British DOCTORS react to the SIMPSONS (Medical Scenes) #2

We're back again with another Simpsons reaction video! So many of you guys watched and enjoyed the first one that we thought we had to film a part 2. Tune in to see a lot more of Dr Nick and Homer's rather unconventional diet.
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[@TurquoiseStar17]

Dr. Nick at the start of Homer's surgery: "What the hell is that?" That's probably the last thing anyone wants to hear when going under anesthetic 😂

[@jmurray1110]

Personally I think “Fuck I forgot to pin the wikihow article” is worse

[@WXVA9]

In the commentary, the writers said that was literally the inspiration for that line

[@thelofiguy6050]

Hey, American here! While I’m not a doctor and do not currently nor have I ever worked in the field of healthcare, I do know a fair bit of history. You’re correct in assuming that operating theaters (operating rooms with spots for observers) are primarily an old school thing, they largely fell out of fashion around the mid-1900s. However, they are still used for (as you said) teaching purposes. Most hospitals do not have one and you’ll really only reliably find them in hospitals that have very skilled and renowned physicians (MAYO Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, etc) nowadays. However, they often are just an operating room with seating on the second floor, but only qualified physicians who are learning a new procedure are allowed to attend. To conclude, a fun fact for you: surgery used to be viewed as a spectacle around the mid 1800s so the term “operating theater” actually comes from the days when regular members of the public could pay to sit and watch doctors operate on their patients. In fact, there was at least one case of two surgeons (one of which was Dr. Robert Liston at the University College Hospital in London) racing to see who could perform a procedure faster (the idea of which wasn’t without merit given without anesthesia operating as quickly as possible greatly reduced pain and improved the odds of survival for the patient). The procedure was to amputate the patient’s leg and Dr. Liston, in the rush to complete the operation as quickly as possible, cut off his surgical assistant’s fingers as he was cutting through the leg and slashed a spectator’s coat while switching instruments. Both men died of infection in their wounds and a third (uninjured) spectator died of shock because he believed he had been stabbed. That is the only recorded surgery which had a 300% fatality rate.

[@ScanningTheMind]

Amazing, that’s actually very interesting-thanks! Haha yes that 300% mortality surgery story is one we were told in med school, crazy isn’t it!

[@Byvenic]

@@ScanningTheMind Probably not exactly the way Dr Liston hoped he'd go down in history.

[@Jaseoffire]

And yet, none of that was the initial patient. I take it that the patient was fine anyways...

[@thelofiguy6050]

@@Jaseoffire that would appear to be correct. None of the accounts I’ve ever read mention the patient suffering any complications. The only deaths I’ve ever seen mentioned are the surgical assistant, the doctor whose coat was slashed, and the spectator who died of shock.

[@outerrealm]

@@Jaseoffire According to the book, the amputation took 2 1/2 minutes, the patient died of gangrene.

[@jim2757-w8m]

My favourite Dr Nick quote is when he passes one of his patients in the corridor “hi, it’s mister McGreg, he’s got a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg”. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@ScanningTheMind]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PhycoKrusk]

The trick to solving a Rubik's Cube is basically the same as untying the Gordian Knot: Remove all the pieces from the center axes, and then reassemble as desired. Modern problems, ancient solutions.

[@ScanningTheMind]

😂 I definitely did this as a child haha

[@jrhackman7414]

My cousin has a BB from a BB gun in his brain. It’s been there for a couple decades gives him no trouble. Well I don’t know exactly where it is but it’s inside his skull we always say it’s in the brain, if he has one.

[@ScanningTheMind]

“If he has one” hahaha this is such a cousin comment 💀

[@aaronmicalowe]

Someone once smashed a pint glass against my head because I was breaking up a fight. 20 years later I found a scab and picked at it and a 1 inch shard of glass came out. I still have several more embedded in there. Sometimes hairdressers don't know they're there and cut a little too close and they bleed. 😂

[@trespire]

@JR Hackman When you call out your cousins name, and turns arround, is there a rattling sound ?

[@rokuthedog]

@@aaronmicalowe similar thing happened to me. wrecked off my bike onto rough asphalt and gravel. about a year later i picked a pea sized rock out of my shoulder.

[@ChrissaTodd]

fun fact Homer got Moe to put the crayon back because he was being too much of a know it all like lisa and getting isolated for it by his friends so he decides being smart is not worth it and gets moe to put it back. lol so it's just canon now that homer has a crayon in his brain.

[@58limited]

I don't remember which episode it was but Mr. Burns was diagnosed with hypohemia and I died laughing. Now when I have a patient with anemia I tell my staff its hypohemia.

[@ScanningTheMind]

Hypohemia definitely makes more sense than anaemia 🤣🤣🤣

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

10:17 I think _The Simpsons_ writers thought nerves are green, since that's how they're often depicted in diagrams.

