THIS WEEK IN MONKEES FILM & TV HISTORY

NOVEMBER 23, 1968  -  The Monkees went into production on their television special 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee (#1086), a good 3 days after appearing in person at the invitation-only premiere of their motion picture HEAD at The Metro II Theatre in San Francisco (and a good 3 years to the day production on their now-axed television series’ pilot film finished). NBC went on strike just as the 33⅓ cast and crew were about to commence videotaping, thus forcing them to switch taping locations to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's studios in Culver City, CA, where production was done on the fly through remote trucks parked right outside.

The production lasted 4 days, wrapping up on November 27, upon which Peter Tork, citing exhaustion, wrapped up his wonderful 3-year run as a Monkee at the end of 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee's production, reducing The Monkees to a trio. Their final public get-together as a quartet took place on December 4, 1968 at The Whisky A Go Go where 33⅓ guests Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity held a press party.

Though 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee compleeted taping in November 1968, there had been some delay in obtaining a sponsor, so the special was delayed from telecast for 5 months, finally airing on NBC @ 8:00 PM (EDT), Monday, April 14, 1969 (sponsored by Aerowax). It was the only product of three proposed NBC-TV Monkees specials to air that year.

NOVEMBER 25, 1972  -  The Monkees was on a 4-week hiatus on ABC in favor of a College Football Pre-Game Show.

NOVEMBER 27, 1967 — "Hitting The High Seas" (prod. #4762) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. Eastern on NBC as the 44th episode of The Monkees.

It was originally sponsored by Yardley Of London™, and the songs featured were "Daydream Believer" written by John Stewart and "Star Collector" written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King.

NOVEMBER 27, 1971 — "Dance, Monkee, Dance" (#4719), Episode No. 14 of The Monkees, was repeeted at noon Eastern on CBS, with a new song added: "If You Have The Time," written by Bill Chadwick.

NOVEMBER 28, 1966 — "I've Got A Little Song Here" (prod. #4707) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. Eastern on NBC as the 12th episode of The Monkees.

Slicker and Black Label by Yardley Of London™ was the sponsor, and "Gonna Buy Me A Dog" written & produced by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, and "Mary, Mary" written & produced by Michael Nesmith, were the songs used this week.

NOVEMBER 28, 1970 — "The Monkees Blow Their Minds" (#4747), Episode No. 57 of The Monkees, was repeeted at 12:30 p.m. Eastern on CBS.

NOVEMBER 29, 1969 — "The Success Story" (#4710), Episode No. 6 of The Monkees, was repeeted at noon Eastern on CBS, with a new song added: "French Song," written by Bill Chadwick.

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Episode No. 39 “THE MONKEES ON THE LINE” (prod. #4739, aired on NBC March 27, 1967) Originally Sponsored by Kellogg's The Monkees try to retain the services of a telephone answering service, but instead are detained as servants and get everyone's wires crossed!

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, Beta, laserdisc, digital video disc (DVD) and BluRay, 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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