My ex-girlfriend Naghmeh got me hooked on Zach Braff’s show “Scrubs”. To me it looked sort of idiotic, but once I gave it a chance I got completely into it (for the record, I think John C. McGinley’s character “Dr. Cox” is the flat out funniest character on TV). Word has now come out that Zach Braff is going to leave the show after this new season. No word yet on if the show will continue without him (I think it should, the ensemble cast is very strong).
Now let me say this first… I like Zach Braff. I like him a lot (that’s me with him in the pic… see… see that I like him?). Have we established that? I think he’s a nice guy, a terrific performer and has a lot of natural comedic gifts. Having said that…
What is he leaving for? To pursue his big successful movie career??? Gee Whizzz… let’s look at his track record shall we?
The Ex – Made just $3 million despite opening on over 1000 screens
The Last Kiss – $11 million on over 1300 screens
Garden State – Which I really liked… but only made $26 million
Braff is NOT a box office draw in the least. So look, if he wants to leave because he’s been doing it 8 years and is just plain old ready to move on, then that’s fine. Can’t hold that against a guy. But I really hope he’s not doing it because he thinks he can be a big A list movie star… because the ugly truth is he can’t. Oh he’s got talent, but he doesn’t have a wide enough appeal.
