From Sacred Heart to today's screens! Join us as we catch up with your favorite medical comedy ensemble and discover their latest projects, career changes, and life updates. From directing blockbusters to voice acting in animated series, these beloved actors have taken diverse paths since hanging up their scrubs.
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00:00Uh, listeners, we haven't been together in a very long time."
00:03"'It's been a minute.'"
00:04Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're catching up with the Doctors and other regulars from
00:09Sacred Heart.
00:11No offense to the Season 9 newbies, but we're focusing on the main cast from Scrubs Season
00:171-8.
00:18"'Since we're not gonna be friends, can I have some of my money back, Gav?'
00:23"'Don't leave it like this.'"
00:27Number 10.
00:28Robert Macchio
00:29This actor is best known for playing Dr. Todd Quinlan, a proprietor of high-fives and sexual
00:36harassment.
00:37"'Wait, what's he talking about?
00:39Okay, just take the last word he says and add a five to it.'"
00:42"'I don't know, it just all seems a little unfair.
00:44Unfair five.'"
00:45"'Thanks, man, you always know the right things to say.'"
00:48"'I work hard on those.'"
00:50Although the Todd seems like a moron on the surface, his surgical skills can't be denied.
00:55Likewise, Robert Macchio may have played a doofus, but in reality, he has a B.A. in
01:00American politics.
01:01"'I went to Columbia University.
01:02It's an Ivy League school in New York City.
01:03I was an American politics major.
01:04I concentrated in American literature.
01:05I thought I was going to be a doctor, then a lawyer, then a politician.
01:12But all along the way, I was doing plays, I was doing theater.'"
01:16During his tenure on Scrubs, Macchio popped up on shows like Veronica Mars and As the
01:21World Turns.
01:22During the series' end, Macchio brought Todd back, sort of, for a cameo on Cougar Town,
01:28which Bill Lawrence also co-created.
01:30"'You all right, five?
01:34From the big dog.'"
01:35Since a 2015 appearance on Bones, Macchio has been M.I.A. from the screen.
01:41He's retired from acting, now working in real estate.
01:44Macchio is still active on social media and makes appearances through cameo.
01:48"'People just want to high-five me.
01:51I come to some of these conventions, you know, and they want to look at me, they want
01:55to say hi, but they just want to high-five me.
01:58And so you know what?
01:59I give the people what they want.'"
02:019.
02:02Sam Lloyd
02:03Throughout his career, Sam Lloyd specialized in playing lonely sad-sags.
02:07You could say that sitcom stardom was in his blood, seeing how uncle Christopher Lloyd
02:12rose to fame on Taxi.
02:14While Sam Lloyd appeared in numerous TV comedies, Scrubs fans will recognize him as long-suffering
02:19lawyer Ted Buckland.
02:21"'I quit.'
02:22"'No, you don't.'
02:23"'Well, I'm leaving early today.'
02:25"'No, you're coming back to my office and doing busywork.'
02:28"'Fine, but I'm getting a soda first.'
02:30"'Whatever.'"
02:31After his Sacred Heart days, Lloyd made guest appearances on comedies like Modern Family
02:37and The Middle, the latter starring Neil Flynn in a Scrubs reunion of sorts.
02:42Bill Lawrence also re-teamed with Lloyd, playing Ted in three episodes of Cougar Town.
02:47"'This is weird, man.
02:50Everyone here looks like someone from my old job.'"
02:52Lloyd's last role would be on an episode of American Housewife.
02:56That same year, Lloyd discovered that he had a brain tumor and cancer.
03:01Lloyd sadly died in 2020, leaving behind a wife and newborn son.
03:06"'I'm right here.
03:07I'm right here.
03:08I've got all kinds of range.
03:11All right?
03:13So take care.
03:15This is Sam Lloyd signing off.'"
03:188.
03:19Krista Miller
03:20Krista Miller was starring as Kate O'Brien on The Drew Carey Show when she met Bill Lawrence
03:25at an ABC party in 1998.
