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October 13, 2025 • 16 mins

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I don't want to totally discountthe emotional element in your
recovery, but.
I think there were other factorsat play here.
Yes.
Yes.
Welcome to the KindnessChronicles, where we hope to
inject the world with the doseof the Minnesota kindness that
it desperately needs.
We had a show earlier this week,that we met with, Dina, a, uh,

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trauma nurse from, regionsHospital.
And I thought it would be fun todo a quickie, a shorty about
just nurses in pop culture.
And our favorite nurses in popculture.
And I wanna start with one.,There was a little soundbite
from, uh, the junior Mintepisode of Seinfeld.
Am I right or am I right?
Yeah.

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Oh, I love it.
And right outta Seinfeld, theepisode where, the first episode
that has Mrs.
Costanza in the show, and she'sin the hospital.
And there's a, a nurse's alreadylaughing in for the six o'clock
sponge bath.
Oh yeah.
And she's asking Georgie,Georgie, will you go get me

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something to eat?
I'm real hungry.
And he throws a pack of Tic-Tacsat her.
That was the greatest'cause hewanted to see the woman getting
the sponge bath.
Very distracted.
Yeah, very distracted.
He was distract.
But favorite nurses from, uh,from pop culture?
Geez, there's a lot.
There's a lot.
Right?
There is a lot.
And if you start with There is alot Nurse Ratchet.
That's a bad start.
That's start.
That's, that's the top one.
That's what I think of.

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She's the number one nurse in,in, uh, in pop culture.
She was.
Just got awful.
Yeah.
Did you guys, did you guys seethe attempt to do the show Nurse
Ratchet?
Yeah, I saw that.
It was attempted.
It was attempted.
It was, it was, I, I, it was theonly show my wife and I watch.
It was like multiple episodes wegot through episode.
It was disgusting.

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It was graphic.
It was scary.
Yeah.
It was like, no way I doingthat.
It was, it was a best, it was abackstory to nurse rats.
Like a made up backstory.
Right.
It was very colorful.
Almost like a comic book.
Right.
It was, yeah.
Done by the people who do, uh,that another horror, big horror
show.
But it was, uh, I agree.
It was, I think I watched mostof it, but it was, it got me.
I, they took me out.

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I was like, eh, yeah.
I couldn't do it.
But it was, it was kind of cooland very colorful, but it was
very much horror.
But, but, but in One Flew OverThe Cuckoo's Nest.
Yes.
Nerd Rat.
Nurse Ratchet is, you know, oneof the best known nurses out
there.
A more recent one is GaylordFocker.
Yes.
Oh yeah.
There you go.
Gay Focker.
Yes.
That's good.
That's great nurse.

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That is good.
That is a great nurse.
A Greg's a nurse.
He's, he's, he's, he'smulti-skilled.
He can milk a, a cat, forexample.
I have nipples, Greg.
That's good stuff.
Can you milk me?
Was was, was hot.
Dero was hot.
Lips from mash.
A nurse.
Yeah.
Yes.
Lo I don't wanna insult.
Maybe, maybe she was a doctor.

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I didn't, she was a nurse.
She was a major, she was a,okay.
Yep.
Major hot lip lips.
Houlahan.
Yeah.
Oh, pulled her up right here.
Okay.
I've got two John.
I've got two on my mind when Ithink of nurses.
Pop culture, I'm sure you do.
Um, one is Kate Beckinsale inPearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor.
Yummy.

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She is every guy's dream forhaving a nurse.
And then of course, in thenotebook, Rachel McAdams is Oh
yeah.
A nurse.
So are favorite.
That's the daily double.
That is a good daily double.
How about, how about another,um.
Annie Wilkes from Misery.

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Oh, remember her?
She was a nurse at Kathy Bates.
That's a good Kathy Bates.
Oh man.
You know what?
Half of these nurses are scaryas heck.
Yeah, I think they have a, well,she shatters his leg.
Oh my God.
Oh, no.
Good.
No good in the book.
The Stephen King book, shedoesn't hobble, the James Conn

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character.
Yeah.
Cuts his feet off.
Oh geez.
Oh really?
That's what happens in the book.
Read it.
That's not good.
And you know what's, what'sinteresting about the fact that
we're bringing up these nursesand half of them are scary as
heck during Halloween season.
That's in reality.
In reality.
Nurses are the, you know, theangels of the, the universe.

