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Emeril and Spongebath Wednesday, June 2, 2004 • read strip Viewing 48 comments:

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You know who else might do that? Cajuns.

Normally I'd agree with this, but Asherdan really is a special case (douchebag).

The fact that people lamed this comment makes it even more so. It's ok, mashing the lame button is probably the only time in their lives they get to exercise any sort of power.

And amazingly enough... I didn't.
Must have been out of lames at the time.

Every time he makes such a post, someone feels the need to point it out.

i like you asherdan. i like your adversity. you're just a guy trying to make things better. i respect that.
hopefully this chubby will help right the wrongs of my ancestors.

melungeon.

First Spongebath and Emeril appearance.

Spongebath reminds me of the guitarist from the deftones .

Or, a fan of the band. This ain't a bad thing or a good thing in my opinion; I think it's just a thing.

I like Spongebath and Emeril.

Yeah, I can see that, and Stephen Carpenter is kind of a meaner, fatter, silent Bob, who looks like he does nothing else outside of playing guitar and inhaling burned marijuana.

I think it is rad to have a weed habit.

heated-up marijuana. It's heated-up.

When does Emeril become loquacious?

I read the GOF first, and at the end of that arc Emeril has a very high standard of diction when discussing the Fight's future.

Here, he's talkin' all Cajun. Did the change happen in the strip?

Apologies if the change occurs in this arc, and I only had to read a few more strips to find out...

Nope, Onstad tweaked Emeril's character pretty substantially. It happened with almost every character, but in 2002 and 2003 mostly.

So, I guess Emeril is so named because he looks like Emeril Lagasse? Or is that just a crazy coincidence?

Spongebath communicates nonverbally, but only to Emeril.

spongebath's goatee has a direct line of communication to emeril's right eyebrow.

I do enjoy trying to think up a witty way of discussing your observations of a strip and then have someone burn you to the ground with the perfect retort. Oh... I mean "chubbied".

Emeril is from History!

spongebath reminds me of the massive orange and green dot people from those ads for boost mobile.

He reminds me of Curious Orange.

Shit! Old School man! Old School! Time to youtube Curious Orange!

And not even a chubby for my trouble. Whatever happened to manners, doggs.

That is so old school I can't even remember the name of the show that he's from.

I do remember the cress sketches, though... good times.

Oh shit, that was a real arsehole move. Sorry mom, sorry dad, sorry college.


What do you call those hats like Spongebath wears?

fishermans caps

I named mine Wimmstein .

Bucket hats.

Is it just me, or are Emeril and Spongebath basically just a classier Jay and Silent Bob?

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I was scrolling down here to make sure I would not be the second to make such a comment. I will, however, second your comment.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back shows that most towns have a duo in which one speaks in an odd manner and the other is largely silent. It therefore stands to reason that Emeril and Spongebath are, in fact, Achewood's weed connection.

The fact that Teodor buys from Little Nephew likely just means that L.N. is buying from these two and marking it up for suckers like T.

Are you implying that Jay and Silent Bob are not classy?

No, only that they are less classy than Emeril and Spongebath.

Jay and Silent Bob are not classy, they are from New Jersey. This is, however, the reason they are awesome, because they are not classy and cold don't give a fuck about it.

Serious Times dogg

i not must integrate 'serious times' into my dialogue.

fuck i meant now. lame.

"Serious times" is one that I really do use quite a bit, in cases where I would say either "Seriously!" for emphasis or when I would say "Really?" as a question.

This comic deserves at least a 4, if only for the capitalization of "Condition."

These guys are awesome

Isn't anyone else a little freaked out how Roast Beef is sitting in his room, hell of blinds pulled down?

It makes sense to me.

Foist appearance of Emeril Lagalegoland. Sweet fancy Moses, and sweet congee!

Damn those guys are mean. And cool. I bet they smoke hella weed too.

I just realized that it's presumably a nice day out if the cats are hanging outside, but Roast Beef is in a dark room with the shades pulled on account of his depression. Nice background detail.