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The unbearable boringness of being Rex Morgan

Rex Morgan, M.D., 3/12/06

Now, there’s no denying it: we’ve all had some fun with Rex Morgan, M.D. over the past few weeks, with the “twosomes” and “ball whacking” and the “plenty of extra balls” and what have you. But I for one realized today that I’ve been distracted by three weeks of giggle-inducing double entendres from a grim, shocking fact: the current Rex Morgan, M.D. storyline appears to be about two doctors playing golf. No wounded war vets. No mysterious human bones. No demented old ladies abusing children. Just … golf. Wealthy white men playing golf. I feel kind of empty inside. I don’t think even Rex getting blown on the seventh hole is going to make me feel any better.

This entry was posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 at 06:19 pm and is filed under Rex Morgan, M.D..

38 responses to “The unbearable boringness of being Rex Morgan”

Uncle Lumpy
March 12th, 2006 at 6:34 pm [Reply]

Wack. Quaak. Ploop. Bonk.
Not enough club, Rex. Nowhere near enough club.
Alana
March 12th, 2006 at 6:42 pm [Reply]

. . . I just like the little “WTF” lines around the ducks’ heads in the last panel.
Long Time Lurker
March 12th, 2006 at 6:48 pm [Reply]

…..and Moses turns to God and says, “Are you gonna play golf or just around?”

RMMD recycles old golf jokes.
Weasel Boy
March 12th, 2006 at 6:49 pm [Reply]

Rex’s sound effect on his tee shot is misspelled. I believe that’s a one stroke penalty.
Long Time Lurker
March 12th, 2006 at 6:50 pm [Reply]

Ack, I’ve been html’d. That should say …just s***w around!
Molly
March 12th, 2006 at 7:00 pm [Reply]

Well, Rex’s golf course does have ponds made out of Jello, or ducks made out of rubber, so that’s something mysterious anyway. Seriously, what the hell happened in the first panel of the third row? Either the ball hit the water (as indicated by the “ploop” noise) and bounced. Or it hit the duck, and, rather than rendering the duck instantly dead, bounced off of its beak with a “ploop” noise that makes absolutely no sense in this context.
John
March 12th, 2006 at 7:25 pm [Reply]

it skipped over the water like a holy skipping stone. Lurker, what’s the word? “Squaw”?
Brian
March 12th, 2006 at 7:36 pm [Reply]

It’s been weeks of homoeroticism by way of double entendre. And not just at innocent, coincidental levels, but a pattern suggestive of Concerted Effort on the author’s part. I feel it’s to the point that any curious or conspicuous aspect should be given the benefit of the doubt: If it’s sticking out in a RMMD comic, it’s a gay joke. Which is wherefore I suggest that what we have in on our hands in panel five is a Queer Duck.
RBF-at-home
March 12th, 2006 at 7:45 pm [Reply]

This has to be the most blatant example EVER of the cartoonist goofing off on the golf course, “working” so hard to produce these panels in about 5 minutes. Could anyone possibly be interested in this golf game? I think the cartoonist is just giving us fodder. It’s just too damn easy!
RBF-at-home
March 12th, 2006 at 8:07 pm [Reply]

Ok, someone had to say it, “Even a FOURSOME on the seventh hole won’t do it for me” either.

This is just wrong.
Kaliflower
March 12th, 2006 at 8:35 pm [Reply]

There’s so much homoeroticism in this story line, I can only assume that very soon the plot wil be revealed as Rex’s struggles with his sexuality. Seriously, if it’s not this has to be the most boring comic story in recent memory.
Ferd Berfel
March 12th, 2006 at 9:20 pm [Reply]

I’m flummoxed with this RMMD story arc. It can’t be about gambling with Rex losing the family manse in a rigged 4-Man Nassua Tourney because we just had a gambling story. I just can’t figure it out and it’s been driving me batty for weeks now. Could Wilson & Nolan be on vacation and these are the filler strips they prepared months ago?

