tony shalhoub sang the theme song for the tv show monk.
who sings the theme song for the tv show monk?
tony shalhoub
"it's a jungle out there" is a song written by randy newman and used as the theme song for the tv series "monk" starting in its second season. in 2004, it won an emmy award for outstanding main title theme music. as the first season's theme song "monk theme" had won the same award the previous year, "monk" became the first series to have two different theme songs win an emmy for outstanding main title theme music in consecutive years. the song is not to be confused with the harry nilsson song of the same name from his 1975 album "duit on mon dei".
it's a jungle out there (song)
marci maven (sarah silverman) is monk's biggest fan and has made three appearances on the series. marci first appears in "mr. monk and the tv star" as a fan of brad terry, the star of the crime drama television series "crime lab s.f.". as monk and sharona are first investigating the murder of brad terry's ex-wife susan malloy, marci hands an envelope to sharona, saying that it is a petition to get the old theme song back, since quite a lot of people hate the new theme song of "crime lab s.f." however, marci also dislikes the now-deceased susan malloy, since susan only made one movie, called "frat party massacre", which marci has watched several times. this makes marci a primary suspect, and she is finally cornered by stottlemeyer and disher at the "crime lab s.f." 100th episode cast party. at first, she confesses to murdering brad's ex-wife, and monk is convinced. but when monk sees the renowned tv star lie to one of his scriptwriters about her script, he is convinced that brad terry is guilty. he confronts marci about the matter, stating that she is protecting brad because she knows he killed his ex-wife. after brad is arrested, marci is released from jail. a few nights later, marci shows up at monk's door convincing him that if he ever gets his own show, he should never change the theme song. (the theme song controversy surrounding "crime lab s.f." is a parody of the controversy around the replacement of the original instrumental theme song for "monk" with "it's a jungle out there".)
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