April 14, 2010
#727: Trade Expert explain

[Cueball as a news anchor is sitting behind a desk with his hand on the desk, leaning towards his off-panel guest to the right.]
Cueball: And for more on the summit, we turn to trade expert Dr. Steven Berlee.
Cueball: Steven?
[Zoom out to include Dr. Steven Berlee, also drawn like Cueball, with his hands below he desk, sitting behind the desk to the right of Cueball facing towards him, still with his hands on the desk.]
Steven Berlee: I’m not actually a doctor or a trade expert. I’m just a programmer who lies to get on news shows.
[Close-up on Steven Berlee.]
Cueball (off-panel): What? Why?
Steven Berlee: To share a message with newscasters.
[Zoom back out to show both men, the news anchor now also with his hands below the desk.]
Cueball: Which is?
Steven Berlee: Every time you say “backslash” as part of a web address on air, I die a little.