Scrubs: My Musical

Regular airtime: Thursdays, 9pm ET (NBC)

Cast: Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, Ken Jenkins, John C McGinley, Judy Reyes, Stephanie D'Abruzzo

US release date: 18 January 2007

[24 January 2007]

by Daynah Burnett

Rubbed Raw

While I can appreciate Scrubs' adventurous spirit, this catastrophe can only be described as an indulgent, sloppy waste of time.

I agree completely. I love scrubs but this episode was just terrible.

Comment by tom r from nyc — January 24, 2007 @ 6:09 pm

I thought it was f**king fantastic and everyone I know agrees, don’t read into the plot too much, its a comedy!! you do know what a comedy is right? just cause you could never in your life come up with something as clever, get a sense of humour and a life you loser!

Comment by Adam Gunnell from England — January 25, 2007 @ 3:17 pm

This series may not be as funny as the second and third seasons, but it is far funnier than most of the so-called “comedies” on TV (the ones that haven’t been cancelled yet). This episode was great. Everyone showed great talent for singing (ok, most of them), and the story was actually viable. I’d give it at least an 8.5.

Comment by Sarita from Detroit — February 5, 2007 @ 12:06 am

Daynah, you got this review completely wrong and you may need a sense of humor installed ASAP. The Scrubs musical was fun, original and faithful to the relationships and subplots already present on the show. Most of the cast members have training in music in dance, except Sarah Chalke. The producers from “Avenue Q” worked with Scrubs producer Deb Fordham on this episode and her lyrics were inspired fun. Your comment about bad kareoke just shows your ignorance and you are clearly unqualified to write about TV in your unthinking dismissal of an episode that has been universally praised. The episode had a nice dramatic core and was satisfying to watch. Daynah, you just couldn’t be more wrong if you tried.

Comment by Tim — February 5, 2007 @ 1:13 pm

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When I hear opinions like Daynah Burnett’s (in this case, read), I immediately am reminded of that quote that’s an offshoot of Lincoln’s quote about fooling people ...

You can please some of the people all of the time, and you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time. 

Daynah Burnett is there to make sure this derivative of a quote remains true.  Thank you, Daynah Burnett, for sharing your opinion, and not making the man that ripped off Abraham Lincoln seem like a fool. 

Now, my two cents: this episodes ROCKS SO HARD, the Shift Key can barely express my enthusiasm for it.  So I’ll continue by quoting random lines from the episode. 

We’re gonna miss you, Carla ...
We’re gonna miss you, round here ...

J/k, no I won’t.  But I will type this episode ROCKS REAL HARD one last time. 

This episodes ROCKS REAL HARD.  One last time.

Comment by mukuface from Japan — February 8, 2007 @ 6:00 pm

Daynah,
while everyone is entitled to their opinion I really think you should lighten up. It was never intended to be a serious musical, and the “tasteless humour” in Everything comes down to poo proves this. It was intended as a skit and works well as a skit imo. I will agree that most of the singing voices are not too hot with the exception of “Turk”, who I thought was fantastic!! And the cameo from the Janitor was superb.....a classic

Comment by jody from Ireland — February 19, 2007 @ 2:16 pm

Adam Gunnell from England was spot on! That episode rocked and was really funny. Adam Gunnells unite!

Comment by Adam Gunnell from Indiana, United States — June 18, 2007 @ 1:40 pm

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