Andy Breckman
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"Monk's house is being fumigated, and he has nowhere to go. Fortunately, his assistant Natalie and her daughter are kind enough to welcome him into their home. Unfortunately, their home is not quite up to Monk's standards of cleanliness and order." -- Amazon.com
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"Monk and Natalie have finally settled into a new office routine. Now they just need to work things out with their neighbors--a print shop run by hippies whose music leaks through the walls, driving Monk nuts. But the detectives soon have a more serious conflict to deal with: Captain Stottlemeyer's new lieutenant, A.J. Cartledge--a man of limited skills whom Monk finds insufferable. Even the presence of Lieutenant Cartledge won't keep Monk and Natalie...
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Adrian Monk is horrified when he learns there's going to be a blue flu in San Francisco. He doesn't understand what the blue flu is—but it sounds terrible. Captain Stottlemeyer explains that it's not really a virus: the police force plan to call in "sick" until they get a better contract. The good news is that the labor dispute will give Monk a chance to get back on the force. The bad news is, it means he'll be a "scab"—and he doesn't
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Now that her ne'er-do-well husband has been arrested for murder, Monk's former assistant, Sharona, is ready to reclaim her place in Monk's extremely well-ordered life. But his current assistant, Natalie, is not pleased with this turn of events. While Monk tries to maintain a delicate balance between the two women, he discovers a few snags in the case against Sharona's husband. And with other murders to investigate, Monk realizes he may be up against...
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After he is defrauded of his savings by investment executive Bob Sebes, who is subsequently arrested, and the key witness in the trial ends up dead, Adrian Monk must fight his initial urge to blame Sebes for the murder and is soon on a case fraught with too many questions.
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Discovering that a recent string of accidental deaths and suicides are actually murders, Adrian Monk begins to doubt his detective skills when his chief suspect is killed, a situation that is complicated by his arch nemesis Dale the Whale's escape from prison.
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"When self-help guru Miranda Bigley jumps to her death in an obvious suicide, Natalie suspects murder and wants to investigate, but Monk brushes her off to solve the murder of a clown despite his fear of clowns. As they begin their independent investigations, they soon learn they need each other's help to figure out whodunit"--
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Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe winner Tony Shalhoub cleans up crime and grime galore in the beloved series that critics hailed as "fresh, exciting and utterly original." Once upon a time, Adrian Monk was a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, but he lost his nerve, his mind, and then his badge. Now, this obsessive-compulsive detective is determined to get back on the force by solving one crime at a time.
SEASON 1: Monk's hilarious,...
15) Rat race
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"[A] casino tycoon gives six money-crazed contestants a chance to win two million dollars in a race from Las Vegas to New Mexico. Who will win this dash for the cash is anybody's guess, but one thing is for sure -- it's going to be a hilarious ride"--Container.
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"Of all the things that make Adrian Monk uneasy, change ranks high on the list. So when Natalie completes her P.I. license--and technically becomes Monk's boss--it's not easy for him to accept. Nor can he accept Natalie attending a business seminar at sea without him, even if it means spending a week with her on a cruise ship. Between choppy waters and obnoxious kids, Monk finds himself in a perfect storm of anxiety. Luckily, Mariah, the cruise director,...
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Adrian Monk novels volume 18
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After failing to win back his girlfriend, Ellen, in Summit, New Jersey, Monk returns to San Francisco, where he is surprised to find that another relationship has taken a new turn. Natalie decided to make things official by setting up an office for Monk and Teeger, Consulting Detectives. With Monk's typical response to change of any kind, they have more than a few wrinkles to iron out of their new routine. But when Lieutenant Amy Devlin comes to them...
18) Rat race
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A Las Vegas casino owner desperate for a new 'event' to wager on invents a human race for cash. The laughs roll from start to finish when a group of crazed contestants compete for $2 million in a no-rules, winner-takes-all race.
19) Sgt. Bilko
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Sgt. Ernie Bilko is the leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces. Instead of training his troops for battle, he passes on his legacy of gambling and shunning responsibility. Times get tough however, when the base is threatened with a shutdown, and a by-the-book adversary, Major Thorn, is intent on taking Bilko's reputation down with it. Now, all bets are on Bilko to drum up his biggest scheme yet to save...
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Coined impersonator extraordinaire, Hartman is responsible for some of SNL's favorite characters and sketches: Admiral James Stockdale (Ross Perot's running mate), the Sinatra Group, President Clinton at McDonald's. Other memorable impersonations and characters include Phil Donahue, Barbara Bush, Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, Jim Baker, Jesus, Frankenstein, and, of course, the Anal Retentive Chef. Enjoy the satire and hilarious character studies brought...