00:00And the winner is Dame Judi Dorian.
00:05This is Dame Judi Dorian's first nomination and first win.
00:08Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the unscripted Scrubs moments that were kept in the
00:15show.
00:15Neil Flynn, who played the janitor, he's a hilarious improv comedian and a genius, funny person.
00:25Number 7. Todd's Last Name.
00:27Pop Quiz. What's Todd's last name?
00:30Dr. Quinlan and I had to discuss something that has absolutely nothing to do with anything that's happening up in
00:37here.
00:37So, um, you were right, and okay.
00:40If you said Quinlan, you might be a Scrubs superfan. After all, Todd doesn't always seem to know.
00:46Someone persuasive, forceful, sensitive. If only my Dom could talk.
00:52Hey, I bet he'd listen to you.
00:55Rumor has it that, in a roundabout way, it was the fans who chose this family name for the high
01:00-five-loving surgeon.
01:02As the story goes, viewers once spotted the name on his ID and assumed that it was his family name.
01:07Jumbo coffee for Todd?
01:09Everything's jumbo on the Todd.
01:12Once the idea caught steam, the writers decided to jump on board and make it official.
01:17Although, we'd easily believe Todd randomly picked up any badge.
01:21So I can gain immediate hemostatic control doesn't mean I think too much.
01:25Plus, what if I...
01:32Still, we offer the writers the highest of high-fives for seemingly going along with this fan theory.
01:37Number 6. The Extras Who Got Promoted
01:40When Manly Henry, Bob Bencomo, and Jeff Stevenson were hired as extras on Scrubs,
01:46they probably thought they had a pretty good deal.
01:48If you even occasionally get to make someone, anyone, feel a little better.
01:54After that, it's all about the people that you let into your life.
01:57And as my mind drifted to faces I've seen here before...
02:00Wear white coats, walk around in the background, and play doctor.
02:04However, they soon became almost as synonymous with the show as the main cast, and were promoted.
02:09Colonel Doctor, loving those new frames.
02:12Ah, Snoop Dogg attending!
02:14Where my hose at?
02:16Oh, hey, what are you doing to that thing?
02:18It's fluffy, I wanna like rub my fingers...
02:21Fans came to know them as Snoop Dogg Attending, Colonel Doctor, and Doctor Beardface.
02:26Beardface?
02:27What do you say?
02:29It's Beardfaceade!
02:30Why do you people insist on calling me Beardface?
02:33Over time, we saw more of these Sacred Heart team members,
02:36and even watched Snoop Dogg Attending find love.
02:40Number 5.
02:41Sam Dorian has an accident.
02:43As you probably recall, the phenomenal late comedy giant John Ritter
02:47played JD's dad Sam in the show's first two seasons.
02:50When we first meet him in season one,
02:53we quickly learn that he has a pretty juvenile streak.
02:56You guys have a policy on farting?
02:58Oh, let her rip.
03:00Fire in the hole.
03:02Oh my god, dad!
03:04Count it!
03:06That was a nice moment.
03:08He even brings out the classic pull-my-finger gag.
03:11Despite his exasperation over his father's childish antics,
03:15JD plays along.
03:16Pull my finger.
03:17I'm not gonna pull your finger.
03:18Pull my finger, see what happens.
03:22I pooed a little.
03:23Sam's impromptu response to the age-old prank surprised us all,
03:27Zach Braff included.
03:29Apparently, the actor had to try his hardest to maintain his composure.
03:33Ritter was set to become a recurring character,
03:35but was sadly taken from us too soon.
03:38Still, with hilarious ad-libs like these,
03:40his legacy lives on.
03:42Please do your dad.
03:45Number 4.
03:47Zach Braff reacts to Elliot's screech.
03:49Elliot Reid can be very expressive when she gets animated.
03:53Can you believe that?
03:54I mean, every time we even try to talk to him,
03:55he starts going off on all these random tangents and monoliths.
03:57And he's got his nicknames.
03:58I mean, I don't know what he's saying.
04:00I don't know what he's saying.
04:00I don't know what he's saying, you know?
04:00I don't know what he's saying.
04:01You know?
04:02This is especially true when she's angry
04:05and her voice rises several octaves.
04:07In this episode, she tries to crack some jokes
04:10which appear pretty antiquated to anyone well-versed
04:12in classic TV comedies.
04:14Guys, guys, I got a good one.
04:15Is it me, or does someone?
04:17Someone needs a switch to decaf.
04:21Lay off of Elliot.
04:22She doesn't watch as much old TV as we do.
04:24When the others reach the punchline before her,
04:27she screams back in frustration,
04:29only her voice gets so piercing
04:31that it's surprising the human ear can still hear her.
04:34You actually stood up for me.
04:36But now I'm forced to ask,
04:37Who are you and what have you done with Turk?
04:40Stop finishing my awesome jokes!
04:42Oh my god.
04:43Apparently, no one expected her voice to get so high.
04:46And Braff's reaction was reportedly genuine.
04:49Is that a hint of a smirk we see on his face
04:51right before the opening titles appear?
04:53We would have started laughing instantly.
04:55Number 3.
04:56Calling JD girls' names.
