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|datefound=23 May 2023
|foundby=Eric Yockey
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'''UmJammer Lammy'''is a rhythm-based game that was released in 1999. It was a follow up to the PlayStation classic "Parappa the Rapper" which was released in 1996. The game follows a very shy lamb, named Lammy, she wakes up only to find that she has 15 minutes to get to her band's debut concert. Introducing the games main trio, '''''Milkcan.'''''
'''''Um Jammer Lammy''''' is a rhythm-based video game that launched on the PlayStation on March 18th, 1999, in Japan. The story is about a guitarist named Lammy, who spends the duration of the story trying to make it to her band's debut concert. It was a follow-up to the video game ''PaRappa the Rapper'', which was released on the same console in 1996. To promote ''Um Jammer Lammy,'' a website titled ''Milkcan.com'' was created. The website contained music, wallpapers, exclusive videos, and more centred around the game and its characters. Despite the website's old age, almost all of the content featured on the site has been archived. However, there exists promotional material in the form of animated interviews that were once lost.


The website itself could still be found on "The Wayback Machine." But even it can't uncover some missing media from the site.  
==Interviews==
''Milkcan.com'' was a promotional website for the game ''Um Jammer Lammy.'' ''McTV'' (''Milkcan TV'') was the second page on the website, where the viewer could watch three special animations. These animations were made exclusively for the website, not only as a way to advertise the game but as a way to advertise a new album titled ''Make it Sweet!'' In these animations, interviews are being held with each individual member of Milkcan, the fictitious band of ''Um Jammer Lammy.'' Out of the three interviews, they have been recovered, those being Katy Kat's, Lammy's, and Ma-San's interviews. The interviews themselves on the website were extremely short, only clocking in at under twenty seconds each.  


Milkcan.com was created in 2000 and got shut down in 2001. It was surprisingly popular, there is a Shout! option, where you could post your thoughts or emails about the game, there was a good 20-25 comment, both English and Japanese people posted their feedback.  
Sources such as the ''PaRappa The Rapper'' Wiki claimed that characters Lammy and Ma-San each gave their reason to buy the album ''Make it Sweet!'' As the character Ma-San speaks in gibberish, it was unknown what her reason for buying the album was. Lammy simply thought that the album was good. The Wiki provided no sources for their claims, however, so prior to Lammy and Ma-San's interviews being recovered, no definite information on their content was available.


=== Hot Chart ===
==Availability==
Hot Chart is the first page you can find on the Milkcan website, it's promoting the UmJammer Lammy arcade game UmJammer Lammy Now! Information of this is lost, with only one short video of the arcades existence.  
As stated previously, ''Milkcan.com'' was archived extremely well despite its old age. Although the Wayback Machine has archived the website from as far back as the year 2000, there are sources that claim that the website is much older than originally thought. Archived fan sites from the time of the websites launch point that the site was launched closer to June of 1999.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011121131110/http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Namiki/8551/new/news6.html An archived ''PaRappa the Rapper'' fan website, detailing information about ''Milkcan.com.''] Retrieved 22 Sept '20</ref> The interview with Katy Kat was uploaded in 2010 and is in somewhat poor quality. Sources such as Reddit claim that all three interviews were once hosted on YouTube back in 2010, but were taken down.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/Parappa/comments/ep1ln8/i_need_help_about_the_site_httpanexsmecojpmilkcan/fftatdr/ A source from the ''PaRappa The Rapper'' Subreddit that claims the lost interviews were once hosted on YouTube.] Retrieved 23 Sept '20</ref>


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On May 11th, 2022, graphic artist Rodney Alan Greenblat, known for making the visual style of ''PaRappa the Rapper'' and ''Um Jammer Lammy'', uploaded the Katy Kat, Ma-San, and Lammy short interviews onto his YouTube channel, acknowledging their "lost" status on Twitter.<ref>[https://twitter.com/RodneyGreenblat/status/1524446885062365185 Rodney Alan Greenblat announcing uploading the Milkcan interviews] Retrieved 11 May'22</ref>
 
On May 23rd, 2023, upon the discovery of the arcade version of the game, ''Um Jammer Lammy NOW!'', all three of the interviews in their entirety have been found present on the game's CD-ROM and have been ripped, upscaled and uploaded to YouTube by Eric Yockey (founder of Unit-E Technologies) rendering the interviews 100% found.
 
==Gallery==
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=== CH55 McTV ===
McTV (Milkcan TV) is the second page to the Milkcan website, where we see 3 individual interviews with each band member, and special interview, which we can only assume could be Chop Chop Master Onion since he appears on the TV screen, but we'll never know. One interview has been recovered, and that's Katy Kat's interview.
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16TK3SGXqjA]]


