This is from a long running cartoon known as “Rex Morgan M.D.”
Um… ok… wow…
Where to begin... well, first off… I don’t get the joke.
Where's the funny? Is Josh constantly forgetting where he put his car keys? Is Mabel having wacky experiences on the dating circuit? Because without some serious shenanigans, Cancer and Alzheimer’s just don’t seem that funny.
Hey, maybe it’s just me… maybe taking this one cartoon out of context is unfair (who knows, there might be a humdinger of a punchline coming up in the next installment!), but that’s the problem… so little happens in any ONE strip, how can you stay with it? The people who regularly read this strip must have the patience of saints. These must be people who consider a crock pot stew to be “fast food.” They probably see a movie like “Das Boot” and think “Whoa! Slow down there Michael Bay... sheesh! You think we can keep up with a plot that progresses faster than cold molasses?
Then again, maybe it’s me… I mean, I like single panel cartoons. Quick and to the point. “Non Sequitur,” “Far Side,” These are comics that make sense… and oh yeah, they’re funny! (that cad Gary Larson… with his bovines imitating humans in a humorous situation while simultaneously commenting on the social hypocrisy of civilization itself?!? That, my friends, is comedy gold)…
But it’s not the fact that they’re single panel cartoons... that alone doesn’t ensure success… take for instance, “Pluggers.” That little gem annoys me more than one single picture should be able to… I remember reading it the first time and thinking “okay… not real funny, but that’s harmless enough.” (you know, kinda like “Family Circle”) But the next time I read it, I was like… “wait… hey, that’s the same “joke” he made in the last… oh well whatever….” By my fourth viewing of the wonderful “Pluggers” “cartoon,” I seriously considered getting a hold of every single person who had submitted their idea to the series… by the neck… and squeezing ever so gently…
but I digress…)
um… what was I saying? Oh yes, that it’s not just single panel cartoons… “Fox Trot,” “Zits,” “Get Fuzzy,” and countless others are most amusing, and entertain me (and many others immensely). I think it may be time to sound the death knell for comics that can’t be digested within a single person’s lifetime. You shouldn’t have to keep a microfiche handy just so you can make sure that the ongoing adventures of “Prince Valiant” can remain relevant to the next generation.
Now say what you will, and before you jump all over me, I know that these are just my tastes, and yes, I’m sure there are many people out there that thoroughly enjoy “Rex Morgan M.D.” Otherwise, yes, I know, the papers wouldn’t continue to run it. I’m not here to debate that fact one bit.
I’m just telling you they are wrong.
3 comments:
MIke has way too much time on his hands!
Perhaps... but his efforts are appreciated... after all, whoulda' thunk they were TRYING to be that unentertaining!
What is time anyway, but a cyclical measurement of events taking place between two pre-defined points...and who's to judge whether that measurement is gratuitus, or for that matter whether those two points have even been accurately defined?
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