clown-humor
Original: clown-humor on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A clown leans down toward a small boy.
Clown: HEY KID, DO YOU LIKE JOKES?
Boy: SURE!
Panel 2: Close-up on the clown's face.
Clown: HOW COME YOU NEVER SEE A CLOWN GO TO THE BATHROOM?
Boy: I DUNNO! WHY?!
Panel 3 (wide narration panel over the clown and boy): CLOWNS HAVE TAKEN AN EVOLUTIONARY DEPARTURE FROM HOMO SAPIENS. OUR COSTUMES ARE SO CUMBERSOME THAT SURVIVAL WAS CONTINGENT ON FINDING A MORE ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF WASTE REMOVAL.
Panel 4: The boy stands looking puzzled (silent).
Panel 5: The boy.
Boy: I DON'T GET IT. WHAT'S THE PUNCHLINE?
Panel 6: The clown faces the boy, the flower on his costume visible (silent).
Panel 7: The clown holds/aims the flower on his chest with his hands (silent).
Panel 8: The flower squirts a stream of liquid into the boy's face (silent).
Votey: Extreme close-up of the clown's face, now furious, eyes narrowed and teeth bared, shouting.
Clown: Look at me!
Clown: HEY KID, DO YOU LIKE JOKES?
Boy: SURE!
Panel 2: Close-up on the clown's face.
Clown: HOW COME YOU NEVER SEE A CLOWN GO TO THE BATHROOM?
Boy: I DUNNO! WHY?!
Panel 3 (wide narration panel over the clown and boy): CLOWNS HAVE TAKEN AN EVOLUTIONARY DEPARTURE FROM HOMO SAPIENS. OUR COSTUMES ARE SO CUMBERSOME THAT SURVIVAL WAS CONTINGENT ON FINDING A MORE ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF WASTE REMOVAL.
Panel 4: The boy stands looking puzzled (silent).
Panel 5: The boy.
Boy: I DON'T GET IT. WHAT'S THE PUNCHLINE?
Panel 6: The clown faces the boy, the flower on his costume visible (silent).
Panel 7: The clown holds/aims the flower on his chest with his hands (silent).
Panel 8: The flower squirts a stream of liquid into the boy's face (silent).
Votey: Extreme close-up of the clown's face, now furious, eyes narrowed and teeth bared, shouting.
Clown: Look at me!
Alt text
An eight-panel SMBC comic. A clown leans toward a small boy and asks, "Hey kid, do you like jokes?" The boy says "Sure!" The clown asks, "How come you never see a clown go to the bathroom?" The boy says, "I dunno! Why?!" A narration box explains: "Clowns have taken an evolutionary departure from Homo sapiens. Our costumes are so cumbersome that survival was contingent on finding a more accessible means of waste removal." The boy looks puzzled and says, "I don't get it. What's the punchline?" In silent panels, the clown faces the boy, grips the flower pinned to his costume, and then squirts a stream of liquid from it into the boy's face—implying the flower is the clown's means of waste removal. Votey: an extreme close-up of the clown's now-furious face, eyes narrowed and teeth bared, shouting "Look at me!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.