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They are the kindest.
Sweetest.
When you're at your mostvulnerable, it's, it's
incredible.
Yeah.
But the movies portray them assomething.
Well, and that is why, that,that is why, because you are so
vulnerable in a hospital bedthat, that the horror would be
that someone that is caring foryou would hurt you.
Yeah.
Take advantage of you.
That's, that's the psychology inthe horror of it.
Right.
Oh.

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Taking us back to the, uh, lateseventies, early eighties.
I'm thinking of Terry Alden fromThree's company.
She was kind of the thirdroommate that moved in.
Oh, oh yes.
Yeah.
She was a nurse.
That's Wow, that's that's a deepcut.
Oh, that a deep in, in three'scompany.
That was her, that was her job.
Like she went to, in fact,that's how she met Jack.
'cause he had a shot.
Oh yeah.
I just remember him screaming orsomething.

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So she replaced the person whoreplaced the.
Suzette Summers.
Suzanne Summers.
Suzanne Summers.
And then it was, it was, uh, soshe was, that was Chrissy and
then Cindy was supposedlyHarrison, what was her name?
Jenna Lee Harrison.
Yeah.
Yes.
How did I know this?
That's right.
Yeah.
I dunno.
I don't know how you know any ofthis, Jeff.
Well, come on.
Knock on onto oh boy.

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Bob, the Regal Beagle.
Oh yeah.
Show.
How about this one?
Good show.
How about from speaking ofSeinfeld?
Do you remember the movie?
That the people went to thatElaine got so ticked off about
it.
The English patient?
Yeah, the nurse.
Hannah.
Played by Juliet Benino.
Wow.
Yummy.

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Yo, that's like, she's great.
But don't you remember Elainewould, she's she's, she would
get so sick about the Englishpatient she yells at the screen.
Yeah.
She didn't for her.
I, yeah, I didn't care for themovie at all.
Oh, and you've seen all of'em,and you have seen all of them.
Are you still doing the, uh,monthly movie night?
Are you still doing that?
Oh yeah.

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Oh yeah.
That's, uh, live and kicking.
We got our next edition Tuesday.
We bumped it up.
To five o'clock next weekbecause the Wild play at eight
and it's a nationally televisedwild game.
So I'm not working, but I, I didsay, listen, we're gonna do a
movie club.
We gotta be done in time forthat wild puck, uh, puck drop in
Dallas.
You gotta see it.
Now.
Listen, I know we're talkingabout nurses.
Hockey seasons just starting.

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You're getting rolling here inall cards.
Did you, uh, did you go buy somenew sport coats?
What do we got to look forwardto?
Ooh.
Oh yes.
You know, I, I, I added a couplenew ones to the repertoire last
year.
I will add a couple this year.
Um, ironically, as as we'refinishing up the podcast, i'm
gonna do a couple shirts andties here tonight when we wrap

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up.
Uh, I like to have a couple ofnew ones every year and, uh,
yeah, looking forward to all ofit.
Uh, the travel's great.
The team should be fun to watch.
Yeah, I always like to mix it upand, and last year I, I tried a
couple the pattern score codesand you get feedback good and
bad, you know, on social media.
The wonder of it all.
Um, but you just gotta go withwhat you know.

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And just 1, 1, 1 quick question.
Since we're, uh, talking aboutyour sport coats, uh, pocket
Square or not, what do youusually do?
I, I don't, I, I, I don't watchenough Pocket Square or No.
Pocket square suddenly becamethe gay.
I'm 50 50.
Yeah.
Not that there's anything wrongwith that.
Why, why don't you let the manfinish before you judge?

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I have a question too.
Go on.
Go ahead.
So talk, I would say 50 50.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
I like them.
Uh, but sometimes it's overkill.
Well just go with a carnationand you'll be good.
Oh boy.
So kg, I, I know.
Uh.
I watch, you know, I watch somesports.
Um, no, I do.