03:28The two married in 1999, with Scrubs premiering two years later.
03:33Lawrence cast Miller as Dr. Perry Cox's venomous ex-wife, Jordan Sullivan.
03:37"'Don't look her in the eyes, newbie.
03:39She'll steal your soul.
03:40So, how are things going down in the underworld?'
03:43"'Good.
03:44And you?
03:45Still have a rollicking social life?'
03:48Although this was originally meant to be a guest spot, Jordan eventually reconciles
03:52with Perry, in their own twisted way.
03:54Jordan thus became a regular presence.
03:56"'I pronounce you ex-husband and ex-wife.
04:00You may now do whatever the hell you want.'"
04:03"'I've never been this happy.'
04:08"'You have no chance at being normal.'"
04:12Miller has continued to work closely with her husband, voicing Cleopatra on Clone High,
04:17playing Ellie Torres on Cougar Town, and most recently lending her sharp comedic timing
04:23to Shrinking as next-door neighbor Liz.
04:25When asked how their working relationship differs from their dynamic at home, Miller
04:29gave a very Jordan answer about Lawrence.
04:31"'Thank God we work together, because he's sexy at work.
04:34He's dynamic, he's genius, he's doing his thing.
04:38At home, dumbest person in the world.'"
04:417.
04:42Judy Reyes
04:43Nurses sometimes have better bedside manner and are more practical than doctors.
04:48That was certainly the case with Karla Espinosa, played by Dominican-American actress Judy Reyes.
04:54"'War Does Get Around' is out for herself.
04:57So you can dump on everyone here if you want, but you will not hurt me."
05:01Post-Scrubs, Reyes made several guest appearances on various shows before landing a regular
05:06gig as Zoila Diaz on Devious Maids.
05:09We guess that fulfills one of Turk's fantasies.
05:12"'You're looking fine as hell today, girl!'
05:16"'She is powerful, it's going down.'"
05:20Reyes followed up that show with the ensemble dramedy Claws, playing Annalise, Quiet Anne
05:27Zayas.
05:28She can currently be seen as Lieutenant Selena Soto on High Potential.
05:32"'Since when do you show an open case file to a civilian?
05:35A potential suspect?'
05:36"'Can you review anything she said?'
05:38"'No.
05:41We have to be sure, because if she's right...'
05:44"'And we currently have a botched homicide investigation with no leads.'"
05:49While Reyes has appeared in crime dramas before, this show introduces a unique element as a
05:54single mother goes from cleaning duties at the LAPD to helping the police catch criminals.
06:00It's not the first time Reyes has teamed with a janitor.
06:03Number 6.
06:04Ken Jenkins
06:05"'Hey, champ.
06:06One has two thumbs and doesn't give a crap.
06:10Bob Kelso, how you doing?'
06:12When Scrubs premiered in 2001, Ken Jenkins had been working steadily as a character actor,
06:18from guest spots on shows like The X-Files to small roles in movies like Gone in 60 Seconds.
06:24Jenkins was in his 60s by the time he was cast as Dr. Bob Kelso, Sacred Heart's heartless
06:30chief of medicine who gradually reveals a softer side throughout the series.
06:34And after retiring, Kelso sticks around because of his free muffins for life privileges.
06:39"'This is why I come here every day.'
06:42"'You come here every day?
06:45Loser!'
06:46"'My balloon!''
06:49Likewise, Jenkins has stuck with Lawrence, having a recurring role in Cougar Town as
06:54Courtney Cox's father, Chip.
06:57Jenkins also lent his voice to Gravity Falls, played Elder Sam on a series of unfortunate
07:02events, and portrayed Judge Howard Smith in the HBO movie All the Way.
07:07"'Podiatrists, like other minorities, got rights too.
07:12To force them to work violates the 13th Amendment's prohibition against slavery or involuntary
07:22servitude.'"
