2010-06-26
Original: 2010-06-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man (seen from behind, in the foreground) addresses an old, balding, bearded man sitting on the ground holding a cardboard sign that reads "HOMELESS".
Man: Professor Murphy?
Professor Murphy: Hrm?
Panel 2: Close-up of the younger man, who wears a coat over a red sweater and white collar.
Man: You spent four years lecturing me for not understanding all fifty zillion branches of literary theory.
Panel 3: The two figures are shown as white and gray silhouettes against a black background. The standing man reaches toward the seated one.
Man: So...
Man: So, let me help you out.
Panel 4: Close-up of Professor Murphy holding his cardboard sign. The word "HOMELESS" has been crossed out, and beneath it is written "post-structuralist". A hand (the younger man's) is at the edge of the sign.
Votey:
Panel: Two people seen in loose sketch style.
First person: You're sticking it to literary theorists?
Second person: Makin' a difference!
Man: Professor Murphy?
Professor Murphy: Hrm?
Panel 2: Close-up of the younger man, who wears a coat over a red sweater and white collar.
Man: You spent four years lecturing me for not understanding all fifty zillion branches of literary theory.
Panel 3: The two figures are shown as white and gray silhouettes against a black background. The standing man reaches toward the seated one.
Man: So...
Man: So, let me help you out.
Panel 4: Close-up of Professor Murphy holding his cardboard sign. The word "HOMELESS" has been crossed out, and beneath it is written "post-structuralist". A hand (the younger man's) is at the edge of the sign.
Votey:
Panel: Two people seen in loose sketch style.
First person: You're sticking it to literary theorists?
Second person: Makin' a difference!
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a man approaches an old, balding, bearded homeless man sitting on the ground with a cardboard "HOMELESS" sign, and asks "Professor Murphy?"; the old man replies "Hrm?". Panel 2: the younger man, in a coat and red sweater, says "You spent four years lecturing me for not understanding all fifty zillion branches of literary theory." Panel 3: shown as silhouettes, he reaches toward the professor saying "So... So, let me help you out." Panel 4: the professor's sign now has "HOMELESS" crossed out and "post-structuralist" written beneath it as the man's helpful contribution. Votey (sketch aftercomic): one person asks "You're sticking it to literary theorists?" and another answers "Makin' a difference!" The joke: his only "help" is relabeling the man's plight in academic jargon.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.