Kinda ironic how the janitor was a struggling actor who settled to be a janitor while the actor who played him went to do big n better things after Scrubs w/ the tv show The Middle
legit thought there was a scene afterwards where The Janitor wss basically like "you beleived what you wanted to" as a way of doing a triple joke on J.D. Maybe im remembering wrong here
I love how they did this. We didn't get to see the janitor humanized very often. I think this was important to show, like JD says, that he was just a guy who didn't get to live out his dream and it helped explain why he was the way he was. We get to see a vulnerability in the janitor that we've never seen before. Damn Scrubs was such a great show
"KImball! You tell anybody I'll kill you" I'm not quite sure why, but I find this to be a very poignant moment. A rare instance in which, all lies dropped, the Janitor let someone in on his past, on a "real" aspect of his life (and that someone was J.D. His archnemesis, of all people!).
Andrew Doehrman jd deserves it, even though he messes with him, he probably really has the most interaction with him. Maybe his closest friend. I mean who knows what's real about the Janitor. At least jd knows he's a faker in most of his personas.
Marcel Mojžíš Personally, I believe the janitor doesn't hate JD, I mean if he really hated him the he'd always do stuff like break his bike which he did after JD made him mad. But he can be friendly from time to time and he just messes with him to make his own life less boring, in the same way JD's life gets less boring when he messes with him. It's kind of an unspoken friendship that none of them wants to admit even though they both kind of know it deep inside of them. If J.D or the janitor were kicked out for a night and one of them would desperately go to the other I think they'd both let the other in. Though it's kind of purely what you believe yourself as there is no real or official answer
5 years later and you're STILL getting a reply! I love it. The Janitor, canonically, probably isn't Neil Flynn but the character of the Janitor knows JD needs to have some kind of hope or positive outlook on the situation. So he tosses him a vague bone. He doesn't necessarily confirm he was in the movie. But he teases pretty strongly that he is for JD's sake. Good writing. Great series.
I don't think he hated JD either. He realized how smart and capable he was and felt like he needed to be the "bad guy" even if for no reason to keep him humble
1:20 "I want to know what kind of freak spends all day pretending to be somebody else"🤣 Bill Lawrence and the writing team must've loved giving that line to an actor.😁 Brilliant stuff.
Dr Cox is JDs work mentor. He teaches him how to be an incredible doctor by caring. And that caring doesn't always mean emotional. The Janitor is JDs life mentor. He teaches him about hardening up for life and to be witty.
Just saw this episode in a long overdue rewatching of scrubs. I love this scene. How in the end the janitor admits something he clearly wanted to keep a secret because he couldn't stand JD thinking about him that way.
Scrubs was amazing at this. Cox, Kelso, the Janitor, they all started out as one dimensional sitcom tropes then the writers found some brilliant way to give them tonnes of depth.
If J.D. had watched for him in the credits all he would have seen was that the Janitor was acting under the alias of "Neil Flynn." Still wouldn't necessarily be his actual name, because he could have just lied to the producers, or asked for a pseudonym.
To be honest, I dont know how anyone could have looked at the ridiculous things he’s done over the years and NOT immediately assume he was a theater kid
I kind of wish the Janitor revealed himself to be Neil Flynn at the end. And then he quit, assumed a new name and went to work on whatever sitcom he's working on now.
Maybe I should have said "The Janitor lets JD in on the truth of what he has said about his past. Since the Janitor is a compulsive liar, JD has come to assume that everything he says is a lie. Therefore, when he can tell that the Janitor is being genuinely honest, he realizes that this custodian is, for once, being, at the very least, civil towards him.
I always liked some of the little details in the scenes, like at the start of the last scene where the Janitor is having a little exchange of smiles and fun with the nurse. Sometimes i forget that the main enemy he has is JD, while he is mostly friendly with the other people, especially with the nurses and other non doctors like Ted.
