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Marx contributed to a musical version of the NBC sitcom Scrubs, an episode that the New York Times reported has "energized a cast and crew that, at a point when most situation comedies are sputtering along or dead, have recently been doing some of their best work." Marx enjoyed working on the show enough that he attributed it as a reason for his move to Los Angeles. In comparing it to his work on Avenue Q, Marx said: “It took us five years to write Avenue Q .... There were a million readings and previews and staged readings. With this thing, we wrote the songs in a week. They rehearsed for a week. They filmed it in a week, and it was done. It was liberating, and a collaborative effort that created a much more feel-good way of working.”
On December 13, 2008, Marx premiered a new song he wrote, "White Kwanzaa," on the CNN show D.L. Hughley Breaks the News.
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—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
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