[@carerforever2118]

G'day, from Melbourne, Australia 🐨🦘🇦🇺 I ❤ The Simpsons, l've been watching the show almost daily since 1991 😁👍

[@ScanningTheMind]

Amazing! Hello from rainy UK! Simpsons is a classic- hopefully its still going in another 30 years!

[@carerforever2118]

@@ScanningTheMind l read online in news articles that showrunner Al Jean said The Simpsons may continue to Season 40 in 2028. And after the show finally ends it may get rebooted. So yeah, it could continue for another 30 years.

[@Agent_N7]

I've heard that teaching hospitals used to have operating rooms like that but I don't think that just anyone can watch and I don't think they're domes anymore.

[@ScanningTheMind]

Would be cool. I’ve certainly never seen or heard of one in recent times.

[@docmcfluffy8023]

Definitely want more of these! I admire your dedication towards making these lovely videos. Looking forward to reaction videos on other shows as well. 😁✌

[@ScanningTheMind]

Thanks! We’ve got a couple of other shows lined up 😁

[@fenianbastard6226]

Operating theaters are very old here.(1800s) There is one I’ve been to at MGH (mass general) that is a museum now.

[@ryanodriscoll]

I didn't know doctors might have an NG tube done in med school. I was in hospital as a teenager and had to have one because of Methotrexate side effects. It was the one procedure that freaked me out so I insisted on inserting it myself. Doctor talked me through it live and gave me some milk to help with the process. In hindsight surprised that they let me do that and that I managed it without problems.

[@ScanningTheMind]

Ahhh man sucks that you needed one , but actually quite impressive that you managed to do it yourself!

[@aspuzling]

I find it quite reassuring that at least some Drs know what it feels like. I haven't had an NG but was submitted for a gastro endoscopy which wasn't exactly pleasant. I wonder whether the GP that requested it had ever experienced it himself.

[@onyxstewart9587]

I have a rare medical condition (Glycogen Storage Disease) and so had to use an NG tube my whole life. Starting putting my own tubes in since I was 3 years old so it's the most natural thing in the world for me!

[@ScanningTheMind]

Oh interesting! Do you find them uncomfortable at all now?

[@crescentfreshbret]

They should’ve watched the clip where Dr. Nick diagnoses Grandpa with bonus eruptus.

[@ScanningTheMind]

Will add it to our list!

[@wolfishblue79]

I love how they look to Lisa to see if he correct.

[@3DJapan]

There is an algorithm you can learn to do Rubic's Cubes, I've seen it a few times, just never bothered to learn it.

[@ScanningTheMind]

Yeh I’ve definitely heard there’s a specific way to do it as well

[@strigoi1313]

You 2 are a real pair and fun to watch!

[@ScanningTheMind]

Haha thanks!

[@henning14]

These watching rooms are university hospital. My father worked at the one in Hamburg, Germany, after his electrical engineering studies and took care of the instruments. During that time he watched some operation.

[@ScanningTheMind]

Amazing!

[@vladt876]

I had to have an NG-Tube for a 24 hour study. It was mildly uncomfortable, but the procedure to both insert it, and then remove it, was terrible

[@ScanningTheMind]

Sorry to hear that!

[@michellestanley4421]

Bojack Horseman would be a great choice, can't wait to see it!

[@ScanningTheMind]

Sanchit’s never seen any Bojack Horseman….he’s in for a treat 😆

[@indowneastmaine]

More Dr. Nick!

[@Radix.Strategy]

Love the bonsai 🌴

[@SevenGC89]

As someone who has undergone 3 separate kidney transplants and 1 liver transplant in my 34 years stemming from a disease I was born with, I have had at least. 40 to 50 general anesthetic surgeries and have never seen an operating room with a viewing balcony or anything like that, and I've been in operating rooms in multiple states. Love the channel guys!

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

I'm an American who's undergone two brain surgeries and had a kidney removed, none of the surgery rooms had an audience.

[@jz422]

Bacon insted of gum? It's got my vote! I call chocolate covered fruit and nuts "enriched"

[@AndyHoward]

9:10 They used to have operating theaters back in the 1200s when they were first learning about medicine

[@timrussell2668]

some teaching hospitals in the US have a theater but even then its rare to find a teaching hospital with one.

[@EvilDMMk3]

“I’d like to read his GMC hearings.” 🤣

[@jamth118]

Just found your channel my friend I’ve subscribed :)

[@ScanningTheMind]

Thanks! Hope you enjoy our videos :)

[@fredklein3829]

Our Dr. Nick in 1970s Chomedey was Dr. Purino. He once gave his patient a tongue depressor to treat his erectile dysfunction (twine not provided). Nobody I know of course, but use your imagination.

