get-me-a-scientist
Original: get-me-a-scientist on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man (an aide) bursts through a door into the Oval Office, holding a folder.
Aide: "Mr. President! An asteroid is headed directly for Los Angeles! We have 72 hours until impact!"
Panel 2: The President, a bald bearded man, sits at his desk holding the folder, pinching the bridge of his nose.
President: "Get me a scientist!"
Panel 3: A scientist (a woman with reddish-brown hair) on the phone reacts in alarm.
Scientist: "My god. It'll have a destructive radius of hundreds of miles. There's no time to lose!"
Panel 4: Caption banner: "71 HOURS LATER..." The same scientist, on the phone.
Scientist: "Great news, Mr. President! We've set up robust seismic detectors along the entire blast area!"
Panel 5: The scientist continues talking on the phone, excited.
Panel 6: The President, on the phone, listening with a blank expression.
Panel 7: Establishing shot of the Oval Office; the President sits at his desk with his face in his hands.
Panel 8: The scientist, smiling, on the phone.
Scientist: "The data is gonna be amazing!"
Votey:
A close-up of the President's anguished face. A speech bubble above him reads: "It's 'the data ARE'."
Aide: "Mr. President! An asteroid is headed directly for Los Angeles! We have 72 hours until impact!"
Panel 2: The President, a bald bearded man, sits at his desk holding the folder, pinching the bridge of his nose.
President: "Get me a scientist!"
Panel 3: A scientist (a woman with reddish-brown hair) on the phone reacts in alarm.
Scientist: "My god. It'll have a destructive radius of hundreds of miles. There's no time to lose!"
Panel 4: Caption banner: "71 HOURS LATER..." The same scientist, on the phone.
Scientist: "Great news, Mr. President! We've set up robust seismic detectors along the entire blast area!"
Panel 5: The scientist continues talking on the phone, excited.
Panel 6: The President, on the phone, listening with a blank expression.
Panel 7: Establishing shot of the Oval Office; the President sits at his desk with his face in his hands.
Panel 8: The scientist, smiling, on the phone.
Scientist: "The data is gonna be amazing!"
Votey:
A close-up of the President's anguished face. A speech bubble above him reads: "It's 'the data ARE'."
Alt text
An eight-panel SMBC comic. An aide bursts into the Oval Office: "Mr. President! An asteroid is headed directly for Los Angeles! We have 72 hours until impact!" The bald, bearded President, pinching his brow, replies, "Get me a scientist!" A red-haired scientist on the phone reacts with alarm: "My god. It'll have a destructive radius of hundreds of miles. There's no time to lose!" A caption reads "71 hours later..." and the same scientist, still on the phone, cheerfully reports: "Great news, Mr. President! We've set up robust seismic detectors along the entire blast area!" As she keeps talking, the President listens with a blank face, then sits at his desk with his head buried in his hands. The scientist beams: "The data is gonna be amazing!" The joke: with the city about to be destroyed, the scientist is thrilled mainly about the research data she'll collect. Votey: a close-up of the despairing President's face, with a thought above him correcting her grammar: "It's 'the data ARE'."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.