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38. Like the Beatles song says

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Tue Jan 4, 2022, 05:07 AM

Jan 2022

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Does Anyone Remember TV's "Ben Casey" or "Dr. Kildare" ? [View all] pressbox69 Jan 2022 OP

Sure do! elleng Jan 2022 #1

I liked Ben Casey. True Blue American Jan 2022 #2

I loved both of those shows! ShazzieB Jan 2022 #3

I watched them both. Grumpy Old Guy Jan 2022 #4

Fun fact. I didn't know Walleye Jan 2022 #15

Yes, I watched both as well lillypaddle Jan 2022 #5

My cousin Jeanne and I ... NanceGreggs Jan 2022 #6

Like the Beatles song says pressbox69 Jan 2022 #38

I loved Marcus Welby M.D. iwillalwayswonderwhy Jan 2022 #7

Same here. AngryOldDem Jan 2022 #29

I don't know if I ever watched the shows, but I remember my cousin had a Ben Casey shirt. Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 #8

Are you certain it didn't say ... YDogg Jan 2022 #11

Well, this was in the '60s - but you have to know that I thought of that, too! Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 #12

Cool. pressbox69 Jan 2022 #39

Bwah! I thought of them too. I think the one that I really remembered was... electric_blue68 Jan 2022 #51

I loved those shows, plus the nurses childfreebychoice Jan 2022 #9

Yep. I remember them both. Back when surgeons ruled supreme in TV land. argyl Jan 2022 #10

I do. tblue37 Jan 2022 #13

May I offer "Emergency Ward 10"? mwooldri Jan 2022 #14

Of Course. Was a big Kildare fan, not so much Ben Casey, Fla Dem Jan 2022 #16

Same here. Laffy Kat Jan 2022 #22

My Mom pressbox69 Jan 2022 #40

LOL, "Too pretty"! He did have that aura about him. Fla Dem Jan 2022 #42

Remember both. sinkingfeeling Jan 2022 #17

I remember Dr. Killjoy and Ben Casehistory DFW Jan 2022 #18

Don't forget Mad's Marcus Welby, M.D. parody: Laffy Kat Jan 2022 #23

I still remember a Mad song parody about doctors. AngryOldDem Jan 2022 #30

LOL. Yes, it was. Laffy Kat Jan 2022 #37

"Calling Dr. Kildare!" Midnight Writer Jan 2022 #19

Of course! I watched both avidly - and had a huge crush on Richard Chamberlain, Ocelot II Jan 2022 #20

My family and I never missed those shows. Paladin Jan 2022 #21

I remember Ben Crazy....Houlihan and Big Chuck Tribetime Jan 2022 #24

I remember this lol Marthe48 Jan 2022 #34

Remember they were on the air. Never watched. Hate doctor/hospital shows. highplainsdem Jan 2022 #25

I watched them as a kid, which probably explains my hypochondria. AngryOldDem Jan 2022 #31

I occasionally listen to the Dr. Kildare radio program on satellite radio. Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 #26

Hell yes! I was in 6th grade and madly in love with both doctors Wicked Blue Jan 2022 #27

I do. Texaswitchy Jan 2022 #28

Dr. Zorba, played by Sam Jaffe. AngryOldDem Jan 2022 #32

this guy..he was about 70 Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #36

Sam Jaffe had a long, distinguished film career. Paladin Jan 2022 #44

Yep. AngryOldDem Jan 2022 #45

Yeah, I vaguely remember Bettye Ackerman in the cast. Now that you mention her. (nt) Paladin Jan 2022 #47

We were too young to watch it Marthe48 Jan 2022 #33

My Parents pressbox69 Jan 2022 #41

My older siblings wanted Howdy Doody Marthe48 Jan 2022 #43

I loved pressbox69 Jan 2022 #50

It was on afternoon reruns when I was a kid. AngryOldDem Jan 2022 #46

yep Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #35

I think almost every episode of Ben Casey had him... 3catwoman3 Jan 2022 #48

LOL AngryOldDem Jan 2022 #49

I remeber that opening for Ben Casey Poiuyt Jan 2022 #52

We (family) watched both. I don't remember which but one lead into a serious discussion... electric_blue68 Jan 2022 #53