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If you had to be one of these TV pharmacists, who would you be?

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Murderous George Williams (Desperate Housewives)
19% (11 votes)
Victorian pharmacy enthusiast Nick Barber (BBC’s Victorian Pharmacy)
57% (33 votes)
Wholesome Ned Flanders (The Simpsons)
17% (10 votes)
Dorky Mort Goldman (Family Guy)
7% (4 votes)
Total votes: 58
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Wed, 21/12/2011 - 17:05 – Ayshe Ismail

Read the blog...

Read the blog that inspired the poll.

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Fri, 23/12/2011 - 13:44 – Ria Wood

Alternative suggestion

I'm not a Simpsons aficionado but I thought Flanders was a drug sales rep. in a previous life. Whether he was actually a pharmacist, I don't know. However, in the struggle to find TV pharmacists, it'll do. Actually, as an alternative I suggest Eddie Walzer, the pharmacist from Nurse Jackie! Personally, I'm quite pleased there isn't very much fictional pharmacist presence on TV. Much better for the public to understand what we do and what qualities we have from real life interaction than watch a cringingly awful story line in Casualty or similar.
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Fri, 23/12/2011 - 16:27 – Leila Taheri

It was a struggle

Hi Ria

1) We debated whether to include Eddie Walzer, but decided that the show might not have been widely watched in the UK.

2) Apparently, Ned announced he was a pharmacist in the episode of The Simpsons where he opens his leftorium. I don't recall it personally, but have it on good authority.

3) If you haven't read the blog that inspired the poll, please do. There are plenty more examples of pharmacists on TV. Of course, whether you think that's a good thing is another matter.

Having a strong presence of positive pharmacist characters on TV can only be a good thing, in my opinion. After all, it would raise the profile of our profession.

Wishing you a happy Christmas,

Leila Taheri

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Tue, 03/01/2012 - 15:02 – Cathal Gallagher

Flander's Occupation

Hi Leila.

The Simpson's episode to which you refer is #38 (Season 3, Episode 3: When Flanders Failed"), in which the line of interest is, "Friday, I'm saying toodle-loo to the pharmaceutical game. No, I kid you not. Here's the noose I had to wear for ten years. [burning necktie]"

It's generally accepted that Ned worked in pharmaceutical sales prior to opening the leftorium.

Dave Thomas played a pharmacist called Russell Norton in ABC's Grace Under Fire from 1993-1998. There was even an episode (Season 1, Episode 4) called, "The Good, the Bad, and the Pharmacist" in which Russell utters the thinly-veiled threat, "A pharmacist knows fifty ways to kill a man without leaving a trace."

If I remember correctly this useless information that no normal person would've even retained, this episode aired on BBC2 on Wednesday 17 August 1994 at 10pm.

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