Funny Doctors' Names
Joe and Ruth Levy
Smith and Dale had a routine in which one of them played a doctor known as
"Dr. Krankheit." While not quite as Jewish, I have run across several
doctors' names in real life, which contrast humorously with their areas of
specialization. I have either met these doctors personally, or have been
told of them by sources I believe to be reliable.
- Dr. Nalebuff: specialized in surgery of the hand. He and his
associate treated me many years ago.
- Dr. La Femina: specialized in obstetrics and gynecology.
- Dr. Cockburn: urologist
- Dr. Goldfinger: his specialty was apparently gastroenterology. A
friend, many years ago, was hospitalized with a severe gastrointestinal
problem, affecting both ends of the alimentary canal. Dr. Goldfinger
visited him regularly in the hospital, and made liberal use of the gloved
finger for examinations.
Anyone else have funny doctors' names, Jewish or otherwise?
Larry Kessler
My proctologist is named Dr. Butz.
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Forrest Z. Marler
<joean...@hargray.com> wrote:
Dr. Looney - GP turned counselor
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Department of Mathematics
Walter P. Zaehl
"Joe and Ruth Levy" <joean...@hargray.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone else have funny doctors' names, Jewish or otherwise?
Well, a google search on "cockburn urologist" didn't only reveal
that there is at least one real urologist with that name
(Alden Cockburn in Tampa, Florida, African-American, so
he's perhaps not *obviously* Jewish ;-)
but also a compilation of such names, at
http://www.dementia.org/~alycia/drnames.html
several lists: funny names, rhyming names, 'medically relevant'
(like in this case) etc.
Have fun,
Walter
Fred Kasner
At one time my gastroenterologist was a Dr. Bone. I presume he
studiously avoided becoming an anthropologist.
FK
kgold
Norwalk, CT, USA, an opthalmology practice with physicians
Doctor Doctor, Doctor Doctor, and Doctor Doctor.
(Daniel Doctor, Judith Doctor, and daughter Leslie Doctor)
Joe and Ruth Levy <joean...@hargray.com> writes:
> Anyone else have funny doctors' names, Jewish or otherwise?
>
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Paul
"Fred Kasner" <fka...@enteract.com> wrote in message
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> Joe and Ruth Levy wrote:
> At one time my gastroenterologist was a Dr. Bone. I presume he
> studiously avoided becoming an anthropologist.
He still could have been an Osteopath.
Dave Bell
... or a Urologist.
Skid and Jos Schermerhorn
Joe and Ruth Levy wrote:
Bryan Stack
> Anyone else have funny doctors' names, Jewish or otherwise?
In Casper, Wyoming, there is a (retired) dentist named D. K. Root.
-- Bryan Stack
K Bourke
Drs. Lovely, Precious, and Darling
(*Yes*, it's true..... know the first personally, the second operated on
me..!)
Years ago, a GP by the name of Dr. Death practices here....pronounced it
"Deeth", for *some* reason....
I've hear of another Dr. Death, who changed it to De'Ath....didn't have to
change the credit cards.....
KB
meirman
kg...@watson.ibm.com (kgold) posted:
>
>Norwalk, CT, USA, an opthalmology practice with physicians
>Doctor Doctor, Doctor Doctor, and Doctor Doctor.
>
>(Daniel Doctor, Judith Doctor, and daughter Leslie Doctor)
If you want to get into this, I know a Rabbi Cantor, and of a Rabbi
Moyl, and there are other possibilities yet to come.
>
>Joe and Ruth Levy <joean...@hargray.com> writes:
>> Anyone else have funny doctors' names, Jewish or otherwise?
>>
>
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meirman
Schermerhorn <ssch...@capecod.net> posted:
>Dr. Klotz: a surgeon who did my son's T&A.
Your son got in enhancement surgery?
Joseph Toubes
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meirman
Schermerhorn <ssch...@capecod.net> posted:
>Dr. Klotz: a surgeon who did my son's T&A.
By the way, do you know who Schermerhorn Avenue in downtown Brooklyn
was named after?
Juan M.
There ws also a dentist in Vancouver Wa namde Dr. Holler.
The Old Bear
>Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 22:01:46 EST
>From: Joe and Ruth Levy <joean...@hargray.com>
>Newsgroups: rec.humor.jewish
>Subject: Funny Doctors' Names
>
> As all of us over a certain age remember fondly, the ancient comedians
>Smith and Dale had a routine in which one of them played a doctor known as
>"Dr. Krankheit." While not quite as Jewish, I have run across several
>doctors' names in real life, which contrast humorously with their areas of
>specialization.
. . .
>Anyone else have funny doctors' names, Jewish or otherwise?
