justinmh05 1968 Posted October 23, 2014 I'm wondering if maybe they bumped the episode until next week so it's closer to Halloween. That would make sense. 1 Share this post Link to post
broncotruck11 250 Posted October 24, 2014 Scheer when you wanted to have a baby the podcast listeners said fine have a baby. Then you said you would only be able to publish 1 podcast a month and we let it slide. But having us wait over a week for Monkey Shines is criminal! How dare you....where is the minisode you promised us in the mean while!?? 1 Share this post Link to post
paultab 225 Posted October 24, 2014 I am totally asking for a pro-rate on the zero dollars I pay for this podcast. :-) Share this post Link to post
justinmh05 1968 Posted October 24, 2014 They haven't been able to record it yet, but I am sure we'll get the ep before next Friday: https://mobile.twitter.com/HDTGM/status/525693313144590337 Looking forward to it! Share this post Link to post
MondayCity 194 Posted October 24, 2014 I'm wondering if maybe they bumped the episode until next week so it's closer to Halloween. That would make sense. They need time to make and ship the masks that we are all supposed to wear when we listen to the episode. Now that they have obtained that large piece of Stonehenge, the plan should move along more quickly. 4 Share this post Link to post
CleverUsername 27 Posted October 24, 2014 They need time to make and ship the masks that we are all supposed to wear when we listen to the episode. Now that they have obtained that large piece of Stonehenge, the plan should move along more quickly. But how did they get it across the ocean? 3 Share this post Link to post
MondayCity 194 Posted October 24, 2014 But how did they get it across the ocean? Oh, well, that was a crazy story, I'll tell ya that much. 3 Share this post Link to post
Pulsebeat 4 Posted October 25, 2014 I feel like a monkey when I check for this ep 3 times a day. 2 Share this post Link to post
cstat13 2 Posted October 26, 2014 Did anyone else notice that every woman, except Melanie, is an absolute clinical cunt? The ex girlfriend, the nurse, and his mom are all terrible people. 1 Share this post Link to post
Bob Drillboids 181 Posted October 27, 2014 Did anyone else notice that every woman, except Melanie, is an absolute clinical cunt? The ex girlfriend, the nurse, and his mom are all terrible people. Don't forget to include Ella in that group of evil females! And yeah their over-the-top awfulness was ridiculous. I recognize that it was necessary for these ladies to wrong Alan in some way so as to further the stupid tapping-into-Alan's-rage element of the plot, but why make them into these hateful cartoons of a human? The nurse in particular was out of control. I was getting flashbacks to the unjustified anger of every character in Sleepaway Camp. Share this post Link to post
Bob Drillboids 181 Posted October 27, 2014 Maybe the brain-juice injections and telepathy stuff were just misdirects! And the real root of evil is simply having to share a home with Alan. Think about it - all the individuals that lived with Alan (ex girlfriend, nurse, mother, Ella) are total assholes. And that's why Melanie remains benevolent, because she never actually lived with him. Now, you may rightfully ask then what made Geoffrey/Stanley Tucci/Stephen Root so toxic? I assume it's explained by a deleted flashback scene where they all share a dorm room with Alan in college. And you know that dorm room had a Casablanca poster on the wall. Share this post Link to post
Bob Drillboids 181 Posted October 27, 2014 Most underrated scene in the movie - the incredibly patronizing response of Alan's law school classmates when he correctly answers a question after Ella raises her hand. Is there now a "Law School" event in the Special Olympics that I was unaware of? It's like, oh look how cute, the cripple can study and learn, just like us! Let's give him a rowdy ovation for answering a basic case law question to which we all knew the answer! 2 Share this post Link to post
HoldenMartinson 221 Posted October 27, 2014 Most underrated scene in the movie - the incredibly patronizing response of Alan's law school classmates when he correctly answers a question after Ella raises her hand. Is there now a "Law School" event in the Special Olympics that I was unaware of? It's like, oh look how cute, the cripple can study and learn, just like us! Let's give him a rowdy ovation for answering a basic case law question to which we all knew the answer! It was also weird that Stanley Tucci was a practicing surgeon who also had time to teach at the law school. You know, because doctors do that instead of even hospital attorneys. Share this post Link to post
