6/19/10
As we drink along with the Thorps in order to ride out this never-ending season, I got to wondering: have the baseball seasons been getting longer, or just more intolerably dull? So I checked out the first June I wrote this blog, (three years ago!) and it appears the last day of the season was July 8th. But back then, at least we had Clambake to keep us paying attention.
Do you think we can make it another three weeks (which is enough time for Molly’s dislocated arm to…well, still be dislocated) without slipping into a coma? Seems doubtful…
6/21/10
…and when the artist spends way too much time drawing all the characters looking dreary and mopey and totally bored, it wears us down too. Again, let’s take a field trip back to 2007, when the art of Frank McLaughlin, while often copied over and over (and over) again, was just different enough each time to be brilliantly interesting. Maybe he cared as little as Whigham does now, but at least he didn’t drag me down with him. And we knew that Marty Moon had a posse. Ah, those were the days!
At home with Mimi and Gil, drinking wine and sitting next to the microwave oven.
How many years has it been since we’ve seen their kids? How many years has it been since THEY’VE seen their kids…
Comment by billytheskink — June 21, 2010 @ 7:24 am
Once again, I tried to imiate the poses in the strip (this time, Molly “Cardboard Bikini” Kinsella) and once again, I have dislocated something. Damn, she’s so bad even the baseball is unhappy. (Note the frown it’s giving.)
In panel two, Cassie’s (at least I THINK it’s Cassie)head exploded.
Mimi is acknowlegeing what we already knew: Gil is such a lousy coach (note the term “raggedy bunch”) that he should be fired.
I see some drunken,angry sex in Gil’s future.
Comment by Regina — June 21, 2010 @ 8:15 am
Never mind More Cowbell, More Clambake! Please make him part of the Summer o” Crazy.
BTW anyone seen Mr. Bakst?
Comment by Regina — June 21, 2010 @ 8:16 am
I can fix part of the raggedy, but somebody else has to supply the scissors and a goodly supply of that hand-degreaser stuff mechanics use.
Comment by dale — June 21, 2010 @ 10:35 am
When do the roofies that Gil put in the drink start to take effect?
Comment by freehawk — June 21, 2010 @ 12:37 pm
6/21 – the rest of the Gil/Mimi storyline –
Mimi: “Oh Gil, ‘f’ the teams; [pant, pant] take me, take me! You know… take me out to dinner and a movie; you haven’t satisfied me since the summer of ’67 you old sot. If it wasn’t for electricity I’d be cranky all the time!”
Comment by semperfi4evr — June 21, 2010 @ 2:05 pm
Jason, in the immortal words of Carly Simon, “These are the good, old days.”
Comment by Don, the Rebel without a Blog — June 21, 2010 @ 4:13 pm
im with the first quote who drinks wine near there microwave . maybe the kids are upset with the game because gil and kaz are already at happy hour and they would rather be at band practice ,playing xbox sniffing glue or getting monkey love from cassie
Comment by mr120zcan — June 21, 2010 @ 7:25 pm
Molly has developed a new pitch which she calls the dislocator. The only problems with it are she can only throw it once and the other team hits it so hard that even Cassie’s telekinetic powers can’t keep it in the park.
Not that any of it matters because while both teams are losing the Thorps are at home drinking wine and getting themselves in the mood by discussing high school athletics. Again it doesn’t matter because for Gil it’s like shooting pool with a piece of rope.
Comment by DieClambakeDie — June 21, 2010 @ 8:39 pm
like shooting pool with a piece of rope
or stuffing a marshmallow in a toaster.
Comment by Ned Ryerson — June 22, 2010 @ 8:50 am