Friday humor: real doctors who are also stand-up comedians

Maybe it's just a way for them to find release from the enormous stress of being or having been doctors twenty-four hours a day, or maybe because it's such a contrast to the very serious, sometimes even grim, persona that doctors can present to their patients.

But there are indeed docs who enjoy, maybe even delight, in getting up on a stage and doing a comedy monologue in front of a nightclub full of probably tipsy patrons, who are probably amused by the realization that this guy up on stage may be a neurosurgeon as well as a comic.

Anyway, here are a couple of Youtube videos of actual doctors doing their thing, away from the hospital, as stand-up comedians:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqygagof3zi

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=comedian+doctor&docid=607989699647335271&mid=2e1327f102d18cd6fd132e1327f102d18cd6fd13&view=detail&form=vire

(There are more such video examples on the web of doctor/comedians in action, if you want to search for them).

And another example, this one the extraordinary case of a stand-up doctor/comedian who, as he reports, during his comedy routine actually had to go back to being a doctor, to assist an audience member who was suddenly having a seizure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_sexwaijr4

Talk about a doctor/comedian being in the right place at the right time!

But generally speaking, as for the doctor/comedians of the world, while they may be a curious breed, hats off to them for making us laugh as well as curing our ills!

theswan - So I guess your advice to her would be: "Don't quit your day job!" <grin!>

When first diagnosed, my case had a lot of complexities and there was urgency in getting my treatments started.

No time to joke around then ...

Since then, my two main local doctors and I have developed a bond characterized by camaraderie ~ and we now share humor from time-to-time.

Even more interesting ~ one of my doctors is from Kenya and the other from India ~ they are quite fluent in English, but sometimes HUMOR requires a bit of extra "translation" ~ which adds to the camaraderie between us.

There are subtle nuances in humor, as we have discovered!

Appreciative of doctors who truly look after me like a brother ~

CYCLONE ~ # Iowa State University

I PICKED UP A HITCH-HIKER. SEEMED LIKE A NICE GUY.

AFTER A FEW MILES, HE ASKED ME IF I WASN'T AFRAID THAT HE MIGHT BE A SERIAL KILLER?

TOLD HIM THAT THE ODDS OF TWO SERIAL KILLERS BEING IN THE SAME CAR WERE EXTREMELY UNLIKELY....

Mildred was notorious for being the small town snoop, eagle eye, and neighborhood gossip.

No one was immune from her sharp barbs and cutting gossip.

One day, at church, a new member named Bernard attended the Sunday service.

After church, Mildred haughtily stated, "I'm going to make SURE everyone in this church knows that you are an alcoholic! I SAW your old truck, late last night, in front of the tavern! And I KNOW what that means!"

Bernard said nothing, smiled, and quietly walked away.

That night, after Mildred's house was dark, and Mildred had gone to bed, Bernard parked his old truck in Mildred's driveway ~ and walked home ~ for a good night's sleep.

By sunrise, the next day, MILDRED had become "the talk of the town!"

CYCLONE ~ # Iowa State University

Post Edited (Cyclone-ISU) : 9/19/2022 4:01:29 PM (GMT-7)