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Resuscitation: A Q&A with the Creator of Scrubs
Tell me about Cougar Town, your next project with Courteney Cox.
We’re planning on shooting that during the end of February. Courteney is very funny and ballsy and not afraid to look silly. In the modern landscape it’s so hard to get any attention, so we titled it Cougar Town, because when people see the show, they’ll realize it’s not what they think. It’s not a bunch of women in their 40s standing around talking about fucking dudes. But what we were hoping was it was a title that would get attention, both from people who thought it was funny and people who hated it, and it seems to have accomplished that so far.
It’s not what you expect. It takes place in suburban Florida, the local high school is the Cougars, they’re all psychotically obsessed with their local football teams, and everybody watches them on Friday nights. But it does star a woman in her early 40s who is single and looking to reenter the world of dating and romance, so there are both elements to it.
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As a rural family doc, Scrubs is my favorite medical show and the one I find to be the most realistic despite its technical inaccuracies. The show captures the range of emotions from heartache to fun that come with being a doctor without being melodramatic. Last week I found myself talking to a resident doctor and a patient about eating his left over food off of his hospital tray while he slept (from an episode). I recently blogged on Scrubs and medical TV shows at: http://thecountrydocreport.wordpress.com/2008/12/26/im-not-a-real-doctor-bu t-i-play-one-on-tv/)
Mr. Lawrence,
Scrubs has been my favorite show since, well, forever.
Interestingly, all of my doctor friends think your show is the one that's closest to what it's really like.
For me, I'm just glad we'll get another season. BTW, the "My Princess" episode was a 10, right up there with "My Way Home".
Thank you for such an amazing show and good luck over at ABC.
Michael Hurley
I have loved Scrubs from the beginning and will be sad to see it go. The comedy has always been right up my alley and it is truly different from the rest. Best of luck during this final season!
My high school aged son and I LOVE this show. We have loved it since the beginning.
I believe he has most of the lines memorized.
We are always making each other laugh by repeating scenes.
There is so, so little on tv worth watching anymore. So we are both going to be really sad to see the series come to an end.
btw...my son wants to be a doctor :)
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