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magratpudifoot

"If we'd have been standing by that alarm, you'd have said his name was Dr. Bell."

Feb 20, 2009 21:16

Oh, Natalie...

ETA: Oh, Randy...

EOATA: Oh, Monk...

EOLTTA: Oh, this show...

shows i watch because they are awesome, monk, i am an enormous dork

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bizarreoptimism February 21 2009, 04:24:45 UTC

It's like you were reading my mind during the show, apparently.

(NINE HOT DOGS!! Poor Jason Gray-Stanford had to eat nine hot dogs for that take! I can't get over it!)

Also, I totally caught a spoilery glimpse of the shot of Natalie spit-taking Harold Krenshaw right in the face, and was mad -- but then I forgot about it until one nanosecond before it happened, so I can't say it ruined my enjoyment much. I still laughed like a hyena.

Also laughed like a hyena when Monk exclaimed, "I can't stand talking to her, she's so STUPID! She's so stupid that it physically pains me to talk to her." All I could think was, It's like every single patron at the library and ohmigawd this line is going to be my new email sig quote FOREVER.

I was disappointed with the lack of Trudy-case developments, but I laughed and I teared up and it was hilarious and touching and I just wanted to give every single cone of our Four Regulars (plus Harold) a great big hug.

And that end shot ... (*tries to create emoticon to express happy-sad-wistful-hopeful-tearing-up-edness, and gives up*)

magratpudifoot February 21 2009, 15:17:07 UTC

> NINE HOT DOGS!! Poor Jason Gray-Stanford had to eat nine hot dogs for that take! I can't get over it!

I know! That's so... [shudder] Of course, I spent the entire scene with Maria eating hers thinking "My GAWD, I hope that poor woman likes sauerkraut, because I'm getting IBS cramps just WATCHING her.
(And I'm humoured that, for some reason, this post is accompanied by an ad for Pizza Hut "Premium Bacon Mac 'N Cheese." Yes, that fits EXACTLY into this conversation. Also, why in hells would they proudly advertise that it "Feeds 4 and comes with 5 breadsticks"? There's something just a little WRONG with the numbers, there, people.)

I think I probably wouldn't have even noticed the lack of Trudy-case developments if you hadn't been all excited about them...which is not so much an accusation that you got my hopes up as it is a comment on how much I have just never crossed that "rabid" threshold with Monk. All I can figure is that it's because I didn't start watching seriously until Sharona's last season, and, despite the fact that I bought the first couple of seasons for Mum largelybecauseIwantedtowatchthem, I never have gotten around to sitting down and doing so, and so there are a few that I still haven't seen includingthefirstonewithDaletheWhaledon'thitmeplease. One of my this summer projects is to remedy this situation, so hopefully I'll be slavering right along with you for the last season, but it's still really about the characters more than the plot for me with this show (much like with Harry Potter, really, only with more of a chance that I may eventually become a Marci Maven than a Colin Creevey.)

> I just wanted to give every single cone of our Four Regulars (plus Harold) a great big hug.

AbsoLUTEly! And that PSA in the middle - as stagey and awkward as it was - was just beautifully touching, too. I'm not ashamed to admit it; I cried over a heart disease ad.

> (*tries to create emoticon to express happy-sad-wistful-hopeful-tearing-up-edness, and gives up*)

^_^ Yes. Just...yes.

bizarreoptimism February 21 2009, 17:37:42 UTC

I'm really busy at the moment, trying desperately to create The Fake Apartment before my mum arrives (will never happen) and find this phone card I lost and get lunch eaten take a friggin' SHOWER at some point and probablywatchanotherepisodeofMonk even though I promised everybody I'd go back to "Buffy" once the Monk season finale hit. And I have LOADS of things about your comment here that I want to reply back to --

But one thing cannot wait. XD

so there are a few that I still haven't seen includingthefirstonewithDaletheWhaledon'thitmeplease.

YOU'VE NEVER SEEN "MR. MONK MEETS DALE THE WHALE"??!?

ROBIN THERE ARE NO WORDS FOR THIS LEVEL OF UNACCEPTABLE-NESS. I -- just -- (*starts to babble incoherently and so settles for glaring meaningfully*)

YOU. MUST. WATCH IT. I believe Hulu streams the "Monk" series ...

(... perhaps I am overreacting. But perhaps you are aware of the fact that I DID cross the "Monk" Rabid Threshold -- probably actually some years ago (considering I was crushedly disappointed pretty much every single season finale with the lack of Trudy-case developments), but I actually _realized_ it with the season six finale "On the Run." My bias aside, though -- dear GAWD, you need to see that one. Not only because of its deep importance to the overarching story, but because it's one of the best episodes ever done and I think you'll love it. In fact, I KNOW you'll love it, since you and I appear to be the only people on the planet who appreciate the gorgeousness of "Mr. Monk Vs. the Cobra," so our Monk-tastes must mesh a fair bit ...)

GO WATCH "MR. MONK MEETS DALE THE WHALE." GO. NOW. I WILL WAIT HERE.

(Well. Not really. But you get the idea. XD)

magratpudifoot February 23 2009, 05:40:36 UTC

I will watch it Thursday night, I promise. Cross my heart, hope for an encounter with Spike and all that.

...y'know, pre-Initiative Spike. Wouldn't make much sense, otherwise.

My GOODness, do I need sleep...

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