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FIFTY SYNDICATED YEARS OF THE MONKEES TELEVISION SERIES
(SEPTEMBER 1, 1975 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2025)
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| THIS WEEK IN MONKEES FILM & TV HISTORY |
DECEMBER 1, 1992 - VAP Video distributes 2 final VHS videocassettes of the series: The Monkees TV Show 9 (VHS Tape VPVU - 63093: The Monkees Christmas Show [a.k.a. The Christmas Story] [CBS Saturday repeet] / The Fairy Tale / The Monkees Watch Their Feet [a.k.a. Micky And The Outer Space Creatures] / The Monstrous Monkee Mash) and The Monkees TV Show 10 (VHS Tape VPVU - 630954: The Monkee's Paw / The Devil And Peter Tork / The Monkees In Paris [a.k.a. The Paris Show] / Some Like It Lukewarm [a.k.a. The Band Contest]).
These final VHS releases coincided with that of
The Monkees - Special TV Collection (VAP Video VPLU - 70215), a laserdisc collection of all 40 episodes previously issued on home video from October to December. It was limited to just 5000 pressings.
DECEMBER 4, 1967
- "The Monkees In Texas" (prod. #4761) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on NBC as the 45th episode of The Monkees.
Kellogg's sponsored the show this week, and "Words"
written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart and "Goin' Down" written by Diane Hilderbrand, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz & David Jones were the songs featured.
DECEMBER 4, 1968
- The Monkees' big-screen romp HEAD (#8888) was briefly given the first of 2 new leases on theatrical life to boost ticket sales, in Los Angeles in a city-wide engagement at 16 theaters and drive-ins (2 weeks after its West Coast Premiere there at The Vogue Theater), with a double feature (limited to the Pacific drive-ins and a handful of theaters) in the form of then-recent Columbia crime comedy Duffy starring James Coburn.
DECEMBER 4, 1971
- "Monkee Mayor" (#4760), Episode No. 36 of The Monkees, was repeeted @ Noon (EST) on CBS.
DECEMBER 5, 1966
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"One Man Shy" (a.k.a. "Peter And The Debutante") (prod. #4722) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on NBC as the 13th episode of The Monkees.
Kellogg's originally sponsored this episode,
which featured the songs "You May Just Be The One,"
written & produced by Michael Nesmith, and "I’m A Believer", written by Neil Diamond and produced by Jeff Barry, a phenomenal tune which made its debut appearance in this episode. Released as the A-side of the Colgems #66-1002 single on November 12, 1966, the song was heavily hyped by NBC, as it was used in every episode of The Monkees
TV series aired on The Peacock Network in December 1966. All this, naturally,
resulted in "I’m A Believer" being The Monkees' biggest hit (a 7-week stay at the top of the Billboard chart!), not to mention the Top song of 1967!
DECEMBER 5, 1970
- "The Devil And Peter Tork" (#4737), Episode No. 52 of The Monkees, was repeeted @ 12:30p.m. (EST) on CBS, with a new song added: "I Never Thought It Peculiar," written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart.
DECEMBER 6, 1969
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"Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth" (#4708), Episode No. 8 of The Monkees, was repeeted at noon Eastern on CBS, with a new song added: "I Never Thought It Peculiar," written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart.
FEATURED MONKEES EPISODE OF THE WEEK
(Updated every Pleasant Valley Sunday) |
Episode No. 58
"MIJACOGEO"
(a.k.a. "THE FRODIS CAPER")
(prod. #4770, aired on NBC March 25, 1968)
Originally Sponsored by Kellogg's
The Monkees battle a mad wizard who hypnotizes TV viewers with
a test pattern planted with powers of an alien from outer space! |
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Description Of Site Contents
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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. |
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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. |
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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! |
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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! |
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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")! |
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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! |
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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! |
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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. |
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON REPEATS |
A compleet chronological listing of all 58 Monkees shows as originally seen on CBS and ABC Saturday
Afternoons! |
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MONKEES LINKS |
A listing of links to other Monkee pages,
divided in 3 columns (offical, film/TV and music/group-oriented Monkees
pages). |
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AWARDS BESTOWED UPON THE MF&TVV |
The awards
of which The Monkees Film & TV Vault is a proud recipient. |
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ORIGIN OF THE
MF&TVV |
My personal account on how The Monkees Film
& TV Vault came to be. |
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ONSCREEN CAPTIONS
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A guide listing all of the humorous
captions which flashed on screen in several episodes of The Monkees.
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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. |
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THE MONKEES GO APE
FOR BATMAN |
Varous cross references to the 1966-68
ABC-TV Batman
series (and beyond) on
The Monkees. |
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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.
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MONKEES EPISODE PRODUCTION NUMBERS |
An appendix (partially in text) of all 58
episodes of The Monkees
TV series arranged in chronological production numerical order. |
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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)
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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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HERE To Check For Annual Updates!
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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
Whatever your Monkee needs, discuss it in The
Monkees Film & TV Vault Message Board!
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| GROUPS, LINKS, DISCLAIMER, ETC. |
This page was first launched on Pleasant Valley Friday, October 24, 1997.
It vacated its previous home of 28 years, Tripod, to set up camp at Neocities on Monkee Monday, June 9, 2025,
and was last  Pleasant Valley Sunday, November 30, 2025.
Concieved, edited, researched, cross-checked and written by
Aaron Handy III.
This site is best viewed using the most current version of Google Chrome, and enhanced with
the fonts Franklin Gothic Condensed, Franklin Gothic Medium, Franklin Gothic Book, Cooper Black and HP-Hobo.
The
Monkees is a registered trademark of and copyrighted by
The Rhino Entertainment Company.
No copyright
infringement is intended by their use on this page. I and this page are in no
way affiliated with, approved of or endorsed by The Rhino Entertainment Company.
This page is
created by a Monkeefan for other Monkeefans out of love and respect, and is
strictly a non-profit endeavor intended for entertainment and TV research only;
the images and sounds used on this website are believed to be in the public
domain or fall within the boundaries of the US Supreme Court's Fair Use Act (US Code,
Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 107).
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