Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for May 19, 2002
Transcript:
SHLOX-TV presents: ARE U A STAR? with your host: Ty Dyson! TY: Hi, friends! Did you ever wonder where the next Britney Spears or NSync will come from? Well, we did! So we're searching the country, asking the young people: ARE U A STAR? ELLEN: I'm a star, Ty! TY: Well, now! What's your name? ELLEN: I'm Ellen Wright. I'm 15 years old and I AM A STAR! TY: Great! What's your talent? ELLEN: Talent? TY: What makes you a star, Ellen? Do you sing? Do you dance? ELLEN: Umm..I just want to be famous. TY: For doing what? ELLEN: Whatever I'll do anything. TY: I'm sorry, Ellen. U ARE NOT A STAR! ELLEN: I'm ..I'm not?
Ellen is fifteen. Ellen has a boyfriend, and supposedly cheated on one of them.
Why do these comic characters mature so fast?