>Born in Los Angeles to an extended family of Hollywood film composers >"he's good... you... you... filtered!!!"
lmao get a grip
>"nooo you have to respect my favorite tardarino!! he sounds normal!! he does!!!"
lmao... defending a literal downie reaping the benefits of chosenite nepotism for "reasons". amazing.
Who is this guy sperging out and why does he hate Randy Newman so much?
>"quick! guys!! help me!! I cant defend my own opinions!!"
hahahahaha... holy shit no wonder you're riding newman's dick so hard - you're as moronic as he is.
Is that you sperging out in those pics?
I'm curious.
2 years ago
Anonymous
>reveal your identity online so I can wield a modicum of power over you when my troon army swarms in
believe it or not, simple jack... MANY people hate listening to talentless morons "singing" shittily
>"nooo you have to respect my favorite tardarino!! he sounds normal!! he does!!!"
lmao... defending a literal downie reaping the benefits of chosenite nepotism for "reasons". amazing.
>"quick! guys!! help me!! I cant defend my own opinions!!"
hahahahaha... holy shit no wonder you're riding newman's dick so hard - you're as moronic as he is.
I hate randy newman because when he sings he sounds like a fricking Down. He should just stick to playing the piano. I suspect people endorse him here because they're 35yo manchildren that grew up with toy story
2 years ago
Anonymous
>because they're 35yo manchildren that grew up with toy story
this is the likely reason. he absolutely sounds full on fricking moronic when he "sings".
>"nooo you have to respect my favorite tardarino!! he sounds normal!! he does!!!"
lmao... defending a literal downie reaping the benefits of chosenite nepotism for "reasons". amazing.
I watched the first episode and I instantly noticed how canadian the san francisco politician sounded which compromised the show and any chance of viewing future episodes.
They shot most of the series in LA in studios and fudging locations for SF, only occasionally shooting pick up shots in San Francisco (aside from the intro)
>Monk >Burn Notice >Psych
Recommend more basic-cable comfykino. I want story-of-the-week episodes mixed with long-term character arcs, I want mild feels and pathos with an overall sense of fun and optimism, I want quality writing and acting but not TOO good, it should still be schlock but well-executed schlock
USA was an absolute monster for like at 10-15 year stretch. So many good to great to #1 all time (Psych) shows. Did they just quit because streaming? They're entirely sitcom reruns and reality garbage now
>I want story-of-the-week episodes mixed with long-term character arcs, I want mild feels and pathos with an overall sense of fun and optimism, I want quality writing and acting but not TOO good, it should still be schlock but well-executed schlock
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Babylon 5.
Farscape
>Tony Shalhoub auditioned for the role of Kramer on Seinfeld (1989), and Michael Richards was considered for the title role on this show. Richards passed, and Shalhoub took the role. Richards won three Emmys for playing Kramer, while Shalhoub also won three Emmys for playing Monk.
I actually heard as much as they were ready to film with Richards and he dropped out
I bought the whole series on DVD recently. I'm only a handful of episodes away from the final episode. I have enjoyed every single episode of this series, even the weaker ones are still really enjoyable.
I'm glad that when they switched from Sharona to Natalie that it didn't tank the series and that the two assistants have distinct personalities. It sucks that they had to drop the Sharona/Randy romance subplot they were clearly building to.
I bought the whole series on DVD recently. I'm only a handful of episodes away from the final episode. I have enjoyed every single episode of this series, even the weaker ones are still really enjoyable.
I'm glad that when they switched from Sharona to Natalie that it didn't tank the series and that the two assistants have distinct personalities. It sucks that they had to drop the Sharona/Randy romance subplot they were clearly building to.
>randy was an annoying gay
I liked him as occasional comic relief, but I definitely would have preferred if they'd developed him as an actual character, rather than just continuously going back to the "Randy has a wacky theory" gag.
Yes. They made a joke about it in the episode where Sarah Silverman plays a fan of a tv show whose main actor committed the murder that Monk is solving. She says multiple times that she stopped watching the show because they changed the intro music
Except that the show doesn't depict it as a fun "quirk" and instead devotes several episodes to just how debilitating Monk's severe germaphobia is and how much he wishes he were normal.
