In our Neoplasia I: Nomenclature lecture today, I talked about the movie Fletch as it related to tumor nomenclature. I double checked an Fletch is on Netflix again! Yay!

I couldn’t find the exact scene I wanted to show you guys (the one where Fletch says “He has melanoma…carcinoma…some kind of noma“), probably because it wasn’t nearly as funny as the rest of the film. But I did find a couple good clips, in case you need a laugh. Here they are.

Clip 1: Dr. Rosenpenis

This is just silly, stupid humor, but actually, that’s exactly why I like it.

Clip 2: Autopsy assistant

This is great because it’s exactly how I felt at my first autopsy. I could tolerate the sight of the body, and even the sound (barely) of the bone saw – but the smell…oh man, the pathologist in this scene is spot-on: you just never get used to the smell.