article_snippet.sent: The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt premiered on Netflix on March 6 and features a character called, Dr Franff.
article_snippet.sent: Played by comedian Martin Short, Franff has a high-pitched laugh, a speech impediment and absurd habits like drinking from a surgical bag.
article_snippet.sent: Dr 'Franff' (played by Martin Short)
article_snippet.sent: Fredric Brandt name was Grant, but Franff is how Fredric Brandt pronounced his name due to all the surgery and injectables Fredric Brandt’d presumably had - is lampooned in Tina Fey's Netflix show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt .
article_snippet.sent: The plastic surgeon, Dr Franff, in the Netflix comedy, is played by comedy veteran Martin Short and had drawn unflattering comparisons to real-life Dr Fredric Brandt.
article_snippet.sent: Martin Short had a small role as Dr Franff in one episode of the TV show's first season.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Franff appears in episode four of the first and only season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Franff's a botox-loving plastic surgeon played by Martin Short.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Franff is portrayed as a deranged doctor, whose face is so frozen from plastic surgery and other procedures that Dr Franff even has trouble forming words at times.
highlights_snippet.sent: Fredric Brandt was reportedly devastated by parody character Dr Franff in hit Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt which debuted on March 6 .
  