I can easily imagine them four months ago putting up their feet after a rough 2 hours work inking in the Rex Cave and looking through ‘Dive Belize’ brouchures. They’re currently winding up the Pus Boy arc and have the Lt. Scrap Iron arc plotted, but they’re at a loss for the follow on story. They’re really looking forward to snorkling for 6 weeks, but they can’t schedule their holiday until they submit the strips that will run while they’re away. Both are suffering writer’s block and just can’t come up with anything.

Then Wilson surfs over to Comics Curmudgeon while booking rooms on Priceline.

Wilson – These people are filthy!
Nolan – (looking up from his scotch) Huh?
Wilson – You know, that site I told you about? The one that talks about comics?
Nolan – Yeah?
Wilson – Look at this… They think Rex is hot for the grad student… Sheesh…
Nolan – Push over, let me see… You’re right, they are nuts!
Wilson – They’ve got homos on the brain or something. Everything is a gay double entendre to them.
Nolan – Looks like it, they’ll read that stuff into whatever we write.
Wilson – Say… this might solve our problem!
Nolan – Huh? What do you mean?
Wilson – We can’t come up with an arc after the Iraq vet’s story, right? Well, all we need do is ink up some boring stuff, throw in a few odd phrases, and we’re in like Flynn!
Nolan – Golf! Golf is boring and you can talk about balls! That’ll keep ‘em guessing!
Wilson – Golf? Hey, we can use those Dr. Troy contact sheets from the art change a couple years back.
Nolan – Just think, five or six weeks of plotless filler masquerading as sly homosexual banter!
Wilson – Brilliant!
Nolan – Brilliant?
randomdude
March 12th, 2006 at 9:41 pm [Reply]

For a second there, I thought that Rex had taken out Mallard Fillmore.
AwfulArt
March 12th, 2006 at 9:58 pm [Reply]

Sam Driver is reading “Rex Morgen” in todays “Judge Parker”…Hey Woody Wilson what the hell is up with that???
Jay Nickola
March 12th, 2006 at 10:01 pm [Reply]

Obviously, the correct dialogue for panel 2 is: “Only a six iron, Rex? I’m playing a nine-and-a-half, myself.”
mooselet
March 12th, 2006 at 10:15 pm [Reply]

I thought the line should’ve been, “Oh, sure… it’s not the size of your club, but how you use it Rex.”
arto
March 12th, 2006 at 10:21 pm [Reply]

I’m pretty sure Mark Trail is gonna bust in any time now and smack those medical beeyotches up for duck abuse.
Concerned Citizen
March 12th, 2006 at 10:33 pm [Reply]

“Is that enough club?” After I read that I knew that the characters were outted and turned to the storyline. You’re right, after learning the truth I’m forced to return to the non-existent storyline. Nothing. But, Elrod got to take a break from MT to contribute a panel. Maybe Mark can explain how he married a female version of himself. Polymorphism will be the next big thing.
Dub Not Dubya
March 12th, 2006 at 10:55 pm [Reply]

Thing is, today’s strip was yet another example of the brilliant, subtle use of gay culture by the authors. Those sound effects are right out of the old Batman series. And you know what they say about Batman and Robin. So there’s your additional gay connection for the day.
Doug Puthoff
March 12th, 2006 at 11:13 pm [Reply]

When the Revolution begins, the golfers will second after the lawyers.
Colin
March 13th, 2006 at 12:09 am [Reply]

Could this get ANY gayer? “What club are you hitting, Rex?” “A 6 iron! Is that enough club?” “Oh sure… that’s PLENTY!”

There’s obvious size refrences in here.

I’m very thankful that I don’t get this strip in the comics. They could’ve made it less gay by not bolding “plenty.”
randomdude
March 13th, 2006 at 1:37 am [Reply]

That makes TWO of us!
Darla
March 13th, 2006 at 6:12 am [Reply]

On a completely unrelated blog, I just learned that in the UK & Oz, bonk = boink. Seems to fit with the general theme of this storyline.
roydrink
March 13th, 2006 at 6:58 am [Reply]

Ducks don’t go “ploop” when a golf ball hits them. Trust me on this…
TheRay
March 13th, 2006 at 7:41 am [Reply]

Panel 4. Rex’s partner’s eyes are affixed on a very specific location.
dlauthor
March 13th, 2006 at 9:51 am [Reply]

I’m surprised no one has observed yet that, from the looks of the last panel in row two, Rex not only hit that miraculous shot but forcibly jettisoned his right testicle.

