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What is scrubs?
What is Scrubs about and who's innit? (Premise)
So... for you who've followed it since the start (or have seen most of it) what do you think of the show?
It had a hell of a go...
I wonder what Zach will do next in his career. I mean he can do acting (obviously) he can direct (directed some scrubs episode) and he produced, wrote the manuscript for the movie "Garden State" and stuff...
Scrubs is an American comedy-drama that premièred on October 2, 2001, on NBC. It was created by Bill Lawrence and is produced currently by ABC Studios (formerly known as Touchstone Television). The show follows the lives of several employees of Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced dialogue, slapstick, and surreal vignettes presented mostly as the daydreams of the central character, Dr. John Michael "J.D." Dorian. The show's title is a play on surgical scrubs in addition to “scrubs” being slang for the new and inexperienced. During the seventh season, NBC announced that it would not renew the show. Shortly after the seventh season finale, ABC announced that it had bought the rights to the show and on January 6, 2009, the eighth season of Scrubs premiered on ABC. The eighth season finale aired on May 6, 2009. While ABC is in talks with the producers regarding renewal of the show for a ninth season, it is unknown whether the series will continue and how much of the cast will be retained if it does.
What is Scrubs about and who's innit? (Premise)
Scrubs focuses on the unique point of view of its main character and narrator, "J.D." (Zach Braff). Most episodes feature multiple story lines thematically linked via voice overs done by Braff. According to Lawrence, "What we decided was, rather than have it be a monotone narration, if it's going to be Zach's voice, we're going to do everything through J.D.'s eyes. It opened up a visual medium that those of us as comedy writers were not used to."[3] The show is shot with a single-camera setup instead of a multiple-camera setup more typical for situation comedies. The series follows J.D., his friends and his co-workers, as they try to survive both their personal and professional lives. In every episode J.D. has many comical daydreams as well as many "situation comedy" style lines, which are often a result of improvisation. A complete script is written for each episode of Scrubs; however, actors are given opportunities to improvise their lines during the shooting process.
At the end of most episodes, J.D. summarizes the story's theme in a sequence of shots that show how it has affected each of the characters. Scrubs has been advertised as "half as long as ER and twice as funny" as well as "the best show you're not watching" (which was featured on Family Guy). The series has repeatedly featured guest appearances by movie actors not generally seen on episodic television, such as Colin Farrell, Heather Graham, and Brendan Fraser.
At the end of most episodes, J.D. summarizes the story's theme in a sequence of shots that show how it has affected each of the characters. Scrubs has been advertised as "half as long as ER and twice as funny" as well as "the best show you're not watching" (which was featured on Family Guy). The series has repeatedly featured guest appearances by movie actors not generally seen on episodic television, such as Colin Farrell, Heather Graham, and Brendan Fraser.
So... for you who've followed it since the start (or have seen most of it) what do you think of the show?
It had a hell of a go...
I wonder what Zach will do next in his career. I mean he can do acting (obviously) he can direct (directed some scrubs episode) and he produced, wrote the manuscript for the movie "Garden State" and stuff...
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