Who Is The Better Marty: Marty Supreme Or Dr. Martin Best?
When I first saw on social media that Josh Charles's character on the new Fox series Best Medicine is named Dr. Martin Best, I thought it was a joke. Then I found myself wishing it were true because that's a great name for a television doctor in a show called Best Medicine. The only better name might be Dr. Martin Medicine. Finally, I had to know the actual name of this character and, to my delight it actually is Dr. Martin Best. This seems like a great time for fictional characters named Martin since there's an Oscar nominated film in theaters right now called Marty Supreme. Instantly, I thought this would be a funny pitch for a lucky outlet out there, to compare and contrast the two exceptional Martys. I never did pitch this idea because it's so stupid I couldn't imagine anyone paying me money to write it. Also I had never seen an episode of Best Medicine, so I had no idea what I was talking about anyway. (I have now, so buckle up.)
That's kind of the problem when pitching a story like this, no one really wants to pay for a meditation on why an idea is dumb. Most editors want concrete points of comparison that can be put into easily digestible categories to make it easy on the reader for their maximum potential enjoyment. These are all valid points. And this is the kind of post that ventures into the space occupied by "the headline is more interesting than the article itself." I accept this criticism.
But now that I have invested the time to watch one episode of Best Medicine, I do feel obligated to waste even more time on this idea.
