2012-01-10
Original: 2012-01-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Top banner: COMEDY TIP: KID'S JOKE + NEEDLESS UNCOMFORTABLE CONTEXT = FUNNY
Panel 1:
Man with dark hair (in profile, foreground left): What did Hitler's cat think of genocide?
Woman (facing him, foreground right, only her face/profile visible): I don't...
Man: He thought it was PURRRFECT.
Votey:
A cat's face. The cat (speaking): MEOWTSTANDING.
Panel 1:
Man with dark hair (in profile, foreground left): What did Hitler's cat think of genocide?
Woman (facing him, foreground right, only her face/profile visible): I don't...
Man: He thought it was PURRRFECT.
Votey:
A cat's face. The cat (speaking): MEOWTSTANDING.
Alt text
An SMBC comic. An orange top banner reads: "COMEDY TIP: KID'S JOKE + NEEDLESS UNCOMFORTABLE CONTEXT = FUNNY." In a single panel, a smiling man with dark hair asks a woman (shown in profile facing him), "What did Hitler's cat think of genocide?" She starts to answer, "I don't..." and he delivers the punchline: "He thought it was PURRRFECT." The joke pairs a corny pun (purr-fect) with a deliberately uncomfortable Hitler/genocide setup, illustrating the banner's comedy formula. Votey aftercomic: a close-up of a smug cat's face, the cat saying "MEOWTSTANDING."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.