Rectal temp on TV

Lets shere memories about seeing rectal temp scenes on TV

lets make a list

I dont ever recall seeing a rectal temp scene on tv. maybe i missed something. what did ya see zozo?

They didn't show it, but I remember a reference made about Peter Brady getting one once.

There was also a joke made about on a short -lived sitcom starring the three Lawrence Brothers in the 90s. The youngest brother was always dressing up in superhero costumes. At one point, the mom says to the oldest brother, "this isn't fighting. If you want to see a real fight, try taking Spider-Man's temperature the baby way" (canned laughter).

It was referred to on ER

Back in the '90s, probably, an episode of ER featured not exactly a rectal temp. A troublesome patient who was played by SNL's Garret Morris, was told he needed a rectal temp. When the nurse left, with the drape open, you could see that he had a plastic flower sticking out of his butt and all passersby were laughing. It was quite revealing considering it was a TV show! So not exact, but close.

Well there's the episode of Glee Season 2 "The Substitute". I remember there's a scene that shows Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig) holding a rectal thermometer with a blob of Vaseline on the tip, and asking a sick Will in a baby voice if she can take his rectal temperature. Will acts disgusted and tells Terri to knock it off, or something like that. Most of us on this forum would ask Will if he's out of his fucking mind or something. Who wouldn't let Jessalyn Gilsig shove a thermometer up their ass. I'd bend over for her in a thought. That chick is smokin!

Jocelyn Gilsig, is Canadian. Canadian women tend to be hot. Look at Avril Levigne, Colby Smoulders, Pamela Anderson, etc. The scene from Glee, was probably revised a number of times, before that episode aired. I think they wanted to create a lot of suspense, and one of those "leave it to the imagination," kind of scenes. Who in their right mind would refuse a rectal temp. from Jocelyn Gilsig ? That scene raised my temp. and blood pressure. It was about the only time that I've even watched that show.

And Lets not forget Everyone Loves Raymond. Ray was sick in bed and I don't remember if Debra took his temp or Marie, his mother, took it, but Marie looked at it and said "That can't be right! Flip over! and pulled another thermometer out of the pocket of her apron.

There was a movie with Glenn Ford and Shirley Jones (?) in 1963 or so when Shirley Jones took Ron Howard's temperature rectally. It was the, "Courtship of Eddies' Father" and I wished I was him.

If we're counting cartoons, Bart has had his temp taken rectally several times on "The Simpsons." Both by Marge, his mom, and Grandpa.

I remember that scene from "courtship of eddies' father " . was a very good one

I don't recall ever seeing a real rt on American TV but there have been lots of references and a few animated RTs. To wit:

Southpark

The Oblongs

Quincy ME

The Brady Bunch

SNL

The Facts of Life

The Cracker Factory (tv movie)

There was an episode of One Day At A Time when Julie was in the hospital.She kept talking while a thermometer was in her mouth and the nurse told her that if she didn't shut up she would have to take her temperature the other way.

I seem to recall an episode of "House, MD" where House did an RT on a patient that was annoying him, and humiliated the patient pretty badly. That turned out to be a huge mistake, as the patient was a cop, who later busted House for his drug use...

I found the reference...

"Detective Michael Tritter is a recurring fictional character in the medical drama series House, portrayed by David Morse. He is the main antagonist of the third season, which ran between 2006 and 2007. Tritter is a police detective, who tries to get Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) to apologize for leaving him in an examination room with a thermometer in his rectum."

On the Dutch TV reality series Utopia one of the women had her temp taken by a man although you don't see the actual temp because it's under the covers. The lady squirms around a lot when the thermometer is inserted. The clip is on Youtube and is titled "Utopia, Ruud propt een thermometer tussen Billy's Billen".

There are two memorable Brady Bunch episodes that make reference or imply rectal temps being used. First, there is the episode wherein they are trying to decide whether to use the boys´or girls´pediatrician, male and female respectively. During the debate Marcia exclaims, ¨I don´t want a man doctor taking my temperature!¨

The second is as Mike and Carol are trying to leave for a trip, little Cindy is sniffling away. Carol says, ¨Oh Cindy we better take your temperature. Go upstairs to Mommy´s room and get ready¨. Marcia chimes in with, ¨I´ll help.¨, and follows Cindy up the stair case. Talk about the ultimate double header!

