
Well look who’s back. It’s our old pal Bob Kazinski – and now he has a penthouse. Did he move to North Carolina in the interim?
Oh. It’s not Gastonia, it’s The Gaston, Milford’s premier luxury high-rise. We visited Kaz and his new squeeze Rachel in the penthouse for the seudah hamafseket before Yom Kippur. Never mind.
For a moment there I was thinking that Kaz’s Penthouse was a new comedy club and Kaz was polishing his new standup routine. Hey, a Milford Juvenile Sports Program Manager can’t be making that much more coin than a Milford High assistant coach, can he? The Gaston can’t be rent-controlled, can it? Kaz has to have some kind of side hustle going on, amirite?
All of this is conjecture and backdrop for why Kaz feels the needs to regale his audience with a joke that’s even more dated* than Cami’s A League of Their Own line and somehow at Gil’s expense. (Anyone wanna guess what the setup was for the Cab Calloway punchline? Feel free to take a stab in the comments.) Gil “I don’t drink” Thorp finds it most amusing as he continues his lying sack ways – lying, that is, unless he’s still nursing that HooDad’s he had at the hospital while visiting Rod.
There’s gotta be some more exposition down the line this week. Why else would be seeing Kaz for the first time this year? I for one would welcome Kaz’s Penthouse as the Gil Thorp spinoff we all need.
*Cab Calloway’s last public performance came in 1992 at a benefit for the Associated Black Charities in Baltimore. His last public appearance was at the White House in 1993, when President Clinton awarded him with the National Medal of Arts.
Clap Hands For The Mopman!
Times really are tough at Milford High School. Dr Pearl is swabbing the deck. Either that or she didn’t like the way the janitor was mopping and decided to give him a lesson in how to mop a floor. Mopman? That’s a little condescending, isn’t it? Wait a minute…Mopman? Oh Henry, I see what you did there!
Once Nancy’s done schooling the Mopman, it’s of to the cafeteria to make sure Lunchlady Doris isn’t being too generous with the tater tots. As tight as the belt is, it can always be tighter. Ol’ Penny Pinchin’ Pearl is on the case!
Oh, yeah. In the middle of this episode, Gil swings by to try to get another buddy on the payroll. Dr. Pearl can swing the deal if the unnamed buddy will work for peanuts and presumably agree to clean out the toilets on a “volunteer” basis.