doctor-3
Original: doctor-3 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: On an airplane, a flight attendant stands in the aisle making an announcement to the seated passengers.
Flight attendant: "Is there a doctor on the plane? A man has had a heart attack!"
Panel 2: A man stands up, raising his hand.
Man (standing): "I'm a doctor."
Flight attendant: "Please come."
Panel 3 (captioned "SHORTLY"): The doctor kneels beside the collapsed passenger lying in the aisle, examining him.
Doctor: "Your diagnosis was accurate. He's had a heart attack."
Panel 4: The flight attendant, looking distressed, addresses the doctor, who responds indignantly.
Flight attendant: "So are you gonna, like, do something for him?"
Doctor: "I'm not a goddamned nurse!"
Votey: A close-up of the doctor's face, still indignant, with a speech bubble above.
Doctor: "Also does he have insurance?"
Flight attendant: "Is there a doctor on the plane? A man has had a heart attack!"
Panel 2: A man stands up, raising his hand.
Man (standing): "I'm a doctor."
Flight attendant: "Please come."
Panel 3 (captioned "SHORTLY"): The doctor kneels beside the collapsed passenger lying in the aisle, examining him.
Doctor: "Your diagnosis was accurate. He's had a heart attack."
Panel 4: The flight attendant, looking distressed, addresses the doctor, who responds indignantly.
Flight attendant: "So are you gonna, like, do something for him?"
Doctor: "I'm not a goddamned nurse!"
Votey: A close-up of the doctor's face, still indignant, with a speech bubble above.
Doctor: "Also does he have insurance?"
Alt text
A four-panel comic set on an airplane. Panel 1: a flight attendant announces in the aisle, "Is there a doctor on the plane? A man has had a heart attack!" Panel 2: a seated man stands and says "I'm a doctor"; the attendant replies "Please come." Panel 3, labeled "Shortly," shows the doctor kneeling over a man collapsed in the aisle and declaring, "Your diagnosis was accurate. He's had a heart attack." Panel 4: the worried attendant asks, "So are you gonna, like, do something for him?" and the doctor snaps back, indignant, "I'm not a goddamned nurse!" The joke is that the doctor only diagnoses and refuses to actually treat the patient. Votey aftercomic: a close-up of the doctor's irritated face adding, "Also does he have insurance?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.