Post by TheLuckyOne on Jan 3, 2006 22:55:06 GMT -5
So I recently found out that they're turning a recent book that I really enjoyed (except the ending, which I'm undecided about), Love Monkey by Kyle Smith, into a TV show starring Thomas Cavanagh (the guy from Ed, and JD's older brother on Scrubs) as the lead character. I'm holding out hope for something good, but I'd be lying if I said I weren't nervous- Monkey would make an absolutely terrific High Fidelity-style movie, but then again, imagine Fidelity remade into a sitcom. Not pretty, is it? Cavanagh has tremendous talent and I'm sure he'll do well with what he's given, but he's definitely not who I would have pictured in the role- slightly balding, doughy, red hair, blue eyes.
Still, like I said, I'm holding out hope. Anybody who knows anything more about this show is welcome to post their info or opinions here; meanwhile, I'll just while away the time as I sporadically reread my way through it by posting random excerpts for my own amusement.
I've been thinking about this guy who wrote this book. It's about a regular, warm, flawed fella and his girlfriend. It goes into his longings and his needs and his fears and how he keeps screwing up in lovable ways. The whole story is told in Top Five lists. Every girl I know has read his book, and they all want (or think they want) to meet a guy like the guy in the book. What must a party be like for him? He must get home from the pub and empty his jacket pockets and go: whose phone number is this? And why is it written on a pair of panties? He wrote the world's longest personal ad and got paid for it. They even made a movie out of it: the movie consisted of good-looking people reading the Top Five lists from the book.
There are advantages to girlfriendlessness: no one to monitor alcohol consumption. Breakfast cereal: not just for breakfast! Can watch midget boxing if I feel like it. Very little time wasted discussing one's emotional issues and picking at family-inflicted scar tissue. But then again, boxing is boring. There is no one to make sarcastic comments to while watching TV. And in Singleland, you hardly ever get to ask: did you just fart?
-D
Still, like I said, I'm holding out hope. Anybody who knows anything more about this show is welcome to post their info or opinions here; meanwhile, I'll just while away the time as I sporadically reread my way through it by posting random excerpts for my own amusement.
I've been thinking about this guy who wrote this book. It's about a regular, warm, flawed fella and his girlfriend. It goes into his longings and his needs and his fears and how he keeps screwing up in lovable ways. The whole story is told in Top Five lists. Every girl I know has read his book, and they all want (or think they want) to meet a guy like the guy in the book. What must a party be like for him? He must get home from the pub and empty his jacket pockets and go: whose phone number is this? And why is it written on a pair of panties? He wrote the world's longest personal ad and got paid for it. They even made a movie out of it: the movie consisted of good-looking people reading the Top Five lists from the book.
There are advantages to girlfriendlessness: no one to monitor alcohol consumption. Breakfast cereal: not just for breakfast! Can watch midget boxing if I feel like it. Very little time wasted discussing one's emotional issues and picking at family-inflicted scar tissue. But then again, boxing is boring. There is no one to make sarcastic comments to while watching TV. And in Singleland, you hardly ever get to ask: did you just fart?
-D
