I know some
friends that are pretty damn fervid (a great word by the way...
so rarely have an opportunity to use it in a sentence.) about the
Grey's Anatomy TV series. I can understand that. Besides cop and court room dramas, nothing else has been a television staple like the medical series. It's proven to contain ample character and story fodder for writers and producers to mine for people's musing and entertainment. And I'm no different when it comes down to my favorites (I come from a long line of folk who've gotten sucked down into the vortex of diagnosis drama for their viewing pleasure). My grandmother never missed a
Ben Casey or
Dr. Kildare episode in her day (I sat right there with her, too... mind you, I didn't have a choice). Probably, this is where medical comedy/drama shows (like
Medical Center,
MASH,
City of Angels) became ingrained in my psyche. I still fondly remember
ER (before all the original cast left) and
Chicago Hope (before the show lost its mind).
The rest of this post has been updated and moved over to my current blog, found
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