Yes I do remember all of these shows, but the one show that sticks the most in my memory is the movie the Courtship off Eddie's Father, when has his temp taken rectally. I think if I remember right Eddie was played by Ronnie Howard. And you see him with the thermometer sticking out of his but cheeks, while he lies on his stomach in bed.

One of the funniest skits on TV was SNL's "Big Butt family". Everyone, Akroid, Curtain and their 2 kids, Gilda and Loraine had huge behinds. One episode was concerned with Gilda being feverish and Jane telling her to go upstairs to get her temp. taken. Jane shows up with a rectal thermometer that is about a two feet long and Gilda starts complaining. Daddy Dan tells Gilda to do what your mother says!

There's an early episode of Full House where Michelle is sick and Joey, Jesse, and the girls are home watching her. Jesse calls her pediatrician who is walking them through what to do and says something like "the thermometer goes where?!"

I don't recall a specific episode, but I am sure there must be several references to rectal temperatures since Scrubs is set in the hospital / ER.

Just watching a current show on Showtime called "I'm Dying Up Here" about a group of young comedians in '70s LA trying to make it. One of them was in bed with a comedian groupie (didn't know there was such a thing) when she switched to a baby voice, said she had a fever and asked him to take her temperature. She handed him a thermometer and when he said "open your mouth" she said "take it the baby way." He appeared shocked and it didn't happen but got discussed over the next few scenes. As for me, I could not have passed that up. It's a fairly kinky show, obviously.

When i was around age 6, I remember a movie about a younger adult girl who was, I believe, studying to be a nurse. She was in the nursery and another nurse took a baby's temperature because it was fussy. I can't remember what the movie was, but I do remember that it was playing for a Mother's Day special. Also, in "Everybody Hates Chris," Drew and Tanya were sick, and Rochelle said that she "knows they aren't faking because {she} used a rectal thermometer."

I have a movie called Baby Boom with Diane Keaten and she played a Godmother of a child who was a toddler and that was a foster child and Diane Keaten did know how to take care of a sick little one and she had to order toddler stuff like a baby thermometer and she had to take the child's temperature rectally and was nervous to do it. While she was holding the rectal thermometer was reading in a book on how to do it, the child was nude and crawled off of Diane's lap and Diane took a nerve pill with a baby bottle of apple juice and then she put her arm around the child's waste and was able to take the child's temperature rectally. It was funny and a good movie too.

The movie with the Student nurse was I believe "Tammy and the Doctor"

2 come to mind: now some of you older members might recall a 50s educational series, “Ding “Dong school” It was pretty much directed at young parents. One episode which was live had a nurse and a very young child (female) from a foundling hospital come into the studio and explain and actually take the child’s rectal temperature, and again this was live TV.

The other was from Sanford & son when Fred was hospitalized and a nurse came to take his temperature. Being Fred he gave the nurse a hard time because he wanted to not be bothered while watching TV. Then the nurse said something to the effect that where she’d be taking his temperature he wasn’t going to be able to see the TV. From the position he’d be in! Note: not sure how the scene played out because one of our co-workers took it upon himself without any consideration for the rest of us watching and not asking, changed the channel! Anyone know the episode I’m referring to? Would like to know how the scene played out.

On (Leave It To Beaver), Beaver asked the house calling doctor if he “needed to roll over.” The doc said “no,” and then lectured him about faking sick. As the doctor was leaving his room, Beaver said, “thanks for not making me roll over.” The doc just gave him a nod and a smile.

The I'm Dying Up Here RT happened but it was of course off-screen. The face the woman made was rather funny.

Never seen an actual Rectal Temp on tv but they do make inferences on older shows, sometimes. For example, did you get his rectal temperature, or should we take his rectal temperature? There was an older SiFi show that said something to the effect, that they found while trying to get a temp the person didn't have an anus. It might have been the TV show "The invaders", but I'm not really sure, could have been "The X-Files".