Comments on: Do You Watch Scrubs? http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:42:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Elayne Riggs http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28717 Elayne Riggs Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:04:05 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28717 Love Scrubs, tape Scrubs, subscribe to Zach Braff's blog, the whole works. Love Scrubs, tape Scrubs, subscribe to Zach Braff’s blog, the whole works.

]]> By: bryan http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28716 bryan Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:04:37 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28716 If you have ever seen the British version of 'coupling', I think it's worth mentioning that Sarah Alexander, the blonde, had a 3 month fling with a 72-YEAR OLD GUY a couple of years back. Therefore, with her not being that fussy, there's some hope for me! If you have ever seen the British version of ‘coupling’, I think it’s worth mentioning that Sarah Alexander, the blonde, had a 3 month fling with a 72-YEAR OLD GUY a couple of years back. Therefore, with her not being that fussy, there’s some hope for me!

]]> By: qkslvr_wolf http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28715 qkslvr_wolf Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:04:15 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28715 Scrubs is freaking awesome... I think my favorite thing about it (besides the rolling on the floor funniness), is that it always seems to leave you with question. Not a "ya'see timmy", where it dictates what the right moral decision or action would be, but something to think about it. In a pleasent, non-forcing sort of way. Apparently, I need to update my netflix and get arrested development and the office. Scrubs is freaking awesome…

I think my favorite thing about it (besides the rolling on the floor funniness), is that it always seems to leave you with question. Not a “ya’see timmy”, where it dictates what the right moral decision or action would be, but something to think about it. In a pleasent, non-forcing sort of way. Apparently, I need to update my netflix and get arrested development and the office.

]]> By: Todd B. http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28714 Todd B. Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:04:00 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28714 When NBC announced that an American version of the Office was on the way, I was a little sceptical, considering how they did Coupling in, but I decided to give it a try. The first series was still pretty funny, even if they were essentially just Americanizing the British scripts, but the second series has been hilarious! I'm still hoping, and I know I'll probably regret saying this should it actually happen, for an American take on Father Ted - I had heard rumours of a pilot featuring Steve Martin, but it seems like nothing really came of that. It'd be interesting to see if the US could pull it off, or if it would have the same fate of Book of Daniel. @DanielS: Arrested Development is a tough show to get in to in the middle of a season - my bet would be to rent the DVD's on Netflix, when you have a weekend to spare. It really is a clever and hilarious show. When NBC announced that an American version of the Office was on the way, I was a little sceptical, considering how they did Coupling in, but I decided to give it a try.

The first series was still pretty funny, even if they were essentially just Americanizing the British scripts, but the second series has been hilarious!

I’m still hoping, and I know I’ll probably regret saying this should it actually happen, for an American take on Father Ted – I had heard rumours of a pilot featuring Steve Martin, but it seems like nothing really came of that. It’d be interesting to see if the US could pull it off, or if it would have the same fate of Book of Daniel.

@DanielS:
Arrested Development is a tough show to get in to in the middle of a season – my bet would be to rent the DVD’s on Netflix, when you have a weekend to spare. It really is a clever and hilarious show.

]]> By: DanielS http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28713 DanielS Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:04:17 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28713 I disagree with the ads saying this season is its best season - I think the first two were better - but that being said - it's one of few shows that literally make me laugh out loud. I like 'Earl" but I rarely laugh out loud. True with "The Office" - but I am much more interested in what's going to happen with the characters... My wife and I tried to wacth "Arrested Development" three or four times, but we never really "got it"... I disagree with the ads saying this season is its best season – I think the first two were better – but that being said – it’s one of few shows that literally make me laugh out loud.

I like ‘Earl” but I rarely laugh out loud. True with “The Office” – but I am much more interested in what’s going to happen with the characters…

My wife and I tried to wacth “Arrested Development” three or four times, but we never really “got it”…

]]> By: bryan http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28712 bryan Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:04:12 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28712 I like Earl and Scrubs too. Which version of "The Office" do you like? The emphasis in the US version is different, but still quite funny. I don't know if either "Peep Show" or Catherine Tate will make it over from the UK: the first is a really slow burner, the novelty of which is the filming angles, the latter is a sketch show, but it's the granny, the school child and the camp guy she plays which make it very very funny. One of the men from Peepshow is in BBC3's "The Smoking Room", which is very much like "The Royle Family", in that the action takes place in one room (mostly). The Smoking Room is probably available online on the BBC website. I like Earl and Scrubs too. Which version of “The Office” do you like? The emphasis in the US version is different, but still quite funny. I don’t know if either “Peep Show” or Catherine Tate will make it over from the UK: the first is a really slow burner, the novelty of which is the filming angles, the latter is a sketch show, but it’s the granny, the school child and the camp guy she plays which make it very very funny. One of the men from Peepshow is in BBC3′s “The Smoking Room”, which is very much like “The Royle Family”, in that the action takes place in one room (mostly). The Smoking Room is probably available online on the BBC website.

