History Recap / MonkS5E8MrMonkGoesToARockConcert

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: What Stork did with his song's sheet music - writing it, sealing it in an envelope, sending it to himself via registered mail, and leaving the envelope (marked with a dated postmark and accompanied with return receipt) closed until such a time he would need to prove he wrote it first - is actually a common practice known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_man%27s_copyright "poor man's copyright"]]. Thing is, [[JustForFun/TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs there is no case where it has actually been proven to work]].[[note]]First, mailing something to oneself (or another party) does not by itself prove copyright ownership over it as people mail things to which they do not hold the copyright all the time. Second, envelopes can be steamed open and postmarks can be smudged, altered or unreadable. Third, Stork could have just as easily sent himself (or, as is more common, a 3rd party) an empty envelope, or an envelope with blank pages, which is also a common scam with registered mail. Finally, and most importantly, the postmarks and the return receipts only confirm that a given letter or parcel was mailed at a given time and do not offer proof of its content![[/note]] Plus, Stork would not actually have any legal cause of action against Kris, since [=US=] UsefulNotes/{{Copyright}} law does not recognise "moral rights" (such as the one applicable in this case, that of attribution) and it would be likely courts would consider the song to be a "work for hire" (meaning, Kris would own the copyright and Stork would not have any alternative cause of action).

* ExactWords: When Monk hears that Leland's son has skipped school to go to "a rock show," he says he used to do that himself as a kid and "see [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand the stones]]." Natalie is surprised, thinking that doesn't like something Monk would do at all, and it's only after they arrive at the event that they discover Monk wasn't talking about a music concert but about literal rocks and stones.

* GrievousBottleyHarm: Kedder kills Stork by smashing a beer bottle over his head, as the latter is in the process of dialing up a copyright lawyer.

* PlagiarismInFiction: Why Stork was killed. Kedder took credit for a song Stork himself wrote, and realizes that if Stork went public with the truth, it would be the end of Kedder's career (especially if Stork's comment about Kedder having failed to write a decent song for years is accurate).

* StealingTheCredit: The reason Kris killed Stork. Originally Stork (and Stork alone) wrote both the music and the lyrics to "Peggy's Gone to Memphis"[[note]]based on his daughter Margaret a.k.a. "Peggy", who lived in Memphis, Tennessee[[/note]]. He agreed with Kris that both of them would get half the songwriting credit if Kris were to sing it, in order for Stork to gain career currency in the music industry. When the [=CD=] in which the music was recorded came out, however, only Kris was credited (as both singer and songwriter). When Stork got hold of a copy and saw his name was missing, he confronted Kris, who at first offered him $5,000 to drop the issue. Stork refused, claiming he had evidence (the envelope he sent himself via registered mail). Kris killed Stork just as he was about to call a copyright attorney.

** The reference Annie is making is to Music/KurtCobain, Music/JimiHendrix, and Music/JanisJoplin, three renowned singers who shared one thing in common: they were drug addicts and they all fatally overdosed at age 27 (making them members of the 27 Club). And since Stork looks like he's in his late twenties, it makes sense.

* BetrayalInsurance: Stork called the envelope with the sheet music he sent himself via registered mail his "insurance policy" when he went to the post office with Kendra. Unfortunately, as explained above, [[SubvertedTrope it really wasn't]], and in any case Kris threw the envelope into a pyre in the middle of the concert (albeit not the return receipt, which he had not got hold of when he sneaked into Stork's trailer, unlike with the envelope).

