the-bird-is-the-word
Original: the-bird-is-the-word on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A large albatross flying against a blue, cloudy sky, holding a small wooden boat and an arrow in its wings/talons.
Albatross: THE BIRD IS THE WORD, MOTHER FUCKER
Caption (below panel): In the movie version of Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the albatross shoots first.
Votey:
A smiling man with curly hair, drawn in a loose sketch style, speaks.
Man: It makes the mariner more sympathetic.
A large albatross flying against a blue, cloudy sky, holding a small wooden boat and an arrow in its wings/talons.
Albatross: THE BIRD IS THE WORD, MOTHER FUCKER
Caption (below panel): In the movie version of Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the albatross shoots first.
Votey:
A smiling man with curly hair, drawn in a loose sketch style, speaks.
Man: It makes the mariner more sympathetic.
Alt text
A determined-looking albatross soars across a cloudy blue sky, clutching a small wooden boat and an arrow. A speech bubble from the bird reads: "THE BIRD IS THE WORD, MOTHER FUCKER." The caption below reads: "In the movie version of Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the albatross shoots first." The joke riffs on the Han-Solo-shoots-first controversy, casting the albatross as the aggressor. Votey (aftercomic): a loosely sketched smiling man explains, "It makes the mariner more sympathetic" — a deadpan studio-note justification for reversing who attacks first.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.