Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 22, 2023

Even Kareem has heard the stories of the fabled Valley Tech juggernaut and their mostest wonderful, toughest coach….uh, what was his name again?

Gil looks to be about 6’8” in P1

Yeah, a guy in his mid-seventies isn’t going to be launching too many skyhooks …

P1 All-time Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar demonstrates his world-class ventriloquism skills by projecting his voice to his left elbow to respond to Gil’s greeting.

P2 All-time Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar demonstrates his world-class ventriloquism skills by projecting his voice to his left eye to respond to ToBe’s question.

P3 All-time Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar demonstrates his world-class ventriloquism skills by projecting his voice to his right elbow to reveal the technique he’s going to share with the team.

P4 “Let me ask you this fellas, have you ever taken a shot in the nuts?”

Kareem coached Alchesay (a high school on a Native American reservation) way back in 1998, 25 years ago.

Alcindor averaged 32 minutes a game at UCLA. Coach John Wooden was quoted, Lewis does a good job of pacing himself.

Wow! Gil must have blown all of his Lift-a-thon earnings to bring the big guy in to help coach. Too bad, Dr. Pearl will have to spend the rest of the year slinging hash in the school cafeteria.

Win One For The Scalper!

“While coaching the Falcons, I learned peyote sells a lot faster than those vapes you’re pushing. You need to up your game Gil. Tomorrow we’ll be having my special friends Beyonce and Rick Soto for a big pep rally, after that we’ll have Drag Show Basketball Hour, featuring a Dennis Rodman dress-alike contest.”

Kareem’s going to spin some jazz records for this crowd. Not sure that will help, but it’s going to be good to hear.

My mom was born in New York Nursery & Child’s Hospital , the hospital which was later turned into Power Memorial, the high School Kareem graduated from.

Kareem is going to help them deal with all the balls that Henry has in the air.

Gil has to tell kareem he knew his uncle clambake

I’m a little concerned with ToBe. It looks like he has a blatantly obvious crush on Kareem. Not sure if that age gap can be overcome. And speaking of overcome, you might be overcome with emotion after reading today’s Mopped Up Thorp. I don’t know why you would, it’s rather bland. But I needed to play off of some word in that sentence.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

I think todays drawing of ToBe makes him look like a teenage girl. But that’s how my old eyes see it. P.S. Mop today comic was not bland. It was funnier that $hit.

P4- Gil’s going to help me demonstrate a move called the “wedgie”. You firmly grab the back of the elastic band…………

A bit of background:

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kareem-abdul-jabbar/a-season-on-the-reservation/

P 2.5 (Kareem): “…. It’s hard for girls to do a proper skyhook…”

Meanwhile, back at the Batcave, er, Glenwood Cruise Across The Bay of Pigs, Fred & Wilma, after weeks of deliberation over whether Truck and Wanda will save it for the time when they get to the Justice of the Peace and whether Wilma could handle a stick shift when driving to the cruise ship, we find out today that Mud Mountain Murphy will indeed be part of the set list, playing behind Gary Puckett & The Union Gap. Kareem’s shooting clinic has been pushed back to tomorrow an hour before the Cruise Brunch. Gil and Mimi will redeem their rain check tickets after months in the Lazy Susan.

I’m seeing an ad where a four hundred pound man (well, I was when I started typing) using an electric razor on his back.

Leo is all ears!