Maybe a lot more than a little bit deep down
The Janitor was originally supposed to be a one-off character in the series’ first episode (Neil Flynn had auditioned for the role of Dr. Cox but that role went to John McGinley). The showrunners asked Flynn if he’d be interested in a different character, and were swept away by his janitorial/comedic skillz.
“When we watched the performance,” says executive producer Bill Lawrence, “we knew we had to keep this guy around.” The rest is push-broom history.
So Neil Flynn is obviously one crucial aspect of why the character works so well. Flynn has a strong improv background, and that was utilized heavily in his scenes. Sam Lloyd, who plays the serially depressed lawyer Ted Buckland, once commented that the script often would just say “Janitor: Whatever Neil says.”
Looking through the compilations and clips embedded in this article, another thing becomes clear: The “best” of the Janitor is when he is butting heads with JD (or at least stepping in his path with arm outstretched). A lot of this is literal head-butting – simple good ol’ fashioned slapstick, physical humor, the sort of stuff Jim Carey built his 90s career on, and which never goes out of comedic vogue, except for those times where it, you know, does.
But the Janitor does quite a bit more than simply plague JD. He can effortlessly carry his own subplot, whether it’s telling elaborately detailed lies or getting up to his own stuff, like the time he decided to LARP as the Chief of Medicine when Dr. Kelso was gone for the day or the crush on Elliot he nurses through the first six seasons.
'Scrubs' Janitor: Why Is He Funny?
Source: Pinoy Daily News
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