TV Quote of the Day (‘Monk,’ With the Detective at a Postseason Football Game)

Adrian Monk [played by Tony Shalhoub]: [after encountering drunk football fans at a pregame tailgating party] “Did you enjoy civilization, Leland? I sure did. It was a hell of a run. 8,000 years.”—Monk, Season 7, Episode 13, “Mr. Monk Makes the Playoffs,” original air date Jan. 30, 2009, teleplay by Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan, directed by Randy Zisk

Mr. Monk acts this way during the playoffs. Can you imagine how he would deal with the Super Bowl?

The sad fact is, 2021 is one year when sports fans could use a bit—just a bit, mind you!—of his germaphobia. Let’s hope the average Super Bowl Sunday party doesn’t turn into what has become one of the most awful word coinages of the 21^st century: “Superspreader Event.”

TV Quote of the Day (‘Monk,’ Showing How to Avoid an Irate High School Coach)

Coach Patterson [played by David Rasche] [chasing private detective Adrian Monk]: “You can run, but you can't hide!”

Monk [played by Tony Shalhoub]: “Oh, yeah. I can hide. Don't think I can't hide.” [To his assistant, Sharona Fleming, without breaking stride.] “He thinks I can't hide.”

Sharona [played by Bitsy Schramm]: “He doesn't know who he's messing with. Nobody hides like you.”—Monk, Season 2, Episode 1, “Mr. Monk Goes Back to School,” original air date June 20, 2003, teleplay by David Breckman, directed by Randy Zisk  

TV Quote of the Day (‘Monk,’ Reviewing a Disastrous Blind Date)

Sharona Fleming [played by Bitty Schram]: “I'm going to Hell. I'm a horrible person.” 

Adrian Monk [played by Tony Shalhoub]: “Why?” 

Sharona: “I just told that woman, Michelle, that there was nothing wrong with you.” 

Monk: “She should have asked me.”—Monk, Season 3, Episode 3, “Mr. Monk and the Blackout,” original air date July 9, 2004, teleplay by Daniel Dratch and Hy Conrad, directed by Michael Zinberg