2011-02-09
Original: 2011-02-09 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A muscular man's silhouette is shown lifting heavy dumbbells overhead against a blue background.
Narration (the man): I SPENT TEN YEARS BODYBUILDING.
Panel 2: A close-up profile of a man with slicked-back black hair and large black glasses against a red background.
Narration (the man): I DYED MY HAIR BLACK, COIFED IT PERFECTLY, AND GOT LARGE BLACK GLASSES. ALL FOR ONE REASON.
Panel 3: The man sits across a desk from a woman interviewer holding papers, in a job interview.
Narration (the man): SO THAT ONE DAY IN A JOB INTERVIEW, I COULD GIVE THE PERFECT ANSWER TO A STUPID QUESTION THEY ALWAYS ASK:
Interviewer: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY YOUR GREATEST WEAKNESS IS?
Panel 4: Close-up of the man dramatically adjusting his glasses.
(no dialogue)
Panel 5: Close-up of the man, glasses now lowered, looking determined.
(no dialogue)
Panel 6: The man faces the interviewer, delivering his line with intensity.
Man: KRYPTONITE.
Votey:
The interviewer continues the questioning.
Interviewer: AND YOUR GREATEST STRENGTH?
Man: PUNCTUALITY!
Narration (the man): I SPENT TEN YEARS BODYBUILDING.
Panel 2: A close-up profile of a man with slicked-back black hair and large black glasses against a red background.
Narration (the man): I DYED MY HAIR BLACK, COIFED IT PERFECTLY, AND GOT LARGE BLACK GLASSES. ALL FOR ONE REASON.
Panel 3: The man sits across a desk from a woman interviewer holding papers, in a job interview.
Narration (the man): SO THAT ONE DAY IN A JOB INTERVIEW, I COULD GIVE THE PERFECT ANSWER TO A STUPID QUESTION THEY ALWAYS ASK:
Interviewer: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY YOUR GREATEST WEAKNESS IS?
Panel 4: Close-up of the man dramatically adjusting his glasses.
(no dialogue)
Panel 5: Close-up of the man, glasses now lowered, looking determined.
(no dialogue)
Panel 6: The man faces the interviewer, delivering his line with intensity.
Man: KRYPTONITE.
Votey:
The interviewer continues the questioning.
Interviewer: AND YOUR GREATEST STRENGTH?
Man: PUNCTUALITY!
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: the silhouette of a heavily muscled man pressing dumbbells overhead; he narrates, "I spent ten years bodybuilding." Panel 2: a profile close-up of a man with slicked-back black hair and large black glasses; "I dyed my hair black, coifed it perfectly, and got large black glasses. All for one reason." Panel 3: he sits across a desk from a woman interviewer; he explains it was all so that one day in a job interview he could give the perfect answer to a stupid question, and she asks, "What would you say your greatest weakness is?" Panels 4 and 5: dramatic close-ups of him slowly adjusting and lowering his Superman-like glasses with a steely expression. Panel 6: he answers gravely, "Kryptonite." The joke: he has spent a decade transforming himself into Superman just to make this one nerdy interview pun. Votey aftercomic (a single rough black-and-white panel): the interviewer follows up, "And your greatest strength?" and he proudly answers, "Punctuality!" undercutting all the buildup with a mundane response.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.