Marjie: Did you hear about the great Bucket salt disaster from last night?
Gil: No, I was busy being passed out. Besides, it turns out The Bucket really enforces that “Everyone needs to wear pants in our restaurant” rule.
Marjie: It’s because of you they have that rule, right?
Gil: Exactly, Marjie. Paul Diehl at catcher…blah blah some other players and positions.
Marjie: Umm, I didn’t ask anything about that.
Gil: Oh, sorry. Kaz bet me a case of Pabst I couldn’t name all the starters. He doesn’t realize what I can remember when the right motivation is there.
Marjie: Mind if I stand uncomfortably close to you?
Gil: That’s fine, I guess. It blocks my view of how awful the team looks right now. They apparently want to throw twenty feet over each other. Look at that Shep Trumbo jump!
Marjie: Wait, there’s a guy named SHEP TRUMBO on your squad? Seriously?
Gil: Uh, yeah, I guess. I think we ran out of good names. Hey Kaz! Do I have to name a pitcher too? Really? Wow, this is harder than I thought.
suddenly…
Marty Moon or maybe Sacko and Hatt, but probably not Rick Reilly: Make way! make way for the real media!
Gil: Looks like I’m no longer the drunkest guy here today.
Up next, Marjie reveals the Milford Star went out of business last month and she now lives in Marty Moon’s mom’s basement!
What’s up with picking up this conversation already in progress? I initially thought Marjie was trimming her stache with an electric razor. Also….what is holding her eyeglasses on?
Comment by knoxy — April 3, 2009 @ 10:32 am
Snark-a-licious, JB
Comment by SemperFi4evr — April 3, 2009 @ 10:34 am
Marjie and Marty, both laid off, move in together to save money. Hijinks — and, eventually, romance — ensue. Surely that would be a more interesting plot than Shep Trumbo’s salt-spilling antics.
Comment by jfruh — April 3, 2009 @ 11:11 am
So Rubin was stuck partway through the Thursday strip: “How do I finish out the week? Let’s see … two panels with the salt shaker trick, that joins Thursday to Friday … then Gil can recite the starting lineup to Marjie, that’s all she’s good for anyhow … then, the last Friday panel can tease whatever readers are left with an unidentified speaker …”
Comment by Philip — April 3, 2009 @ 11:39 am
“Make way for the REAL Media” – Hmmm, what are Sacko and Hatt (or MM) gonna ask that Marjie hasn’t already covered?
S&H or MM: So Coach, uh…
Comment by Gil'sBarber — April 3, 2009 @ 11:46 am
Knoxy-super glue. Note how the drying has pulled wrinkles around Marjie’s eyes. Or maybe those wrinkles are from hanging with Marty, jfruh. Yeah, and how ’bout that Shrimp Turbo’s jump in panel 2…I actually think he and the guy in front of him (probably Robbbb)are doing some sort of weird ballet.
Comment by meathook — April 3, 2009 @ 12:10 pm
I think Turbo Shrimp, Robbbb and the guy protruding from Marjie’s shoulder are doing the “YMCA” – out of order, of course.
Comment by Gil'sBarber — April 3, 2009 @ 12:31 pm
Help, Marjie is trying to eat my soul! And put it in her digital voice recorder!
Comment by Teasipper Academy — April 3, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
I’m hoping for a drunken Marty Moon making this conceited statement, but I think it’ll be Sacko and Hatt, who now think because they’re the new Mike and the Mad Dog because they’re on Public Access.
Comment by Regina — April 3, 2009 @ 12:58 pm
Panel Three – Marjie is wearing a pair of those joke eyeglasses with the eyes painted on! She knew this interview was going to bore her into unconsciousness.
Mystery Speaker: “Make way for the REAL media! You know, the one who’s awake, for now!”
Comment by jules — April 3, 2009 @ 1:06 pm
Hey, at least Marjie didn’t just draw glasses on her face, the way LG Howard Gourwitz did.
Comment by Sourbelly — April 3, 2009 @ 1:13 pm
Is there any real media in Milford?? Maybe Marjie is wearing Teddy Roosevelt style glass. Just pinch on your nose. I wonder is Robbbb Larue related to Lash Larue or perhaps Johnny Larue from SCTV fame.
Comment by Bobby Joe — April 3, 2009 @ 1:14 pm
Marjie Ducey has the Lt. Uhura role in “Gil Thorp.” As Philip (#4) pointed out, her entire role consists of showing up once a semester, listening to Gil recite his lineup, and then disappearing for four months. I guess they need a pretext for the seasonal naming-of-the-starters, and they can’t use Marty because he’d actually ask uncomfortable questions instead of letting Gil blabber on. “Bill Hawkins at short?” says Marty, waving around some random item from his pocket that he’s pretending is a microphone. “That little pipsqueak? Are you f*ing kidding me? And Trumbo, Bauza, and Larue in the outfield? Gil, exactly how drunk were you when you made out this lineup?”
Comment by johnw — April 3, 2009 @ 1:31 pm
LMAO John, yep and then, “And what about your so-called assistant Kaz, who lost his earring about a year ago. Any updates there?”
Comment by Gil'sBarber — April 3, 2009 @ 6:06 pm
Marjie is still the best-looking female in the strip. And she used her time off to buy new glasses. What would she have asked Gil to have elicited his response? Did he just repeat what she said off-strip?
Comment by Rob — April 3, 2009 @ 6:15 pm
Quote:Up next, Marjie reveals the Milford Star went out of business last month and she now lives in Marty Moon’s mom’s basement!
Marjie is a blogger?
Comment by bevo — April 3, 2009 @ 8:42 pm
Tomorrow: Sacko and the Rajah! They’re nuts, boys!
Comment by Don, the Rebel without a Blog — April 3, 2009 @ 9:32 pm
I want nothing to do with their nuts.
Comment by Wing-T Nut — April 3, 2009 @ 10:38 pm
As predicted by Johnw, in Saturday’s strip Gil waslks away, not to be seen again for another four months.
Comment by Regina — April 4, 2009 @ 8:09 am
Nice polka dot shirt in panel 1 of Saturday’s strip. Goes well with the leisure suit he appears to be wearing. Is it disco day in Milford?
Comment by Bobby Joe — April 4, 2009 @ 8:23 am
It’s ALWAYS Disco Day in Milford Bobby.
Unless it’s 80′s day.
Comment by Gil'sBarber — April 4, 2009 @ 8:50 pm
4-4
Foreshadowing, the sign of quality literature. I wonder what will happening. Will Clambake return? Will the Milfold Trenchcoat Mafia give Sack and the Hat the killing they deserve? Will Marty show up drunk and challenge Sack and the Hat to a steel cage match. I can’t wait till Monday.
Comment by Doug Puthoff — April 4, 2009 @ 9:53 pm
I wonder if the leisure suit is lime green. Wish it was in color.
Comment by Bobby Joe — April 5, 2009 @ 7:43 am
Hey guys – Louisville still lives – on women’s roundball – they made it to the final 2 !! Of course U-Conn women have like a kajillion game streak, but still – GO CARDS!
And btw, we might start seeing this in color. I suggest ev1 tip the jar so that Jason could subscribe to the Louisville Courier-Journal – costs like $15 a month lol (not including Sunday)
Comment by Gil'sBarber — April 5, 2009 @ 9:19 pm
Panel 2:
Marjie: Wow Gil, Thats quite a Big Whistle you are sporting there!
Gil’s response is obvious and left to the reader! :)
Comment by el lumpbo — April 6, 2009 @ 9:57 am