2007-01-30
Original: 2007-01-30 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Caption banner: IT'S HELPFUL LAD!
Helpful Lad (a superhero with flame-like orange hair, an "HL" emblem on his chest, holding a telephone): THAT SOUNDS LIKE QUITE A PROBLEM! I'LL BE THERE POST-HASTE!
Panel 2:
(Helpful Lad flies toward a tree where a cat sits.)
Cat: MOW.
An elderly woman: HELPFUL LAD! MY CAT GOT STUCK IN A TREE! I'VE BEEN YELLING AT HER ALL AFTERNOON, BUT SHE WON'T-
Panel 3:
Helpful Lad (face contorted, yelling at the elderly woman): STOP YELLING ABOUT THE GODDAMN CAT OR I WILL RIP OUT YOUR SPLEEN THROUGH YOUR EYES!
Panel 4:
The elderly woman (smiling, waving): THANKS HELPFUL LAD!
(Helpful Lad flies off in the background.)
Votey:
(A rough sketch of the cat lounging on a tree branch, tail raised.)
Cat: MOW!
Caption banner: IT'S HELPFUL LAD!
Helpful Lad (a superhero with flame-like orange hair, an "HL" emblem on his chest, holding a telephone): THAT SOUNDS LIKE QUITE A PROBLEM! I'LL BE THERE POST-HASTE!
Panel 2:
(Helpful Lad flies toward a tree where a cat sits.)
Cat: MOW.
An elderly woman: HELPFUL LAD! MY CAT GOT STUCK IN A TREE! I'VE BEEN YELLING AT HER ALL AFTERNOON, BUT SHE WON'T-
Panel 3:
Helpful Lad (face contorted, yelling at the elderly woman): STOP YELLING ABOUT THE GODDAMN CAT OR I WILL RIP OUT YOUR SPLEEN THROUGH YOUR EYES!
Panel 4:
The elderly woman (smiling, waving): THANKS HELPFUL LAD!
(Helpful Lad flies off in the background.)
Votey:
(A rough sketch of the cat lounging on a tree branch, tail raised.)
Cat: MOW!
Alt text
A four-panel color comic. Panel 1: a banner reads "IT'S HELPFUL LAD!" A superhero with flame-like orange hair and an "HL" chest emblem talks on a phone, saying "That sounds like quite a problem! I'll be there post-haste!" Panel 2: he flies toward a cat in a tree (the cat says "Mow") as an elderly woman explains, "Helpful Lad! My cat got stuck in a tree! I've been yelling at her all afternoon, but she won't-" Panel 3: Helpful Lad, face contorted with rage, screams at the old woman: "Stop yelling about the goddamn cat or I will rip out your spleen through your eyes!" Panel 4: the old woman, now smiling and waving as Helpful Lad flies away, happily says "Thanks Helpful Lad!" The joke: his "help" is just out-yelling her, and she's delighted. Votey: a black-and-white sketch of the cat lounging on a branch with its tail up, saying "Mow!" — utterly unbothered.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.