My Life in Four Cameras

Season 4, Episode 17, Aired
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When J.D. meets a former writer from his all time favorite TV show "Cheers", he begins to picture his life at the hospital as a bland, multiple camera sitcom, where everything is perfect and wraps up nicely.''Back in reality, Dr. Cox is relunctant to fire an amiable cafeteria worker, while Turk and Carla struggle to keep their promise of constant romantic affection afloat.moreless
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  • You could either love or hate this episode, I unfortunately am undecided.

    7.6
    "Good"
    By Canogaparkcindy, Aug 26, 2011 Report Abuse
    There is a lot of reasons people might dislike this epsiode. The fact they had to jam in Clay Aiken for no good reason. He didn't win American Idol people! Or the fact that this episode was just completely different than all the other episodes, people don't like change. They get confused and automatically dislike the episode. There are also many reasons why people would fall in love with this episode: The nice tie in with all the plots by the end, mirroring fantasy and realism, or by making an inside joke since Scrubs is technically a situational comedy minus the laugh track. I know what this episode did do though, by the end, it made me have a good feeling all over, and it made me smile. I just felt as though the "sitcom fantasy" wasn't as enjoyable as posed. I also wasn't a big fan of Clay Aiken's appearance. I liked this episode because of it's analysis of sitcoms: All the girls are eye candy, problems are resolved in 30 minutes, there is laugh track even when something unfunny happens. By the end, Scrubs managed to beat the cliches with all the plots they had, which made this episode in some ways outstanding, but of course that was just the tie in of the end of the episode. You can't forget the flaws, which brought the rating down. So an okay episode from Scrubs, with outstanding points, and unmistakable flaws.moreless

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  • A completely outstanding episode.

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    By jolo_alonzo, Aug 27, 2010 Report Abuse
    I cannot believe that a majority of these reviewers are completely superficial. This episode is quite prominent compared to other episodes of season 4 and it is in fact similar to that of "My Butterfly" because it portrays two parallel worlds, even though the other dimension is obviously implausible. Still, the episode only shows how JD wanted to alter reality, not for some stupid provincial reason. This episode, I believe, reveals another side of JD which makes him a very unique character. Even though, in reality, JD knows that Ken Lerner's faith is destined to be inevitablely, death. He seems to be able to become optimistic even when indulged with circumstances where success seems to be too good to be true. It is amazing how this episode shows the actuality of life. How "sitcoms" arn't exactly what happens in a hospital; or how things that may seem simple turn out to be amazingly hard. Ultimately, this episode ,"My Life in Four Cameras", has been thoroughly an amazing exemplification of real life. Whereas things do not usually go the way we perceive them to be. Therefore, this is, indeed, one of the best episodes of scrubs.moreless

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  • One of my favourite eps ever!

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    By berry16, Jul 26, 2008 Report Abuse
    This is a good picture of how Scrubs would have ended up if it were to be taped in front of a live audience like a more traditional sitcom; we all know it wouldn't have worked (how would we experince J.D.'s fantasies then?), nonetheless it was nice to see how it would have turned out.
    I don't really know why I liked this episode in particular so much. Maybe it was the fact that J.D.'s fantasies had gone up to a really different level. I honestly cannot think of another episode in any other show that can compare to the uniqueness of the plot, but it's so characteristic of the kind of thing you'd usually find in Scrubs; that level of overly excessive and perhaps even insane daydreaming.moreless

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  • Not my favorite episode, but it's not that bad.

    8.0
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    By soldyoursoul, Nov 10, 2007 Report Abuse
    The first half of this episode, nearly 13 minutes, takes place in real life and is actually entertaining and well written, like a regular Scrubs episode. It's only when it becomes a sitcom that it becomes boring. The idea is interesting, but seeing nearly an entire episode of Scrubs as a lame sitcom got really old. It's as if the writers were trying to say "Hey, our sitcom's better, it's more realistic and it's minus the laugh track!" All this is true, but when the writers have to point this out to us it cheapens the show a little.

    Season 4 is all gold, to me. This is the weakest episode in the season, but all scenes in reality are fine.moreless

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  • JD has a sitcom fantasy.

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    By hsimpson44, Jul 16, 2007 Report Abuse
    Turk and Carla try to help their marraige when they become jealous of JD and Kylie. Dr. Cox tries to stop Kelso from firing someone and Kelso tells him if he can make up the profit he wont have to. When Turk and JD meet the writer of Cheers and learn he has lung cancer, JD's life goes into a sitcom. In the sitcom the writer dude lives when it turns out his chart was switched, Carla and Turk make up, and Kenny wins a talent show and doesnt have to leave. JD realizes that wasnt right. The writer dies, Turk and Carla have to work on their marrige and Cox winds up having to fire Kenny.moreless

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    • During the sitcom sequence, Neil Flynn (Janitor) and Clay Aiken (Kenny) were the only actors that were applauded when they first appeared. Edit
    • Sitcom World: In the "sitcom world" of J.D.'s fantasy, most of the female characters, including Elliot, Carla, Jordan and the nurse standing behind the nurses' station, are wearing low-cut blouses and short skirts. Elliot is also wearing high heels and her famous push-up bra. In addition, when the janitor walks in, a man can be seen at the nurses' station who is wearing shorts and no shirt. Edit
    • In the fantasy talent show, Eliot is reciting a German translation of the "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo" speech from "Romeo and Juliet". Edit

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    • Clay Aiken is credited as a "Special Appearance". Usually, that credit is used for people who play themselves. Edit
    • Two of the people that are being interviewed thinking they have Bird Flu, are actually Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke's stunt doubles who got married after meeting on the show. Edit
    • The person who comes up to Turk and asks him to play basketball is actually his stand-in. Edit

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    • J.D.'s narration: Unfortunately, around here things don't always end as neat and tidy as they do in sitcoms. Relationships aren't always magically fixed in thirty minutes - you have to work on them. Edit
    • Dr. Kelso: Okay, Perry! That's it, it's over. The only act left to see is you firing that guy. Edit
    • J.D.: And if any of you cows, goats, or ducks have any questions, don't be afraid to ask me! I'm just like all of you, only giant and human!... Thank you. I hope you enjoyed our production of World's Most Giant Doctor Goes to the Farm. Edit

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    • Evel Kneivel: J.D. compares going up in a hot-air balloon to the exploits of Robert "Evel" Kneivel, a motorcycle daredevil of the 1970's who was famous for jumping his motorcycle over lines of buses, etc., and who also famously attempted to jump the Snake River canyon in a rocket-powered motorcycle. Edit
    • Jared: Fat Frank and his old fat pants parody Subway's lead ad-man Jared. In many of the commercials, he had his "fat pants" from when he was larger. Edit
    • The North Face panic mentioned by Dr. Cox mocks the masses obsessively wearing North Face fleece jackets. Edit

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