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| THIS WEEK IN MONKEES FILM & TV HISTORY |
APRIL 14, 1969
- 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee (prod. #1086), a 60-minute special in color on videotape featuring The Monkees, aired at 8:00 p.m. (EST) on NBC.
It guest-starred Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Little Richard, The Clara Ward Singers, The Buddy Miles Express, Paul Arnold and The Moon Express, and The We Three Trio. The special was sponsored by Aerowax, and the commercials originally shown were Aerowax,
Easy-On, 7-Up, Easy-Off, Sani-Flush, Hai Karate Cologne, Elan by Coty, Woolite, Aerowax (again), American Oil Company (American Scene), and an NBC Promo for
an April 21, 1969 repeet of the May 27, 1968 Don Ho special Hawaii-Ho. The musical numbers The Monkees performed in the special were:
"I’m A Believer" (with Julie Driscoll),
"I Prithee (Do Not Ask For Love)", "Naked
Persimmon (The Only Thing I Believe Is True)",
"Goldilocks Sometime", "Wind Up Man",
"I Go Ape",
"At The Hop", "Shake A Tailfeather" (with We Three), "Little Darlin’",
"Peppermint Twist," "String For My Kite", "Solfeggietto" by C.P.E. Bach,
"Listen To The Band" (with the entire cast) and "California Here It Comes".
33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee was the last performance as a quartet The Monkees ever gave. Peter Tork, reportedly suffering from exhaustion, bought out his Monkees contract @ the end of 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee's production, reducing The Monkees to a trio and making 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee, in its initial NBC-TV telecast (pre-empting
Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In), look dated! The Monkees would not be seen on network TV as a foursome again for 28 years.
APRIL 14, 1970
- The project created in 1965 that "Peter"-ed out had "Michael"-ed out as well.
A full year to the day NBC broadcast Peter Halsten Tork's big finale as a Monkee in the TV special 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee, Robert Michael Nesmith gave his last performance as a member of The Monkees in a commercial for Kool-Aid with David Jones and Micky Dolenz in Palm Springs, California. He would go on to forge The First National Band with John Ware, the late Red Rhodes and John London at RCA.
Ironically, this was 4 days after Paul McCartney issued a press statement announcing that he was leaving The Beatles.
APRIL 14, 1973
- The Monkees was preempted on ABC by Soul Unlimited.
APRIL 15, 1968
- "Monkee Mayor" (#4760), Episode No. 36 of The Monkees, was repeeted @ 7:30 p.m. EDT on NBC. Yardley Of London™ sponsored.
APRIL 15, 1972
- "The Monkees
In The Ring", Episode No. 20 of The Monkees (prod. #4739, aired on NBC January 30, 1967), was repeeted at noon EST on CBS, with 2 new songs added: "Looking For The Good Times," written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, and "If You Have The Time," written by Bill Chadwick.
APRIL 17, 1967
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"The Monkees At The Movies" (prod. #4727) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EDT on NBC as the 31st episode of The Monkees.
Slicker by Yardley Of London™ sponsored the show this week, and, if you were watching, the only original commercial shown was Kellogg's™ Sugar Frosted Flakes (with Tony The Tiger!). The featured songs were "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You," written by Neil Diamond and produced by Jeff Barry, and "Last Train To Clarksville" and
"Valleri" written & produced by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart. (Neil Sedaka and Carole Bayer's written and produced tune "When Love Comes Knockin'
[At Your Door]" was originally slated for use, but, with the end of The Monkees' first season on NBC looming, was substituted with "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" at the last minute.)
The Monkees ripped on the fact that they didn't play their own instruments at their concerts at the end of this episode.
Trivia Footnote: This episode's first-run airing coincided with the 33rd birthday of Don Kirshner, former music supervisor of The Monkees TV show.
APRIL 17, 1968
- Work continues on The Monkees’ movie, including a ribbon-cutting segment shot on The Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach.
APRIL 17, 1971
- "Art, For Monkee's Sake" (#4744), Episode No. 37 of The Monkees, was repeeted @ 12:30 p.m. EDT on CBS.
APRIL 18, 1970
- "Hitting The High Seas" (#4762), Episode No. 44 of The Monkees, was repeeted @ noon EDT on CBS, with a new song added: "Oh My My," written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim.
FEATURED EPISODE OF THE MONKEES
(Updated every Pleasant Valley Sunday) |
Episode No. 46
"THE MONKEES ON THE WHEEL"
(prod. #4742, aired on NBC December 11, 1967 and June 10, 1968)
Originally Sponsored by Yardley Of London™
The Monkees invade Las Vegas where, mistaken for crooked gamblers who
rigged a Roulette wheel, they try their luck at exposing the real gang. |
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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, Beta, laserdisc, digital video disc (DVD) and BluRay,
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 (official, 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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THE MONKEES
ON THE SCREEN GEMS NETWORK |
A brief history of the 1999-2002 weekday afternoon television programming block airing classic shows from the Columbia Pictures Television vault, airing shows with a resource base of 58,000 episodes of 350 television series from the 1950s to 1980s, including
The Monkees, with a chart detailing weekday retreads of the series in tandem with The Partridge Family from May to July 2000.
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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 33⅓ 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, April 12, 2026.
Concieved, edited, researched, cross-checked and written by
Aaron Handy III.
Many pictures used within The Monkees Film & TV Vault originally
appeared on eBay.
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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