Talk:My Way Home (Scrubs)

Colour timing
It looks to me as if the colours in the second half of the episode are very rich and over-saturated. Could this be a deliberate reference to the movie's switch from sepia to colour when Dorothy arrives in Oz or have I imagined the whole thing? Tomsalinsky 00:44, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Munchkin?
Is Jack (Cox's son) being painted green supposed to be a munchkin reference? Munchkins in the MGM movie were not green. This could also have been a reference to the Wicked Witch of the West (the only character with a green face that I can recall) or The Emerald City, but neither seems quite right to me. Tomsalinsky 01:01, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

I have now amended this part of the table. Tomsalinsky 13:24, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

This might be a stretch, but could it be a reference to Gregory Maguire's books? Jack is, after all, the "Son of a Witch." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.221.232.75 (talk) 20:13, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Book or Film
It seems clear to me that the episode is specifically referencing the 1939 film and no other version of the story. Whenever 1939 film and original book conflict, the episode references the film (e.g. ruby slippers) and many references are film-specific (e.g. Bolger, "Over the Rainbow"). I have re-written the intro accordingly. The original intro pedantically differentiated between the movie title "The Wizard of Oz" and the book title "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and then refered to the "movie of the same name". I have removed this confusion. I have also tidied up or added a number of other allusions and done a bit more house-keeping. Tomsalinsky 13:48, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Title Reformat
Should the name of this article be reformatted the way other shows are? Example: Shindig (Firefly episode) I don't know how exactly to do this, so I figured I'd ask in the hope that someone else can do it. :) EVula 21:09, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Article moved/renamed. EVula 19:39, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Getting desperate now
I'm sorry, but I can't see any resemblance between "Payback is a bitch" and "The lollypop guild" which couldn't also be applied to any musical number in "Scrubs" and any musical number in any other musical film. I also think the presence of a cow in the cyclone has nothing whatsoever to do with the manatee. We could play this game all day (Turk is keen to assist in a *transplant* operation, just as Dorothy was *transplanted* to Oz...) but I think it should be at least reasonable to assume that the references were deliberate choices by the writers and production team. If no-one objects, I will delete these two allusions. Tomsalinsky 15:02, 8 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree that "pyaback is a bitch" is an incredibly weak reference. The manatee one almost makes sense, after thinking about it, but I certainly didn't catch it at first. Go ahead and delete both. EVula 18:37, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
 * While I agree with you, I hope the manatee reference was intended. Because that would be hilarious. Bjackrian 01:12, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

more perhaps?
the first patient eliot displays her knowledge of endocrinology on is named Mr. Baum - L. Frank Baum is author of the Wizard of Oz.

The psychologist who was originally supposed to give the lecture that eliot must do now is named Dr. Burke - Billie Burke played Glinda the Good witch of the North

Eliot assumes Dr. Burke backed out of the lecture on fear of public speaking because he's afraid of public speaking, Dr. Kelso reveals that his depression got the better of him and he hung himself - There's a urban legend about the Wizard of Oz that a munchkin became overly depressed during filming and hung himself. It is however, merely a bird in the background (for info about the urban legend, go to http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/ozsuicid.htm)

Cox, befuddled as to where Eliot is getting her seemingly miraculous answers to all things endocrinological, comments as if the answers "are falling out of the sky" - Dorothy gets to Oz when her house falls out of the sky —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pepito00 (talk • contribs) 01:00, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

EVula, you dog, I've found you in a random article! Mindule 02:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Cultural References
I reverted the change that deleted the rainbow bracelet as a reference to the Wizard of Oz. Cox only wears it in this episode and it seems like a clear reference. If you have other information please post it rather than just deleting the change. Bjackrian 12:19, 18 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, Cox wears this multicoloured band in many (if not all) episodes after a certain point - it's the National Down Syndrome Society's band for their annual Buddy Walk which John C. McGinley wears since his son has Down Syndrome. I've redone the change. Katzell 11:12, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Sorry about the confusion. Bjackrian 02:56, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

JD's red shoes are mentioned twice. 94.15.129.170 (talk) 00:27, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

My Overkill
I have seen a rerun lately and noticed that "The Wizard of Oz" was mentioned first in the episode "My Overkill". J. D. tells Kelso that he once performed in a school play of "Oz" and was called "Dorothy" by the other kids. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.180.103.251 (talk) 09:29, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Mistake
Anyone notice that when Doug and JD are in the elevator and Doug hits JD with the fire extinguisher that the fire extinguisher is a blow up toy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.216.163.63 (talk) 03:10, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * It was done on purpose. If you were Zach Braff and you had to do that scene, would you want to be hit with a real one? No, no one would. Which is why they used a fake one and always do in any scenes like this in anything that is ever produced EVER. The Matyr (converse with the Matyr) 22:25, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure it was actually shaped foam, but yes, it was clearly a toy, and Doug hit him just a little too hard with it. --Baylink (talk) 15:33, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Pepe?
Kelso is smoking a pipe next to a man whom he asks if he played ball in Pennsylvania then called him Pepe? What's the reference and who's Pepe? Cburnett 02:17, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * If i remember rightly, its something about being good enough to play football professionally but getting kicked out for calling all the somethings, domincians or puerto ricans i think it was, pepe, he mentioned it earlier in the episode.--Jac16888 02:23, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Here we go, just do a find for pepe, and you'll get both times it comes up in a row--Jac16888 02:29, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

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Original research and unverified clams
i dont think this is original resear. If you watch the episode and the movie, the references are just too obvious. Im removing the template-- MakE  ||   Talk  01:45, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Music Credits
As I sit here watching this ep for about the 40th time (second only to My Musical, probably :-), it reminded me to come check this page out again, and I note that we're crediting the last song to the Blanks, and the rest of the songs to the Peons. The Peons performed the song on-camera, so I'm assuming this was an oversight, and changing it. --Baylink (talk) 15:36, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

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