2007-06-23
Original: 2007-06-23 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
An older man with wild red hair, a yellowing/decayed mouth, and an orange shirt yells furiously, fists clenched, holding a small object (a piece of cheese) in one hand. He shouts at a figure with brown hair and a purple shirt standing across from him.
Man (yelling): "CRAZY OLD COOT, AM I?! WELL, COULD A CRAZY OLD COOT BALANCE FOUR LOBSTERS ON HIS HEAD?! COULD A CRAZY OLD COOT DO SO WHILE WEARING LIPSTICK?! WOULD THAT LIPSTICK ACTUALLY BE A PIECE OF CHEESE HE FOUND UNDER THE SOFA?! HUH?! WOULD IT?!"
Caption (below panel): "We all wish Grampa would stop yelling at that mannequin."
Votey:
A crudely drawn sketch. The brown-haired/purple-shirt figure is revealed to be a featureless mannequin head in profile. The old man, now drawn with a distressed, crying face, leans toward it.
Old man (crying): "I'M SORRY! I LOVE YOU!"
An older man with wild red hair, a yellowing/decayed mouth, and an orange shirt yells furiously, fists clenched, holding a small object (a piece of cheese) in one hand. He shouts at a figure with brown hair and a purple shirt standing across from him.
Man (yelling): "CRAZY OLD COOT, AM I?! WELL, COULD A CRAZY OLD COOT BALANCE FOUR LOBSTERS ON HIS HEAD?! COULD A CRAZY OLD COOT DO SO WHILE WEARING LIPSTICK?! WOULD THAT LIPSTICK ACTUALLY BE A PIECE OF CHEESE HE FOUND UNDER THE SOFA?! HUH?! WOULD IT?!"
Caption (below panel): "We all wish Grampa would stop yelling at that mannequin."
Votey:
A crudely drawn sketch. The brown-haired/purple-shirt figure is revealed to be a featureless mannequin head in profile. The old man, now drawn with a distressed, crying face, leans toward it.
Old man (crying): "I'M SORRY! I LOVE YOU!"
Alt text
Main comic, single panel: A furious old man with wild red hair, a rotted-looking mouth, and an orange shirt clenches his fists and screams at a person seen from behind who has brown hair and a purple shirt. He holds a small yellow object. His speech bubble rants: "Crazy old coot, am I?! Well, could a crazy old coot balance four lobsters on his head?! Could a crazy old coot do so while wearing lipstick?! Would that lipstick actually be a piece of cheese he found under the sofa?! Huh?! Would it?!" A caption beneath reads: "We all wish Grampa would stop yelling at that mannequin." The joke: the person he's berating is actually an inanimate mannequin. Votey (a small follow-up sketch): The same scene drawn crudely, now showing the listener is a blank mannequin head in profile. The old man, now teary-eyed, leans toward it and sobs, "I'm sorry! I love you!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.