Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show

"Homestar Runner LIVE in Atlanta! 20th Anniversary Show!"

The Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show was a series of two events that took place in 2016, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Homestar Runner body of work through the creation of the Original Book in 1996.

Both shows took place at Venkman's, a restaurant and music venue in Atlanta. The first show was on Friday, September 2, 2016, at 10:00 PM, the weekend of Dragon Con; due to large demand, a second show was announced for the later date of Friday, October 7 with the same content. Both shows were first announced on @StrongBadActual and later promoted on homestarrunner.com in a main page message. Tickets were priced at $12-$25.

Background

From the event page:

Atlanta Cartoon Icons The Brothers Chaps will celebrate the 20th Birthday of Homestar Runner with a show at Venkman's!
They'll be backed by the guys from the Yacht Rock Revue (including Venkman's owners Nick and Pete) to perform hits by Strongbad, Homestar, Limozeen and all of your flash cartoon favorites.
We will be performing songs from the website including the hits "Trogdor" "The Cheat Is Not Dead" "Everybody to the Limit" and "Fish Eye Lens." Some of the performances will include video content, and we will be showing classic cartoons.

Both shows primarily featured live music performances. Music videos for several songs were played alongside toons, and puppets were featured as well. Some fans in attendance dressed up as characters from the Homestar Runner body of work.

The first half was mostly songs by the characters, with some songs performed by sloshy, while the second half was primarily Limozeen. Videos were playing during the first half of the show, showing the music videos for songs such as Rap Song, 2 Many Knives, and Fish Eye Lens as they were being performed on-stage.

The brand-new toon Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold debuted at the live shows before being uploaded to the site on December 24.

Promotional image for the first show

Promotional image for the second show (and second heads)

Performers

• Matt Chapman and Missy Palmer performed as the characters they voice on the site, portraying them variously by dressing up, using a puppet, or simply affecting their voice.
• sloshy was portrayed by the band Air-Sea Dolphin — Robert Schneider, James Huggins, Mike Chapman, Matt Chapman, and Ryan Sterritt.
• Limozeen was portrayed by Matt Chapman, J. Christopher Arrison, and several members of Yacht Rock Revue including Peter Olson and Nick Niespodziani.

Limozeen sound check

sloshy, refusing to sound check

Shows

September 2

Description

Down at Fraggle Rock!

During the show, at some point during the performances, the video AV stopped working, so Matt Chapman started singing bread sing-alongs with Puppet Homestar Runner, who said that the songs had the power to fix AV problems. This eventually became a running gag. After an intermission, Limozeen played, and flicked Limozeen guitar picks (previously shown in a @StrongBadActual tweet) into the audience. Towards the end, Matt invited Jamey Huggins to the stage to share how he came up with the name "Home Star Runner". Before performing the finale, Secret Song, Matt said that normally they'd have to wait 227 seconds before hearing it like on Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits. At the end of the show, Matt said "Here's to twenty more years of making stupid stuff!", which was responded with a loud cheer from the audience.

Set List

Song	Performed by	Length	Link
Strong Badia National Anthem	Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	?:??	N/A
Bread Sing-Alongs (performed throughout the show)	Puppet Homestar Runner (Matt Chapman)	N/A	N/A
American Football Championship Game	sloshy	?:??	N/A
Phonin' This One In (b/w accompaniment)		?:??	N/A
We Don't Really Even Care About You		?:??	N/A
B-est of B-Sides		?:??	N/A
Because, It's Midnite		?:??	N/A
Rap Song	Coach Z, Peacey P, and Tenerence Love (Matt Chapman)	2:02	watch
An Important Rap Song	Crack Stuntman (Matt Chapman)	1:28	watch
Fish Eye Lens	Puppet Strong Bad, Coach Z, and Homestar Runner (Matt Chapman)	2:33	watch
It's Like It Was Meant to Be	Limozeen, Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	?:??	N/A
The Theme from Dangeresque II	Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	?:??	N/A
Sensitive to Bees	Marzipan (Missy Palmer) and Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	?:??	N/A
Circles	Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	?:??	N/A
The System is Down	Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	1:22	watch
Intermission
Nite Mamas	Limozeen	?:??	N/A
Brain Sister		2:31	N/A
Colorin'		1:59	N/A
It's Tuff Bein' a Box		3:40	N/A
We Don't Really Even Care About You		1:21	N/A
Because, It's Midnite		5:13	N/A
Moving Very Slowly	Limozeen and Schenkel McDoo (Matt Chapman)	4:02	N/A
Trogdor	Limozeen and Matt Chapman as Puppet Strong Bad	1:46	watch (22:51 - 24:28)
Everybody to the Limit	Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman) and James Huggins	?:??	watch (3:00 - 9:15)
The story of Homestar Runner's name	James Huggins and Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	?:??	watch (9:25 - 11:00)
The Cheat is Not Dead	Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	?:??	N/A
Secret Song	Puppet Homestar Runner (Matt Chapman)	2:22	watch

October 7

Set List

Song	Performed by	Length	Link
Strong Badia National Anthem	Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	1:21	watch
Email dragon	Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman) with audience participation	3:20	watch
American Football Championship Game	sloshy	?:??	N/A
We Don't Really Even Care About You		?:??	N/A
B-est of B-Sides		?:??	N/A
The Theme from 3 Times Halloween Funjob		?:??	watch
Because, It's Midnite		?:??	N/A
Rap Song	Coach Z, Peacey P, and Tenerence Love (Matt Chapman)	2:02	N/A
An Important Rap Song	Crack Stuntman (Matt Chapman)	1:28	N/A
Fish Eye Lens	Puppet Strong Bad, Coach Z, and Homestar Runner (Matt Chapman)	2:33	N/A
It's Like It Was Meant to Be	Limozeen, Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	?:??	N/A
The Theme from Dangeresque II	Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	?:??	N/A
The theme from Night Court	Puppet Homestar Runner (Matt Chapman)	0:41	watch
Strong Bad's Rhythm N' Grammar	Puppet Homestar Runner (Matt Chapman)	?:??	watch
Sensitive to Bees	Marzipan (Missy Palmer) and Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	?:??	N/A
You're a Girl, with new second verse partly written by the audience	Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	?:??	watch
Intermission
Nite Mamas	Limozeen	?:??	N/A
Brain Sister		2:31	N/A
Colorin'		1:59	N/A
It's Tuff Bein' a Box		3:40	N/A
We Don't Really Even Care About You		1:21	N/A
Because, It's Midnite		5:13	N/A
Moving Very Slowly	Limozeen and Schenkel McDoo (Matt Chapman)	4:02	N/A
Trogdor	Limozeen and Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	1:46	watch
Everybody to the Limit	Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	?:??	N/A
The Cheat is Not Dead	Puppet Strong Bad (Matt Chapman)	?:??	N/A
Secret Song	Puppet Homestar Runner (Matt Chapman)	2:22	watch

External Links

• view first event page for the "Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show" on the old Flash site
• forum thread re: "Homestar Runner 20th Anniversary Show"
• Venkman's event pages (archive links) — September 2, October 7