Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 9th December 2016

Dilbert//10100, first published ten years ago on Friday 9th December 2016

Hire A Famous Cartoonist

Tags

samsung, safety, explosion, battery, marketing, trust, celebrity, cartoonist, business

Official transcript

Boss: We need to regain customer trust after our exploding phone fiasco. Dogbert: You need a celebrity endorsement. People trust celebrities with their life-and-death decisions. Maybe a famous cartoonist. Boss: I don't see how that could go wrong. Narrator: Continued...

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WE NEED TO REGAIN CUSTOMER TRUST AFTER OUR EXPLODING PHONE FIASCO.

YOU NEED A CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT. PEOPLE TRUST CELEBRITIES WITH THEIR LIFE-AND- DEATH DECISIONS.

MAYBE A FAMOUS CARTOONIST.

I DON'T SEE HOW THAT COULD GO WRONG.

CONTINUED...

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Celebrity Endorsements"

Summary:

The comic strip, originally published in Dilbert, revolves around a meeting where a company is seeking to regain customer trust after a phone fiasco. The conversation turns to the idea of using celebrity endorsements to restore faith in the brand. However, the main character, Dilbert, expresses skepticism, stating that people trust celebrities with their life-and-death decisions but not necessarily with business decisions. He humorously suggests that maybe a famous cartoonist could be used as an endorsement, implying that even someone as fictional as a cartoon character might be more trustworthy than a celebrity. The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of relying on celebrity endorsements to solve problems and highlights the absurdity of seeking trust from individuals who are not experts in the field.

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