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HOT GALLERY: Looking Back at the Stars of St. Elsewhere, Some of the Most Beloved Doctors in TV History
Before ER, before Grey’s Anatomy, before House and Nurse Jackie, came St. Elsewhere, an irreverent, hilarious, controversial series that broke a lot of ground. Over its six seasons, it addressed AIDS, addiction, infidelity, rape—not to mention the deaths of several main characters. Thirty-two years later, it’s clear that one of the most astonishing things about it was its ensemble cast (the show gave some very talented actors their big break). Oh, and we’d be remiss not to mention that memorable—and hummable—theme song. Just don’t even get us started on the series finale—to this day, one of the most talked-about and oft-maligned in TV history: Was St. Eligius hospital all a figment of an autistic boy’s (Chad Allen) imagination? Let’s look back at St. Elsewhere... By Nina Hämmerling Smith
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Howie Mandel as Dr. Wayne Fiscus on St. Elsewhere in 1983
Not surprisingly, comedian Howie Mandel’s Dr. Fiscus was a cutup at St. Eligius. Though a dedicated surgeon, he was known for his lighthearted behavior toward colleagues and patients alike. His castmates unanimously named Mandel the class clown of the show. “We were irreverent,” says Mandel. “We were ironic. We were sometimes silly.”
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October 22, 2012 at 3:20 pm, docdenhul said:
Fiscus was not a surgeon but the first emergency medicine specialist portrayed on TV long before ER