[@kd5txo]

I'm a retired USA GP (Family Practice) Doctor and I've never seen a facility with a Surgical Observation Balcony. From the look of it, one would require binoculars to see adequate detail in order to make the experience worthwhile as a student.

[@Wolverines77]

I had 4 or 5 surgeries at our local Hospital and none of the surgery suites had the observation balcony, but they were all big enough for 30 or 40 people and still have room to operate. My first surgery there was 4 or 5 med students watching the surgeon attempt to reattach the nerves and muscles in my right thumb and forefinger. I was cutting PPE sheets with a bandsaw and the saw caught something and bowed the band and it ripped the sheet out of my hands and yanked my right hand into the saw. Thankfully the workgloves were thick enough to kepp the sawblade from cutting both of them completely off.

[@synaesthesia2010]

what about looking at all of Deadpool's injuries from both movies?

[@3DJapan]

I've never seen an operating theater in real life. I'm told they don't really use them anymore.

[@ScanningTheMind]

That’s what we think too!

[@CaddyJim]

I like the fact that you had to put an NG tube down your training partner & vice versa's throat. (I've had it done) think it would be good you to know the discomfort

[@Will-fn7bz]

I'm a 55 Y/O American. The only time I've ever seen one of these operating theaters is when Jerry and Kramer dropped a Junior Mint into a patient.

[@sueparras6028]

When I was a teenager one of my friends was standing at the top of his back steps shooting a pellet gun down into an aluminum garbage can. The pellet ricocheted and ended up going through his tongue. He never found it so we assumed he swallowed it. He was fine but he had a funny accent for a couple of days.

[@popland1977]

Very funny, keep creating

[@ScanningTheMind]

Thanks!

[@IsaacEyes]

such an underated channel, I watched a load of your vids and then realised you had 500. I thought u had like 500k lol

[@ScanningTheMind]

Thank you, appreciate it! 500k one day hopefully…

[@collinscody57]

You went through major brain surgery without telling wife? Then after you gained 50IQ points your best idea is to just say it.

[@stephaniechidinma]

Its really nice watching u too the brother hood is nice to see.

[@toyota420xp]

Dr nick went to upstairs medical college

[@ScanningTheMind]

I think Varun went there as well 👀

[@babyzorilla]

Doctor on the right has my respect for taking down an NG tube.

[@mikaelmallander791]

You should react to the music video for the Weird Al Yancovic parody song "Like a Surgeon"!

[@ScanningTheMind]

Never heard of that, sounds hilarious 🤣

[@masteradvance]

I do not remenber who, but either @DoctorMike or @DoctorER talked about those operation theather domes in their simpsons episodes

[@JokeCubed]

The only thing I know about Rubik's Cubes is that they rotate on the centre axis, so whatever colour the central square is, that's what colour the entire side is supposed to be.

[@dontang6906]

Omg the NG tube. I had one when I woke up from a coma and after a week it looked disgusting. And somehow fell out as I slept. I was so happy until the DR put back in while I was a wake. I held the nurse hand and squeezed so hard! A month later turns out whenever I eat or drink it wasn't going in my lungs... Man that steak sandwich tasted so god dam good. When I could finally eat

[@kaitlyn__L]

That NG-ing each other in training is pretty interesting. But by the same logic shouldn’t you also do a few other things like cathetering each other? 🤔

[@ScanningTheMind]

I think people would quit 😂😂

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@ScanningTheMind haha maybe!

[@nathanallingham9014]

I'm pretty sure a surgery theatre like that would have been more popular in the Victorian era. Just people watching because they can.

[@JacobP81]

You didn't say anything about how a crayon in a brain would really effect someone.

[@ScanningTheMind]

Crayon in brain = bad 🤣

[@ChrissaTodd]

@@ScanningTheMind i wish you reacted to when Moe put it back because everyone started treating homer how Lisa usually is treated cause he acted like a know it all lol so he got the crayon put back lol

[@TheMbangel]

Maybe that is where Lisa got her intelligence from, from her dad (pre-crayon incident - then again it was pretty stupid in the first place to put a crayon up your nose [16 at that], so I don't think he was intelligent as being portrayed now in the first place).

[@outerrealm]

3:37 you missed that he said “drugged, electrocuted" when electrocuted means death, fatal shock, simply getting shocked is NOT electrocuted. Good thing you're not conducting autopsies

[@ChrissaTodd]

I am actually surprised Dr Nick went to med school cause he was kind of introduced as a guy who made things for infomercials, then he was the cheap doctor lionel hutz would hire for the simpsons which is why he isn't that good at his job so honestly i would have assumed he never actually went to med school, and he got in some other way lol.

