My Musical
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"My Musical" is a musical
episode from the American comedy-drama
television series Scrubs
. It follows the story of Patti Miller, played by guest star Stephanie D'Abruzzo
of Avenue Q
fame, a woman who mysteriously starts hearing everyone's speech as singing.
The episode was written by Deb Fordham
, who also wrote most of the lyrics. The episode's music was composed by Fordham, Scrubs resident composer Jan Stevens, The Worthless Peons' Paul Perry, Tony Award
-winning Broadway
orchestrator Doug Besterman
, and the Avenue Q writing team of Jeff Marx
and Robert Lopez
. The episode was directed by Will Mackenzie.
"My Musical" is the 123rd episode of the show, and was originally aired as episode 6 of season 6 on January 18, 2007. TV Guide named it one of the 100 greatest TV episodes of all time in 2009. The episode received five Emmy Award
nominations, winning one of them.
. However, in the style of a traditional Scrubs episode, this is preceded by a cold open
.
are deciding whether Carla should take parental leave from the hospital. Turk says he doesn't mind either way, but as Carla decides she'll take a year off, he starts celebrating.
Then, the scene changes to J.D. and Elliot
in the park, when a woman, Patti Miller (D'Abruzzo), abruptly falls unconscious. As she returns to consciousness, she sees Elliot, J.D., and a worried group of onlookers singing to her ("All Right"). When she tries to respond, she sings too. In reality, no one is actually singing; Ms. Miller is hallucinating. She drifts out of consciousness, and wakes up being wheeled out of an ambulance in the parking lot of Sacred Heart Hospital, with all the hospital employees singing to her, "Welcome to Sacred Heart," led by Dr. Kelso
.
tells J.D. he believes Ms. Miller is suffering from a psychological
problem (as opposed to a neurological
one), and tells him to run some tests and "turf her to Psych." Turk and J.D. approach Ms. Miller for a stool sample, explaining that "Everything Comes Down to Poo."
Carla has brought Isabella to the hospital, and everyone is cooing over the new baby, when Elliot comes in and announces happily that she just bought a new house. Turk exits with Isabella, and Elliot expresses concern that J.D. thinks he's moving into the house with her. Carla has decided to take one year parental leave
, and Laverne, Ted
, and The Worthless Peons wonder how they can go on at the hospital without Carla's help ("Gonna Miss You, Carla"). Carla begins to realize that she does not want to separate herself from her work for so long.
Ms. Miller stops Dr. Cox in the hall to insist that she is not crazy, when they are interrupted by J.D. Cox breaks into a rapid-fire delivery ("The Rant Song") of the litany of annoying things J.D. does, with some help from Janitor
. Dr. Cox tells Ms. Miller that if she can get J.D. to leave him alone, she'll get the tests she wants. Ms. Miller yells at J.D., and an impressed Dr. Cox agrees to schedule a CT scan
.
Elliot and Carla worry about the difficult conversations they have to have with J.D. and Turk, respectively ("Options"). In the Act One finale ("When the Truth Comes Out"), all the plotlines come together. Dr. Kelso offers Carla her job back, but she worries how to tell Turk. Elliot worries how to tell J.D. he's not moving in. And Ms. Miller goes in for her CT scan, which turns up a gigantic aneurysm
in her temporal lobe
. Dr. Cox breaks the news to Ms. Miller, pulling a curtain for privacy that also signals the end of the act.
s." She becomes angry, singing that "For the Last Time, I'm Dominican". Turk tries to explain himself, and finally, agrees to support her decision. Elliot catches up with J.D., feeling awful, and offers to let him move in. He declines, and tells her they'll be "Friends Forever."
Ms. Miller interrupts them, afraid about her upcoming surgery, and asks, "What's Going to Happen?" The staff, led by Dr. Cox reassure her that she will be fine, which J.D. qualifies with "we hope," as she goes under anesthesia
.
When she awakes, she finds that the surgery was a success. She no longer hears singing. J.D. reflects in voiceover that after having made a choice, we may miss the way things were; as Elliot realizes she misses her roommate, Carla realizes she misses her daughter, and Ms. Miller realizes she misses the music.
is a self-confessed musical theatre "nerd," as are many of the writers. In addition, many of the cast members have had backgrounds in musical theatre. According to Lawrence, "I knew that Donald [Faison
] and Judy [Reyes
] were Broadway-style singers and dancers. I knew Sarah [Chalke
] could dance, because she danced when she was young. I knew Zach [Braff
] loved musical theater. I had actually seen Ken Jenkins
in Big River
on Broadway when I was a kid. Neil Flynn
and John C. McGinley
were the last two guys to admit that they'd done a lot of musicals and stuff, but being actors, they had. Johnny C. knew how to do a Gilbert and Sullivan
number, and Neil had a big baritone
voice."
Scrubs had previously dabbled in the musical genre, including a West Side Story parody in the episode "My Way or the Highway," and a Broadway-style finale in "My Philosophy." However, Lawrence had long been unwilling to do full musical episode, because of difficulties making it "organic to the show," and because of the amount of work that would inevitably be involved. Finally, at the end of Season 5, with Season 6 looking like it would probably be the last season; Lawrence told the writers that if they were ever going to do a musical episode, it should be in Season 6.
Long-time Scrubs writer Deb Fordham took the challenge, and contacted the show's medical consultant, Jonathan Doris, who provided her with several case studies, one of which ("Musical hallucinations associated with seizures originating from an intracranial aneurysm," published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings) became the basis for Ms. Miller's condition. Unlike most episodes, which were products of the entire writers' room, "My Musical" was written almost entirely by Fordham - including most of the lyrics, even though Fordham had never written lyrics.
