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Title: Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989–1993)
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A teenaged genius deals with the usual problems of growing up: having a girlfriend, going to parties, hanging out with his best friend, all of this on top of being a licensed physician in a difficult residency program. Written by Phil Fernando
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brilliant mind | character name as series title | doctor | teenager | best friend |Certificate:
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19 September 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Doogie Howser, M.D. See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 18, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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In 2008, Neil Patrick Harris appeared in television and print ads for Old Spice deodorant spoofing his Doogie Howser character (he said that he could recommend the product as a "former make-believe doctor" and because he "used to be a doctor for pretend" (he also tried to use a stethoscope on a patient's nose instead of his chest). See more »Goofs
Max Casella sometimes mispronounces his character's last name (Delpino) as "Delphino". See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I suppose it must be different when you first watched this, but I only started watching this in 2013 when there were suddenly a few cultural references to Doogie Howser on TV and in the movies.
It was fun watching it at first - a boy genius who is a doctor. It's a show about growing up pains, with the quirk that the growing boy is smarter than his father and is an accomplished and respected doctor. I enjoyed the episodes where he is saving lives and learning adult perspectives in a medical setting, but the normal growing pains part are too normal to be interesting. I actually liked Vinny better as the normal kid with the genius friend - if you think it is easy being a genius, try being his friend!
By the second half of the second season, the show did not interest me as much as it initially did. I would have given it a 5, but thought 6 was more appropriate for the excellent first season.