It's uncanny how names can reflect one's career choices. I had to do some
research to come up with this biographical summary:
A native Texan, Claude H. Organ, Jr., earned his M.D. degree
from Creighton University School of Medicinein Omaha in 1952
and completed his surgical residency at the Creighton University
Affiliated Hospitals in 1957. After a stint in the U.S. Navy
Medical Corps, he returned to Creighton as a faculty member in
the Department of Surgery. In 1971 he was appointed chair of
the department, a position he held until 1982 when he became
professor of surgery at the University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center.
Dr. Organ was elected president of the Southwestern Surgical
Congress in 1984. A named lecture in his honor (the Claude H.
Organ, Jr. Basic Science Lecture) was inaugurated in 1995 by
the Southwestern Surgical Congress. He served as director
(1978-1986) and chairman (1984-1986) of the American Board of
Surgery.
He holds honorary fellowships in the Royal Australasian
College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons of South
Africa. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by the
University of Nebraska and Xavier University. He is the author
of more than 185 scientific articles and book chapters, and has
lectured extensively worldwide.
I had the honor of attending graduate school with one of his sons -- who
became a banker.
Cheers,
The Old Bear
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Dubinse
in the UK.
Dr. Ulrich Luft was the chief of respiratory
medicine at the Lovelace Clinic in
Albuquerque NM.
Note that Dr. W. Randolf Lovelace was
not related to Linda Lovelace. He was
an ENT specialist and he did invent an
instrument for transfixing and holding
tonsils while snaring them. That device
is listed in medical catalogs as "Lovelace
tonsil screw."
Stephen Dubin VMD
meirman
<joean...@hargray.com> posted:
> As all of us over a certain age remember fondly, the ancient comedians
>Smith and Dale had a routine in which one of them played a doctor known as
>"Dr. Krankheit." While not quite as Jewish, I have run across several
My mother and brother got a big kick out Walter Cronkite, esp. when my
brother was in medical school.
>doctors' names in real life, which contrast humorously with their areas of
>specialization. I have either met these doctors personally, or have been
>told of them by sources I believe to be reliable.
> - Dr. Nalebuff: specialized in surgery of the hand. He and his
>associate treated me many years ago.
> - Dr. La Femina: specialized in obstetrics and gynecology.
> - Dr. Cockburn: urologist
> - Dr. Goldfinger: his specialty was apparently gastroenterology. A
I know him. But I think he's a mathetician.
I went to Dr. Cure once.
He didn't cure me. Didn't cure my grandfather either.
>friend, many years ago, was hospitalized with a severe gastrointestinal
>problem, affecting both ends of the alimentary canal. Dr. Goldfinger
>visited him regularly in the hospital, and made liberal use of the gloved
>finger for examinations.
> Anyone else have funny doctors' names, Jewish or otherwise?
Ed Bailen
My father-in-law's urologist is Dr. Dick Chop.
Regards,
Ed
Joseph Toubes
Davida Chazan - The Chocolate Lady
>In rec.humor.jewish on Sun, 10 Nov 2002 19:57:19 EST Skid and Jos
>Schermerhorn <ssch...@capecod.net> posted:
>
>>Dr. Klotz: a surgeon who did my son's T&A.
>
I can't believe no one remembers the character of Dr. Kronk on one of
those medical shows (ER, Chicago Hope?).
(Made me laugh every time.)
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chocolate, and total bitches". -- Dawn French
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Joe and Ruth Levy
>
> My father-in-law's urologist is Dr. Dick Chop.
>
> Regards,
> Ed
>
Oy vey. With a name like that he should definitely have been a mohel!!
meirman
<kbo...@hfx.eastlink.ca> posted:
I knew people who spelled their name LeVine (rhymed with 'the wine').
About pronunciation changes in general, my grandmother had friends
Mrs. Wides (WHY dus) and Mrs Bunes (BUN us). At least one son changed
the pronunciation to Wayds, the way it is spelled. I don't know about
the other family, if they went to pronouncing it Boons. I think I
would have preferred to see them change the spelling to Waiddes and
Bunnes, but I understand all the problems that causes in losing
connection with family of the same name, present and past. And even
more so in these days of record keeping.
>
>KB
Jim Bianchi
>In rec.humor.jewish on Sun, 10 Nov 2002 19:57:19 EST Skid and Jos
>Schermerhorn <ssch...@capecod.net> posted:
>
>>Dr. Klotz: a surgeon who did my son's T&A.
>
>By the way, do you know who Schermerhorn Avenue in downtown Brooklyn
>was named after?
Sure. Charley Avenue..
Christianity is Judaism for Windows.
