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| Funny Medicine: TV's classic comedic doctors |
"Doogie Howser, M.D."
(1989-1993)
This Steve Bochco/David E. Kelley-produced
single-camera dramedy starred Neil Patrick Harris as a boy genius
and an unlikely 16-year-old doctor. Ultimately a glorified after-school special
in which the intellectually advanced but emotionally stunted Doogie learns life
lessons, "Doogie Howser" thrived on the charm of star Harris (whose "Frasier"-style stuffiness was
continually dismantled) and on the warmth of his family, led by his dad and
fellow doctor, played by James B. Sikking. The show also
started a tradition later followed by "Clarissa Explains It All" and "Dawson's Creek," in which his pal
Vinnie (Max Casella), a Fonz knockoff, climbs in his bedroom
window to debrief on various problems. Like J.D. on "Scrubs," Doogie also keeps a
diary, and each episode ends with Doogie typing his reflections on the day onto
a medieval computer. |
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