]]> By: ArC http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28711 ArC Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:04:27 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28711 Earl is my current (active) favourite. Last year, and until they cancelled it, Arrested Development was my favourite just ahead of Scrubs. Scrubs is great but AD was just operating at a higher level throughout the show. Earl is my current (active) favourite. Last year, and until they cancelled it, Arrested Development was my favourite just ahead of Scrubs. Scrubs is great but AD was just operating at a higher level throughout the show.

]]> By: Heraldblog http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28710 Heraldblog Sun, 02 Apr 2006 23:04:53 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28710 Scrubs is too good for TV. Scrubs is too good for TV.

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28709 SaveFarris Sun, 02 Apr 2006 18:04:45 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28709 Now that <b>Arrested Development</b> is dead, <b>Scrubs</b> is the best comedy left standing. How can you not love The Todd? Now that Arrested Development is dead, Scrubs is the best comedy left standing.

How can you not love The Todd?

]]> By: Frank_D http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28708 Frank_D Sun, 02 Apr 2006 16:04:33 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28708 "My Name is Earl" Now you're talking!... If I had enough hair, I'd want hair done like Crabman's Scrubs lost it's "something different" feel IMHO a few years back “My Name is Earl” Now you’re talking!…

If I had enough hair, I’d want hair done like Crabman’s

Scrubs lost it’s “something different” feel IMHO a few years back

]]> By: Todd B. http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28707 Todd B. Sun, 02 Apr 2006 16:04:22 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28707 I'd be hard pressed not to agree. Earl, The Office, and Scrubs are just about the only comedies worth watching on television at the moment. I’d be hard pressed not to agree.

Earl, The Office, and Scrubs are just about the only comedies worth watching on television at the moment.

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28706 Oliver Willis Sun, 02 Apr 2006 16:04:09 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28706 I love Earl too. I love Earl too.

]]> By: cypher http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28705 cypher Sun, 02 Apr 2006 14:04:14 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28705 "It is just funny from start to finish and not in that sort of dumb canned sitcom laughter kind of way, but in that  it s silly but I can relate to that feeling sort of way." Not Scrubs, but My Name is Earl. “It is just funny from start to finish and not in that sort of dumb canned sitcom laughter kind of way, but in that  it s silly but I can relate to that feeling sort of way.”

Not Scrubs, but My Name is Earl.

]]> By: nursepam http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28704 nursepam Sun, 02 Apr 2006 14:04:00 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28704 I LOVE Scrubs. It's one of the very best sitcoms on television right now. I LOVE Scrubs. It’s one of the very best sitcoms on television right now.

]]> By: JayTea http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/02/do-you-watch-scrubs/#comment-28703 JayTea Sun, 02 Apr 2006 10:04:22 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1733#comment-28703 I'm going to follow your example on illegal immigration policy: I agree with you, but you're right for all the wrong reasons. I watch it for the UN-relatable elements: the surrealism, the fantasy sequences, and the utterly UNrealistic characters and situations. I recall a whole line of speculation that the janitor wasn't real, but merely a figment of JD's imagination, because for the longest time nobody believed JD's tales of persecution AND no one else seemed to interact with the janitor, much like Calvin and Hobbes. Toss in the sheer hotness of two former stars of ABC sitcoms I followed (Christa Miller from The Drew Carey Show and Sarah Chalke from Roseanne) with Judy Reyes and the show becomes irresistable. But NOT for any reason you cite. J. I’m going to follow your example on illegal immigration policy: I agree with you, but you’re right for all the wrong reasons. I watch it for the UN-relatable elements: the surrealism, the fantasy sequences, and the utterly UNrealistic characters and situations. I recall a whole line of speculation that the janitor wasn’t real, but merely a figment of JD’s imagination, because for the longest time nobody believed JD’s tales of persecution AND no one else seemed to interact with the janitor, much like Calvin and Hobbes.

Toss in the sheer hotness of two former stars of ABC sitcoms I followed (Christa Miller from The Drew Carey Show and Sarah Chalke from Roseanne) with Judy Reyes and the show becomes irresistable. But NOT for any reason you cite.

J.

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