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FEBRUARY 17, 1973 - "Monkee See, Monkee Die" (#4705), Episode No. 2 of The Monkees, was repeeted @ 1:00 p.m. EST on ABC. FEBRUARY 17, 1997 - Hey Hey It's The Monkees (a.k.a. "A Lizard Sunning Itself On A Rock") (#9701), a 60-Minute Special, first aired @ 8:00 P.M. (EST) on The ABC Television Network. This was the first network TV showing of the original Monkee quartet since the 1969 TV special 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee on NBC. Michael Nesmith wrote and directed. The songs featured were "You and I" (Micky Dolenz/David Jones), "Circle Sky" (Michael Nesmith), "Antarctica" (Bill Martin), "Regional Girl" (Micky Dolenz), and a medley of "Last Train To Clarksville"/"I'm A Believer"/"Daydream Believer"/"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"; all were produced by The Monkees. 3 of the tracks, "You and I" (Micky Dolenz/David Jones), "Circle Sky" (Michael Nesmith), and "Regional Girl" (Micky Dolenz), were featured on The Monkees' 11th album Justus (R2 72542, released October 15, 1996). And, if you tuned in and turned on this week, these were the original commercials you would have seen: Ragu, Sears Auto Center, Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats (!!!), Pantene Pro-V Conditioners, a promo for The Flintstones (Universal, 1994), Hyundai, Tylenol, Dove Soap; Target (Club Wedd); promos for Roseanne, The Drew Carey Show, Home Improvement, Spin City and Spy City, Nissan, Aveeno Ocean, promos for The World's Deadliest Volcanoes, Volcano (20th Century Fox, 1997), Fire On The Mountain, and Happy Birthday Elizabeth, Femstat 3, Wal-Mart, and Bisquick. FEBRUARY 19, 1968 - "The Monkees In Paris" (a.k.a. "The Paris Show") (prod. #4771) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EST on NBC as the 54th episode of The Monkees. The sponsor of the week was Yardley Of London™, and the featured songs were "Star Collector" written by Jerry Goffin & Carole King; "Love Is Only Sleeping" written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil; "Don't Call On Me" written by Michael Nesmith & John London; and "Goin' Down" written by Diane Hilderbrand, P. Tork, M. Nesmith, M. Dolenz & D. Jones; all produced by Chip Douglas. Trivia Footnote: Considered to be basically a half-hour expansion of the opening scene of The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, this was the only episode of The Monkees in its entire second season with Bob Rafelson at the director's helm, as well as the sixth overall and last. Strangely enough, during filming of "The Monkees In Paris," The Fun Four were virtually unknown in France as the stars they were in America (or even England!), for The Monkees TV show did not air in France! The French would later on, however, instantly embrace the group's unconventional feature film HEAD (#8888). It remains the only episode of The Monkees TV series to be filmed on location overseas. FEBRUARY 19, 1968 - Speaking of HEAD, The Monkees’ motion picture officially commenced production the very same day "The Monkees In Paris" (a.k.a. "The Paris Show") aired first-run on NBC, under the working title Changes (later the name of their 9th and final LP of their original hey-heyday, in May 1970), at Screen Gems Studio 7. The first scenes to be shot were in The Monkees pad, including a kissing contest with Jack Nicholson's girlfriend I.J. Jefferson (as Lady Pleasure) and the look in the mirror (which winds up on the cutting room floor). There was just one little peccadillo that threw a big Monkee wrench into the works: having got wind of being denied screenwriting credit for the movie, David, Micky and Michael decided to rebel by failing to show up on the first day of shooting; only Peter reported for duty. Without ¾ of the cast, they ran it for color and saw about setting it up…with the stand-ins, while Peter did nothing but bear witness. While all 4 Monkees returned the next day, feeling they'd made their point with producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider, the unity between the band and the producers was forever broken. For their part, Rafelson and Schneider began playing albums on the set by other groups like The Electric Flag, claiming, "That's REAL rock-n-roll!!" FEBRUARY 19, 1972 - "The Monkees A La Mode" (#4736), Episode No. 24 of The Monkees, was repeeted @ noon EST on CBS, with a new song added: "Oh My My," written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim. FEBRUARY 20, 1967 - "Captain Crocodile" (prod. #4730) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EST on NBC as the 23rd episode of The Monkees. The sponsor of the week was Yardley Of London™, and the featured songs were "Valleri", written & produced by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart and "Your Auntie Grizelda", written by Jack Keller & Diane Hilderbrand and produced by Jack Keller & Jeff Barry. FEBRUARY 20, 1971 - "A Coffin Too Frequent" (#4741), Episode No. 43 of The Monkees, was repeeted @ noon EST on CBS, with a new song added: "Oklahoma Backroom Dancer," written by Michael Nesmith. FEBRUARY 21, 1968 - On director Bob Rafelson's 35th birthday, The Monkees' movie crew filmed on location in Bronson Canyon in Los Angeles, the same location as the exterior of The Batcave on the 1966-68 ABC Batman television series, where many of the picture's war scenes will be captured. FEBRUARY 21, 1970 - "The Chaperone" (#4711), Episode No. 9 of The Monkees, was repeeted @ noon EST on CBS, with a new song added: "Midnight Train," written by Micky Dolenz.
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