The music, however, was not written by Fordham, but rather by several composers, including Paul Perry (a member of The Worthless Peons), Scrubs composer Jan Stevens, and Tony Award-winner Doug Besterman, each of whom helped write and arrange several songs. But, perhaps the most notable contributors were Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez
, the writers of hit Broadway musical Avenue Q. Marx and Lopez's involvement came at the suggestion of Braff, who overheard Fordham asking producer Randall Winston if it would be possible to get actual Broadway composers to work on the episode. Fordham did have some contribution to the music, in the form of musical genre suggestions, but during the actual composition process, she and the composers were almost never in the same room.
D'Abruzzo was cast independently of her starring role in Avenue Q. Fordham wrote the part of Ms. Miller with D'Abruzzo in mind after seeing her in the off-Broadway
show I Love You Because
, after D'Abruzzo had left Avenue Q. In another coincidence, D'Abruzzo had long been a fan of the show, and was overjoyed to have the chance to be on it.
Fordham suggested Will Mackenzie to direct the episode, because of his Broadway experience as Cornelius Hackle in Hello, Dolly!
during the show's original Broadway run, opposite Carol Channing
. Lance Macdonald, the longtime choreographer of the show, was retained once again for the musical episode.
The filming of the episode was, as expected, a long process. Prior to the episode, the cast underwent a full week of rehearsals, something never before done for a Scrubs episode. A group of eight core dancers were brought in for the dance numbers, while over fifty dancers were involved in the "Welcome To Sacred Heart" scene. There are some notable cameos in the episode, including episode composer Jeff Marx as a pharmacist in "Gonna Miss You, Carla;" occasional Scrubs musical contributor Keren DeBerg
as an extra in "Are You Okay?"; and Broadway actress Karen Ziemba
(a friend of Mackenzie's) as the neurologist. Further complicating matters was the fact that Judy Reyes had recently fractured her pelvis
, and so had to film all her scenes sitting down, and not dancing, aside from her number with Donald Faison ("For the Last Time, I'm Dominican"), which was filmed approximately 2 months after the rest of the episode. The bald cap D'Abruzzo wore during the end of the episode took four hours to put on, and she described it as very uncomfortable.
The show features ten musical numbers, whose titles appear in the closing credits: "All Right," "Welcome to Sacred Heart," "Everything Comes Down to Poo," "Gonna Miss You, Carla," "The Rant Song," "Options," "When the Truth Comes Out," "Guy Love," "For the Last Time, I'm Dominican," and "Friends Forever/What's Going to Happen."
/Robert Preston
-type showman, as in "Lullaby of Broadway
" from 42nd Street
. "Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast
was also cited as an influence. Filming the sequence involved over 50 extras and Busby Berkeley
-style top shot kaleidoscopic choreography, which was achieved with a crane-mounted camera.
in advance of the episode's airdate — the other video being “Guy Love.” The videos were deleted on youtube, but have now reappeared on the website.
The song's lyrics underwent many changes, in order to find the right level of vulgarity. The initial version was much more “genteel,” while later versions included references to ‘turtleheads’ and other slang for feces
; as was the line “It may sound gross, it may sound crass, but we need to see what comes out of your ass”; which was changed to “It may sound gross, you may say shush, but we need to see what comes out of your tush.”
. It features most of the secondary characters, including Laverne, Todd, Ted and Doug.
-style patter song
, in order to complement Dr. Cox's normal rapid-fire rants. Bill Lawrence has mentioned "Major-General's Song
" from The Pirates of Penzance
as a specific influence. "We were mortified because Studio 60
did [a 'Modern Major General' spoof] first. But theirs isn't funny." Fordham has described D'Abruzzo's section in this song as the episode's "Patti LuPone
moment." Fordham had long been a LuPone fan (which is the reason D'Abruzzo's character was named Patti Miller).
Janitor's section in this song ("It all started with a penny in the door") refers to an incident in Scrubs pilot, "My First Day
," when he became convinced J.D. had broken a door by wedging a penny in it.
. It also serves the same dramatic purpose as "One Day More": it is a showstopper finale to Act One that reprises all previous songs, summarizes Act One's events, and teases the events to come in Act Two. Carla does not march during this song, except for a few "painful steps" in this sequence, due to Reyes' aforementioned fractured pelvis. When Carla is seen from the back, she is portrayed by a double.
have these really overwrought love songs, so we really wanted to have one between J.D. and Turk." It was the hardest song for Fordham to write. She met with Perry for help with the lyrics, and he gave her the hook
, "It's guy love, between two guys." The writing became easier, but she still wanted a reference to a tender moment between Turk and J.D. She email
ed D'Abruzzo, who she knew to be a big fan of the show, "and, no exaggeration, five minutes later, she sent me a list of 30 [moments]," including Turk performing an appendectomy on J.D. in "My Day Off." At first, the song was meant to be a power ballad.
