THIS WEEK IN MONKEES FILM & TV HISTORY

OCTOBER 28, 1972 - The Monkees was preempted on ABC by a NCAA Football Pre-Game Show.

OCTOBER 30, 1967 - "The Monkees Marooned" (prod. #4755) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on NBC as the 40th episode of The Monkees.

It was sponsored by Yardley Of London™, and the songs, produced by Chip Douglas, were "Daydream Believer" written by John Stewart and "What Am I Doing Hangin' ‘Round?" (in an alternate version with an extended fade) written by Michael Murphy.

Trivia Footnote: This was the last filmed episode of The Monkees to feature Michael Nesmith speaking with his old voice; he went to have a tonsillectomy right after "The Monkees Marooned" wrapped.

OCTOBER 30, 1971 - "I Was A Teenage Monster", Episode No. 18 of The Monkees (prod. #4725, first aired on NBC January 16, 1967), was repeeted @ noon (EST) on CBS (and just in time for Halloween, too!), with a new song added: "Good Clean Fun," written by Michael Nesmith.

OCTOBER 31, 1966 - "Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth" (prod. #4708) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on NBC as the 8th episode of The Monkees.

Slicker and Black Label by Yardley Of London™ were the sponsors, and all musical numbers written & produced by Michael Nesmith: "All The King's Horses" & "Papa Gene's Blues."

Trivia Footnote: "Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth" was the first official Monkees episode to be produced, directed by producer Bob Rafelson. He would go on to direct 5 further episodes of the series (Episode Nos. 3, "Monkee Versus Machine", 5, "The Spy Who Came In From The Cool", 17, "The Case Of The Missing Monkee", 32, "The Monkees On Tour", and 54, "The Monkees In Paris"), 2 of which he also wrote (#32, "The Monkees On Tour", and 54, "The Monkees In Paris"), and, of course, he went on to direct (as well as write and produce with Jack Nicholson) his first movie: The Monkees' 1968 feature film HEAD.

OCTOBER 31, 1970 - "The Monkees At The Movies" (#4727), Episode No. 31 of The Monkees, was repeeted @ 12:30 p.m. (EDT) on CBS.

NOVEMBER 1986 - Musicvision releases The Monkees Volume #3 (VHS #60714; Beta #20714): "Here Come The Monkees"/ "I Was A Teenage Monster" and The Monkees Volume #4 (VHS #60715; Beta #20715) "The Monkees A La Carte"/ "The Prince And The Paupers".

NOVEMBER 1, 1969 - "The Monkees On The Line" (#4739), Episode No. 28 of The Monkees, was repeeted @ noon (EST) on CBS, with a new song added: "Little Girl", written by Micky Dolenz.

FEATURED MONKEES EPISODE OF SCARY STUFF!!!!! (Updated every Pleasant Valley Sunday throughout October)

Episode No. 50 "THE MONSTROUS MONKEE MASH" (prod. #4767, aired on NBC January 22 and June 8, 1968) Originally Sponsored by Yardley Of London David's date leads him to a spooky castle filled with mummies, werewolves and vampires, which sends Peter, Micky and Michael to the rescue!

