Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for February 03, 2023

Oh, Lord…how many story lines need to be in flight at once?!? This is incredible…

So Luke runs the girls wrestling team at Valley Tech. This strip really IS heading for pro wrestling.

Can’t wait for this weight lifting showdown — side bet with the winner’s school getting the money?

Grown middle-age man all decked out in wrestling regalia ready to “demonstrate” moves? Not creepy at all!

Annnndddd coach azzhat is back, wearing, well…his azzhat.

P1 “Now let me change into my tutu and I will show you how I got that quadruple standing ovation at the Lincoln Center.

P2 Five days later and a lucky of the Pony Express intercept by a Valley Tech forward scout, the Milford High lift-a-thon flyer inevitably falls into coach Lukey’s hairy clutches. The chest hair is looking, well, hairy, as ever.

P3 With all the vaping going on amongst the kids and the decreased pulmonary function it has caused, success of the event is in jeopardy until Lukey unwittingly plays into Gilpa’s hands and makes it about their rivalry where Luke lifts 200,000 pounds and single-handedly raises $50,000 for his perceived nemesis.

Did he perhaps mean “plyometrics”? Or does he have a special “lo” variety he developed himself?

Looks like an interesting story line. Let’s see where it goes. Maybe it’ll tie up all the loose ends.

Why all of a sudden does everyone hate and want to bring down Gil? The writer needs to land the plane.

That flyer reminds me of the old Charles Atlas ads. I’ll gamble a stamp and get his free book. Luke seems just the type to kick sand in someone’s face at the beach.

When did this jerk have so much time to do so many sports. PAC 8,10 or 12 basketball MVP is not believable. He has the grace of a bull in a China shop. He won a wrestling match in Paris against a Frenchman? Lofty stuff against an opponent who trains with wine and European smokes.

This strip used to have story arcs. Now it has story EKG readings.

“Coach, you need to see this” is said with the same urgency an aide might tell the president that China has invaded Japan. Why on earth would you interrupt practice with this information?

We need P0.5 to have seen how he won. Other than that, my only guess is that he broke wind at the right time to immobilize his opponent.

Even if he takes on Gil and beats him, what’s the big deal? All that Gil is gonna say is that he “ welcomes failure “

Just when I thought the Wildcat Mars wrestling match was one of the dumbest GT story arcs . . .

Do the words ‘slow motion train wreck’ sound familiar???

I say let two charecters go to a piano bar on a date would be a good story line

Ooo, ooo, how about Lukey boy has a heart attack, Pedro cries, Keri sees he’s not so butch, then finds out Tobi is with the Blond and not interested, making her depressed, so she starts vaping, while Gil finishes second in the Valley.

Paris??? So, in the Olympics.

The level at which HB continues to embarrass himself, without even realizing it, is staggering. Evidently his spell check doesn’t work or translate. Unfortunately, mine still thinks I want to say ‘duck you’ 12 times a day.

No budget cuts at VT. We have uniforms in black with blue trim or orange with yellow trim in any size you want.

Methinks BHHL is spewing some more bullshite about wrestling in Paris. And speaking of bull, it’s no bull that today’s Mopped Up Thorp is online.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.com/

That’s all we need, a Memphis Wrestling storyline. Oh, that’ll get the ratings up. What’s Luke going to do next time, bring in Jerry “The King” Lawler and Tommy Rich? The Moon Dogs for VT’s female tag teams? As The Beach Boys sang on “Pet Sounds”, God only knows.

Tomorrow: The Running of the Bulls!

P-1.5: I had to go to Belgium to win Tobacco, and Switzerland to win a Pipe.

P 4 (Tobe and his buddy reading the flyer and snickering): “…haha…these morons Gil and that old lady just don’t get it…giggle….”

Wasn’t the New Sheriff in Town just coaching the girls basketball team the other day? He has time to coach 2 winter sports?