Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 21, 2023

So it’s come to this, huh, Kareem?

…. well this sure is happening. I mean I respect KAJ plenty even not being a sports person this is just.. happening out of nowhere.

I just happened to be in Milford…you know., checking out the great food at the Bucket and the swinging nightlife at Sinatra’s.

“As the author of novels about Mycroft Holmes, I was attracted by the mystery of what IS it with this strip.”

If you’re going to jump a shark, might as well go Kareem big.

everyone in LA drinks their coffee black now, since they lost Kareem. [okay…bad joke]

Kareem hates Luke. He’ll be teaching the sky hook to everybody, even Gil. Vito from Goshen got the word, and The Big Board has Milford -4.

Coffee? I’ll take Olajuwon and hold the Kareem please.

Fresh off his cameo appearance in Glass Onion!

P4 Had to do this – it was a layup (sorry):

Joey: Wait a minute. I know you. You’re Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. You played basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Roger Murdock: I’m sorry, son, but you must have me confused with someone else. My name is Roger Murdock. I’m the co-pilot.

Joey: You are Kareem! I’ve seen videos of you playing. My dad had season tickets.

Roger Murdock: I think you should go back to your seat now, Joey. Right, Clarence?

Captain Oveur: Nahhhhhh, he’s not bothering anyone. Let him stay here.

Roger Murdock: But just remember, my name is…

[showing his nametag]

Roger Murdock: ROGER MURDOCK. I’m an airline pilot.

Joey: I think you’re the greatest, but my dad says you didn’t work hard enough on defense.

[Kareem gets angry]

Joey: And he says that lots of times, you didn’t even run down court. And that you didn’t really try… except during the playoffs.

Roger Murdock: [breaking character] The hell I did ‘t! LISTEN, KID! I’ve been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I was out there busting my buns every night! Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes!

Wilt Chamberlain! – there’s always that one kid

Oh, brother. I guess the rule applies even in comics: if you haven’t got a decent story, drag out the big name guest star.

Tomorrow, Aaron Rogers makes brownies.

oh, Oh, Oh, just wait ’til Capt. Kirk comes to take Meemaw on their final Star Trek!!

That’s actually Captain Roger Murdock pretending to be Kareem

p 2.5 (random kid): “…wow!…you have friends?…”

She wouldn’t say ‘versus’. No-one says versus. She would say ‘against’.

P 4 (Gil): “…Lew!…you made it!…”

Glad to see that Gil finally ditched his Swedish whistle for one made in the US of A.

I guess Tayes had another job before working for half salary with Gil.

P 3 (KAJ thought bubble): “….geez….why did I agree to this?…”

Maybe kareem is there to talk about sherlock holmes

WE WANT SHAQ! WE WANT SHAQ!

What’s most amazing is that five people said his name in precise unison, without even practicing.

Ty Cobb will be resurrected for baseball season.

“A $100 for an autograph?”…………..“$200 if it’s on a basketball, kid.”

Went to a Bucks game right after the Fiserv Forum opened.

We had nosebleed seats but I was right at eye-level with his retired number.

Posted on FB that he sold his rings and trophies for a lot of money…

which he gave to charities, to benefit kids, I think.

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He ever reads books, I hear tell, and he did so even when in college and the NBA.

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And his commercials telling people to pay attention to a-fib are really public service.

P 1 could be another MUT Riccoloooooooooooooooo

Whoa, looks like Tays has been packing on the pounds. How does he afford to eat so well on his half salary? And don’t tell me he’s loading up at the Milford cafeteria, that would make him lose weight. And speaking of losing, you don’t want to lose out by missing today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

Meanwhile, on a cruise ship headed for Greenland, the ship’s booking agent with a slight problem

“Mud’s puking up in the cabin toilets AGAIN???? Quick, what’s Kareem’s number? You said he’ll do that shooting clinic? Do we still have that portable breakaway goal in the closet by the Casual Bar?”

OK… How many high school kids could tell you who Kareem Abdul-Jabaar is?

P2-“Oops!!!! Wrong door. Kareem’s behind Door #3 where Carol Merrill is standing.”

Wow! Roy Lamberton here on the Gil Thorp board, what are the odds! I know you from the NU Rivals board days 20 years ago, where I used to post as “NorCalCat”. Good to see you!

On Glenwood Cruise Across The Atlantic Seaboard

“Nooooo, Wilma!!!! Don’t shoot with both hands!!!! Put some weight on the palm of your shooting hand!!!! Don’t worry about that Spalding that bounced in the ocean. We got plenty more behind the barstools.”

“You’re tall. Did you ever play basketball?”