denimgremlin 1179 Posted October 27, 2014 It was also weird that Stanley Tucci was a practicing surgeon who also had time to teach at the law school. You know, because doctors do that instead of even hospital attorneys. what the fuck are you talking about? when did they show Stanley Tucci teaching at the law school? Share this post Link to post
PlanBFromOuterSpace 3138 Posted October 27, 2014 Did anyone else notice that every woman, except Melanie, is an absolute clinical cunt? The ex girlfriend, the nurse, and his mom are all terrible people. It's like Tyler Perry's Monkey Shines! Share this post Link to post
HoldenMartinson 221 Posted October 27, 2014 what the fuck are you talking about? when did they show Stanley Tucci teaching at the law school? They kept talking about it at the beginning, during Allan's homecoming party. Share this post Link to post
nrkist 71 Posted October 27, 2014 It's like Tyler Perry's Monkey Shines! Wait, are you suggesting everyone's bitchy girlfriend is the same rhesus monkey really hamming it up? Turns out, totally not related to the candy we all love, Rhesus Peices. Tastes ape-shit. Share this post Link to post
agentstinky 33 Posted October 27, 2014 I'm sure they'll talk about it on the episode, but I for one was surprised and oddly pleased at the sex scene between Allan and Melanie. As the Wikipedia summary points out, it's "a rare example of an intimate love scene with a severely handicapped protagonist." And as it was happening, I did find myself thinking, "Wow, most movies with handicapped people don't even touch on the subject of sex directly, and I certainly don't think I've ever seen an explicit sex scene with a quadriplegic." So good on you, Monkey Shines, for daring to show us Allan going to the bone zone. Share this post Link to post
denimgremlin 1179 Posted October 27, 2014 They kept talking about it at the beginning, during Allan's homecoming party. weird, i must've totally missed that, this movie is nuts Share this post Link to post
Joven 373 Posted October 27, 2014 weird, i must've totally missed that, this movie is nuts Dont you mean, this movie is bananas? Also, I dont think thats right, I just watched the homecoming scene again, and they said nothing of the sort. He is introduced, however, to one of his professors at that party (she asked if Alan could continue his studies.) 2 Share this post Link to post
HoldenMartinson 221 Posted October 27, 2014 Dont you mean, this movie is bananas? Also, I dont think thats right, I just watched the homecoming scene again, and they said nothing of the sort. He is introduced, however, to one of his professors at that party (she asked if Alan could continue his studies.) Okay. Yeah. That's really weird. I swear I saw it the other way. Ah, whatever. This movie is weird in a bunch of other ways anyway. Share this post Link to post
Worldfamous 12 Posted October 28, 2014 Ok...I'm going to lose my shit if this podcast doesn't show up soon. Stop torturing us!!! 2 Share this post Link to post
Captain Seas 4 Posted October 28, 2014 Finally watched this for the first time. I didn't think this was really a bad movie at all and a lot of fun at parts, but holy shit do you need a lot of patience. I was ready to throw in the towel at the 45 minute mark and then it started getting good. Strange the read that the studio fucked with the final product so much and kept it so long. Share this post Link to post
MondayCity 194 Posted October 28, 2014 Ok...I'm going to lose my shit if this podcast doesn't show up soon. Stop torturing us!!! Yeah, whose monkey do we have to spank to get a new episode around here? Share this post Link to post
MondayCity 194 Posted October 28, 2014 Yeah, whose monkey do we have to spank to get a new episode around here? Mr. MondayCity wishes to apologize to any helper monkeys that may have been offended by his insensitive remarks. Since his previous post, he has entered rehab for a sex addiction in a hypocritical attempt to escape the blame for his otherwise inexcusable behavior. He has also donated an undisclosed sum to the circus. Share this post Link to post