• flicker
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    5010 months ago

    The website was homestarrunner.com and before YouTube, we used to just manually check the website. It was part of my day to check and see if anything new was on the site Also notable was that they never advertised. Their entire operation was done by word-of-mouth, in a time where there were no Facebook or reddit or YouTube or anything. The internet was a lot more wild then.

    Homestarrunner (“It’s dot com!”), Weebl and Bob, nuklearpower, Joe Cartoon, Bob and George… it was a different world.

      • Deceptichum
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        1410 months ago

        Then Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White
        And Monty Python and the Holy Grail’s black knight
        And Benito Mussolini and the Blue Meanie
        And Cowboy Curtis and Jambi the Genie
        Robocop, The Terminator, Captain Kirk, and Darth Vader
        Lo-pan, Superman, every single Power Ranger
        Bill S. Preston and Theodore Logan
        Spock, The Rock, Doc Ock, and Hulk Hogan
        All came out of nowhere lightning fast
        And they kicked Chuck Norris in his cowboy ass

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          It was the bloodiest battle that the world ever saw

          With civilians looking on in total awe

          Well the fight raged on for a century

          Many lives were claimed, but eventually

          A champion stood, the rest saw their better

          Mr. Rogers in a bloodstained sweater

          Edit: formatting

          • flicker
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            310 months ago

            I’m so glad I’m not the only one that remembers these lyrics. I imagine a very specific subset of our generation singing it in nursing homes before much longer.

      • @MIDItheKID
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        910 months ago

        I sometimes find myself humming/singing Mr.Weebl songs and my wife is like “Who the fuck is Magical Trevor?” and I’m like “You had to be there to understand, don’t worry about it”

        • Deceptichum
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          710 months ago

          I just have “badger badger badger badger” looping in my brain at random times.

        • wia
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          110 months ago

          Any time someone sneezes I ask"do you have germs!?"

    • @pete_the_cat
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      310 months ago

      Frog in a blender was one of my favorites. I think there was a hamster one too.

      Of course we can’t forget Hamster Dance and Badger Badger Badger.

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        10 months ago

        *Excuse. Me.

        Do. You. Have. A. Canoe? I. Could. Borrow.*