'I Can't Watch Any of That Crap,' He Says of Real Hospital Dramas

There will be no singing at CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.

“Every year somebody is like. ‘you really have to do a musical episode,’” star and creator Rob Corddry says. “And over my dead body that will happen. It’s just too on the nose. You know what I mean?”

Well, kinda…

The Emmy winning Adult Swim series began on the web as a parody of soapy medical dramas like GREY’S ANATOMY.

But now Corddry admits: “I can’t watch any of that crap. I really can’t.”

Today CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL draws its material from a larger range of television programming, Corddry says.

“Most of the jokes are about like kind of messing with television conventions that the casual viewer will also understand or understand by watching.”

During a teleconference with reporters last week, the comic also revealed that he nearly changed the entire direction of the show back in season two.

“I was going to just make it ‘Childrens Lawspital’ and have the same characters, same names, but they’re lawyers and there’s no explanation and would do the law. [It would] be a law show parody.”

Jack McBrayer guest stars on the fifth season finale, airing Thursday (November 24) at Midnight.

Check out a sneak preview below.

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