"Guy Love" was the first of two music videos released by NBC on YouTube in advance of the episode's air date — the other being "Everything Comes Down To Poo." The videos have since been removed from YouTube. In addition, the night before "My Musical" aired, actors Zach Braff and Donald Faison appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live
and after an interview with the host, Braff grabbed a hand held microphone that was hidden in his chair and the two began singing "Guy Love". The song also appeared in "My Road to Nowhere
", as Turk's cell phone ring tone
for Carla, and as an arranged incidental version in "My Words of Wisdom", and was recently played as background music while Turk and J.D. hugged in "My Comedy Show". The song was also used in the season 9 premiere "Our First Day of School
."
number for Carla, but could not decide on a style; so she "literally was on iTunes
listening to every Latin style of music she could think of," before settling on a tango
. The song also parodies "Tango: Maureen" from "Rent." The sequence was filmed two months after principal photography
, to give Judy Reyes' pelvis enough time to heal for her to be able to tango.
Every question Carla asks during the first verse was an issue in a previous episode - she grew up in Chicago
, she was in medicine eight years before meeting Turk, their wedding song was The Beatles
' "Eight Days a Week
", and Turk struggled with remembering her middle name. Additionally, Turk has called Carla Puerto Rican on several occasions and in "My Last Chance" she angrily responded, "For the last time, Turk, I'm Dominican!"
in particular. However, this was not the original plan. According to Fordham, "I was really shocked when I got the demo back, because I had never envisioned a '50s number. I did mention 'We Go Together,' just as an example of I wanted a cheesy, fun, happy ending kind of a thing."
The song "What's Going to Happen" resembles one of the more "serious" numbers from Rent
, specifically "Life Support" and "Will I?". Fordham has called Ms. Miller's solo in "What's Going to Happen" the easiest part of the episode for her to write.
to the episode was released on various music download websites such as the iTunes Store
, featuring 11 tracks of songs from the Scrubs episode.
On the other hand, others thought the music felt forced. Inevitably, almost all reviews, both positive and negative, compared the episode to Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s musical episode, "Once More, with Feeling
." This comparison was also made by Bill Lawrence, who credits Buffy for inspiring Scrubs' propensity for 'big' episodes (such as this one, the multi-camera
"My Life in Four Cameras", and the Wizard of Oz
parody "My Way Home
"). The singing abilities of the cast (Chalke in particular) came under some fire, but most critics agreed that most were competent, and anything beyond that simply did not matter. Reyes and Faison were the only members of the cast (besides the Broadway star D'Abruzzo) to receive praise for their singing abilities. In general, the final assessments were positive. The episode was called "the show's best episode thus far this season," "worth all the hype," and "a heck of a lot of fun." The episode is also the most popular download of the entire series of Scrubs in the iTunes Store.
The episode also received praise from those who worked on it. D'Abruzzo described the experience of being on Scrubs as a "really great experience," and called the crew "one of the friendliest crews I've ever worked with." Marx, who had previously had misgivings about working in Hollywood, loved working on the show so much he cited it as influencing his move to Los Angeles. And Chalke described the episode as a unifying experience for the struggling show, mentioning that, for the first time in six years, the entire cast and crew met up to watch the episode together.
At the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards
, the episode "My Musical" was nominated for five awards in four categories. It received nominations for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
(Will Mackenzie), Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics ("Everything Comes Down to Poo" and "Guy Love"), Outstanding Music Direction (Jan Stevens); while it tied for the award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation (Joe Foglia, Peter J. Nusbaum, and John W. Cook II) with Entourage
. These were Scrubs only nominations that year.
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
episode from the American comedy-drama
Comedy-drama
Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...
television series Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
. It follows the story of Patti Miller, played by guest star Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Stephanie D'Abruzzo is an American actress and puppeteer.-Early life:D'Abruzzo grew up in McMurray, Pennsylvania, a Pittsburgh suburb she has described as a "plastic bubble kind of town." She graduated from Peters Township High School, where she was active in the theater program, and attended the...
of Avenue Q
Avenue Q
Avenue Q is a musical in two acts, conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics. The book was written by Jeff Whitty and the show was directed by Jason Moore and produced by Kevin McCollum, Robyn Goodman, and Jeffrey Seller...
fame, a woman who mysteriously starts hearing everyone's speech as singing.
The episode was written by Deb Fordham
Deb Fordham
Deb Fordham served as an Emmy-nominated writer and producer for the American situation comedy Scrubs. She wrote sixteen episodes, two of which, "My Life in Four Cameras" and "My Musical", are considered to be among the best Scrubs episodes...
, who also wrote most of the lyrics. The episode's music was composed by Fordham, Scrubs resident composer Jan Stevens, The Worthless Peons' Paul Perry, Tony Award
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
-winning Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
orchestrator Doug Besterman
Doug Besterman
Douglas "Doug" Besterman is an American orchestrator, musical arranger and music producer. He is the recipient of three Tony Awards out of five total nominations and two Drama Desk Awards out of six total nominations, and was a 2009 Grammy Award nominee.- Career :Besterman found work in New York...
, and the Avenue Q writing team of Jeff Marx
Jeff Marx
Jeff Marx is a composer and lyricist of musicals. He is best known for creating the Broadway musical Avenue Q with collaborator Robert Lopez.- Early life :...
and Robert Lopez
Robert Lopez
Robert Lopez is an American composer and lyricist of musicals best known for co-writing the Broadway musical Avenue Q and for co-creating the musical The Book of Mormon, receiving Tony Awards for both works....
. The episode was directed by Will Mackenzie.
"My Musical" is the 123rd episode of the show, and was originally aired as episode 6 of season 6 on January 18, 2007. TV Guide named it one of the 100 greatest TV episodes of all time in 2009. The episode received five Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
nominations, winning one of them.
Plot
In the style of a traditional musical, this episode follows a two-act structure – with the acts separated by a commercial break instead of an intermissionIntermission
An intermission or interval is a recess between parts of a performance or production, such as for a theatrical play, opera, concert, or film screening....
