Marmaduke creator Brad Anderson is proving he is still relevant in the 21st century by tempering his usual blend of phantom humor, obtuse logic and shit-blisteringly shameless recycling with a reference to a hit television program of which he possesses a vague awareness.

Marmaduke is showing his owner-man a clock. Owner-Man for some reason interprets this gesture to mean that Marmaduke wants to go on a walk when in fact Marmaduke is just bragging that he has a new clock.

Marmaduke's obsessive-compulsive disorder is mistaken by his owner-man as athletic ambition.