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Prank Surgeons
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
The investigative programme Issues Now meets Gary Chapple, whose routine hip operation left him with a rubber squeaker inside his hip after a surgeon accepted a dare, and Dorothy Portman, who spent five years with a fizzing sherbet capsule in her bladder. Surgeon Jeremy Peters denies everything when confronted, then struggles to keep his composure behind a handkerchief. Dr Eric Bridgeman of a surgical ethics group catalogues ever more outrageous operating-theatre pranks and blames a laddish new culture among surgeons, while Gary is left waiting for the rubber to perish.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 4
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
No, it's not a mistake. It's a squeaker.
No, more of a tickle.
They know what they're doing, they know that it's wrong, and that's where they get their kick.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
David Mitchell
Writer
Robert Webb
Writer
David Kerr
Director
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
The British Comedy Guide lists this sketch under the title “Medical Negligence”; fan uploads have also used “Surgeon Pranks” and “Rogue Surgeons”.