7/28/11
Kenny, I want you to show Molly how to swing the sticks. I want you to start with the grip. I noticed she was holding it like a dead squirrel. Show her how to firmly caress that driver. Okay, Ken? Ken? You might wanna get some looser pants there, bud.
7/29/11
Here’s 40 bucks Ken and the number of this kid over at St. Fabian’s. Call this dude and then take Molly to the range. I think you’ll know what to do Ken. Oh yeah, and you might want to pick up a 12 pack of soda.
Meanwhile…
Oh hey uh, son, yeah, take the van. Mommy’s toast is getting warm. Get out of here, go down to the range and swing the sheleighly, Kent.
7/30/11
I don’t know Kenny, I’m not sure you should keep that video on your phone, and I think I’m going to erase the video I made of you. That was disturbing. Do you always cry?
Spit it out Kenny. Your Mom’s a lush and your Dad’s quite the sex tourist. Big whoop. Buy me another soda Kenny and then let’s go hit some more balls. I’m gonna make Dr. Scavuzzo my bitch.
Just for the heck of it, here is Summer Samba by one of the swingingest Brazilians I know, Walter Wanderley.
Molly, lock your eyes on one hole, get set, and swing. And keep doing it.
Walter Wanderley?! He’s the samba Carole King! Check it! Count it! Bonk! HRONK! FOOZLE!
Comment by Don, the Rebel without a Blog — July 31, 2011 @ 11:03 am
Thanks for the Summer Samba link. Now I’m imagining the Mellow Sounds Of The Sixties playing in the background while Molly and Kent share videos of “working with the stick and balls.” That’s right, Molly — let the club do the work. You just lie back and enjoy it.
Also, kudos to Gil for once again avoiding any actual work. He almost had to give Molly a golf lesson there. It cost him 40 bucks, but he managed to get those pesky kids off his back. Another pitcher of Long Island Iced Tea, garcon — and hold the tea!
Comment by John S. Walters — July 31, 2011 @ 11:18 am
2 year anniversary of last appearance of mr baskt . i think gil sold some clubs in the pro shop and put the money in his pocket plus molly has been serving him free booze from her booze apron so why not give them 40 bucks so he can drink in peace at the 19th hole.kennys mom hopes to not finish the grey swan before the van gets back.
Comment by mr12ozcan — July 31, 2011 @ 12:49 pm
Kenny’s mom seems like a natural for Gil. Wonder if the two can get together at Pub?
Comment by Scott de B. — July 31, 2011 @ 4:49 pm
Molly seems really excited at the semi-impossible task of learning to drive a golf ball in a couple of weeks, as evidenced by her embracing Gil in 7/29-2. (Is that simple surprise on his part, or do I detect dismay as well?) In any case I’M surprised that she’s taking up Scavoots’s challenge instead of telling him to go play with the ball-washer. But (sigh) Coach Thorp did tell her to do so…
Comment by vaganova — July 31, 2011 @ 7:13 pm
Hey, Gil’s making it rain.
Comment by Dood — August 1, 2011 @ 6:56 am
Young Micah Huang should drop by the Chudlark’s home. “Mrs. Chudlark, are you trying to seduce me?”
Comment by Dood — August 1, 2011 @ 6:58 am
“Here kid, here’s $40.00 to do my job. If you need me, I’ll be toasting your old man with your mom.”
I still think that Kenny Mudlark’s old man is doing Jungl;e Patrol with Big Ray. FOOZLE!
(FOOZLE is the new HRONK!)
Comment by Regina — August 1, 2011 @ 7:36 am
Young Micah Huang with actual lines of dialogue? You know better than that, Dood. Huang Young is the new Steve Rosen.
Comment by billytheskink — August 1, 2011 @ 9:49 am
Mr. Chudlark and Mr. Baskt are hanging out in Charleston with Clambake, the Thorp kids and Buzz Marco.
Comment by Milfordian — August 1, 2011 @ 10:10 am
Oh good grief – another golf miracle. 3 days after 1st picking up a club, Molly’s like an old pro. (See Summer 2001 storyline for Miracle #1)
Folks, if it was that easy, there wouldnt be room at the courses for all the former hacks turned semi-pros.
Comment by Rob — August 1, 2011 @ 3:43 pm
At least summer 2001′s miracle was kinda funny. I mean, Gil trespassing at Milford CC… hilarious.
Comment by billytheskink — August 1, 2011 @ 4:34 pm
Rob, my point exactly. Now we may ridicule golfers for their idleness and pimp-tastic clothes, but cripe, golf is a difficult game! Nobody learns to set the ball up 200 yards away with a nice soft little fade in three days. Even for a gifted athlete like Molly it’s more like three to five years.
Comment by vaganova — August 1, 2011 @ 9:21 pm
and even if you’re “crushing the ball”, the game is from 100 yards in – thats what really takes time and practice, as well as adapting to all the different courses you will play to truly enjoy the experience. I’d shoot better playing the same course all the time, but I’d be bored out of my mind.
Comment by Rob — August 2, 2011 @ 3:07 pm
Rob, I couldn’t agree more. I am a crappy golfer and rarely play, but I have played enough to respect those who have come close to mastering it. Long game, short game, head game– doesn’t matter. These things all take athletic talent and years of diligent effort. You just can’t become a golfer overnight, and to depict someone doing so insults the efforts of those who struggle to master any complex and challenging activity. I don’t take offense– this is a comic strip, after all– and for my own part I am not a golfer but a dancer– but if Whigrub purports to present a “realistic” strip they have slipped this time.
Comment by vaganova — August 2, 2011 @ 4:08 pm
Youse guys are taking this too seriously. Lighten up, it’s 99 degrees outside. Let’s look forward to some high school Milford football ! Hronk!!!
Comment by Gil'sBarber — August 2, 2011 @ 5:42 pm