09/21/10
4th-and-4 from the Milford 25! Oh boy, this one is going right down to the wire. Will the Owls be contained by the Mudlarks? I can’t wait until tomorrow for the thrilling conclusion.
In the meantime, in case you’re wondering what a Mudlark is, I’ve found these interesting Mudlarks:
That clears things up nicely, doesn’t it?
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Derek got a haircut and Cassie joined the band! Tank cleans up nicely too!
Way to jinx the team, Marty!
Comment by milfordian — September 21, 2010 @ 8:38 am
Is that Matt the Hatt behind the hysterical kid? And why is the Puppet Master at a Milford football game?
Didn’t The Mudlarks tour with Gail Martin? Did Mimi Clover-Thorp (the middle Mudlark) write the Book of Love?
Comment by Dood — September 21, 2010 @ 9:22 am
Morbid curiosity compelled me to Google the Mudlarks. Short-lived doo-wop trio from Britain, late 50s and early 60s, known for covering American tunes. Two brothers and a sister, Jeff, Fred, and Mary Mudd. (You can’t make this stuff up!)
To hear an excerpt from their rendition of “Book of Love,” complete with their inept efforts to not reveal their English accents, go to… http://www.last.fm/music/The+Mudlarks
You’re welcome.
There was another short-lived group (sensing a pattern here?) called Mudlarks — an Italian punk-rock group that split up about three years ago.
Comment by jvwalt — September 21, 2010 @ 10:33 am
Isn’t that the girl scouts salute by the Mudlarks?
Comment by Kevin in Jax — September 21, 2010 @ 11:08 am
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Mudlarks.
Comment by Dood — September 21, 2010 @ 11:15 am
4. Kevin in Jax: Not the GS salute… the Mudlarks were pioneers in the peace movement. That was the peace sign in the British Isles. When it came to America we were too fuzzed to extend the 3rd digit.
Comment by semperfi4evr — September 21, 2010 @ 11:58 am
Oh, and from Wikipedia:
A Mudlark is someone who scavenges in river mud for items of value, especially in London during the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Mudlarks would search in the muddy shores of the River Thames during low tide, scavenging for anything that could be resold and sometimes, when occasion offered, pilfering from river traffic.[1] By at least the late 18th century people dwelling near the river could scrape a subsistence living this way. Mudlarks were usually either youngsters aged between eight and fifteen, or the robust elderly; and though most mudlarks were male,[2] girls and women were also scavengers.[3]
Becoming a mudlark was usually a choice dictated by poverty and lack of skills. Work conditions were filthy and uncomfortable, as excrement and waste would wash onto the shores from the raw sewage and sometimes the corpses of humans, cats and dogs also. The income generated was seldom more than meagre;[3] but mudlarks had a degree of independence, since the hours they worked were entirely at their own discretion and they also kept everything they made as a result of their own labour.
Comment by semperfi4evr — September 21, 2010 @ 12:01 pm
semperfi: that sounds more like a typical Marty Moon weekend, than anything the Milford teams get up to.
Comment by jvwalt — September 21, 2010 @ 12:06 pm
Another definition of mudlark is some birds that build nests made of mud. Surprise, surprise. Thing is – they’re from Australia or New Guinea.
Comment by dale — September 21, 2010 @ 12:15 pm
Marty Moon has the Mudlarks live at Central City on his mix tape. That was the concert where Gail Martin walked onstage as the ‘Larks began to cover “Tarzana Nights.”
Comment by Dood — September 21, 2010 @ 12:30 pm
Call me picky, but the way Marcus Tedford is defending that guy in panel 2 reeks of pass interference. He’s got his arms wrapped around the guy’s left arm and is pulling on it. Where’s the flag, ref?
Comment by j. neas — September 21, 2010 @ 12:44 pm
“That was the peace sign in the British Isles. When it came to America we were too fuzzed to extend the 3rd digit.”
Except in New York, where they only extend the third digit.
Comment by Scott de B. — September 21, 2010 @ 12:50 pm
Okay — what number is that guy in P2? Looks like a 68 to me. Not a receiver number. They throwin to linemen in that part of the field? No comprende, senor.
Comment by Rob — September 21, 2010 @ 1:40 pm
#13 Rob: I’m just glad they didn’t knock over the baklava stand.
Comment by Dood — September 21, 2010 @ 1:58 pm
Cheering the Mudlarks on in panel three Curley Neal.
Looking at the record cover, now I know where Chief Whigham gets his hair ideas.
I see Marty’s back in his huge outhouse.
Comment by Regina — September 21, 2010 @ 2:54 pm
I can remember when the term “mularks” came into being. Just can not recall the decade but believe it was 80′s or 90′s…
Around the time Milford began naming each arena….
I recall a “British chap” who was a soccer player who kicked for Gildeau…
Am not sure what their previous name was, but i believe they had a name…
Wish I had the resources of some of the folks on here….
Many thanks for the detailed research last week on our favorite conference…
Comment by rowdyman — September 21, 2010 @ 3:05 pm
PS I do have the time to do the research. All I need are the proper tools…
Comment by rowdyman — September 21, 2010 @ 3:06 pm
lets see whos in the audience a make a wish kid , jimmy olson jr and mort from bazooka joe fan . marty is yelling anyone down there find my corkscrew.
Comment by mr120zcan — September 21, 2010 @ 5:53 pm
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