2006-02-19
Original: 2006-02-19 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
An older bespectacled man (the professor) to a young blond man writing equations on a chalkboard.
Professor: MY GOD! YOU'VE PROVEN RIEMANN'S HYPOTHESIS! YOU'RE NOT EVEN A TRAINED MATHEMATICIAN, ARE YOU?!
Chalkboard (partial equations): P, Sā 1, (s) = -2, -4, -6 ..., infinity symbols, square-root and summation notation.
Young man (the janitor): JUST THE JANITOR, SIR
Professor: NO FAMILY OR FRIENDS IN THE FIELD?!
Janitor: I DON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS OR FAMILY...
Professor: REALLY?!
Caption: Like most mathematics award acceptance speeches, Dr. Anderson's focused mainly on why we should stop looking for the janitor's body.
Votey:
Close-up of the bespectacled professor's face, with a handwritten note beside him.
Note: It's funny how I have my best ideas every time a janitor dies.
An older bespectacled man (the professor) to a young blond man writing equations on a chalkboard.
Professor: MY GOD! YOU'VE PROVEN RIEMANN'S HYPOTHESIS! YOU'RE NOT EVEN A TRAINED MATHEMATICIAN, ARE YOU?!
Chalkboard (partial equations): P, Sā 1, (s) = -2, -4, -6 ..., infinity symbols, square-root and summation notation.
Young man (the janitor): JUST THE JANITOR, SIR
Professor: NO FAMILY OR FRIENDS IN THE FIELD?!
Janitor: I DON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS OR FAMILY...
Professor: REALLY?!
Caption: Like most mathematics award acceptance speeches, Dr. Anderson's focused mainly on why we should stop looking for the janitor's body.
Votey:
Close-up of the bespectacled professor's face, with a handwritten note beside him.
Note: It's funny how I have my best ideas every time a janitor dies.
Alt text
A four-line exchange between an older bespectacled professor and a young blond janitor standing at a green chalkboard covered in Riemann-zeta-function equations. The professor exclaims, 'MY GOD! YOU'VE PROVEN RIEMANN'S HYPOTHESIS! You're not even a trained mathematician, are you?!' The young man replies, 'Just the janitor, sir.' The professor asks, 'No family or friends in the field?!' and the janitor answers, 'I don't have any friends or family...' Professor: 'Really?!' A caption below reads: 'Like most mathematics award acceptance speeches, Dr. Anderson's focused mainly on why we should stop looking for the janitor's body.' The joke: the professor plans to murder the unconnected janitor and steal credit for his proof. Votey: a close-up of the professor's face with a handwritten note saying, 'It's funny how I have my best ideas every time a janitor dies' ā implying he has done this before.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.