2010-08-03
Original: 2010-08-03 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man with brown hair in a gray jacket leans toward a small child (seen from behind) and speaks earnestly.
Man: EVERY OBJECT YOU INTERACT WITH IS COMPOSED OF ATOMS FUSED IN THE FURNACE OF A STAR'S BLAZE. ALL OBJECTS YOU WILL EVER TOUCH, NO MATTER HOW SIMPLE... ARE STARSTUFF.
Caption (below panel): Carl Sagan convinces his son to clean the cat shit.
Votey:
Close-up of the child looking unimpressed as the man (off-panel) continues talking.
Man: OH, AND THEN CLEAN THE STARSTUFF OUT OF THE GUTTERS AND WASH THE STARSTUFF OFF MY CAR.
A man with brown hair in a gray jacket leans toward a small child (seen from behind) and speaks earnestly.
Man: EVERY OBJECT YOU INTERACT WITH IS COMPOSED OF ATOMS FUSED IN THE FURNACE OF A STAR'S BLAZE. ALL OBJECTS YOU WILL EVER TOUCH, NO MATTER HOW SIMPLE... ARE STARSTUFF.
Caption (below panel): Carl Sagan convinces his son to clean the cat shit.
Votey:
Close-up of the child looking unimpressed as the man (off-panel) continues talking.
Man: OH, AND THEN CLEAN THE STARSTUFF OUT OF THE GUTTERS AND WASH THE STARSTUFF OFF MY CAR.
Alt text
A man with brown hair in a gray jacket leans down toward a small child seen from behind and says with grand earnestness: 'Every object you interact with is composed of atoms fused in the furnace of a star's blaze. All objects you will ever touch, no matter how simple... are STARSTUFF.' A caption beneath the panel reads: 'Carl Sagan convinces his son to clean the cat shit.' The joke is that cosmic wonder is being deployed as a trick to get a kid to do gross chores. Votey (aftercomic, black-and-white sketch): a close-up of the now-unimpressed child as the man keeps going off-panel: 'Oh, and then clean the starstuff out of the gutters and wash the starstuff off my car.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.