Doogie Howser, MD

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Television series
German title Doogie Howser, MD
Original title Doogie Howser, MD
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1989-1993
length 23 minutes
Episodes 97 in 4 seasons ( list )
genre Comedy
idea Steven Bochco ,
David E. Kelley
production Steven Bochco ,
Mark Horowitz ,
Rick Wallace ,
Vic Rauseo
music Mike Post (Theme)
First broadcast September 19, 1989 (USA) on ABC
German-language
first broadcast		 January 1, 1991 on ProSieben
occupation
synchronization

Doogie Howser, MD is an American television series produced for ABC from 1989 to 1993 . In Germany, the series was shown on ProSieben from 1991 . The series is about a boy who was already practicing as a doctor at the age of 16 and was going through puberty at the same time .

content

The gifted Douglas "Doogie" Howser is a child prodigy . Thanks to his photographic memory , he graduated from high school at nine , graduated from Princeton University at ten, and completed his medical degree four years later. At the age of 14 he becomes the youngest doctor in the country.

The series begins with Doogie's 16th birthday. He works as an intern at Eastman Medical Center in Los Angeles and is slowly growing up. Each episode ends with Howser keeping his computer diary with the characteristic theme song in the background.

background

The series was inspired by the story of Howard A. Zucker, MD, JD (Chairman of the New York State Health Department since 2015 ), who was a doctor at the age of 22.

The fifteen-year-old leading actor Neil Patrick Harris had his first major breakthrough as a young actor through the series. After the series ended, he returned to relative anonymity with theater and small film roles, before a second and final international breakthrough followed with How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014).

MD

In the medical context, the title MD is associated with the salutation “Doctor” ( only “Doctor XY”, not as in German “Frau / Herr Dr. XY” or outdated “Frau / Herr Doktor”). It denotes the professional doctorate awarded in the United States after completing a medical degree . Unlike the research doctoral degrees behind the German title Dr. med. and the British MD (medicinae doctor) , the US-American MD is not associated with writing and defending a scientific doctoral thesis .

Doogie Howser in pop culture

Doogie Howser has made its way into American pop culture in many places . In many films and television series (including Friends , Roseanne , the Simpsons , Hangover 2 and Gilmore Girls ) as well as in common parlance, the term “Doogie” (rarely also “Doogie Howser”) is sometimes used to refer to someone with a little disdain who, in the sayer's opinion, is not old enough to do his job properly. In the film 50/50 - Friends for Life , Adam compares his 24-year-old doctor to Doogie Howser. In the Castle episode Bank Robbery (season 4, episode 65), one of the bank robbers uses Doogie Howser as a cover name.

occupation

The synchronization of the series was created at Arena Synchron from dialogue books and under the dialogue direction of Norbert Steinke.

role actor Voice actor
Douglas "Doogie" Howser, MD Neil Patrick Harris Florian Bathke
Vinnie Delpino Max Casella Julien Haggége
Katherine O'Brien Howser Belinda Montgomery Eva-Maria Werth
David Howser, MD James Sikking Lothar Hinze
Curly Spaulding Kathryn Layng Katja Nottke (seasons 1–2)

Maja Dürr (from season 3)

Canfield, MD Lawrence Pressman Friedrich G. Beckhaus (seasons 1–2)

Ernst Meincke (from season 3)

Kathy Henderson Lauryn Walsh
Wanda Plenn Lisa Dean Ryan Bianca Krahl
Janine Stewart Lucy Boryer Ursula Hugo
Raymond Alexander Markus Redmond Dietmar miracle
Jack McGuire, MD Mitchell Anderson Andreas Fröhlich
Ron Welch, MD Rif Hutton Leon Boden
Michele Faber Robyn Lively
Pinkley, MD Susan Krebs

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Series | Doogie Howser, MD Retrieved October 6, 2018 .