***SPOILERS** There have to be, herein. I find no fault with kfo9494's analysis of this episode. what I'm gonna talk about is the music. In this case there is paying in the background (in the Long Branch), a musical rendition of the song Polly Wolly Doodle. It may very well have been a fave of that era. There are other songs, as well. Most of them are pretty close to correct in the time and place; anyway, they sound right for the show.
One of the problems for me, is that I like the "Old, beat-up. pie-anny sound of those musical depictions, and yet, we NEVER see a piano player. It's a real shame, too, when you think how much talent there has always been in Hollywood for that music. I'd love to see IMDb do a study of the "Sounds of the Long Branch, and other western taverns and saloons.
As far as Polly Wolly Doodle goes, though, the most outstanding version was in an episode of "Monk", in which Natalie Teeger's daughter gives Adrian a get-well card that plays that song. Over, over, over, because, somehow, he's managed to break it so it will not stop playing. In driving him completely nuts trying to get way from it (knowing he can't throw it out without hurting the girl's feelings) it becomes one of the funniest parts of the episode, indeed in the series. Just a thought for the day, thanx, an 8.
One of the problems for me, is that I like the "Old, beat-up. pie-anny sound of those musical depictions, and yet, we NEVER see a piano player. It's a real shame, too, when you think how much talent there has always been in Hollywood for that music. I'd love to see IMDb do a study of the "Sounds of the Long Branch, and other western taverns and saloons.
As far as Polly Wolly Doodle goes, though, the most outstanding version was in an episode of "Monk", in which Natalie Teeger's daughter gives Adrian a get-well card that plays that song. Over, over, over, because, somehow, he's managed to break it so it will not stop playing. In driving him completely nuts trying to get way from it (knowing he can't throw it out without hurting the girl's feelings) it becomes one of the funniest parts of the episode, indeed in the series. Just a thought for the day, thanx, an 8.