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Sacred Heart Hospital is named after the school which Christa Miller, (wife of writer Bill Lawrence (III)) attended.
The teasers for the 2001 season finale parodied the teasers for the show "24" (2001) which had the same time slot as "Scrubs" (2001).
As an experiment, the Season 5 finale "My Transition" (#5.24) was finished and aired in High Definition. "Scrubs" (2001) is the first network show to complete an on-line edit in Final Cut Pro SD, and with this episode becomes the first network show to on-line in HD in Final Cut Pro. However the show continues to be produced in Standard Definition. According to the producer, Randall Winston: "After a lot of teasing, yes, the HD was an experiment, for everyone really. We will not be doing any more HD - there is a cost that no one is interested in covering and there is debate, not among us here at the show, about how the quality stands up. I don't think that we can get the look that the show is designed around [by using] tape."
The network leased and refurbished a closed hospital (North Hollywood Medical Center in the San Fernando Valley in California) for the program. The lower and upper floors of the hospital are used as other sets and production offices.
At the beginning of the second season, a longer intro was introduced that included all of the characters in the show, and not just the doctors. It was quickly scuttled when NBC decided to extend the length of the episodes in an attempt to win more viewers.
In the Spanish dubbed version of the show, the nurse Carla Espinosa speaks with her mother in Italian. In the original English version, they speak Spanish.
Ted's "Band" is in fact, "The Blanks" a group the actor formed with his friends at college.
"Scrubs" (2001) was originally going to air on ABC but then ABC turned it down and NBC picked up the show.
Most of the lead cast (and many of the recurring characters) are also supporting/ lead or guest voices on "Clone High" (2002). Both are executive produced by Bill Lawrence (III).
Former members of "Spin City" (1996) often appear as guest stars. Cast members have included Michael J. Fox (I), Heather Locklear, Barry Bostwick, Richard Kind, Alan Ruck, Alexander Chaplin, and Michael Boatman. "Scrubs" (2001) creator Bill Lawrence (III) was also the creator of Spin City, and producer Randall Winston was also an associate producer for Spin City.
Every episode title begins with the word "My..." with notable exceptions of the episodes entitled "His Story", "His Story II", "Her Story", "Her Story II", "His Story III" and ''His Story IV'' These episodes each contained internal narration from a character other than JD. (Dr. Cox, Turk, Elliot, Carla, The Janitor and Dr. Kelso respectively) There is also "Their Story" in which we hear the thoughts of all the main and several of the supporting characters.
Dr. Cox's first name is Percival, but he goes by Perry.
The show has many connections to the acronym TCW. Donald Faison starred in Remember The Titans whose high school was TCW. JD later dates a girl whose is called TCW (Tasty Coma Wife) and then is shown in the episode My No Good Reason as being from a school with the initials TCW.
Dr. Cox's son, Jack, was born March 21, 2003.
All the plaques on that wall are for the pets of the cast & crew of "Scrubs" (2001).
Through the first season, the cast and crew, especially writer/creator Bill Lawrence (III), were so sure that the series would be canceled by the end of the season, that a plot twist was created for use when they'd have a forced series finale. This plot twist noted the fact that the Janitor, Neil Flynn's character, never directly spoke nor was spoken to by any other character than JD, Zach Braff's character. Therefore, the Janitor would be a complete figment of JD's imagination. This idea was kept up into the second season, still in fear of cancellation, until Flynn asked Lawrence to be able to finally interact with another actor on the series. (Although Elliot actually throws a cup at him in the 6th episode and sarcastically says "SORRY!", in episode 11 he gets punched on the balls by a little girl and in episode 15 the janitor teases the nurse with the vacuum cleaner)
Bill Lawrence (III) and a few of the writers jokingly claim that Neil Flynn (The Janitor) has never actually spoken a line from any script. A fourth season script reportedly even contained "(Whatever Neil says)". While Lawrence's comment is certainly an exaggeration, it illustrates how much of his performance is spontaneous.
JD's father's (John Ritter) final line when he asks JD to pull his finger and then says, "I pooed a little," was totally improvised and Zach Braff had to bite the insides of his cheeks to stop himself laughing.
The couple that makes the bungee jump for Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke in the second season met on the set for the first day. They married soon after.
Creator Bill Lawrence has said in interviews that he wanted "Scrubs" to be almost like a live-action "Simpsons," not only in the style of humor but also with the numerous high-profile guests and a fairly large cast of recurring characters. In a 2006 episode, J.D. commented that "Grey's Anatomy" was so realistic that "it's almost like someone was watching our lives and put it on television," a joke borrowed from an early '90s Simpsons episode saying the same of "Dinosaurs."
The show's medical advisors (in the credits) include Dr. Jonathan Dorian, Dr. Jon Turk, and Dr. Dolly Klock, obviously serving as the basis for the names of Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Heather Graham (I)'s characters.
The third floor of the hospital where scrubs is shot has been renovated to be offices for the crew and producers, and dressing rooms for the cast. The show's staff and cast are allowed to bring their dogs to work, and they all stay on the third floor. Donald Faison who plays Turk on the show was not a fan of the dogs, and was seemingly left quite a few presents by the dogs right in front of his door. But the truth that he still may not know is it is really fellow cast member, Robert Maschio ("The Todd"), who collects the dog "two-sies" he runs into through out the day and places them in front of Donald Faison's dressing room door. Maschio revealed this for the first time while doing video for the DVD release of the show; it was put on the third season DVD special features. During Fasion's interview he was still unaware it was Maschio and not the dogs leaving him the presents.
Each episode contains some form of the phrase "And there it is" in its dialogue, usually when the moral or theme of that episode is revealed. Usually J.D. delivers this line, but sometimes other characters are given this responsibility.
Several characters, including Colonel Doctor, Snoop Dogg Intern, and Dr. Beardface started as extras and were referred to by these names by the cast and crew who did not know their real names, but were later written into episodes with speaking roles.
Dr. Cox's trademark nose rub before crossing his arms is a reference to Robert Redford (I) in Sting, The (1973). Redford used it as a sign for "It's OK" or "Go Ahead." John C. McGinley added it himself as a tribute to the film.
J.D.'s social security number is 987-65-4320, and his P.I.N is 3674.
The yellow and blue wristband Dr Cox wears, is in support of the National Down Syndrome Society's "Buddy Walk".
The only girls names Dr. Cox has used more than once are Lily, Ginger, Shirley, Gidget, Marcia, Gloria, Janice, Betsy, Carol, Toto and Nancy.
Dr. Cox's (John C. McGinley) trademark of calling J.D. by girl's names is what McGinley does in real life (jokingly) to his good friend and neighbor John Cusack.
The set used for Sacred Heart Hospital was used in Crossroads (2002/I).
It was Zach Braff's idea to have John Ritter play JD's father.
Producer Bill Lawrence (III) once said that if the Janitor's real name was ever revealed, it would be in the last ever episode. Fan speculation points to his name being either real life Neil Flynn, Dr Jan �tor, or Josh.
Ted has a picture of his mother in his office. The woman portrayed is, in fact, the real-life mother of actor Sam Lloyd (I).
Dr. Cox has been seen wearing several professional sports jerseys, including Jeremy Shockey and Chris Chelios, two "bad boys" of their respective sports.