Paging Dr. Mark Sloan... Both of Them!
Is Eric Dane's character on Grey's Anatomy, Dr. Mark Sloan, a tribute to another famous TV doctor from not so long ago?
No, it's not, according to ABC. Just a funny coincidence. But Dr. Mark Sloan was also the name of Dick Van Dyke's character on Diagnosis: Murder, the popular CBS series that ran from 1993-2001. Just for fun, here's a Mark Sloan/Mark Sloan comparison:
Funny. No offense to Dick, a fine actor and all-around good guy (one who looks pretty good for 80, no less), but we'll take the younger, McSteamy Mark Sloan, thank you very much!
November 1st, 2006 4:45 PM
i KNEW i had heard that name before! I used to watched that show ALL THE TIME! i love dick van dyke!
sorry but i'd pick him over mcsteamy any day.
November 3rd, 2006 12:00 AM
Yes it is tough, because while Rob Petrie kept his shirt on he was THE husband you'd want to have...and as Mark Sloane, Dick Van Dyke gave us a smart, funny and compassionate doctor who put his patients first...
Shoot....don't want to have to forego McSteamy but he's pretty much eye candy compared to prime grade great guy...=)
November 18th, 2006 4:51 AM
Mcsteamy is so much more exciting. Unreliable, but fun - while it lasts.
January 2nd, 2007 9:16 PM
agreed on taking dick van dyke over "the imposter". now if it were barry van dyke as "mark sloan" (the newer), not only would it be funny, but perfect for the title "dr mcsteamy"!
January 28th, 2007 4:06 PM
"Funny coincidence" that they have the same name?? Does that mean that the writers and producers of Grey's Anatomy didn't know of the first Mark Sloan? Strange! Oh well, I don't watch any of the new doctors shows. I prefer to think of doctors in a less "shady" light. I feel their thought processes and decision making would be more reliable if they didn't have to worry about what they did the day or night before.