2004-04-05

A doctor wearing a head mirror and stethoscope leans gravely over a child's teddy bear laid out on a bed, as if examining a patient. A young boy watches with a flat expression while a woman stands in the background. The doctor declares, "I'm sorry, son. Mr. Ted is... deceased." The caption reads: "Yeah, it was just great being a doctor's kid. Thanks for asking." In the votey, the doctor, drawn in a rougher style, adds matter-of-factly, "I think we can harvest his fluff to make a pillow." The joke: a doctor treats his kid's stuffed animal with grim clinical seriousness, then suggests morbidly repurposing it.