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''"I think I just invented something amazing!"''

Light up the rumpus room or maybe the Florida room with this designer tennis shorts lamp!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]]

'''Date:''' Wednesday, October 18, 2017 ([[@StrongBadActual|Twitter]]); Wednesday, October 25, 2017 ([[YouTube]])

'''Running Time:''' 2:13

'''Page Title:''' Mom's Favorite

== Transcript ==

''{Open on a red boxing glove holding a marker in front of a whiteboard designed to look like lined paper; the music from [[dragon]] plays}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{title appears}'' On this week's Skills of an Artist, we're gonna draw Mom's favorite tennis shorts! I make drawing— moms!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, let's start with a slitted rellipse. ''{draws a very narrow round shape with two corners, making noises}'' Look at that. Slitted— ''{indicates above shape}'' —rellipse. ''{indicates below shape}'' Okay. And now we go down here on the side; ''{draws a diagonal line away from the left corner}'' flare it out a little bit. And now we're gonna do the bottom of the shorts with a series of northwise meeps. Here we go. ''{starts drawing the bottom, rightward from the diagonal line}'' Meep number one... 's a tiny meep... ''{draws a small tent shape up and down, interrupting the line}'' middle-sized meep; meep number two... ''{draws a larger tent shape in the middle of the line}'' and teeny-teeny meep number three... ''{draws an almost-indiscernible small tent shape near the end of the line}'' for the other side. ''{closes off the shorts with another diagonal line from the right side of the first shape}'' Okay, now, don't forget the elastic waistband... ''{draws a line across the shorts just below the waist}'' we're gonna zigzag it on out... ''{fills in the waistband with uneven zigzags}'' Oh man. Can see that stuff diggin' in, makin' that little impression in your skin, you know what I'm sayin'? And don't forget... the tag. ''{adds a small tag inside the waist}'' In here. Alright. Now, let's see, little... smirky-smile. ''{draws an small, outward-facing curve at the top-right corner of the shorts}'' For a pocket. And let's not forget... the seventies stripes. ''{adds two vertical stripes down the left side, then starts filling them in with zigzags}'' Over here. There we go, juggajuggajuggajuggajuggajuh... Hey, that's pretty good! That's a nice pair o' tennis sh— Wait a minute. You guys! I think I just invented something amazing! Bear with me now. This is gonna look ''really'' messed up for a little bit here.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, here we go. Everybody: gourd it out, all the way down from one leg. ''{draws a large, bulbous shape down from the left pant leg}'' You got it? And on the other leg— ''{draws a second one from the other leg}'' gouuurd it out. You know what I'm sayin'? Okay, stick with me, stick with me. ''{draws a quick shape on the bottom of the right bulb}'' Put a little footsie on the bottom. ''{draws a similar one on the left}'' Footsie on the bottom here. Okay? Okay? And, okay, we're gonna do like— ''{the video speeds up briefly as Strong Bad draws three diamond shapes on the right bulb, then the left bulb}'' argyle socks... three diamonds... ''{starts drawing a series of vertical dots down from the left pant leg, followed by a larger one, to represent a lamp chain}'' And, we do a little dotty-dotty-dotty-dotty... chain pole. ''{does the same on the other side}'' Dotty-dotty-dotty-dotty... chain pole. Okay? ''{draws a squiggly line out from the bottom of the right bulb}'' And no, this isn't a tail, it's a power cord. ''{adds a power cord head on the end}'' And comin' out of this one: ''{draws another squiggly power cord on the left}'' not a tail. It's a power cord.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look at what I did! I designed an amazing designer lamp! ''{writes the name above the drawing as he speaks}'' The Dual Tennis Shorts Lumpabra! Uh... ninety-nine ninety-nine! ''{adds "$99.99" below}'' Oh man. This thing'll light up the office! The rumpus room! The bonus room! The Florida room! ''{pause}'' WHAT THE CRAP IS A FLORIDA ROOM?

== Fun Facts ==

=== Explanations ===

* A Florida room is another term for a [[Sunroom|sunroom]].

=== Trivia ===

* The [[@StrongBadActual|Tweet text]] reads, "Let's all practice our northwise meeps on some tennis shorts with this week's Skills of an Artist!"
* The YouTube description for this video reads "Witness as Strong Bad transforms mom's favorite into posh home decor!"

=== Inside References ===

* This is another mention of [[Sports|tennis]].
* Argyle socks were previously mentioned by [[Strong Sad]] in [[Decemberween Short Shorts]].
* The term "rumpus room" is used by [[The Brothers Chaps]] in the DVD commentaries of [[Summer Short Shorts]] and [[Ever and More]] in reference to [[The Bar|the bar]].
* Strong Bad exclaims, "[[Crap|What the crap]] is a [[Florida]] room?"

== External Links ==

* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/skoa11 watch "Tennis Shorts"]

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAOdxNI2_yw watch "Tennis Shorts"] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://twitter.com/StrongBadActual/status/920719709405839361 watch "Tennis Shorts"] on [[@StrongBadActual|Twitter]]

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