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"Jason Maxwell" <jasonrmax@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Michael Bowker" <mikeb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > > In article <13v083cpkqgn4e4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Michael Bowker <mikeb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > >>> In article <13uvnfboafn229f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >>> Michael Bowker <mikeb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > >>>>> In article <f9fvu3p1pafsip44jshrfb51tpd8uudncl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >>>>> Brian Thorn <bthorn64@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:34:48 -0700 (PDT), "Ian J. Ball"
> > >>>>>> <iball@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> "Psych" without the laughs?
> > >>>>>>> Maybe. But I've never had any desire to watch "Psych",
> > >>>>>> "Psych" is a lot like "Monk".
> > >>>>> Except Psych is usually good, and Monk is usually bad. :(
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The so-called mysteries are usually very
> > >>>>>> weak. The show lives and dies on the chemistry and interplay
> between
> > >>>>>> its leads. Shalhoub elevates "Monk" far above its mundane
> foundations.
> > >>>>>> Roday and Hill are just plain fun to watch and do the same for
> > >>>>>> "Psych".
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Brian
> > >>>> Monk was good first season. But they ran into a trap. They
can't
> "fix"
> > >>>> monk without destroying the show and for some of us the static
> > >>>> unchanging "disturbed" Monk is hard to watch (and get's harder
and
> > >>>> harder to watch every season). I dropped out when they just
switched
> > >>>> Monk's minder.
> > >>> Yes. Monk used to be good, and has had a pretty much linear
decline.
> > >>>
> > >>> Just literally saw an NBC ad for Monk and Psych come to NBC next
> Sunday!
> > >>>
> > >> <shudder>
> > >>
> > >> Well I won't be watching.
> > >
> > > Hey, they might be starting from the beginning, in which case Monk
would
> > > be good!
> > >
> > > Or starting from any point, in which case Psych will be good! :)
> > >
> >
> > With USA level commercials? I've already seen them. Well not all the
> > psych, but the fake psychic bit doesn't really thrill me. :)
> >
> Before the show aired that was my concern, and it was only Dule' Hill's
> presence that got me to watch the pilot. They really don't overplay (or
> depending on how you look at it completely overplay) the fake psychic
act
> enough that it doesn't get annoying. There are enough people in on the
> joke, including the viewers, that it really does come off as good comedy
> instead of something you roll your eyes at. The first few episodes it
was
> hit or miss at times, but by middle of first season they had found the
> groove.
>
> Jason
Once in a while I get scared that the writers forgot Dad knows damn well
it's an act. But yeah, beyond that, exactly what you said. Dule was
methadone for us West Wing addicts.
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