Originally Posted by
greenheron
The reference is to a series of commercials of a few years ago...a riff on the old, "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV." The protagonist jumps in to offer first aid, for example, and is asked, "are you a doctor?" He replies, "no, but I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night." They set it up by extolling how smart it is to stay at a Holiday Inn Express.
The latest commercial I saw was of a person having an apparent heart issue, a good samaritan is lending aid, asking if there is anyone present that stayed at a Holiday Inn Express, when a guy approaches and says - I'm a DOCTOR, the samaritan repeats his plea...