2013-05-21
Original: 2013-05-21 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man with red hair sits at a computer, talking to a woman with dark hair and glasses.
Red-haired man: I KNOW YOU ENGINEERS AREN'T MUCH INTO AVANT-GARDE JAZZ BECAUSE IT'S TOO DIFFERENT, OR "NOT REALLY MUSIC." BUT, I LOVE YOU, SO I THOUGHT I'D SHARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS.
Panel 2: A close-up of a computer speaker with chaotic, scattered musical notes pouring out of it.
Panel 3: The red-haired man looks toward the woman, who is now smiling broadly with wide eyes.
Red-haired man: YOU LIKE IT?
Woman: OH WOW! WOW!
Woman: IT'S AMAZING!
Panel 4: The woman, in a green shirt, stands and picks up the speaker (with notes still pouring out) from the desk. The red-haired man smiles.
Woman: I GOTTA GO PLAY THIS FOR THE GEEKS AT THE LAB.
Red-haired man: SURE!
Panel 5 (caption bar reads "SOON..."): The woman, holding up a small device that emits the scattered notes, addresses a group of people in a lab. A small figure of the red-haired man is visible on a screen or poster in the background.
Woman: EVERYONE! I'VE DISCOVERED A NEW WAY TO GENERATE RANDOM NUMBERS!
Votey:
A close-up of an annoyed-looking person in black and white.
Text: ART IS POINTLESS, UNLESS JOSS WHEDON MADE IT.
Red-haired man: I KNOW YOU ENGINEERS AREN'T MUCH INTO AVANT-GARDE JAZZ BECAUSE IT'S TOO DIFFERENT, OR "NOT REALLY MUSIC." BUT, I LOVE YOU, SO I THOUGHT I'D SHARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS.
Panel 2: A close-up of a computer speaker with chaotic, scattered musical notes pouring out of it.
Panel 3: The red-haired man looks toward the woman, who is now smiling broadly with wide eyes.
Red-haired man: YOU LIKE IT?
Woman: OH WOW! WOW!
Woman: IT'S AMAZING!
Panel 4: The woman, in a green shirt, stands and picks up the speaker (with notes still pouring out) from the desk. The red-haired man smiles.
Woman: I GOTTA GO PLAY THIS FOR THE GEEKS AT THE LAB.
Red-haired man: SURE!
Panel 5 (caption bar reads "SOON..."): The woman, holding up a small device that emits the scattered notes, addresses a group of people in a lab. A small figure of the red-haired man is visible on a screen or poster in the background.
Woman: EVERYONE! I'VE DISCOVERED A NEW WAY TO GENERATE RANDOM NUMBERS!
Votey:
A close-up of an annoyed-looking person in black and white.
Text: ART IS POINTLESS, UNLESS JOSS WHEDON MADE IT.
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A red-haired man at a computer tells a dark-haired woman with glasses that he knows engineers aren't into avant-garde jazz because it's 'too different' or 'not really music,' but he loves her, so he wants to share one of his favorite songs. Panel 2: A computer speaker spews chaotic, scattered musical notes. Panel 3: He asks 'You like it?' and she beams, exclaiming 'Oh wow! Wow! It's amazing!' Panel 4: She picks up the speaker (notes still streaming out) and says she has to go play it for the geeks at the lab; he says 'Sure!' Panel 5, captioned 'SOON...': In the lab she holds up a device emitting the same random notes and announces to her colleagues, 'Everyone! I've discovered a new way to generate random numbers!' The joke: to an engineer, the unpredictable jazz reads not as music but as a randomness source. Votey: A close-up of an annoyed black-and-white face with the caption 'Art is pointless, unless Joss Whedon made it.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.