the funniest part of this is how it turns around and "John" ends up being relatively ok while "Gene" ends up spending his whole life in fear of accidentally getting his life destroyed by a hygiene slip-up.
The great thing about watching these again after so many years is I keep remembering things a split second before they happen, and I realize now that there's more HR quotes buried in my subconscious than facts I learned in school.
James Moore Nice try "James." Or should I say "disgusting John who has now reinvented himself now that he is in college?!" Does that family of moths still live in your mouth?
Are you not aware that this format was actually being done decades before that and this is actually a direct parody of one of those? It has nothing to do with that meme. In fact, that meme itself is just the latest in a long line OF these examples.
School reputation was very important. Luckily for me, I was a "background student". No one gave a rats ass about me and I was able to get through school without the thought of peer pressure messing with me (I did that myself).
It has been over a decade, I rewatdched this email so many times I have it practically memorized...yet only now, did I spot the soda cup nailed to the wall in 'John's' messy bedroom full of food. Ah, life is grand.
So true, there was always that one kid in Elementary School who had really bad hygiene. There was this one kid who once was sitting at our classroom table and he shook his head and tiny spots fell onto the table. A few weeks latter we got those slips of paper saying that there was someone who had lice in our class.
This is a true story. Last year, when I was in the 5th grade, our guidance teacher (who I can't remember the name of) put on an educational film about how to stay away from strangers. It was called "The Safe Side: Stranger Safety", and *boy was it a weird experience*. The film starred a middle-aged woman with crazy looking pigtails wrapped up in ribbons named, and I'm not making this up, Safe Side Superchick. She would tell the viewers how to stay away from strangers (A.K.A. Don't Knows) and would offer 7 Hot Tips throughout the film. She would also offer "Super Badges" to any children throughout the film that follow her tips, followed with a round of applause. It also starred some off-screen voices that would come out of nowhere, like a narrator who announces the main character and can't stop using thunder because *he likes it*. Another example would have to be these two children who would warn Superchick about upcoming events and ask her questions that they and the audience need to know. As she, her gorilla friend Buddy, and a stubborn alley-dog named Fang continued with the movie, it started to get a lot more uncomfortable for me to sit through. After watching a quarter of it, I just quit and hung out with my aides, Mrs. Jen and Mrs. Burton. I will never forget that one November afternoon me and my classmates watched that film. And you know what else is weird? That you can actually buy the DVD for this film! If you're nearby a store that actually sells these things, check it out for yourself.
soooo . . . .when this came out, was John praised in school for getting his email answered by Strong Bad, or was he made fun of for being made fun of by Strong Bad so relentlessly?
In school, 3rd grade, we watched this hygiene movie and the most I remember about it was that the kids were in a band and wrote a song about hygiene that somehow got onto the local radio because one of the kids dropped off the tape at a radio station and I guess the DJ decided to humor them.
This one surprised me a little when it came out - it's more bitingly satirical than their usual style. ("What is John missing that Gene has? Besides rich parents.") It's one of my favorites, though.
I swear they really captured the feeling of all the cruddy 5th grade hygiene movies, you know, all the ones they've been shwoing since the 70's...when they were made.
the funniest part of this is how it turns around and "John" ends up being relatively ok while "Gene" ends up spending his whole life in fear of accidentally getting his life destroyed by a hygiene slip-up.
The trick is to keep expectations low until it's actually important to meet them.
Maybe Strong Bad realized he'd bullied his fan enough.
SavageGreywolf loved the short where they referenced mst3k episode Santa Claus conquers the martians 🙂🎥📼
Strong Bad has an interesting way of talking himself out of his own point sometimes...
...I still can't figure out if he does it intentionally 😂
In all seriousness, Gene peaked in 5th grade. It isn't just all downhill from there, it's downhill from Lagrange orbit in a broken Thermos.
Am I the only one who thinks it's weird that Coach Z is portrayed as one of the hygienic kids?
Oh, I didn't notice
He’s usually puking his pants.
@@michaelchallis4129 I didn't need an explanation, thanks
You take your pants...
that was 5th grade coach z he had hygiene
The great thing about watching these again after so many years is I keep remembering things a split second before they happen, and I realize now that there's more HR quotes buried in my subconscious than facts I learned in school.
I _still_ have a hard time saying jerb.
Jarb.
Jorb.
*JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRBBBBBBBBBBBBBB*
@@LikeTheBuffalo *JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRBBBBBBBBBBBORBIORBIORBIOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRBBBBBBBBB*
My siblings and I speak in nothing but quotes, including at least 75% Homestar Runner quotes
Wait, you learned Homestar Runner quotes in school? Must have been some school man :P
That has been my experience watching through all of these over a decade later
Ha, they totally nailed the "Embarrassing Educational Films" title screen with that sax intro.
