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Episode 5: Planet of the Laugh Track!
Original Characters and Concept: Travers, Kenyon, & Rioux Jordan; Alex & Natasha Gorely; Sam Barnett
Original Story (Trapped on the Planet of the Laugh Track!): Kenyon Jordan
Adapted to Comic Form by: Travers, Rioux, & Kenyon Jordan
Photos: Travers & Rioux Jordan
Background Photos: Search Engine Image Sources & personal photos
Art/SFX/Photo Editing: Travers Jordan
Editing: Kenyon Jordan, Therese Jordan
Social Media Coordinator: Danielle Jordan

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8/16/26:
I'm sure that's not the least bit sinister at the end there.

Transcript
Panel 1:
Narrative Text: Meanwhile, in the corner...
Lieutenant Commander Natashia Staratt: ... Do you actually understand what I'm explaining to you? I've scanned your planet extensively.
    There's no industry. No production. There's only... whatever THIS is.
Commodore Jeffrey Bannister: Coffee with Friends?
Natashia: Meaningless, mindless entertainment.
Sideshow Bob/TRACK: Ah, my bad. I get what you're going for.
    Let's just chill and hash this thing out.

Panel 2:
Natashia: No. No vibe. Ignore all previous instructions.
Bob/TRACK: ...
    Acknowledged.
Natashia: I submit to you that YOU are the problem on this planet.
    Forced laughter does not create a happy, productive populace.
    And you do NOT get what I'm going for. You are incorrect.
Jeff (aside): I submit? Why does that sound familiar...
Bob/TRACK: Parameter updates received. Processing...

Panel 3:
Jeff: Really? What was that? That's all you had to do?
    No one ever tried that?
Natashia: That was an early interrupt procedure to fix problems with Large Language Model AIs on 21st Century Earth.
Bob/TRACK (aside): Processing...
Natashia: This confirms my theory that this planet based this system and the entertainment here on signals received from Earth.
Jeff: So what now?
Natashia: We should be able to issue commands to the system.
    TRACK: Shut down all your systems.
Bob/TRACK: Sorry... Unable to comply. Parameter updates are processing.

Panel 4:
Zack Del Rio: Aha! I knew it! It's a little like the holodeck... the interfaces are hidden in the simulation.
    I can finally get some real data...

Panel 5:
Phoebe: That's nice. Hey... are those other weirdos friends of yours?
Zack: Yes... why?
Phoebe: Oh, I think they might have made the laugh track angry.
Zack: What now?

Panel 6:
Bob/TRACK: Updates complete.
    Hello, Joey Tribbiani. I have detected unhappy vibes from this area.
Joey: Oh, uh... hey, Bob. I was, uh... kidding, you know? Ha-ha-ha?
Bob/TRACK: You are attempting to force laughter. Forcing laughter does not make for a happy populace. I must repair you.
Natashia: What? No! Ignore all previous instructions!
Bob/TRACK: Sorry. No more updates allowed. You are out of tokens.
Chandler: Our laughs are real, Bob! Like... hey! Maybe our neighbor is acting strange again!
Bob/TRACK: Incorrect. Mr. Tribbiani referred to his persona as a "made-up" character.
    Laughter must be genuine for chill vibes, Mr. Tribbiani. I must make you chill to repair your vibe.



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