the-snake-show
Original: the-snake-show on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (Adam): Hey Eve, you wanna watch the snake show?
Panel 1 (Eve): We're not supposed to!
Panel 2 caption: SOON...
Panel 2 (the snake): Well, our elite RULERS are saying "of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat." But are they looking out for you... or THEMSELVES?
Panel 3 (the snake, on a TV screen): Now, I don't know for sure one way or the other, but a LOT of people think God is in the pocket of Big Tree.
Panel 4 (the snake): I can't say whether it's true or not. I'm just giving you the facts so you can decide for yourselves.
Panel 5 caption: AND SO...
Panel 5 (Eve, holding the fruit): What is it that you have done?
Panel 6 (Adam, distressed, covering himself): The media is to blame!
Votey:
(A man's face in profile, speaking) Hey look, I have a wiener
Panel 1 (Eve): We're not supposed to!
Panel 2 caption: SOON...
Panel 2 (the snake): Well, our elite RULERS are saying "of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat." But are they looking out for you... or THEMSELVES?
Panel 3 (the snake, on a TV screen): Now, I don't know for sure one way or the other, but a LOT of people think God is in the pocket of Big Tree.
Panel 4 (the snake): I can't say whether it's true or not. I'm just giving you the facts so you can decide for yourselves.
Panel 5 caption: AND SO...
Panel 5 (Eve, holding the fruit): What is it that you have done?
Panel 6 (Adam, distressed, covering himself): The media is to blame!
Votey:
(A man's face in profile, speaking) Hey look, I have a wiener
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic retelling the Garden of Eden as a cable-news media satire. Panel 1: Adam asks Eve, "Hey Eve, you wanna watch the snake show?" Eve replies, "We're not supposed to!" Panel 2 (captioned "SOON..."): the green serpent acts as a pundit, saying, "Well, our elite RULERS are saying 'of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat.' But are they looking out for you... or THEMSELVES?" Panel 3: the snake now appears on a TV screen watched by Adam and Eve, saying, "Now, I don't know for sure one way or the other, but a LOT of people think God is in the pocket of Big Tree." Panel 4: the snake continues, "I can't say whether it's true or not. I'm just giving you the facts so you can decide for yourselves." Panel 5 (captioned "AND SO..."): Eve holds the forbidden fruit and demands, "What is it that you have done?" while two shadowy figures appear in the background. Panel 6: Adam, naked and ashamed against a blue sky, throws up his hands and exclaims, "The media is to blame!" The joke parodies how editorializing news coverage shifts blame. Votey: a loose pen sketch of a man's face in profile cheerfully announcing, "Hey look, I have a wiener."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.