The show pretty clearly demonstrates that monks mental illnesses have left him a miserable shell of a person who can barely function
The tune of the show is fun and quirky and this seeps into the characters. Monk seems to work around his symptoms more or less effectively, has good friends that are always there for him and a job that he loves. It's classic Hollywood bullshit
Mate have you even seen the show? His OCD is constantly impending him, people ridicule him non stop, he has no friends he has a full time carer and a couple of liaisons with the police department who half the time can't stand him, he's presented as a miserable sad person and his detective work is the only thing that gives his life any purpose
>Monk seems to work around his symptoms more or less effectively [...] It's classic Hollywood bullshit
Or it's an accurate depiction of people with long term mental illness? I have pretty severe germaphobia, along with other mental issues after experiencing my own breakdown and I've learnt to adapt my life around dealing with them while working to overcome them. I found Monk to actually be a really relatable character. You've clearly never properly watched the show if at all.
he's in anquish for 99% of the duration of the show because of his illness
he has friends and job DESPITE OCD not thanks to it, they all hate his quirks
also everyone in his life has to be paid to be around him , he pays his nurse and his psychiatrist and both cops have to be paid by the police to be around him
A WORD OF WARNING
If anyone decides to read the novels, which are actually good and eventually they take place after the series is over and continues the plot in a respectful way that actually makes sense, whatever you do, do NOT, read the final novel. The final novel basically undoes EVERYTHING because it's by a new writer who hated all the development of everyone's character and wanted it to be like how it was back when Monk was airing on TV. Even things that happen in the final episode of the show are undone to make it go back, it's complete shit and can be skipped because it killed the whole line.
You actually have to stop reading it when the main author changes, the old author did things like develop Monks relationship with his daughter, having him work on being less OCD like the final episode implied while still keeping the humor of the show, had him visit Randy with a whole novel set with him, even had him get a new relationship with a woman who ran a store that sold products made of shit as the ultimate frick my life for Monk. New writer got rid of all that and had Randy move back to San Francisco because they're a bastard.
Did the creators of this show want potential viewers to think it was about an actual monk?
Perhaps the title is a play on the tenacious repetitive obsession of the monk. Adrian is the absolute opposite of zen and literally requires himself to be a machine of obsessed focused repitition to be able to even have normal calmness and in that obsession he sees through things people would miss at a glance.
I stopped watching I think mid season 2-3
Status quo episodes were good, but then they made an arc with his wife and it FRICKING SUCKS.
They write themselves into a corner, the show is fundamentally so stupid jesus christ >Monk is this quirky dude that dreams about being a sane policeman again >Quirkyness started because his wife got killed >Quirkyness is unhealthy. >Resolving his wife murder ends quirkyness and allow him to become a sane policeman again >But this kills the quirkiness, the one thing that the show is marketed for >Therefore wife thing will never get resolved
POISON IN THE VERY AIR WE BREATHE
fake, not the real, soulful intro music
post it
>Tony Shalhoub isn't israeli
How?
Lebanese
what does sexual orientation have to do with him being a israelite or not?
Good joke absolutely ruined by the most plebian picture imaginable. Go back to your subreddit once and for all
Who is this guy sperging out and why does he hate Randy Newman so much?
>"quick! guys!! help me!! I cant defend my own opinions!!"
hahahahaha... holy shit no wonder you're riding newman's dick so hard - you're as moronic as he is.
Is that you sperging out in those pics?
I'm curious.
>reveal your identity online so I can wield a modicum of power over you when my troon army swarms in
believe it or not, simple jack... MANY people hate listening to talentless morons "singing" shittily
What the frick are you talking about?
New schizo just dropped
Take your meds
Speak for yourself gay
>meds
>le heckin meds
Kys reddithomosexual
>I have a nervous disposition and I poop my pants constantly
Alright, lady. Keep it to yourself.
I suspect he's a midget
He's a manlet. They all viciously hate Randy Newman because of his anti-manlet song Short People.
I hate randy newman because when he sings he sounds like a fricking Down. He should just stick to playing the piano. I suspect people endorse him here because they're 35yo manchildren that grew up with toy story
>because they're 35yo manchildren that grew up with toy story
this is the likely reason. he absolutely sounds full on fricking moronic when he "sings".
still a semite
all us Meds all rook arike
I love Randy Newman, it's going to be sad when he dies soon
SHORT PEOPLE GOT
Tiny little hands, tiny little feet, tiny little cars that go beep beep beep
NO REASON
SHORT PEOPLE GOT
NO REASON
SHORT PEOPLE GOT
NO REASON TO LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE
I love Nilsson's cover album of Newman tunes. Dude really was ahead of his time.
frick yeah, great album
HEY. ~~*WHO'S*~~ IN CHARGE HERE?
