Youre the Cal Ripken of low-grade alcoholism, cracks Abby (Natalie Morales).
Did you know that Jack Quinn had a longer career than Babe Ruth?
Then he landed another of those: Janitor on NBCsScrubs.
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But the role turned into a memorable eight-year run and the beginning of an even longer one.
I learned the ropes onScrubs, says Flynn.
Before casting Flynn,Scrubscreator Bill Lawrence already knew how funny the actor could be.
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Occasionally we would literally write in the script JANITOR: Hey, Neil, say something funny.
There was a transition fromScrubstoThe Middle, he shares.
The characters were quite different.
With a bigger part comes many, many more hours at work.
But I was 100 percent happy to be there; I welcomed the weightier part.
WithAbbysfuture still to be determined, its possible that Flynn could be facing the end of the streak.
I guess I was eventually let into the party and just refused to leave.
Abbysairs Thursdays at 9:30 p.m.
This article appears in thenew issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands Friday, featuring the stars ofAvengers: Endgame.
