5/16/11
This potential conflict would be awesome if something were to come out of it…but unless those Wonder Woman bracelets that Horseface McSkoal-Bandit is sporting can repel Kaz Fists o’ Justice (TM)*, it doesn’t appear there’s gonna be any sort of rumble. Besides, Meth-head McRedneck is missing enough teeth and brain cells that a royal ass-whupping by Kaz wouldn’t even make a difference, really.
*Note: Nothing can repel Kaz Fist o’ Justice (TM).
5/17/11
And now, because you can’t stick with one plot for more than a few minutes, how about…a police raid at the speakeasy! (Starring everyone’s favorite new character, Officer Gus “Unnecessary” Exposition!)
Gus: Hello, I’m now going to announce who you are, Coach Thorp from Milford, in case you forgot.
Gil: Wait…who am I?
Gus: Did you know I played three sports here, inside the Bottom Dollar?
Gil: Do beer pong and flip cup count as sports? If so, I’ve played two sports tonight myself. Oh and don’t arrest the lead singer, he’s my drinking buddy.
Gus: No problem, Coach Thorp from Milford. We’re just here to haul away the ugly meth-head rednecks.
Ugly Meth-Head Redneck: Join the century, will ya, pig! <is tased to death. Audience applauds uproariously.>
You know, young Ralph Waite should really ease up and return to Walton’s Mountain.
“A bunch of the beer fans are underage” — the hell does that mean?
Comment by Dood — May 17, 2011 @ 6:38 am
“Awright buckaroos” Are you shitting me? If you’re going to wear a uniform designed after the Nazi SS, your entrance should be a little more threatening….
Comment by Knoxy — May 17, 2011 @ 6:51 am
These Goshen police officers don’t seem to be the equal of Milford Officers Barbrady and Wilbon.
Comment by Dood — May 17, 2011 @ 6:59 am
Kaz is really Wolverine from the X-Men!
Good thing Mimi didn’t attend – someone is going to have to post bail.
Comment by Milfordian — May 17, 2011 @ 7:06 am
Wow, what a pack of non-sequiturs today!
“You’re Coach Thorp from Milford. I played three sports here.”
“One of my pitchers is the singer.”
“The president is a demmycrat!”
I wonder which sport resulted in Officer Exposition’s freakishly short, off-kilter index finger there.
Comment by jules — May 17, 2011 @ 7:52 am
Look at Officer Flashlight in the background with his tiny hat jauntily perched on his head.
Comment by Dood — May 17, 2011 @ 7:59 am
So much nonsense in a mere six panels. The only good thing is the Kaz Gun Show; that’s always a highlight. Otherwise…
“Join the century”???? Never heard that one before. Could you specify the century to which you refer?
Kaz, taking a page out of the Gil Thorp Playbook: doing something wrong (in this case, lying and bullying) to make a right.
Officer Exposition: “I played three sports here.” (Here? I thought the Bott Doll was in Goshen!) Gil: “Really? I have no idea. But then, I try to forget my players as soon as they graduate.”
“…a bunch of the beer fans”??? Again, haven’t heard that one before.
In the normal course of events, I’d be eagerly anticipating Buzz Marco’s arrest and perp walk. But given this strip’s attention span, I’m guessing tomorrow’s strip will cut back to Jeff and Al-Po. Or maybe another riveting School Board session.
Comment by John S. Walters — May 17, 2011 @ 8:05 am
Join the century! Stop the music! Ease up! Get serious! Check it! Count it! Bonk! HRONK!
Comment by Don, the Rebel without a Blog — May 17, 2011 @ 8:27 am
Doesn’t Gil have a beer fan on his double-12-ounce, hardhat, sippy-beer-guzzling rig? I wonder if it’s underage.
Comment by Dood — May 17, 2011 @ 8:42 am
5/17 P3: Hey Gildo, Herman Munster called; he wants his clothes back! Hey Gildo, Beavis called; you’re infringing on his copyright.
So is this plotlette supposed to make Slim Talent realize his band really sucks, gigging in such a sh*thole, so he should concentrate on baseball? Nah, ‘course not!
Comment by semperfi4evr — May 17, 2011 @ 8:58 am
If there ever was a bar I would imagine being devoid of underage drinkers, it would be one where…
A. An alternative band is covering Buck Owens.
B. The local police are allowed to “raid” and check IDs.
C. Gil is drinking.
D. All of the above
On the bright side, Pretending other people are his siblings while threatening someone is classic Kaz. It was one of the first things he did after he was introduced in the strip.
