My love of Scrubs

Okay, so the Spurs have gotten their butts handed to them for the first 2 games in Detroit. But man, is Robert Horry amazing or what? The clutch 3 to win the game! (How many times has he done that now?) I wish he played like this in his last season with the Lakers. I'm just happy to see him succeed though, the man is a class act.

I just had to start with that to give the Pistons their due after effusing about the Spurs last week. (Spurs are still going to win though.)

I bought the Scrubs Season 1 DVDs and I just can't get over how amazing the show is. Episode after episode they always nail the perfect balance of humor, drama and morals. I really like how it is a sitcom that is sarcastic and cynical but also silly and sweet. I love the messages that it delivers and have always loved the characters I've always loved Will & Grace for the Karen character so you can imagine my euphoria when a show has the characters of Jordan, Kelso and Cox! Not to mention the fact that I love goofiness as well and none has been better in recent memory than JD and Turk. Throw in the neurosis of Elliot (too bad she left in the most recent season,) along with general crazy of everyone else on the show... well, by golly susan, I do believe I've found my fah-vay-vorite show, ever. :)

I enjoy going along with each character as they learn the little lessons in life, because even though there are some lessons that I've already learned for myself and a few that I feel I have fully mastered, it is always good to see the stories of someone else go through that process because it lets you reflect and question yourself. Life isn't like TV, you don't always realize the "right" thing to do much less actually do it, but on TV, they have that luxury of showing the whole process of mis-steps, mis-communications and mistakes that leads to a particular quandary which is later resolved by strong character and integrity. I strive as best as I can do be like those TV characters in that I hope to always have the wisdom to see the right thing to do when I make mistakes and further to have the fortitude of will to actually walk that path. I take each and every moral issue on the show to heart, I want to feel those character's dilemmas, live through their conflicts and suffer their pain, because I also hope that when I am tested, I'll find that I have those same virtues and insights as well as great friends to help me along the way.

I especially appreciate this show because I really hate reality tv. I don't even watch any of it and it affects me by taking good TV off the air. I've always been a huge fan of sitcoms and so I'm just so happy that as I've grown up, the sitcoms have grown up with me and were not completely destroyed by the plague that is reality TV. I believe whole heartedly that sitcoms have helped a great part in shaping me into who I am today. I loved and watched just about every sitcom on TV through the late 80's and all of the 90's. A lot of them are, admittedly, quite cheesy, but they teach ideals, and quite frankly, we could do a lot worse.