2007-11-29
Original: 2007-11-29 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Scout leader (a man in a campaign hat and a green shirt reading "CAMP," with a woman beside him): HEY, SCOUTS, I'M BACK FROM VEGAS, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!
A scout (one of the children): *sigh...* MORE MERIT BADGES...
Below the panel, a row of merit badges laid out on cloth, each bearing the scout leader's face. Text on the badges:
- GIVING TODD FIFTY BUCKS (appears multiple times)
- KEEPIN' YOUR MOUTH SHUT
Votey:
Close-up of the scout leader's face (campaign hat, stubble) speaking: Tell your parents their cookies suck.
Scout leader (a man in a campaign hat and a green shirt reading "CAMP," with a woman beside him): HEY, SCOUTS, I'M BACK FROM VEGAS, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!
A scout (one of the children): *sigh...* MORE MERIT BADGES...
Below the panel, a row of merit badges laid out on cloth, each bearing the scout leader's face. Text on the badges:
- GIVING TODD FIFTY BUCKS (appears multiple times)
- KEEPIN' YOUR MOUTH SHUT
Votey:
Close-up of the scout leader's face (campaign hat, stubble) speaking: Tell your parents their cookies suck.
Alt text
Main comic: A scout leader wearing a campaign hat and a green shirt that says "CAMP," with a woman at his side, addresses a group of young scouts in a forest. He announces, "Hey, scouts, I'm back from Vegas, and you know what that means!" One dejected scout sighs, "More merit badges..." Below the panel is a spread of merit badges, each printed with the leader's own face. Instead of normal achievements, they read "Giving Todd Fifty Bucks" (repeated several times) and "Keepin' Your Mouth Shut," implying the badges are bribes to cover up his gambling debts. Votey: A close-up of the stubbled scout leader leaning in to add one more instruction: "Tell your parents their cookies suck."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.