Sega's HomeStar Spa: Plane-arium edition
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Jun 20th 2008 7:00AM
posted Jun 20th 2008 7:00AM
[Via Environmental Graffiti, thanks guest-editor Dr. Adams]
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What?
Sega Saturn II
W - F
I love cheesy poofs,
You love cheesy poofs.
If we didn't eat cheesy poofs,
We'd be... LAME
"This one slipped past but it's worth a backtrack to the glory days of celestial bathing. No, not Roman times, but the first week of June, when Sega toys introduced its Homestar Planetarium Spa Edition to the rubby-ducky infested waters of the home bath. The waterproof orb projects the night sky onto the ceiling or patterns such as roses and manta rays onto the tub below. $65, that's how much. Oh, damn this bone disease!"
Thank god for Ctrl-H
Totally tits!
LOL @ the South Park reference! :-)
Seriously though, I wonder if HomeStarRunner.com will sue for using HomeStar's name...
why are there no T's???
broken??
It's a joke, folks. Look at the name of the product being described.
Look at the title, the name of the product i believe is titled 'Plane-arium', so engadget thought theyd play the same game and not type any T's...
or atleast im pretty sure thats whats going on
but there are t's in it's name in the read link...
It's a south park joke... click on the guest editors name.
i see what they did there
Ahem:
/comicbookguy
In the episode the bone disease caused the owner of the planetarium to be unable to pronounce the "T" in the word Planetarium. All other T's were unaffected. Hence the joke about a guy who cannot say the T in planetarium working AT a planetarium.
/end comicbookguy
Flit,
Thanks for the explanation.
That must have been the most obscure reference that Engadget has come up with yet.
That was stupid, considering only the "t" in Planetarium was affected and Engadget did EVERY SINGLE ONE!
Ah, I thought it was a homestarrunner reference. God HSR is unfunny. South Park is funny, but I'm not dedicated enough to keep up with every episode.
You never realize how each and every letter is so important until something like this turns out. I shudder to think of a world without vowels.. I mean.. I shddr t thnk f wrld wtht vwls.
A world without vowels? Just go be a dick over on boingboing. Then you'll be in a world of hurt! I mean… a world of no vowels.
Finally! the best grammar I've seen in an engadget news post!
Well technically it was only the T in plane-arium that should have been left out. The guy could speak the other Ts just fine!
I've never been much of a South Park viewer, would someone like to explain/send a link to a clip?
Just click on the guest editors name.
heh heh heh heh heh ahhhhhh mmmmm
i agree
Get a new keyboard dude
WAIT, why is she wearing that towel when she is sat in the bath full of water?
You expect her to share a bath with Dr. Adams naked?
The Japanese have a deeper understanding of life than us westerners do.
Don't forget to bring a towel!
In Japanese bath houses women often keep towels with them for modesty reasons. That said, I don't think most people would really ever wear an entire towel in their own home bath tub, but then if the ad were really realistic it'd be X-rated.
In Japan that would be "owel."
You missed a T in "infested"
but infested should be infes-ed
Thomas must have that rare bone disease
-here are ac-ually qui-e a few -'s lef- in the ar-icle 6 in fac-
Also missed a T in first - first week of June.
This is for the sophisticated Tubgirl.
I love cheesy poofs
you love cheesy poofs,
if we all didnt love cheesy poofs,
we'd be
lame
Ok so the idea of this is that whoever wants to take a bath stares at some balls and stay dirty?
Wait, is she having her periods in the second picture ?
ok, i gte the joke, Sega missed out the T. but seriously. thats the most annoying thing you guys have done in a long time.
behave and repost it!
"Behave and repost it"
That just made me chuckle... mostly the "behave" part.
I hate to be a southpark nazi, but in the episode he only couldn't pronounce the 't' in the word 'planetarium'. All his other 't's were fine. This was a *very* rare bone disease.
Damn, you're fast. That's what i wanted to say too. So, fix it engadget!
I hate to be difficult, but blorgbeard is right, it's only Plane-arium that he can't say the T.
And to Mr Proper Pants, Matt, some people who do work during the day instead of finding ways to criticize others sense of humor, actually LIKE to see something a little funny and different. Just because you don't get it doesn't mean someone else didn't enjoy it. Be a bigger man, you grow up and just let somethings slide. ;-)
Wow, I'm surprised so few people got the joke. I can't even hear the word Planetarium without repeating "Plane-arium" out loud and chuckling a bit. Oh well, bravo on the attempt!
Ya, I didn't even get to the title. I saw the guy in the tub and just thought "plane-arium."
Then I read the story... omg.
This is like something Gizmodo would do
Gizmodo is childish and annoying and I don't read it
Please grow up. thanks.
Matt, you are bitter and need a vacation. Nice goatee, btw, very "grownupish".At least I think that's what the "cowboys" in The Village are calling it.
* I am bitter
* I do need a vacation
* It's a full beard, which is infinitely more grownupish than a goatee
* I stopped watching South Park about 7 years ago. So funny at times, but then they devolve into bathroom humor. Not my thing.
