Well, they did it again. I mean, what are the odds that the Title
Character's assistant's brother would be marrying the very same black widow
that had been previously investigated by an officer on the same force as the
one that commonly contracts with said title character!

Ok, it might happen, but with all of the other times these coincidences
occur, it's a little unfathomable.

Like last week's episode, I think a "side" plot was the highlight of the
show - in this case the Male stripper. The "you look like you work out - I'm
thinking of starting Pilates" was hilarious - as was the fact that he didn't
get it - the boom box - OK maybe it's totally unbelievable that someone so
astute could also be so naive, but it got me laughing.

Ok, now to the Randy. Shouldn't he have gone to a hospital? The casts looked
to be pretty serious. He should have been watched over - could have internal
injuries you know. That's a fatal flaw as I see it. They could have thought
of some other way to trick the BW besides the only solution was to have
Randy identify her (fingerprints?). They could have simply closed the hotel
down and locked everyone up when the body was found, and that would have
kept her from trying to scurry off so quickly.

Noticing the developing fluid on the photographer's hands was a stretch for
me (especially since he didn't realize a well built man in a police badge
(which said Officer Feelgood) with dollar bills hanging out and carrying a
boombox (and as dumb as Randy :-) was an "entertainer"). Also, developing is
a fading art - everyone uses digital nowadays. One of the guests could have
just recognized him and that would have been OK. The Matching the mud from
the spa to the car with the keys was better to me, and even more reason to
quarantine the area!

I'll rate this one higher on the "comedy" scale than the "plot" scale.
Overall, I think it was much better than last week, but the plot holes move
it back to the level of the one with Korn - the traffic jam, where they left
poor Natalie's daughter in the car still not having been able to relieve
herself.

Steve

You are probably right. But I still laughed harder and enjoyed that
show more than any I have watched all week. Monk is a goof ball and I
love every minute of it. He cracks me up. I always tape it and rewatch
all of the funny parts. That is when I really enjoy it the most.
Susie :-))

In article <YOJNe.189$Vg7.43@trnddc06>, Steve Latham
<llatham@verizon.net> wrote:

> Well, they did it again. I mean, what are the odds that the Title
> Character's assistant's brother would be marrying the very same black widow
> that had been previously investigated by an officer on the same force as the
> one that commonly contracts with said title character!
>
> Ok, it might happen, but with all of the other times these coincidences
> occur, it's a little unfathomable.
>
> Like last week's episode, I think a "side" plot was the highlight of the
> show - in this case the Male stripper. The "you look like you work out - I'm
> thinking of starting Pilates" was hilarious - as was the fact that he didn't
> get it - the boom box - OK maybe it's totally unbelievable that someone so
> astute could also be so naive, but it got me laughing.

Me, too. In fact, this episode that made me realize I haven't been
laughing at anything in this show for weeks. Months, even. I laughed
at least four times during this one.

And you're right once again about the rising level of coincidence.

> Ok, now to the Randy. Shouldn't he have gone to a hospital? The casts looked
> to be pretty serious. He should have been watched over - could have internal
> injuries you know. That's a fatal flaw as I see it. They could have thought
> of some other way to trick the BW besides the only solution was to have
> Randy identify her (fingerprints?). They could have simply closed the hotel
> down and locked everyone up when the body was found, and that would have
> kept her from trying to scurry off so quickly.

Yes, Disher should have been in the hospital. This show keeps asking
us to ignore some pretty obvious things.

But it was nice seeing Ruth from "Bosom Buddies" again. She sure
hasn't changed much.

"Steve Latham" <llatham@verizon.net> wrote:

} Well, they did it again. I mean, what are the odds that the Title
} Character's assistant's brother would be marrying the very same black widow
} that had been previously investigated by an officer on the same force as the
} one that commonly contracts with said title character!

Amen!

} Like last week's episode, I think a "side" plot was the highlight of the
} show - in this case the Male stripper. The "you look like you work out - I'm
} thinking of starting Pilates" was hilarious - as was the fact that he didn't
} get it - the boom box - OK maybe it's totally unbelievable that someone so
} astute could also be so naive, but it got me laughing.

