Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for December 21, 2020

They don’t need a P.A. announcer. They can just hook up Marty Moon’s broadcasts to the P.A. system. His drunken commentary is always more interesting than what’s happening on the court anyway.

As long as Vic remembers that any 3 point shot originated “downtown”. There is no other measure of distance that can be used, even if the court is actually located downtown.

Uh, oh-let’s hope Vince is not Bobby Howry 2.0

P4 - But first I’ve got to finish taking off my glasses, then change clothes and go rescue Lois. Oh, and figure out how I became blonde.

I started a long, low-paid, obscure career in broadcasting at a high school radio station. Did many things in front of a microphone but never announced a basketball game.

Stay tuned for VD’s audition tomorrow — P1: “At forward, 6’8”, from St. Vincent St. Mary High School, Jacquon Case". P2: “Guthrie throws up a prayer … AND IT’S ANSWERED! HE HIT THAT FROM CENTER CITY!” P3: “OK kid, you’re hired. Hit the showers.”

P2 You can’t fool old GilPa, he has taught US geography and knows all of the states and their capitals!!

In all reality , Roh at the line, he eyes it ,tries it and buys it that free throw was good just like Gonnella Bread a proud sponsor of Milford Basketball ! RIP Red Rush .

Boom! goes . .

Good call from Saturday HuskieCoach with the 1955 Montana shirt. The retired Mr. Staley sent it to Gil to give him the Robert Mitchum look.

Only in Milford time do they wait the start of basketball season to decide on the PA announcer. As many people with mics (Moon, Marjie, Pirate Boy and Vic) as fans at some games.

I can tell you the Minnesota Vikings don’t require another P.A. announcer. They have one of the best in the business.

Oooooh! Scinitllating drama!

Yes Coach, my stage name will be Dickie Vitalis!

P1, Gil, like the rest of us, wants to know how this kid knew he’d actually show up at work today.

P2, Mopman must have been working overtime on the floors this weekend.

P3, No matter how stupid any of us thought this latest story might be, this is even dumber.

P-1 mystery: Why is a small sign saying Teacher’s Lounge on the inside of the supply closet door Gil’s coming out of, and what was he doing in there?

Usually it takes a couple of weeks into a new GT story for me to feel this way, but SNORRRE…zzzzzz

Why would Gil have any say in who announces the games?

Out West they have a special word for Idaho and Montana. Idho’s "Hawk"and Montana’s “Bear”. They call Ms. Carey “Maria”.

I don’t know about the rest of Snark Nation but I’m on pins and needles about where this plot line is headed. Vic Douchette is trans? A lowly P.A. announcer helps lead Milford to a state title with his pithy rallying cries? Gilpa finds new and inventive ways to finish third in the Valley? Inquiring minds want to know.

“This is Vic(y), your Mudlark announcer, and LET’S GET READY TO RUMMMBLLLEEE!”

Oh yay! I get a shout out in today’s Comics Curmudgeon! Although I don’t appreciate him referring to me as a nerd. At least someone remembers me, unlike the writer of this strip.

https://joshreads.com/2020/12/as-a-nerd-i-find-this-all-extremely-offensive/

I guess they ran out of jock storylines and are starting on nerd storylines. Let’s just start by settling on a size for his nerd glasses. I think the artist is abandoning the small ones he tried out on Saturday and has zeroed in on giant nerd glasses. Good choice!

If the PA announcer retired, presumably at the end of the last school year, wouldn’t Gil have thought about getting a replacement prior to about one week before the season starts? Although it is Gil we’re talking about.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and predict that Vic gets the job. I’m going to go out on another limb and predict that things will not go smoothly. He either will piss off the players somehow, or be really cringeworthy, or……something else, lol. I’m just praying he drops a “boom goes the dynamite”. And I will go on a third limb and predict that he will not broadcast any girls games, because, why would they ever get equal billing?

And speaking of equal billing, I hope you give Mopped Up Thorp equal billing in the comics portion of your day.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

P1: Why is Gil standing there looking steamed, how did he know he was coming, and why did he wait in the door for him? Did Mr. Hand run over to tell him to watch out for him? Weird things at that school….

I imagine this clown having an annoying high-pitched voice.

Okay, both Idaho readers have now logged off forever. Meanwhile, “Gil Thorp” just became the official state comic strip of Montana.

That’s probably how Vin Scully got started in the biz.

Well, at least now we know that Milford is not in Idaho nor Montana…

Gil is angry that Vic isn’t volunteering to coach the team.