2012-12-30
Original: 2012-12-30 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
A man in a suit and tie stands beside a tall vertical screen/display. He is presenting, with a speech bubble describing the concept:
Man: "We take C-list celebrities and put them in a giant cylinder. They struggle to reach the top, where there's air and they won't be crushed. Each day, the dead are cleared from the cylinder, new C-list celebrities are added, and food pellets are put atop to nourish the survivors. You can tune in any time for a cylinder status update!"
The display beside him shows a chaotic mass of cramped figures crammed inside a tall cylindrical container.
Caption (below panel): "In the future, there is only one reality show."
Votey:
A person sits on a couch facing a television, seen from behind. A thought bubble rises from their head:
Thought: "Ugh. I can't believe other people also watch this drivel."
A man in a suit and tie stands beside a tall vertical screen/display. He is presenting, with a speech bubble describing the concept:
Man: "We take C-list celebrities and put them in a giant cylinder. They struggle to reach the top, where there's air and they won't be crushed. Each day, the dead are cleared from the cylinder, new C-list celebrities are added, and food pellets are put atop to nourish the survivors. You can tune in any time for a cylinder status update!"
The display beside him shows a chaotic mass of cramped figures crammed inside a tall cylindrical container.
Caption (below panel): "In the future, there is only one reality show."
Votey:
A person sits on a couch facing a television, seen from behind. A thought bubble rises from their head:
Thought: "Ugh. I can't believe other people also watch this drivel."
Alt text
A man in a suit stands beside a tall vertical screen that shows a chaotic crowd of tiny figures crammed inside a giant cylinder. His speech bubble explains a TV concept: C-list celebrities are put in a giant cylinder where they struggle to climb to the top to reach air and avoid being crushed; each day the dead are cleared out, new celebrities are added, and food pellets are dropped on top to feed the survivors, with status updates available any time. A caption reads: "In the future, there is only one reality show." Votey: a person sits on a couch watching a TV (seen from behind), thinking, "Ugh. I can't believe other people also watch this drivel" — the joke being they keep watching the same gruesome show while disdaining everyone else who does.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.