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Medicine isn't always a good thing: TV commercials tout a drug, Chantix, to help quit smoking tobacco. Now there's other commericals from lawyers looking for people made sick by Chantix. Cold turkey, anybody?

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TV cliches that produce yelling at my TV:

* A doctor says to a patient's family: "We're doing everything we can," or "We're doing the best we can." Gee, would medical people skip treatments, because they don't feel like "doing everything we can"? Real writers can come up with better, but TV producers and the network suits' imagination is brain-dead.

* One man calling another man "son." Lt. Caine of "CSI Miami" and Gen. Hammond of "Stargate SG-1" do this all the time, and it drives me bats. He's not the father. Age does not automatically bring wisdom. If an older woman called me "daughter," I'd tell her to kiss off. Not politely.

* Deceased shills such as Billie Mays should be off the air. Dead men can't sell.

* CPR done wrong, especially by characters who should know better, like police. The only person I've seen lately doing it right was Hawkeye in a rerun of "MASH." Way to go, Mr. Alda.

* Cooking shows or travel programs that show people eating. Chew with that mouth closed, please.

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