tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post1794116331680965799..comments2024-03-05T02:14:39.266-07:00Comments on Strange Culture: Why We Love Hospital TV ShowsRChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-20312580214287378062009-11-09T21:51:02.713-07:002009-11-09T21:51:02.713-07:00I'll "second the vote" for "Qui...I'll "second the vote" for "Quincy" w/ among others Jack Klugman.<br /><br />also "Trapper John, M.D."<br /><br />Would we count "Bones"?<br /><br />How about "Emergency!"? Well, OK, that was only partly in a hospital and mostly about Gage and DeSoto on locations. (..which, I'll add, I was a big fan as a young'un, but at one point, it dawned on me, gosh, I could have one of these horrific fires in MY home, and it kinda freaked me out for months.)<br /><br />@women doctors: "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," Elliot Reid/Sarah Chalke in "Scrubs," Emily Dechannel in "Bones"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-45498631903774401912009-04-08T20:33:00.000-06:002009-04-08T20:33:00.000-06:00I personally can't stand hospital TV shows because...I personally can't stand hospital TV shows because they seem so cheap to me - easy drama that's all romanticized and clouded. Then there's all that swooning and love makin and sarcasm and personal troubles that I frankly don't care about in hospital setting. I can never get into the stories and wonder who's effing who and what not, I'm always like: com'on doc - there are ppl dying! Focus now! (eh-em, to quote Bennett - "sorry for venting all over your comment page...")Dawn V.http://breakingboxes.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-87408318342613361862009-04-06T22:47:00.000-06:002009-04-06T22:47:00.000-06:00@ bennett, no joke - i hate those bills -- even wi...@ bennett, no joke - i hate those bills -- even with Insurance (and why do they send out some many of those "this is not a bill" statmenets before you get the real bill?)<BR/><BR/>@ anon, those supply closet scenes...pretty gross if you ask me. Bad for general hospital sanitation if you ask me.RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-6857005730196362422009-04-06T18:04:00.000-06:002009-04-06T18:04:00.000-06:00hmm...as a nurse, I think that it is really intere...hmm...as a nurse, I think that it is really interesting how it is the doctors who start the IVs, call the Cors, transport the patients to x-ray, administer drugs. Of course there is also the issue of the relationships we see (or don't as they are in the supply closet.) I think the nurses are at the desk nibbling on the delicious cookies that the patients bring for them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-9426448526927162572009-04-03T23:56:00.000-06:002009-04-03T23:56:00.000-06:00Wasn't there one about a coroner "Quincy M.D." or ...Wasn't there one about a coroner "Quincy M.D." or something like that? Does Dr. Who count?<BR/><BR/>My recent medical experience makes me wish life were more like TV. They never show people getting the bill on TV. They also tend to follow doctors who are uber qualified and "always win". Even with all the training I think most doctors are just regular people doing their best to justify getting paid $230 for a 3 minute conversation.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for venting all over your comment page. I think your spot on about why we like it.Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12720231599785798340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-4332160354624021002009-04-03T13:12:00.000-06:002009-04-03T13:12:00.000-06:00@ Lorna, there are certainly woman doctors...but i...@ Lorna, there are certainly woman doctors...but it seems like they're generally agressive characters with often indearing characteristics...all the same, they are typically (not always) supporting characters to male doctors -- a female challenge to their alpha-male-ness.RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-58291088497349601412009-04-03T03:06:00.000-06:002009-04-03T03:06:00.000-06:00Who could think of more reasons than that? except...Who could think of more reasons than that? except for the shallow "they're always so hunky". Oh, are there women doctors on TV?Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976144449873569523noreply@blogger.com