# Any word on Homestar Runner/The Brothers Chaps? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395 "2013-10-27T22:18:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/1 "2013-10-27T22:18:10Z")
Now that Halloween is nearly upon us again, I remember one of the most consistently entertaining places on the Internet for nearly a decade. Didn’t need memes or gimmicks, it was just amazingly funny. The last updated was on December 2010. There was something about “someday, when you least expect it”…in February, last year. What happened? Anyone know? If they wanted to move on, fine, but we should have at least a little closure. [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) can’t carry the load alone, guys! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/2 "2013-10-27T23:30:48Z")
They both have full time jobs elsewhere, and families rapidly expanding. Matt works for _Yo Gabba Gabba_ of all things. I think that means Homestar is not coming back any time soon, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/3 "2013-10-29T00:19:56Z")
Matt’s been all over the place - besides _Yo Gabba Gabba!_, he’s also directed a few episodes of _The Aquabats! Super Show!_ (where he also appeared in one episode as a character clearly modeled after Strong Bad) and currently serves as a writer and voice actor for Disney’s fantastic _Gravity Falls_. The _Los Angeles Times_ wrote a while back that and Mike are working on a series of their own for Disney. Todd VanDerWerff of The Onion AV Club recently wrote [a great article](http://www.avclub.com/articles/how-homestar-runner-changed-web-series-for-the-bet,104146/) on Homestar Runner’s legacy. Although he’s most likely gone for good, his no-armed legacy will live forever. Probably. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/4 "2013-10-29T15:14:14Z")
Dag yo! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/5 "2013-10-29T19:17:59Z")
Too bad. I miss Trogdor doing some burninating! ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/6 "2013-10-31T08:05:21Z")
If I may add: The one truly remarkable thing I found out the website and their approach to humor is that from beginning to end they took NONE of the shortcuts. No tossing in gratuitous swears for cheap shock value. No badly-done satire of topical events. No repetition unless legitimately played for laughs (“Yeah, SHAPE-dah…like there’s a bite taken out of it!”). And none of the endless tiresome bazillions of _memes_ that have reduced entire Internet communities to squawking parrots. It was intelligent and creative and charming and overall truly a joy to experience. One of the remarkable things I found about the Brothers Chaps is that they almost never used the big publicity outlets. No CNN story, no commercials, no comic book tie-ins, no promotional blitz at CompUSA or Barnes And Noble or Suncoast Pictures, hell, not even a Rolling Stone cover (which should’ve been flippin’ _automatic_ for something like this). I found out about the site from [Wrestlecrap.com](http://Wrestlecrap.com), of all places. And they never make any kind of deal out of a gap (there are at least three that I remember, and each time the site picked back up as if nothing happened). I just thought that if this really is goodbye…well, I’d like to know. Dagnabbit, I wanted to play the final level of Stinkoman 20X6! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/7 "2013-10-31T21:20:07Z")
The thing I find most annoying is they they never told anyone when it was happening. There’s nothing at all on the site or anything saying that they were calling it quits. People were just left to wonder when the next toon might show up. They even left the promo banner that says that there’s really, genuinely a new toon up. What happened there, with the artists just quitting, is why current content providers get inundated with questions making sure they’re still going to continue their series. Before that happened, I’d never seen that happen until then. Even TV shows you would find out they were actually cancelled. This site is also the one I worry about when Flash finally dies. Yes, you can put them up as vids on YouTube, (perhaps even from the DVDs), but you miss out on the Easter eggs that way. That site is pretty much the best out there for preteen/teenage humor, and I want every kid to be able to experience it. ---
**Author:** ![Purin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Purin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purin)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/8 "2013-11-06T06:46:30Z")
Oh Chaps, please update your site! At least do so to have the characters say farewell if you are truly done with Homestar Runner. I have missed the SBemails and Halloween/Christmas toons. I feel happy for them, however, that they have moved to be involved in shows, like **Gravity Falls** , and **Yo Gabba Gabba**. Good for them! ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/9 "2013-11-06T14:42:27Z")
Wait a minute. Suncoast Pictures still exists? ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/10 "2013-11-06T15:17:42Z")
