<P> Bill Lawrence gave a hint toward Janitor's name at a speech at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia on January 29, 2009 . He said that the only clue he had given was that Janitor's name is the same as the janitor on Clone High (Glenn, voiced by Neil Flynn). </P> <P> In the Season 8 finale Janitor tells J.D. that his name is Glenn Matthews; "My Finale" was the series finale, in which Janitor's real name would be revealed . When J.D. asks why Janitor is revealing his name only now, Janitor points out that J.D. has never before asked what his name is, and proves that J.D. has already forgotten it . However just a few seconds later, someone else walks by and calls Janitor by another name, "Tommy," to which he responds . </P> <P> In a Twitter post on April 5, 2011, Bill Lawrence confirmed that Janitor was telling the truth when he revealed his name as Glenn Matthews . </P> <P> As revealed in the DVD commentary on several episodes, the Janitor character was initially to be used as a figment of J.D.'s imagination if the show had been canceled during the first season or the first half of the second . This would have been revealed to the audience in the finale . </P>

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