How do you read Moby Dick?
strip info approved by DaveKellett
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| Panel |
Dialogue |
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| 1 |
GRAMP (sitting in a chair, smiling, Thinking): "Call me Ishmael" ...strong start
NARRATOR (talking): Read that first line
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THE HOUSE (Living room)
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- Book (Moby Dick)
- Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
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| 2 |
NARRATOR (talking): Enjoy the first few chapters
GRAMP (reading a book, sitting in a chair)
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THE HOUSE (Living room)
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- Book (Moby Dick)
- Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
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| 3 |
NARRATOR (talking): Glaze over when you get to the endless pages talking about rope
GRAMP (dazed, sitting in a chair)
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THE HOUSE (Living room)
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- Book (Moby Dick)
- Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
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| 4 |
NARRATOR (talking): Skip 120 to 140 pages
GRAMP (flipping pages, sitting in a chair, sticking tongue out)
(SOUND FX) (turning page)
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THE HOUSE (Living room)
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- Book (Moby Dick)
- Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
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| 5 |
GRAMP (sitting in a chair, Thinking): It's like missing six weeks of "Days of Our Lives"! No plot has been advanced!
NARRATOR (talking): Realize you missed nothing
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THE HOUSE (Living room)
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- Book (Moby Dick)
- Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
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| 6 |
GRAMP (reading a book, sitting in a chair, whistling): daaaaang...
NARRATOR (talking): Get to the part where he says "if his chest had been a cannon, he would have shot his heart upon it..."
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THE HOUSE (Living room)
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- Book (Moby Dick)
- Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
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| 7 |
NARRATOR (talking): But then you get a few more chapters on ship maintenance, causing you to fall asleep with your eyes open.
GRAMP (eyes open, sitting in a chair, Sleeping)
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THE HOUSE (Living room)
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- Book (Moby Dick)
- Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
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| 8 |
NARRATOR (talking): Go back to watching "America's Next Top Model"
GRAMP (sitting in a chair, smiling, watching TV)
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THE HOUSE (Living room)
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- Book (Moby Dick)
- Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
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