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Kodak



Joined: 23 Jun 2006
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Location: Leeds, England
PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:41 pm    Post subject: Scrubs and Turks Reply with quote
I've just managed to get a hold of my favourite comedy show, 'Scrubs' season 5 on DVD and spotted something I thought was quite intersting / funny.

An episode with an American idea of a 'Turk' (Well, the show's producers image of a what Americans would think a Turk looks like).

I though it was quite amusing as the guy clearly looks like he is an Indian Sikh, nothing like any Turkish person I've ever seen or met.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ThD8OZ2Qzo

I looked up the bit on Youtube. It's the bit 3:58 minutes in. Seems there's already some sort of arguement on the user comments Confused

Bit of a pointless thread but....ah well Laughing
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tekirdag



Joined: 13 Jul 2005
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I saw that episode on CNBC the other night. That guy clearly wasn't a Turk! I can't believe the director/producers are THAT ignorant. They were probably trying for a laugh, making the doctor character THAT ignorant.

I laughed my ar.se off at that episode. Laugh therapy, always a good thing.
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tekirdag



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Quote:
*I make no apologies for having watched Buffy.


Tekirdag stands up. "Hi, my name is Tekirdag. I have watched Buffy too."
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scot47



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I too have watched Buffy. I always imagined it was a realistic portrayal of life in the contemporary US.
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Baba Alex



Joined: 17 Aug 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Scrubs is an American comedy, the characters in it are supposed to be exagerated. Kind of like that American in that AK Bank advert, he clearly isn't American.
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dmb



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Kind of like that American in that AK Bank advert, he clearly isn't American.
He's Scottish.
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Baba Alex



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
dmb wrote:
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Kind of like that American in that AK Bank advert, he clearly isn't American.
He's Scottish.


That explains it then.
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Sheikh Inal Ovar



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I thought the show was called 'Busty the Vampire Slayer'
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Baba Alex



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sheikh Inal Ovar wrote:
I thought the show was called 'Busty the Vampire Slayer'


You're thinking of that video that Tavsan recommended.