and james brolin), are informed by the back to the future trilogy scientist emmett l. brown (played by christopher lloyd) on how to save mother nature (played by bette midler). in anthony bourdain's book kitchen confidential: adventures in the culinary underbelly, any blond, good-looking waiter working in his restaurant is immediately nicknamed "doogie howser". smart mice obtained by genetic engineering have been named "doogie mice" in honor of harris's character. real life comparisons balamurali ambati graduated from the mount sinai school of medicine and obtained his medical license when he was only 17 years old, a guinness world record, and has been compared to the fictional doogie howser, though ambati himself disliked the association. sho yano who became the youngest student to attain an m.d. from the university of chicago at 21 years old has also been called a real-life doogie howser. doogie howser has been used as a moniker for several people involved in politics. in 2009, 13-year-old author and speaker jonathan krohn was nicknamed "doogie howser gop" 17-year-old evan draim, the youngest delegate at the 2012 republican national convention, was referred to as a "doogie howser of the gop" republican congressman aaron schock has been referred to as a doogie howser for being the youngest member of congress in 2009 at 27 years old. in 2015, jon stewart called schock a "doogie howser wannabe" for his travel expenses and activities while still in office. some teenagers who have impersonated doctors are often referred to as doogie howser. others who have excelled at a young age have been called doogie howser. reboot in april 2020, it was announced that a reboot titled doogie kameāloha, m.d., was in development for disney+ with kourtney kang writing and co-executive producing with melvin mar, jake kasdan, and bochco's wife, dayna bochco and son, jesse bochco. the new series focuses on lahela “doogie” kameāloha (peyton elizabeth lee), a female 16-year-old doctor in hawaii given her nickname by others who have seen doogie howser, m.d.. disney+ gave the series a 10-episode straight-to-series order in september 2020. notes known as 20th century fox television for the first three seasons. on current hd prints, the 20th century fox television and 20th television logo is plastered with the 2013 20th television logo. tied with the simpsons and night court