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I I can't.
Why are you guys laughing?
Oh my God, that's good.
Just called it sports.
Just called it sporting events,sports.
But in the broadcasting world, Ifeel.
Oh, he hung up.
No, he didn't.
Oh, what was that?
No, I didn't.
Okay.
Okay.
My question is, or my commentis, I feel like you have some

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leeway to wear a little bitlouder.
Coats.
Why is that?
Why, why are you guys likeathletes and announcers and, you
know, especially on, on TV andstuff?
I think it's kind of cool, butwhere, where did that come from?
Do you understand what I'msaying?
Do you, do you feel like youhave a I do.
I think it's more the players.
You know, I think a lot of usthat work, especially in hockey,

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we try to, I think the onereason is, I think of Craig
Sager long time, uh, rest inpeace, longtime, unbelievably
skilled reporter on the NBAside.
Um, he, he really did an amazingjob of having these crazy
outfits, and I think we are onlyon for a little bit, and the
reporters is on way less thanthe guys upstairs calling the

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game.
You wanna make sure you're,you're making a memory and he
did.
You have to be good at your job.
Like not everybody can pull thatoff.
Sagar was the goat makes sense.
Like he was sense.
He was the absolute best.
And so, you know, you thinkabout that guy, who else?
I mean, you can't really pulloff what he did.
How about the Canadian guy?
Try do that.
The Canadian uh, hockey guy.

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Oh, Don Cherry.
Don Cherry.
He absolutely, again, legendary,right?
Like this guy was so far aboveand beyond crazy.
Uh, goofy guy, stronglyopinionated, which got him in
trouble in the end.
Oh, yeah.
He had some wonderful outfits.
I mean, they were just smokingReal quick, real quick.

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Steve.
Steve.
Yeah.
Do you know who Craig Sager is?
No, I did not know about DonCherry.
Yeah, I know that because wetalked about him before and I,
and I, and I was in, uh, Canada.
You didn't know at the time, andyou just Googled.
Someone told me all about himwhen I was in Canada anyway, but
I, I, now I get it actually.
Yeah, back in the day you kindahad to make your mark and you
had to, you had to one moment tomake a big splash.
That makes sense.

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Also, uh, also used car salesmando that as well to make a splash
on tv.
Back in the old days, I could doboth.
I could do both.
You did, you did.
Lead Singer from Love Boy andJohnny Clueless do thing.
You gotta make your mark.
So one last question, um, as itrelates to your wardrobe.
Um, where do you do yourshopping at Ridgedale Mall?

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Well, I'm a, I'm a Macy'sapologist, if I'm being honest.
I, uh, are those even openanymore?
Is there a Macy's?
Yeah, they're okay.
They're, they closed the one inand there's also a Nordstrom's,
there's a Nordstroms here.
Which has some pretty good geartoo.
Yeah, but you know what they gotthere?
A lot of slim fit stuff.
Do you ever notice that slim fitthing?
There's a lot of slim, slim fit.
I need the hot pants C-section.

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That's the fact.
No, like when you're shoppingfor shirts, they got these, uh,
what are they?
David Donahoe or something likethat.
Real nice shirts.
Yeah.
All slim fit.
Yep.
Yeah.
We need put.
We need sausage, we need a men'sHusky Boys.
They have a place called Men'sWear Husky Boys section.
The big and tall story, DXL is,I'm gonna tell you right now, I
mean this sincerely.
If you're a listener out thereand you're a little on the

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thicker side, DXL has really,really good stuff too.
And so you can mix and match.
So the ties to me, uh,Nordstrom's has the would argue
that, uh.
The Tommy Bahamas, they havegenerous, um, sizing.
Yes.
You know they do.
Yeah.
Like, I like it.
What do they call that?

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Uh, um, Husky.
That's not Husky.
Uh, Porky.
It's like when Porky Porky, likethe women.
The women that shop at thatChico's?
No, no.
Women that shop at Chico's.
You know, the three sizes areone, two, and three.
So if you're a big girl, you'rea size three, but you're still
just a size three, so that'sgood.

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Oh, I see.
It's a psychology picture.
It's a psychology wasn't.
The problem is they're selling'em at something called the
dress barn, which is you, Imean, never shop.
You don't the barn to buy yourclothes.
Here's a trivia question, Jeff.
This is way off topic of nurses,but in what was uh uh, Roddy
Dangerfield's movie where he ishis.

