2008-11-07
Original: 2008-11-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A balding man with reddish hair, glasses, and a red sweater vest stands gesturing emphatically, one hand raised. A young woman with brown hair (seen from behind, wearing purple) stands listening.
Man: ISAAC NEWTON! ALEXANDER POPE! JEAN-PAUL SARTRE! EACH A GENIUS, AND EACH MORE HIDEOUS THAN THE LAST!
Caption (below panel): It wasn't the pep talk I was hoping for after getting called ugly at prom.
Votey:
The man continues speaking to the same listener (shown in simple black-and-white line art).
Man: OH, AND YOUR MOTHER WANTED ME TO SAY YOU'RE PRETTY. SO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.
A balding man with reddish hair, glasses, and a red sweater vest stands gesturing emphatically, one hand raised. A young woman with brown hair (seen from behind, wearing purple) stands listening.
Man: ISAAC NEWTON! ALEXANDER POPE! JEAN-PAUL SARTRE! EACH A GENIUS, AND EACH MORE HIDEOUS THAN THE LAST!
Caption (below panel): It wasn't the pep talk I was hoping for after getting called ugly at prom.
Votey:
The man continues speaking to the same listener (shown in simple black-and-white line art).
Man: OH, AND YOUR MOTHER WANTED ME TO SAY YOU'RE PRETTY. SO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.
Alt text
A balding man with glasses and a red sweater vest gestures dramatically while consoling a brown-haired young woman (seen from behind). He declares: "Isaac Newton! Alexander Pope! Jean-Paul Sartre! Each a genius, and each more hideous than the last!" The caption reads: "It wasn't the pep talk I was hoping for after getting called ugly at prom." The joke: his attempt to comfort her about being called ugly only emphasizes that great minds were also ugly. In the votey (black-and-white follow-up panel), the man adds: "Oh, and your mother wanted me to say you're pretty. So, you know, take that for what it's worth." — undercutting the reassurance by framing it as secondhand and dubious.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.