2008-01-16
Original: 2008-01-16 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
A courtroom scene. A defendant in an orange jumpsuit sits in the witness stand, gesturing with open hands. A judge sits behind the elevated bench, and a blond-haired person (a lawyer) is seen from behind in the foreground.
Defendant (in the orange jumpsuit): "OKAY, YEAH, HE DIED. HEY, YOU TRY SHOOTING A GUY IN THE FACE AND NOT KILLING HIM!"
Votey:
A close-up of the defendant's face, looking down/aside guiltily.
Defendant (handwritten): "Not that I did it."
A courtroom scene. A defendant in an orange jumpsuit sits in the witness stand, gesturing with open hands. A judge sits behind the elevated bench, and a blond-haired person (a lawyer) is seen from behind in the foreground.
Defendant (in the orange jumpsuit): "OKAY, YEAH, HE DIED. HEY, YOU TRY SHOOTING A GUY IN THE FACE AND NOT KILLING HIM!"
Votey:
A close-up of the defendant's face, looking down/aside guiltily.
Defendant (handwritten): "Not that I did it."
Alt text
A single-panel SMBC comic shows a courtroom. A bald defendant in an orange prison jumpsuit sits in the witness stand, hands spread defensively. A stern judge sits behind a tall wooden bench, and a blond lawyer is seen from behind in the foreground. The defendant declares in a speech bubble: "Okay, yeah, he died. Hey, you try shooting a guy in the face and not killing him!" The votey (bonus panel) is a close-up of the same defendant's face, eyes glancing down and away with a sheepish, caught expression, adding in handwritten text: "Not that I did it." The joke is the defendant blurting out a full confession while pretending to dispute the charge.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.