There is one miss out by screenwriter, later JD trying to get his real name, which he can see on credits after "The Fugitive" So the real name of Janitor is Neil Flynn :P
I like this with the janitor, I'm a bit kooky too and it is fun to play around with accents and characters, i don't do it to this level but it is fun to play around and be someone else ya know (i did high school theatre, i have my small youtube) i probably won't hit the big time but i can have fun with it whenever i want
Personally, I believe the janitor doesn't hate JD, I mean if he really hated him the he'd always do stuff like break his bike which he did after JD made him mad. But he can be friendly from time to time and he just messes with him to make his own life less boring, in the same way JD's life gets less boring when he messes with him. It's kind of an unspoken friendship that none of them wants to admit even though they both kind of know it deep inside of them. If J.D or the janitor were kicked out for a night and one of them would desperately go to the other I think they'd both let the other in. Though it's kind of purely what you believe yourself as there is no real or official answer
I don't think he does either. I think he respects him as a Dr. I think he thinks he's smart and talented but felt like in order to keep him down to earth and humble he had to be a villain in his life
@@carlyedwards1422 he certainly respects JD as a doctor. There was a moment when JD saw Janitor's penis in an accident and thought it was some kind of rush. Janitor went to get checked to JD and listened to the diagnosis
Fun fact, the original plan was the janitor was supposed to be a figment of JD's imagination(that's why for the first few episodes he only directly interacts with JD) but the writing/directing team quickly saw so much potential in the character they just made him part of the real world of the show. I love how most the time he still kind of has the vibe of an imaginary friend, makes scenes where he's being real(the end of this scene) feel so much more impactful.
@spartan117xz Yep. Neill Flynn (Janitor) had a role as a transit cop in The Fugitive. A small role, but the Scrubs producers implemented it nonetheless (which was a good idea in my opinion :D).
For the Fugitive-movie scene, I thought they had done some editing, but I checked and it really was him! That was Neil Flynn a.k.a. Janitor in that scene!
ah HA thanks for posting this.. I thought I remember this scene.. I keep wondering how he don't know janitor's name when he know he is a actor in the fugitive ...
Wished that guy who approached Janitor after he said that he was in The Fugitive because that silent would've made everything even more fun to watch if u want JD and Janitor to be friends
Yup. For them to not call Janitor Neil Flynn now would be bad for scrubs. Its amazing how they told us his name but we all put that aside. Simply amazing.
It's your duty to screw with your co-workers. I once convinced a co-worker in nuclear security that Universal Soldier was a documentary based on me, and I worked my ass off to sell it. Hook, line, sinker. LOL.
If I were Dr. Dorian, I would never have made the connection, Flynn doesn't look the same as he does all those years later, their voices don't even sound the same. It is a fun piece of trivia though.
I guess it's different when the guy is basically your co-worker. You just pick up the little things that you do when you interact with people in real life. I think it's fair to assume that JD would have noticed something familiar, and you'll notice he doesn't seem to recognize the Janitor right away until a few seconds in. It's plausible.
Tfw JD could have found out the Janitor’s name by checking the credits at the end of the Fugitive Wait does this mean the Janitor’s name is actually Neil Flynn???
Scrubs shows you how to do a meta joke right.
Love how they actually took something Neil Flynn was in and used it as a means of character development.
@2dowde like The Simpsons til like s 13 etc best writers like conan o brian were there for the best writing/funniest series' of simpsons imo!
It humanizes the Janitor's character. It makes us realize that he's a guy who really wanted to live a dream and that dream was just out of reach.
Kinda ironic how the janitor was a struggling actor who settled to be a janitor while the actor who played him went to do big n better things after Scrubs w/ the tv show The Middle
legit thought there was a scene afterwards where The Janitor wss basically like "you beleived what you wanted to" as a way of doing a triple joke on J.D. Maybe im remembering wrong here
Has anyone thought about the possibility that The Janitor is really just Neil Flynn who got a job as a janitor?
Caesar Seriona yep
Since everything he did pretty much was improv and the janitor never actually cleans that is a true take
This makes too much sense.
sounds like crazy Internet crap
Isn't that... exactly what this whole sequence implied?
"You're an actor!"
"You're a fireman!....What are we doin'?"
I love that one. It's hilarious.
It feels improvised, and considering he improvised many of his lines, I suspect this is one of them. Which is why he is brilliant
The Janitor is so funny! He’s one of my favorites!!
I love how they did this. We didn't get to see the janitor humanized very often. I think this was important to show, like JD says, that he was just a guy who didn't get to live out his dream and it helped explain why he was the way he was. We get to see a vulnerability in the janitor that we've never seen before. Damn Scrubs was such a great show
"KImball! You tell anybody I'll kill you" I'm not quite sure why, but I find this to be a very poignant moment. A rare instance in which, all lies dropped, the Janitor let someone in on his past, on a "real" aspect of his life (and that someone was J.D. His archnemesis, of all people!).
Andrew Doehrman jd deserves it, even though he messes with him, he probably really has the most interaction with him. Maybe his closest friend.
I mean who knows what's real about the Janitor. At least jd knows he's a faker in most of his personas.