. However, in the style of a traditional Scrubs episode, this is preceded by a cold open
Cold open
A cold open in a television program or movie is the technique of jumping directly into a story at the beginning or opening of the show, before the title sequence or opening credits are shown...
.
Cold open
Turk and CarlaCarla Espinosa
Carla Espinosa, RN is a fictional character in the American comedy-drama Scrubs, portrayed by Judy Reyes.Carla has appeared in every episode during the first eight seasons except three Season 8 episodes, "My Happy Place", "My Cookie Pants" and "My Full Moon"...
are deciding whether Carla should take parental leave from the hospital. Turk says he doesn't mind either way, but as Carla decides she'll take a year off, he starts celebrating.
Then, the scene changes to J.D. and Elliot
Elliot Reid
Dr. Elliot Reid is a fictional character played by Sarah Chalke in the American comedy-drama Scrubs. She has appeared in every episode during the first eight seasons except two Season 8 episodes, "My Last Words" and "My Lawyer's in Love"....
in the park, when a woman, Patti Miller (D'Abruzzo), abruptly falls unconscious. As she returns to consciousness, she sees Elliot, J.D., and a worried group of onlookers singing to her ("All Right"). When she tries to respond, she sings too. In reality, no one is actually singing; Ms. Miller is hallucinating. She drifts out of consciousness, and wakes up being wheeled out of an ambulance in the parking lot of Sacred Heart Hospital, with all the hospital employees singing to her, "Welcome to Sacred Heart," led by Dr. Kelso
Bob Kelso
Robert "Bob" Kelso, M.D. , is a fictional character played by Ken Jenkins in the American comedy-drama Scrubs....
.
Act one
Dr. CoxDr. Cox
Percival "Perry" Ulysses Cox, M.D. , is a fictional character played by John C. McGinley on the American television comedy-drama Scrubs....
tells J.D. he believes Ms. Miller is suffering from a psychological
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
problem (as opposed to a neurological
Neurology
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
one), and tells him to run some tests and "turf her to Psych." Turk and J.D. approach Ms. Miller for a stool sample, explaining that "Everything Comes Down to Poo."
Carla has brought Isabella to the hospital, and everyone is cooing over the new baby, when Elliot comes in and announces happily that she just bought a new house. Turk exits with Isabella, and Elliot expresses concern that J.D. thinks he's moving into the house with her. Carla has decided to take one year parental leave
Parental leave
Parental leave is an employee benefit that provides paid or unpaid time off work to care for a child or make arrangements for the child's welfare. Often, the term parental leave includes maternity, paternity, and adoption leave...
, and Laverne, Ted
Ted Buckland
Theodore "Ted" Buckland, Esq., most commonly referred to as Ted Buckland , is a fictional character played by Sam Lloyd in Bill Lawrence series Scrubs and Cougar Town, and the only character to appears in both series.Created for Scrubs, Ted is the depressive, suicidal and incompetent lawyer of the...
, and The Worthless Peons wonder how they can go on at the hospital without Carla's help ("Gonna Miss You, Carla"). Carla begins to realize that she does not want to separate herself from her work for so long.
Ms. Miller stops Dr. Cox in the hall to insist that she is not crazy, when they are interrupted by J.D. Cox breaks into a rapid-fire delivery ("The Rant Song") of the litany of annoying things J.D. does, with some help from Janitor
Janitor (Scrubs)
The Janitor is a fictional character, played by actor Neil Flynn in the American comedy-drama Scrubs.Neil Flynn was originally billed as a recurring guest star throughout Season 1, although he appeared in all 24 episodes of that season. He was promoted to a series regular beginning with Season 2...
. Dr. Cox tells Ms. Miller that if she can get J.D. to leave him alone, she'll get the tests she wants. Ms. Miller yells at J.D., and an impressed Dr. Cox agrees to schedule a CT scan
Computed tomography
X-ray computed tomography or Computer tomography , is a medical imaging method employing tomography created by computer processing...
.
Elliot and Carla worry about the difficult conversations they have to have with J.D. and Turk, respectively ("Options"). In the Act One finale ("When the Truth Comes Out"), all the plotlines come together. Dr. Kelso offers Carla her job back, but she worries how to tell Turk. Elliot worries how to tell J.D. he's not moving in. And Ms. Miller goes in for her CT scan, which turns up a gigantic aneurysm
Aneurysm
An aneurysm or aneurism is a localized, blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel. Aneurysms can commonly occur in arteries at the base of the brain and an aortic aneurysm occurs in the main artery carrying blood from the left ventricle of the heart...
in her temporal lobe
Temporal lobe
The temporal lobe is a region of the cerebral cortex that is located beneath the Sylvian fissure on both cerebral hemispheres of the mammalian brain....
. Dr. Cox breaks the news to Ms. Miller, pulling a curtain for privacy that also signals the end of the act.
Act two
Carla and Elliot decide to confront Turk and J.D. Carla thinks that Turk and J.D. will help each other through the respective problems, but Elliot believes that men cannot be open about their feelings. Quite the contrary, Turk and J.D. sing about their "Guy Love." Elliot breaks the news to J.D., who walks out of the room, refusing to talk to her. Carla tells Turk she wants to return to work. Turk responds by saying, "I always thought family was the most important thing to Puerto RicanPuerto Rican people
A Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico.Puerto Ricans born and raised in the continental United States are also sometimes referred to as Puerto Ricans, although they were not born in Puerto Rico...
s." She becomes angry, singing that "For the Last Time, I'm Dominican". Turk tries to explain himself, and finally, agrees to support her decision. Elliot catches up with J.D., feeling awful, and offers to let him move in. He declines, and tells her they'll be "Friends Forever."
