2008-09-29
Original: 2008-09-29 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Caption (yellow banner across top): AS THE ECONOMY TURNED DOWN, MANY OF US WERE FORCED TO FIND WAYS TO SUPPLEMENT OUR INCOME
Scene: A courtroom. A man in a blue suit (the lawyer) stands and gestures, mid-speech. A judge sits at the bench in the background. A blonde person sits in the foreground, back to the viewer, raising a hand.
Lawyer (blue suit): AND AS THE BOY LAY THERE, BLEEDING IN THE DARKNESS, WHIMPERING FOR HIS MOTHER TO—
Foreground person (raising hand): OBJECTION! COCA-COLA IS DELICIOUS!
Votey:
A woman speaks, looking downcast.
Woman: I'LL NEVER HAVE MY SON BACK, BUT I DO ENJOY SUN BRAND DETERGENT!
Scene: A courtroom. A man in a blue suit (the lawyer) stands and gestures, mid-speech. A judge sits at the bench in the background. A blonde person sits in the foreground, back to the viewer, raising a hand.
Lawyer (blue suit): AND AS THE BOY LAY THERE, BLEEDING IN THE DARKNESS, WHIMPERING FOR HIS MOTHER TO—
Foreground person (raising hand): OBJECTION! COCA-COLA IS DELICIOUS!
Votey:
A woman speaks, looking downcast.
Woman: I'LL NEVER HAVE MY SON BACK, BUT I DO ENJOY SUN BRAND DETERGENT!
Alt text
A yellow banner caption across the top reads: 'As the economy turned down, many of us were forced to find ways to supplement our income.' Below, a courtroom scene: a lawyer in a blue suit stands and gestures dramatically while delivering an emotional closing argument: 'And as the boy lay there, bleeding in the darkness, whimpering for his mother to—' A judge sits at the bench behind him. In the foreground, a blonde person (seen from behind) raises a hand and interrupts: 'Objection! Coca-Cola is delicious!' The joke: courtroom participants are slipping paid product placement into solemn legal proceedings to make extra money. Votey (aftercomic): a sad-looking woman says, 'I'll never have my son back, but I do enjoy Sun brand detergent!' — a grieving witness shoehorning in another sponsored plug.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.