04:58One of the show's long-running gags
05:00is how Dr. Cox insists on belittling JD
05:03by calling him typically female names.
05:06So now that is why I call you names
05:07like Carol, Jane, and Sue,
05:08like Moesha, Kim, and Lily, and Suzanne, and Betty Lou.
05:11See, regardless of the names,
05:12I think my feelings are quite clear.
05:14You're a pain in every day of every month of every year.
05:16Actor John C. McGinley
05:18revealed to the Huffington Post
05:20that this unscripted inclusion
05:21started as an inside joke
05:23between him and his friend John Cusack.
05:25He then decided to try it out in the first episode.
05:28Creator Bill Lawrence liked it so much
05:30that he told him to keep doing it,
05:32and it became part of his character.
05:34Come on, let me have a little fun.
05:36All right, Clara.
05:38You can go ahead and order yourself a Cosmopolitan.
05:40We'll just grab cab home.
05:42Cusack isn't the only Hollywood legend
05:44who influenced Dr. Cox's character either.
05:47You know how he often rubs his nose
05:49before crossing his arms when he's mad?
05:50Okay, newbie.
05:52I'm now going to give you an opportunity
05:54to get the hell out of here
05:55before I grab you by your ankles
05:57and redecorate Franklin's lab.
05:59That's reportedly a nod to Johnny Kelly Hooker,
06:02the character played by Robert Redford in The Sting.
06:05Number two, Eagle.
06:06Any Scrubs fan lifted off the ground
06:08and spun around is compelled to yell gleefully.
06:13Eagle!
06:15Indeed, it became one of the show's
06:16most memorable recurring jokes.
06:18But did you know that it all began
06:19with an impromptu ad-lib from Zach Braff?
06:22Today was the fifth anniversary
06:23of the time Turk and I met David Caruso
06:25on a Ferris wheel.
06:26Usually to celebrate,
06:28Turk would lift me in the air
06:29while I straddled him and yelled,
06:30Eagle!
06:31In the season one episode,
06:33My Hero,
06:34Jordan's brother Ben
06:35insists on throwing JD over his shoulder
06:37and spinning him around.
06:39At first, he's reluctant,
06:40but he quickly starts to enjoy the ride
06:43and asserts his first of many eagles.
06:45Stop, Ben.
06:46Put me down.
06:47Ben!
06:49Faster!
06:50Woo-hoo!
06:54Eagle!
06:56Woo-hoo!
06:57You had enough?
06:58Were it not for Braff himself,
07:00we never would have gotten the iconic line.
07:02After that,
07:02we often saw Turk take on eagle duty.
07:05Eagle!
07:07Eagle!
07:08Are these two doctors?
07:10I'm afraid so.
07:12Never!
07:13Stop spinning me!
07:15Eagle!
07:17Woo-hoo!
07:19According to Donald Faison,
07:21Braff also came up with his odd
07:23yet endearing chocolate bear nickname.
07:25A love unspecified.
07:28Though I'm proud to call you chocolate bear,
07:32the crowd will always talk and stare.
07:35Talk about guy love.
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07:53Number one.
07:54A lot of what the janitor said.
07:56So how's married life?
07:57You have to make compromises.
07:59Like my wife's allergic to raccoons,
08:01so I had to throw out my comforter.
08:02Aside from the main gang,
08:04there was perhaps no funnier
08:05or more memorable character
08:07than Sacred Heart's janitor.
08:09The kooky custodian often shared
08:11the wackiest quips,
08:12anecdotes,
08:13and jokes,
08:14and we have seasoned improviser
08:15Neil Flynn to thank for that.
08:17Okay,
08:18I still want to refer you
08:19to a dermatologist,
08:20but it looks benign to me.
08:23Benign.
08:24Benign and a half.
08:25The actor was so funny
08:26that the writers happily let him
08:28ad-lib to his heart's content.
08:30In some cases,
08:31scripts would leave a spot for him
08:32to say whatever he wanted
08:34because they knew
08:35he'd produce pure comedy gold.
08:37Because the writers,
08:37it would be like midnight
08:38and they'd be like,
08:39I don't know,
08:40whatever we're going to say
08:40he's going to beat anyway,
08:41so just have him come up
08:42with a punchline.
08:43It would say like parentheses,
08:44Neil makes up something funny here.
08:46As Flynn jokingly shared,
08:48they could still take the credit.
08:50Needless to say,
08:51he would certainly keep
08:52his castmates on their toes.
08:53Indeed,
08:54his interactions with JD
08:55are among the show's highlights.
08:57Stop confusing me
08:58by being nice
08:59and giving me phones.
09:00Fine!
09:02Why did you have to trip me?
09:04Let me answer that question
09:05with another question.
09:06Because I wanted to.
09:07There was never a dull moment
09:09when the janitor was around.
09:10By M'Night Shyamalan?
09:12It's M'Night.
09:13You don't say M'Night.
09:15It's M'Night.
09:16No, M'Night.
09:17No, it's M'Night.
09:18Like Thomas Howell
09:19or Murray Abraham.
09:21Are you aware
09:21of any other
09:22Unscripted Scraps moments?
09:24Let us know in the comments.
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