First things first, please go to TV Squad and read my friend Joel Keller's commentary about the future of Scrubs (and read the comments, because Bill Lawrence himself stops by).

Second, I'm going to miss this show. It was one of the only guaranteed laughs for me on TV these days. It never let me down. And neither did this episode. If you're any kind of Scrubs fan, you had to love tonight's episode. It had everything that made the show great: the wackiness, the sentimentality, great cameos, Cox-ishness, etc.

There wasn't much more for the show to do, so it was time to go. And since it runs endlessly in syndication (in the NYC area: 8am on Channel 9, 3pm and 3:30pm on Comedy Central, 7pm and 7:30pm on Comedy Central and 12 midnight on Channel 5, not to mention the sporadic TV Land episode), I'm sure I'll continue to get my Scrubs fix. I'll also say that in watching season 1 and 2 episodes, you see the difference in quality. Those episodes were, to me, better and a little less goofy. Yet, on some level, it's like asking which Tootsie pop is your favorite. Except for chocolate (the Heather Graham episodes), they're all delicious goodness. You just can't choose.

Farewell, new Scrubs episodes. You'll be missed.

Labels: Scrubs

I rarely watch the show Frasier, both when it was on and now that it's in syndication. I have nothing against Frasier, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves or Seattle. I just never got into the show. But every time that I flip it on, I see the same episode. It's uncanny. I always see the episode where Fraiser is fighting with the guy in his building and he unfurls the large American flag from his one floor up balcony and obscures Frasier's magnifient city view. I've probably seen 15 total episodes of the show (out of like 250, since it ran for like 12 years) and I've seen that episode like 5 times.

I feel like this happens with every show that's on TV. I assume that some episodes draw better ratings than others, so they play them more frequently. This makes sense to me from a network standpoint. It's got to be frustrating for the habitual Frasier, who has to sit through the same episode more often than any other. But it really pisses me off. The only reason I'm watching Frasier in the first place is because it's the one thing on the air that I haven't seen 46,000 times, and every single time that I flip it on, I see the same fucking episode.

Anyway, I got to thinking about shows, both ones that I've watched over the years and ones that I haven't. And for just about every show that I sat and thought about, I picked out an episode that I'd seen many more times than any other episode. Here's just a few:

Scrubs, "My Way Home": the tribute to The Wizard of Oz", where J.D.'s trying to get home and Turk needs a heart, Carla needs courage, and Elliot needs brains. This is an outstanding epsiode.

21 Jump Street, "Hell Week": the one where they're trying to solve the student rape case in the fraternity, and Johnny Depp pledges the frat to infiltrate. I remember a scene where he had to sort silverware quickly under penalty of death or having to wear white after Labor Day or something.

Seinfeld, "The Pool Guy": where the pool guy wants to be Jerry's friend. I've probably seen every episode of Seinfeld like 10 times, but I don't like this one

Labels: 21 Jump Street, Frasier, Scrubs, Seinfeld, TV

Last night, I was watching Scrubs, and it was one of the episodes where Zach Braff was dating Mandy Moore in the episode (while simulataneously schtupping her in real life). Mandy's name in the show was Julie, and Braff starts airband-ing the song, "Hey Julie" by Fountains of Wayne. And as I'm watching, I'm sitting and thinking about how awesome that Fountains of Wayne album is (despite the insufferable "Stacey's Mom" song). So, I bust out the album and give it a spin, satisfied that I've quenched my thirst for Adam Schlesinger's voice.

Anyway, today, I'm catching up on my good friend Mr. Tobey's blog (he seems to be blogging reasonably regularly again. I give it 2 weeks), and lo and behold, he's got a post about picking up the new FOW album and has a playlist of songs that he put together based on concerts that he's seeing and albums he's picked up. First song? "Hey Julie"

I have no funny/clever comment to drop in here, other than that I think we share a brain.

UPDATE: Here's the mp3. (Right-click, hit "Save Target As ...")

Labels: Fountains of Wayne, Matt Tobey, Scrubs

I hate to keep dropping video clips in here, but it's important that everyone watches this.

Labels: Fred "Rerun" Berry, Scrubs, TV