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I was watching the new TheWB.com web series, Childrens' Hospital,* when I realized that doctors - or at least people who play them on TV - have the best lives. 

Consider all of the TV shows out there about doctors and hospitals - most of them are dramas, but there are a couple of comedies around - and then compare it to your own workplace, or your own life.

Using these shows as a basis for reality, here are the generalizations I've drawn:

1. Only doctors have narrators for their lives. "Normal" people who narrate their lives just look like they're crazy.

2. When a doctor is bored at work, they either pop into a break room for a little daytime action or nap, or they cut someone open. When I'm bored at work, I surf the internet. You tell me which one is cooler.

3. Maybe because they're surrounded by beds, doctors seem to get a lot of action. At least a lot more than I've seen from my cubical or open-office experience.**

Anyway, Childrens' Hospital exposes many of these "truths," and even more (don't you find it funny how many TV show doctors themselves need treatment?) - packs it all into 5 minutes - and features some of the funniest people around (Rob Corddry, Lake Bell and Megan Mullally). Check it out today.

* Not a typo.

** This is a parody, so there is some mature subject matter. That means it's for adults.