Does anybody else watch SCRUBS?

[supernova]

And enjoy it as much as I do? I think it's one of the closest things we have to british comedy.

[curse10]

1. I love scrubs

but I've lost track of when it's on

[supernova]

3. Thursdays at 8:30

right after Friends.


Everything about SCRUBS is FUNNY! I don't think they could have fit another joke inthat 22 minutes.

[arcane1]

2. LOVE Scrubs!!

:toast:

best comedy on tv imho

[supernova]

4. Really love the writing

it's so tight. And the delivery is rapid-fire. The attending guy is just funny. Like tonight: "I'm NOT talking to you!" "Oh good, finally!" ROFL!! :D

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. Scrubs is great, and frighteningly true

All the residents where I work watch it... most Friday mornings are devoted to discussing the show.

[supernova]

8. It's funny because it's TRUE!

I'm convinced the writers and/or producers really did spend time in a hospital. Napping in the morgue?! OMG!

I spent a lot of time around hospitals. Mom worked at Duke for many years; my dad, at the VA. And I worked at Duke for awhile myself.

[Pert_UK]

6. I don't want no scrubs, a scrub is a guy who won't get no love from me....

:-)

Yeah, I love Scrubs - great show. Really dark humour, really, really funny.

We've tried to do a Brit version of it too, but it was pretty crap.

P.

[supernova]

9. Pert_UK you silly goose

Interesting that the Brit version didn't work out. Just like our "Coupling" probably won't. *Sigh* Gotta get cable so I can get Beeb America.

I love dark humor. It's my favorite kind.

[Pert_UK]

11. Oddly, the Brit version was called TLC, IIRC.......

As in, Tender Loving Care....Although I might be mistaken.

It had one of the guys out of League Of Gentlemen in it, and it did have some hilarious moments, but was mostly just a bit rubbish.

If you haven't seen the League of Gentlemen, I recommend series 1 for the darkest humour around. Also, check out anything by Chris Morris, but be warned that it can be VERY offensive....

The Day Today (spoof news show) - e.g. headlines "Arafat ablaze in kerosene oyster hell"
Brasseye (spoof documentary) - we've had the Bible analysed and it reads like the ramblings of a drugged horse.

Absolutely hilarious.

Anyone who can get fired from the BBC for yelling "Christ's Fat Cock!" at Sir Cliff Richard during an interview gets my respect...

:evilgrin:

P.

[supernova]

13. Thanks, I'll look

for those. LOL! I'd love to see Cliff Richard do that! ROFL!

[Pert_UK]

14. Whoops.....typo.....AT Cliff Richard....!

More quotes:

"The headlines tonight - Euro MPs headsets play the sound of screaming women, Bryan Ferry bathmat poisonous say lab and bouncing elephantiasis woman destroys central Portsmouth. Those are the headlines - happy now?

It's been revealed that the junior Treasury Minister, Michael Portillo, carries a sawn-off shotgun to constituency meetings, corners children in parks and chews their cheeks and has frequent sexual intercourse with stray animals, claiming "As long as it's got a backbone, I'll do it". That story we reported last week, and have since discovered it to be untrue."

http://www.alan-partridge.co.uk/scripts/thedaytoday/daytod5.htm

[supernova]

16. My bad

I misread that! Sorry. AT Cliff Richard. Gottcha.

Thanks for the link! I'll have to read it when I'm more alert!

[Pert_UK]

18. Nope. My bad.....I changed it on Edit!!!

Ha ha ha....GOTTYA!

:-)

I'm trying to think of really good "UK style" US comedies......and there aren't many.

There are lots of good US comedies but not many have the "dry, intelligent wit" of Britcoms....

MASH would definitely have been one.......

Please bear in mind that a lot of Britcom is also crap, you only get a small portion (oo err missus) of it.

"Since making that report, all those in it have lost their hair...."

P.

[supernova]

25. Dry, intelligent wit

I'm sorry, were you talking about me? :D

- Yes, M*A*S*H is one, definitely. That's one show I plan to collect the entire DVD set. It's just too funny, even (and especially) today.

I'm sure there's a couple more, but I'm just drawing a blank right now.

[BritishHuman]

33. Still Standing is good

I like it. The guy who plays the Dad is British. It's standard sitcom family fare, but a little more edgy than normal, and it doesn't have that "dad is a bad parent, mom is a good parent" thing that they usually have.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

19. Bullshit. Brits invented it... remember Doctor in the House?

that was brilliant, and 30 years ago.

[supernova]

23. Medical Britcoms

What whas the show about the Med School students in the mid-70s? I enjoyed that one, especially.

[regnaD kciN]

31. I think your question just got answered above.

Doctor In The House actually started in the late 60s in the U.K., but made it to U.S. syndication a few years later.

An hilarious series. I especially loved the episode with the hearse, and the one with the strip club ("They ARE naked, and they ARE dancing!").

Sadly, I looked up that series on IMDb, and was shocked to find out that the actors who played the two principal students, Barry Evans (Michael Upton) and Robin Nedwell (Duncan Waring) both died in their mid-50s. Nedwell apparently died from complications of an injury he sustained when he fell off his roof while trying to clean it; I have no idea what happened to Evans, except that he left acting after the Doctor... series, and was driving a cab in his last years.

