2006-08-17
Original: 2006-08-17 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A blond boy (Billy) sits playing a video game with a controller, looking annoyed. Behind him stands an old man wearing sunglasses, leaning on a walker.
Old man: "HEY BILLY, HOW 'BOUT WE GO OUT FOR SOME ICED CREAM?"
Billy: "HOW 'BOUT VIDEO GAMES."
Old man: "HOW 'BOUT I WRAP YOU IN A BURLAP SACK AND BEAT YOU WITH A CANE?"
Panel 2 (mock video game box art):
Game box title: "CROTCHITY OLD MAN GAMES PRESENTS: I WRAP YOU IN A BURLAP SACK AND BEAT YOU WITH A CANE. TURBO EDITION!"
The box art shows a man swinging a cane at a burlap sack, with a score readout "37".
Votey:
A hand-drawn video game screen showing two health/status bars at the top, both nearly empty. Large text reads "TIE" and below it "BOTH PLAYERS TIRED". At the bottom are two exhausted characters: on the left a man slumped over asleep, on the right the old man slumped over asleep.
A blond boy (Billy) sits playing a video game with a controller, looking annoyed. Behind him stands an old man wearing sunglasses, leaning on a walker.
Old man: "HEY BILLY, HOW 'BOUT WE GO OUT FOR SOME ICED CREAM?"
Billy: "HOW 'BOUT VIDEO GAMES."
Old man: "HOW 'BOUT I WRAP YOU IN A BURLAP SACK AND BEAT YOU WITH A CANE?"
Panel 2 (mock video game box art):
Game box title: "CROTCHITY OLD MAN GAMES PRESENTS: I WRAP YOU IN A BURLAP SACK AND BEAT YOU WITH A CANE. TURBO EDITION!"
The box art shows a man swinging a cane at a burlap sack, with a score readout "37".
Votey:
A hand-drawn video game screen showing two health/status bars at the top, both nearly empty. Large text reads "TIE" and below it "BOTH PLAYERS TIRED". At the bottom are two exhausted characters: on the left a man slumped over asleep, on the right the old man slumped over asleep.
Alt text
A two-part SMBC comic. Main panel: a sullen blond boy named Billy plays video games with a controller while an old man in sunglasses, leaning on a walker, stands behind him. The old man offers, 'Hey Billy, how 'bout we go out for some iced cream?' Billy replies, 'How 'bout video games.' The old man counters, 'How 'bout I wrap you in a burlap sack and beat you with a cane?' Below, this threat is rendered as mock video-game box art reading 'Crotchity Old Man Games Presents: I Wrap You In A Burlap Sack And Beat You With A Cane. Turbo Edition!' showing a man swinging a cane at a burlap sack with a score of 37. Votey (aftercomic): a sketchy video-game results screen with two nearly-empty status bars and the text 'TIE — BOTH PLAYERS TIRED,' with both the boy and the old man drawn slumped over asleep, the generational standoff ending in mutual exhaustion.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.