7/27/10
“We all hit occasional bad shots. And I do it way more than that!”
Later:
“Thorp said that? No wonder he’s just the title character in this comic. I’m going to have your mother poke you with this spoon and yell ‘Loser!’ at you until you win something. Or until you become a character in a less awful comic. So…. pretty much any other comic. Except Marmaduke.”
7/28/10
So not only is Mr. Peake a pushy jerk…he’s also one of only two spectators at the match today. And he’s able to outwit Marty Moon’s cousin with the missing chromosome to find some kid’s ball and kick it behind a tree. What a stand-up guy!
7/29/10
First, what the hell is “Position Z”? I did my requisite 4 seconds of research and didn’t find any evidence of anyone in the history of Earth having uttered such a phrase in casual conversation. Anyone heard that one before?
Meanwhile Carl Peake is cheating.
Bored? Want to complain to someone who has something to do with this? Well now maybe you can! Alert reader jvwalt just told me about this exciting opportunity: A contest at the Detroit News, where you can vote for the experience of playing golf (yeah, really) at Plum Hollow Country Club (yeah, really) with Neal Rubin himself! If you win, you can ask him where he gets his ideas for the comic.
The top vote getter wins $500 for his or her charity, and one of the entrants who voted for him will win that experience. So I think it’s imperative that we stuff the ballot box with Gil Thorp readers…Gotta get Neal to be subjected to 18 holes of complaints about his comic, right? Currently Neal is in third place, but far behind the top two folks. But with some help from us…and now that Comics Curmudgeon fans behind this too, we could pull it off. Let’s go folks!
OK, sorry. As the motto of this comic goes: “No coaching allowed!”
7/27 Mrs. Peake looks like she is about to pass out into her mashed potatoes. If you were married to the old guy from Fargo you’d be washing down your valium with vodka too. She must be praying for the day he gets shot in a parking lot. Those must be Torrey’s trophies since everyone else in this family is a loser.
7/28 I’m a little confused. Is Gil now coaching the Milford CC golf team? If that’s the case who is on the team? So far I count Kemper and Torrey, kid formerly known as kid stuck in a tree and the shoulder biting slow kid.
7/29 Cheating?! In golf?! I don’t believe it!
Comment by DieClambakeDie — July 29, 2010 @ 9:15 am
What are the odds of Gil Thorp correctly pronouncing “Titleist”? And why does Kemper Peake wear a divot on his head?
Comment by Dood — July 29, 2010 @ 9:21 am
That’s not a divot, that’s a hair transplant from Carl Peake. It looks like it matches perfectly. You can’t say Carl didn’t do anything for Kemper.
Comment by Mr. Ray — July 29, 2010 @ 10:16 am
7/27 Panel 1: Is that a group “Hronk!”?
Comment by Dood — July 29, 2010 @ 10:25 am
Position A is the golf term for the optimal place for your tee shot to land. Position Z is the dad’s dick way of saying that behind a tree is not a very good place for the ball to be.
Comment by schadenfreude — July 29, 2010 @ 10:46 am
I can hardly wait for the introduction of the “Plum Hollow” character — a cousin of Torrey and Kemper’s who lives in a Kentucky trailer park. (Last name pronounced “Holler.”)
7/27 panel 1: So Gil’s golf coaching includes “Pretend You’re an Elephant”? Somehow I don’t think Butch Harmon uses that one. Or, maybe he did and that’s why Tiger fired him.
Comment by jvwalt — July 29, 2010 @ 11:09 am
7/28 panel 2. Why is the kid facing down the fairway?
Much more important! 7/28 panel 1.
Why did that view of Kemper remind me of Bobby from King of the Hill?
Comment by dale — July 29, 2010 @ 11:53 am
Wasn’t this story line supposed to be about Gil THawk coaching kids at a summer clinic???
7/28 Panel 3: does anybody beside me find it interesting that Mr “Potato head” Peake found the other kid’s golf ball???
7/29: Cheating in Golf??? why I never!!!! That’s like coaching at the Youth Bowling Chanpionchips and that’s not allowed. Who would ever do such a thing
Position Z??? The closet i can see is position Y…ask my wife about that one :)
Comment by Clinton — July 29, 2010 @ 11:56 am
Oh God, I’m so bored with this storyline. I’m entering that contest just to nag Rubin about bringing back a character we can all get behind: Clambake.
I still say this dickish dad is Dr. Phil. He even makes Dr. Phil dickish comments.
Panel one, strip one: If this is golf, why in the hell are they doing whatever they’re doing. (I want say touching their toes but why??????))
“Oh man, Chris Stiles! The guy that makes the clay owls! http://www.stilesinclay.com/ Or is it the guy who does Fly Fishing? http://www.adkflyfishing.com/ ” Whoever he is he should take Clambake’s advice: “Lock your eyes on the hole, get set and swing”. Works for baseball, why not every other sport?