@@asdfghjkllkjhgfdsa8725 Nah he's friends with Ted and other people, but he has the most honest interaction with JD
hes also the only person in the show that the janitor told his real name
@@rohunsaigal2576 No, he only became friends with Ted in the later seasons
That's funny because Bill Lawrence once said Janitor was originally supposed to be imaginary and only seen by JD. @@asdfghjkllkjhgfdsa8725
And he never looked up his name in the credits
But doesn't no one know The Janitor's real name in the show?
probably was listed under an alias, and not his real name
Glen Maffoofs.
According to the show's creator, his name is Glen Matthews.
thats becuase it would be Neil Flynn
The ending is actually pretty sad.
Well, at least it's one of the only times the Janitor actually appears friendly towards JD.
+Marcel Mojžíš But I love when characters like the Janitor or kelso are showing humanity from time to time.
Marcel Mojžíš Personally, I believe the janitor doesn't hate JD, I mean if he really hated him the he'd always do stuff like break his bike which he did after JD made him mad. But he can be friendly from time to time and he just messes with him to make his own life less boring, in the same way JD's life gets less boring when he messes with him. It's kind of an unspoken friendship that none of them wants to admit even though they both kind of know it deep inside of them. If J.D or the janitor were kicked out for a night and one of them would desperately go to the other I think they'd both let the other in. Though it's kind of purely what you believe yourself as there is no real or official answer
5 years later and you're STILL getting a reply! I love it. The Janitor, canonically, probably isn't Neil Flynn but the character of the Janitor knows JD needs to have some kind of hope or positive outlook on the situation. So he tosses him a vague bone. He doesn't necessarily confirm he was in the movie. But he teases pretty strongly that he is for JD's sake. Good writing. Great series.
I don't think he hated JD either. He realized how smart and capable he was and felt like he needed to be the "bad guy" even if for no reason to keep him humble
1:20 "I want to know what kind of freak spends all day pretending to be somebody else"🤣 Bill Lawrence and the writing team must've loved giving that line to an actor.😁 Brilliant stuff.
Dr Cox is JDs work mentor. He teaches him how to be an incredible doctor by caring. And that caring doesn't always mean emotional.
The Janitor is JDs life mentor. He teaches him about hardening up for life and to be witty.
And both taught him how using humor is a coping mechanism for some who’ve had to deal with the many blows life throws at them.
The janitor also interrogated Indiana Jones after he escaped from that nuclear explosion.
Ironically Harrison Ford telling The Janitor that he survived a nuke inside a fridge
Now that's a janitor story
"Your an actor"
"Your a fire man"
i love that partx3
Just saw this episode in a long overdue rewatching of scrubs. I love this scene. How in the end the janitor admits something he clearly wanted to keep a secret because he couldn't stand JD thinking about him that way.
its true, Neil Flynn was in the The Fugitive, he played a Transit cop
Would've been weird if he was watching Home Alone 3 and saw him there.
He was a cop in pretty much every 90's movie.
@@OfficerFriendly2006 He also played the Janitor in Scrubs.
@@jesperjee I'm aware of that.
@@OfficerFriendly2006 Good. You can actually see it in this video
For some reason this was one of the most memorable and touching moments in Scrubs for me.
i miss scrubs so much it hurts
James Johnson 😂I totally got that reference!
*hurts sometimes
Scrubs was amazing at this. Cox, Kelso, the Janitor, they all started out as one dimensional sitcom tropes then the writers found some brilliant way to give them tonnes of depth.
If J.D. had watched for him in the credits all he would have seen was that the Janitor was acting under the alias of "Neil Flynn." Still wouldn't necessarily be his actual name, because he could have just lied to the producers, or asked for a pseudonym.
His name in-universe is Glenn Matthews.
Perhaps the credits of the film are different in the Scrubs universe?
Well, if you look at the credits it says: "Transit Officer 1: The Janitor" so that would;t have helped him anyway!
Janitor later went on to be the Midwestern dad that we all know and love on the Middle. The end, now go to bed
He'll always be the Janitor to me
Lest we forget.
i thought he became Cady's dad from mean girls
Dr. Jan Itor
Song in the end: Tammany hall NYC - Someone
Janitor was also a Scientist who worked for Luthercorp in a Smallville episode.
To be honest, I dont know how anyone could have looked at the ridiculous things he’s done over the years and NOT immediately assume he was a theater kid
Neil Flynn has not been in one but two Harrison Ford movies, he’s my favorite character on Scrubs and I hope that he gets a Hollywood Star!!!!