07:23Number 5.
07:24Neil Flynn
07:25Auditioning for Dr. Cox, Neil Flynn was instead cast as Sacred Heart's janitor, a role that
07:29wasn't meant to last beyond the pilot.
07:32The antagonistic dynamic between the janitor and J.D. proved so hilarious that they had
07:36to keep this guy around.
07:38"'Whoop.
07:39Looks like someone switched to big boy pants a little too soon.'
07:42"'Oh, that's, that's very clever.
07:44It looks like I wet myself.
07:46Do you actually think that that's funny?'
07:49"'Ha, ha, ha, ha, yeah.'"
07:51Flynn went from one long-running sitcom to another, playing Mike Heck on The Middle.
07:56Where The Janitor was by far the most eccentric regular at Sacred Heart, The Middle gave Flynn
08:02a chance to play an average family man.
08:04"'You're the one that wants the trophy.
08:05You're the one that wants to win.'
08:06"'That's ridiculous.'
08:07"'Don't you roll away from me.
08:08It's true.
08:09You've been out of control this whole weekend.
08:10''I'm not the one agreeing to every half-baked idea my 13-year-old comes up with.'
08:11"'Fourteen.
08:12She had a birthday.'
08:13"'I can hear you.'"
08:14"'I can hear you.'"
08:15"'I can hear you.'"
08:24Like Scrubs, The Middle lasted nine seasons.
08:27Since then, Flynn has appeared in other Bill Lawrence productions, like Clone High, again
08:32voicing a janitor, and Shrinking, reuniting with Fugitive co-star Harrison Ford.
08:38He doesn't get shot by the one-armed man this time, however.
08:41"'Can we at least still be friends?
08:44Maybe get a beer sometime?'
08:46Number four, Donald Faison.
08:48The clueless crowd will recognize him as Murray Duvall, but to Scrubs fans, Donald Faison
08:54is forever Dr. Chris Turk, or Turkelton, as Kelso calls him.
08:59"'Actually, sir, my last name isn't Turkelton.
09:01It's just Turk, as in Chris Turk.
09:05I prefer Turkelton.'"
09:06Faison followed up Scrubs with supporting parts in movies like Pitch Perfect and Kick-Ass
09:112.
09:12He remained a consistent presence on TV with a revolving door of roles in live-action and
09:18animation.
09:19Faison was set to play Professor Utonian in a live-action Powerpuff Girls reboot.
09:25That project never made it past the pilots, although a trailer recently leaked.
09:29Mirroring Turk and JD's guy love, Faison is still more than good friends with Zach Braff.
09:35In addition to appearing in T-Mobile commercials, the two co-host Fake Doctors Real Friends,
09:40a podcast looking back at their time on Scrubs.
09:43"'Wow, you go old school since the beginning.'
09:46"'You know, since we started this bad boy, I try to keep it old school for all of the
09:52heads out there.
09:53You know what I'm saying?
09:54For all you old school heads out there, I keep it old school.'"
09:58Number 3.
09:59John C. McGinley
10:00"'I'm sure you're wondering why I accepted the position of residency director considering
10:04my disdain for, well, all of you.
10:08Is it the extra $4 a week in my paycheck, or is it the fact that I finally have a chance
10:13to make a difference in this godforsaken hellhole?
10:17It's all about the $4, trust me.'"
10:19In the 80s, John C. McGinley broke out in Oliver Stone movies like Platoon and Wall
10:24Street.
10:25McGinley was in demand as a character actor throughout the 90s, one of his most memorable
10:30roles being in Office Space.
10:32If you grew up in the 2000s, though, chances are you were introduced to McGinley as Dr.
10:38Perry Cox, Sacred Heart's resident ranter and JD's reluctant mentor.
10:43"'It's your hair, your nose, your chinless face, you always need a hug, not to mention
10:47all the manly appletinis that you chug, that you think I am your mentor, just continues
10:51to perplex, and oh my god, stop telling me when you have nerdy sex.'"
