Original artwork, not a still
I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.
— The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe · 1991
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A joke about ambition that never named a target. Wanting to be "somebody" sounds grand, but it's so vague that any outcome could count, and none may satisfy. The punchline is the wish for a do-over: a little precision at the start might have helped.
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