Yep, now if only we can find that song out there.
And the 70s style font. Windsor, I believe.
... and 10 years later, I FINALLY realized what a "grownup headache" means.
Do I wanna know?
@Sacha Vaillancourt Oh, ok.
And what the episode on "pants problems" was probably about...
*Mommy is a wino, take care of yourself*
If it helps, no matter *how* "mature" you get, Coach Z never makes any more sense.
As someone who is named Gene, and hears the "Hi, Gene! ... wait... hygiene!" joke about once a week, this has to be one of my favorite SBemails ever.
Hello there pair of genes.
What about a pair of jeans?
These jokes are pure genius.
I feel for you:
My childhood and adolescence was spent with "hilarious" people asking me if I'm related to Jack 😒
(My UA-cam name is my real name)
@@negascoot23 anyone ever ask if you're related to Jeff?
Step 1:
You check an email
Step 2:
You tell a kid he's a dork.
Step 3, you get 100 likes.
Step 4: Profit.
@@reillymcwriting step 5: read email
Step 6: repeat
This episode came out in 2007.
John is in College now.
Let that sink in for a minute.
James Moore Nice try "James." Or should I say "disgusting John who has now reinvented himself now that he is in college?!" Does that family of moths still live in your mouth?
James Moore I'm studying entomology. I'm going to need you to hand over those moths now.
James Moore The original Teen Girl Squad is old enough to be done with college.
Wtf does that sink want now?
+James Moore I wonder how his reinventing phase is going. I wish him luck, GO NON-RESIDENTS!!
"Whatever ancient egyptian teenagers called themselves."
Duelists. The word you're looking for is Duelists.
I've been meaning to get back to Yugioh
@@TheInkPitOx I still say my favorite episode was the one where Kaiba gets his finger chopped off when he takes off in a helicopter.
As an aspiring entomologist, I really need to collect some of those rare Homestar-moths.
You mean John moths?
I hear Chaunceys are endangered these days.
Wouldn't that be better than the fact that gene powers a lightbulb?
It's been 10 years
I wonder how John has redefined himself
John needs to do an AMA. Frankly I'm surprised he survived the hospital after the severe burninating he received in this email.
@@spencereades I wander what happened to Jean
"I'm a latchkey champion."
Homsar, is that you?
0:44 That theme music is ON POINT.
I need it as my ringtone.
Issa bop
Yeah! Where did that music originate from? I need to know!
hygiene is defined as how close people are willing to stand next to you
Your avatar disturbs me
@@TheInkPitOxTetiary...
“Now you be back before din-din, Chauncey!” That always killed me.
Actually, SB, the dorms don't allow be-pantied pillow fighting anymore. Not since Judy from room 407 fell off the bunk onto the RA.
may she rest in peace.
No, Judy was fine...though she still smiles at the wrong things. Kinsey Palmer
Golden Freddy what Judy from room 407
So now they're required to do it without wearing panties. Sounds good!
I said I was sorry!
nothing is more relatable than the phrase "you keep sucking just enough to stay interesting". it's my entire brand by the stage in my life.
Homestarrunner was way ahead of the pack with the virgin vs chad memes
Are you not aware that this format was actually being done decades before that and this is actually a direct parody of one of those? It has nothing to do with that meme. In fact, that meme itself is just the latest in a long line OF these examples.
@@the-NightStar the joke understander has logged on-- settle down there aristophanes
@@the-NightStar This is a parody of Goofus and Gallant from Highlights
@@Well_Meaning ignoring his point trololo
*BURRPP* Now you be back before din-din, Chauncey!
"Every morning John wakes up and forgets to brush his stupid dumb stinking Fat SMELLY STUPID DU-"
Strong bad/Jean
The Virgin Homestar Vs the Chad Strongbad
faceyfaceface Strongchad
Op delete this
knowyourmeme.com/photos/1390235-homestar-runner
homergin
In fifth grade.
Laundry-caves become more frequent once you head off to college
I can't be the only one who really wants to see Pants Problems
+THEJBROXTREM Don't worry, you're not.
I do want to see that so bad
(mwah!) Good night, everybody!
Huh huh, 69
It's pretty much the entire plot of Big Mouth.
I believe the correct taxonomic nomenclature for Hygiene Wolves is "Hygienas"
School reputation was very important. Luckily for me, I was a "background student". No one gave a rats ass about me and I was able to get through school without the thought of peer pressure messing with me (I did that myself).
