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Season 4, Episode 17 - My Life In Four Cameras
February 15, 2005
J.D. is giving Kylie a sitcom quiz. She passes with flying colors. Later, she and J.D. and Turk/Carla watch "Sanford & Son," one of J.D.'s and Turk's all-time favorite sitcoms. Carla is a little jealous that J.D. and Kylie are so loving and affectionate with each other while she and Turk are just an old married couple now. A news report comes on after "Sanford & Son" warning about tainted meat. The next day, the hospital is overrun with people thinking they have an E. Coli infection from the bad meat. J.D. comes across one patient with the name Charles James. J.D. asks him if he's the same Charles James who was a writer on "Cheers." It turns out that he is. J.D. is beside himself with excitement. When J.D. hears Mr. James' hacking cough he immediately orders a chest x-ray. While they wait for radiology to have a space open, J.D. continues to bother Mr. James with "Cheers" questions. The x-rays show that James has metastatic lung cancer. J.D. wishes that life was more like a sitcom.
Later, Kelso tells Cox that he has to cut $27,000 from the cafeteria budget. Cox boasts that he can do it without having to fire anyone. But after examining the papers, he realizes that someone will need to be fired. He identifies Kenny (Clay Aiken) since he was the most recent hire. Kenny of course, is completely enthusiastic about his job, which makes firing him all the more painful for Cox.
In J.D.'s sitcom fantasy, we're in front of a live studio audience. In the fantasy, Mr. James knows that he has lung cancer. Since he's probably not going to make it, Elliot arranges for Mr. James to take a balloon ride, have lunch by the beach and go to his first carnival.
Meanwhile, Dr. Cox has to tell Kenny, that he can't stay on at the hospital as a cafeteria worker because they can't afford to pay his salary. Cox gets the idea that they can have Kenny perform in the hospital talent show, where the grand prize is the same, exact amount of his salary - $26,372.
Elliot and Carla perform a scene from "Romeo and Juliet" for the talent show, complete with elaborate costumes. Carla is Romeo and Elliot as Juliet, recites her lines in German. The Janitor performs a stand-up routine, but the audience doesn't find it funny. Turk and J.D.'s stunt is as a giant doctor holding a live chicken. Suddenly, Kenny comes in, looking very handsome (unlike his earlier nerdy look). He sings an amazing rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely." Kelso declares Kenny the winner of the talent show. Then, a few minutes later, Elliot realizes that she has been reading the wrong chart for Mr. James. She actually has James Charles' chart. He's the one that has cancer. Suddenly, Mr. James passes out. Colin Hay ("Men at Work") shows up to sing the "Cheers" theme song. The fantasy scenes then switch back to reality.
In reality, Kenny ends up getting fired, Elliot and J.D. work on reviving Mr. James and Turk/Carla try to focus on improving their relationship with each other.