man-on-the-moon
Original: man-on-the-moon on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Advisor (a man in a suit, reviewing a speech): I'm not so sure about this new speech.
Governor (a man at a podium): What?
Panel 2:
Advisor: You have this part where you say "If we can put a man on the moon, surely we can purchase the office of the governor a new jet."
Panel 3:
Governor: Over the line?
Panel 4:
Advisor: It's not accurate. We can't put a man on the moon. Hasn't happened since 1972. Nobody even makes rockets of the necessary size any more.
Panel 5:
Governor: Hmmmm.
Panel 6:
Governor: Hmmmmmm.
Panel 7 (caption: Shortly...):
Governor (at the podium, gesturing): If we can't put a man on the moon, then surely we can't investigate alleged misappropriations by the office of the governor!
Votey:
Governor (looking upward thoughtfully): We are capable of anything. Not doing anything. As long as we fail to set our minds to it!
Advisor (a man in a suit, reviewing a speech): I'm not so sure about this new speech.
Governor (a man at a podium): What?
Panel 2:
Advisor: You have this part where you say "If we can put a man on the moon, surely we can purchase the office of the governor a new jet."
Panel 3:
Governor: Over the line?
Panel 4:
Advisor: It's not accurate. We can't put a man on the moon. Hasn't happened since 1972. Nobody even makes rockets of the necessary size any more.
Panel 5:
Governor: Hmmmm.
Panel 6:
Governor: Hmmmmmm.
Panel 7 (caption: Shortly...):
Governor (at the podium, gesturing): If we can't put a man on the moon, then surely we can't investigate alleged misappropriations by the office of the governor!
Votey:
Governor (looking upward thoughtfully): We are capable of anything. Not doing anything. As long as we fail to set our minds to it!
Alt text
A seven-panel comic. A suited advisor and a governor go over a speech draft. The advisor says he's not sure about the new speech, noting a line that reads 'If we can put a man on the moon, surely we can purchase the office of the governor a new jet.' The governor asks if it's over the line. The advisor clarifies it's not accurate: we can't put a man on the moon, it hasn't happened since 1972, and nobody makes rockets of the necessary size anymore. The governor mulls it over ('Hmmmm.' then 'Hmmmmmm.'). Shortly after, the governor stands triumphantly at a podium declaring: 'If we can't put a man on the moon, then surely we can't investigate alleged misappropriations by the office of the governor!' In the votey aftercomic, the governor gazes upward and says, 'We are capable of anything. Not doing anything. As long as we fail to set our minds to it!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.