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| '''[[Strong Bad Email]] #205'''
| [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/205-videography watch] · [[dictionary|← dictionary]] · [[sbemail 206|sbemail 206 →]]
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''"You name it! I'll videographa... fize it!"''

Robert McSwain needs a "videographer". Strong Bad is happy to oblige.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Videlectrix Mascot]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Grandmaw Auntpaw]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Living Room of the Brothers Strong|Living Room of The Brothers Strong]], [[The Classroom]], [[Dining Room]], [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong|Basement of The Brothers Strong]], [[Coach Z's Locker Room]], [[The Garage]], [[Homestar Runner's House]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compé]]

'''Date:''' Monday, October 5, 2009

'''Running Time:''' 3:30

'''Page Title:''' Compy Compé

== Transcript ==

''{Strong Bad is at the Compé. The wallpaper is a picture of marshmallows.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Checkin' emails with boxing gloves. The sweet computer science. ''{double-clicks on the sbemail.exe icon}''

<blockquote>
>To Whom It May Concern; (aka Strong Bad) 
>I'm getting married in August. I'm looking to hire a "videographer" to videotape our wedding. Could you use all your skills and powers and take on such a task? I want it to look real nice. 
>Robert McSwain 
>Video Media Technologist 
>ITS Department
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "aka" as written, "and take on" as "to take on", and "ITS Department" as "Iiiit's Da Partment!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well McSwobert, that works out perfectly, because "videographer" is just one of my many professions that have quotes around them.

''{clears screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I'm also a—

''{A photo showing Strong Bad in his living room wearing nurse's scrubs and holding a chainsaw appears over the scene. It is labeled:}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice over, still typing}'' "heart surgeon",

''{The photo disappears and another photo appears. This photo depicts Strong Bad in the classroom wearing a lab coat. He's still holding the chainsaw. It is labeled:}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' a "licensed technician",

''{The photo is replaced with an image of Strong Bad at a dining table. A rusty pan with a single chicken wing sits on the table in front of him. Again, he is holding the chainsaw.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' a "poultry farmer",

''{The photo is replaced with an image of Strong Bad at The Field. There is a can of lighter fluid and a can of gasoline on the ground nearby. He's holding the chainsaw again, but the chainsaw is now on fire.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' and a "fireman".

''{The photo disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And you say you're getting married in August? So like, 2 months ago? Also, not a problem. My videograph will have so many fancy wipes, fades, and transitions, your wife will never even know you guys aren't in it! Take a look at my demo reel.

''{Cut through static to a miniature screen of Strong Bad in The Field behind a scrolling background with "Demo Reel" written. It disjointedly gets larger until it fills the entire screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hello there. I'm famed quotation marked videographer Strong Bad. ''{The word "Videog-rapher" appears onscreen, taking up two lines}'' Do you like quick zooms and solarizing effects? What about diamondy transitions, pixelated wipes, or slow fade-outs? ''{an example of each of these effects is shown as Strong Bad names them}'' All these effects and more will make your cherished event that happened last month be cherished forever.

''{Diamond cut to the locker room}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Jimmy's lacrosse debacle never looked so good.

''{The screen briefly solarizes. Static cut to Strong Bad's shoes at The Field}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Unintelligible mumbles poorly imitating a cheering crowd}'' Little Jimmy is playing lacrosse! ''{More mumbles, the POV briefly switches up to a view of the sun}'' Oh, he scores the winning... lacrosse point! ''{A whistle is heard}''

''{Pixel wipe to three lacrosse sticks being held in the air}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, and his dad was totally there and not at Applebee's! ''{The camera lowers to reveal The Cheat holding the sticks before clock-wiping back to Strong Bad's shoes}'' ''{the text "Good Shot, Johnny!" appears on-screen}'' Good shot, John—Jimmy! ''{the on-screen caption corrects the name}''

''{Static cut to the garage. There are four VCRs stacked on the table. Strong Bad is holding a CD with "Seedy Rom" written on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Add panache, pizzazz, and pep with a Seedy Rom worth of unanimated clip art and copyright-free classical music.

''{Videlectrix Mascot-wipe to a title screen reading "Video Evidence of Homestar & Marzipan's 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 10th Anniversary Celebration!!!" Classical music plays}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{voice-over}'' Are you sure this will work, aka Strong Bad?