Ms. Miller interrupts them, afraid about her upcoming surgery, and asks, "What's Going to Happen?" The staff, led by Dr. Cox reassure her that she will be fine, which J.D. qualifies with "we hope," as she goes under anesthesia
Anesthesia
Anesthesia, or anaesthesia , traditionally meant the condition of having sensation blocked or temporarily taken away...
.
When she awakes, she finds that the surgery was a success. She no longer hears singing. J.D. reflects in voiceover that after having made a choice, we may miss the way things were; as Elliot realizes she misses her roommate, Carla realizes she misses her daughter, and Ms. Miller realizes she misses the music.
Production details
It had long been a dream in the Scrubs writer's room to do a musical episode. Scrubs creator Bill LawrenceBill Lawrence (producer)
William Van Duzer Lawrence IV is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known as the creator of Scrubs and co-creator of Cougar Town. Lawrence is married to the actress Christa Miller whom he cast in both television series; they have three children together...
is a self-confessed musical theatre "nerd," as are many of the writers. In addition, many of the cast members have had backgrounds in musical theatre. According to Lawrence, "I knew that Donald [Faison
Donald Faison
Donald Adeosun Faison is an American actor, comedian, and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC comedy-drama Scrubs and as Murray in the film Clueless and the subsequent television series of the same name.Faison has also co-starred in the films Remember the Titans ,...
] and Judy [Reyes
Judy Reyes
Judy Reyes is an American actress of Dominican heritage. She is best known for her portrayal of nurse Carla Espinosa on the TV comedy Scrubs.-Early life:...
] were Broadway-style singers and dancers. I knew Sarah [Chalke
Sarah Chalke
Sarah Chalke is a Canadian-American actress known for portraying Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBC/ABC comedy Scrubs, "Second Becky" Conner Healy on Roseanne, and Stella Zinman in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother...
] could dance, because she danced when she was young. I knew Zach [Braff
Zach Braff
Zachary Israel "Zach" Braff is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, comedian, and director. Braff first became known in 2001 for his role as Dr. John Dorian on the television series Scrubs, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards.In 2004, Braff made his...
] loved musical theater. I had actually seen Ken Jenkins
Ken Jenkins
Ken Jenkins is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Bob Kelso, the Chief of Medicine on the American comedy Scrubs....
in Big River
Big River (musical)
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical with a book by William Hauptman and music and lyrics by Roger Miller.Based on Mark Twain's classic 1884 novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it features music in the bluegrass and country styles in keeping with the setting of the novel...
on Broadway when I was a kid. Neil Flynn
Neil Flynn
Neil Richard Flynn is an American actor and comedian, known for his role as Janitor in the medical comedy-drama Scrubs. He currently portrays Mike Heck in the ABC sitcom The Middle.-Early life:...
and John C. McGinley
John C. McGinley
John Christopher McGinley is an American actor, most notable for his roles as Perry Cox in Scrubs, Bob Slydell in Office Space, Sergeant Red O'Neill in Oliver Stone's Platoon and Marv in Stone's Wall Street. He has also written and produced for television and film...
were the last two guys to admit that they'd done a lot of musicals and stuff, but being actors, they had. Johnny C. knew how to do a Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan . The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S...
number, and Neil had a big baritone
Baritone
Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...
voice."
Scrubs had previously dabbled in the musical genre, including a West Side Story parody in the episode "My Way or the Highway," and a Broadway-style finale in "My Philosophy." However, Lawrence had long been unwilling to do full musical episode, because of difficulties making it "organic to the show," and because of the amount of work that would inevitably be involved. Finally, at the end of Season 5, with Season 6 looking like it would probably be the last season; Lawrence told the writers that if they were ever going to do a musical episode, it should be in Season 6.
Long-time Scrubs writer Deb Fordham took the challenge, and contacted the show's medical consultant, Jonathan Doris, who provided her with several case studies, one of which ("Musical hallucinations associated with seizures originating from an intracranial aneurysm," published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings) became the basis for Ms. Miller's condition. Unlike most episodes, which were products of the entire writers' room, "My Musical" was written almost entirely by Fordham - including most of the lyrics, even though Fordham had never written lyrics.
The music, however, was not written by Fordham, but rather by several composers, including Paul Perry (a member of The Worthless Peons), Scrubs composer Jan Stevens, and Tony Award-winner Doug Besterman, each of whom helped write and arrange several songs. But, perhaps the most notable contributors were Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez
Robert Lopez
Robert Lopez is an American composer and lyricist of musicals best known for co-writing the Broadway musical Avenue Q and for co-creating the musical The Book of Mormon, receiving Tony Awards for both works....
, the writers of hit Broadway musical Avenue Q. Marx and Lopez's involvement came at the suggestion of Braff, who overheard Fordham asking producer Randall Winston if it would be possible to get actual Broadway composers to work on the episode. Fordham did have some contribution to the music, in the form of musical genre suggestions, but during the actual composition process, she and the composers were almost never in the same room.
D'Abruzzo was cast independently of her starring role in Avenue Q. Fordham wrote the part of Ms. Miller with D'Abruzzo in mind after seeing her in the off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...
show I Love You Because
I Love You Because
I Love You Because is a musical set in modern day New York, inspired by the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice. It features lyrics by Ryan Cunningham, set to music by Joshua Salzman.-Production history:...
