Lessons
Original: Lessons on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Father (a man with glasses, mustache, and curly brown hair, holding a book): SON, I WANT YOU TO READ ABOUT HITLER. IF WE DON'T LEARN ABOUT THE PAST WE'RE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.
(The son, with curly brown hair, is seen from behind.)
Panel 2:
(Close-up of the son reading an open red book.)
Panel 3:
Caption: SHORTLY...
Father (standing in front of the house, which is engulfed in flames): OH MY GOD THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE! WHO DID THIS?!
Panel 4:
(The father and son stand in darkness lit by the fire.)
Father: COMMUNISTS ARE EVERYWHERE. DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME I MUST ASSUME TOTAL AUTHORITY OVER THE HOUSEHOLD.
Votey:
(Close-up of the father's face, looking stern.)
Father: THIS IS A TEMPORARY AND NECESSARY SUSPENSION OF NORMAL ORDER.
Father (a man with glasses, mustache, and curly brown hair, holding a book): SON, I WANT YOU TO READ ABOUT HITLER. IF WE DON'T LEARN ABOUT THE PAST WE'RE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.
(The son, with curly brown hair, is seen from behind.)
Panel 2:
(Close-up of the son reading an open red book.)
Panel 3:
Caption: SHORTLY...
Father (standing in front of the house, which is engulfed in flames): OH MY GOD THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE! WHO DID THIS?!
Panel 4:
(The father and son stand in darkness lit by the fire.)
Father: COMMUNISTS ARE EVERYWHERE. DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME I MUST ASSUME TOTAL AUTHORITY OVER THE HOUSEHOLD.
Votey:
(Close-up of the father's face, looking stern.)
Father: THIS IS A TEMPORARY AND NECESSARY SUSPENSION OF NORMAL ORDER.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A father with glasses, a mustache, and curly brown hair holds a book and tells his son, "Son, I want you to read about Hitler. If we don't learn about the past we're doomed to repeat it." The son is seen from behind. Panel 2: Close-up of the son reading an open red book. Panel 3: Labeled "Shortly..." The house is fully engulfed in flames, and the father stands before it shouting, "Oh my god the house is on fire! Who did this?!" Panel 4: The father and son stand in the dark, lit by firelight. The father declares, "Communists are everywhere. During this difficult time I must assume total authority over the household." The joke: the father, having just taught his son the lesson of Hitler, immediately and obliviously reenacts the Reichstag-fire power grab himself. Votey (bonus panel): A close-up of the father's stern face as he adds, "This is a temporary and necessary suspension of normal order."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.