Today's young people need mentors who are examples about how to "break down doors" and innovate.Kurt Wagner posted the following letter in http://www.plasticsurgerypulsenews.com
| TV or Not TV? That Was the Question. Kurt J. Wagner, MD, FACS, FICS |
  I only have to take you back to the last century in the late 1960s and early 1970s for a slightly different point of view. With the approval of the ASPS, I appeared on a local TV show that turned out to be the prototype of Extreme Makeover. It was so successful that it aired throughout the United States. As a result, I was invited to appear on the Merv Griffin Show (Video 1). Apparently, this was too much of me for the public, particularly when my wife joined me on the stage. Even though I stressed the need for board eligibility or certification and emphasized that plastic surgery was for everyone and not only a privileged few, explaining that it was financially feasible for most people, I was summoned to a command performance before our "High Court," where I was charged with "self-aggrandizement." After our rival lawyers had taken their pounds of flesh, I agreed to a year of banishment from voting and other activities. But the gates were opened, and changes soon followed. In retrospect, I realize that both sides in this case were justified to some degree; however, the question remains: Did I do more to elevate society or deflate it? Our readers can decide. |
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search of Kurt Wagner Merv Griffin popped up these references to two
appearances on the Merv Griffin show.
1. The Merv
Griffin Show -
Season 8, Episode 33: October 28 ... - TV.com
www.tv.com/.../the-merv-griffin.../october-28-1970-1015143/...
Oct 28, 1970 – Watch The Merv
Griffin Show -
Season 8, Episode 33 - October 28, 1970: ... Borge, comedienne Totie Fields, singer Kaye Hart and cosmetic surgeon Dr. Kurt. ... Fields, singer Kaye Hart and cosmetic surgeon Dr. Kurt
Wagner.
2. The Merv Griffin Show - Season 10, Episode 59: December 12, 1972 ...
www.tv.com/.../the-merv-griffin.../december-12-1972-174214...
Dec 12, 1972 – Watch The Merv
Griffin Show -
Season 10, Episode 59 - December 12, 1972: ... Reilly and Dr. Kurt
Wagner with a discussion on
plastic surgery.
October 28, 1970 and December 12, 1972 were milestones in the history of U.S. television by giving viewers a look at the extreme makeover (show a photo of how the person used to look three months before, then allow that person to appear after healing from the plastic surgery). These appearances were responsible for loosening the restrictions on doctors. The medical associations used to label these appearances as "self-aggrandizement."
You can find Dr. Wagner's website at DrKurtWagner.com https://sites.google.com/site/bicoastaldoctor/
====The need for Maverick Mentors in education
Daniel Amen in Magnificent Mind at Any Age devotes Chapter 16 to "maverick thinking," which he defines as having four traits:
1. Independent thinking
2. No accepting the norm just because it is the norm
3. Creativity or thining in a way that is different from others'
4. A passionate belief that you can make a difference.
p. 243, Magnificent Mind at Any Age (2008) by Daniel Amen
As a teacher, I look for these traits in my students and I encourage them to pursue the "Seven Survival Skills" described by Tony Wagner and p21.org. One of the key skills is "critical thinking" and another is "creativity." Sometimes it takes interaction with a pioneer to spark that awareness in the student: "Hey, I wonder what I could do that is independent? Maybe I can be like Dr. Wagner."
Resources: P21.org has http://p21.org/tools-and-resources/parents-and-communities
FOR THE RECORD (a correction at the bottom of this list)
If you continue to read the rest of this post, you will get information about Dr. Wagner's four appearances on the Merv Griffin show (there are four listed on the Internet).
The
Excerpts
List
of items found on Internet
A search
of “Kurt Wagner merv griffin show” showed these items:
September
29, 1970 Wagner in a dark suit
October
28, 1970 Wagner in a light jacket
December
12, 1972 This episode is not found in the
tv.com search but appears on a website listing.
January
28, 1978
www.tv.com/.../the-merv-griffin.../october-28-1970-1015143/...
Oct 28,
1970 – Watch The Merv Griffin Show
- Season 8, Episode 33 - October 28, 1970: ... Borge, comedienne Totie
Fields, singer Kaye Hart and cosmetic surgeon Dr. Kurt. ... Fields,
singer Kaye Hart and cosmetic surgeon Dr. Kurt Wagner.
EPISODE SUMMARY
AIRED: 10/28/70
Merv's guests are
humorist-pianist Victor Borge, comedienne Totie Fields, singer Kaye Hart and
cosmetic surgeon Dr. Kurt Wagner.
Dr.
Wagner has a light jacket, Kathy Wagner
is not on the show
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Sep 29, 1970 · Merv's guests are actor
Peter Lawford, actress Suzanne Pleshette, composer Don Davis, singer-actor
Johnny Brown and Dr. Kurt Wagner.
Dr. Wagner has a dark suit and Kathy Wagner appears.
EPISODE SUMMARY
AIRED: 9/29/70
Merv's guests are actor
Peter Lawford, actress Suzanne Pleshette, composer Don Davis, singer-actor
Johnny Brown and Dr. Kurt Wagner.
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www.tv.com/.../the-merv-griffin.../december-12-1972-174214...
Dec 12,
1972 – Watch The Merv Griffin Show
- Season 10, Episode 59 - December 12, 1972: ... Reilly and
Dr. Kurt Wagner with a discussion on plastic surgery.
EPISODE SUMMARY
AIRED: 12/12/72
Merv's guests are
actress Jean Stapleton of All in the Family and actress Loretta Swit of M*A*S*H,
TV hostess Pamela Mason, comedian Charles Nelson Reilly and Dr. Kurt Wagner
with a discussion on plastic surgery.
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Merv's guests are Beverly and Vidal Sassoon, skin specialist Daniel
Eastman, exercise artist Anne Marie Bernstrom, plastic surgeon Dr. Kurt Wagner and
Dr. L. Lee ...
Episode Detail: Merv
Griffin Show - The Merv Griffin Show
Merv's guests
are Beverly and Vidal Sassoon, skin specialist Daniel Eastman, exercise artist
Anne Marie Bernstrom, plastic surgeon Dr. Kurt Wagner and Dr. L. Lee Bosley,
hair-transplant specialist. Mort Lindsey orchestra.
no date given on the website.
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A search on tv.com of “merv griffin kurt wagner” gave this result
EPISODE SUMMARY
AIRED:
Merv's guests are
comedienne Joan Rivers, singer Anne Murray, stripper Carol Doda and Dr. Ku
search “kurt wagner merv griffin” got three results on tv.com:
EpisodesAir
date
1/23/78
10/28/70
9/29/70
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Mar 20, 2009 · The Merv Griffin Show with
guests Totie Fields and A Plastic Surgeon to the Stars (1972) Posted by Kliph
Nesteroff at 12:01 AM. Labels: ..
This date is mislabeled. This
episode (with Totie Fields) was listed as Octoer 28, 1970 in the TV guide (not 1972).
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