Cheers, mood kindred
I was also a background student.
John "Mothmouth" Katulla is now old enough to have cruddy hygiene kids. Feel old yet?
Seen this probably 20 times over the years and just noticed the cereal bowls in "John's" room are the same cereal bowls from the SBLOUNSKCHED! bar
It has been over a decade, I rewatdched this email so many times I have it practically memorized...yet only now, did I spot the soda cup nailed to the wall in 'John's' messy bedroom full of food. Ah, life is grand.
As a junior high weirdo that went to high school with mostly the same people: the bit about reinventing yourself in college is so true it hurts.
3:51 I believe ancient Egyptian teenagers call themselves "King of Games"
To think John already reinvented himself two years ago now
I miss all the clickable Easter eggs.
The website still works
I miss video games.
I miss my mom.
Have I got gift to help you all, get over missing those things.
Tegridy. Choose quality, choose Tegridy.
They are rebuilding the site
The moment at 2:15 has had me in stitches since 2007.
🤣 same
So true, there was always that one kid in Elementary School who had really bad hygiene. There was this one kid who once was sitting at our classroom table and he shook his head and tiny spots fell onto the table. A few weeks latter we got those slips of paper saying that there was someone who had lice in our class.
And remember something, readers:
If you don't know who the kid in your class with really bad hygiene was...
I got bad news for you ☹️
AAAAAA
JIBBLY JIBBLY JIBBLY JIBBLY😱😱😱
sees section on laundry cave. checks actual laundry cave in room for squatters.
Oh they're there. But they are commonly referred to as "mice".
It’s been 8 or 9 years, wonder what identity John went with.
My money is on a raver or possibly a whatever ancient Scandinavian teens called themselves
Rainbow Goth Girl
"Say Hi to Hygiene!" That's the title of a educational film from Rocko's Modern Life.
Screened by a genie called Clean Gene the Hygiene Machine!
OMG I remember that!
John is now hiding his identity as a hipster somewhere.
So he's 90 years old?
With his stonk?
Love the class commentary in this one
Well John should be in his mid 20s by now, hopefully he figured out that whole hygiene thing
I just noticed, after watching this SBemail a zillion times, that Homestar(John) nailed a fast-food cup to his wall.
This is a true story.
Last year, when I was in the 5th grade, our guidance teacher (who I can't remember the name of) put on an educational film about how to stay away from strangers. It was called "The Safe Side: Stranger Safety", and *boy was it a weird experience*.
The film starred a middle-aged woman with crazy looking pigtails wrapped up in ribbons named, and I'm not making this up, Safe Side Superchick. She would tell the viewers how to stay away from strangers (A.K.A. Don't Knows) and would offer 7 Hot Tips throughout the film. She would also offer "Super Badges" to any children throughout the film that follow her tips, followed with a round of applause.
It also starred some off-screen voices that would come out of nowhere, like a narrator who announces the main character and can't stop using thunder because *he likes it*. Another example would have to be these two children who would warn Superchick about upcoming events and ask her questions that they and the audience need to know.
As she, her gorilla friend Buddy, and a stubborn alley-dog named Fang continued with the movie, it started to get a lot more uncomfortable for me to sit through. After watching a quarter of it, I just quit and hung out with my aides, Mrs. Jen and Mrs. Burton. I will never forget that one November afternoon me and my classmates watched that film.
And you know what else is weird? That you can actually buy the DVD for this film! If you're nearby a store that actually sells these things, check it out for yourself.
That's because I have glasses.
Two of them, actually. Stranger Safety and Internet Safety.
I still have this DVD.
You're absolutely correct! Do you have one of them like Anna Shephard does?
I remember seeing adds for this on the morning Nick block on CBS when I was in grade 5. Weird.
I think strong bad' setting a bad example on both ends
Then all is right with the universe.
That's usually what he does
Strong Bad only sets two kinds of examples: Bad and Worse.
It's kind of miraculous, in a way, that he has survived.
soooo . . . .when this came out, was John praised in school for getting his email answered by Strong Bad, or was he made fun of for being made fun of by Strong Bad so relentlessly?
"T.G.I.G. Y'all! Thank god I'm Gene"
1:54 This part gets me every time.
Oh my gosh, the like button lit up when he said "I hope you and your friends like my video"
3:09
Gene, on the other hand, better keep up the status QUOP QUOP
Ah, the grownup headache. Better known by its scientific name: hangover.
