Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald

I enjoyed Scrubs for its entire original run. I was thankful every year when somehow it got renewed, despite seeming to be constantly on the cutline. I hadn’t watched it in a while when I stumbled across this podcast a year ago, so I thought I’d do a rewatch with the rewatch. Fast forward a year and I’ve rewatched the show twice - I started pacing episodes with the podcast but my enjoyment got the best of me, and after I finished all of the episodes the first time I went back and watched most of them again, in sync with the podcast. It’s lots of fun to listen to Zach and Donald talk about the show, notice things in the background, tell stories, interview guest stars, and analyze what’s wrong with season 9, not to mention hearing Joelle and Danl go from producer and editor to core members of the group. I got to experience the show all over again and in a new light. There’s two things that prevent me from giving FDRF five stars - first, it kicked off at the beginning of the pandemic. Initially it was interesting listening to them recap events as they happened - but after a while, their pandemic commentary devolved into the same old sanctimonious garbage that was so common on social media at the time, and that got old fast. The second is that the language and subject matter get pretty extreme - from sexually graphic to near constant discussion of drug use to the occasional usage of highly offensive terms (although Joelle does a masterful job at steering Zach and Donald through culturally sensitive material - I learned more than a few things from her). That said . . . don’t let those things ruin it. Listen to the parts you enjoy, be willing to fast forward segments and skip episodes when you need to. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed FDRF and I’m thankful to everyone involved for helping me rekindle my love for one of my favorite shows of all time. All in all, Bill created an amazing podcast and it’s absolutely worth listening to.

I love this podcast so much, and can’t wait for the next iteration! The chemistry that Joelle, Danl, Zach, & Donald share is so wonderful. I’ve been listening to this from the beginning and I will never stop! I’m hoping for more discussion of what it’s like to direct/produce/act in movies and TV - those conversations are super interesting and always keep me engaged. Keep up the great work!

I have had an ear-to-ear grin the entire length of the live show podcast! Excellent job capturing the best of what the show and podcast are all about! The audience engagement, the performances, and the insights to the show were all amazing!!

I’ve been listening almost since the beginning. This podcast got me through some times during the pandemic. The lovely thing about this show is the wonderful chemistry between Donald and Zach enjoying their friendship in real life. This combined with the joy of hearing Joelle laugh at the many hilarious non sequiturs and DJ Danl providing legitimate thought and answers to various ridiculous questions, is what makes this show so enjoyable every week. Hopefully new episodes come out soon because I look forward to this every week. If you’re only here to hear about scrubs, pick a different podcast. This is a friendship podcast about two guys who played best friends on tv and became best friends in real life.

I absolutely love Scrubs, it’s one of my favorite shows. I fell in love with the first few episodes of this podcast but there are some glaring issues. On one hand, it’s so fun to hear Zack and Donald reminisce and give a back story on the show. It’s awesome to have guest stars who can also share their stories. However, sometimes they are pretty disrespectful to their guest stars especially the women. For example, the second time Sarah Chalke is on the show they were really rude to her and their wiki expert. They constantly interrupted and talked over her. They also ignored her for most of the show. I understand that this is their show and they can construct it according to their own criteria but it makes me cringe to hear them ignore and interrupt their guests, and again, they are especially insensitive to their female guests.

I thoroughly enjoyed this podcast in the beginning. The episodes were discussed and they had their co-stars on as guests when watching relevant episodes. However, it’s getting pretty hard to listen to anymore. I understand that when the pandemic ended people got busy doing other things but when they do actually put out an episode (writers strike aside as well) it’s usually forgettable. Zach is pompous and condescending while Donald does his best to say things that actually make sense or have a point and usually they aren’t even taking about Scrubs. I’m trying to hold out until they at least get to the end of season 8 but not sure how much more I can handle if the quality doesn’t improve. If they don’t care about Scrubs anymore at least start a new podcast or officially announce that this one is no longer reviewing episodes so people like me don’t need to waste their time anymore.