Well, that’s my evening’s viewing sorted. Yes, I bought the DVD. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/11 "2013-11-06T19:52:37Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > Well, that’s my evening’s viewing sorted. > > Yes, I bought the DVD. 😃 Did you get Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive people. [http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/](http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/) ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/12 "2014-04-25T20:59:54Z")
If you haven’t visited [Homestarrunner.com](http://homestarrunner.com/) recently, you may want to pop on by for a little update! [Sorry for the bump!] ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/13 "2014-04-26T06:49:19Z")
Sorry??? This is incredible! ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/14 "2014-04-26T20:03:56Z")
Mmm. Vintage Brothers Chaps, a well-time fakeout followed by squeezing more mileage out of an old idea. (I was amazed at the time they 1. brought back the The S Is For Sucks dragon and 2. actually made it freaking work.) Damn, they REALLY have it in for Windows '98. Can’t say I blame them. Sadly, these rare revisits are probably the best we can hope for from now on. It’s possible that someone else with more time and energy can take over the website, but that’s highly unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![aprlknght](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aprlknght/32/7310_2.png) [@aprlknght](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aprlknght)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/15 "2014-06-29T12:55:59Z")
False. “Your mother” and “nigger” (cheaply disguised as the lame running thnickaman joke) WERE prevalent onsite as well as in real world hr media from the beginning. Squawking hr meme parrots WERE, in fact, frequently encountered throughout the web, and sadly, the original creator, Emmanuel Teijeiro, was never credited in their own media, or paid. And these are the exact reasons why they failed, and were reduced to selling out to Disney. > [@DKW](#): > > If I may add: The one truly remarkable thing I found out the website and their approach to humor is that from beginning to end they took NONE of the shortcuts. No tossing in gratuitous swears for cheap shock value. No badly-done satire of topical events. No repetition unless legitimately played for laughs (“Yeah, SHAPE-dah…like there’s a bite taken out of it!”). And none of the endless tiresome bazillions of _memes_ that have reduced entire Internet communities to squawking parrots. It was intelligent and creative and charming and overall truly a joy to experience. > > One of the remarkable things I found about the Brothers Chaps is that they almost never used the big publicity outlets. No CNN story, no commercials, no comic book tie-ins, no promotional blitz at CompUSA or Barnes And Noble or Suncoast Pictures, hell, not even a Rolling Stone cover (which should’ve been flippin’ _automatic_ for something like this). I found out about the site from [Wrestlecrap.com](http://Wrestlecrap.com), of all places. And they never make any kind of deal out of a gap (there are at least three that I remember, and each time the site picked back up as if nothing happened). I just thought that if this really is goodbye…well, I’d like to know. > > Dagnabbit, I wanted to play the final level of Stinkoman 20X6! ---
**Author:** ![aprlknght](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aprlknght/32/7310_2.png) [@aprlknght](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aprlknght)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/16 "2014-06-29T13:02:17Z")
Nice try, but no one is interested anymore. The fakeouts pretending to be are just lamers and we all know the words, let’s say them together, boys Everybody knows it. > [@Hoops](#): > > If you haven’t visited [Homestarrunner.com](http://homestarrunner.com/) recently, you may want to pop on by for a little update! > > [Sorry for the bump!] ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/17 "2014-06-29T16:36:44Z")
Sure. ---
**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/18 "2014-06-29T23:20:25Z")
> [@aprlknght](#): > > False. “Your mother” and “nigger” (cheaply disguised as the lame running thnickaman joke) WERE prevalent onsite as well as in real world hr media from the beginning. > > Squawking hr meme parrots WERE, in fact, frequently encountered throughout the web, and sadly, the original creator, Emmanuel Teijeiro, was never credited in their own media, or paid. > > And these are the exact reasons why they failed, and were reduced to selling out to Disney. Uh, what? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/19 "2014-06-30T07:25:06Z")
It seems Emmanuel Teijeiro (whose email address includes the name _aprlknght_) claims to have originally created Homestar Runner. No evidence has ever been put forward for this claim; he doesn’t seem to have any personal connection with Mike or Matt Chapman; he does not claim to have made any of the animated cartoons; only that he originally created… something. Somehow. Maybe he owned the domain? I don’t know. In any case, he is a weird guy looking for money for his part in the creation of whatever it is he thinks he did. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/20 "2014-06-30T16:24:27Z")
Crazy person bump! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395.md?page=2)