My question is how did the directors approach Flynn with this? Were they like “what’s one of your first extra gigs? Anything we’d know?” Lol
I kind of wish the Janitor revealed himself to be Neil Flynn at the end. And then he quit, assumed a new name and went to work on whatever sitcom he's working on now.
Maybe I should have said "The Janitor lets JD in on the truth of what he has said about his past. Since the Janitor is a compulsive liar, JD has come to assume that everything he says is a lie. Therefore, when he can tell that the Janitor is being genuinely honest, he realizes that this custodian is, for once, being, at the very least, civil towards him.
One of his earliest roles was actually in a British TV series BROOKSIDE
I always liked some of the little details in the scenes, like at the start of the last scene where the Janitor is having a little exchange of smiles and fun with the nurse. Sometimes i forget that the main enemy he has is JD, while he is mostly friendly with the other people, especially with the nurses and other non doctors like Ted.
Sure. Next you're gonna tell me Elliott was on "Roseanne" for a brief spell and Turk was in "Clueless".
There is one miss out by screenwriter, later JD trying to get his real name, which he can see on credits after "The Fugitive" So the real name of Janitor is Neil Flynn :P
I like this with the janitor, I'm a bit kooky too and it is fun to play around with accents and characters, i don't do it to this level but it is fun to play around and be someone else ya know
(i did high school theatre, i have my small youtube) i probably won't hit the big time but i can have fun with it whenever i want
Personally, I believe the janitor doesn't hate JD, I mean if he really hated him the he'd always do stuff like break his bike which he did after JD made him mad. But he can be friendly from time to time and he just messes with him to make his own life less boring, in the same way JD's life gets less boring when he messes with him. It's kind of an unspoken friendship that none of them wants to admit even though they both kind of know it deep inside of them. If J.D or the janitor were kicked out for a night and one of them would desperately go to the other I think they'd both let the other in. Though it's kind of purely what you believe yourself as there is no real or official answer
I don't think he does either. I think he respects him as a Dr. I think he thinks he's smart and talented but felt like in order to keep him down to earth and humble he had to be a villain in his life
@@carlyedwards1422 he certainly respects JD as a doctor. There was a moment when JD saw Janitor's penis in an accident and thought it was some kind of rush. Janitor went to get checked to JD and listened to the diagnosis
He does hate J.D. with a passion.
@@Kalenz1234more than Michael hated Toby?
I'm 6'4 it's a classic example of just standing over people because you feel like it but not actually hurting them
Fun fact, the original plan was the janitor was supposed to be a figment of JD's imagination(that's why for the first few episodes he only directly interacts with JD) but the writing/directing team quickly saw so much potential in the character they just made him part of the real world of the show. I love how most the time he still kind of has the vibe of an imaginary friend, makes scenes where he's being real(the end of this scene) feel so much more impactful.
@spartan117xz Yep. Neill Flynn (Janitor) had a role as a transit cop in The Fugitive. A small role, but the Scrubs producers implemented it nonetheless (which was a good idea in my opinion :D).
I'm trying to think of something more meta than this? Oceans 12 where Julia Roberts character pretends to be Julia Roberts?
Ohhhhh, too cringeworthy. I have to skip that.
I always thought that it was going to be revealed at the end that The Janitor's name was going to be Neil Flynn.
He probably doesnt know whether to believe him so he didn't research it or even just watch to the end of the credits.
"How perfectly vulgar." lmao kills me everytime.
Never out of reach!
The way he says “Janitor” is the way Seinfeld says “Newman”. Another show that Janitor was a cameo in. Dorian was close....a little too close
Oh yeah he was the cop who did the cat noises to Elaine.
LOL that is so cool they did that
For the Fugitive-movie scene, I thought they had done some editing, but I checked and it really was him! That was Neil Flynn a.k.a. Janitor in that scene!
awesome fourth wall break ( and I looked it up it really is Neil Flynn in The Fugitive)
I love this episode!
The funny thing is that this video is copyright-claimed as The Fugitive instead of Scrubs ahahah
The Music choice n cue was perfect
Neil Flynn is so damn versatile!
Just wait until JD watches Office Space...
The DOC tatt guy 🦾 looks like Christian Bale
I love this episode
I love that Neil Flynn ended up in Indy 4 as well, even if it was only a bit part.
Scrubs always excelled at meta-humor.
Neil Flynn who plays the janitor was in the fugitive !!!
Anybody know the song they used at the end of this episode?
