current status

"This crap ain't funny!"

In a rushed email, Strong Bad is asked what his current status is with the ladies.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Zubs and Coach B

Places: Computer Room

Computer: Compy 386

Date: Monday, December 30, 2002

Running Time: 1:14

Page Title: Compy 386!

DVD:strongbad email.exe Disc Two

Transcript

{Start of the email at the monitor; Strong Bad is absent. The mechanical humming of the Compy 386 can be heard faintly. Footsteps can be heard, getting faster as they approach, and Strong Bad runs on-screen. He notices the computer and screeches to a halt.}

STRONG BAD: Oh! The email!

{He sits at the computer}

STRONG BAD: Uh, look guys. I don't have a lotta time. I'm kind of in the middle of something and I really can't explain. I'll try and do an email {he types strongbad_email.exe} real quick-a-like.

{email pops up}

{reading fast}

>Hey man,
>I was just wondering what your
>current status with the ladies is?
>
>Jordan Reynolds
>New Hampshire

STRONG BAD: Uhh, let's see... {typing} Strong Bad with the ladies —Current Status: They all still want me. {stops typing} Y'know, what can I say? I'm a chick magnet. A babe conductor. A... logarithm... for the ladies.

COACH Z: {offscreen} Hey, Strong Bad!

BUBS: {offscreen} Hey, Strong Bad!

STRONG BAD: Oop, gotta go!

{He runs off. Coach Z and Bubs walk in. Their heads have been swapped, and thus are now Coach B and Zubs.} [#Footnote [1]]

COACH B: Well... he's not here.

ZUBS: Well, you better find him quick! This crap ain't funny!

COACH B: I'd be hard-pressed to do anything quick in this train-wreck! What've ya been eatin', concrete?

{Coach B walks off.}

ZUBS: Least I don't have no clown feet! I can hardly walk in these things! {Cut to his feet. Shortly after, he walks off} Ronald McDonald, grumble-mumble...

{The Paper comes down.}

Footnote

1. For the purpose of this transcript and throughout the page, it is assumed that Coach B has Coach Z's head and voice, and Zubs has Bubs's head and voice. It has never been revealed whether this is true, or if the opposite is true.

Easter Eggs

• At the end, click on the disk on the table. The Compy will create a message that says:

>The Coach B/Zubs Project
>Current Status: Pretty Hilarious

Fun Facts

Explanations

• A logarithm is a mathematical term that is the inverse of raising a number to a power.

Trivia

• The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "loom disk 1 of 24".
• The YouTube description for this email is "Strong Bad is apparently able to switch people's heads in this oft-forgotten sbemail."

Remarks

• A disk drive can be heard in the Easter egg, but the Compy has no disk drive to speak of.

Real-World References

• Zubs mumbles the name of Ronald McDonald, the clown mascot of the McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain, known for wearing large red clown shoes.
• This appears to be inspired by such classic Looney Tunes cartoons as Duck Amuck, which features the main characters with the wrong body parts.

YouTube Version

• The Easter egg plays automatically.

External Links

• watch "current status"
• watch "current status" on YouTube
• watch "current status" on the old Flash site
• view the Flash file for "current status"