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"Lucky Fan Wins Open-Heart Surgery From Stars Of 'The Pitt'"
Link: https://theonion.com/lucky-fan-wins-open-heart-surgery-from-stars-of-the-pitt/
BURBANK, CA—Touting the promotion as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go behind the scenes of the beloved medical drama, producers of The Pitt announced Thursday that one lucky fan had been chosen to undergo an open-heart procedure performed by the stars of the series.
“I wrote in to explain how much I love the show and how severe my atherosclerosis is, but I never imagined they’d actually pick me,” said contest winner Jacob Hughes, who added that he’d been wanting a triple bypass from Noah Wyle ever since the actor’s ER days.
“It’s been surreal. This morning I arrived at the Warner Bros. soundstage where they’ll do the operation, and I got to meet the actors who play Dr. Robby, nurse Dana, and all the residents. They promised that Tracy Ifeachor will make the first incision into my aorta!”
At press time, Hughes’ remarks that he couldn’t wait for the critically acclaimed cast to “crack open [his] rib cage” had been confirmed as his final words.
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“I wrote in to explain how much I love the show and how severe my atherosclerosis is, but I never imagined they’d actually pick me,” said contest winner Jacob Hughes, who added that he’d been wanting a triple bypass from Noah Wyle ever since the actor’s ER days.
“It’s been surreal. This morning I arrived at the Warner Bros. soundstage where they’ll do the operation, and I got to meet the actors who play Dr. Robby, nurse Dana, and all the residents. They promised that Tracy Ifeachor will make the first incision into my aorta!”
At press time, Hughes’ remarks that he couldn’t wait for the critically acclaimed cast to “crack open [his] rib cage” had been confirmed as his final words.
If you guessed this was from The Onion, you win the internet for the day!
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It won a lot of Emmy awards this year. Maybe you've heard of it?
In case you haven't, it's a favorite show of a lot of DUers because it's so realistic about how hospitals are run and how interns are trained to become doctors. Mostly it's about all the things that can go wrong in one day of a regular Emergency Ward in any hospital.
The joke is that they're not really doctors, they're actors. Of course, they can't do open heart surgery. And the winner died in surgery.