2006-08-03
Original: 2006-08-03 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: An elderly white-haired man sits in a red leather armchair in a wood-paneled study. A small white dog with black ears rests on his lap, wearing a yellow tag or vest reading "JOY". A servant in formal butler attire stands to the right by a purple curtain.
Panel 2: The man clutches his chest, looking distressed. The dog now wears a black-and-white tag reading "NO" (the dog's expression has soured). The butler raises a hand.
Elderly man: "OH NO! I'VE JUST RECALLED AN EMBARASSING MEMORY FROM MY CHILDHOOD."
Panel 3: The butler, hand to his mouth, looks pained.
Butler: "SHALL I..."
Panel 4: Close-up of the elderly man, looking firm and resolute, hand raised.
Elderly man: "YES. BRING IT TO ME."
Panel 5: The man sits back in the armchair. The dog on his lap is now dark/shadowed and wears a green tag reading "SHAME". The butler stands at the right, departed from view earlier, now back in position.
Votey:
A roughly-sketched close-up of the elderly man's stern face with a speech bubble.
Elderly man: "Bring me the miniature pony of remorse"
Panel 2: The man clutches his chest, looking distressed. The dog now wears a black-and-white tag reading "NO" (the dog's expression has soured). The butler raises a hand.
Elderly man: "OH NO! I'VE JUST RECALLED AN EMBARASSING MEMORY FROM MY CHILDHOOD."
Panel 3: The butler, hand to his mouth, looks pained.
Butler: "SHALL I..."
Panel 4: Close-up of the elderly man, looking firm and resolute, hand raised.
Elderly man: "YES. BRING IT TO ME."
Panel 5: The man sits back in the armchair. The dog on his lap is now dark/shadowed and wears a green tag reading "SHAME". The butler stands at the right, departed from view earlier, now back in position.
Votey:
A roughly-sketched close-up of the elderly man's stern face with a speech bubble.
Elderly man: "Bring me the miniature pony of remorse"
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. An elderly white-haired gentleman sits in a red leather armchair in a wood-paneled study, a small white dog on his lap, a formal butler standing nearby. The dog wears a mood tag that changes through the comic. In panel 1 the tag reads "JOY." In panel 2 the man clutches his chest and says, "Oh no! I've just recalled an embarrassing memory from my childhood," and the dog's tag becomes "NO." The butler, pained, asks, "Shall I..." The man answers firmly, "Yes. Bring it to me." In the final panel the man sits back with the now-darkened dog whose tag reads "SHAME" — the joke being that he summons his shame like a butler-delivered pet. Votey: a sketchy close-up of the stern old man saying, "Bring me the miniature pony of remorse."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.