7/31/09
Alas, the only thing being punched is a wall. And it’s not by Kaz. And it’s a crappy punch to boot. Sigh.
8/1/09
Like me, Gil is essentially a lazy, drunken slacker. He’s sharp enough to realize if he gets the police involved, there’d be a whole lot of paperwork, and who needs that aggravation? That, plus if he keeps this episode off the public record, he and Kaz can continue to torture Marty Duh-Bong as much as they want. Like drive verrrrry slowly to the emergency room, then slip the docs a twenty to give the kid sub-standard care. (Little does Gil know they would have done that anyway…)
8/3/09
…and so the plot devolves even further, now into some snoozer about health care reform or something. And we didn’t even get to see the action where Gil kicks Marty in the nuts, yelling “I got yer x-ray payment right here, punk! Now whose balls are knocked into their house, eh?”
Is the reporter (I can’t think of her name) moonlighting as a doctor in the third panel of the second strip.
I see where all of this is going. Gil, being a lazy, drunken slacker, is gonna get Marty MaJong to take over his gig as coach for the homeless Bad News Bears, therefore giving him a good three weeks of PUB time and teaching Marty a very valuble lesson: don’t throw balls at Gil Thorps house or he will get you involved in something he volunteered for and that’ll be the last you’ll ever see of him.
The only thing that would make this awesome is if Clambake shows up and tells Marty DeBong that the reason his arm burned out is that he didn’t keep is eye on the hole and lock it in.
Comment by Regina — August 3, 2009 @ 8:20 am
Gil is gonna make sure he gets that money back for that X-ray…he just may have Marty doing his job until basketball season.
Comment by Regina — August 3, 2009 @ 8:21 am
Marty sure needs to take a leak in the last panel on 8/3. A soda is the last thing he needs.
Comment by southmauldin — August 3, 2009 @ 9:11 am
“Spring for a SODA”… gee Coach can I get a cherry on top.. can I huh!!!
Come on Dead Beat Marty is 24… this has to be slang for “lets hit the Pub and the first round is on me!”
Comment by el lumpbo — August 3, 2009 @ 10:55 am
i’m trying to decide if Marty has an extra finger on his right hand in 7/31 panel 2, or on his left hand in 8/3 panel 2
Comment by gil fanski — August 3, 2009 @ 10:57 am
Marty’s private jet sounds pretty fun, though!
Comment by Dolemite — August 3, 2009 @ 11:04 am
So…you can just go to an emergency room, say “I have insurance,” and they believe you? Oh yeah, I guess nobody would ever lie about something as important as that.
Comment by laura c — August 3, 2009 @ 11:35 am
So… is this the part of the story where Marty has to get his hand amputated by chainsaw, due to lack of insurance?
Zoinks!
Comment by El Santo — August 3, 2009 @ 11:37 am
If you’re going to violate federal law by putting something in a mailbox,
a baseball is childish. Grow up Marty; try a rattlesnake.
Comment by dale — August 3, 2009 @ 11:38 am
Laura… nobody would believe that.. not even in Milford….but when he mentioned it came with the private jet… he was in!
Comment by el lumpbo — August 3, 2009 @ 11:39 am
Ship this kid’s ass off to Kalamazoo!
Comment by Kevin In JAX — August 3, 2009 @ 1:13 pm
He punches a wall and doesn’t even break his hand? Wuss.
Comment by sourbelly — August 3, 2009 @ 1:50 pm
As I recall, Marty was reluctant to tell Gil or anyone else about his arm issues and when he was finally honest with the coaches they let him take his entire junior year off. Seems to me like he deserves more blame for a dead arm than Gil, who actually coached back then and actually did try to save his arm once he was aware of the problem.
Marty may as well be blaming the second-hand smoke from his chimney-like father for his troubles…
While I don’t recall reading a strip about Marty actually getting taken in the MLB draft, it would seem to me that throwing your arm out after signing a pro contract would be a better deal than doing so in college.
If Marty was drafted in the first few rounds then he likely would have gotten a 6-fugure signing bonus, money he could apply toward college if that’s what he’s upset about here (Gil even suggested he work that into his contract).
With Title IX in full effect, it is unlikely he would have gotten a full-ride college scholarship for his baseball skills and what scholarship money he would have gotten is probably considerably less than a pro signing bonus.
Plus, the MLB draft isn’t like the NBA or NFL drafts; drafted players decide to go to college all of the time. There was nothing preventing Marty from going to play college ball if he didn’t feel he was drafted high enough (or at all).
What a dissapointment that this summer’s “mystery” storyline is going to turn into Gil helping a pissed-off former player who has no one to blame for his troubles but himself.
Comment by billytheskink — August 3, 2009 @ 2:05 pm
I like the new shrunken Gil, Kaz and Marty in 8/03 panel #3 – no bigger than the tables and chairs!
Comment by milfordian — August 3, 2009 @ 2:35 pm
I was seriously hoping Kaz’s line in the first strip about “police or the emergency room” meant that he was asking whether or not he should provide an extra-judicial beat-down on Marty DeJong. A couple panels of Kaz and Gil pounding away on Marty in an alley behind PUB would have been just what this story needs . . .
Comment by Steve — August 3, 2009 @ 3:50 pm
The part of Marty DingDong is being played by Maynard G Krebbs.
Comment by SemperFi4Evr — August 3, 2009 @ 7:28 pm
i just wanna know whats up with the guy who was checking into the hotel the other day ???
Comment by mr 12 oz can — August 3, 2009 @ 8:39 pm
#17: You mean Mr. Bakst, who was traveling to Charleston?
Kelly booked his flight on some third rate airline. His plane developed engine trouble and made an emergency landing in Kalamazoo. The airline had no offices in the Kalamazoo airport, so Mr. Bakst called Kelly for help with arrangements to get him to Charleston. She tried to get him a rental car, but all she could come up with was getting him a seat on the Kalamazoo Kings team bus which would get him to Terre Haute the next day, where she thought she had a line on a regional shuttle to Des Moines via North Platte, which would route through Chicago, then on to Charleston. (She’s actually not a very good travel agent.)
Mr. Bakst had to bunk with Elmer Vargas at his rooming house. The landlord was practically force feeding him potatoes and Elmer’s night terrors kept him up all night. He took an three Ambien on the bus and woke up wearing the Kings mascot costume. (The regular mascot disappeared at a truckstop and the team left without him). I don’t know what happened after that.
Comment by Ned Ryerson — August 3, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
Ned, (#18) that’s what i thought happened, too.
Comment by gil fanski — August 4, 2009 @ 8:06 am
Ned: Sounds completely plausible to me and a much better plot than what’s been going on.
In today’s strip: Is Gil trying to tell Marty something with the way he’s holding that sodee bottle?
Comment by Regina — August 4, 2009 @ 8:41 am
Ned…great plot line…I am still chuckling over the 3 Ambien and waking up wearing the mascot outfit. The comments section is much better than the strip itself.
Comment by Don Willoughby — August 4, 2009 @ 10:49 am
I wonder if Mr. Bakst favorite libation is a Pabst….sigh I digress…much like this sad strip.
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