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One thing I liked about How I Met Your Mother is the cast are: Architect, TV News person, Lawyer and Lawyer? Or was Barney an investment banker? Pussy flute was a teacher but married to a lawyer. In other words, they could all actually afford to live in Manhattan as relatively normal people.
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His cop buddy was Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs, his older brother (the Mycroft stand in) was Jesus from Big Lebowski. I liked the show ~BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:MonkHouses By Proxy I appreciate this, you are valued.
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Supreme Allah posted:I appreciate this, you are valued. 
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Super Waffle posted:Tell that to Kate Mulgrew quote:After poor ratings and reception from both audiences and the original producers of Columbo, both the series and the eponymous character herself were renamed in an attempt to change direction, but this did not help ratings and the series was ultimately canceled in March 1980 after 13 episodes had aired.[3][4] Neither Peter Falk nor the character of Lieutenant Columbo ever appeared on the show; moreover, Falk never endorsed the show. 
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Supreme Allah posted:His cop buddy was Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs, his older brother (the Mycroft stand in) was Jesus from Big Lebowski. I liked the show ~ Tim Curry was on the show.
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didn't read any of this thread, but, Monk is really fun and everyone should watch it
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There were two egregious changes after season 1. The first is the more well-known theme song change. The second is moving filming locations from Toronto. Was always great to see scenes with recurring Canadian actors playing guest parts, like Michael Hogan (aka. Colonel Tigh) playing a mayoral candidate in the pilot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qic0_-Ljr9w
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Waltzing Along posted:Tim Curry was on the show. He played Dale the Whale in exactly one episode. The dude shows up 3 times and each time a different actor plays him. Usually when there's a switch-out the "name" gets the first appearance and then when they decide to make the character recurring they get someone cheaper/ more available but I guess curry might just be a big fan of monk or always wanted to play a morbidly obese bedridden man. It seems like something he'd do he showed up in two direct-to-video scooby doo movies because hes a huge scooby doo fan but turned down the big budget hollywood movie because scrappy was going to be in it. mojo1701a posted:
Psych filmed in B.C. and its weird as hell for it to be set in Santa Barbara and then every outdoor scene is super emerald green with overcast skies.
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One thing that was nice about Monk was the show had heart. Also, IIRC, Shaloub won a bunch of Emmy's.
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Waltzing Along posted:One thing that was nice about Monk was the show had heart. he’s a genuinely amazing actor. He killed it on Mrs Maisel and won a bunch of Emmy’s there too.
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Yet no awards for Wings. Sigh.
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Waltzing Along posted:Yet no awards for Wings. Sigh. None for Galaxy Quest, either! In the Galaxy Quest documentary, the director talks about how Fred Kwan was completely underwritten, which was why he wanted Shaloub to play the character, since he knew Shaloub could add comedic character to any role.
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corn haver posted:i had ocd, and i offended people occasionally with stuff like rinsing out a cup i grabbed from their cupboard thoroughly before getting water, just out of habit Most people don't wash their dishes very well so this is just common sense.
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Toxic Mental posted:I'm being told by many people saying that Monk isn't actually a monk, he's a private eye Look TV writers have like 20 minutes to write a 50 minute episode. They're pretty much just hired biased on how fast they can type. This goes back to the days when tv shows would film 364 episodes per year. You can't blame them that they often don't know what show they writing for or who the characters are. Honestly if they get it right at all that's usually just pure luck.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:You should watch Monk. It's a pretty good modern take on Sherlock Holmes that focuses on the almost completely alienated from society part of his character instead of the he and watson should totally kiss part. Havent read past this in thread but they totally should
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ZeusCannon posted:Havent read past this in thread but they totally should might I recommend any other modern sherlock holmes adaption.
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It's funny how for the entire run of the show they never mention OCD. They just say he's really picky about stuff.
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I started watching Inspector Lewis yesterday because I need a detective show to watch at all times. Better than I expected so far  Makes me curious if I should track down Inspector Morse, since I never watched that despite liking Endeavour
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AARD VARKMAN posted:I started watching Inspector Lewis yesterday because I need a detective show to watch at all times. Better than I expected so far the young guy in this  is now  another  moment for meI haven't seen any Lewis, but Morse has some great episodes.