Description Of Site Contents
HERE COME THE MONKEES: The Original 1965 Pilot Episode	All you need to know about the original, unaired pilot for The Monkees television series, filmed in 1965 by Screen Gems as a means to sell the product to both TV networks and sponsors.
THE MONKEES (NBC, 1966-1968)	Once known as The VITAL STATISTICS & CREDITS Page, the decision has been made to merge it with the links to both The Monkees First and Second Season Episode Indices and convert it into a page dedicated to The Monkees television series itself. It includes a complete network and syndication history, Nielsen ratings, commercial sponsors, castmembers, Emmy awards and nominations, AND, included for the first time anywhere, a compleet and full slate of production credits, which covers both seasons!!! As aforementioned, it has links to charts listing all 32 shows from The Monkees television series' sensational Emmy-winning first season and the 26 episodes from the surrealistic second (and final) season. Each episode is linked to a corresponding individual page, which includes a HQ screenshot of a pivotal scene from the episode (captured from DVDs) with extra original episode-specific color/B&W publicity stills sprinkled throughout, original airdates, writers, directors and production crew, guest stars, episode songs, a listing of each and every home video release it has ever had (on Beta, VHS, laserdisc, DVD and Blu-Ray), compleet and detailed synopses, production, trivia and Guest Cast notes, filming locations and dates, original commercials which aired, coinciding Colgems album/single release dates, A.C. Nielsen ratings/share, and wherever applicable, production numbers and copyright registration numbers! Included is a list of all the preemptions and repeats and links to episode interview transcripts.
HEAD (COLUMBIA, 1968)	The entire dope on The Monkees' sole motion picture outing! Includes a complete slate of cast & crewmembers, shooting and premiere dates, a compleet synopsis of the whole movie, and Supporting Cast, trivia and production notes!
MONKEES TELEVISION EPISODE REFERENCES IN THE MOVIE HEAD	Here are multiple references The Monkees' 1968 motion picture HEAD made to previous episodes in The Monkees 1966-1968 television series!
THE TV SPECIALS	Includes everything on both of The Monkees' television specials: 1969's 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee and 1997's Hey Hey It's The Monkees (a.k.a. "A Lizard Sunning Itself On A Rock")!
MONKEES HOME VIDEOGRAPHY	A detailed history of The Monkees film & TV releases on home video, on VHS, laserdisc and digital video disc (DVD), from 1986 to current!
THE COMMERCIALS	Transcripts of original broadcast commercial sponsor tags of The Monkees hawking Kellogg's Rice Krispies Cereal, Kool-Aid Soft Drink Mix, and Yardley Black Label Aftershave! Includes a link to a page bearing lyrics to all of the jingles and WAV files to the commercials and jingles, and also a transcript of the 1995 Pizza Hut Commercial featuring Ringo Starr!
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	A number of literary Monkees sources employed by the author in crafting this very webpage. Also included is a list bearing thanks to those who assisted me in making said page the page it is today.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON REPEATS	A compleet chronological listing of all 58 Monkees shows as originally seen on CBS and ABC Saturday Afternoons!
MONKEES LINKS	A listing of links to other Monkee pages, divided in 3 columns (offical, film/TV and music/group-oriented Monkees pages).
AWARDS BESTOWED UPON THE MF&TVV	The awards of which The Monkees Film & TV Vault is a proud recipient.
ORIGIN OF THE MF&TVV	My personal account on how The Monkees Film & TV Vault came to be.
ONSCREEN CAPTIONS	A guide listing all of the humorous captions which flashed on screen in several episodes of The Monkees.
DREAM SEQUENCES, DISGUISES & QUICKCHANGE COSTUME PLAY	A guide listing who did what, what they wore, and what happened in the many hilarious fanstasy sequences in various Monkees segments.
THE MONKEES GO APE FOR BATMAN	Varous cross references to the 1966-68 ABC-TV Batman series (and beyond) on The Monkees.
THE MONKEES ON UK TV	A listing of episodes of The Monkees TV series as shown in The United Kingdom on BBC1 and BBC2 from December 1966 to June 1968.
MONKEES EPISODE PRODUCTION NUMBERS	An appendix (partially in text) of all 58 episodes of The Monkees TV series arranged in chronological production numerical order.
MONKEES EPISODE INTERVIEWS	A listing of transcripts of all 12 original interview segments as seen on The Monkees' TV show, as well as transcripts of David, Michael and Micky's guests from March 1968. (Adapted from Monkees Pad)
THE MONKEES FILM & TV VAULT'S SILVER CELEBRATION	This site celebrated a huge birthday on Monkee Monday, October 24, 2022: its 25th Anniversary on The World Wide Web! To celebrate, this link was added, providing a nice, detailed trip down MF&TVV Memory Lane, owing a great deal to the ORIGIN OF THE MF&TVV page, but with much more thoroughness. Now, it recieves a permanent spot as part of this very list of Site Contents, for posterity.
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A direct hookup with links to the lyrics of ALL the featured songs on the following webpages:

MONKEES SONG LYRICS (The Monkees Homepage!)
Jackie L. Wilson's List Of Lyrics to Songs in 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee (Internet Archives)
Sunny Girlfriend's lyrics page

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