Monk (2002)

Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico - S2-E2

Trivia: According to co-producer Tom Scharpling, the Mexican homicide cops are purposely written as parodies of Stottlemeyer and Disher, right down to their attitudes, their ranks, their suits, and Captain Alameda's mustache. Even the bumbling lieutenant's name is a little joke on Disher. Plato means "dish" in Spanish.

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Mr. Monk and the T.V. Star - S2-E12

Trivia: Marcy, the obsessed fan of Brad's crime show, complains bitterly about his series changing its theme song. This was written as a little joke on Monk's real life fans, many of whom protested the show's 2nd season musical change from Jeff Beal's instrumental to Randy Newman's vocal theme. Newman's vocals opened this episode as usual, but after Marcy repeats her "don't change the theme song" mantra at the end, Beal's theme was brought back to play over the closing credits. It's been used at the end a number of times since.

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Mr. Monk and the 12th Man - S2-E9

Trivia: The woman murdered at the cinema was seeing an Alfred Hitchcock movie double: Psycho and The Man Who Knew Too Much. In 'Mr. Monk and the Billionaire Mugger' the couple at the beginning are walking out of the same movie double.

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Mr. Monk Goes to the Circus - S2-E4

Trivia: The traveling circus is called "Dratch and Denby." The first half of the name is a winking nod to Monk story editor and staff writer Daniel Dratch.

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Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man - S2-E5

Trivia: Patrick Cranshaw, who played Miles Hollings (the very, very old man), was 4 years younger than Bill Erwin, who played Hiram Hollings (the son of the very old man).

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Mr. Monk Goes Back to School - S2-E1

Trivia: The woman killed is named Beth Landow. In real life, Beth Landau (same pronunciation) is the wife of Andy Breckman, the creator of the show "Monk."

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