Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for June 08, 2016

Panel 2: Maynard T. Crebbs calls in for help!

Wrong number. It’s Ernie trying to reach Brrt.

Maybe I’m wrong, but it seems the families would be notified and everybody would be hauled away to the hospital before someone telephoned the high school coach. I’d think it’d be at least midnight before this call is made. It’s kind of surprising to find the old couple still up.

Mimi’s catching up on a little light reading from the Corpus Juris Secondum. Meanwhile, Gil looks incredibly guilty. What is he afraid of?

This does not look good at all for Boo. I have questions though. What happened to Del’s car? Did he drive off? Can you even operate a car after the airbag deploys?

P2, Send Lawyers, Guns and Money.

P3, I believe it’s the Dear Superintendent, calling to tell Gil and Mimi that they better start showing up at school or he’ll bring Holly Dobbs back to replace both of them.

Maynard G. Krebs grandson is correct urging for police and an ambulance. However, with those autos smoldering and Eddie Money wailing on the Swifi Mart boom box, young Krebs forgot to request, “Gimmee Some Water.”

You rang?

Maynard said to “Send everybody.” Clearly, that would include the high school athletic director.

Come to think of it, it includes us, too. What are we doing? We must get to Milford now! Lives are at stake!

Mimi, maybe it’s the kids calling. Remember them?

I suspect it’s a telemarketer, selling industrial solvents. Del is going to have to make his sales pitches over the phone now, for a while.

How do I get to Mopped Up Thorpe every day?

By the look on Gil’s face in P3, he’s thinking “…my a**, you know it’s Pedro, thinking I’d be asleep by now…”

First, in case I posted too late last night, my apologies to Rusty. Thanks to Bitsy for keeping things fair. Rusty you win a years supply of Bader Solvents. Now if you’ll just stay on the line, I’ll get your address and…hello…hello…zzzzz

P2 – Great, just great. I try to defend the artist and offer a reasonable explanation last week for why Boo was turning right out of the S-Mart and then got hit while turning left, in that it was later on her drive. So of course today proves it was a bad drawing after all. When will I learn?P3 – What the hell is with Gil the buttless wonder? What is he doing, practicing his robot dance?And speaking of practice, I’ve had enough practice doing Mopped Up Thorp by now. You’d think it would be a little better.

P-1: and a double play takes Boo out of the inningP-2: Tell Bonnie Taylor I need a heroP-3: Coach Mimi, can I pitch tomorrow?

@Chiphilton: I think it’s more likely she’s reading “Justine”.

Look out!!! That’s not Gill!!! The alien’s lobster hand is giving him away.

In all reality, it’s Marty Moon calling Gil live on the air for his reaction to this terrible crash and breaking the news that True was driving the pickup truck involved .

The ambulance arrives and one of the paramedics says to Maynard G, Krebs III, “Hey, man, give us a hand.” MGKIII starts clapping.

Then the ambulance speeds off but suddenly and unaccountably screeches to a halt. The back doors fall open and Boo on a stretcher flies out and skids to a stop a few feet from MGKIII. Young Krebs walks up, stretches out his arms, and says, “Like, safe!”

“Send Everybody, Now!” sounds like a missing song from the Sixties.

I wanted to post a link to a clip from Airplane, but can’t find it. The scene at the end where they load the girl in an ambulance and then zoom off and then off camera you hear a crash and scream and then a hubcap rolls by? That will be Boo tomorrow.

@HooDad – Thanks for enlightening dutchpuppy and The Brown Starfish for me.

another P-3: Is Coach Mimi there? This is Coach Mimi. Can I have Boo’s locker?

“Send everybody, now! This is the worst disaster since Hurricane Katrina! Send Arabian horse judges! Better yet, send cow judges! We need lots of cow judges! And basketball coaches, even if they don’t ever coach basketball! And rugby players! And eccentric Southern novelists! And when you call the Bader family, tell Master Bader to lend a hand, too!”

One collision, two collisions, three collisions, four, five collisions, six collisions, seven collisions, more. (Local children jumping to conclusions)

alliteration fit coming on: Boo’s bane Bader, on a bender, bashes badly before broadside blowout bothers bleacher brothers brewing borscht

Oh my god! I just read the new strip on another site! Boo is with Neil Cray and that Hraak brother!