7/16/09
7/17/09
Sorry Coach Ted, Jonah and Casper…but when “Who’s been thrusting their balls at Gil’s house?” is the more interesting storyline, you clearly have a snoozer. Mocking underprivileged kids playing baseball, while clearly rewarding, still gets old quite fast.
As for Chief Lind and the Mystery of the Baseball Chucker….well let’s say that someone who holds a yearbook like that doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence in his ability to detect much of anything. The fact that he’s already determined that Strump Bimbo is out of town is shockingly greater progress than I expected. What Lind really needs to do is hire Kaz. Kaz makes everything better! First he’ll do some punchin’, then drinkin’, then bad interviewin’…then he’ll hire a private investigator so he can go do a whole lot more punchin’ and drinkin’. Hey, I can dream, can’t I?
Ease up, Jason!
Comment by Don, the Rebel without a Blog — July 16, 2009 @ 11:53 pm
If Rubin wanted to tie things together, Jonah would turn out to be the guy who broke the Thorp’s window. 7/17, panel 2, he’s showing remarkably good form for a Whigham-drawn beginner, even if he is about to take that short hop grounder in a sensitive region.
Comment by Philip — July 17, 2009 @ 4:58 am
Someone should inform Casper that Jonah is a colon commando and the shot to the nuts he’s about to take is going to require some serious massaging. How did being poor prevent these kids from playing ball? Or from being given human names? There’s no way Casper is mentally stable with a moniker like that.
Comment by knoxy — July 17, 2009 @ 5:33 am
I am sure those nutty pranksters from Valley Tech are behind the baseball, or football boosters who are royally pissed because, for two years running, Gil refused to run an offense (the veer) that could have taken Milford to the playdowns.
If this series were set in Texas, Gil’s house would have been burned by now for such behavior. I guess in Connecticut a baseball thrown in the window express the town folk’ displeasure with the football coach.
Comment by bevo — July 17, 2009 @ 5:51 am
What on earth happened to the side of Chief Lind’s head in today’s panel 3?
Comment by billytheskink — July 17, 2009 @ 6:53 am
I think Shemp Dumbo has hired a hit man to avenge his dismissal from the baseball team. The vacation is a cover to give him an alibi.
Comment by Bobby Joe — July 17, 2009 @ 7:33 am
I agree with #6…this is all part of Shemp Crumbo’s diabolic plan to get back at Gil. The next thing is to blow up his mailbox.
It looks like Chief Lind took one of those baseballs to the top of his head.
Hey Rubin, what’s with the crazy names? Okay, Jonah’s kinda normal, but CASPER???? Who in the ’50’s hell names their kid Casper? Only parents who want the crap kicked outta their kid. I say Casper is the ball chucker, just based on his stupid name.
The “where’s Waldo” kid is sporting Cully hair.
Comment by Regina — July 17, 2009 @ 7:39 am
Sometime between 7/16 and 7/17, Casper got himself a pompadour (speaking of the ’50’s). And some bitchin’ Touch of Gray sideburns.
Comment by jvwalt — July 17, 2009 @ 8:16 am
Casper’s hair is screaming Eraserhead to me.
Panel one of 7/16 suggests to me that Gil has already flown the coop. He probably mumbled something about lunch and hobos and left Mimi and the Chief (catchy title for a 70s era tv show) to look for clues in a yearbook…and btw, the part of Mimi is being played by Rocky Dennis from Mask….this gets more David Lynchian by the minute.
By the time Chief Lind calls with the details of the investigation, Gil has totally forgotten the whole thing. “Trumbos? Vacation? Window? Who is this? Look, can we do this later? I’ve got to meet, uh, Jimmy Jojo Shabadoo for lunch….yeah lunch.”
Comment by Ned Ryerson — July 17, 2009 @ 8:47 am
Looks to me like Casper’s hair is on fire!
Note to Gildo: Get a surveillance camera you dolt! It will also log the many visitors Mimi entertains while you’re at PUB.
Comment by SemperFi4evr — July 17, 2009 @ 9:56 am
“What on earth happened to the side of Chief Lind’s head in today’s panel 3?”
His phone puked on him!
Comment by Gil'sBarber — July 17, 2009 @ 9:58 am
And maybe if these kids got a job instead of playing baseball, they wouldn’t be so underprivileged.
Comment by Gil'sBarber — July 17, 2009 @ 10:01 am
Maybe these kids are underpriviledged name-wise, and not economically. The other kids in the lineup are Myron, Boris, Quigley, Emmett, Horace, Irwin, Sheldon, and Virgil.
Comment by AirForbes — July 17, 2009 @ 10:33 am
If that’s the case, AirForbes, then why isn’t Shep Trumbo among them?
Comment by billytheskink — July 17, 2009 @ 11:44 am
I still want to know what was the justification for kicking Shep off the team.
Actual crime committed? None reported.
School rule violated? None mentioned.
Gil’s proof? Ratfink said Shep said he did it.
Comment by dale — July 17, 2009 @ 12:16 pm
A correction on Casper’s comment, girls like ballplayers who wear cups. As my lovely ex used to tell me, “a short hop in the gnads turns out really bads.” I know, the English is not the best but I didn’t care cause she always said it while performing a cup check. “Coach, her hand is down my pants because she’s checking my equipment.”
Comment by Ray — July 17, 2009 @ 1:27 pm
How about Jonah growing a foot in a day? Look how big he’s gotten from Thur. to Fri. In 2 years, he’ll be Yao Ming.
Comment by Rob — July 17, 2009 @ 3:58 pm
Was Trump Lumpbo even at Milford last year? Inspector Nad-jet is looking through a 2008 Yearbook! I think he is just scoping out the Cheerleaders or the girl’s soccer team… Wait, soccer does not yet exist in Milford!
Oh well I st riveted waiting for the Down oun out World Series! Wonder if they have Playdowns!
Comment by El Lumpbo — July 17, 2009 @ 4:37 pm
Playdowns? Are you kidding me? Playdowns?
Comment by Don, the Rebel without a Blog — July 17, 2009 @ 6:16 pm
And Sat. we have the mailbox with the flag on the WRONG side! Its always built on the right side of the door, not the left. And look! A ball inside! Gil acts like this is the clue that will solve the mystery. Huh?
Comment by Rob — July 18, 2009 @ 1:53 pm
Good point, Billy – maybe because Shep is on “vacation”?
Whoever is throwing the baseballs at Gil’s house is outright taunting him now. I like their style.
Comment by AirForbes — July 18, 2009 @ 5:58 pm
My vote is still for Ernest T. Bass. They don’t have any rocks in Milford, so he has to use baseballs.
Comment by Gil'sBarber — July 18, 2009 @ 6:39 pm
@13 Airforbes, yep all of those underprivileged names o’ kids — Ernest T. has been blamed for all of these years, but he knows the real truth – they got Gil’s DNA and he got off scot-free!
Time for revenge for all of those child-support payments !
Comment by Gil'sBarber — July 18, 2009 @ 6:43 pm