2009-05-01
Original: 2009-05-01 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A seated young man with brown hair looks up nervously at a man standing beside him, whose lower body (visible from the waist down) shows bare buttocks below an untucked dress shirt and suit jacket — he is not wearing pants.
Seated man: P-PROFESSOR... DID YOU FORGET YOUR PANTS?
Standing man (the professor): OH, I WOULDN'T SAY I "FORGOT."
Caption below panel: Doctor Ellsworth gave his usual speech on the importance of achieving tenure.
Votey:
A simple line drawing of a bald, smiling older man wearing round glasses, a bow tie, and a suit jacket with a flower in the lapel — presumably Doctor Ellsworth, looking pleased.
A seated young man with brown hair looks up nervously at a man standing beside him, whose lower body (visible from the waist down) shows bare buttocks below an untucked dress shirt and suit jacket — he is not wearing pants.
Seated man: P-PROFESSOR... DID YOU FORGET YOUR PANTS?
Standing man (the professor): OH, I WOULDN'T SAY I "FORGOT."
Caption below panel: Doctor Ellsworth gave his usual speech on the importance of achieving tenure.
Votey:
A simple line drawing of a bald, smiling older man wearing round glasses, a bow tie, and a suit jacket with a flower in the lapel — presumably Doctor Ellsworth, looking pleased.
Alt text
A SMBC comic. In a single panel, a young brown-haired man sits in a chair and looks up uneasily at a professor standing next to him. The professor is shown from the waist down wearing a suit jacket and untucked dress shirt but no pants, his bare buttocks exposed. The seated man stammers, 'P-Professor... did you forget your pants?' The professor replies, 'Oh, I wouldn't say I "forgot."' Caption: 'Doctor Ellsworth gave his usual speech on the importance of achieving tenure.' The joke: with tenure secured, the professor deliberately goes pantsless because he can no longer be fired. Votey (aftercomic): a plain line drawing of a smiling bald older man with round glasses, a bow tie, and a flower in his lapel — Doctor Ellsworth looking smug and content.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.