10:54The role allowed McGinley to demonstrate his range as a comedic and dramatic actor, which
10:59he's continued to do since.
11:01From appearances in other sitcoms like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, to Broadway productions like Glen
11:06Gary Glen Ross, to horror comedies like Stan Against Evil, McGinley reminds us why he's
11:12one of our more underappreciated actors.
11:15"'That's a good-looking fella, Luke.'
11:16"'You're goddamn right he is.
11:18Ha ha ha ha ha ha!'
11:19"'What would you say you do here?'
11:22"'Preach, baby.'"
11:242.
11:25Sarah Chalk
11:26Sarah Chalk has been a sitcom staple since Roseanne, when she played Becky Connor.
11:31Well, the other Becky Connor.
11:33There's only one Dr. Elliot Reid, however.
11:36"'I am wracked with self-doubt.
11:37I have panic attacks.
11:38I am claustrophobic, germaphobic, phobiaphobic.
11:40I talk to myself.
11:41I talk to my cat.
11:42I talk to three separate shrinks about the fact that often my cats respond to me in my
11:46mother's voice.'"
11:47On the heels of Scrubs, Chalk has starred in several short-lived shows, like How to
11:51Live With Your Parents, For the Rest of Your Life, and Firefly Lane.
11:55She also re-teamed with the Roseanne cast for that revival and reboot, although Chalk
12:01played a different character this time.
12:03"'It is so great to finally meet you.
12:08And I can see why you picked me.
12:10I mean, look at us.
12:11We could be the same person.
12:14Oh my God, it is like looking in the mirror before I put my makeup on."
12:18If there's one role that could rival Elliot as Chalk's most popular, it would be Beth
12:23Smith from Rick and Morty.
12:25Chalk has voiced Rick Sanchez's daughter for more than a decade.
12:29Like Elliot, Beth also comes from a medical background, although she specializes in horse
12:34surgery.
12:35"'Dad, I'm out of excuses to not be who I am.
12:39So who am I?
12:42What do I do?'
12:43"'My advice?
12:44Take off.
12:45Put a saddle on your universe.
12:46Let it kick itself out.'
12:47"'I can't do that!'
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13:011.
13:04Zach Braff
13:05Even while playing John J.D. Dorian for nearly a decade, Zach Braff found time to direct
13:11and explore other roles.
13:12"'You stole my video camera with all the scenes from Dr. Acula, the vampire movie I'm
13:16making.'
13:17"'Why do you think I stole it?'
13:18"'I don't know, maybe I was surfing the hospital's website and I saw that someone posted the
13:22Dr. Acula delivers a baby then eats it scene.'"
13:24He's kept busy since the series wrapped, appearing in movies such as Oz, The Great and Powerful,
13:30and the Cheaper by the Dozen remake.
13:32In 2014, Braff left his mark on the Great White Way as David Shane in Bullets Over Broadway.
13:39That same year, Braff directed his second feature, Wish I Was Here.
13:43"'In this world of making small-budget, independent movies, you really, I think what I've learned
13:47is that you can't plan too much.
13:52You can't plan too much because then you can solve any problem really easily.'"
13:56He's since helmed a few other films like Going in Style and A Good Person, the latter of
14:01which starred former girlfriend Florence Pugh.
14:05Braff stayed in touch with Bill Lawrence, getting an Emmy nomination for directing an
14:09episode of Ted Lasso, and playing another doctor on Bad Monkey.
14:13"'Look, at the end of the day, let's back up, let's zoom out, let's be honest with each
14:17other, right?
14:19Nobody got hurt.'"
14:20Do you want a Scrubs reunion or a whole revival?
14:23Let us know in the comments.
14:24"'Bill shot back saying, let's do it, so stay tuned, we could see a Scrubs movie coming
14:30out soon.'"
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