Also, the force perspective on the last panel is, in a word, WACK!* Either that hole’s about seven yards from tee to hole, or Rex and — what’s the other guy’s name, again? Meh, I’ll just call him Ennis — are suddenly a hundred and fifty feet tall. Which I don’t think you’d be if your right nut flew off.

* Or ploop. Take your pick.
dlauthor
March 13th, 2006 at 9:56 am [Reply]

24: One last thing: QUAAK? What’s with the alternate spelling? It’s not that much closer to an onomatopoeia than QUACK would have been*. Or are these ducks Norwegian or something? (In which case, as Hagar the Horrible has taught us, it ought to be spelled KVAAK).

* It’s not like ducks articulate that q or anything. What they really say is probably closer to WAAK, which would be confusing, since in Brokeback Hospital that’s the sound associated with using just enough club.
MotoMike
March 13th, 2006 at 10:40 am [Reply]

Re:13:
“For a second there, I thought that Rex had taken out Mallard Fillmore. ”

Well, we can always hope.
By the way, has anyone noticed that in the last week, (or at least in the last few strips, MF has ceased excoriating straw-man liberals (depicted by cross-eyed balding professorial types) to a more generic type of “Hyuck, hyuck, it’s gettin’ to be so ya can’t tell the boys from the girls! – ain’t it funny?” style of humor. One wonders if Mr. Tinsley is among the humorists that reads this blog and forum. Bruce … are you there?
Dark Star
March 13th, 2006 at 12:23 pm [Reply]

Someone once said that the only thing more boring then golf was watching it on TV.
WRONG… The only thing more boring is watching it in a comic strip.
Anonymous
March 13th, 2006 at 4:06 pm [Reply]

brokeQUAAK mountain?

oh Aflack.
Lor
March 13th, 2006 at 5:52 pm [Reply]

12: Good one, Fred!

It wasn’t pretty, but he’ll take it.
Hank Kimble
March 14th, 2006 at 8:55 am [Reply]

Gil Thorp looks like Frankenstein without the nuts on his neck. Maybe Gil should hook up with RMMD. Gil might not find his nuts, but I bet Troy can find his balls!
King Folderol
March 14th, 2006 at 1:23 pm [Reply]

Humorous, inadvertent innuendo aside, Rex Morgan is terrible. Sure, there’s the occassional action in Rex, but at what cost? Three months of watching Rex get lucky at golf while Troy keeps complimenting Rex/checking him out from behind doesn’t interest me. The three days of action where Rex saves the heart attack victim at hole 17 isn’t worth the wait.
Hogenmogen
March 14th, 2006 at 1:55 pm [Reply]

If you took the gay element out of Brokeback Morgan, it’s really just two docs (and a duck) playing golf.

I was very impressed on Saturday when the line was “It didn’t break a %&^* inch!!” Whoah, the language, Troy.
BigJoe
March 14th, 2006 at 2:20 pm [Reply]

#34 – “Two Docs and a Duck”. I like it. They should open a practice together and name it that.
King Folderol
March 14th, 2006 at 8:59 pm [Reply]

Come to think of it, Rex getting blown on the 7th hole will make me feel better, I don’t care what Josh says.
Marge
March 14th, 2006 at 10:19 pm [Reply]

Just wanted to say I didn’t laugh at this comic until reading Alana’s (#2) query about the WTF lines coming from the ducks in the last panel. Just the thought of ducks saying that is cracking me up. Hmm. It’s late and I’m tired. Not a good time to de-lurk.
Mibbitmaker
March 14th, 2006 at 10:30 pm [Reply]

#34 & 35: “Two Docs and a Duck” really made me laugh. Perfect!

……except that made me think, “Chandler and Joey Get a Medical Degree”.

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