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Dr. Phil Makes Plea For Doctors Without Last Names On 'Late Show'

"Without a last name, how are medical professionals supposed to be taken seriously?"
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How could we have been so neglectful?

In a clever mock PSA on “The Late Show,” Dr. Phil makes a plea for doctors like him who “work tirelessly without a last name to call their own.”

As the treacly piano music plays, Dr. Phil calls out a veritable all-star team of first-name-only doctors who need to be recognized and taken seriously. Because, you know, they’re doctors.

And who’s going to argue that Dr. J and Dr. Octopus don’t deserve their props?

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