, after D'Abruzzo had left Avenue Q. In another coincidence, D'Abruzzo had long been a fan of the show, and was overjoyed to have the chance to be on it.
Fordham suggested Will Mackenzie to direct the episode, because of his Broadway experience as Cornelius Hackle in Hello, Dolly!
Hello, Dolly! (musical)
Hello, Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955....
during the show's original Broadway run, opposite Carol Channing
Carol Channing
Carol Elaine Channing is an American singer, actress, and comedienne. She is the recipient of three Tony Awards , a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination...
. Lance Macdonald, the longtime choreographer of the show, was retained once again for the musical episode.
The filming of the episode was, as expected, a long process. Prior to the episode, the cast underwent a full week of rehearsals, something never before done for a Scrubs episode. A group of eight core dancers were brought in for the dance numbers, while over fifty dancers were involved in the "Welcome To Sacred Heart" scene. There are some notable cameos in the episode, including episode composer Jeff Marx as a pharmacist in "Gonna Miss You, Carla;" occasional Scrubs musical contributor Keren DeBerg
Keren DeBerg
Keren DeBerg is an American singer-songwriter. She has performed at Lilith Fair and is known for contributing songs to the TV show Scrubs....
as an extra in "Are You Okay?"; and Broadway actress Karen Ziemba
Karen Ziemba
Karen Ziemba is an American actress, singer and dancer, best known for her work in musical theatre.-Biography:Ziemba was born in St. Joseph, Michigan, and went on to attend the University of Akron , where she studied dance and joined the Ohio Ballet in her sophomore year.Her Broadway debut was in...
(a friend of Mackenzie's) as the neurologist. Further complicating matters was the fact that Judy Reyes had recently fractured her pelvis
Pelvic fracture
Pelvic fracture is a disruption of the bony structure of the pelvis, including the hip bone, sacrum and coccyx. The most common cause in elderly is a fall, but the most significant fractures involve high-energy forces such as a motor vehicle accident, cycling accidents, or a fall from significant...
, and so had to film all her scenes sitting down, and not dancing, aside from her number with Donald Faison ("For the Last Time, I'm Dominican"), which was filmed approximately 2 months after the rest of the episode. The bald cap D'Abruzzo wore during the end of the episode took four hours to put on, and she described it as very uncomfortable.
Musical numbers
"Welcome to Sacred Heart"
"Welcome to Sacred Heart" was composed by Fordham, Marx, and Lopez Fordham considers "Welcome to Sacred Heart" to be Dr. Kelso's song; Kelso (and especially Jenkins' performance of Kelso) being Sacred Heart's Jerry OrbachJerry Orbach
Jerome Bernard "Jerry" Orbach was an American actor and singer. He was well known for his starring role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television series and as the voice of Lumière in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. As well, Orbach was a noted musical theatre star...
/Robert Preston
Robert Preston (actor)
-Early life:Preston was born Robert Preston Meservey in Newton, Massachusetts, the son of Ruth L. and Frank Wesley Meservey, a garment worker and billing clerk for American Express. After attending Abraham Lincoln High School in Los Angeles, California, he studied acting at the Pasadena Community...
-type showman, as in "Lullaby of Broadway
Lullaby of Broadway (song)
"Lullaby of Broadway" is a popular song with music written by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin, published in 1935. The song was introduced by Wini Shaw in the musical film, Gold Diggers of 1935, and, in an unusual move, it was used as background music in a sequence in the Bette Davis film...
" from 42nd Street
42nd Street (musical)
42nd Street is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren. The 1980 Broadway production, directed by an ailing Gower Champion and orchestrated by Philip J. Lang, won the Tony Award for Best Musical and became a long-running hit...
. "Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirtieth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the third film of the Disney Renaissance period...
was also cited as an influence. Filming the sequence involved over 50 extras and Busby Berkeley
Busby Berkeley
Busby Berkeley was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer. Berkeley was famous for his elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns...
-style top shot kaleidoscopic choreography, which was achieved with a crane-mounted camera.
"Everything Comes Down to Poo"
"Everything Comes Down to Poo" was composed by Fordham, Marx, and Lopez. The inspiration for the song came when one of the show's medical advisors, Jonathan Doris, shared his observation with Fordham that stool samples seemed to be asked for at hospitals no matter what was being diagnosed. The number was the latter of two music videos released by NBC on YouTubeYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
in advance of the episode's airdate — the other video being “Guy Love.” The videos were deleted on youtube, but have now reappeared on the website.
The song's lyrics underwent many changes, in order to find the right level of vulgarity. The initial version was much more “genteel,” while later versions included references to ‘turtleheads’ and other slang for feces
Feces
Feces, faeces, or fæces is a waste product from an animal's digestive tract expelled through the anus or cloaca during defecation.-Etymology:...
; as was the line “It may sound gross, it may sound crass, but we need to see what comes out of your ass”; which was changed to “It may sound gross, you may say shush, but we need to see what comes out of your tush.”
"Gonna Miss You, Carla"
"Gonna Miss You, Carla" was composed by Fordham and Perry (who sings during the song, as a member of The Worthless Peons). D'Abruzzo has called this her favorite song in the episode. Carla sits throughout the song because of Reyes' fractured pelvisPelvic fracture
Pelvic fracture is a disruption of the bony structure of the pelvis, including the hip bone, sacrum and coccyx. The most common cause in elderly is a fall, but the most significant fractures involve high-energy forces such as a motor vehicle accident, cycling accidents, or a fall from significant...
