Monk: the Obsessively Collection
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
I had never seen this series when it first came out. I saw a couple of reruns and loved it so I ordered the series. It is original and hilarious. Me. Monk is funny, brilliant and sad at different times. The murder mysteries are often as quirky as the main character. The cast is terrific. Tony Shaloud is great as Monk. Bitty Schram as Sharona is a lovable, loyal, sexy, and smart friend and assistant to Monk. I was sad to see her leave the series. The character was unique. She was replaced by Traylor Howard as Natalie, a widowed mom of a young pre teen girl. She is a loveable loyal assistant to Monk and like Sharona patiently keeps the distracted Monk on point. Captain Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine) does a great job as a homicide detective and friend to Monk who learns to understand Monks genius and idiosyncrasy. The scene with Captain Shottlemeyer “interviewing” the monkey “suspect” is one of the most hilarious comedy scenes I have seen on TV. Monk’s OCD symptoms bring to mind a lot of little crazy habits almost everyone has that is probably part of the shows appeal. My wife and I both feel this is the best written, most original series we have seen. It has drama, comedy, love, friendship, mystery. The subtle humor in much of the show is just a bonus. Some of the murders are rather graphic and for this reason would say many if the episodes are not for kids.-Oldbbcoach
Based solely on the exterior product. I know the show is 5*. Maybe I’m blind but nowhere on the outside box, individual season boxes or the disks themselves, there is no description as to what episode is what disk. No inserts either on how to find my favorite episodes without looking online? I hope I’m wrong and am overlooking something but little details like this are frustrating.- Joe VI
read some of the reviews before I ordered this series, and the biggest complaint is that there is no listings of the episodes. For those folks who want that information, it’s available on IMDb, and the app can be downloaded to your phone. It has every episode for every season in order. In addition, it has a plot summary for each episode, as well as cast, guest stars, writers/directors, critic reviews, trivia, and so on. So, don’t let that stop you from buying this great series. It’s well packaged in nice plastic cases, in a nice boxed set. The dvd’s are good quality, and have the “play all” feature, which I love! You really can’t beat the value of this set, especially if your a Monk fan! If you’ve never seen Monk, you’re in for a treat, and I would suggest you don’t start watching until you can bindge watch, because you’ll be hooked! I’m very happy with this purchase, and will enjoy watching many times!-Amazon Customer
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Tony Shalhoub, Bitty Schram, Ted Levine, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford
Format: Box set, Color, Limited Edition, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles: French, Spanish
Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.
Number of discs: 32
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Release Date: October 5, 2010
Run Time: 5451 minutes
