Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 9th June 1996
Dilbert//2612, first published thirty years ago on Sunday 9th June 1996
Tags
dogbert gullible spend money gullible freinds touch tone phone
Official transcript
Dilbert walks through the house thinking, "Where's Dogbert?"
Dilbert sits on the couch and turns the television on with the remote control. He thinks, "Uh-oh."
On a tv commercial, Dogbert sits at a desk wearing a sorcerer's hat. Dogbert asks, "Are you gullible? Do you spend money on stupid stuff?"
Dogbert continues, "Call the 'Dogbert Gullible Friends Hotline' for help. Only four dollars per minute."
On tv, a woman says into a telephone, "Hello, Dogbert. I bought an exercise machine and I'm still lazy."
Dogbert says, "Please hold."
The woman replies, "Okay."
Dogbert says, "Call now, and I'll replace your old television with a new one that looks just like it, while you sleep!"
Dogbert continues, "If you don't have a touch tone phone, stay on the line . . . Until you get one."
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
WHERE'S DOGBERT?
ARE YOU GULLIBLE? DO YOU SPEND MONEY ON STUPID STUFF?
CALL THE "DOGBERT GULLIBLE FRIENDS HOTLINE" FOR HELP. ONLY FOUR DOLLARS PER MINUTE.
HELLO, DOGBERT. I BOUGHT AN EXERCISE MACHINE AND I'M STILL LAZY.
PLEASE HOLD.
OKAY!
CALL NOW, AND I'LL REPLACE YOUR OLD TELEVISION WITH A NEW ONE THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE IT, WHILE YOU SLEEP!
IF YOU DON'THAVE A TOUCH TONE PHONE, STAY ON THE LINE UNTIL YOU GET ONE.
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
The title of this comic strip is "Dogbert's Gullible Friends Hotline."
The comic strip features Dogbert, a character from the popular comic strip "Dilbert," who has started a hotline for people who are gullible. The first panel shows Dogbert sitting in a chair, looking at a TV with a person on it who is asking if he is gullible. Dogbert responds by saying, "Are you gullible? Do you spend money on stupid stuff?"
The person on the TV replies, "Hello, Dogbert. I bought an exercise machine and I'm still lazy." Dogbert then says, "Call now, and I'll replace your old television with a new one that looks just like it, while you sleep!"
The person on the TV agrees to call the hotline, and Dogbert gives him a phone number to dial. The person dials the number and is connected to Dogbert, who asks him if he has a touch-tone phone. The person says yes, and Dogbert tells him to stay on the line until he gets one.
The final panel shows the person on the TV holding a phone, with Dogbert on the other end of the line. Dogbert says, "If you don't have a touch-tone phone, stay on the line... until you get one."
Overall, the comic strip pokes fun at people who are easily fooled by scams and sales pitches, and highlights the absurdity of Dogbert's gullible friends hotline.
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