Transcript from Watch with Kristin:
What's the deal with 916-CALL-TURK?
I heard they were actually answering it.
Yes! That number, 916-CALL-TURK, was given out on last week's episode. And my on-set source at Scrubs told me it has been out of control ever since: "The phone is ringing every five seconds...ever since word got out that the actors were actually answering the phone, there've been 50 callers a minute, and we have to go through the voicemail constantly so the message system doesn't overload." Apparently, this was never supposed to happen. The original plan was just to have Donald Faison (Turk) leave the prerecorded message for fans to hear, but that whole thing went screwy-louie-I-love-him-I-doey when Zach Braff decided he wanted to pick it up and talk to a fan. Donald Faison wanted in on the action, and it just snowballed...until--get this--Scrubs was on hiatus this past Thursday and Friday, but Scrubs Boss Bill Lawrence (who also picked up calls) called up the stars at home and asked them to come in and field calls.
Who was answering calls?
Zach, Bill, Donald, Sarah Chalke (Elliot), Judy Reyes (Carla) and Sam Lloyd (Ted, the nervous lawyer who is also doing double duty as Dr. Goldfine on Desperate Housewives) spent their days off talking to Scrubs fans who called 916-CALL-TURK. Just when I thought I couldn't love Scrubs any more, they prove me wrong. I'm tingly.