Fake Doctors, Real Friends: the podcast that keeps me afloat through COVID-19
I tell everyone about this podcast. And I also tell them that Donald Faison and Zach Braff are my heroes.
I was never a huge fan of Scrubs. Still, I caught the occasional episode, and I was delighted by the JD/Turk “bromance.” Their friendship and banter (scripted or improv) always made me smile. Zach and Donald were the perfect actors to play these roles. I remember thinking, Real men should be like these guys… not afraid to love each other. And the show had great music. But before I could really get hooked, it was off the air.
But JD, Turk, Carla, Elliot, Dr. Cox, Dr. Kelso, Ted the lawyer, Laverne, the Todd… they made an impression. And who could forget the janitor?
When I found the Fake Doctors, Real Friends podcast, the pair had only done three episodes. I caught up quickly. In the first podcast episode, Donald and Zach explain what they set out to do: watch each Scrubs episode and discuss the episode with their audience. They promised to include special guests and try to keep their audience laughing through the quarantine and pandemic.