Charlie Bress
And I once had a dermatologist named Dr. Hacker
"Joe and Ruth Levy" <joean...@hargray.com> wrote in message
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weedfam
Joe and Ruth Levy wrote:
>
> As all of us over a certain age remember fondly, the ancient comedians
> Smith and Dale had a routine in which one of them played a doctor known as
> "Dr. Krankheit." While not quite as Jewish, I have run across several
> doctors' names in real life, which contrast humorously with their areas of
> specialization. I have either met these doctors personally, or have been
> told of them by sources I believe to be reliable.
> - Dr. Nalebuff: specialized in surgery of the hand. He and his
> associate treated me many years ago.
> - Dr. La Femina: specialized in obstetrics and gynecology.
> - Dr. Cockburn: urologist
> - Dr. Goldfinger: his specialty was apparently gastroenterology. A
> friend, many years ago, was hospitalized with a severe gastrointestinal
> problem, affecting both ends of the alimentary canal. Dr. Goldfinger
> visited him regularly in the hospital, and made liberal use of the gloved
> finger for examinations.
> Anyone else have funny doctors' names, Jewish or otherwise?
Doctor Coffin --Chiropractor
Ed Rust
Dr. Footlick - retired podiatrist
Dr. Debra Tickles - pediatrician who married and became Tickles-Farmer
Joe and Ruth Levy
on 11/20/02 9:37 AM:
>> From Kansas City:
>
> Dr. Footlick - retired podiatrist
>
> Dr. Debra Tickles - pediatrician who married and became Tickles-Farmer
>
.....
And, as I think back to my childhood, I remember the old fashioned
family doctor who was constantly looking after my elderly grandparents'
numerous aches and pains. His surname was a fairly simple and conventional
one: Packer. However, in my grandfather's thick Yiddish accent, the man was
known as " Dr. Pecker."
Leon
"Joe and Ruth Levy" <joean...@hargray.com> wrote
> And, as I think back to my childhood, I remember the old fashioned
> family doctor who was constantly looking after my elderly grandparents'
> numerous aches and pains. His surname was a fairly simple and
conventional
> one: Packer. However, in my grandfather's thick Yiddish accent, the man
was
> known as " Dr. Pecker."
Do we have a schizophrenic here? "Joe and Ruth" writes in the first person
singular.
How many of you remember "Joe and Paul" the clothing merchants, on the Lower
East Side? Two people, using "we" not "I".
Their jingle went "Joe and Paul, a fargenigin. They offered a metsiah, a
suit of clothes for the bucher with a yoyo as a free for nothing gift.
All on WEVD, "The Station That Speaks Your Language."
Leon
Joe and Ruth Levy
>
> How many of you remember "Joe and Paul" the clothing merchants, on the Lower
> East Side? Two people, using "we" not "I".
>
> Their jingle went "Joe and Paul, a fargenigin. They offered a metsiah, a
> suit of clothes for the bucher with a yoyo as a free for nothing gift.
>
> All on WEVD, "The Station That Speaks Your Language."
>
> Leon
You had to bring up Joe and Paul? A little Web search, and I found some
audio clips attached to the yiddishradioproject.org Web site:
[http://www.yiddishradioproject.org/exhibits/commercials/commercials.php3?pg
=3]
At that site, you can listen to these audio clips, which brought back
many old memories to me personally. The audio is very funny, and PG rated.
You also get a running translation of the Yiddish into English. And BTW,
Leon, the radio station is WBVD, not WEVD. I cut and pasted a little
material from the Web page below, for those who might be interested:
So it happened that a young comedian named Aaron Chwatt (who later became
Red Buttons) used "Joe and Paul" as the basis for an extended Borscht Belt
parody of Yiddish radio. His routine centered on the fictitious station
WBVD, whose programming consisted of commercials interrupted by more
commercials, each sillier than the last. For listeners of Yiddish radio, the
send-up hit home.
Called to service in World War Two, Red Buttons left the hugely successful
skit in the Catskills, where the Barton Brothers comedy team picked it up
from hotel staff who had learned it by heart. The Bartons recorded the bit
in 1947 for the fledgling Apollo label and soon found themselves proud
progenitors of the biggest Yiddish party record ever. According to Eddie
Barton, three-quarters of a million records were sold in a span of a few
months. The song was so popular it spawned a Latin cover arranged by Tito
Puente.
Joe and Ruth Levy
at words...@att.net wrote on 11/25/02 9:32 AM:
>
> "Joe and Ruth Levy" <joean...@hargray.com> wrote
>
>> And, as I think back to my childhood, I remember the old fashioned
>> family doctor who was constantly looking after my elderly grandparents'
>> numerous aches and pains. His surname was a fairly simple and
> conventional
>> one: Packer. However, in my grandfather's thick Yiddish accent, the man
> was
>> known as " Dr. Pecker."
>
> Do we have a schizophrenic here? "Joe and Ruth" writes in the first person
> singular.
