2007-08-02
Original: 2007-08-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A flamboyant carnival barker / ringmaster figure in a red top hat and red coat, holding a cane, gestures toward a door with a stained-glass window. Behind the window an old person's face peers out. He is leading a small crowd of onlookers.
Ringmaster: "AND THROUGH *THIS* DOOR... GERIATRA! 1,000 YEARS OLD IF SHE'S A DAY!"
Caption (below panel): "The nursing home managed to turn a profit this year."
Votey:
A crude hand-drawn carnival/sideshow banner with a zig-zag border showing a wide-mouthed screaming face.
Banner text: "THE STATUE MAN DOESN'T MOVE! DOESN'T BREATHE!"
A flamboyant carnival barker / ringmaster figure in a red top hat and red coat, holding a cane, gestures toward a door with a stained-glass window. Behind the window an old person's face peers out. He is leading a small crowd of onlookers.
Ringmaster: "AND THROUGH *THIS* DOOR... GERIATRA! 1,000 YEARS OLD IF SHE'S A DAY!"
Caption (below panel): "The nursing home managed to turn a profit this year."
Votey:
A crude hand-drawn carnival/sideshow banner with a zig-zag border showing a wide-mouthed screaming face.
Banner text: "THE STATUE MAN DOESN'T MOVE! DOESN'T BREATHE!"
Alt text
A flamboyant sideshow ringmaster in a red top hat and red tailcoat, holding a cane, presents a sideshow attraction to a small crowd. He gestures toward a door with a stained-glass window through which a wrinkled old person's face peers out, announcing: "And through THIS door... Geriatra! 1,000 years old if she's a day!" The caption beneath reads: "The nursing home managed to turn a profit this year" -- the joke being the home is monetizing its elderly residents as carnival sideshow freaks. Votey: a crude hand-drawn sideshow banner with a zig-zag border depicts a screaming wide-mouthed face advertising another attraction: "The Statue Man -- doesn't move! doesn't breathe!", implying the exhibit is a deceased resident.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.