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Why are you singing? Wait, why am I singing?Patti Miller

Synopsis

J.D. and Elliot are in the park when a woman, Patti Miller, behind them faints. When she wakes up she realizes that everyone, including herself, is singing. They take her to the hospital where everyone is still singing, even when in reality people are really having normal conversations. J.D. does some tests on her to find out why she is singing, but Dr. Cox believes it is just because she is slightly crazy and refuses to perform extensive tests, but when she expresses her annoyances at J.D., Dr. Cox changes his mind about the tests. After another song in her head, Dr. Cox finds out Patti hears everyone singing because she has aneurysm, a fatal condition. Meanwhile, Carla works out that staying home and looking after Izzy would work out better than if Carla went back to work and hired a nanny, which makes Turk very excited. But after everyone expresses how they will miss her, Carla has some second-thoughts about leaving her job. Elliot finds a new apartment to move into, but finds out J.D. wants to move in with her, but Elliot doesn't want that to happen.

Elliot and Carla are thinking of how to break their news to J.D. and Turk, who are in another room 'singing' about their "guy love" for each other. Once the two finish their song, they meet Elliot and Carla who both break the news to them. J.D. deals with his news by ignoring Elliot and walking off, while Turk storms off and accidentally calls Carla Puerto Rican, despite her being Dominican. Carla tells Turk that he knows nothing about her, and that she still is going to return to work, but Turk supports this. Elliot then asks J.D. if he would like to move in with her, but he decides he won't, but says that they're still good friends. Patti is then scared about her aneurysm but after surgery, she is luckily cured and everyone stops singing. Despite this good news, Elliot still misses J.D. when she's at home, Carla misses Izzy when she returns to work and Patti misses the singing in her head.

Plot Points

  • A new patient, Patti Miller, sees and hears everyone around her singing, even though they are actually just talking.
  • Carla wants to leave work to look after Izzy, to Turk's happiness, but she then has some second thoughts.
  • Elliot is moving into her new house, but realizes that J.D. wants to move in with her too.

Recurring Themes

Fantasies

The majority of the episode is a semi-fantasy, as Patti sees everyone singing. However, J.D. does not have any fantasies.

Janitor story

J.D.'s Girls Names

So now that is why I call you names like Carol, Jane, and Sue Like Moesha, Kim, and Lillian, Suzanne and Betty-LouDr. Cox, The Rant Song

Shut your cake-hole, Mary-Beth, or I swear to God I'll shut it soon!Patti

Guest Stars

Music

     List of music featured in Scrubs

My Musical Soundtrack

"My Musical" Soundtrack

Full list: Category:Songs from My Musical
See also: "My Musical" Soundtrack

Quotes

Okay, so, if we check my salary and subtract the cost of a full-time nanny plus her health assurance, we'll be still ending up with...LOSING five dollars a month?Carla

This is completely your decision, I don't care one way or the other...Turk

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If you want to know what's wrong, don't sit and act so cool. Be a man and eat some bran and drop the kids off at the pool.Turk

Why are you singing? Wait, why am I singing?Patti Miller

All across the nation, we trust in defecation!J.D.

Do you have a hemorrhoid, or is it rectal cancer? When you flush your dookie down, you flush away the answer!Turk

The mind's a freaky thing, Elliot, maybe she does hear singing.J.D.

Yeah, well I haven't sung since the sixth grade talent show when I did Pat Benatar's "Hell is for Children". Then afterwards, Mr. Shemin, the M.C. said "No, Hell is for everyone who just had to hear you sing that song". My mom was so mad at him she slept with him and ruined his marriage.Elliot
We cannot find anything that explains why she's hearing music.J.D.

No? How about this for an explanation? She's cuckoo-pants.Dr. Cox
Dr. Cox huge news! I pulled some strings! And got the parking spot right behind YOURS! Bumper Buddies!J.D.

Trivia

  • Judy Reyes had a broken pelvis at the time of filming so is sitting for most of the episode. During the song When The Truth Comes Out her body double is used for the rear shots of her marching. The tango, For The Last Time I'm Dominican was filmed approximately two months later.
  • During For The Last Time I'm Dominican, Ms. Miller's hair is slightly longer than in the rest of the episode due to the scene being shot later.
  • Stephanie D'Abruzzo was in the original cast of the Broadway musical Avenue Q. Coincidentally, Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez, the writers of Avenue Q, assisted in writing Welcome to Sacred Heart, Everything comes down to Poo, When The Truth Comes Out, Friends Forever and What's going to happen?
  • In the song Welcome to Sacred Heart, the young man with the STD bears a striking resemblance to Joey from Friends, possibly as a reference to the character.
  • Elliot's comment about not singing since sixth grade is based on Sarah Chalke's real-life experiences - she was kicked out of the choir in elementary school and was once told to mime the words when singing Christmas carols in a mall instead of actually singing them.
  • When J.D. claims Elliot is closer to 40 than 30, she states she is actually 29. This would make her approximately two years younger than J.D.
  • Possible continuity error: Elliot states she is 29 years old, but in My Occurrence it is revealed she is 26. Since My Occurrence takes place nearly five years before My Musical, it doesn't work out (it would also make her the same age as J.D., and he turned 30 in My Day at the Races). However, since most of that episode is a fantasy of J.D.'s, it could simply be his imagination.
  • During Gonna Miss You Carla, the clock behind Turk says 3:05 yet he says it's lunch.

Awards

My Musical was nominated for five Emmys:

  • Outstanding Music & Lyrics - "Everything Comes Down To Poo"
  • Outstanding Music & Lyrics - "Guy Love"
  • Outstanding Music Direction - Music by Jan Stevens
  • Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series - Will Mackenzie
  • Outstanding Multi-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series or Special

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