One of Scrubs' minor but more memorable characters will become a memory this season.
Actor Sam Lloyd, who plays the hopelessly pathetic attorney Ted, will leave the show in the upcoming season. Lloyd said he just finished filming his final episode and called it a "bittersweet moment."
"It was a nice episode, but it was very bittersweet for me," Sam said. "It was basically my choice and I just decided I should move on at this point."
I sat down with Lloyd and fellow band member Philip McNiven to talk about their a cappella music group The Blanks for a feature interview that we'll post soon. In the meantime, enjoy their famous rendition of "Over the Rainbow" to give this sad moment the solemn tone it deserves.
Ted will be scrubbed from Scrubs
Posted Oct 15th 2009 9:09PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Scrubs, Reality-Free
Tags: sam lloyd, SamLloyd, scrubs, scrubs season 9, scrubsseason9, ted the attorney, TedTheAttorney, the blanks, the worthless peons, TheBlanks, TheWorthlessPeons
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-15-2009 @ 9:23PM
Kristen said...
Hopefully, something GOOD will happen to him.
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10-15-2009 @ 10:34PM
MCW said...
There's another season of Scrubs? I thought it was surely over (I thought anything said otherwise was just a rumor... I'm still waiting for the women's Prison Break spin-off, remember? And "The Final Break" doesn't count as a series).
Don't ever count Dollhouse out, if Scrubs can survive this long.
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12-04-2009 @ 7:20PM
mrsdigger said...
I would have guessed with season 8's final episode being called "My FINALE" that they would have had the smarts to call it quits. This show has been terrible for the last 2 seasons, I'm not sure why they're continuing. Without Teddy and Carla, not sure what's left of the show.
10-16-2009 @ 3:19AM
caiuslupus said...
Their famous version? You mean their remake of Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole's famous version, right?
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10-18-2009 @ 11:22PM
Ben said...
It doesn't say their version, it says their rendition. Plus, IZ combined Over The Rainbow with What A Wonderful World...The Blanks just did Over The Rainbow.
10-18-2009 @ 4:43AM
mark jones said...
Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole's famous version, right?
yeah, right. the version with all the wrong chords and all the wrong lyrics. THAT famous version. just about any other version is better than that version. you are a musical moron.
10-16-2009 @ 9:51AM
Patrick said...
Good luck to him and really looking forward to the interview with The Blanks.
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10-17-2009 @ 8:19PM
Nico Toscani said...
So after the big, moving finale they're coming back? What a crock of sh*t. This show has really declined in quality over the last couple of seasons, relying heavily on lame sight gags and such. Too bad Zach Braff's movie career fizzled out and he needs the money.
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10-17-2009 @ 8:25PM
J. Waldron said...
Sorry to hear it. Good actor and a good part.
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10-17-2009 @ 8:29PM
Pam said...
Zach Braff is only going to be in limited episodes. The show is going
to focus mainly around Turk and Dr. Cox's characters. They will be at
a teaching hospital. I do believe they should have already ended the
show, it has gone past it's prime!
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10-17-2009 @ 9:45PM
bob said...
A friend of mine is an actors agent. He told me when you read about a actor leaving a show on his own accord don't believe it. Chances are that the producers are trying to save money on the show so that they can pay the main actors more for this last season.Sam Lloyd was good in the show but after all he was just one of the second level character actors and his role was easy to write out.
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10-17-2009 @ 10:36PM
Cory said...
He was one of my favorite characters on Scrubs! I wish him the best of luck in what he does next. I cant wait to see what it is im sure he will be amazing in that as well! TED for life!!!
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10-17-2009 @ 11:26PM
jojo said...
I love scrubs, but now all the good actors are leaving. It won't be the same without J.D. and now Ted. And the janitor is on a new sitcom so he may not even come back. I wish they would leave things that work alone. Who will Kelso aggrivate and what will become of Turk now that J.D. is gone, and the janitor, he was soo funny tormenting J.D. It won't be the same. The only good thing is I have The seasons on DVD, and there's always reruns to watch when the show gets cancelled because all the favorite characters are leaving. And we never did find out the janitors real name, did we?
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10-19-2009 @ 3:29AM
Nico Toscani said...
JUMPED THE SHARK TWO SEASONS AGO. THIS REVAMPED VERSION SHOULD GO OVER ABOUT AS WELL AS JOANIE LOVES CHACHI!!!
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10-18-2009 @ 3:10AM
Alvin Pritchett said...
SCRUBS was one show that moved me. It could be ludicrous at one
moment and quite poignant the next. I hope the JD character has
more than a small part in the show. I think he makes the show.
I identified with the Ted more than any of the rest. I hope someone
is extra nice to him on his last time apperance.
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10-18-2009 @ 4:19AM
JAG said...
Ted has been my favorite character on the show. The show has not been that great anymore, but I still loved his part.
There is a guy that walks around my neighborhood sometimes that looks like Ted. The hair AND dressed up with a briefcase by his side. I cracked up the first time I saw him cuz I thought about Scrubs.
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