Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for November 18, 2019

Is this like that Brady Bunch episode where Peter met his doppelganger?

Ah yes, the amazing sloppy joes debacle.

Uh-oh Spaghettios!

Could it actually be as the Doors and Jim put it back in the 60’s: “THIS IS THE END” ?

NAW!

Gentlemen,

Rich, rich targets of opportunity for our traditional snark here…no need for the snappy answers joke book, just good, solid insults and observations. Don’t let me down, I’m counting on you…

…the Anchor? In all my Gil Thorp years, this is a new one. Maybe located in Tate’s Creek? Can you still get a tatoo at the Anchor?

Holy heck, Chet’s drinking hard stuff by the BOTTLE? Guy’s destined to have the next cell over from Master Bader.

Jeeze – Gil won state and was runner-up just a couple of years ago. Give it a rest.

P1, Okay kids, stay away from the Swifty-Mart tonight.

P2, And another storyline sinks to the bottom of Milford Lake.

P3, Well, to be fair, Chet, Gil didn’t actually cook up those Sloppy Joe’s.

Chet: “Off the record.”Marty: “Wait a minute. I think my mini-recorder needs new batteries.”Bartender (overhearing the conversation): “Cash in advance, Gentlemen.”

Sam Finn went down 23 August, no fault to Gil. Had to check that!

I’m hoping that Kaz, working as a bouncer to supplement his teaching salary, will emerge and bang these two clowns’ heads together like Moe.

Why does Chet wait until the week before Thanksgiving to air out his grievances to local court jester Moon?Chet: Off the record Marty. I have a great cut rate auto policy priced right for a guy like you.

Anchor Bar. Where Buffalo Chicken Wings were first made.

Much like Inspector Renault in Casablanca, I’m “shocked” Chet the Jet is meeting Moonman in a bar. Meanwhile, I’m “shocked” nobody commented on Chet’s Phantom of the Opera mask (P1) and Ruh-Roh’s uncanny resemblance to Master Bader (P2) in Saturday’s strip.

Chet never walks by the trophy cases (that’s plural Chet) overflowing with huge State Champion trophies collected over 50 years. He’s never been in the gym? Signman repainted the walls with GIL for this year’s bb season. HvB is recruiting 6’7" shooters ( all kinds) from Chicago, so they’ll play well with the mutant/psycho/addict who will be the feature. I wish Ken Brown would fulfill his potential and Make It Happen.

P 4: the wrestling grandpa bursts in through the door and body-slams Chet

Chet, Chet, Chet. There are no big games. All games are the same size: 4 quarters of 15 minutes. How many of those have you had?

The Anchor looks like a great waterfront bar. Too bad Milford doesn’t have a waterfront.

Tomorrow: Mary gets hit with a copyright infringement suit from Frasier Crane.

All comments here today are off the record

P2 The Anchor…Seriously, Marty hangs out strip joints!!!

I don’t have experience with the proper protocol for school board members; but I’d like to think that if a member of the school board thought a coach had put a student in the emergency room, that school board member would open an official inquiry, not wait three months to have an off-the-record conversation with a local high school sports announcer.

Must be a very rough space. Looking between these two morons in panel one there appears to be a ready supply of 2 X 4’s behind the bar for when those opposing discussions break out.

He’s right about big games. Milford doesn’t need to win every year, but I miss when they used to win championships.

Marty: Do I know you? You are sitting in my stool!

“And, finally, he is really helping out the team’s best player by far who is grappling with anger management issues—he’s got to go, right?”

In all reality , Anyone think Marty will defend GIL or call him and relay Chet’s comments ? Remember , Chet there’s nothing off the record .

And your point is?

After hearing all these negative comments about Thorp, maybe Marty is worried again about losing his job as Milford’s top Thorp critic and will pull the old hot mike trick on Chet.