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Job Was he sold?
Yeah.
Clothes.
Yeah.
The back to school.
Was it back to school?
Yes.
He sold big and big and large,uh, clothing for men.
Right?
Wasn't that his bit, that theone when he, when he was a diver
on the diver?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Wisconsin.
Right?
It was Wisconsin.
Hold on.
Listen to this.
One of the greatest movies fromany, or Lions from any movie.

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So my daughter bought someartwork for her dorm room and
she bought, this, Gustav clampedthe artist Gustav Clamped.
Yeah.
And in the movie Back to School,Rodney Dangerfield walks back
into this room and this one guysays, oh my God, we've been

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admiring.
Your wife's clamped and he says,he says, oh, you too.
She's showing everybody what?
I miss him.
Oh.
Rodney could deliver a line likenobody out there, man.
You couldn't get the fastforward, you know, going fast
enough.
I mean, you gotta get past that.

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I mean, it could beembarrassing.
Yeah, it could be watching withyour kids.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, now I don't, uh uh.
I know.
We're just, we're going to justdo a hard write.
When, when I would, it would bemovie night with dad and I would
pick a movie, Uhhuh andinevitably like, like, uh, Tom
Hanks in Big.
You're like, oh, this gonna be agreat movie.

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Then there's that scene.
Oh yeah.
They always sneak them in, don'tthey?
There's that scene where you'relike, you are you kidding me
with this scene?
Right?
Yeah.
And at my house, we would callthose Capri Sun moments because
that's when your kids would go.
I.
I gotta go get a Capri Sun.
That's a good idea.
Yeah.
Go get one.
Yeah.
So we would rate, uh, the moviesbased on Capric Sun.

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Oh, that's funny.
Is that a three Capri Sun movie?
A two A one, or you know, no.
Capri Suns.
Yeah, that's, that's what Ithought of.
Okay.
Listen to this.
I love Mr.
Mellon.
Your wife was just showing usour You too.
Huh?
She showed it to everybody.
Very Thornton Mellon.

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Mellon Thornton Mellon.
Thornton Mellon.
All right.
Oh boy.
This is, oh, by the way, fullcircle.
Yeah.
His love interest in that moviewas the original Hot Lips Hle
hand in the movie mesh.
Oh my God.
Oh boy.
Back to nurses.
It all comes back full circle.
Yes.
What was her name though?
Um, she just died as well.
She did Not Kathy Lee Crosby?

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Nope.
No.
Okay.
Kathy Lee Crosby.
I know I have that.
Good lord.
Hold on.
Talk amongst yourself.
Jeff is just getting so bashedfor just throwing on a name.
He, he says one thing and Ieveryone was just dog piling of,
dang.
Whoa.
This was quite an episode we hadhere, John.
It was, it was fantastic.
It was kind of just a randomshatter ill conceived and I

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really don't care.
But that was, uh, SallyKellerman.
There we go.
Sally Kellerman.
There you go.
The original, like two and aHoulahan and uh, and the Robert
Altman film mesh.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
And I never did see Nurse Bettywith, uh, Renee Wigger.
Anybody see that?
Is that where it, that's notNurse Betty, isn't it?
No.
Nurse Betty is, uh, the woman,uh, Edie Falco.

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Oh, from Sopranos.
Yes.
Never saw that either.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, hey, here, here to all ofthe nurses out there.
Your angels.
Yes.
Yeah.
You are amazing, amazing humanbeings that handle our business
when we're most vulnerable.
So here's to all of the nurses.
I apologize.
Nurse Betty was Renee Zellweger,squinty herself.

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Wow.
Nurse, what was Edie?
Falco the nurse, the TV show.
I apologize, Jeff, if you wereoffended, it's, it's okay, but
only if you were offendedotherwise then I don't
apologize.
I have a good soundbite for youto close this episode out.
Okay, here we go with that.
Off we go.
Okay, bye.
Kg.

(15:55):
Here we go.
Hold on.
What's you got?
Play the game.
Play it from your heart.
And you know what?
I will show you the qua.
And that's the truth, man.
That's the truth.
Love it.
Yeah.
Alright.
Love that movie.

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