No. Actually it is just Joe posting on this newsgroup. I would be a
pretty strange schizophrenic if my two personas were of different genders.
Then I would surely need the assistance of Dr. Pecker. By the way, I also
remember running across an optometrist in Braintree, Massachusetts, whose
surname was Dong. Perhaps Dr. Dong should have gone to med school and gone
on to specialize in urology.
>
> How many of you remember "Joe and Paul" the clothing merchants, on the Lower
> East Side? Two people, using "we" not "I".
>
> Their jingle went "Joe and Paul, a fargenigin. They offered a metsiah, a
> suit of clothes for the bucher with a yoyo as a free for nothing gift.
>
> All on WEVD, "The Station That Speaks Your Language."
I also remember a set of 78 rpm comedy records my parents would play
that had that Joe and Paul jingle interspersed between comedy bits delivered
partially in English, but with punchlines always in Yiddish, which I could
barely understand. They also sang about WEVD. Was that a real radio
station?
>
meirman
<joean...@hargray.com> posted:
>in article KZCD9.27467$hK4.2...@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net, Leon
>at words...@att.net wrote on 11/25/02 9:32 AM:
>
>>
>> "Joe and Ruth Levy" <joean...@hargray.com> wrote
>>
>>> And, as I think back to my childhood, I remember the old fashioned
>>> family doctor who was constantly looking after my elderly grandparents'
>>> numerous aches and pains. His surname was a fairly simple and
>> conventional
>>> one: Packer. However, in my grandfather's thick Yiddish accent, the man
>> was
>>> known as " Dr. Pecker."
>>
>> Do we have a schizophrenic here? "Joe and Ruth" writes in the first person
>> singular.
>
>
> No. Actually it is just Joe posting on this newsgroup. I would be a
Ruth, do you mind his saying this about you.
>pretty strange schizophrenic if my two personas were of different genders.
That might be a halachic problem in real life, but I don't think so
here.
>> All on WEVD, "The Station That Speaks Your Language."
>
>
> I also remember a set of 78 rpm comedy records my parents would play
>that had that Joe and Paul jingle interspersed between comedy bits delivered
>partially in English, but with punchlines always in Yiddish, which I could
>barely understand. They also sang about WEVD. Was that a real radio
>station?
I don't know about BVDs, but WEVD was named after Eugene V. Debbs
(Debs? or was that a station for debutantes?)
Fred Kasner
Joe and Ruth Levy wrote:
Joe and Paul a fargenigan, Joe and Paul dir ken a bargain krigen, a
suit, a coat a gabardine. Bringt herine dine kleine sihn.
Phonetically remembered.
FK
The last time I sang that song was at a rehearsal for a play at the
University Theater at the U. of Chicago in the '50s
FK
Prof. L. P. Levine
:> [...]
:> barely understand. They also sang about WEVD. Was that a real radio
:> station?
:> [...]
Sure was, the call letters stood for Eugene Victor Debs, a leading
socialist who ran for President several times. I believe that he
was quoted as saying that he never won but that many of his planks
were ultimately adopted.
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Fax 1-414-229-2769
Box 784, Milwaukee, WI 53201 eFax 1-603-954-5930
Fred Rosenblatt
> Fred Kasner <fka...@enteract.com> wrote:
> :> [...]
> :> barely understand. They also sang about WEVD. Was that a real radio
> :> station?
> :> [...]
>
> Sure was, the call letters stood for Eugene Victor Debs, a leading
> socialist who ran for President several times. I believe that he
> was quoted as saying that he never won but that many of his planks
> were ultimately adopted.
He was right, they have. We taxpayers have been forced
to walk quite a few of his planks in recent years.
fkasner
Sorry, but the quote above was NOT something that I wrote. If for no other
reason than that I was a NYC born and educated person. I knew that there was
a WEVD.
As for Debs he not only ran for president but was also jailed during WWI for
violation of a sedition law passed in those years. He was anti-war and
refused to support the USA in WWI.
FK
Leon
business, cooking and boating while examining me. The fact that he was/is a
proctologist didn't seem funny at the time, but he was in the right place,
after all.
How many MD's wish they were "in real estate"? At the time, I was, and
wished I had studied medicine as a way to make big money. One of my doctors
today is also in the pretzel business and another is a factor, loaning money
to manufacturers agains their accounts recievable.
As my Tante used to say, "Go know."
Leon
meirman
<words...@att.net> posted:
>How many MD's wish they were "in real estate"? At the time, I was, and
>wished I had studied medicine as a way to make big money. One of my doctors
>today is also in the pretzel business and another is a factor, loaning money
>to manufacturers agains their accounts recievable.
>
>As my Tante used to say, "Go know."
In today's economic climate the posttzel business is probably a better
idea.
>
>Leon