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“Pet Vet Marty” meets “Pet Vet Barbie” in Times Square
By Dr. Marty Becker
February 24, 2010
I’m almost afraid to post this, and I’m definitely afraid to say too much (hi there, my dear friends Gina and Christie!).
I’m also definitely not buying this for my granddaughter.
But I thought you’d all enjoy seeing what I saw at the Times Square Toys R Us store this afternoon, after I got done filming my “Snow Problem!” segment for Good Morning America, another on separation anxiety for GMA Health, and a third for The Pet Doctor.
“Pet Vet Barbie.”
I’ll quit now while I’m ahead.
Photo from my iPhone.
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Oh c’mon…SOMEBODY has to make SOME sort of comment!
Nice photo Doctor. Does your wife know about this new york rendez-vous? (My you’ve been a busy man.)
Thanks for sharing. Or should I say “Toying With Us?”
Comment by LynnO — February 24, 2010 @ 2:38 pm
Hot pink stockings, hot pink shoes and a SHORT hot pink dress…what vet dresses like that? Couldn’t she at least have a white medical jacket?
Comment by perkysmom — February 24, 2010 @ 2:40 pm
Yes, I believe it. I hear all vets graduating in 2010 from vet school look like this Barbie vet. It is a new criteria for female vets to wear pink mini-skirts and have 44, 20,36” proportions (or whatever Barbies have). Hasn’t the woman’s movement come far. I am so proud.
Comment by ericka — February 24, 2010 @ 3:04 pm
cough, cough, cough….Oh yeah, she’s ready to get dirty, covered in cat hair, and slobbered in dog drool.
Comment by Liz Palika — February 24, 2010 @ 3:18 pm
With her Hollywood-inspired body and wardrobe, Pet Vet Barbie apparently provides care for designer arm-candy dogs, as well as cardboard pocket kitties. Gotta love the realism…
Comment by Rori — February 24, 2010 @ 3:23 pm
Paging Dr. Tony Johnson. Please pick up the white courtesy phone to weigh in on this post’s picture. Thank you.
Comment by David S. Greene — February 24, 2010 @ 3:43 pm
Poor Barbie…she’s just not very well equipped for any job… At least it looks like they put her in some comfortable shoes this time!
Comment by Sarah — February 24, 2010 @ 3:48 pm
Oh dear. Do we really want Dr. Tony “No Pants” Johnson’s take on this? :)
Comment by Gina Spadafori — February 24, 2010 @ 3:49 pm
Pawcurious blog has a funny post using three iterations of the Pet Vet Barbie: http://www.pawcurious.com/2010.....-barbie-2/
Comment by Eucritta — February 24, 2010 @ 3:53 pm
I’m told Tony will be on his way shortly.
Comment by David S. Greene — February 24, 2010 @ 3:55 pm
So sorry, folks! I was doing CPR on 2 cats and a capybara simultaneously, whilst also tackling a baffling case of siphonapterosis. I just had to drop everything and get myself over here…for Barbie?
Not that I don’t mind aiding a damsel (or dachshund) in distress, but not usually when they are made of latex. (No snickers outta you, Greene - the ones you are thinking of are made of polyethylene…or so people say).
I just want to know 3 things:
1) What does Ken have to say about this?
2) Why is it that when I wear a similar outfit to work, I am reprimanded and belittled?
3) Why, God…why?
Since this is the fifth incarnation of Pet Vet Barbie (very similar to the 15th Dalai Lama, I am told) we can only hope that Mattel gets it right next time she comes around - normal features, professional clothes, and maybe a stethoscope. If I had a sick pet and she came in the room I would totally order a Grand Slam with extra bacon (ummmm…bacon) and a side of hash browns. What the HELL is with the frilly pink tutu waitress getup thang?
Seeing as Marty is my new BFF, I am totally expecting this under the tree in about 9 months.
Comment by Dr. Tony Johnson — February 24, 2010 @ 4:18 pm
I didn’t realize that it was standard operating procedure for veterinarians to wear hot pink stockings and carry around kittens in their pockets. Thank you Barbie for keeping it real!
Comment by Jason Merrihew — February 24, 2010 @ 4:23 pm
I read a British novel from the ‘40’s. The heroine of the story wasn’t finding her “place” in society and someone suggested she should be a “kennel maid.” I think Barbie could be the upstairs kennel maid dressed like that.
Comment by C.L.H. — February 24, 2010 @ 4:28 pm
I don’t know what has gotten into everyone lately, but I don’t remember the last time I have laughed so hard at all the great comments, between the snow puns and now this.
My fav:
2) Why is it that when I wear a similar outfit to work, I am reprimanded and belittled?
Dr. Tony, if you still worked at UC DAVIS here in California, not at PURDUE in, well, where is that, anyway? you could wear any darn thing you wanted. We’re cool that way here.
Comment by Gina Spadafori — February 24, 2010 @ 4:38 pm
Is this Barbie the reason I didn’t get into Vet school? I thought it was my poor Organic Chemistry grade. Hell, I would’ve worn the pink tights if they just told me!!!!