. It features most of the secondary characters, including Laverne, Todd, Ted and Doug.
"The Rant Song"
"The Rant Song" was composed by Fordham and Perry. The song is a Gilbert and SullivanGilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan . The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S...
-style patter song
Patter song
The patter song is characterized by a moderately fast to very fast tempo with a rapid succession of rhythmic patterns in which each syllable of text corresponds to one note...
, in order to complement Dr. Cox's normal rapid-fire rants. Bill Lawrence has mentioned "Major-General's Song
Major-General's Song
I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General is a patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance. It is perhaps the most famous song in Gilbert and Sullivan's operas. It is sung by Major-General Stanley at his first entrance, towards the end of Act I...
" from The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The opera's official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where the show was well received by both audiences...
as a specific influence. "We were mortified because Studio 60
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was an American dramedy television series created and written by Aaron Sorkin. It ran for 22 episodes.The series takes place behind the scenes of a live sketch comedy show on the fictional television network NBS , whose format is similar to that of NBC's...
did [a 'Modern Major General' spoof] first. But theirs isn't funny." Fordham has described D'Abruzzo's section in this song as the episode's "Patti LuPone
Patti LuPone
Patti Ann LuPone is an American singer and actress, known for her Tony Award-winning performances as Eva Perón in the 1979 stage musical Evita and as Madame Rose in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, and for her Olivier Award-winning performance as Fantine in the original London cast of Les...
moment." Fordham had long been a LuPone fan (which is the reason D'Abruzzo's character was named Patti Miller).
Janitor's section in this song ("It all started with a penny in the door") refers to an incident in Scrubs pilot, "My First Day
My First Day
"My First Day" is the pilot episode of the American comedy-drama Scrubs. It originally aired on October 2, 2001 on NBC. The episode was written by series creator Bill Lawrence and directed by Adam Bernstein....
," when he became convinced J.D. had broken a door by wedging a penny in it.
"When the Truth Comes Out"
"When the Truth Comes Out" was composed by Fordham, Marx, and Lopez. Unlike the other songs in the episode, this song was always intended as a direct parody of a single song: "Do You Hear the People Sing?" from Les MisérablesLes Misérables (musical)
Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....
. It also serves the same dramatic purpose as "One Day More": it is a showstopper finale to Act One that reprises all previous songs, summarizes Act One's events, and teases the events to come in Act Two. Carla does not march during this song, except for a few "painful steps" in this sequence, due to Reyes' aforementioned fractured pelvis. When Carla is seen from the back, she is portrayed by a double.
"Guy Love"
"Guy Love" was composed by Fordham and Perry. It was a late addition to the episode, brought on because, according to Bill Lawrence, "All the modern musicals like Jekyll & HydeJekyll & Hyde (musical)
Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543...
have these really overwrought love songs, so we really wanted to have one between J.D. and Turk." It was the hardest song for Fordham to write. She met with Perry for help with the lyrics, and he gave her the hook
Hook (music)
A hook is a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to "catch the ear of the listener". The term generally applies to popular music, especially rock music, hip hop, dance music, and pop. In these genres, the hook is often...
, "It's guy love, between two guys." The writing became easier, but she still wanted a reference to a tender moment between Turk and J.D. She email
Email
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
ed D'Abruzzo, who she knew to be a big fan of the show, "and, no exaggeration, five minutes later, she sent me a list of 30 [moments]," including Turk performing an appendectomy on J.D. in "My Day Off." At first, the song was meant to be a power ballad.
"Guy Love" was the first of two music videos released by NBC on YouTube in advance of the episode's air date — the other being "Everything Comes Down To Poo." The videos have since been removed from YouTube. In addition, the night before "My Musical" aired, actors Zach Braff and Donald Faison appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.The nightly hour-long show made its debut on January 26, 2003, following Super Bowl XXXVII. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is produced by Jackhole Productions in association with ABC Studios...
and after an interview with the host, Braff grabbed a hand held microphone that was hidden in his chair and the two began singing "Guy Love". The song also appeared in "My Road to Nowhere
My Road to Nowhere
"My Road to Nowhere" is the 8th episode of season six and 125th episode overall of the American sitcom Scrubs. It aired on February 8, 2007 NBC.-Synopsis:...
", as Turk's cell phone ring tone
Ring tone
A ringtone or ring tone is the sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming call or text message. Not literally a tone, the term is most often used today to refer to customizable sounds used on mobile phones.-Background:...
for Carla, and as an arranged incidental version in "My Words of Wisdom", and was recently played as background music while Turk and J.D. hugged in "My Comedy Show". The song was also used in the season 9 premiere "Our First Day of School
Our First Day of School
"Our First Day of School" is the ninth season premiere of U.S. comedy-drama Scrubs. It first aired on ABC, on December 1, 2009. The episode is the first episode of Scrubs following its re-design, and takes place in a different location to the first eight seasons; rather than being set in a...
."
"For the Last Time, I'm Dominican"
"For the Last Time, I'm Dominican" was composed by Fordham, Perry, and Stevens. Fordham knew she wanted to write a Latin-themedLatin American music
Latin American music, found within Central and South America, is a series of musical styles and genres that mixes influences from Spanish, African and indigenous sources, that has recently become very famous in the US.-Argentina:...
number for Carla, but could not decide on a style; so she "literally was on iTunes
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
listening to every Latin style of music she could think of," before settling on a tango
Tango (dance)
Tango dance originated in the area of the Rio de la Plata , and spread to the rest of the world soon after....
