2008-05-21
Original: 2008-05-21 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A blond man and a brown-haired woman stand facing each other on grassy hills.
Man: "OKAY, YES, IT'S TRAGIC. BUT DID YOU SEE THE SIGN? IT'S IMPORTANT!"
Panel 2 (caption: "5 SECONDS AGO..."):
The same couple stand on the hills. A purple biplane wreathed in flames is crashing down out of the sky toward them, trailing a banner that reads "WILL YOU MARRY ME?"
Panel 3 (caption: "5 MINUTES AGO..."):
The purple biplane sits on the ground with a goggled pilot beside it, talking to the blond man.
Blond man: "SHE'S GONNA LOVE THIS, JOHN."
Pilot: "HEY, CALL ME DAD."
Votey:
A black-and-white panel. A figure runs toward another figure, shouting from a large speech bubble.
Running figure: "DAD! YES OR NO, CHERYL. IT'S YES OR NO."
A blond man and a brown-haired woman stand facing each other on grassy hills.
Man: "OKAY, YES, IT'S TRAGIC. BUT DID YOU SEE THE SIGN? IT'S IMPORTANT!"
Panel 2 (caption: "5 SECONDS AGO..."):
The same couple stand on the hills. A purple biplane wreathed in flames is crashing down out of the sky toward them, trailing a banner that reads "WILL YOU MARRY ME?"
Panel 3 (caption: "5 MINUTES AGO..."):
The purple biplane sits on the ground with a goggled pilot beside it, talking to the blond man.
Blond man: "SHE'S GONNA LOVE THIS, JOHN."
Pilot: "HEY, CALL ME DAD."
Votey:
A black-and-white panel. A figure runs toward another figure, shouting from a large speech bubble.
Running figure: "DAD! YES OR NO, CHERYL. IT'S YES OR NO."
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a blond man earnestly tells a brown-haired woman, "Okay, yes, it's tragic. But did you see the sign? It's important!" Panel 2, labeled "5 seconds ago," shows a purple biplane engulfed in flames crashing toward the couple, dragging a banner reading "Will you marry me?" Panel 3, labeled "5 minutes ago," shows the plane safely on the ground with a goggled pilot; the man says "She's gonna love this, John," and the pilot replies, "Hey, call me Dad." The joke: the proposal stunt killed the pilot (the woman's father-to-be) in a fiery crash, yet the man is fixated on whether she read the marriage-proposal sign. Votey: a black-and-white panel where a figure runs toward another shouting, "Dad! Yes or no, Cheryl. It's yes or no" — demanding an answer amid the chaos.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.