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Post by Chicago Jake on Sept 7, 2009 2:36:28 GMT -6
I love the show "House," about the crotchety, misanthropic, drug-addicted, but brilliant, doctor. USA network recently aired a marathon, and I lapped it up like Teddy Kennedy at happy hour.
A little research revealed something that, I am ashamed to say, I never realized on my own: "House" is a parody! Well, maybe "parody" is too strong of a word. But the concept, and even the very title of the show, is a reference to a much older, very famous series of fictional works that are very, very similar.
Anyone know what it is? No fair Googling!.......Jake
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 7, 2009 6:13:46 GMT -6
Nice challenge, going to chew on this!!
Edited immediately.. It better not be Doogie Howser
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Sept 7, 2009 8:36:52 GMT -6
... and I lapped it up like Teddy Kennedy at happy hour. Or, for that matter, like *you* at happy hour. -- BB (who is always entertained when Chicago Joke equates being a Board Administrator to papal infallibility, resulting in unbounded pomposity and hypocrisy) |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Sept 7, 2009 10:39:29 GMT -6
Huh? Who peed in your cornflakes today?
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 7, 2009 13:44:25 GMT -6
I think I have it... without giving it away completely tincture of gelsemium |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Sept 7, 2009 19:46:21 GMT -6
Either you have gotten the right answer but are couching it in oblique terms to avoid spilling the beans, or you are only very, very close.......Jake
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 8, 2009 5:00:07 GMT -6
I am trying to be very oblique, the former hint led directly to... a cocaine addiction for the character in question |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Sept 8, 2009 9:23:15 GMT -6
That's what I figured. Very good!
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Post by Chicago Jake on Sept 21, 2009 10:14:09 GMT -6
House fans alert! Two-hour season opener tonight. Looks like a rip-off I mean an homage to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 21, 2009 10:18:45 GMT -6
I cant wait to see Hugh Laurie dressed up like Nurse Ratchet
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Post by Chicago Jake on Sept 21, 2009 10:20:07 GMT -6
I'm guessing he'll be the R.P. McMurphy character. But Cuddy in a naughty nurse outfit.... now THAT could be good!
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 21, 2009 13:39:15 GMT -6
I am sure you are right Jake, but whenever I think of that movie, Nurse Ratchet is the first person who comes to mind... given the characters in that movie, Im stil not sure if that is a good thing or not
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Post by Chicago Jake on Sept 21, 2009 13:56:34 GMT -6
Well Nurse Ratchet always makes me think of Deep Space 9!
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Post by Chicago Jake on Sept 22, 2009 0:05:57 GMT -6
I was right! He was McMurphy! Did you see him pluck the stocking cap off that dude in the wheelchair early on, and put it on himself? Classic!
Overall, I'd give the episode an A-minus. Great to see Andre Braugher and Booger, and there were some excellent twists. Minus for a little bit of predictability.
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Post by New Mama on Sept 22, 2009 11:58:29 GMT -6
I'm sorry I missed House. I LOVE that show. Art and I decided to watch the new NCIS's instead and we don't have TIVO nor do we know how to record something. I'm sure I catch it on some weekend marathon someday.
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