''{Videlectrix Mascot backwards-wipe to Homestar in his living room}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over; whispered}'' Definitely! Just act like you're celebrating!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{dancing and throwing confetti}'' Oh, twice! I'm a lavish gift-giver!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad in the garage}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{As he says each name, a tape reading those words appears from each of the VCRs.}'' Weddings? Bar-mitzfvfahs? Bar-Fvfights? First steps? Droopy ''{snickers}'' drawers? ''{a photo of [[Lil' Strong Sad]]'s backside appears.}'' You name it! I'll videographa... fize it!

''{Cut to Strong Bad in a cowboy outfit at a table}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in a faux-cowboy accent}'' Take family meatloaf night back to the ooold west! ''{normally}'' Did somebody say—

''{Cut to a meatloaf on the table. The image changes to sepia tone as Strong Bad speaks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —''sepia tones?'' ''{"Here Comes The Strong Bad" theme music plays, and the text "FAMILY MEATLOAF NIGHT" appears over the image}''

''{The music cuts out with a record scratch.}''

'''VARIOUS VOICES:''' ''{voice-over}'' Uh, no. I don't... think so. I definitely didn't.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the kitchen, with four toasters bearing the current logo of Video Toaster}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And with our new sweet, sweet suite of video toasters, ''{the four toasters pop out VHS tapes, one per toaster}'' your precious memories will have titles that defy the very laws of reason.

''{Cut to a picture of a decoration. The caption "YOUR WEDDING VIDEO" appears on-screen. The word "Your" twirls around in 3D, while a rocket sound plays.}''

'''VOICES:''' ''{voice-over}'' Oooh!

''{Cut to a picture of a rose. The text "The Union of ROBERT McSWAIN: VIDEO MEDIA TECHNOLOGIST and THE LADY HE MARRIED IN AUGUST" appears on-screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' Hopefully that will be enough to keep your wife from wondering why her video media technologist husband wasn't smart enough to think of putting a video camera on a tripod across the room and press record.

''{Cut to the computer room}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' But you could probably also get away with just putting—

''{Cut to a shelf of VHS tapes. Two are labelled "blank", and a third is labelled "especially blank". Another with a blue label is titled "Problem Child 1-8"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voice-over}'' —a label that says "WEDDIN TAPE" on a VHS cassette— ''{Strong Bad places a piece of masking tape marked "WEDDIN TAPE" over the Problem Child video's label}''

''{Cut back to the computer room}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' —since none-out-of-none couples actually ever watch their wedding video. Unless of course a baby drops an f-bomb, somebody pukes in their toupee, or Grandmaw Auntpaw rolls down the stairs in her wheelchair. In which case you simply post it online and turn it into internet gold! And I can ''definitely'' arrange for some of that stuff to happen at your wedding, if you enlist my services as an "event coordinator." ''{stops typing; the words "event coordinator" shift slightly on each syllable}'' A-heh heh heh, heh heh heh-HEM.

''{The [[Compé-per]] comes up}''

== Easter Eggs ==

* Clicking on "Grandmaw Auntpaw" at the end shows a short clip of Strong Bad showing off his video camera. '''STRONG BAD:''' My state-of-the-art camera has a state-of-the-art microphone mounted right next to the giant videotape motor. So you're guaranteed to hear mostly that, and not what Grandmaw Auntpaw just said on her hundred-and-ninth birthday. ''{Title card reading "Grandmaw Auntpaw's 100-Somethingth Birthday Stand-around" appears. Cut to a scene showing a wall and the shadow of an old woman sitting in a wheelchair just out of frame. The recorder's motor plays loudly.}'' '''GRANDMAW AUNTPAW:''' ''{barely audible}'' I never loved any of you.
* Clicking on "internet gold" at the end brings up a scrap of paper showing the [[YouTube]] video ID (_Z-C8NU3SVM) for [[Coach Z pukes in dude's toupee]].

== Fun Facts ==

=== Explanations ===

* [[Lacrosse]] is a field [[Sports|sport]] played with a solid rubber ball and long-handled sticks with nets on the end. The object of the game is to score the most goals by shooting the ball into the net, much like hockey.
* The sport of [[boxing]] is sometimes referred to as [http://www.thesweetscience.com/ The Sweet Science].