Comment by billytheskink — May 17, 2011 @ 9:28 am
Kaz was introduced as a summer baseball coach in a place called Lane City? Jeez, I need to join the century.
Comment by Dood — May 17, 2011 @ 9:41 am
Impressive recall, #11 billy.
Now if we can get Whigrub to draw one, we can add the inexplicable “underage beer fan” to the catalog of mysterious objects.
Comment by vaganova — May 17, 2011 @ 9:46 am
I’m going to gather a couple of friends, form an alternative-country-punk band, and call it “Underage Beer Fans.” Someday we’ll open for “The Nutboys.” They’re shitty!
Comment by jules — May 17, 2011 @ 10:01 am
I’m assuming the police officer is saying he played for Goshen, i.e. kicked the snot out of Gil’s teams.
Comment by fredegar — May 17, 2011 @ 11:27 am
Are the beer fans fans of BEER brand beer?
Comment by Dood — May 17, 2011 @ 11:28 am
Not if he played football for Goshen, fredegar. This past football season marked the first time Milford lost to Goshen in the decade that I’ve been following the strip.
Comment by billytheskink — May 17, 2011 @ 12:36 pm
Well, continuity doesn’t seem to be this strip’s strong suit of late. Where the heck is Lane City in proximity to Milford, and has it ever been mentioned since then?
Comment by Dood — May 17, 2011 @ 1:42 pm
hey they never raid backyard tirefire gigs . maybe ray the pizza flipper works there as a dishwasher and called the cops when that prick gil walked in .do all cops in milford annouce there sport past when doing raids
Comment by mr120zcan — May 17, 2011 @ 3:01 pm
Lane City is an incredible ONE HOUR from Milford. I don’t recall it being mentioned since then.
If they have a school, it’s not in the Valley Conference.
Comment by billytheskink — May 17, 2011 @ 3:05 pm
billytheskink,
I used to think I was the biggest Gil Thorp geek ever. Out of the 129 or so people who actually read the strip. You, my friend, make me appear a mere piker. A tip of my Natural Light to you, my friend. I will spend tonight with beer, some oysters and the entire 2004-2005 Gil Thorp thanks to your link.
Love those old Kaz drawings. If a coach showed up at my practice with a muscle shirt and earrings, I don’t think I could stop laughing the entire practice. Then again, if a grizzled old black man showed up at practice asking me about locking my eye on the hole or something like that, I would call the Mauldin PD.
Comment by south mauldin — May 17, 2011 @ 3:54 pm
And I left out the cheesy tattoos, though I have a strange feeling Ned Ryerson might have a barbed wire tattoo or two in honor of Kaz.
Comment by south mauldin — May 17, 2011 @ 3:55 pm
@2 Knoxy Upon closer examination of p3, I noticed the cop is wearing short sleeves. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that look on a cop or a depiction of an SS cretin.
Ya gotta admit that, the short sleeves combined with the dazzling white shirt pockets and lapels are a pretty unique and bold fashion statement…
Comment by Tim — May 17, 2011 @ 4:02 pm
How come Kaz doesn’t ease up in the third panel? Did someone swipe his bag of Nut Boyz?
Comment by bevo — May 17, 2011 @ 6:23 pm
The only thing that would make these panels more awesome is if Kaz had punched out drunken lout McRedneck. Other than that, everyone else beat me to the great observations!
Comment by Regina — May 17, 2011 @ 6:50 pm
Since we’re taking a collective walk down Kaz’s memory lane, here’s an amusing one.
Comment by Dood — May 17, 2011 @ 7:45 pm
Methinks Kaz is heading for a confrontation with Uncle Jesse/George Carlin/Kenny Rogers/whoever is running the place. “Count it! Bonk!” couldn’t be more appropriate.
Comment by delvaldawg — May 18, 2011 @ 4:35 am
Gil: “One of my pitchers is the singer.”
Cop: “Yeah? One of my pitchers does stand-up comedy. I call him Jerry Steinfeld.”
Comment by Dood — May 18, 2011 @ 7:25 am
southmauldin @22 – Ned has a tattoo of Marty Moon on the back of his neck. Marty’s wearing four microphones and his pimptastic coat. It’s a work of art!
Comment by jules — May 18, 2011 @ 7:33 am
Click here to see my actual Thorp inspired tattoos.
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