Rex Murphy retiring from Cross Country Checkup!

[JLM]

Rex Murphy retiring from Cross Country Checkup - Cross Country Checkup with Rex Murphy | CBC Radio

Very sad news. Rex is an icon!

 

[Walter]

Won't be listening after September 20.

 

[petros]

After 50 some odd years it's been quite the run for Rex.

Salut!

 

[personal touch]

will miss you rex!

 

[billshaver]

yes will miss him & his witt, listened for years sunday pm to his program...loved it.along with others on the network....shame no one to replace him....so much for cbc...

 

[darkbeaver]

I will miss being lied to every Sunday. What a windbag of misinformation. What part of Israel will he retire to?

 

[petros]

Which part of Israel do you live in?

 

[darkbeaver]

Which part of Israel do you live in?

The only part there is and you will never see it.hahahahahahah

 

[petros]

The Irish Quarter of Jerusalem?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

So THAT's what Christopher Lloyd's been doing since Back to the Future!

 

[JLM]

I will miss being lied to every Sunday. What a windbag of misinformation. What part of Israel will he retire to?

He's probably forgotten more than you'll ever know!

 

[darkbeaver]

He's probably forgotten more than you'll ever know!

That could very well be. It does not excuse his misinformations nor his masters and does folkall for his immortal soul.

 

[Walter]

So THAT's what Christopher Lloyd's been doing since Back to the Future!

Rex is actually Relic from The Beachcombers.

 

[Frankiedoodle]

I always found what Rex had to say. However, I had trouble listening to him. Not that my voice is so easy to listen to, it just seems that he is talking with marbles in his mouth.

 

[AnnaG]

Rex is ok.
I didn't catch very much of him as I was a teen back then, but I think I liked Jack Webster more. I actually met him at a Front Page Challenge show and there was a dinner party afterwards. Nice guy, pretty curt but good wit.

 

[JLM]

Rex is ok.
I didn't catch very much of him as I was a teen back then, but I think I liked Jack Webster more. I actually met him at a Front Page Challenge show and there was a dinner party afterwards. Nice guy, pretty curt but good wit.

Two different animals, one was a Scot the other a Newfie Irishman!

 

[AnnaG]

Two different animals, one was a Scot the other a Newfie Irishman!

True. Newfie Irish certainly are different.

 

[darkbeaver]

My pet peeve about Rex was his long winded opening where he invariably framed the entire show map so you could see the traffic he would allow and the ultimate destination. The man was a steering wheel.

 

[JLM]

My pet peeve about Rex was his long winded opening where he invariably framed the entire show map so you could see the traffic he would allow and the ultimate destination. The man was a steering wheel.

I think he was adept at distinguishing between who had something to say and who had to say something and adept at dropping the latter tactfully.

 

[AnnaG]

Was? I don't think he's dead yet. lol