2007-05-11
Original: 2007-05-11 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Father (a man with glasses and a beard): SON, YOU COULD BE ANYTHING WHEN YOU GROW UP. LIKE AN INSURANCE SALESMAN OR AN INSURANCE LAWYER OR EVEN AN INSURANCE CONTRACT PROOFREADER.
Panel 2:
Son (a boy in a red cap): OR AN ASTRONAUT!
Father: YOU?! BAHAHAHAHA!
Panel 3:
(Caption banner): 20 YEARS LATER
The son, now grown, in a spacesuit and helmet, floating in space: TAKE THAT, DAD!
Panel 4:
The grown son and another astronaut (the father, also in a helmet) sit side by side in a spacecraft cockpit.
Father: COULD YOU COME DOWN ON THE PREMIUM?
Votey:
A large smiling face (the son) takes up most of the panel, with a small speech bubble pointing off to the side.
Speech bubble: Not for you!
Father (a man with glasses and a beard): SON, YOU COULD BE ANYTHING WHEN YOU GROW UP. LIKE AN INSURANCE SALESMAN OR AN INSURANCE LAWYER OR EVEN AN INSURANCE CONTRACT PROOFREADER.
Panel 2:
Son (a boy in a red cap): OR AN ASTRONAUT!
Father: YOU?! BAHAHAHAHA!
Panel 3:
(Caption banner): 20 YEARS LATER
The son, now grown, in a spacesuit and helmet, floating in space: TAKE THAT, DAD!
Panel 4:
The grown son and another astronaut (the father, also in a helmet) sit side by side in a spacecraft cockpit.
Father: COULD YOU COME DOWN ON THE PREMIUM?
Votey:
A large smiling face (the son) takes up most of the panel, with a small speech bubble pointing off to the side.
Speech bubble: Not for you!
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a bearded man in glasses tells his young son (in a red cap), "Son, you could be anything when you grow up. Like an insurance salesman or an insurance lawyer or even an insurance contract proofreader." Panel 2: the boy says "Or an astronaut!" The father laughs derisively, "You?! Bahahahaha!" Panel 3: a caption reads "20 YEARS LATER"; the son, now grown and floating in space in a spacesuit, declares "Take that, Dad!" Panel 4: the son sits in a spacecraft cockpit next to another astronaut, his now-old father, who pleadingly asks, "Could you come down on the premium?" The joke: the dad who mocked the dream is now stuck selling insurance even in space, begging his astronaut son for a discount. Votey (aftercomic): a loose sketch of a large grinning face with a small speech bubble off to the side reading "Not for you!" — the son refusing to lower the premium.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.