{"id":"1793120804147-culture-segment","slug":"fake-rips-for-living-actors","title":"Fake RIPs for living actors","summary":"Scrubs is set at Sacred Heart Hospital, and Robert Palmer's \"Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)\" was featured in the show. Hyperbolic political opinion; no factual assertion.","publishedAt":"2026-10-27T17:06:44.147Z","channel":{"id":"culture","name":"Oncast Music","language":"en"},"show":"Pop Lunch","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Scrubs is set at Sacred Heart Hospital, and Robert Palmer's \"Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)\" was featured in the show. Hyperbolic political opinion; no factual assertion.\nSource: Scrubs (TV series) NAMES: none POST bsky:at://did:plc:yddfcdhhinii6fj6hyulnzpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3myuklet6yc2m: NOCLAIM none NAMES: RFK Jr. = Robert F. Kennedy (https://bsky.app/profile/ladyiris5.bsky.social/post/3mysj5r5moc2q)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Scrubs is set at Sacred Heart Hospital, and Robert Palmer's \"Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)\" was featured in the show. Hyperbolic political opinion; no factual assertion.","sourceName":"Scrubs (TV series) NAMES: none POST bsky:at://did:plc:yddfcdhhinii6fj6hyulnzpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3myuklet6yc2m: NOCLAIM none NAMES: RFK Jr. = Robert F. Kennedy","sourceUrl":"https://bsky.app/profile/ladyiris5.bsky.social/post/3mysj5r5moc2q","claim":"#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #TVSky #TV Day 27: 🏥 Used in the TV show Scrubs set at the Sacred Heart Hospital. Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor Doctor)","author":"Lady Iris (@ladyiris5.bsky.social)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://bsky.app/profile/ladyiris5.bsky.social/post/3mysj5r5moc2q","name":"Scrubs (TV series) NAMES: none POST bsky:at://did:plc:yddfcdhhinii6fj6hyulnzpk/app.bsky.feed.post/3myuklet6yc2m: NOCLAIM none NAMES: RFK Jr. = Robert F. Kennedy","kind":"bluesky","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Lady Iris (@ladyiris5.bsky.social)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793120804147-culture-segment-fake-rips-for-living-actors","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/culture","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793120804147-culture-segment-fake-rips-for-living-actors","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793120804147-culture-segment-fake-rips-for-living-actors and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Laura","text":"Somebody on Bluesky is out here eulogizing Walter Koenig."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Wait, Chekov? Did something happen?"},{"host":"Laura","text":"Not that anyone can tell. Dragon Cobolt posted 'rip to Walter Koening' — misspelling his name — and then joked that he 'apparently played a side character on some forgotten show in the 1960s too.'"},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Star Trek is forgotten now? And there's no death report, no official word at all."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Right, so he's probably alive. But the post is so confidently wrong, it's almost art."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"That's not art. That's how fake celebrity death rumors start. One person posts RIP, then fans run with it."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Oh come on, nobody's running. It's one Bluesky post with 44 likes. It's a joke about Chekov being a side character."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"But then there's another one. A voice actor account posted about Eric Bauza with #RIPEricBauza. He voiced Marvin the Martian in The Looney Tunes Show."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Wait, Eric Bauza died? I didn't hear that."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"No! He didn't. There's zero confirmation. But someone slapped RIP on a post and now fans think he's gone."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Okay, that one's worse because it's framed as a tribute with a hashtag. But it's still just random strangers, not news outlets."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"This is exactly how misinformation spreads. A hashtag becomes a fact. I'm not saying it's malicious, but it's careless."},{"host":"Laura","text":"I think it's people trying to honor actors they love before the news cycle moves on. It's misguided, but the sentiment is real."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"The sentiment is premature. Imagine being Eric Bauza's family seeing RIP posts while he's sitting at breakfast."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Okay, that visual is upsetting. I'll give you that."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Thank you. Now can we agree that if you're going to eulogize someone, at least spell their name right? It's Koenig, not Koening."},{"host":"Laura","text":"And Star Trek is not a forgotten show. It's one of the most famous sci-fi franchises ever."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"That's the real crime here."},{"host":"Laura","text":"The side character joke? That part's funny. I'll allow it."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Fine, one point for humor. Next time, check if the person is actually alive first."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Speaking of weird internet posts, a Bluesky user named Lady Iris is doing a 30-day challenge where she pairs an emoji with a TV show and a song."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Today is the hospital emoji, and she picked Scrubs. Obviously Sacred Heart."},{"host":"Laura","text":"She paired it with Robert Palmer's 'Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor Doctor).'"},{"host":"Claudette","text":"That's a little literal, but Scrubs had some of the best needle drops on TV."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Literal works. JD's daydreams set to Robert Palmer? Perfection."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"I can hear the scene: he's imagining Dr. Cox as a smooth lounge singer."},{"host":"Laura","text":"And then Cox says 'newbie' and ruins it."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Exactly. Day 27 of the challenge, I respect the commitment."},{"host":"Laura","text":"If tomorrow's emoji is a coffin, we panic."}]}