Klarinet Archive - Posting 000128.txt from 2002/11

From: LeliaLoban@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Monk
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 17:55:29 -0500

Claudia Zornow wrote,
>You can see episode listings, with titles, for "Monk" [snip]
>at http://www.sftv.org/sftv/sftvschd.txt. The episode title
>to watch for is "Mr. Monk and the Red-Headed Stranger."

Thanks for the link!

>ObClarinet: It bothered me that Monk and Willie didn't seem
>to think that reeds were necessary on a clarinet, but I imagine
>the episode would have suffered from lack of drama if Monk
>had had to get a reed out of a box, wet it, fasten it in place, etc.
>By then the non-clarinet-playing audience would probably have
>changed channels.

You're probably right; but to clarinet players, it might have been the
funniest scene in the episode. Can you imagine an obsessive-compulsive
trying to choose a reed?! First of all, choosing one would mess up the
arrangement of the ones left in the box. And then there's the ancient joke,
which Monk would bring to life and then some:

Q: How many clarinet players does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Only one, but he'll have to go through a whole box of bulbs to find just
the right one.

;-)
Lelia

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