. The song also parodies "Tango: Maureen" from "Rent." The sequence was filmed two months after principal photography
Principal photography
thumb|300px|Film production on location in [[Newark, New Jersey]].Principal photography is the phase of film production in which the movie is filmed, with actors on set and cameras rolling, as distinct from pre-production and post-production....
, to give Judy Reyes' pelvis enough time to heal for her to be able to tango.
Every question Carla asks during the first verse was an issue in a previous episode - she grew up in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, she was in medicine eight years before meeting Turk, their wedding song was The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
' "Eight Days a Week
Eight Days a Week (song)
"Eight Days a Week" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, based on Paul's original idea, recorded by The Beatles and released on their December 1964 album Beatles for Sale.-Inspiration:...
", and Turk struggled with remembering her middle name. Additionally, Turk has called Carla Puerto Rican on several occasions and in "My Last Chance" she angrily responded, "For the last time, Turk, I'm Dominican!"
"Friends Forever/What's Going to Happen"
"Friends Forever/What's Going to Happen" was composed by Fordham, Marx and Lopez. "Friends Forever" is a parody of 1950s-style musical numbers in general, and "We Go Together" from GreaseGrease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
in particular. However, this was not the original plan. According to Fordham, "I was really shocked when I got the demo back, because I had never envisioned a '50s number. I did mention 'We Go Together,' just as an example of I wanted a cheesy, fun, happy ending kind of a thing."
The song "What's Going to Happen" resembles one of the more "serious" numbers from Rent
Rent (musical)
Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...
, specifically "Life Support" and "Will I?". Fordham has called Ms. Miller's solo in "What's Going to Happen" the easiest part of the episode for her to write.
Soundtrack
A digital soundtrackMusic download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
to the episode was released on various music download websites such as the iTunes Store
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
, featuring 11 tracks of songs from the Scrubs episode.
- "All Right" – 0:43
- "Welcome to Sacred Heart" – 2:06
- "Everything Comes Down to Poo" – 2:10
- "Gonna Miss You Carla" – 2:09
- "The Rant Song" – 2:25
- "Options" – 0:17
- "When the Truth Comes Out" – 2:25
- "Guy Love" – 2:34
- "For the Last Time I'm Dominican" – 1:56
- Finale: "Friends Forever" / "What's Going to Happen" – 2:37
- "Welcome to Sacred Heart" (Reprise) – 0:43
Reception
The episode was received very well by critics and audiences alike. Many described initial misgivings that the musical concept would make the episode seem gimmicky, but these fears were, for the most part, put to rest by the fact that the episode was "logically insane;" the singing came about organically (through the brain aneurysm), and, despite the singing, the episode fit into the Scrubs continuity. Many noted that the songs fit the characters (like Dr. Cox's "Rant Song"), and that story arcs actually advanced in the episode (Carla returning to the hospital, and J.D. and Elliot no longer living together).On the other hand, others thought the music felt forced. Inevitably, almost all reviews, both positive and negative, compared the episode to Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s musical episode, "Once More, with Feeling
Once More, with Feeling (Buffy episode)
"Once More, with Feeling" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of the fantasy television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the only one in the series performed as a musical...
." This comparison was also made by Bill Lawrence, who credits Buffy for inspiring Scrubs' propensity for 'big' episodes (such as this one, the multi-camera
Multiple-camera setup
The multiple-camera setup, multiple-camera mode of production, or multicam is a method of filmmaking and video production. Several cameras—either film or professional video cameras—are employed on the set and simultaneously record or broadcast a scene...
"My Life in Four Cameras", and the Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs...
parody "My Way Home
My Way Home
"My Way Home" is the 7th episode of season five and the 100th episode of the American comedy-drama Scrubs. It originally aired on January 24, 2006 on NBC....
"). The singing abilities of the cast (Chalke in particular) came under some fire, but most critics agreed that most were competent, and anything beyond that simply did not matter. Reyes and Faison were the only members of the cast (besides the Broadway star D'Abruzzo) to receive praise for their singing abilities. In general, the final assessments were positive. The episode was called "the show's best episode thus far this season," "worth all the hype," and "a heck of a lot of fun." The episode is also the most popular download of the entire series of Scrubs in the iTunes Store.
The episode also received praise from those who worked on it. D'Abruzzo described the experience of being on Scrubs as a "really great experience," and called the crew "one of the friendliest crews I've ever worked with." Marx, who had previously had misgivings about working in Hollywood, loved working on the show so much he cited it as influencing his move to Los Angeles. And Chalke described the episode as a unifying experience for the struggling show, mentioning that, for the first time in six years, the entire cast and crew met up to watch the episode together.
At the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards
59th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on September 16, 2007 and were televised live on Fox at 8:00 p.m. EDT for the first time in high definition...
, the episode "My Musical" was nominated for five awards in four categories. It received nominations for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series is an Emmy presented to the best directing of a television comedy series.-1960s:*1960: Ralph Levy / Bud Yorkin – Jack Benny Hour Specials...
(Will Mackenzie), Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics ("Everything Comes Down to Poo" and "Guy Love"), Outstanding Music Direction (Jan Stevens); while it tied for the award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation (Joe Foglia, Peter J. Nusbaum, and John W. Cook II) with Entourage
Entourage (TV series)
Entourage is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and concluded on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons...
. These were Scrubs only nominations that year.
External links
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