Being a fan of this series for quite some time now (watched every single episode and looo-hoo-hooved it) I was quite shocked when the first song kicked in.. O dear god... please no... please let them not have spoiled my evening by making one of those crappy "musical-theme-episode-thingies"..
But they did! I still can not believe it.. I have read some of the other comments here, and I can assume they are right-on, for all your musical fans, probably superb performance by the whole cast and whatnot... But I DO NOT WATCH A COMEDY TO WATCH A MUSICAL! If I would want to watch a musical, I would go to some theater and do so (or neh, I would probably download a musical and watch it from my couch where I can enjoy it with some wine, a smoke, and a decent toilet break..) But that's besides the point. Point being: I was hoping to watch another episode of my favourite COMEDY show. Not a musical. I am not into musicals, I find it a backwards and obsolete way to transfer a story, let alone a joke.
Still.. I watched quite a bit of it (in horror..) The singing was well done, but the stuff they were singing was NOT, I repeat NOT in the least funny! OK the bit about the poo... but NO! not even that came close to the kick I usually get out of watching Scrubs.
So.. the final thing I have to say here would be something in the line of this: If you are making a musical, fine, I don't blame you, I am not the target audience so I don't care. But if you are making a comedy series that has grabbed my attention and affection... Please stay away from the "What shall we do this time... flat out of ideas... you know what, let's pump a few grand extra in and make it a full-blown musical!" Spend the extra cash on extra writers for extra funny gags. Or some of that tearjerking drama scrubs got lately, that'll serve me just fine. But stay away from songs, or you will... erm.... read my wrath!
But they did! I still can not believe it.. I have read some of the other comments here, and I can assume they are right-on, for all your musical fans, probably superb performance by the whole cast and whatnot... But I DO NOT WATCH A COMEDY TO WATCH A MUSICAL! If I would want to watch a musical, I would go to some theater and do so (or neh, I would probably download a musical and watch it from my couch where I can enjoy it with some wine, a smoke, and a decent toilet break..) But that's besides the point. Point being: I was hoping to watch another episode of my favourite COMEDY show. Not a musical. I am not into musicals, I find it a backwards and obsolete way to transfer a story, let alone a joke.
Still.. I watched quite a bit of it (in horror..) The singing was well done, but the stuff they were singing was NOT, I repeat NOT in the least funny! OK the bit about the poo... but NO! not even that came close to the kick I usually get out of watching Scrubs.
So.. the final thing I have to say here would be something in the line of this: If you are making a musical, fine, I don't blame you, I am not the target audience so I don't care. But if you are making a comedy series that has grabbed my attention and affection... Please stay away from the "What shall we do this time... flat out of ideas... you know what, let's pump a few grand extra in and make it a full-blown musical!" Spend the extra cash on extra writers for extra funny gags. Or some of that tearjerking drama scrubs got lately, that'll serve me just fine. But stay away from songs, or you will... erm.... read my wrath!