Airdate: Monday, November 17, 2003
Sender: Dan D., Tallahassee FL
Dan D. from Tallahassee (or possibly Gainesville) wants to know if Strong Badia has "its'" own local news program. After a brief musical primer on how to use apostrophes properly, Strong Bad (rather badly) claims that Strong Badia naturally has its own local news. He then excuses himself to go "and do something... completely unrelated to me... throwing together... the aforementioned local news."
We then bear witness to Strong Badia Action Cool News 5, with Strong Bad as anchorperson, the Tire with the weather, Strong Mad with sports news, and "SkyCheat Traffic" with The Cheat. Strong Bad has a big news story on "The World in Crisis", but keeps putting it off with "more on that later" in favor of the other segments of the news. First up is SkyCheat Traffic, with The Cheat getting tossed into the air by Strong Mad in order to report on some congestion near Bubs' Concession Stand, where Bubs has somehow persuaded people to pay five bucks to stand in line.
The Cheat: (subtitled The Cheat talk) Not funny... I didn't even mention... any roads.
Next is Strong Mad, whose thoughts on sports apparently consist of "I SHOULD WIN IT!" The Tire (being mute) has nothing to say about the weather, but Strong Bad informs audiences "Bundle up, but keep your swimsuit on outside your pants."
Tropes:
- Continuity Nod: The 5 in the logo for "Strong Badia Action Cool News 5" has a beefy arm on it like Trogdor the Burninator.
- Film at 11: Parodied; Strong Bad keeps putting off his report on "The World in Crisis" until he has to put it off 'til the next episode.Strong Bad: (dramatically) The World in Crisis! ...More about that later.
- Grammar Correction Gag: Strong Bad feels the need to criticize Dan's improper use of apostrophes in song. An Easter egg features samples from "Strong Bad's Rhythm N' Grammar", a whole album of Strong Bad singing songs about proper grammar and spelling.
- Hesitation Equals Dishonesty: In full force with Strong Bad nervously assuring Dan "Of course we've got local news. It's the—- It's the greatest!"
- I Need to Go Iron My Dog: After bragging about Strong Badia's news program, Strong Bad excuses himself with "I have to go now... and... do something... completely unrelated to me... throwing together... the aforementioned local news."
- It's the Best Whatever, Ever!: Homestar apparently finds waiting in line at Bubs' the "Best five bucks I ever spent!"
- Lame Pun Reaction: The Cheat is not impressed by Strong Bad's attempts at newscaster humor.Strong Bad: Looks like our sportscaster isn't being a very good sport, eh?
The Cheat: (subtitled The Cheat talk) Pathetic. - Shout-Out: Strong Bad's e-mail song is sung to the tune of "Cold Gin" by KISS.
- The Unpronounceable: Parodied. Strong Bad tries and fails to pronounce "Tallahassee" several times. He eventually gives up and settles on "Gainesville", an entirely separate Floridian city.
It's just I-T-S
But if it's supposed to be a contraction
Then it's I-T-Apostrophe-S...
Scalawag!
Whatever happened to capitalization?
It used to be so cooool!
Girl, don't forget to spellcheck
Or I'll come to your house and throw a brick through your dad's windshield...
Windshield!
Y-O-U-R...
Y-O-U-Apostrophe-R-E...
They're as different as night and day
Don't you think that night and day are different?
What's wrong with you?
And I don't care how they spell things on the Internet
When you email me, you spell the whole word out
And I don't care that your cell phone has a camera in it...
