Other Character Email Tampo/time travel/Commentary
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- The DVD version features a hidden commentary for Tampo Email #2: "time travel." To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
Commentary Transcript
JOSHUA: Okay, you're watching... Tampo Email #2: "time travel" with me and Sahm.
SAHM: Hi. There's uh... Stlunko and Brody getting into position there. This is all still a bit new to them isn't it?
JOSHUA: Yeah... and in these old ones... all you can see is Brody's leg to the side when they get in position. Nowadays he just sticks his head in there.
SAHM: Mmm. {pause} The Gregginator. When I first saw that I thought he was the creator of the greggos or something. Or Cherry Greg. But he can't be 'cause he gets killed. Oops, spoiler there.
JOSHUA: Spoiler, schmoiler. Anyway, when I first made this email I failed to notice a connection between the Gregginator and the Greggos. And really... how can Stlunko's sensors scan his emotions? That's just creepy... and something he couldn't do anymore... unless the Gregginator broadcasted his emotions over the InstaNet... which wouldn't be named the InstaNet until 3 more emails, in "conquest".
SAHM: I was just about to mention that. And this was sent X0 years ago so his emotions can't change now, really. I dunno. I guess you can always fall back on words like 'sensors indicate' without an explanation. {after Tampo explains his idea} Your a genius, Tampo. I'm assuming that was Brody's idea. Shouldn't Tampo be the brains of the group becuase he is, well, a brain?
JOSHUA: Yeah, well, that was the original idea for him. If you go back in the history and view their old character descriptions... you'll see that that was the original idea. But as I started using their characters more, Stlunko sort have just slid into that role.
SAHM: Emergency Transport Home? That doesn't sound right. Shouldn't it be Emergency Home Transport?
JOSHUA: {Homestar impression} Yeah, you'we pwobably wight. {normal} I didn't know it at the time, but when I created this, I joined four other email shows which had time travel as the subject and name of their second email: Homestar's, Strong Bad's, The Cheat's and Marzipan's.
SAHM: I've found that nobody remembers the second in a series. The first episode of something is ususally the big premiere and has to appeal to people and then the second episode is not as good. But with Tampo Emails, the second is about time travel so everyone is going to remember it! Now, you changed this email a lot, didn't you?
JOSHUA: Yeah... this is the only email to have drastic change after its release. Uh... the deleted scene section is useful here because it shows you the first and second versions. Color Printer commented on it... he was the guy who sent "robot body"'s email... he told me that Michael was actually Mitchell's official 20X6 counterpart...
SAHM: Hence them going back in time to kill his 2005 counterpart. He he he, I like the way Tampo explains it to him.
JOSHUA: Yeah, well, you gotta let the guy know why you're killing him before you do so. Anyway... I'm thinking that if this was any other wiki user I wouldn't have had to change it to Cherry Greg. Mitchell just tries to make every fanstuff relate to the others.
SAHM: Well, I like the way you used Cherry Greg. Becuase he's someone you're not likely going to mention again. And if you do, you could pull a Homsar. Ahh, Now this paradox thing, I saw it coming a mile away! As soon as Tampo says {immitating Tampo} Alright Greg, prepare to meet your doom! {normal voice} Which I love becuase my teacher's name is Greg, Uh... Yeah, I knew that it would... happen.
JOSHUA: Nowadays the paradox would a splode the universe... here it'll just explode Stlunko. And their killing tactic doesn't really change much from here to Strong Bad in "apocalypse". Stlunko grabs, Tampo zaps and Brody slams.
SAHM: That's what they do best!
JOSHUA: And this scene is very unrealistic... like, too unrealistic... he probably is smashed into the Earth's core.
SAHM: That explains the lava. Hehe, and this I love; Brody pressing the button. Careful, careful, don't hit delete...
JOSHUA: A keypress that solves a paradox... hey, wait a minute... why is "e-mail" spelled like that? I always spell it without a dash. That's weird.
SAHM: Meh, Cherry Greg's computer must be wierd. Did this episode have to be rated M 15 for all this smashing, zapping and general killing? Becuase this episode couldn't appeal to kids. Hehe.
JOSHUA: Eh, it's not too bad compared to some of the kids stuff shown these days. There's no blood or gore or anything like that. Like, Dragonball Z or Teen Titans would be more violent. And the death itself is a bit too cartoony to be taken very seriously.
SAHM: Aw, now they are back home and have forgotten about going back in time to kill Strong Bad! I guess that would have caused a paradox which is harder to stop then by the click of a 'send' button. Now what's the moral of the story? Never send prank emails... To Tampo... Or you will be killed... And all your film equipment will be covered in lava.
JOSHUA: Yep, that's the moral of this story. If you can even count that as a moral. Thank you for your time, Sahm.
SAHM: {imitating Senor Cartgage} No Probalo!