Kino show but holy shit that turbotard heeb "singing" the intro is fricking unbearable.
you are mentally ill and should kys as soon as possible
>t. tastelet shekel-goblins
lmao cope. your seethe is noted.
kys Randy Newman is a legend
this whole album is a masterpiece
>it’s a zoomertourist gets filtered again episode
>Born in Los Angeles to an extended family of Hollywood film composers
>"he's good... you... you... filtered!!!"
lmao get a grip
Stop advertising your blog and take your meds
>"nooo you have to respect my favorite tardarino!! he sounds normal!! he does!!!"
lmao... defending a literal downie reaping the benefits of chosenite nepotism for "reasons". amazing.
god I love this show. Fell on hard times and sold my dvd series set a couple years ago for dirt cheap and been thinking about buying another
Sharona was much better than Natalie.
Natalie was fine, she was more of a partner than a caretaker
>Adrien, come in! I have a question for you
>You wanted my opinion on the double homicide, Captain Stottlemeyer?
Would you frick me? I’d frick me.
>Captain, you remember my old assistant Sharona right?
>No I don't thin...wait....did she have great big fat breasts?
sharona was hot as frick
I was sad when she left
>she was a big-titted guhrl, uh, yes
>IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE
Sage Monk
I watched the first episode and I instantly noticed how canadian the san francisco politician sounded which compromised the show and any chance of viewing future episodes.
Don't watch Stargate SG-1 then, every planet is the same overcast Vancouver forest.
They shot most of the series in LA in studios and fudging locations for SF, only occasionally shooting pick up shots in San Francisco (aside from the intro)
You are mentally ill just enjoy it
>forever imprinting on normalgays that ocd is le quirky XD super neat detective superpower!!1!
its all so tiresome
Wrong!
The show pretty clearly demonstrates that monks mental illnesses have left him a miserable shell of a person who can barely function
>Monk
>Burn Notice
>Psych
Recommend more basic-cable comfykino. I want story-of-the-week episodes mixed with long-term character arcs, I want mild feels and pathos with an overall sense of fun and optimism, I want quality writing and acting but not TOO good, it should still be schlock but well-executed schlock
CSI Miami and Royal Pains
Try that other one the Burn Notice guy was in about Romanian gypsies or whatever. Wasn't great but might be what you're after.
White Collar
The Mentalist
USA was an absolute monster for like at 10-15 year stretch. So many good to great to #1 all time (Psych) shows. Did they just quit because streaming? They're entirely sitcom reruns and reality garbage now
yes
>I want story-of-the-week episodes mixed with long-term character arcs, I want mild feels and pathos with an overall sense of fun and optimism, I want quality writing and acting but not TOO good, it should still be schlock but well-executed schlock
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Babylon 5.
Farscape
>IT’S A JUNGLE OUT DERE
That's racist, Mr. Monk.
>Tony Shalhoub auditioned for the role of Kramer on Seinfeld (1989), and Michael Richards was considered for the title role on this show. Richards passed, and Shalhoub took the role. Richards won three Emmys for playing Kramer, while Shalhoub also won three Emmys for playing Monk.
I actually heard as much as they were ready to film with Richards and he dropped out
I also fondly remember him from the sitcom Wings and Galaxy Quest
I bought the whole series on DVD recently. I'm only a handful of episodes away from the final episode. I have enjoyed every single episode of this series, even the weaker ones are still really enjoyable.
I'm glad that when they switched from Sharona to Natalie that it didn't tank the series and that the two assistants have distinct personalities. It sucks that they had to drop the Sharona/Randy romance subplot they were clearly building to.
>Sharona/Randy romance subplot they were clearly building to
Or did they
randy was an annoying gay
>randy was an annoying gay
I liked him as occasional comic relief, but I definitely would have preferred if they'd developed him as an actual character, rather than just continuously going back to the "Randy has a wacky theory" gag.
And I just watched the episode Mr. Monk and Sharona.
The ending to this show is as good as it gets for basic cable episodic crime shows. Very well done.
USA was on fire during this era. Burn Notice and Psych didn't have as satisfying conclusions but we're still some of the most watchable shows on tv
I liked this show as a kid but when I rewatch it now I can't help but be distracted by how cheap all the sets look.
thats because it wasn't meant to be watched in HD
I always felt the same way about Dexter. Something about the cameras or the sets make it look cheap
Yet is full of soul
Julie best girl!!
