prize-2
Original: prize-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Auctioneer (a man in a suit and fedora holding a microphone): ALL RIGHT, DO I HAVE $100,000? YES, IN THE BACK. $100,000. DO WE HAVE $200,000? ALL RIGHT, GOING FOR $200,000! DO WE HAVE $500,000? IMPECCABLE CREDENTIALS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 500,000. YES! THE WOMAN IN FRONT. DO I SEE 550?
Caption: The Nobel Prize in economics should be awarded via an auction system.
Votey:
A bidder (a stick-figure-style face): I BED 47,000 HOURS OF MY LIFE SPENT ANALYZING HISTORICAL DATA ON MONETARY POLICY!
Auctioneer (a man in a suit and fedora holding a microphone): ALL RIGHT, DO I HAVE $100,000? YES, IN THE BACK. $100,000. DO WE HAVE $200,000? ALL RIGHT, GOING FOR $200,000! DO WE HAVE $500,000? IMPECCABLE CREDENTIALS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 500,000. YES! THE WOMAN IN FRONT. DO I SEE 550?
Caption: The Nobel Prize in economics should be awarded via an auction system.
Votey:
A bidder (a stick-figure-style face): I BED 47,000 HOURS OF MY LIFE SPENT ANALYZING HISTORICAL DATA ON MONETARY POLICY!
Alt text
A man in a suit and fedora stands on a red-curtained stage holding a microphone, mid-auction, talking fast. His speech bubble reads: "All right, do I have $100,000? Yes, in the back. $100,000. Do we have $200,000? All right, going for $200,000! Do we have $500,000? Impeccable credentials, ladies and gentlemen. 500,000. Yes! The woman in front. Do I see 550?" The caption reads: "The Nobel Prize in economics should be awarded via an auction system." Votey (aftercomic): a roughly drawn face shouts, "I bed 47,000 hours of my life spent analyzing historical data on monetary policy!" — the joke being that instead of bidding money, economists bid the years of work they've poured into the field.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.