They should've done a similar skit with Dr Cox and Platoon.
wagons east
ah HA thanks for posting this.. I thought I remember this scene.. I keep wondering how he don't know janitor's name when he know he is a actor in the fugitive ...
The name is Itor. Jan Itor.
If JD saw the janitor in the movie, he should've watched the credits to find out the janitor's name
@Moredread25 That would make the most sense. After all, if he was in The Fugitive, he's Neil Flynn.
Yes Neil Flynn (Spelling?) was in the Fugitive.
It's good to see Transit Cop is still working.
Wished that guy who approached Janitor after he said that he was in The Fugitive because that silent would've made everything even more fun to watch if u want JD and Janitor to be friends
"OH HOHO classic Nigel!" - What a line
Season 3 Episode 8, My friend the Doctor
Yup. For them to not call Janitor Neil Flynn now would be bad for scrubs. Its amazing how they told us his name but we all put that aside. Simply amazing.
the best scene =)
Anyone know what the song is called?
My friend the doctor
I miss Scrubs! :'(
It's your duty to screw with your co-workers. I once convinced a co-worker in nuclear security that Universal Soldier was a documentary based on me, and I worked my ass off to sell it.
Hook, line, sinker. LOL.
The janitor rules
As if are not different people around others. He was just a pro at it.
Just trying to do what he loves again. Damn that hurts.
Once they've done it, they can't do it again...
So fucking well done. Christ that's smart.
Did we ever find out the Janitors name?
Baby's Day Out cop, lets not forget lol!
Neil Flynn who played Janitor actually played in The Fugitive role as Transit Cop!
Wait, really?? Thats so not obvious from the episode
@@arnoldrimmer960 Yes! Really! You can check yourself the information from his page or from The Fugitive page on IMDb!
@@arnoldrimmer960 Or are you kidding me now? Do you also communicate with people in real life? Or just on the Internet so brave?
@@MrRelim1 It's a justified sarcasm, so yes, I do. Sorry, it's not rude, just the thing you wrote is obvious
@@arnoldrimmer960 I think that you are a rude person who should not communicate with people.
i spilled water on myself while i burst out laughing...
Would’ve laughed more I think if JD had watched Home Alone 3 where Neil was a cop in that one too. Hell, I think he had more lines!
So how did the nurse at 2:10 not hear their conversation? He tells JD not to tell anybody while there is someone sitting next to him.
Without context their convo means nothing.
@spartan117xz yes he did :D
Would of been amazing if when JD finally gets his name he says its "Neil Flynn"
@callumandco Someone by Tammany Hall NYC
1:11 HaHaHa… I Lived (Grew Up) in both Hamburg und Frankfurt Germany😅
I like how in the German version the Janitor is from Sweden and Guten Tag means Hello just wanted to say it
If I were Dr. Dorian, I would never have made the connection, Flynn doesn't look the same as he does all those years later, their voices don't even sound the same. It is a fun piece of trivia though.
I guess it's different when the guy is basically your co-worker. You just pick up the little things that you do when you interact with people in real life. I think it's fair to assume that JD would have noticed something familiar, and you'll notice he doesn't seem to recognize the Janitor right away until a few seconds in. It's plausible.
Wasn't Neil Flynn also a cop in "Home Alone 3"?
He also was a cop on an episode of Seinfeld
Albino Ape Wow, Neil Flynn sure had many roles as a police officer.
Ian Gillmor and in Baby's Day Out.
this episod is one of the most important to know who the Janitor is. And what is his name ;P
Any other show, they would have gone into janitors origin story and shit, only scrubs had the good sense to keep a mystery character a mystery
Kimble
you know nigel im 25% british
well im 100% not interested
Nigel is a great character
poignant ending
Tfw JD could have found out the Janitor’s name by checking the credits at the end of the Fugitive
Wait does this mean the Janitor’s name is actually Neil Flynn???
haha CUT!
so this is proof that the janitors real name is Neil Flynn
Actually no. the Janitor's real name is Glenn Matthews.
Which is the name he chooses to tell JD. I'm not up to date on my Scrubs behind the scenes, but I believe that's just another bogus name.
Die Evanz the creator confirmed its Glen Matthews. Neil Flynn was the alias
was he really in the movie?
Yea Neil Flynn played a cop in the The Fugitive.
so does that mean Neil Flynn is playing himself but as a janitor that's like seeing the Joker watch Star Wars
but as a janitor
PS4 Gaming A truly surreal sight to be scene
That sounds meta.
@10chaos01 i lauhp so hard every time i hear that
1:32 zoom the face i thought that was the janitor =S but idk looks like him in the face