* BrickJoke:
** Stottlemeyer accused Randy in "Mr. Monk Goes to the Dentist" of saving up sick days for when he isn't sick. Here, he catches Randy in the act of playing sick.
** Stottlemeyer gives an outdated picture of his son (Jared in the picture is still a kid while Jared in the present is a teenager) to the rock festival security, who decide to put up the picture in fliers. Later, when Jared was found, he would later get embarrassed by the picture on the flier. Gets another drop in the end when father and son reconciled and decided to go into a photo booth to take pictures before they leave.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Monk, Natalie and Kendra Frank are questioning an acupuncturist about a murder victim she saw earlier that morning, there's this:
-->'''Annie:''' He said he was giving up; he wanted to get high. He said he used to be afraid of needles, but he got over it.
-->'''Kendra Frank:''' I don't believe this!
-->'''Annie:''' Well I guess he's with Kurt, Jimi and Janis now.
-->'''Adrian Monk:''' [[PopCultureIsolation Who?]]
-->'''Natalie Teeger:''' I'll tell you later.
** The reference Annie is making is to Music/KurtCobain, Music/JimiHendrix, and Music/JanisJoplin, three renowned singers who shared one thing in common: they were drug addicts and they all fatally overdosed at age 27 (making them members of the 27 Club). And since Stork looks like he's in his late twenties, it makes sense.

* FanserviceExtra: Plenty of male and female extras who are either shirtless or in little more than bikinis (it sometimes feels like Monk, Natalie, and Kendra Frank are the only people who do not have any exposed skin).

* NerdyInhaler: Subverted. Inhalers normally indicate nerds. However, Kris Kedder, a rock star, uses a unique mint-flavored one which is imported from Denmark for his asthma. It's also used to identify him as Stork's murderer, since he blew up a blue beachball while impersonating Stork at an acupuncture tent.

** After getting out of the port-a-potty, Monk blabbered about where he could have inserted the quarter, or exactly ''what'' he confused for a receiver.

* PhotoBoothMontage: At the end, Stottlemeyer suggests he and Jared take some photos for his wallet. The first photo, Stottlemeyer isn't smiling; the second, Randy photobombs the pair. The third is pretty nice, though.

-->'''Kendra Frank:''' You don't just get over a phobia like that overnight!! Do you?!

* AbsenceOfEvidence: Monk notes two clues that cast doubt on the "suicide" theory. Stork supposedly walked into the port-a-john to shoot up, and he supposedly tied his arm before inserting the needle. However, his shoes had no mud on them (despite the mud outside the port-a-john) and the tying band had no teeth marks in it.
* AccidentalHero: If Jared hadn't cut school for the concert and Karen hadn't asked her ex-husband to find him, presumably no one would have thought twice about Stork's apparent suicide. Monk goes with Stottlemeyer, and he finds the evidence that ends up bringing Kedder down for Stork's murder.

--->'''Kendra Frank:''' Look, they're trying to say that he OD'd! Okay? That's impossible! He's been clean for 17 months! I know, I talked to him about it every day!
--->'''Natalie Teeger:''' Well, Kendra, we were there. We saw a needle in his arm --
--->'''Kendra Frank:''' No, that's how I know there's something wrong. Stork was completely phobic about needles! He was the only roadie I've ever met that didn't even have one tattoo! I mean he missed a whole South American tour last year because he wouldn't get vaccinated!

-->'''Kendra Frank:''' Look, they're trying to say that he OD'd! Okay? That's impossible! He's been clean for 17 months! I know, I talked to him about it every day!
-->'''Natalie Teeger:''' Well, Kendra, we were there. We saw a needle in his arm --
-->'''Kendra Frank:''' No, that's how I know there's something wrong. Stork was completely phobic about needles! He was the only roadie I've ever met that didn't even have one tattoo! I mean he missed a whole South American tour last year because he wouldn't get vaccinated!
** It also comes up when they discover a map on Stork's pocket with an acupuncturist's appointment marked for 7:30. It turns out, Kris had gone there in disguise as Stork, done some acupuncturing, and then set an appointment on behalf of Stork so his death would be pointed to his overdose.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: What Stork did with his song's sheet music - writing it, sealing it in an envelope, sending it to himself via registered mail, and leaving the envelope (marked with a dated postmark and accompanied with return receipt) closed until such a time he would need to prove he wrote it first - is actually a common practice known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_man%27s_copyright "poor man's copyright"]]. Thing is, [[JustForFun/TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs there is no case where it has actually been proven to work]].[[note]]First, mailing something to oneself (or another party) does not by itself prove copyright ownership over it as people mail things to which they do not hold the copyright all the time. Second, envelopes can be steamed open and postmarks can be smudged, altered or unreadable. Third, Stork could have just as easily sent himself (or, as is more common, a 3rd party) an empty envelope, or an envelope with blank pages, which is also a common scam with registered mail. Finally, and most importantly, the postmarks and the return receipts only confirm that a given letter or parcel was mailed at a given time and do not offer proof of its content![[/note]] Plus, Stork would not actually have any legal cause of action against Kris, since [=US=] UsefulNotes/{{Copyright}} law does not recognise "moral rights" (such as the one appliable in this case, that of attribution) and it would be likely courts would consider the song to be a "work for hire" (meaning, Kris would own the copyright and Stork would not have any alternative cause of action).

