Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 06, 2025

Liberace is jealous of that wrist in P3.

I feel sorry for a student who attends a school who’s mascot is a skunk.

Back in the day Milford had one high school. Period. Now apparently it extends for miles with multiple high schools dotting the map. Why does it need to be another Milford school and not simply “bad boy of the valley conference” from the days it was just another high school in another town?

Has Goshen always been the “Skunks”? I honestly don’t ever remember that, in all the decades I’ve read this strip. OTOH, I confess I did not take notes during those years.

Anyone ever hear of a REAL school with that mascot?

WTF is up with that pose by Coach Nonads? Is he doing the YMCA?

P1: You better pray for the skunks.

A drunk Marty confronting Jackie during the broadcast would be interesting.

Nonads and his flukey don’t appear concerned with grooming. If Henry wants to score brownie points, he requests Rachel draw classic Gil in game time coat and tie.

…and Sign Man with Fist Pump Family make a triumphant return.

What’s with the musical cameos this week… Stevie Wonder yesterday, Michael Bolton today, can’t wait to see who pops in tomorrow!

There is only one Bad Boy of sports and it is Mike Barnes, Karate’s bad boy

P3: Captain Kangaroo is not too impressed with things to say the least.

Not with that bent wrist you ain’t no bad boy, No-nads. You will be quite popular at the Milford Correctional Facility.

P 4 (JC): “….but Coach Thorp has also told me that he heard that coach Gerards is the ‘coach most likely to get his a$$ kicked by a teenager’ of Milford sports…”

Gerards goes to the same barber as peanut does.

olive hardy jr looks like hes fed up with gerads ego mania

a crowd without sign man and fist pump family the rich people are buying up all the seats

On this day in Gil Thorp History: here is a two-fer:

03/06/82

Mimi: Well…You made it to the quarterfinals, Gil

Gil: I’m glad we won, Mimi…But I’m not happy about HOW we won!

Mimi: How can you say that? Bobby Loft was magnificent tonight!

Gil: Fortunately, he had a very hot hand…Everything he threw up went in!

Gil: …But he reverted to his old game! It looked to me as if he wanted to cut out Charlie Carton DELIBERTLY!

03/06/99

Moon: West Falls, 28-2. going with their two all-staters and all-conference starters

Moon: Juniors Ben Davis & Chico Lopez at guard for the Mudlarks and All-American Jarvis White at forward!

Moon: But Burnsville & Riggs are on the bench!

Commentator: Ed Charles, only 5-10, starts at center. Ryan Thompson at forward.

TRIVIA: Why were Burnsville & Riggs benched?

What happened to Nonads’ perm? And the crowd is standing room only, yet no Sign Man or Fistpump Man. The questions are mounting…..please Henry, we need another AMA* ASAP. Or have you gone MIA again?

P-1 & 2: Where do I sign the petition to have Jackie Carter re-assigned to cover the Home and Camper Show?

P-3: HEY, NONADS…“Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet”.

All Nonads needs is a Snidely Whiplash ’stache.

It’s so standing room in the MILFord gym that even Jackie Carter has to stand to broadcast the game. Meanwhile in a dark corner of the gym, Bucko wheels Meemaw in since E(MeMe!)ly is nowhere to be found to tend to her dying mother.

Folks as in that’s what he calls himself. Who names a team Skunks?