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Childrens' Hospital

Rob Corddry's new web series -- Ken Marino, Megan Mullally, Ed Helms, and others star in the show about hilariously inept doctors

In Rob Corddry's hilarious new Web series about the shenanigans at Childrens' Hospital, the truly sick people are the doctors. Like the malpractice magnet (Role Models' Ken Marino) who explains his decision to give lipo to a 10-year-old boy thusly: ''He looked fat on a CAT scan.'' Or another, played by writer-director Corddry, who channels Patch Adams by wearing clown paint and trying to heal with laughter instead of medicine. (''You know, I once cured a case of Lou Gehrig's disease by pretending I was trapped inside a box?'') Launching Dec. 8, the raunchy meta-medi-satire — which often tweaks Grey's right in its Anatomy — is administered by an expert comedy cast that includes Megan Mullally, Ed Helms, and Human Giant's Rob Huebel. If you're the type of person who would enjoy watching a doctor sneeze and nonchalantly wipe her hand on a suffering child, check into this Hospital. A-

Originally posted Dec 04, 2008 Published in issue #1025 Dec 12, 2008 Order article reprints
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