Color Printer's E-mails/grayscale

Summary

Color Printer thinks about getting downgraded.

Cast: Color Printer, Grayscale Printer, The Homestar Runner, Old-Timey Bubs, Homcar, Bubs, Homsar (voice only)

Places: Computer Room, Old-Timey Field, Old-Timey Drive-in, Drive-in, Old-Timey Computer Room (easter egg)

Transcript

COLOR PRINTER: Oh, who's that knocking on my door? It's an email.

subject: Colors - Overlooked Express 98

Dear Color Printer,
What would it be like if you printed
in black, white and other greyscale colors?

Your man,
Spyrox6 (not a purple dragon)

{Color Printer stops after "greyscale".}

COLOR PRINTER: Gah! That's not right!!! {backspaces "greyscale", and replaces it with "grayscale"} That's better! {continues reading e-mail as normal, then starts typing} Well, Spyro, I'd just like you to know that you are a totally 1337 HAX0r {says "leet hacks-er"}. Usually my Spell Chequer {"Chequer" is suddenly replaced with "Checker"} (which I installed when people kept calling me "Colour Printer" {"Colour" is replaced with "Color"}) programme {"programme" is replaced with "program"} reverts British words like that, but that one skimmed past the mould {"mould" is replaced with "mold"}. So I'll be adding that to the list later. {clears screen} Well, Totally a Purple Dragon, if I printed in grayscale colors, I wouldn't be a Color Printer, now would I? I'd be, like, a Grayscale Printer. I wonder what that would be like?

{There is a flash of light. Cut to an Old-Timey field. A black-and-white version of Color Printer is standing there, wearing a monocle.}

GRAYSCALE PRINTER: I say, I wonder what they are showing at the drive-in tonight?

{Grayscale Printer makes some printing noises as he prints out a grayscale sheet of paper. He picks it up and looks at it.}

DEPOT DRIVE-IN SHOWINGS

March 23, 1937

Kick the Can: The Movie - 6:00 PM
It Came From the Radio - 7:30 PM

Some Other Random Movie Name - 9:00 PM

GRAYSCALE PRINTER: Terrific! They're showing Kick the Can tonight!

THE HOMESTAR RUNNER: {leans in} That's a classic!

{Cut to the Drive-in. Old-Timey Bubs can be seen in the distance, behind a counter. Grayscale Printer is sitting in his car, which appears to look very similar to Homsar.}

HOMCAR: DaAaAaAaAa! This movie's a classic! {honks horn}

GRAYSCALE PRINTER: Be quiet, Homcar! I'm trying to enjoy the motion picture!

{Cut back to the Computer Room.}

COLOR PRINTER: {starts typing} Well, I guess it wouldn't be any different then it is right now. Except I'd print in black-and-white. {stops typing} Well, folks! I'm off to the Drive-in!

{Cut to the Drive-in, similar to the scene previous, except it takes place behind Bubs' stand with Bubs in the background, and Color Printer is sitting in The Gremlin, which appears to have had its windsheild taken out.}

COLOR PRINTER: Ah, this movie's a classic!

{The Paper comes down. 5 seconds later...}

HOMSAR: {muffled speaking, unseen}

COLOR PRINTER: Where's that coming from?!?

Easter Eggs

• Click on "Colour Printer" to see a picture of a British version of Color Printer. (It still works after "Colour" is reverted.)
• Click on Bubs to see this additional Old-Timey scene:

Easter Egg Transcript

{Cut to an Old-Timey version of the computer room. Grayscale Printer is sitting in front of a very large computer.}

GRAYSCALE PRINTER: Let us check some electronic mail! {types "gp_email.exe"}

subject: Colors - Overlooked Express 5.0

Dear Greyscale Printer,
What would it be like if you printed
in a cool variety of colors?

Your man,

Spyrox6 (not a grey dragon)

GRAYSCALE PRINTER: What is this garbage? Colors? Bah! THROWN AWAY! {A gray deleted screen comes up, reading "THROWN AWAY!"}

Fun Facts

• This e-mail makes fun of various British spellings: grey/gray, chequer/checker, colour/color, programme/program, mould/mold.
• Homcar is one of my Old-Timey Homsars.
• Kick the Can: The Movie is a reference to Kick the Can.