[Pert_UK]

26. Method for examining patients:

Use your eyes FIRST and MOST
Use your hands next and LEAST
and your tongue NOT AT ALL!

LOL!

P.

[supernova]

35. Yes, that's it! ROFL!

Doctor in the House.

Sorry, I didn't reply last night. I actually had to go to bed, believe it or not! It was 1:30 am here. :D

Good memory, Pert_UK. :thumbsup:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

7. I love that show!!

It's wonderful...and I still can't laugh, so I was choking through the whole thing.
Duckie

[supernova]

10. YellowRubberDuckie

LOL! I love typing/saying that! :D

How come you can't laugh? If you don't want to say, that's OK. I'm just curious.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

34. I've still got the last hang ons of bronchial pneumonia...

It's now considered bronchitis...and not being able to laugh is killing me...
Thanks for the compliment of my name! I have friends on Yahoo who do/tell me the same thing. lol
Duckie

[youngred]

12. A fantastic Show

one of my favorites

[nini]

15. Love it ..

especially the smart ass doctor........

[TreasonousBastard]

17. One of the best ones out there.

But I love Reno 911, so what do I know.

[T Bone]

20. Oh yes,

the hardass Dr and the Janitor are a scream huh?

The show verges on the surreal at times, or so it seems to me.
Marcia Brady cameo was so surreal tonight.

Tonight at the end when they were kissing at Sea World and the dolphins came up out of the water and flipped. I don't know why that cracked me up, but it did. It was hysterical to me.

Show brings tears to my eyes.

The black nurse who lost the tooth saying she was tired of looking like Larry Holmes !! My side was hurting.

[supernova]

24. Marcia, Marcia, Marcia

Got that was hilarious! I totally lost it! :D

Broken teeth, lost specimen labels.... God I hope they don't flame out too early. This stuff is brilliant!

[HuckleB]

21. Every original show since its debut.

Scrubs is it.

[Skittles]

22. love it

I've watched it since the first episode. All the characters hold their own, the mark of a truly good show.

[supernova]

27. Yes, I hope they're

around for awhile. It just gets better and better.

[WindRavenX]

28. Dr.Cox rocks!

I love his personality- at first I thought he was a bastard, but after watching the series develope, I've totally fallen in love with him. The actor who plays him is very good looking and helps with many noteworthy organizations for Down Syndrome afflicted kids.
I wish I could watch it more- it's on during my work shift :(

[supernova]

36. Dr. Cox

I forget his name. Yes, he's a good composite of so many MDs I've known over the years. Appears to be arrogant beyond belief, but deep down is just very dedicated to his patients.

[mac56]

39. John McGinley is his name.

An excellent actor. Remember him in "Platoon"?

He has a son with Down's Syndrome, if I remember correctly.

[Spirochete]

29. Saw it for the first time tonight.

It was pretty funny. I'll have to remember what day/time it comes on.
For some reason, I like that Reno 911 or whatever it's called too. I don't watch too much TV, usually

On Edit: I just noticed - this is my 1000th post. hehe

[Rhiannon12866]

32. WOW! I guess it is. Congratulations, VancSouthpaw!

This is a real milestone! Wishing you many more and also congrats for finding one of the funniest shows on television, IMHO!:toast:

[Rhiannon12866]

30. I love Scrubs!

I think the writing is fresh and funny and the characters are real and sympathetic. I used to work with the networks, writing synopses and recommendations, and this one would have been on my ``best bet'' list every week. I love the lines given to Dr. Cox, particularly. No one is that clever, but the writing on this show is!:D

[supernova]

37. Rhiannon12866, if you don't mind my asking

used to work with the networks, writing synopses and recommendations,

How did you come by that job? "I'm in the market, as it were," for new employment and I'm thinking I need a change of direction. Thanks.

[mac56]

38. Has anyone else gotten the soundtrack CD?

So excellent.

"Scrubs" is must-see TV at my home.

[supernova]

41. There's a CD?

That would be great! Their music choices are dead-on. :thumbsup:

[mac56]

43. It is absolutely outstanding.

Released last season on Hollywood Records (a Disney imprint).

"Superman" - Lazlo Bane (theme song)
"All In My Head" - Shawn Mullins
"Fresh Feeling" - Eels
"Good Time" - Leroy
"Good Life" - Francis Dunnery
"New Slang" - The Shins
"Beautiful World" - Colin Hay
"Hold On Hope" - Guided By Voices
"Fighting For My Love" - Nil Lara
"Dracula From Houston" - Butthole Surfers
"Hooch" - Everything
"Hallelujah" - John Cale (great Leonard Cohen cover)
"Have It All" - Jeremy Kay
"End Credit Score" - Jan Stevens
"Overkill" - Colin Hay

[supernova]

44. Oh Wow!

Definitely going to look for it now. The Eels, Guided by Voices, Butthole Surfers, and I love Superman.

Thanks! :D

[jono]

40. Hell yeah

Some of the best comedy on network TV right now, IMHO.

[TXlib]

42. Yes, KCDem and I love that show