I can't believe he voiced Aradesh from the Fallout series
who?
i cud b wrong tho
BUT I DON'T THINK SO
the season 1 intro is 1 quadrillion times better than randy newmans dumb fricking voice.
posts this based aren't allowed in this homosexual newman worship train thread
I think people did complain about the theme song changing after season 1 am I wrong?
Yes. They made a joke about it in the episode where Sarah Silverman plays a fan of a tv show whose main actor committed the murder that Monk is solving. She says multiple times that she stopped watching the show because they changed the intro music
That's a homosexual milquetoast tune, OP tune has more groove.
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Dear Hollywood: Germaphobia and OCD isn't a fun character "quirk".
-A Germaphobe
Except that the show doesn't depict it as a fun "quirk" and instead devotes several episodes to just how debilitating Monk's severe germaphobia is and how much he wishes he were normal.
The tune of the show is fun and quirky and this seeps into the characters. Monk seems to work around his symptoms more or less effectively, has good friends that are always there for him and a job that he loves. It's classic Hollywood bullshit
Mate have you even seen the show? His OCD is constantly impending him, people ridicule him non stop, he has no friends he has a full time carer and a couple of liaisons with the police department who half the time can't stand him, he's presented as a miserable sad person and his detective work is the only thing that gives his life any purpose
Yeah but it's always played for laughs don't act stupid about it. Tone tone tone
Yeah so what, deal with it you miserable sad sack
>Monk seems to work around his symptoms more or less effectively [...] It's classic Hollywood bullshit
Or it's an accurate depiction of people with long term mental illness? I have pretty severe germaphobia, along with other mental issues after experiencing my own breakdown and I've learnt to adapt my life around dealing with them while working to overcome them. I found Monk to actually be a really relatable character. You've clearly never properly watched the show if at all.
he's in anquish for 99% of the duration of the show because of his illness
he has friends and job DESPITE OCD not thanks to it, they all hate his quirks
also everyone in his life has to be paid to be around him , he pays his nurse and his psychiatrist and both cops have to be paid by the police to be around him
noooo tony shalhoub is too charismatic. just don't make shows about hardship, it's not respectful. I think television needs more stuffed animals.
A WORD OF WARNING
If anyone decides to read the novels, which are actually good and eventually they take place after the series is over and continues the plot in a respectful way that actually makes sense, whatever you do, do NOT, read the final novel. The final novel basically undoes EVERYTHING because it's by a new writer who hated all the development of everyone's character and wanted it to be like how it was back when Monk was airing on TV. Even things that happen in the final episode of the show are undone to make it go back, it's complete shit and can be skipped because it killed the whole line.
You actually have to stop reading it when the main author changes, the old author did things like develop Monks relationship with his daughter, having him work on being less OCD like the final episode implied while still keeping the humor of the show, had him visit Randy with a whole novel set with him, even had him get a new relationship with a woman who ran a store that sold products made of shit as the ultimate frick my life for Monk. New writer got rid of all that and had Randy move back to San Francisco because they're a bastard.
Its peak comfy
Did the creators of this show want potential viewers to think it was about an actual monk?
Perhaps the title is a play on the tenacious repetitive obsession of the monk. Adrian is the absolute opposite of zen and literally requires himself to be a machine of obsessed focused repitition to be able to even have normal calmness and in that obsession he sees through things people would miss at a glance.
Wtf
Rodriguez humiliated him in spy kids, why?
SOVL: the soundtrack https://youtu.be/bIACz97qaNA
I stopped watching I think mid season 2-3
Status quo episodes were good, but then they made an arc with his wife and it FRICKING SUCKS.
They write themselves into a corner, the show is fundamentally so stupid jesus christ
>Monk is this quirky dude that dreams about being a sane policeman again
>Quirkyness started because his wife got killed
>Quirkyness is unhealthy.
>Resolving his wife murder ends quirkyness and allow him to become a sane policeman again
>But this kills the quirkiness, the one thing that the show is marketed for
>Therefore wife thing will never get resolved
Him solving his wife murder is the St episode moron. How do you know that if you stopped watching at season 3?
He had mental health issues before his wife died, he'd had them all his life, his wife's murder isn't solved until the end of the final season
WOAH IT'S LIKE METER CITY IN HERE