* NerdyInhaler: Subverted with Kris Kedder, who has asthma, so he uses a unique mint-flavored one which is imported from Denmark. It's also used to identify him as Stork's murderer, since he blew up a blue beachball while impersonating Stork at an acupuncture tent.

* PlagiarismInFiction: Why Stork was killed. Kedder took credit for a song Stork himself wrote, and realizes that if Stork went public with the truth, it would be the end of Kedder's career.

* RightBehindMe: Randy, playing sick, gets a call from Stottlemeyer on his cell phone, and speaks like he is sick, while Stottlemeyer is slowly walking up behind him and acting completely incredulous at his lies. When they hang up did Sottlemeyer make himself known.

* StealingTheCredit: The reason Kris killed Stork. Originally the latter (and the latter alone) was the one who wrote both the music and the lyrics to "Peggy's Gone to Memphis"[[note]]basing himself on his daughter Margaret a.k.a. "Peggy", who lived in Memphis, Tennessee[[/note]]. The latter agreed with the former that both would each get half the songwriting credit if the former were to sing it, in order for the latter to gain currency in the music industry. When the [=CD=] in which the music was recorded came out, however, only the former was credited (as both singer and songwriter). When Stork got hold of a copy and saw his name was out, he confronted Kris, who at first offered him $5,000 for the problem to go away, only for him to refuse, claiming he had evidence (the envelope he sent himself via registered mail). Kris kills Stork just as he is about to call a copyright attorney.
* TelevisionGeography: Zig-zagged. There is no valley close inside the San Francisco Police Department's jurisdiction area that would match the description of the valley where the concert grounds are located (if this show were shot on location, they'd probably have set it in Golden Gate Park). However, inside Stork's trailer, there's an envelope that is addressed to a postal box with an actual San Francisco zipcode (94188).

* WildTeenParty: At first. This is Monk's reaction when he discovers that he accidentally took the phrase "rock show" to mean a geology exhibit. While waiting by the car, due to being horrified at learning what he actually agreed to go to, Monk is utterly disgusted when a couple starts passionately making out on the hood of Stottlemeyer's car. The trope fades into the background after Monk and Natalie are roped by Kendra into investigating Stork's murder (ostensibly, once Monk has a committed goal, the environment isn't as much of a problem for him).
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Kendra's reaction to Natalie's skepticism when she says the needle-phobic Stork couldn't have overdosed with one, despite how his body looked when Monk and Natalie found it:

* NerdyInhaler: Kris Kedder has asthma, so he uses a unique mint-flavored one which is imported from Denmark. It's also used to convict him of murdering Stork since he blew up a blue beachball while impersonating his victim at an acupuncture tent.

* ImplausibleDeniability: Stottlemeyer catches Randy in the act of PlayingSick. Even though Randy's denials on the phone could be plausible, they are rendered implausible because Stottlemeyer is calling from literally less than 15 feet away and can clearly see that he's perfectly healthy.

