Doogie Howser, M.D.: You've Come a Long Way, Baby-Sitter

Air Date

Wednesday February 3, 1993

Production Code

1421

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• Guest Cast

  • Matthew Boyett Young Doogie
  • Lou Bonacki Gate Guard
  • Lainey Hashorva Nurse
  • David Ruprecht TV Interviewer
  • Steve Eastin Stage Guard
  • Jeff Yagher Nathan Gage
  • Chelsea Noble Rachel
  • Rif Hutton Dr. Ron Welch
  • Ken Bryan Paramedic

• Stars

  • Neil Patrick Harris Douglas "Doogie" Howser
  • Max Casella Vinnie Delpino
  • Kathryn Layng Nurse Curly Spaulding
  • James B. Sikking Dr. David Howser
  • Belinda Montgomery Katherine O'Brien Howser
  • Lawrence Pressman Dr. Benjamin Canfield
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• They keep saying that Rachel was Doogie's babysitter when he was 10 years old. However, when he was 10 years old, he was starting Princeton. How can he be baby-sat in California and attending Princeton at the same time? [edit]

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• Doogie's diary entry:
  February 5, 1993... Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the perfect babysitter -- mythical figures from childhood. I know there's no jolly fat man, I know that Dad put the dollar under my pillow, but thank God I'll always have my Rachel Wilson. [edit]

• Episode title: "You've Come a Long Way, Baby-Sitter"
  A play on the ad campaign for Virginia Slims cigarettes. The 1968-1986 ads celebrated feminism with photographs of modern women accompanied by the slogan, "You've come a long way, baby." [edit]