"I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Arnold Zwicky ran down the origins of the "I'm not doctor" phrase here:

   http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002541.html

The Chris Robinson "I Play a Doctor" Vicks Formula 44 commercial is at
4:40 in this youtube compilation of commercials, purporting to be from
10/13/1984.  The commercial immediately preceding it has Robert Young
shilling for pain medicine, but he doesn't claim to be or play a doctor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYSjYNPbcyw


Bergman's version is here:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x36pho_vicks-44_ads





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