* HandshakeSubstitute: Randy and Jared have a fist-bump [[FunnyBackgroundEvent behind Stottlemeyer's back]] when Monk informs him about the murder, which means that Stottlemeyer has no choice but to stay in the festival.

* FanBoy: Jared and Disher are both this for Kris Kedder. The former [[SkippingSchool skips school]], the latter is PlayingSick (although he was immediately foiled by Stottlemeyer), both in order to attend the concert.

* FalseFriend: Kris to Stork. Not only did the former steal the credit on a music the latter wrote, the former also killed the latter in order to help hide the theft. Plus, according to Kendra, the former did not really help the latter with his drug addiction. On top of that, the former tried to use the addiction as part of his coverup of the latter's murder.

* DestroyTheEvidence: Kris snicks into Stork's trailer pretending to want to see it, but actually wanting to obtain the evidence Stork said he had, which was the envelope with the sheet music (he forgot about the return receipt, which however is not worth much by itself), then equally sneaking out with it (taking Monk to notice something strange on the wall, which was the missing envelope). Afterward, in the middle of the concert, he brandishes the envelope for all to see, then throws it into a pire which burns it completely. Fortunately, Monk deducts he has another piece of evidence: the blue beachball.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Natalie and Kendra are both wearing shirts that match their hair color: Natalie is played by Traylor Howard, a blonde, and she is wearing a patterned white t-shirt. Kendra Frank is played by Creator/TamaraFeldman, who has dark black hair, and she wears a black t-shirt, black pants, and a black sleeveless jacket.

* BodyInABreadbox: Body in a port-a-potty. This episode is the ImageSource.

* BodyInABreadbox: Body in a port-a-potty. This episode is the TropeImageSource.

* BodyInABreadbox: Body in a port-a-potty.

* AlliterativeName: Kris Kedder.

* ChekhovsGun: The [[BerserkButton blue beachball]] Monk was hit with three times is actually an important piece of evidence, as Monk, Natalie and Kendra discover that a) it was Kris (who disguised himseld as Stork, who was was AfraidOfNeedles) who made an acupuncturist appointment and b) he had filled the beachball on his way out. The latter was important because, as an asthmatic, Kris uses a [[NerdyInhaler unique mint-flavored inhaler]], and the smell was on the air inside the ball.

* ChekhovsGun: The [[BerserkButton blue beachball Monk was hit three times]] is actually an important piece of evidence, as Monk, Natalie and Kendra discover that a) Stork went to the acupuncturist (which was actually Kris in disguise, as Stork was AfraidOfNeedles) and b) he had filled the beachball on his way out. The latter was important because, as an asthmatic, Kris uses a [[NerdyInhaler unique mint-flavored inhaler]], and the smell was on the air inside the ball.

** When the episode opens, Monk and Natalie show up at the police station looking for Stottlemeyer. Natalie produces for him a dry cleaning bill for clothes Monk ruined on a previous case, and insists on getting reimbursed for such expenses. Said previous case apparently involved a kidnapping and somehow involved Monk running through a poultry farm to recover missing ransom money, ruining a shirt and a jacket.
** After getting out of the port-a-potty, Monk blabbered about where he could have inserted the quarter, or exactly ''what'' he confused for a reciever.

** Monk confuses a port-a-john for a payphone, and it takes him a while to actually realize the truth and just get out of there.
** Monk's insistence on [[SchmuckBait touching a heat lamp]] and Natalie trying to restrain him.

* SadisticChoice: At one point when he catches the ball, Jared is torn between giving it to either Kris or his dad (Stottlemeyer). After much insistence, especially from Kris (who actually uses the fact that his dad is a policeman - an authority), Stottlemeyer eventually convinces Jared to hand the ball over. Unfortunately that results in the arrest of his favorite musician (however, as Natalie points out, his Kris Kedder t-shirt is now worth more).