I didn't get that joke for years
In school, 3rd grade, we watched this hygiene movie and the most I remember about it was that the kids were in a band and wrote a song about hygiene that somehow got onto the local radio because one of the kids dropped off the tape at a radio station and I guess the DJ decided to humor them.
i want to hear a full album of ridiculously smooth 70s jazz fusion from the brothers chaps
It's not on the album they put out of every H*R song, so maybe they didn't make it?
I'm 20+ years behind in H*R fandom, and 8 years behind FNaF fandom. I make sure the stuff I'm a fan of is _vetted._ Except Crystalis.
What are you even trying to say.
0:54 omg TMBG reference
i mean. TMBG and the brothers chaps are friends. they've collaborated repeatedly
John was a legend to us 5th graders in 2007
"Every morning:
John wakes up And smells like stupid fat stinking dumb gu-"
Man this could be a meme
HSR is so memeable i dont understand why i never see any. Actually, probably better this way. Its too pure for memes.
@@kellylyons1038 HSR is a meme
Maybe if you got the quote right...
I didn't get the latchkey champion joke for years, but it's definitely the funniest bit in this episode
19 people also live in a nearby cave.
This one surprised me a little when it came out - it's more bitingly satirical than their usual style. ("What is John missing that Gene has? Besides rich parents.") It's one of my favorites, though.
Why did I used to look like cool coach z? Longish bleached hair under a hat, dashing good looks, green body suit
Were you idubbbz
Discovered Strong Bad from Poker Night at the Inventory. Thank you Valve!
*Telltale
+videogamer96 your right but valve worked on it too
I can't believe that game was released ten years ago now.
That groovy intro song is not on their album, despite being the best one in the whole catalogue.
It's amazing how accurate this actually is.
20 years later: look junior! A 30 years old cartoon!
John Katullalalalala.
Hygiene
HI GENE
Very clever...
Yup
“You keep sucking just enough to keep it interesting.”
Me in real life.
Nice recommendation from UA-cam. A classic vid now slightly more topical with hygiene being shoved in everyones face because of the coronavirus.
This is literally what 5th grade educational films were like.
When you come here to tell that Strong Bad has a DDR game of dubious quality.
This is what we need to show the general public
Stink
Stank
Stunk
Stonk
The fourth tier of stench.
Stenk
Stynk
@@dylaninpieces2 Stornk
Dansk! What's that staunch?
@@elibrown3487 poot slap
3:00 people will remember me because of my Stonks?
Who nails a milkshake cup to their bedroom wall?!
John, apparently.
i do
Of course satan does.
You don't?
Kemonokami Doesn’t everyone?
0:58 "John"'s feet are like Homsar's... lol
The intro song to this one always gets me. 😂😂😂
Every morning, the radient energy from Gene's face powers a small lightbulb.
This is one of the first sbemails I’ve watched
We need this PSA now more than ever.
G-
But sooooo charming!
And a healthy piece of real estate
God I want to know where John is now
Well, he did a good job pointing out how rich kids are basically cheating at life.
1:10 it just occurred to me that SB reminds me of Scott the Woz here for just a second
MY face has enough radiant energy to light the whole united states for six years straight.
I swear they really captured the feeling of all the cruddy 5th grade hygiene movies, you know, all the ones they've been shwoing since the 70's...when they were made.
anyone who dislikes this has a Grown-up headache.
I can say that Deku is Homestar as John and Katsuki is Strong Bad as Gene.
Site not gonna update for a long while. Just saying,
I think they announced an update in 2015, but IDK for sure.
Hunter Hollman they're making an update in 1 week! Go on the website, they'll tell you they updated! 😉
I saw it a few days ago!
You totally jinxed it xD
all they rlly did though was update the intro
This email uses literary elements mostly consisting of metaphors.
Ohhhh the memories....
Every morning, the radiant energy from Gene's face is enough to power a small lightbulb.
DELETED!
Say, what is that jazzy intro theme? I have so many uses for that music.
Wonder if the John that sent this remembers this one.
i love his intro songs for email. priceless.
Ancient Egyptin teenagers: adults.
It has been 8 or 9 years since this video was made. I wonder what John's up to now.
The virgin John vs. the Chad Gene
It's a parody of Goofus and Gallant
@@TheInkPitOx it’s called a meme dumbass.
@@fritzy8318 I know. I was just indicating what it's actually supposed to be parodying.
"Now you be back before din-din Chauncey."
strong mad's hair was epic
Ah yes the video single-handedly responsible for me spelling hygiene as hygene
The last 5 seconds was the funniest part. XD
first reference of stonks. noted