2008-09-05
Original: 2008-09-05 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man in a gray suit and red tie stands at a podium, fist raised triumphantly, addressing a purple-silhouetted crowd.
Man at podium: "THANKS TO OUR TIRELESS EFFORTS, ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL TEACH CREATIONISM INSTEAD OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION!"
Panel 2:
Caption box (upper left): "20 YEARS LATER..."
A worried bald man with bandages on his head faces a smiling doctor in a white coat who is holding money.
Bald patient: "IS... IS THERE A CURE?"
Doctor: "NO, BUT ACCORDING TO THE LATEST RESEARCH, THE BACTERIA EATING YOUR BRAIN REALLY LOOK DESIGNED!"
Votey:
Close-up of the bald patient looking shocked/offended at the doctor.
Patient: "PENICILLIN?! WHAT'RE YOU, AN ATHEIST?!"
A man in a gray suit and red tie stands at a podium, fist raised triumphantly, addressing a purple-silhouetted crowd.
Man at podium: "THANKS TO OUR TIRELESS EFFORTS, ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL TEACH CREATIONISM INSTEAD OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION!"
Panel 2:
Caption box (upper left): "20 YEARS LATER..."
A worried bald man with bandages on his head faces a smiling doctor in a white coat who is holding money.
Bald patient: "IS... IS THERE A CURE?"
Doctor: "NO, BUT ACCORDING TO THE LATEST RESEARCH, THE BACTERIA EATING YOUR BRAIN REALLY LOOK DESIGNED!"
Votey:
Close-up of the bald patient looking shocked/offended at the doctor.
Patient: "PENICILLIN?! WHAT'RE YOU, AN ATHEIST?!"
Alt text
Two-panel comic. Panel 1: A man in a gray suit and red tie at a podium raises his fist before a purple crowd, declaring, "Thanks to our tireless efforts, all public schools will teach creationism instead of the theory of evolution!" Panel 2, labeled "20 years later...": A worried bald man with head bandages asks a smiling doctor holding cash, "Is... is there a cure?" The doctor replies, "No, but according to the latest research, the bacteria eating your brain REALLY look designed!" The joke: rejecting evolution education leads to a future that has abandoned germ theory and medicine. Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of the same bald patient, now indignant, snapping at the doctor, "Penicillin?! What're you, an atheist?!" - treating antibiotics as religiously offensive.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.