But I Play One on TV: Difference between revisions

* Dennis Haysbert (who played President David Palmer on ''[[24]]'') tells a story about a couple of fans who freaked out when they saw him hanging out with actor Gregory Itzin (who plays President Charles Logan, {{spoiler|the man who ordered his assassination}}, on the same show). The fact that the two actors are good friends apparently never occurred to anyone.

* The late David Jackson was once mistaken by a kid for Olag Gan, his ''[[Blake's Seven|Blakes Seven]]'' character, while the actor was shopping in Harrods.

* Infotainment shows constantly referred to the star of ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' as "Doctor McDreamy". Hey, you... yes, you the guy at ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]''! He's got a name. It's Patrick Dempsey! He's only been a fairly well-known actor now for the last 20 years or so.

* David James Elliott was constantly referred to as ''[[JAG]]'' during the run of that show. The ''really'' stupid part being [[I Am Not Shazam|that wasn't his character's name]]... it was his character's ''job''. ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' later did a story about Elliott joining the cast of ''Close to Home''. They still called him "[[JAG]]".

* Malcolm Jamal-Warner, who played Theo on ''[[The Cosby Show]]'', wrote in his autobiography that half his fan mail was addressed to his character's name, and kids would frequently ask to be adopted into his family so they could appear on the show.

* Ater ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' had been on the air for a few episodes, the U.S. Coast Guard received some telegrams from concerned citizens:

* 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.

 

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* Parodied in an episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. A nervous villager points out that Teal'c is a Jaffa. O'Neill then [[Deadpan Snarker|replies in his typical fashion that]]...

* On the Season One finale of ''[[Party Down]]'', Roman harasses [[Star Trek: The Original Series|George Takei]] concerning his take on the Vulcan Mind-Meld - which, of course, was not Sulu's area of expertise.

 

* 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".

* Parodied in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'''' video "Marik's Evil Council 3"

'''[[Dan Green]]''': No, but I played a villain in one of the Pokemon movies. }}