Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
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Trust Me, I'm a Doctor was a BBC Two television programme, looking at the state of health care in Britain with a combination of factual reporting and satire. It was presented by Dr. Phil Hammond, and ran for three series between 1997 and 1999.
A book by Hammond, also entitled Trust Me, I'm a Doctor accompanied the series. The message of both book and series was that doctors were not infallible and you should learn as much about your own healthcare as possible.
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"Trust me, I'm a doctor" is also the advertising slogan for Dr. Pepper, indicating that whenever someone tells you to drink Dr. Pepper in a commercial, you should do as told, since the one telling you knows what he's talking about (since "he's a doctor"). Out of this, it has become a running gag as well as a common saying to convince somebody of something, most often emphasizing that you are, in fact, not all that convinced of a certain standpoint yourself.
The most recent advertising figure is Gene Simmons of Kiss (said in a commercial during 2010 Super Bowl), referencing "Calling Dr. Love", a Kiss song written by Simmons.
Trust me, I'm the Doctor is also a running gag on the BBC show Doctor Who.
It is also a song by Irish band The Blizzards.
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