Zach Braff: Not Dead; Scrubs: Not Dead Either, But Definitely In A Persistent Vegetative State

Yesterday, Scrubs star and Garden State writer/director Zach Braff became the latest victim in a series of web slayings. This year has brought many visits from the Grim Reaper, some of them real, some of them completely fabricated, and thankfully Braff's RIP post, like Jeff Goldblum's earlier this year, was complete bunkum. 

In order to calm fans upset by his untimely demise, Zach Braff issued an "I'm not dead yet!" post on Facebook and the following video statement:

Hmm. That video seems awfully low-quality, and the sound isn't at all synched. Is that the kind of internet vlog you'd expect to see from a television star and film writer/director who is NOT dead? Yeah, nice try, ABC Studios, but I think we all know what's going on here. THIS VIDEO IZ SHOOPED. I CAN TELL BY SOME OF THE PIXELS!

Clearly, ABC wants this rumor dead in the water, but I think we know when the wool is being pulled over our eyes. We are savvy internet pop culture denizens who recognize when we're being manipulated by video editing magic. 

Anyway. So Zach Braff is supposedly still alive and filming new credits for season 9 of Scrubs, even though apparently he and Sarah Chalke are only going to be in six episodes therein (and totally not digitally edited in like Brandon Lee in The Crow, nosirree), and then I guess the format of the show is changing to focus on the med-school aspect, with Dr. Cox and Turk becoming teachers? I just read all that in Wikipedia, so it must be true.

Dear god. So maybe when this Chris Laganella douche said Zach Braff has comitted suicide, maybe really meant to say that Scrubs is dead? If that's the case, well, dude—WE KNOW. That show has been dead in the water for a few years now, even before it moved over to ABC and the #123 spot in the ratings. I'm calling it: RIP, Scrubs.

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[tonya]

The great thing about Wikipedia is that anyone can write on there. So you know you're getting the best possible information.

Like Salary Negotiation techniques.

[[mark]]

as a fan of scrubs (more for donald faizon and sarah chalke than pretty boy braff), i have to come to the defense of the show and say that...

HAD ABC actually put it in a timeslot and KEPT it there throughout the (painfully short) season instead of doing 2 weeks, moving timeslots, repeating those 2 weeks, showing 2 more new episodes, rinse, repeat...

...that MAYBE its ratings would've fared better than #123...