More on Monk
In his obsession for order, he notices every stray bit of disorder
Friday, November 29, 2002
Seaside Monk
Tonight's Monk episode is Mr. Monk Takes a Vacation Our pal Adrian Monk is dragged off to the southern California coast for a rest. He dons a straw hat against the hot sun, but is not the sort to put on a bathing suit. His walking near the beach in hat and suit is part of the humor of this episode. Sharona and her son Benji accompany him, of course.
Benji thinks he sees a crime being committed, and for no particular reason that I can make out, is believed by Monk but not by his mother. The kid is neither an idiot nor a liar, so why wouldn't Sharona believe him? Monk believes him. You'd think that alone would be reason enough for her to trust her son -- who turns out to be correct, of course, in what he saw. Monk persists against the odds, and solves the crime.
View the schedule
Looks like in December they will begin airing at 10:30 instead of 10 p.m. That's a bit late fo rme.
Tuesday, November 26, 2002
Missed it
I missed last week's episode. This does not bode well for the future of Monk, that an ardent fan like me would simply... forget about it.
Thursday, November 21, 2002
no Monk last week... :-(
There was no Monk last week. I had wondered how they would stretch 13 episodes out til next summer... The answer is, replace it with other shows, specials, etc as they come up.
We are in a race to see who will abandon ship first, me or Monk.
Tuesday, November 12, 2002
Writer's his own fan!
Andy Breckman's Monk page
[sigh]
Re-runs. Thirteen episodes, and we're into re-runs until next summer.
I really can't write about those same 13 over and over. The friend I had invited over to watch Monk with me on Friday evenings called and asked if we were on for last Friday, and of course I said yes. But my heart wasnt in it.
Meanwhile, I have a Monk joke... er make that a monk joke.
In an ancient monastery, a new monk arrived to dedicate his life to join the others copying ancient records. The first thing he noticed was that they were copying by hand, books that had already been copied by hand.-- From Profusions of Puns, Gaggles of Groaners (submitted by Bruce H G Calder )
He had to speak up.
"Forgive me, Father Justinian, but copying other copies by hand allows many chances for error. How do we know that we aren't copying some else's mistakes? Are they ever checked against the originals?"
Father Justinian was startled! No one had ever suggested that before.
"Well, that is a good point, Brother John. I will take one of these latest books down to the archive vault and study it against its original document."
He went deep into the vault where no one else was allowed to enter, and started to study. The day passed and it was getting late in the evening. The monks were getting worried abour Father Justinian. Finally one monk started to make his way through the old vault, and as he began to think he might get lost, he heard sobbing.
"Father Justinian?" he called. The sobbing was louder as he came near. He finally found the old priest sitting at a table with the new copy and the original ancient book in front of him. It was obvious that Father Justinian had been crying for a long time.
"Oh, my Lord," sobbed Father Justinian, "the word is 'celebrate'!!"
Friday, November 01, 2002
Millionaire jogger
Last week was a repeat, the Millionaire Jogger in which an old fraternity prank is updated. Actually I thought the plot was kind of dumb. The idea of a guy being made to look brave in front of his date fails because it assumes that either a) the woman dating him wont like him if he's not brave/strong enough to foil an attacker or b) if a) is true she won't sooner or later notice he's a wimp and dump him.
I guess it's a guy thing, hm? Why tout this guy thing on a show I'd bet far more women than men like.
