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Not to be confused with [[I'm Not a Doctor But I Play One on TV]]. |
Not to be confused with [[I'm Not a Doctor But I Play One on TV]]. |
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⚫ | * The [[Amazing Super Powers]] webcomic 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 "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". |
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⚫ | * An in-universe example: in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'', a certain Simon Trent played a [[Batman]]-like superhero named Gray Ghost in an immensely popular TV show which little Bruce was a big fan of. In the episode "Beware of the Gray Ghost", set decades later, Trent is facing poverty partly because he cannot get any roles because [[I Am Not Spock|everyone still thinks of him as the Gray Ghost]]. Then Batman comes along on a case and ropes him in to assist him. Much to his own surprise, Trent make a passable superhero (and more importantly, learns that the Big Badass Batman is primarily inspired by his portrayal of one). |
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* [[Harlan Ellison]] wrote in the intro for his book ''Strange Wine'' that he talked with Dan Blocker (Hoss from ''[[Bonanza]]'') about this phenomenon. Apparently, Blocker once had a woman come up to him in a supermarket and ask him about how Hoss was. When Blocker replied that he ''wasn't'' Hoss and Hoss was fictional, the woman said, "I know that, all I want to know is if he's alright!" |
* [[Harlan Ellison]] wrote in the intro for his book ''Strange Wine'' that he talked with Dan Blocker (Hoss from ''[[Bonanza]]'') about this phenomenon. Apparently, Blocker once had a woman come up to him in a supermarket and ask him about how Hoss was. When Blocker replied that he ''wasn't'' Hoss and Hoss was fictional, the woman said, "I know that, all I want to know is if he's alright!" |
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* Robert Young, who played ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'', often said that people would ask him for medical advice. |
* Robert Young, who played ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'', often said that people would ask him for medical advice. |
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{{quote|''"For several weeks now, we have seen American citizens stranded on some Pacific island. We spend millions in foreign aid. Why not send one U.S. destroyer to rescue those poor people before they starve to death?"''}} |
{{quote|''"For several weeks now, we have seen American citizens stranded on some Pacific island. We spend millions in foreign aid. Why not send one U.S. destroyer to rescue those poor people before they starve to death?"''}} |
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* According to [[Jimmy Stewart]], people asked if ''[[Harvey]]'' was around for many years after that movie. He usually said that Harvey was at home with a cold. |
* According to [[Jimmy Stewart]], people asked if ''[[Harvey]]'' was around for many years after that movie. He usually said that Harvey was at home with a cold. |
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