** Stottlemeyer passes a picture of his son (which is outdated, since Jared in the picture is still a kid while Jared in the present is a teenager) to the rock festival security, who decide to put up the picture in fliers all over the area. Later, when Jared was found, he would later get embarrassed by the picture on the flier. Gets another drop in the end when father and son reconciled and decided to go into a photo booth to take pictures before they leave.

-->'''Kendra Frank:''' I remember that. That was about six months ago. I went to the post office with him. He was mailing sheet music to himself. He called it his [[BetrayalInsurance "insurance policy"]].

* OverlyLongGag: Monk confuses a port-a-john for a payphone, and it takes him a while to actually realize the truth and just get out of there.

Series/{{Monk}} and Natalie end up accompanying Stottlemeyer to a rock concert to look for Stottlemeyer's runaway son, only to get involved in the murder of a roadie.

* AfraidOfNeedles: Stork was, which is the reason his girlfriend Kendra doesn't believe he would overdose.

* BetrayalInsurance: Stork called the envelope with the sheet music he sent himself via registered mail his "insurance policy" when he went to the post office with Kendra. Unfortunately, as explained above, [[SubvertedTrope it really wasn't]], and in any case Kris threw the envelope into a pire in the middle of the concert (albeit not the return receipt, which he had not got hold of when he sneaked into Stork's trailer, unlike with the envelope).

* BrickJoke: Stottlemeyer accused Randy in "Mr. Monk Goes to the Dentist" of saving up sick days for when he isn't sick. Here, he catches Randy in the act of playing sick.

* NoodleIncident: When the episode opens, Monk and Natalie show up at the police station looking for Stottlemeyer. Natalie produces for him a dry cleaning bill for clothes Monk ruined on a previous case, and insists on getting reimbursed for such expenses. Said previous case apparently involved a kidnapping and somehow involved Monk running through a poultry farm to recover missing ransom money, ruining a shirt and a jacket.

* RightBehindMe: Randy, playing sick, gets a call from Stottlemeyer on his cell phone, and speaks like he is sick, while Stottlemeyer is slowly walking up behind him and acting completely incredulous at his lies.
* ShortDistancePhoneCall: Stottlemeyer calls Randy's cell phone from less than ten feet away when he catches him pretending to be sick.

-->'''Natalie Teeger:''' Well, Kendra, we were there. We saw a needle in his arm-

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Natalie and Kendra are both wearing shirts that match their hair color: Natalie is played by Traylor Howard, a blonde, and she is wearing a patterned white t-shirt. Kendra Frank is played by Tamara Feldman, who has dark black hair, and she wears a black t-shirt, black pants, and a black sleeveless jacket.

* MysteryMagnet: Monk and Natalie are right by the port-a-potty when Stork Murray's body falls out of it. Natalie is somewhat startled, but her attitude after the break shows that she's perfectly fine helping Monk investigate, which suggests that either she was convinced by Stork's girlfriend Kendra Frank that something was wrong, she didn't want to look for Jared, or it's because they came in Stottlemeyer's car and Stottlemeyer is still looking for his son.

* DestroyTheEvidence: Kris snicks into Stork's trailer pretending to want to see it, but actually wanting to obtain the evidence Stork said he had, which was the envelope with the sheet music (he forgot about the return receipt, which however is not worth much by itself), then equally sneaking out with it (taking Monk to notice something strange on the wall, which was the missing envelope). Afterward, in the middle of the concert, he brandishes the envelope for all to see, then throws it into a pire which burns it completely. Fortunately, Monk deducts he has another evidence: the blue beachball.

* BusmansHoliday[=/=]MysteryMagnet: Monk and Natalie are right by the port-a-potty when Stork Murray's body falls out of it. Natalie is somewhat startled, but her attitude after the break shows that she's perfectly fine helping Monk investigate, which suggests that either she was convinced by Stork's girlfriend Kendra Frank that something was wrong, she didn't want to look for Jared, or it's because they came in Stottlemeyer's car and Stottlemeyer is still looking for his son.

-->'''Adrian Monk:''' Who?