=== Trivia ===

* The [[FeedBurner Page|RSS description]] of this toon is:

<blockquote>
>'''Strong Bad says''' - A self-proclaimed Video Media Technologist apparently needs to hire me as 'videographer' to videotape his wedding. If I ignore the inherent creepitude that comes from putting 'videographer' in quotes *shudder*, then I'm still left with the fact that a Video Media Technologist couldn't figure out how to put a tripod in a corner and press REC. That's like King Tut asking you to mummify his cat for him, right? That analogy is solid gold!
</blockquote>

* On July 13, 2010, 281 days (about 9 months) had elapsed since the posting of this email, marking the longest ever hiatus between two Strong Bad Emails. It broke the previous record between the postings of [[email thunder]] and [[hremail 3184]]. The hiatus was broken on April 1, 2015 when [[sbemail 206]] was released, marking a new record of 2004 days (about five and a half years).
* In the Grandma Auntpaw Easter egg, Strong Bad's "state of the art" video camera is almost the same camera as [[Kevin]]'s "[[Videro|videro]]" camera in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]].

=== Remarks ===

* Clicking on "internet gold" originally linked directly to the YouTube video. This was changed later that day.
* "None out of none" is a meaningless ratio, since division by zero is undefined.
* Strong Bad's cracking up when he says "droopy drawers" appears to be [[Matt Chapman]] [[Breaking character|corpsing]].

=== Goofs ===

* After the camera zooms out in Marzipan's kitchen, the cabinet in the background is gone.
* The "sbemail.exe" text overlaps the Email window for a single frame.
* The Back button leads to the [[TV Time Toons Menu]], instead of the [[Strong Bad Email Menu|Compé email menu]].

=== Inside References ===

* Strong Bad's intro references [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|typing with boxing gloves]].
* When Strong Bad describes his other professions that have quotes around them:
** Strong Bad holds [[Strong Mad's Chainsaw|Strong Mad's chainsaw]] in all of the photos.
** Strong Bad is seen [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiling]] in all of the photos.
** The chainsaw is on [[Fire|fire]] when Strong Bad brings up "fireman", and containers of "[[Lite Em Up Dan]]" lighter fluid from [[pizza joint]] are at his feet.
** In the "licensed technician" picture, Strong Bad appears to be in [[The Classroom|the classroom]] wearing a lab coat, as he was in [[technology]].
** Strong Bad was last shown with the pan with a [[Chicken|chicken]] leg in it, as seen in the "poultry farmer" photo, in [[slumber party]].
* The music played at the beginning of Strong Bad's demo reel is the theme song from the [[Sbemailiarized Entertainment]] toons.
* Strong Bad's wallpaper is one of the [[Wallpaper|wallpapers]] from the [[Downloads]] page.
* The music that plays during the meatloaf night scene is the theme song to "The Strong Bad", which was introduced in [[pizzaz]].
* The last time [[The Brothers Chaps]] created a YouTube exclusive was when they released [[Strong Bad Gameways]], the video ID for which appeared in a similar Easter egg in [[shapeshifter]].
* Several [[VCR|VCRs]] are hooked to [[Laser Lemon|The Cheat's oscilloscope]] from [[coloring]].
* "Seedy Rom" is a [[Homophones|homophone]] of "CD-ROM".
* "Dropping an F-Bomb" is another reference to [[Swears|swearing]].
* One of the transitions is the [[Videlectrix Mascot|Videlectrix mascot]].
* Homestar exclaims the word "[[Twice|twice]]".
* Strong Bad [[Blatant Lies|lies]] several times about the quality and content of his video-graphing (such as the lacrosse game tape where Strong Bad says that Johnny/Jimmy's father was "totally there and not at Applebee's!").
* The tapes' labels are blue, red, and black with a chequered background, much like those in [[12:00]].
** One of the tapes is labeled "bar-[[Multiple Consonants|mitzfvfahs]]".
* During the lacrosse scene, the sports sounds from [[In Search of the Yello Dello]] and [[A Jorb Well Done]] can be heard.
* [[Lil' Strong Sad]]'s droopy drawers appear to be [[Diapers|diapers]].

=== Real-World References ===

* [[Applebee's]] is a US chain of family dining restaurants, formerly based in [[Georgia|Atlanta]].
* [[Video Toaster]] is a hardware and software system for editing and adding effects to videos. A version of the logo appears on Strong Bad's toasters.
* ''[[Problem Child (film)|Problem Child]]'' was a series of early 1990s films and an animated series about a bratty child. However, there were only three films in the series.

== External Links ==

* [https://homestarrunner.com/sbemails/205-videography watch "videography"]
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/sbemail205.html watch "videography"] on the old [[Flash]] site
* [https://old.homestarrunner.com/sbemail205.swf view the Flash file for "videography"]
* [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=15820 forum thread re: "videography"]

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