2010-07-23
Original: 2010-07-23 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A bearded man in a toga (Sisyphus) pushes a large boulder up a steep hillside against a blue sky.
Panel 2: Close-up of the bearded man's face.
Panel 3: The man stands beside the boulder, which has come to rest near the top of the hill. He looks up.
Man: HOLY CRAP! USUALLY IT ROLLS RIGHT BACK DOWN AND I HAVE TO START OVER! BUT THIS TIME IT DIDN'T!
Panel 4: Close-up of the man's face, now in front of a bright yellow background.
Panel 5: The man rests his chin on his hand, thinking.
Man: HUH. SO WHAT DO I DO WITH MY LIFE? I GUESS I SHOULD GET A JOB.
Panel 6: Caption banner: SOON...
A balding man with glasses and a suit sits behind a desk, reading a sheet of paper.
Interviewer: YOUR ONLY EXPERIENCE IS IN BOULDER-ROLLING?
Panel 7: The bearded man sits across a desk from the interviewer in an office.
Interviewer: YOU'LL HAVE TO START OUT AT THE BOTTOM.
Panel 8: A woman and an old, white-bearded man stand among clouds.
Woman: YOU'RE SUCH A DICK, ZEUS.
Votey:
Caption banner: AFTER 2 WEEKS IN DATA ENTRY
Close-up of the bearded man looking dejected.
Man: I MISS MY BOULDER...
Panel 2: Close-up of the bearded man's face.
Panel 3: The man stands beside the boulder, which has come to rest near the top of the hill. He looks up.
Man: HOLY CRAP! USUALLY IT ROLLS RIGHT BACK DOWN AND I HAVE TO START OVER! BUT THIS TIME IT DIDN'T!
Panel 4: Close-up of the man's face, now in front of a bright yellow background.
Panel 5: The man rests his chin on his hand, thinking.
Man: HUH. SO WHAT DO I DO WITH MY LIFE? I GUESS I SHOULD GET A JOB.
Panel 6: Caption banner: SOON...
A balding man with glasses and a suit sits behind a desk, reading a sheet of paper.
Interviewer: YOUR ONLY EXPERIENCE IS IN BOULDER-ROLLING?
Panel 7: The bearded man sits across a desk from the interviewer in an office.
Interviewer: YOU'LL HAVE TO START OUT AT THE BOTTOM.
Panel 8: A woman and an old, white-bearded man stand among clouds.
Woman: YOU'RE SUCH A DICK, ZEUS.
Votey:
Caption banner: AFTER 2 WEEKS IN DATA ENTRY
Close-up of the bearded man looking dejected.
Man: I MISS MY BOULDER...
Alt text
An eight-panel comic. A bearded man in a toga (Sisyphus) pushes a boulder up a steep hill. In close-up he's startled: "Holy crap! Usually it rolls right back down and I have to start over! But this time it didn't!" Resting his chin on his hand, he muses, "Huh. So what do I do with my life? I guess I should get a job." A "Soon..." banner shows a balding, suited interviewer reading his resume: "Your only experience is in boulder-rolling?" Across the desk he tells Sisyphus, "You'll have to start out at the bottom." In the final panel, a woman and an old white-bearded god stand in the clouds; she says, "You're such a dick, Zeus" — revealing Zeus engineered the trick so Sisyphus would be doomed to start at the bottom of a career, just as he was doomed to roll the boulder. Votey aftercomic, banner "After 2 weeks in data entry": a dejected close-up of Sisyphus sighing, "I miss my boulder..."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.