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I do remember, however, that the
audience loved Made-Up. And
this is one of the questions/answers
that stuck in my mind:
Audience
Member: (to Tony) Is this the first
project you've ever directed?
Tony Shalhoub: It shows, doesn't
it?
[No,
as a matter of fact it doesn't.]
After
the Q and A, the stars got the chance
to mingle with the sell out crowd
in the lower lobby of the film center,
which was only warm in comparison
to the upper lobby we were all shortly
herded into. It was there that Lynn
Chapman (thanks again, Lynn) introduced
me to Tony Shalhoub and I asked
him a few not very well thought
out questions.
Lynn:
She does a web site on Monk. It's
very good. It's all about you. It's
really wonderful. She has an interview
on there with the little girl from
the Airplane episode.
[At the time I thought it was a
lovely introduction, but later that
night when I saw the promo for the
upcoming episode "Mr. Monk
and the T.V. Star" I was the
teeniest bit mortified that Sarah
Silverman's dialogue as the obsessed
fan comes so close to this. "I
even made a website. It's all about
you." I feel kind of creepy
now.]
Tony:
Wow. I'm afraid. I don't check out
those web sites. I'm afraid of them.
I'm afraid they'll torture me.
MFP:
No, mine's called "The Monk
Fun Page". There are only good
things on it.
Tony:
Oh, then I'll check it out.
MFP:
This is my friend [and photographer]
Seth.
Seth:
Sorry, I keep blinding you [with
the flash.]
MFP:
He's probably used to that by now.
Tony:
(Sarcastically, or is that sardonically?)
I like it.
MFP:
Did I hear you were going to be
filming in New York?
Tony:
I'm doing a few days on an independent
movie and then Monk is going to
shoot a few days in New York because
the first episode [of the 3rd season]
takes place in New York.
MFP:
But how do you get Monk to New York?
Tony:
Well, that you have to watch the
last episode of this season to find
out how he gets to New York.
MFP:
Are you going to direct any Monk?
Tony:
I hope so, but it would have to
be an episode that I was light in.
You know like, if I got abducted
or something like that and I didn't
have to appear in every scene.
MFP:
What was your favorite episode to
do?
Tony:
Well, the one that airs tonight
[Mr. Monk and the Three Pies.] John
Turturro plays Monk's brother. That's
one of our best. He is excellent.
Seth:
We should be watching it when we
get home.
MFP:
We're really looking forward to
that one.
Tony:
Then I like the coma episode, with
the coma guy [Mr. Monk and the Sleeping
Suspect] and I like the Airplane
episode also that my wife was in.
MFP:
It was very funny episode. There
actually hasn't been a bad episode
yet.
Tony:
Well, they're coming. We've got
them. Just wait.
Another
Fan: My favorite was the one with
[She describes the first review
board scene from Carnival.]
Tony:
Carnival, I love that one.
MFP:
That was the first one I saw.
Tony:
That could have been a pilot.
That's
it. Tony was whisked away at this
point and Seth and I went out for
Thai food, before heading home to
watch "Mr. Monk and the Three
Pies."
Here
are some of Seth's pictures. |
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