[@ScanningTheMind]

I’d much rather a Dr faked their way in than attend Hollywood Upstairs Medical college 🤣

[@jayell8253]

This is awesome.

[@ScanningTheMind]

Thanks!

[@Andy_val]

Hang on, near the start did you say that you had to experience liquid nitrogen on your hand "to see how painful it was"? I had warts on my hands blasted when I was younger, without any anaesthetic, passed out from the pain for hours, are you not meant to be anaesthetised for it?

[@ScanningTheMind]

One of my friends had to experience it, yes 👀 I don’t think it is meant to be that painful though - more of a sharp burn! Maybe it depends on what treatment you’re having done :)

[@UnlicensedOkie]

Ha Y’all talking about NG tubes I went through that hell this week Actually my third time having one in Definitely not an enjoyable experience I had this one in for 4 days. To be honest, the worst part is not being able to eat or drink anything for those 4 days

[@ScanningTheMind]

Ahhh man, sorry to hear that!

[@dcolb121]

1:00 From Bladerunner

[@SavvyMoneyShow]

I place my daughters ngt and I had to put one on me once when she was playing up so she would be more comfortable

[@ScanningTheMind]

That's real dedication!

[@SavvyMoneyShow]

@@ScanningTheMind it's being a dad

[@ScanningTheMind]

Well you sound like a very good one!

[@SavvyMoneyShow]

@@ScanningTheMind thank you

[@TharsanJeyachandran]

lit ep.

[@ScanningTheMind]

Thanks

[@drewpamon]

Wow you guys are really selling the NHS...

[@ScanningTheMind]

It’s a hard sell at the moment I’ll be honest

[@WaywardVet]

"Discrepancy Meetings". Love it. We did "After Action Reviews" in the military. 3 positives, because we want to stay positive. And 3 negatives because y'all fucked up so out with how bad you did.

[@ScanningTheMind]

Haha! In all fairness it’s not (usually) fuck ups, but rare/difficult cases, so it’s an excellent way to learn and improve. Now and then however you will see something and think🤦🏽‍♂️

[@WaywardVet]

@@ScanningTheMind Yeah. It's a sobering experience for me. I'd groan going in. Running joke about positives was to blurt out "Good crosstalk". But there was always the list of failures. It was good because it haunts you to never make that mistake again. Military is cruel but the training is there so you can save a life.

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

8:27 Dang, what kind of books did Marge buy for Lisa for her to know this much about the human body? And how does Lisa not know about sex from those books?

[@djcaru1]

Earlier in the episode (Homer’s Triple Bypass) it shows Lisa going to the library and reading books and watching instructional videos relating to heart surgery (remember this was before KZbin)

[@erebuskraken5483]

Good job docs. 😆👍

[@ScanningTheMind]

Thanks!

[@carlpeterson8182]

It’s a freaking cartoon. It is supposed to be outlandish.

[@ScanningTheMind]

Oh, that’s explains it!

[@carlpeterson8182]

@@ScanningTheMind Well the reactions are annoying given it is a cartoon. I had to turn it off before the video finished. It was like nails on a chalk board bad

[@ScanningTheMind]

🤣🤣

[@gregorydamario7977]

You to pre-eminent physicians only practice medical stuff in Britain right? Phew!

[@Mr.wednesdayallfather]

I had a buddy in high school who could do the Rubik's cube blindfolded because he was a showy jackass

[@craiga1128]

do you mean DR. Oz?

[@Puddlethumper]

What's GMC?... Sorry American here. To me that's a auto company that makes trucks... this comment probably isn't helping the stereotypes

[@ScanningTheMind]

Haha, forgot it was also a car company. It’s the general medical council which is our regulatory body in the UK.

[@Puddlethumper]

@@ScanningTheMind thanks 👍

[@abdrhmanzitoun9658]

Indian doctors.

[@ScanningTheMind]

I think the correct term is Native American?

[@cuva9203]

ScanningTheMind arabe doctors

[@ScanningTheMind]

@@cuva9203 What specialty/part of body is Arabe to do with?

[@jrhackman7414]

@@ScanningTheMind 😂

[@laserpanda94]

@@ScanningTheMind I think it's to do with Broca's area

[@greglinski2208]

They don’t look very British 👳🏾‍♂️👳🏾‍♂️

[@ScanningTheMind]

What do British people look like? 🤡

[@daisiesofdoom]

They wear bowler hats, have monocles and ride on bikes with a massive front wheel.

[@greglinski2208]

@@ScanningTheMind white

[@ScanningTheMind]

I think you’re confusing race and nationality 🤣

[@greglinski2208]

@@ScanningTheMind ideally they would be the same thing

[@mr.huzzah3019]

Um...you guys related to those scenes waaaaaay too much. So...how many patients have you lost(found another doctor) because of these videos? lol