6/13/11
“Did you catch Hobart on WDIG just now?”
“Nope. But by the bulge in those trousers, friend, I’m guessing it was quite a show.”
“Ah don’t mind me, I was just doing a photo shoot for my Anthony Weiner fan blog. Anyway, Hobart simply stated something factual and inappropriate that you did.”
“How dare he! I could sue him for slander…if only those charges were false. I guess I’ll go choke that Hobart.”
“Is that what you call yours, Gil? I call mine Mr. Kotesky.”
“Put that thing away, buddy. I’m off to seek the advice of someone who solves all problems through physical intimidation and violence. He’ll tell me who to choke.”
6/14/11
So Gil…’Didn’t even check?’, ‘Blurted a wild accusation?’ First, you didn’t even hear the show. Second, what was false exactly? You went to drink and socialize with one of your players…at a sketchy dive bar rife with underage drinking. Did Hobart even mention your assistant continually threatened the toothless citizens of Goshen?
And now that your inappropriate behavior has been exposed, your response, (once Kaz refused to punch anyone for you), is to encourage your players to rally against the guy who talked smack about you…That wouldn’t be so awful, except prior to today, you didn’t give a rat’s ass if they fired all the teachers and shut down the school. Dude, quit being such a Mr. Kotesky.
Who do ya think is a more disappointing character these days: Marty Moon, who is so emasculated that he’s nowhere to be found when Gil needs to be roundly criticized on the local airwaves, or Gil, who has seemingly morphed from a lovable, what-me-worry lazy drunk to a self-preserving, selfish mega-prick?
6/15/11
Oh and then there’s this entire comic about preparations for the rally. I’m glad they included this…because it would have been a huge plot hole if they neglected to reveal the origins of the stage and P.A. system.
Kaz: “Hobart said you were caught drinking in a bar with a student.”
Gil: “That’s not true!”
Kaz: ” Also, he said you hardly show up for games, let alone practices, you haven’t won a league championship in anything for years, you arranged for a janitor to coach for free, and you sent your own children to become pirates in Somalia.”
Gil : “That’s not … that’s … well, the drinking part, he’s just wrong about that!”
Comment by Philip — June 15, 2011 @ 4:32 am
So is Gil going to make an inspirational speech at the rally? “This Hobart guy must be stopped! He’s attacking my reputation — with FACTS!”
“Psst… Hey, Gil, the rally’s not abut that — it’s about the plan to fire teachers and cut benefits!”
“Eh, screw that! Hobart attacked ME!”
Comment by John S. Walters — June 15, 2011 @ 4:53 am
Love the food on the lunchtrays. Are those chicken-finger-on-a-sticks?!
Comment by Ian — June 15, 2011 @ 6:34 am
Ian – I think they’re ketchup packets. These budget cutbacks are playing hell with the lunch program!
Comment by jules — June 15, 2011 @ 7:01 am
What does it say on Pudge Karoub’s chest protector now, “Sold out”?
Check your rally lists, everyone.
Comment by Dood — June 15, 2011 @ 7:03 am
The first thing on RALLY LIST! is “Sound”
…Check
Hahahaha. This is high humor in Milford.
Comment by billytheskink — June 15, 2011 @ 7:06 am
Has Al-Jo booked Sex Bob-omb for the rally (“We’re here to make you think about death and get sad and stuff!”)?
Comment by Dood — June 15, 2011 @ 7:13 am
6/13 P2: Love Gil’s mad face. Same face when he hears “Last call!”
6/14 P1: Cameo appearance by the [New Hampshire] “Old Man of the Mountain”; I ‘d wondered what he was up to since he slipped and fell.
6/15: So will we indeed be seeing Slam-the-Ham and Lady CaCa performing together???
Comment by semperfi4evr — June 15, 2011 @ 7:59 am
I hope Kay Morgan is making her sloppy joes amd bringing Cheezy Poofs to the rally.
Comment by Dood — June 15, 2011 @ 8:32 am
Hobart’s doing morning drive on WDIG? Next up, another WACKY call where we pretend to fire a teacher, then we tell them it’s just a joke and they’ve won tickets to see Gail Martin at the Milford Arena, then we say, nah, that’s the joke, you really are fired! WWWWWWDDDDDDIIIIIGGGGG! NYUK NYUK! BOING HRONK BONK!
Comment by Ned Ryerson — June 15, 2011 @ 8:37 am
Alright, maybe I wasn’t 100% on target here. I called the concert but more as a fund-raiser for baseball/softball equipment (and Coach Gloryhole’s salary) than for Milford teachers generally. Still this promises to be the biggest thing to hit Milford since Valley Tech and should springboard Slim Chance and co. into a summer gig opening for Gail Martin on her “One More Tarzana Night” comeback tour.
Comment by delvaldawg — June 15, 2011 @ 9:09 am
No one can make history in a parking lot like Gail Martin.
Comment by Dood — June 15, 2011 @ 10:39 am
Y’ever notice how the more detail the artist attempts to include in drawing pants (stitching, pockets, the whole crotch region in general, etc.) the more disturbing it is? For this reason, everybody in Milford should just be drawn wearing baggy sweatpants from now on. But I guess by this rationale, they should all be wearing mittens and ski masks too.
Comment by Ned Ryerson — June 15, 2011 @ 12:35 pm
Okay, here’s another stupid thought (too bad I don’t get more of these on the weekend to liven up my posts): Slim’s hair is dumb. Look at Tim Lincecum as a model of a dude with long straight hair under a baseball cap. Lincecum is probably careful to get all the hair growing down from the front and sides of his face tucked somewhat behind his ears before he jams the cap down onto the whole mess. But not ol’ Slim, he’s gonna encourage long strands of hair to be front and center, blowing around in front of his eyes, twisting up into his nose and mouth when he’s going through his delivery.
Comment by Ned Ryerson — June 15, 2011 @ 12:57 pm
Too bad Hobart has a scheduled demolition taking place in the parking lot at the same time as the rally.
Comment by exmiscellanea — June 15, 2011 @ 1:02 pm
Doesn’t everybody have a flatbed and some generators, you know, concert-in-the-park stuff?
Comment by Dood — June 15, 2011 @ 1:34 pm
Ned @14: I thought Slim was based on Lincecum – with a dash of Langhorne Slim.
Comment by delvaldawg — June 15, 2011 @ 2:27 pm
June 16, after school, is the rally. Hmm. The latest I ever went to school was June 10, and that was grade school. By all rights they should be playing in an empty parking lot.
Comment by Rob — June 15, 2011 @ 2:43 pm
I keep wondering about Slim’s hair, too.
Seems like someone would tell him to cut it or tuck it, either to maintain the “high image of the game” or for safety reasons.
Since there are no adults in Milford, we still have the question of how can he play that way?
Comment by dale — June 15, 2011 @ 3:42 pm
hopefully that drunk from the bar shows up at the rally and gil kicks his ass like he did the pizza flipper.seeing gil in action will make hobart disappear.
Comment by mr120zcan — June 15, 2011 @ 6:28 pm
We can hope, 12 oz. Certainly I would love to have Hobart disappear. Rob is right about the school year for many states, but many others are still on the “old calendar” and run into late June and do not resume until after Labor Day. But even in the time-warp that is Milford, we have to be getting fairly close to exams by now, No matter– the baseball and softball teams (remember them?) still have a good month of regular season before the play-acrosses.
Comment by vaganova — June 16, 2011 @ 11:33 am
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