Comment by ericka — February 24, 2010 @ 4:39 pm
My husband tells me he now is the one to take our pets to the vet…
Comment by Carol V — February 24, 2010 @ 4:44 pm
That looks more like Pet Me Barbie.
Comment by Mary Mary — February 24, 2010 @ 4:50 pm
a capybara?
Dr. Tony, you’re MAKING THAT UP!!!!
Comment by Gina Spadafori — February 24, 2010 @ 5:13 pm
a capybara?
Dr. Tony, you’re MAKING THAT UP!!!!
OK - you go tell that to the poor grieving family. Have you no shame?
Comment by Dr. Tony Johnson — February 24, 2010 @ 5:27 pm
Oh dear. Now my Catholic guilt kicks in! (Not!)
Comment by Gina Spadafori — February 24, 2010 @ 7:04 pm
Does the capybara have a cute, frilly pink outfit? Inquiring minds want to know…
Comment by David S. Greene — February 24, 2010 @ 7:39 pm
But she does have a stethoscope—a cute little pink one. It’s there behind her in the box.
I read somewhere that if a real woman had Barbie’s dimensions, she’d be too top-heavy to stand upright.
Comment by Diane — February 24, 2010 @ 9:11 pm
I’m afraid to say, if I had a sick pet and she came into the room, I’d be thinking “we are doomed” and I would be desperately hoping she got the wrong room and was perhaps the clean-up crew?
Comment by Sandi K — February 24, 2010 @ 9:46 pm
If she came into any room I would think ‘we are doomed.’ Gawd- I can’t imagine her as Room Mom at my son’s third grade class. Or joining my book club meetings. Yeah… Doomed. Hey, Dr. Becker…now that I remember…hmmm… the last time you visited…your first words to me and my hubby at airport were “Ken and Barbie”…uh-oh. I’m doomed. Luckily I’ve become addicted to M&M’s and gaining weight faster than a newborn so maybe I’ll save myself. Going now to closet to see if I have any pepto-bismal pink mini skirts in there…j/k
Comment by ericka — February 24, 2010 @ 10:02 pm
Toy Week & Fashion Week Combined, Oh my.
Comment by Paul — February 25, 2010 @ 2:13 am
All silliness aside, what constitutes “proper” attire for veterinarians is a subject of much debate in among veterinarians themselves. Check out this post from PetConnection BFF Dr. Patty Khuly.
Comment by Gina Spadafori — February 25, 2010 @ 9:33 am
It could be worse, Marty! Here’s Trailer Trash DollTrash Talkin’ Turleen:
http://www.panikstoybox.com/pd.....urleen.cfm
Comment by Becky — February 25, 2010 @ 9:58 am
I just realized my day in NYC yesterday featured BBQ and Barbie.
Can’t get contents of BBQ out of my stomach nor comments about “Veterinary
Barbie” out of my mind. And I’m not toying with you.
Comment by Dr. Marty Becker — February 25, 2010 @ 10:22 am
My I-ain’t-taking-no-guff ex-feral kitty was at the vet’s Tuesday for ADR, turned out she was plugged but it, erm, blew loose as she struggled when she was being shaved a bit for a blood sample (she’s got a coat like a yeti) … I keep imagining lil pink pet vet Barbie here, ah, festooned. Not a good look on her.
Comment by Eucritta — February 25, 2010 @ 10:41 am
Veterinary medicine: Nothing but glamour!
Comment by Gina Spadafori — February 25, 2010 @ 11:21 am
I just noticed…are those wee pink Manolo Blahniks on her tiny latex feet?
I am getting soooo much mileage out of those shoes - I really need to find another brand.
Maybe Bruno Magli? Nunn Bush?
Comment by Dr. Tony Johnson — February 25, 2010 @ 2:34 pm
She looks more like the entertainment at a party than a vet !
Comment by Leslie K — February 25, 2010 @ 6:57 pm
[She looks more like the entertainment at a party]
I never get invited to the good parties. That’s so unfair.
Comment by David S. Greene — February 25, 2010 @ 7:40 pm
Manolos? Not with her student debt load! Those are Crocs. The MD Barbie gets the Manolos (or if I were guessing, Louboutins.)
Not that I looked, of course….
Comment by Dr V — February 25, 2010 @ 11:08 pm
I thought they were Crocs too, since they’re ugly and plastic and hot pink, but they have high wedges. Definitely NOT Manolos, and no telltale red soles, so not Louboutins, either!
Comment by Christie Keith — February 25, 2010 @ 11:13 pm
Crocs come with wedges these days … just checked, and yes, up to three inches.
Comment by Eucritta — February 26, 2010 @ 8:19 am
Oh dear. Someone call the EMTs. You just gave Christie a heart attack.
Comment by Gina Spadafori — February 26, 2010 @ 8:26 am
really, what’s up with the short pink dress? But it is Barbie so I guess that reality is out the window.
Comment by Karen Friesecke — February 27, 2010 @ 4:25 pm