Stop! Don't touch
the remote! Keep that finger away from the Power button! In other words, don't turn off your TV during TV Turnoff
Week. If you do, you'll be missing one of the funniest comedies on television today.
I am talking about
NBC's Scrubs. There hasn't been a comedy since Friends, not even Everyone
Everybody Loves Raymond, that makes me laugh out loud like Scrubs does. I mean, how can you
not chuckle while Chris Turk (Donald Faison) dances and lip-synchs to Bel Biv Devoe's Poison. Or snicker
when Dr. Cox (John McGinley) goes on one of his 30-second rant on, for instance, why the purple Wiggle is
always sleeping (for the uninitiated, the purple Wiggle is Jeff Fatt of the very popular children's television show
The Wiggles). Or guffaw when J.D. (Zach Braff) has one of his surreal daydreams in the middle
of a conversation.
For the last four seasons, creator Bill Lawrence and his team have mixed the wackiness with the serious. This season,
which Lawrence thought may be the last, has even been more crazy. Yet, within that wackiness, he has also been able to
push the story forward and make these doctor's and nurses grow up a bit. This is especially the case of Turk and his
wife Carla (Judy Reyes), who are on the path to parenthood. It's silly, it's sad, it makes you think, and, according to some
reports, it may be renewed for a sixth season.
So, leave your TV on and tune in tonight as J.D. tries to
set up a lunch date with Dr. Cox and Carla and Elliot (Sarah Chalke) discover that 'The Toddster' may not be all that he
is cracked up to be.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-25-2006 @ 7:12PM
doc said...
"Everyone Loves Raymond" - Apparently it made you laugh so hard you forgot the name of the show.
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4-25-2006 @ 7:42PM
BGDC said...
Friends made you laugh? That's reason enough to assume Scrubs is low-grade. Of course, having watched all of Season 1 on DVD i can say without a doubt the show simply isn't funny. The jokes are too telegraphed and there's never anything original or smart about the writing. Good concept, decent cast and I'm all for the execution of the show...with a firing squad.
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4-25-2006 @ 7:50PM
Jaymez said...
I can feel my IQ drop lower and lower whenever I catch an episode of this show. Of all the "sitcoms" on TV, in production or rerun form, the only thing worse is Seinfield.
I'd rather smash my head in the car door again than watch this trash.
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4-25-2006 @ 8:10PM
Danh said...
Post #2
You're an idiot and have no taste in shows. You don't deserve to watch any good quality TV. Go watch Married with Children for cheap laughs.
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4-25-2006 @ 8:38PM
bd said...
Please don't mention garbage like "Friends" when you talk about great shows like Scrubs. It just confuses the issue.
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4-25-2006 @ 9:30PM
Jake said...
Scrubs is a fastastic show. This year is especially witty and very hi-brow comedy. For those of you not watching you are missing out. For those of you who think it sucks, we dont want you to like it because you obviously dont have a sense of humor. Go back to watching Yes Dear, Two and a Half Men and the myriad of other awful comedies on TV right now. Leave the good comedies to those who appreciate it.
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4-25-2006 @ 9:34PM
beryl said...
hands down-best show on television...always laugh out loud funny
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4-25-2006 @ 11:42PM
phish73 said...
i like scrubs, friends and everybody loves raymond. all those shows made me laugh at one time or another. but the funniest comedies ever are The Office (UK) and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Those are classics.
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4-26-2006 @ 11:40AM
BGDC said...
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, Andy Richter - those are sitcoms. Best of the genre by far. If it's got a live studio audience, it sucks. Plain and simple. If it's got cute kids, burn it down. A bunch of pretty friends and no wit (How I met your Mother, Friends, Seinfeld) - throw it away.
That's just me. I want to be surprised and at times made a bit uncomfortable.
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4-29-2006 @ 6:42PM
Jason Anderson said...
I find most people who hate Friends never watches it.
Friends is hilarious.
Scrubs is hilarious.
Everybody Loves Raymond is hilarious.
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