Anyway, I think that’s not Marty Moon’s cousin, but Cully, who has a summer job finding golf balls when he’s not at his oter part time job swinging from trees at Jungle World.
Comment by Regina — July 29, 2010 @ 12:04 pm
7/29 panel 2. Carl Peake peevishly points and demands that Kemper’s golf ball speak, damn you, speak. The anthropomorphic orb tries for a witty rejoinder, but alas …
Comment by Dood — July 29, 2010 @ 12:07 pm
I’ve entered the contest three times so far. I wonder what a “lavish dinner” entails. The Olive Garden or maybe Red Lobster. I got my husband doing it too. I only wish that he brings Chief Whigham with him. I want to ask him why all of his characters (black and white) are generic looking and all look like they have “dirty sanchez’”.
Comment by Regina — July 29, 2010 @ 12:16 pm
I get why the test drive guy would be a popular choice, but what’s so special about Laura Berman and Brian Dickerson? Do they write a swingers column or something?
This plot is everything. It’s a golf camp, it’s a high school golf team, it’s an object lesson, it’s a floor wax, it’s a brain fart, it’s a douche parade, it’s an emetic.
Comment by Ned Ryerson — July 29, 2010 @ 2:48 pm
how is it cheating if old fart golf nut gives mohawk douche advice even tiger asks his caddie what to do . meanwhile torrey tells mimi she has a tasty kake
Comment by mr120zcan — July 29, 2010 @ 7:00 pm
#13 – the rules prohibit advice from anyone other then your caddie, I believe. I dont know if sneezing is illegal, but Mr. Peake is sure finding ways to cause trouble.
Comment by Rob — July 30, 2010 @ 6:46 pm
I hate rich kids who play golf. Period.
Comment by Gil'sBarber — July 30, 2010 @ 7:33 pm
Not to mention, hating rich kids with ponies!
Comment by Gil'sBarber — July 30, 2010 @ 7:37 pm
Mr. Ray, I think Dood is right about Kemper wearing a divot on his head. It’s the “Divot of Shame” (If you’ve ever seen the movie “Up” you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about), and Kemp’s old man is making him wear it until he wins a tournament.
Comment by J.D. Springer — July 30, 2010 @ 7:56 pm
#14 Rob– exactly right about advice and coaching.
I have no idea why the strip is devoting weeks (or is it decades?) to showing us the rules of golf– unplayable lies, etc– but I suppose it is for our edification. But I for one would much rather see Kaz appear and croak Peake Sr (perhaps for “impersonating a human being.”) Then we could return to the familiar Milford institutions we read the strip for– Swifty Mart stickups and the Sub Standard.
Comment by vaganova — July 30, 2010 @ 8:14 pm
Amen – woot vaga !!
Comment by Gil'sBarber — July 30, 2010 @ 9:00 pm
yesterday was the one year anniversary of the first and last ? appearance of mr baskt that charleston must be one swinging town
Comment by mr120zcan — August 1, 2010 @ 8:29 am
WHERE IS MR. BASKT?
Comment by Regina — August 1, 2010 @ 7:39 pm
This Carl Peake dick has some serious mental issues. He wants his kids to disrespect everyone to see whether they are “mentally strong”, as only he can define it. He named his kids after golfcourses (while privately referring to them as “Little Putter” and “Hole”). He thinks “assassin” is a golf term (Torrey’s really just addicted to hashish). He fires off that damn boat horn as a golf teaching aid, yet he cheats at every opportunity. He totally lacks any confidence, and puts up an aura of bluster to mask his deep seated anxieties about his total and complete failure as a golfer, father and human being. Someone needs to step in and immediately tell him to “Ease up, Friend.” Of course, by “someone” I mean Kaz.
Comment by Sgt Saunders — August 2, 2010 @ 8:03 am
I didn’t win and Neal came in third. I was looking forward to visiting Detroit.
Carl Peake is a dick, but I think we need at least another week of dickish behavior just to drive the point home. I propose an air horn at the dinner table: “HRONK!..Mashed potatoes are lumpy agian, dear!” Maybe lashing senior citizens with golf clubs: “C’mon grampa, mark an 8 and move on. I’d like to get this round in before we all die of boredom.”
Comment by Ned Ryerson — August 2, 2010 @ 11:08 am
Clearly, this summer plot line has piqued our interest (yawn, hronk!).
Any chance we could get Marty Moon paired with a cameo by David Feherty for some Milford CC on-course commentating? Feherty: “What’s Kemper Peake’s hair rolling on the Stimpmeter today?” Marty: “Hey, where’s my crate?”
What’s the story with Torrey Peake, anyway? Carl tells Gil in a moment of clarity that she’s an assassin. So, who’s she going to whack? Gil? Mimi’s pool boy? Marty Moon? Who?
Comment by Dood — August 2, 2010 @ 11:35 am
#22– there’s a reason Sgt Saunders is a sergeant, the top NCO. Dead on!
Comment by vaganova — August 2, 2010 @ 3:29 pm