Bill Walton handled a glockenspiel, wore face paint, and criticized DeMarcus Cousins

The Bill Walton verbal acid trip continued Wednesday night, with Walton calling the Cal-Oregon game alongside usual play-by-play partner “Dave??” Pasch. Things started long before tipoff, with Pasch tweeting this photo of Walton with a glockenspiel (which he’s used before at Cal!) in front of the Golden Bears’ band and asking for captions:

Captions please…… pic.twitter.com/7H33Iw5XcJ

— Dave Pasch (@DavePasch) February 22, 2017

Here are some of the best ones he got:

@DavePasch “A COLLECTION OF NOTES, PART OF THE INTRICATE SYMPHONY OF LIFE IN THE CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS…” (rambles for 15 more tweets)

— Matt Zemek (@MattZemek) February 22, 2017

@DavePasch I really need to upgrade this iPhone.

— Razzball (@Razzball) February 22, 2017

@DavePasch The band, Elwood. The band.

— Matt Hayes (@MattHayesCFB) February 22, 2017

@DavePasch

“You’re not Dave!””Why does Dr. No hate glockenspiels?””How do you play Franklin’s Tower on here?”

— Matt Ensor (@Ensor) February 22, 2017

When the actual game rolled around, there were yet more highlights from Walton, including his usage of face paint. Pasch asked if that was going to be a recurring thing, and Walton said “I’m ready to go! Anywhere!”

Walton delivered a “where were we?” about the NBA broadcast he did in Cleveland with Pasch and Dick Vitale last week:

Walton also hit Pasch with something, and made fun of him for using a seat cushion as a pad:

Bill Walton is NOT HERE for the refs LMAO.

“You’re wearing a paddddd-uhhh??? PLEAAAASE.” pic.twitter.com/mZUiMIEKZo

— Boycott James Dolan (@TheEsquireof212) February 23, 2017

There was later a discussion of DeMarcus Cousins, with Walton saying “It doesn’t matter to me as long as he doesn’t go to a team that I like,” which Pasch pointed out was the same thing he’d previously said about Carmelo Anthony last week:

Pasch then asks if Walton doesn’t like those players because they’re seen as selfish, and Walton responds “I like guys who play to win, who come with character and dignity and class, who care about the team.”

Pasch then defended Cousins, saying Walton said he was uncoachable, Walton shot back with “How many coaches have been fired trying to coach him?”, Pasch said he’s “a top-15 player,” and Walton burst out laughing:

And he delivered some great stream-of-consciousness lines, as you’d expect:

Bill Walton in yellow face paint asking Cal mascot “what do Ducks taste like?” Followed by a quick transition to nat’l margarita day. #Goals

— Kristin MacDougald (@KMacDougald) February 23, 2017

Bill Walton’s last eight words going to break:

“Jabari Bird. Soar like an eagle. Space cowboys.”

???

— Henry Bushnell (@HenryBushnell) February 23, 2017

“Never bury the Ducks. The first half, they looked caught in an oil spill. Now they’ve been cleaned up and they’re flying high again.”

— Andrew Bucholtz (@AndrewBucholtz) February 23, 2017

All in all, it was just another night with the verbal acid trip that is Bill Walton.

[Matt Clapp on Clippit]