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Artfiore1 · 03-03-2004, 12:21 AM

Hi everybody,
I was so sure that I had caught the "Monk" writers in a little mistake, in last week's episode ("Mr. Monk Gets Married"). But of course, upon watching it again on tape, I was proven wrong and how much more clever than I these people are:

At one point in the show, the character Dalton was reading from one of the journals of Joshua Skinner, the prospector who struck it rich in 1849: "Today, I bought a grandfather clock . . ."

I remembered learning last year that grandfather clocks were not called "grandfather clocks" until *after* Henry Work's mid 1870s song, "My Grandfather's Clock."
I thought, *Ah hah! I caught one!*

Playing my tape of the show back, however, I discovered that Dalton's partner had said in the opening scene that Skinner died 30 years after dscovering the gold. Then, I noticed that, later on. the marriage counselor lady told Monk and Sharona that Skinner "spent the last 15 years of his life" writing those memoirs. So, it IS possible, after all, that Skinner had, indeed, purchased a "grandfather clock." These people may make a minor goof once in a while, but they are pretty sharp.

Later,
Art

david&maddie4ever · 03-05-2004, 07:22 PM

Wow...that was a great observation even if they didn't make a mistake.

Artfiore1 · 03-05-2004, 07:46 PM

david&maddie4ever,
Thank you for the reply, and for the little clapper!

Later,
Art

david&maddie4ever · 03-05-2004, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Artfiore1
david&maddie4ever,
Thank you for the reply, and for the little clapper!

Later,
Art

Why, you are quite welcome.

03-03-2004, 12:21 AM	#1
Artfiore1 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 28, 2001 Location: East Brunswick, NJ, USA Posts: 457	Thought I'd Found A Blooper Hi everybody, I was so sure that I had caught the "Monk" writers in a little mistake, in last week's episode ("Mr. Monk Gets Married"). But of course, upon watching it again on tape, I was proven wrong and how much more clever than I these people are: At one point in the show, the character Dalton was reading from one of the journals of Joshua Skinner, the prospector who struck it rich in 1849: "Today, I bought a grandfather clock . . ." I remembered learning last year that grandfather clocks were not called "grandfather clocks" until after Henry Work's mid 1870s song, "My Grandfather's Clock." I thought, Ah hah! I caught one! Playing my tape of the show back, however, I discovered that Dalton's partner had said in the opening scene that Skinner died 30 years after dscovering the gold. Then, I noticed that, later on. the marriage counselor lady told Monk and Sharona that Skinner "spent the last 15 years of his life" writing those memoirs. So, it IS possible, after all, that Skinner had, indeed, purchased a "grandfather clock." These people may make a minor goof once in a while, but they are pretty sharp. Later, Art

03-05-2004, 07:22 PM	#2
david&maddie4ever ...the hard way... Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 01, 2003 Location: ...staring at my calendar, counting the days until the release of Moonlighting on DVD... Posts: 3,580	Wow...that was a great observation even if they didn't make a mistake.
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03-05-2004, 07:46 PM	#3
Artfiore1 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 28, 2001 Location: East Brunswick, NJ, USA Posts: 457	david&maddie4ever, Thank you for the reply, and for the little clapper! Later, Art