didn't think they already knew before this. Meh.

All in all, I still love that TBC managed to make an honest-to-gosh three-parter out of this.

So TBC didn't even know about this? ARRRGGGBBBLBLBLBLLBLBLB!

Ju Ju Master · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:01 am **Posts:** 6245

Well, I was really confused by this email, probably because I watched it before I watched A. Should've been a bit more careful.

Cardgage · **Joined:** Sun May 28, 2006 2:03 am **Posts:** 10

At first I thought the Lappy era would be over. I'm glad it wasn't. The Lappy would be the first computer to never delete anything.

Homeschool Winner · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:55 pm

Not as great as I might have hoped, but still a good end to a great story arc.

But that Marzipan thing. Jibble. :eek:

atomic1fire · **Joined:** Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:14 am **Posts:** 54

that marzipan thing gave me the heebly jeeblys

paczjj15 · **Joined:** Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:50 pm **Posts:** 15

Now all they need is a new SB song for the email menu.

AwPi · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:35 pm

I loved this one, even though it definately wasn't as good as the first one. I loved Strong Mad's house-mouth. I started cracking up when I saw it for some reason. But then strong bad ate the Compy, and after that I didn't pay much attention until I played around with the contrast button ghosts at the end.

Dark Grapefruit · **Posted:** Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:59 am

Ooh, this was good. Rrl rrl good. Not so much "lol" funny as "awexome", although I did crack up hysterically at the Marshie part. I love that little freak. So when I saw the "tail" hanging of Bubs' Concession Stand I was all like "Yeah, I knew it, it was Bubs!" And then GASP. I like how the Paper is a full fledged character now that interacts with others, and gives the link between the people world and the computer world. All in all, there wasn't a part when I wasn't smiling. A-.

Dark Grapefruit · **Posted:** Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:03 am

Utterly, utterly disappointing after yesterday's neatness. They didn't do anything at all funny or interesting to explain how the Compy is still functional, just said "yeah it can somehow still answer emails" as if that in itself is funny. But we were all expecting that, so.... it's not. The content was lame as well. Springy Marzipan? House-mouth? Seemed like they were really stretching for ideas, and I didn't crack a smile. In fact, the only laugh to be had was the very last line, The Paper's "I like hushpuppies". This half gets an F. Coupled with yesterday's A-, the two-parter has earned a C+ overall.

ramrod · **Posted:** Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:13 am

I liked this e-mail. I do like the Paper's line at the end. It was kind of out of nowhere. I'll give this Inky out of Binky.

Code J · **Posted:** Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:38 am

Dark Grapefruit wrote:

Utterly, utterly disappointing after yesterday's neatness. They didn't do anything at all funny or interesting to explain how the Compy is still functional, just said "yeah it can somehow still answer emails" as if that in itself is funny. But we were all expecting that, so.... it's not. The content was lame as well. Springy Marzipan? House-mouth? Seemed like they were really stretching for ideas, and I didn't crack a smile. In fact, the only laugh to be had was the very last line, The Paper's "I like hushpuppies". This half gets an F. Coupled with yesterday's A-, the two-parter has earned a C+ overall.

Yeah, I agree. Plus, the killed off Compy. Ugh. A sad twin brother to part A.

Jenga_Jam · **Joined:** Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:26 pm **Posts:** 22

I enjoy The Paper as a source of comic relief.

Anyone think Strong Bad is actually going to upgrade to an inkjet printer in SBemail #173?

Inverse Tiger · **Posted:** Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:45 pm

This one really suffered in comparison to part A. Part A was just made of awesome and this was a more run-of-the-mill thing. Taken by itself after a bit of time, tho, it seems better. Lackluster intro and the Marzipan part was.. uh.. no. But the Cheat part was solid yes and SM got a chuckle. Compy graphics skeleton to match the bad graphics ghost=Halloween cameos? Anyway: C-

The lappy's toe is still missing when the Strong Mad curtain goes up and she says so at the end. I wonder if they're gonna address that (many times you can still type without the actual key on there, so it's not necessarily a mistake that SB types commas at the end)

ropeadope · **Joined:** Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:05 am **Posts:** 12

Those were both great, I really enjoyed them. Part A was better...just because i like Marshie probably

Groovy Dudette · **Joined:** Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:34 am **Posts:** 318

hehehehe I loved them both. I admit it sort of suprised me when he actually 100% killed both his computers. Especially the compy considering how devestated he was when Bubs shot it. He moves on pretty quickly huh? lol

But yes. This made me very happy and when it was over I was satisfied. I love the ending with Strong Bad and the Lappy walking into the sunset. So fun. ^___^

discofreakboot · **Joined:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:55 pm **Posts:** 4

Oh no, now I'm in the mood for hushpuppies. :-P

I haven't had hushpuppies in years!

Bad Graphics Ghost · **Posted:** Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:58 pm

Great 2-Parter, loved it. I'm glad to see that the Tandy and the Compy have gone to Computer Heaven (as opposed to the opposite, of course).

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