# 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:** 2
**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:** [October 18, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/21 "2014-10-18T16:44:29Z")
Racism isn’t a joke, and I called you out and roasted you hard on it. Thats what I did. Emmanuel Teijeiro Creator, Owner, CEO [homestarrunner.com](http://homestarrunner.com) > [@GuanoLad](#): > > 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:** ![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:** [October 18, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/22 "2014-10-18T17:10:25Z")
And the website is being removed. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/23 "2014-10-18T17:47:34Z")
> [@aprlknght](#): > > And the website is being removed. [Pretty sure the site’s still there,](http://homestarrunner.com/) buddy. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/24 "2014-10-18T17:54:31Z")
Well, this is as weird as any Strongbad video. So there’s that. ---
**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 18, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/25 "2014-10-18T21:46:22Z")
So the guy is saying the site is being shutdown–when a new toon just went up this month (or maybe last month). Proof: [Toons - Homestar Runner](http://www.homestarrunner.com/toons.html) Ways to make the video bigger: Just use the Ctrl+Scroll wheel to enlarge it. Click on [this link](http://www.homestarrunner.com/fisheyelens.swf) to the SWF (you’ll see stuff outside the frame this way, but it looks fine this time.) Install a plugin for full screen HomestarRunner. (Use Google) Or, for best experience, install the [HomestarRunner all-in-one plugin](http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Greasemonkey). You get pauses and subtitles and better nav support. And a link to the Wiki for the video. (You can also just [watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbvxlvSIIww), but you miss the fun of finding the Easter Eggs, since they are just built in. Though you do get an extra Easter Egg with the end fakeout.) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/26 "2014-10-19T15:04:37Z")
and you’ll get be progressively prettier, I’m sure. as for the real world and the rest of us, a: i’m no ones buddy. b: whats already true requires no claim. and c: [removed links] ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/27 "2014-10-19T15:11:51Z")
So your post is your cite? ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/28 "2014-10-19T15:33:00Z")
Well, I’m subbing to this thread. Homestar Runner updates _and_ the incoherent ramblings of a crazy dude. Can’t beat that! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/29 "2014-10-19T15:55:17Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Well, I’m subbing to this thread. Homestar Runner updates _and_ the incoherent ramblings of a crazy dude. Can’t beat that! I mean, maybe he really IS Strongbad and all the rest. Can’t fake that nutso-ness. 😃 Or maybe Bucky T. Catt has Rob’s laptop again… ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/30 "2014-10-19T15:58:04Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > I mean, maybe he really IS Strongbad and all the rest. Can’t fake that nutso-ness. 😃 Nah, not Strongbad. Maybe Señor Cardgage… ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/31 "2014-10-19T16:14:41Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Nah, not Strongbad. Maybe Señor Cardgage… Well, excardon me, Brandonica! ---
**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:** [October 19, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/32 "2014-10-19T18:05:06Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > I mean, maybe he really IS Strongbad and all the rest. Can’t fake that nutso-ness. 😃 > > Or maybe Bucky T. Catt has Rob’s laptop again… i’m not some cartoon characters. im a guy that makes little scorpions with beads and copper wire sallvaged from broken electric can openers and cieling fans, then vends them from vintage ex cigarette machines via artomat. [removed links] not to suggest that expecting people to believe art can come from a cigarette machine isnt any less a garbage idea than [homestarrunner.com](http://homestarrunner.com), which I gave away willingly and granted, no longer own. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/33 "2014-10-19T19:11:34Z")
What was that song Doris Day sang in the '50s?\* “Q… E D, E D…”\* ---
**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:** [October 19, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/34 "2014-10-19T19:41:12Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > What was that song Doris Day sang in the '50s?\* “Q… E D, E D…”\* I dont know. But I like pizza. And legitimate business funding. I’m not a cop, as you can see, and didn’t come here to write citations. Anybody knowing any sources, heres my email address. (paypal verified) [removed email address] Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/35 "2014-10-19T19:47:53Z")
So, does any of this have a _point_, or are you just here to sell us stuff? ---
**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:** [October 19, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/36 "2014-10-19T20:30:12Z")
because I really have no interest in selling stuff, so I should clarify the meaning of business funding to include donation, as I am perfectly content to perpetuate a philanthropic existence but also have human needs. your free to give me money for nothing in return, but I happen to have skills that may be of interest and benefit to you. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/37 "2014-10-19T21:56:58Z")
just be careful what you wish for or you’ll end up choking on your own ego trip like these boys whos faces we’re still shitting flattery into. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/38 "2014-10-19T22:29:45Z")
To administration: My username and all related posts to be removed from this forum. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/39 "2014-10-19T22:33:47Z")
> [@aprlknght](#): > > To administration: > > My username and all related posts to be removed from this forum. Wanna bet? ---
**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:** [October 19, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395/40 "2014-10-19T23:13:21Z")
Yesterday, you said you were the owner and CEO of [homestarrunner.com](http://homestarrunner.com). Today, you say you gave it away willingly and no longer own it. Which is it? Did you ever actually work with the Brothers Chaps, or did you create characters like those on [homestarrunner.com](http://homestarrunner.com) independently and you believe they stole your ideas? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-word-on-homestar-runner-the-brothers-chaps/672395.md?page=3)