2006-04-24
Original: 2006-04-24 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A doctor in a white coat stands beside an elderly woman, holding a clipboard. He has a phone receiver tucked against his shoulder.
Doctor: "I'm sorry ma'am - your husband didn't survive the operation."
Sound effect: RING-RING-RING
Panel 2: The doctor, now holding the phone receiver to his ear, grinning.
Doctor: "What?! REALLY?! Yeah, I just told her he was dead!"
Panel 3: The doctor on the phone, smiling.
Doctor: "Okay, okay - let me get off the phone"
Panel 4: Close-up of the elderly woman, looking stunned and grim, wearing glasses and a purple top with a pink collar and a beaded necklace.
Panel 5: The doctor throws his arms up triumphantly, jacket flaring out.
Doctor: "STEELERS WON!"
Votey:
A scratchy, simply-drawn close-up of the doctor's face, eyes narrowed.
Doctor: "Can't you empathize with how little I care about your suffering?"
Doctor: "I'm sorry ma'am - your husband didn't survive the operation."
Sound effect: RING-RING-RING
Panel 2: The doctor, now holding the phone receiver to his ear, grinning.
Doctor: "What?! REALLY?! Yeah, I just told her he was dead!"
Panel 3: The doctor on the phone, smiling.
Doctor: "Okay, okay - let me get off the phone"
Panel 4: Close-up of the elderly woman, looking stunned and grim, wearing glasses and a purple top with a pink collar and a beaded necklace.
Panel 5: The doctor throws his arms up triumphantly, jacket flaring out.
Doctor: "STEELERS WON!"
Votey:
A scratchy, simply-drawn close-up of the doctor's face, eyes narrowed.
Doctor: "Can't you empathize with how little I care about your suffering?"
Alt text
A five-panel comic. Panel 1: a doctor in a white coat stands beside a grieving elderly woman, a phone tucked on his shoulder, saying "I'm sorry ma'am - your husband didn't survive the operation," as the phone rings. Panel 2: he answers the phone and excitedly says "What?! REALLY?! Yeah, I just told her he was dead!" Panel 3: he says "Okay, okay - let me get off the phone." Panel 4: a close-up of the stunned, grim elderly widow. Panel 5: the doctor flings his arms up in celebration, shouting "STEELERS WON!" - revealing his somber delivery was just him rushing through bad news to get back to a football game. Votey: a rough close-up of the doctor's narrowed-eye face asking the widow, "Can't you empathize with how little I care about your suffering?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.