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I like Cadfael, about the monk who solves medieval mysteries in cozy villages.
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Rad-daddio posted:It's funny how for the entire run of the show they never mention OCD. They just say he's really picky about stuff. That was really normal in the 00s. They never said outright abed from community or Sheldon Cooper were on the spectrum either even though yeah they totally were. I think they just thought it’s be too uncomfortable for people if it seemed like they were making fun of people with disabilities instead of making fun of people with all the symptoms of disabilities. Which is nuts because I thought abed was way more relatable and better representation than a lot of “serious” portrayals of people on the spectrum where it’s just a loving melodrama every goddamn episode
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It was an OK show but Psych was much better.
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It took me a while, but I'm watching Monk eps 1-2 right now. For some reason I didn't watch it at all back in the day. Checked it out due to this thread, and I'm enjoying. Cute premise, an OCD detective who uses his sense of what's out of place to find clues, while slowly driving the cops around him and his support network nuts. Will def. watch evey ep. (I, err, acquired them all) over the next few weeks. So thanks for the thread, OP!
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BigBadSteve posted:OCD detective Please source where the show tells you this
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I just wish he was actually a really bad investigator and every week was just him and all the other detectives getting completely stumped by the mystery and just giving up. Why are there so few television detective shows like this!
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Did he ever solve his wife's murder? Maybe in the series finale?
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:another thing: monk rents and in an early-ish episode he's forced to get a job for a magazine and his nurse is amazed at him being paid 40k a year. He should by all rights be homeless and yet he seems to experience no economic discomfort and has a personal assistant. That was before the liberals got ahold of it
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bossy lady posted:I thought the subtext of the show was that a teenager was smarter than the detectives of the boston PD Boston huh. Was marky mark her arch nemesis
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:You should watch Monk. It's a pretty good modern take on Sherlock Holmes that focuses on the almost completely alienated from society part of his character instead of the he and watson should totally kiss part. I’ve known of Monk for twenty years, never watched it, and was never told it was a Sherlock Holmes type deal. I feel cheated.
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mutantIke posted:I've got a great-uncle or something who wrote for Monk while it was airing. He's now working on that soulless Law & Order reboot. As far as early 2000s "ND Savant Procedural" shows go, possibly the best? I was always more a Psych fan. Worst procedural is Scrubs. gently caress Scrubs. Scrubs Procedural Nope
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madmatt112 posted:I’ve known of Monk for twenty years, never watched it, and was never told it was a Sherlock Holmes type deal. I feel cheated. The two police characters are Capt LEland STottlemeyer and Lt RAndy Disher Lestrade, get it.
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Outpost22 posted:Did he ever solve his wife's murder? Maybe in the series finale? Spoilered in case someone actually is still watching it for the first time. Yes. Turns out it was Craig T. Nelson I actually liked the finale. Monk finding out that he has a step-daughter was nice 
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Wow monk's wife is a smokeshow
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Milo and POTUS posted:Wow monk's wife is a smokeshow its jan from the office
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:The two police characters are This show is made by geniuses
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Milo and POTUS posted:Wow monk's wife is a smokeshow https://i.imgur.com/h2IbGOT.gifv
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:its jan from the office I know what I said
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AARD VARKMAN posted:Are there even any American detective shows airing right now? The most recent I can think of is Castle which ended 6 years ago. Psych ended 8 years ago. Bosch was more recent but season long mysteries are a different beast entirely and not laundry folding compatible Anyone who likes lovely procedural investigative dramas ought to check out White Collar, from that same era. It's good for the same reason Leverage is good, which is that not every crime is a murder. That always kind of bothered me about CSI, like yeah we figured out the mystery but drat that dude is still dead
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Fur20 posted:the reason Leverage is good 
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Fur20 posted:Anyone who likes lovely procedural investigative dramas ought to check out White Collar, from that same era. It's good for the same reason Leverage is good, which is that not every crime is a murder. That always kind of bothered me about CSI, like yeah we figured out the mystery but drat that dude is still dead White Collar is a very enjoyable show, especially when they started ham handing the product placement. It's so badly done I have to figure it was intentional.
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