"then they devolve into bathroom humor"
Cause they were so NOT about toilet humor to begin with.
could somebody please remove Matt's facewarmer? he just woke up from coma..
Fail.
Or, to provide a more Southparkian response "You guys are hella dumb. You guys are hella lame. You are are hella stupid. Hella hella hella."
If you have to explain the joke, it ain't a joke. Don't quit your day job.
F-W!
That is very funny, and all of you who dont get the joke and want to complain, either watch southpark, or hang around in an iphone post... (obviously you dont want anything interesting)
That rare bone disease actually only prevents one from pronouncing the 't' in plane-arium. Not in all words. I wasn't aware of it's effect on typing ability. Still funny though.. thanks for having the balls to do something iffy! As for people whining about childishness, please, piss off. Get some looser underwear. Relax for chrissakes, it's a frikkin blog! Don't let places like this get as bland as network news!
Woah fellas, stop the hating. Just coz you don't get it doesn't mean its not a joke. And as far as I can see there's no t's to be found.
Let these folks that entertain us so have their fun, if this one doesn't appeal there'll be other posts in the sea.
Peace out.
Are they going to provide free updates when scientists find new starts and demote planets? If so, I hope the USB port is waterproof, either that or maybe it has bluetooth!
An interesting note:
http://wetpixel.com/i.php/full/adding-usb-connectivity-to-your-u-w-housing/
via
Hack-A-Day (http://www.hackaday.com/)
This would be awesome if it would work in a pool. I wonder how large/far it can project?
Oh... And by "starts" I mean "stars." I'd also like updates for when they find new ocean dwelling creatures. That's the only way I'll buy this thing.
Stupid attempt at a joke when the writer can't even cntrl-f to check for any t's he left: "pas- but i-'s wor-h." Sigh... I wonder how much they get paid... Monkeys with typewriters.
How are there stars on the wall behind her? The thing is in front of her. Is she translucent?
There is a mirror behind her
+1 Internet Point, Mr. Thomas. Very funny.
I like to wear towels when I take baths.
I'd just like to take this moment to display my extreme disappointment in the engadget community. Here I was thinking that the commenters on here are all fellow nerds like me who would easily understand the simple south park joke reference being used in this article yet every other post is "Huh?", "What?", "Quit being stupid Engadget."
I, for one, absolutely loved it because I immediately thought of South Park as soon as I saw the title and to see that the Mr. Ricker was on the same wavelength made my day. So bravo to you, Mr Ricker for being a true nerd and to all you other people who didn't get it, please hand in your nerd (aka cool) cards.
Everybody!!! Everybody!!!
Epic fail Sega, epic fail.
HOMESTAR is a term licensed to SONY for a PSP game/app for finding stuff in the night sky. I wish they would release it here.that's why the "T's" are missing in it's name, otherwise LAWSUIT! -ANKS
HA IT brings you to our programming with uncensored SP. nice link indeed
The picture on the right reminds me of a scene from Ghostbusters II. Keep the baby away from the bath tub!
for goodness sakes look at yourselves!
the bloody gadget was only worth posting about for the joke, its a floating nitelite for crying outloud!
i do secretly love miserable people who get all biscuit arsed when they dont get a gentle little joke though, they usually have bowel complaints.
i can only hope that with every joke that goes unappreciated and dissected far too much, that each one that complains gets a sharp sting in the sphincter.
if you dont find a joke funny... my advice? roll your eyeballs a bit and keep walking.
and hopefully... everything going your way, something utterly miserable will happen to you and you'll be back in your comfort zone.
this level of immaturity and giggling is one of the main reasons i read engadget.
i have to say matt.... the only people i ever hear telling people to 'grow up' like that are usually adolescent or virgins.
and ginger.
Stupid joke review , thanx for wasting my time Dr Adams. Hope this is your last review for engadget.
Note:
Bone disease only afflicted his pronounciation of t in 'planet-arium'. >:(
I know it's a joke, It just wasn't funny, just hard to read. Joke or Not
Faslane
complaints on one side, pedants on the other....
I thought Sharper Image went out of business??
Boy, I'm confused.
I dont care if it was a South Park reference, that post is beyond horribly written, it shouldn't have even been made for a site where reading is key...
Wow almost thought there was a problem with the site or something. At least those who watched Southpark got it.
they left the "t" in but -- fail
So many worthless comments by people trying too hard to be funny.
It's a home planetarium system. This one is for the bath. They are coming out with an even better one called the Homestar EX (not for the bath but bright enough to see in the daylight).
Very useful for astronomy teachers like me. The best home planetarium bar none!
It does not appear the guest-editor really worked this time, see if Mr T is available...
http://gizmodo.com/392435/happy-birthday-mr-t
I want a StrongBad Plane-arium...or at least a Bubs one
Holy ****! We need to protect the Galaxy! Hide it on Orion's Belt!
They just came out yesterday and can be found for import at:
http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/catalog/homestar-spa-bath-planetarium-from-sega-toys-p-318.html