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=== English Dojo ===
English Dojo is the third page to the Milkcan website, it was to help Japanese speakers understand the English lyrics in the Make It Sweet!/I scream! albums or soundtrack. Displayed under the paragraph explaining what the page was for, each song from the game or albums were listed. All you had to do was click it and it would take you to the lyrics, one side English and the other side Japanese.
=== Oken'n Roll ===
Oken'n Roll is the fourth page on the Milkcan website, this was a special karaoke feature for the Milkcan - Make it Sweet! the album, all you had to do was pop the CD into your computer CD drive, and it would display the lyrics onto the screen-player on the page. The lyrics were in Japanese, so we're assuming this was for people who had trouble understanding the English lyrics.
=== Shout! ===
Shout! is the fifth page on the Milkcan website, it was a way for people to share their info and opinions on Milkcan, the music, the game, anything. In order to 'Shout,' you would need to put your name, age, gender, email, title, and the most important part, your thoughts on the topic.
There were rules that you needed to follow for this, rules are stated below from the website:
No stuff that gives out the answers to the game, allowed. It just takes away the fun from those who are enjoying the game right now. If you just gotta write about it, Say so in your title, so those of us who don't wanna know can just skip it. No fighting. We just wanna ask everybody not to write anything mean or hostile to any and everyone out there.
No plagiarism. If what you write and say belongs to someone else, just don't write it.
No business or commercial activities allowed. No trading of any sort allowed.
No election campaigns allowed. AND please don't start scouting people to any organization of any sort.
No pornography or any X-rated stuff allowed. We don't want our children getting any ideas.
If you think what you write might be against the Japanese law, try to refrain from writing it.
Last, of all, we just want to tell ya'll to be nice and have a great time.
There was an amazing amount of people who took part in the Shout! factor, people really dug this website when it was around.
=== Friends ===
Friends is the sixth page to the Milkcan website, it listed the affiliates to the website, such as an official website for UmJammer Lammy that was on the PlayStation website for awhile, but it seems that it was taken down as well, the Japanese Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) corporate website, and a link to the art developer's website, which is still active and you can go on by the way!
http://whimsyload.com/
=== Candy ===
Candy is the seventh page on the Milkcan website, this page shows 3 files you can print out, one of the UmJammer Lammy Now! arcade game, one of the bands playing up on stage, and a 'rare' American advertisement from the PS1 magazine, it says more things about the UmJammer Lammy arcade game, but not nothing important, but be careful about the size of the images it says, because the file might be too large.


=== Solider ===
==External Links==
Solider is the eighth and last page on the Milkcan website, its to credit those who worked on the Umjammer Lammy soundtrack and Make It Sweet!/I scream albums.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20000304055549/http://www.milkcan.com:80/ A Web Archive link to the ''Milkcan.com'' website.] Retrieved 30 May '18
*[https://parappatherapper.fandom.com/wiki/Make_It_Sweet! A page on the ''Parappa The Rapper'' Wiki featuring information about the interviews.] Retrieved 23 Sept '20
==References==
{{reflist}}


=== Website Link ===
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If you want to see the website yourself, go to this link,
[[Category:Found internet media]]
https://web.archive.org/web/20000304055549/http://www.milkcan.com:80/
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The picture awaiting you represents stage 4 and the band members, Katy and Ma-San are in the tree, while Lammy is flying the plane.

Latest revision as of 23:25, 20 December 2023

Mc logo.gif

The logo for the website Milkcan.com, which hosted four special animated interviews.

Status: Found

Date found: 23 May 2023

Found by: Eric Yockey

Um Jammer Lammy is a rhythm-based video game that launched on the PlayStation on March 18th, 1999, in Japan. The story is about a guitarist named Lammy, who spends the duration of the story trying to make it to her band's debut concert. It was a follow-up to the video game PaRappa the Rapper, which was released on the same console in 1996. To promote Um Jammer Lammy, a website titled Milkcan.com was created. The website contained music, wallpapers, exclusive videos, and more centred around the game and its characters. Despite the website's old age, almost all of the content featured on the site has been archived. However, there exists promotional material in the form of animated interviews that were once lost.

Interviews

Milkcan.com was a promotional website for the game Um Jammer Lammy. McTV (Milkcan TV) was the second page on the website, where the viewer could watch three special animations. These animations were made exclusively for the website, not only as a way to advertise the game but as a way to advertise a new album titled Make it Sweet! In these animations, interviews are being held with each individual member of Milkcan, the fictitious band of Um Jammer Lammy. Out of the three interviews, they have been recovered, those being Katy Kat's, Lammy's, and Ma-San's interviews. The interviews themselves on the website were extremely short, only clocking in at under twenty seconds each.

Sources such as the PaRappa The Rapper Wiki claimed that characters Lammy and Ma-San each gave their reason to buy the album Make it Sweet! As the character Ma-San speaks in gibberish, it was unknown what her reason for buying the album was. Lammy simply thought that the album was good. The Wiki provided no sources for their claims, however, so prior to Lammy and Ma-San's interviews being recovered, no definite information on their content was available.

Availability

As stated previously, Milkcan.com was archived extremely well despite its old age. Although the Wayback Machine has archived the website from as far back as the year 2000, there are sources that claim that the website is much older than originally thought. Archived fan sites from the time of the websites launch point that the site was launched closer to June of 1999.[1] The interview with Katy Kat was uploaded in 2010 and is in somewhat poor quality. Sources such as Reddit claim that all three interviews were once hosted on YouTube back in 2010, but were taken down.[2]

On May 11th, 2022, graphic artist Rodney Alan Greenblat, known for making the visual style of PaRappa the Rapper and Um Jammer Lammy, uploaded the Katy Kat, Ma-San, and Lammy short interviews onto his YouTube channel, acknowledging their "lost" status on Twitter.[3]

On May 23rd, 2023, upon the discovery of the arcade version of the game, Um Jammer Lammy NOW!, all three of the interviews in their entirety have been found present on the game's CD-ROM and have been ripped, upscaled and uploaded to YouTube by Eric Yockey (founder of Unit-E Technologies) rendering the interviews 100% found.

Gallery

Video

An interview with Milkcan's Katy Kat.

An interview with Milkcan's Ma-San.

An interview with Milkcan's Lammy.

A rip of all the cutscenes from Um Jammer Lammy NOW! including the full interviews uploaded by Eric Yockey.

External Links

References