Cinema: Animal Hospital

YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE Directed by Garry Marshall Screenplay by Michael Elias and Rich Eustis

The IV bottles hold goldfish and pickles. The EKG machine beeps out themes from Rocky, Jaws, Close Encounters and Pac-Man. The chief pathologist tells his students: "There are more than 20 bodily fluids, and I am proud to say I have tasted every one of them." A poodle and a boxer, both wearing yarmulkes, sit mournfully by the graveside of one Spot Moskowitz. Steven Ford, once a President's son, now a soap-opera regular, gets bopped on the head with a food tray. "Attention," a metallic voice announces...

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