History Main / ImNotADoctorButIPlayOneOnTV

--> '''Creator/DavidHasselhoff:''' "I'm not a lifeguard, but I [[Series/Baywatch play one on TV]].

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--> '''Creator/DavidHasslehoff:''' "I'm not a lifeguard, but I [[Series/Baywatch play one on TV]].

* In ''Film/ZombiesZombiesZombies'', Pandora -- who is a stripper who dresses in a NightNurse outfit -- is bandaging the arm of a man who has been bitten by a zombie. He asks her if she even knows what she is doing and she replies:

* From July to August 2009, Australian television has ads for some functional food. At first a female doctor is introduced, saying that as a doctor, a healthy diet is important to her - then the camera in one fluent motion moves to a second, similar woman (although with different hair color) who will continue where the other woman left of in mid-sentence and happily endorse a specific product. Probably because a doctor may not be allowed to endorse a product directly on tv.
* Played with in a Venezuelan commercial for a headache/flu medication, where two animated mosquitoes says that the medicine in question can't work in dengue patients and the two models dressed as doctors are not of trust because they "only play as doctors on TV". Cue the "doctors" saying that the medicament indeed works even on that disease, and the narrator saying "Even TV doctors know it; [Brand Name], your best choice to relief even in suspected dengue".

* A UK commercial for the supermarker Aldi (part of a series in which someone explains that a brand name product and an Aldi product are just as good, then gives an amusing punchline) has a man in a white coat saying that Aldi washing powder is just as effective in cleaning his coat, and that people assume a man in a white coat is a doctor.

* In ''Film/ZombiesZombiesZombies'', Pandora--who is a stripper who dresses in a NightNurse outfit--is bandaging the arm of a man who has been bitten by a zombie. He asks her if she even knows what she is doing and she replies:

* In one episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' Joey is on a date with a LoonyFan who thinks he actually is his character on ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' when someone at the restaurant starts chocking they ask for a doctor and she announces him much to his fear and embarrassment.

* ''Series/GilligansIsland'': Ginger is a famous actress who once played a psychiatrist a movie. More than one episode has had her step into character and try to psychoanalyze someone.

* The ''Webcomic/AmazingSuperPowers'' strip depicting a flight stewardess asking if there were any doctors onboard as the pilot had just had a heart attack. A man says "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV". The air stewardress replies [[ClosestThingWeGot "good enough"]]. The last panel is a cover of a TV magazine mourning the tragic death of the star of the comedy series "Dr Oops".

** Reshma Shetty was out shopping when someone near by collapsed. She immediately went into "work mode" and started telling people to call 911, helping the guy out, getting his history, etc. She was able to give a very good medical history to the [=EMTs=] who arrived and had to explain to everyone she wasn't a doctor, but played a physician's assistant on TV.
* Similarly, when an extra collapsed from heat stroke while filming a scene on ''Series/{{ER}}'', actor Noah Wyle rapidly inserted an IV so that she could receive fluids, having clearly learned to do so after years of playing a physician.

* In January of 1996, actor Creator/MarkHarmon pulled two teenage boys from a burning car, immediately putting a blanket over the one who had caught fire and extinguishing the flames. Aside from the multitude of times he's played a doctor [[note]] And he also seriously considered becoming one for real [[/note]], Harmon worked as a lifeguard while in college and no doubt knew exactly what to do.

* Creator/AlanAlda was in Chile when he had a medical emergency and was rushed to the emergency room. When the doctor tried to explain in LaymansTerms the procedure they were going to perform, he immediately (and correctly) stated the medical term for the procedure, much to the surprise of the doctor.

* There's a series of [=PSAs=] in which several TV doctors, including Neil Patrick Harris and Donald Faison (Turk from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''), lecture the viewer on the importance of seeing a ''real'' one for your annual check-up.

* Parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}''.

** When an extra collapsed from heat stroke while filming a scene on ''Series/{{ER}}'', actor Noah Wyle rapidly inserted an IV so that she could receive fluids, having clearly learned to do so after years of playing a physician.

* Subverted in a Jack in the Box commercial where a guy in a lab coat rattles off a bunch of preposterous health claims about cheesy fries on a TV screen being watched by the Jack character and a suit. When Jack asks the suit where he found this guy, the suit replies, "[[StealthCigaretteCommercial Tobacco company.]]"

[[caption-width-right:338:Trust him, he's a doctor. On TV.]]

* Creator/DavidTennant has and wears a T-shirt that says "Trust me, I'm a [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]]"
** Given to him by Creator/BilliePiper herself.
* The third season of ''RoyalPains'' has lead actor Mark Feuerstein begin a heart disease PSA with "I'm not a doctor, but I--" before co-star Reshma Shetty cuts him off with "You're not really going to say it, are you?". He settles for "Take it from a guy who ''plays'' a guy who knows what he's talking about."
** Another odd real life example tied into ''Royal Pains'': Reshma Shetty was out shopping when someone near by collapsed. She immediately went into "work mode" and started telling people to call 911, helping the guy out, getting his history, etc. She was able to give a very good medical history to the [=EMTs=] who arrived and had to explain to everyone she wasn't a doctor, but played a physician's assistant on TV.

* Basketball player Dr. J has started doing Dr Pepper commercials, concluding with "[[TrustMeImADoctor Trust me, I'm a doctor.]]"

* Spoken almost verbatim in ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' episode "Ill Will" by [[Series/GeneralHospital Dr. Steve Hardy]], one of three famous doctor characters[[note]]the others being Doctor Dré -- no, not [[Music/NWA that one]] -- and [[Series/TheLoveBoat "Doc" Adam Bricker]][[/note]] who Will is visited by in a nightmare sequence while in the hospital for an impending [[TheTonsillitisEpisode tonsillectomy]].

* Spoken almost verbatim in ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' episode "Ill Will" by [[Series/GeneralHospital Dr. Steve Hardy]], one of three famous doctor characters[[note]]the others being Doctor Dré -- no, not [[Music/DrDre that one]] -- and [[Series/TheLoveBoat "Doc" Adam Bricker]][[/note]] who Will is visited by in a nightmare sequence while in the hospital for an impending [[TheTonsillitisEpisode tonsillectomy]].

* Spoken almost verbatim in ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' episode "Ill Will" by [[Series/GeneralHospital Dr. Steve Hardy]], one of three famous doctor characters[[note]]the others being Doctor Dré -- no, not [[Music/DrDre that one]] -- and [[Series/TheLoveBoat "Doc" Adam Bricker]][[/note]] who Will is visited by in a nightmare sequence while in the hospital for an impending [[TonsillectomyEpisode tonsillectomy]].

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