2009-01-28
Original: 2009-01-28 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (with mustache, gray hair): YOU KNOW, THE ANCIENT GREEKS WOULD BURY A COIN TO ASK THE GODS FOR GREAT WEALTH IN THE NEW YEAR.
Woman (orange hair, seen from behind): ...OKAY
Man: WELL, I'M JUST SAYING, I'D EXPECT A WHOLE LOT OF GREAT ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOUR NEXT BIRTHDAY.
Panel 2:
(A brightly colored van painted with rainbows and flowers, reading "ZORBO THE CLOWN," drives down a street past a hole dug in a grassy median where a shovel sticks out of the ground.)
Voice from the hole: HELP!
Voice from the hole: SOMEBODY HELP!
Van: HONK! HONK!
Votey:
Woman (smiling, gesturing): WHERE ARE ALL THE CLOWNS?
Man (turned away; a clown skull with a red nose and a fringe of hair lies on the ground behind/below him): ABOUT THAT...
Man (with mustache, gray hair): YOU KNOW, THE ANCIENT GREEKS WOULD BURY A COIN TO ASK THE GODS FOR GREAT WEALTH IN THE NEW YEAR.
Woman (orange hair, seen from behind): ...OKAY
Man: WELL, I'M JUST SAYING, I'D EXPECT A WHOLE LOT OF GREAT ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOUR NEXT BIRTHDAY.
Panel 2:
(A brightly colored van painted with rainbows and flowers, reading "ZORBO THE CLOWN," drives down a street past a hole dug in a grassy median where a shovel sticks out of the ground.)
Voice from the hole: HELP!
Voice from the hole: SOMEBODY HELP!
Van: HONK! HONK!
Votey:
Woman (smiling, gesturing): WHERE ARE ALL THE CLOWNS?
Man (turned away; a clown skull with a red nose and a fringe of hair lies on the ground behind/below him): ABOUT THAT...
Alt text
A two-panel comic. Panel 1: A mustached man talks to a woman (seen from behind, orange hair). He says the ancient Greeks would bury a coin to ask the gods for great wealth in the new year. She replies "...okay." He adds, "Well, I'm just saying, I'd expect a whole lot of great entertainment for your next birthday." Panel 2: A flower-and-rainbow-painted van labeled "ZORBO THE CLOWN" drives down a street, honking, past a hole dug in a grassy median with a shovel stuck in it. From inside the hole, voices cry "Help! Somebody help!" The joke: the buried "coin" wish has summoned an entertainer clown by abducting/trapping a person in a hole, with a clown van arriving. Votey (aftercomic, rough sketch): A smiling woman asks "Where are all the clowns?" A man turns away, replying "About that..." as a clown's skull with a red nose lies on the ground behind him, implying the clowns met a grim end.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.