Did anyone catch the glaring anachronism in this episode?

The five dollar bill the principal supposedly signed with "Good Luck" in
1972 has a large portrait of Lincoln. That bill didn't exist until the
1990s.

Couldn't they have found an older bill with the right size portrait?
They're not that hard to find.

Yes, I know it's nit-picking, but it suggests a carelessness that might
be spilling over into other areas of the show.

In article <n.sellars2-5293C0.09484028082005@news.verizon.net>, Nigel
Sellars <n.sellars2@verizon.net> wrote:

> Did anyone catch the glaring anachronism in this episode?
>
> The five dollar bill the principal supposedly signed with "Good Luck" in
> 1972 has a large portrait of Lincoln. That bill didn't exist until the
> 1990s.

Good catch. Unfortunately, that mistake is made pretty frequently.

> Couldn't they have found an older bill with the right size portrait?
> They're not that hard to find.
>
> Yes, I know it's nit-picking, but it suggests a carelessness that might
> be spilling over into other areas of the show.

I don't see the old-style money anymore. I'm sure they could have
located a proper bill if they'd tried, though.

"Nigel Sellars" <n.sellars2@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:n.sellars2-5293C0.09484028082005@news.verizon.net...
> Did anyone catch the glaring anachronism in this episode?
>
> The five dollar bill the principal supposedly signed with "Good Luck" in
> 1972 has a large portrait of Lincoln. That bill didn't exist until the
> 1990s.
>
> Couldn't they have found an older bill with the right size portrait?
> They're not that hard to find.
>
> Yes, I know it's nit-picking, but it suggests a carelessness that might
> be spilling over into other areas of the show.

Good Catch. But I might describe this as other areas of the show spilling
over into that part! I think there's a lot of plot carelessness. We're asked
to accept an awful of of stuff that's not even plausible. I'd gladly trade a
physical anachronism like this for more believable situations and character
traits! Maybe we're not supposed to be taking it so seriously as viewers,
but the whole situation with Trudi lends an air of seriousness to the show
(among many other things) that leads me to believe it's not a Camp P.I.
show.

Steve

No, no. This is not nit-picking at all! I was lying down when I saw
the bill and actually jumped up and rewound (I taped it) the scene.
Yes, this really made me upset as a loyal Monk fan . . .

We're not taking the show too seriously. It's not wrong to expect a
show to have standards, for the people making it to care enough to want
to make a quality product, and to care enough about the fans to give
them plausible stories and to get obvious details like this right. I
have to say I didn't notice this one because I'm not from the U.S., but
it annoys me that they couldn't be bothered getting a detail like that
right.

Steve Latham wrote:
> Good Catch. But I might describe this as other areas of the show spilling
> over into that part! I think there's a lot of plot carelessness. We're asked
> to accept an awful of of stuff that's not even plausible. I'd gladly trade a
> physical anachronism like this for more believable situations and character
> traits! Maybe we're not supposed to be taking it so seriously as viewers,
> but the whole situation with Trudi lends an air of seriousness to the show
> (among many other things) that leads me to believe it's not a Camp P.I.
> show.
>
> Steve

Come on, guys. Don't you know that you're being kidded? In the longer
shot, before the close up, the bill does have the smaller portrait.
It's only when they draw in for the close-up that a modern bill is
inserted. And they stay on it for a long 3 second close-up that almost
everyone is guaranteed to notice. And as they linger on the bill the
principle says, "I wrote good luck next to HONEST Abe Lincoln." They
wanted fans to catch it. It's a little joke.

I too jumped up at the end and rewound and played it again.

Sorry I did not read this string before posting about the continuity
error. Disregard my new topic!!

Shirl

They must just love fans like you.

Teresa1643 wrote:
> Come on, guys. Don't you know that you're being kidded? In the longer
> shot, before the close up, the bill does have the smaller portrait.
> It's only when they draw in for the close-up that a modern bill is
> inserted. And they stay on it for a long 3 second close-up that almost
> everyone is guaranteed to notice. And as they linger on the bill the
> principle says, "I wrote good luck next to HONEST Abe Lincoln." They
> wanted fans to catch it. It's a little joke.