2009-07-16
Original: 2009-07-16 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: An older woman with gray hair stands with her arm around three adult children (a woman with reddish hair, a man with orange hair, and a man with brown hair) at a gathering.
Older woman: "KIDS, WHENEVER I DIE, I DON'T WANT ANY CRYING. I WANT A BIG PARTY, WITH HATS AND BALLOONS AND EVERYTHING!"
Panel 2: A close-up of a newspaper headline.
Headline: "LOCAL GRANDMOTHER TORTURED TO DEATH BY ESCAPED CONVICT!"
Panel 3: The three adult children sit at a table wearing colorful party hats, balloons floating behind them, slices of cake in front of them. They are dressed in black funeral attire and look miserable and grim, going through with the party as their late mother requested.
Votey:
A woman (one of the children) speaks, looking weary and sad.
Woman: "DAD JUST KEEPS DANCING. WHAT A TROOPER."
Older woman: "KIDS, WHENEVER I DIE, I DON'T WANT ANY CRYING. I WANT A BIG PARTY, WITH HATS AND BALLOONS AND EVERYTHING!"
Panel 2: A close-up of a newspaper headline.
Headline: "LOCAL GRANDMOTHER TORTURED TO DEATH BY ESCAPED CONVICT!"
Panel 3: The three adult children sit at a table wearing colorful party hats, balloons floating behind them, slices of cake in front of them. They are dressed in black funeral attire and look miserable and grim, going through with the party as their late mother requested.
Votey:
A woman (one of the children) speaks, looking weary and sad.
Woman: "DAD JUST KEEPS DANCING. WHAT A TROOPER."
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A gray-haired older woman with her arm around her three adult children at a gathering says, "Kids, whenever I die, I don't want any crying. I want a big party, with hats and balloons and everything!" Panel 2: A newspaper headline reads "LOCAL GRANDMOTHER TORTURED TO DEATH BY ESCAPED CONVICT!" Panel 3: The three grown children sit at a table in black funeral clothes, wearing colorful party hats with balloons and cake around them, looking utterly miserable as they honor their mother's wish for a party. Votey (aftercomic): A weary, sad-faced woman says, "Dad just keeps dancing. What a trooper."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.