I’ve Tivoing and watching Scrubs lately. It wasn’t that I avoided it before, just wasn’t part of my standard TV viewing.
Zach Braff has been catching a lot of flack from the Indie music crowd. Appearantly, since The Postal Service got such great exposure in Garden State, some people are lumping Zach’s work in with The OC for promoting indie music. Of course the ultra-music-snobs don’t like this, or something. Personally I couldn’t care less, but the commentary did get me interested in more of Braff’s work.
While Zach’s combination of physical comedy and dry wit in Scrubs is enjoyable I think The Janitor, Neil Flynn, has the best role. The part is so well written and his delivery is perfect every time.
You Tube is full of Janitor clips, here is one of my favorites…
This better not be a reflection on the whole show…
UPDATE
Well, apparently the change in the theme song is a reflection on the whole show. Veronica seemed smarter as a high school student than she does as a college freshmen. The dialog seems poor and Kristen’s delivery is weak.
And no, I’m not just angry that she didn’t send me a autographed picture like she promised…
I watch a lot of TV. For about a year now I’ve had a TIVO on my Direct TV and let me tell you, it’s evil. It used to be, when you watched TV I watched the shows I wanted to watch and then did other things. If two shows were on at the same time I had to choose. No longer. Now, thanks to the modern age I can watch two shows that are on at the same time. I can also record shows when I’m not home. The result of this is that if I sit down to watch TV I can watch for 12 hours straight.
One of the shows I currently enjoy is House - the story of a super smart doctor that’s a real jerk to everybody. It’s better than it sounds. So I sat down to watch last week’s episode of House, and as we neared the end I noticed something. At the end of the episode there was a touching moment between Dr. House (Hugh Laurie) and Dr. Cameron (Jennifer Morrison). This moment was filmed as a collection of scenes with the only sound being “Into Dust” by Mazzy Star. I believe, there was only one line of dialogue during the song. This musical interlude isn’t exactly a new concept, but it’s overuse is getting annoying. I probably wouldn’t have noticed it in House at all, except that last season Lost ended half it’s episodes with a nice song. Now I’m noticing it in House, Bones and who knows how many more shows. I think it’s annoying. It’s a cop out. What, they couldn’t write for a whole 60 minutes, we have to take 5 of it up playing something by John Mayer or the Rolling Stones. Is this just outright product placement or what?