Yup - hilarious. We've seen that before... Monk's incredible insight into
minutia meanwhile completely missing the obvious.

} Noticing the developing fluid on the photographer's hands was a stretch for
} me

Actually, I thought that was bogus. I did a fair bit of photography [not
professional, but still a fair bit with a color/bw darkroom, etc] and I
*NEVER* got my fingers stained with anything. As I saw that I couldn't
*fathom* what Monk was talking about or what he was claiming the
photographer did to get those stains on his fingers...

/Bernie\

--
Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers
bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA
--> Too many people, too few sheep <--

Millard Fillmore wrote:

> But it was nice seeing Ruth from "Bosom Buddies" again. She sure
> hasn't changed much.

I saw the movie "Wedding Date" over the weekend, in that movie Holland
Taylor played a character very similiar to the one she played in this
episode of Monk. And she seems to play the same type of character in
"Two and a Half Man" and the indepenent movie "Next Stop Wonderland"
(which was directed by her nephew).

In article <n9shg1tcfv892kevfjc7lsbrasgsf12794@library.airnews .net>,
Bernie Cosell <bernie@fantasyfarm.com> wrote:

> "Steve Latham" <llatham@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> } Well, they did it again. I mean, what are the odds that the Title
> } Character's assistant's brother would be marrying the very same black widow
> } that had been previously investigated by an officer on the same force as
> } the
> } one that commonly contracts with said title character!
>
> Amen!
>
> } Like last week's episode, I think a "side" plot was the highlight of the
> } show - in this case the Male stripper. The "you look like you work out -
> } I'm
> } thinking of starting Pilates" was hilarious - as was the fact that he
> } didn't
> } get it - the boom box - OK maybe it's totally unbelievable that someone so
> } astute could also be so naive, but it got me laughing.
>
> Yup - hilarious. We've seen that before... Monk's incredible insight into
> minutia meanwhile completely missing the obvious.
>
> } Noticing the developing fluid on the photographer's hands was a stretch for
> } me
>
> Actually, I thought that was bogus. I did a fair bit of photography [not
> professional, but still a fair bit with a color/bw darkroom, etc] and I
> *NEVER* got my fingers stained with anything. As I saw that I couldn't
> *fathom* what Monk was talking about or what he was claiming the
> photographer did to get those stains on his fingers...


It didn't work for me, either -- not only because of what you said (and
I've put in my darkroom time, too), but because that kind of
photography would likely be digital today. If they really needed the
photographer to be a film-and-developer guy, there really should have
been some sort of reference like "Film? How delightfully
old-fashioned!" or something similar. I'd say the same thing if a
piece of paper left in a typewriter were integral to the plot.

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 18:24:49 -0400, Millard Fillmore
>"Film? How delightfully
>old-fashioned!" or something similar.

I believe serious photographers still use film.
Leonard Nimoy has a book of his photographs out; he uses digital for
tests, but film for artistic work.

"Millard Fillmore" <bathtub@whig.org.invalid> wrote in message
news:210820051824497056%bathtub@whig.org.invalid.. .
>
> It didn't work for me, either -- not only because of what you said (and
> I've put in my darkroom time, too), but because that kind of
> photography would likely be digital today. If they really needed the
> photographer to be a film-and-developer guy, there really should have
> been some sort of reference like "Film? How delightfully
> old-fashioned!" or something similar. I'd say the same thing if a
> piece of paper left in a typewriter were integral to the plot.

For what it's worth "real artists" only ever use film. And do their own
developing (they would NEVER trust some 1 hr. fotomat teen to develop their
art. And, seeing the lengths these people went to and the snooty-ness of
the mom I'm inclined to think they got an "arteest" to do the wedding
photos.

That still doesn't take away from the fact that you'd have to soak you hands
in developer for like two days to get the stains this guy had and then if he
ever washed his hands it would go away. Developer reacts with the silver in
the cellulose washing it away, it's not a stain.

Tom P.