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| THIS WEEK IN MONKEES FILM & TV HISTORY |
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.
NOVEMBER 1, 1992 - VAP Video in Japan releases four more four-episode volumes on VHS:
The Monkees TV Show 5 (VHS Tape VPVU - 63089: Captain Crocodile / Alias Micky Dolenz / Monkee Mother / The Monkees On The Line),
The Monkees TV Show 6 (VHS Tape VPVU - 63090: The Monkees Get Out More Dirt / The Monkees At The Movies / It's A Nice Place To Visit [a.k.a. The Monkees In Mexico] / The Picture Frame [a.k.a. The Bank Robbery]),
The Monkees TV Show 7 (VHS Tape VPVU - 63091: Everywhere A Sheik Sheik / Monkee Mayor / Art, For Monkee's Sake / The Monkees Marooned), and
The Monkees TV Show 8 (VHS Tape VPVU - 63092: The Wild Monkees / Hitting The High Seas / The Monkees In Texas / The Monkees On The Wheel).
NOVEMBER 4, 1972
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"The Monkees Get Out More Dirt" (#4738), Episode No. 29 of The Monkees, was repeeted @ 1:00 p.m. (EST) on ABC, with a new song added: "Steam Engine", written by Chip Douglas.
NOVEMBER 6, 1967
- "The Card-Carrying Red Shoes" (prod. #4766) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on NBC as the 41st episode of The Monkees.
The sponsor was Kellogg’s™, and the song featured was "She Hangs Out" written by Jeff Barry.
NOVEMBER 6, 1968
- HEAD (prod. #8888), a motion picture starring that popular TV rockband The Monkees, had a World Premiere Engagement at the Studio Cinema and Greenwich Theaters in New York City. A gala was held at the Columbia Pictures studio on West 54th Street attended by The Monkees, Janis Ian, Andy Warhol, Boyce and Hart (who didn't contribute any tunes to the film!), Carole Bayer, Lester Sill, producers Bert Schneider and Bob Rafelson, Peter Fonda, Peter Tork's brother Nick Thorkelson, and his grandmother.
A Raybert Production of A Columbia Pictures Release, directed by Bob Rafelson (his first film), written and produced by Rafelson and Jack Nicholson, and executive-produced by Bert Schneider, HEAD is a loose theatrical spin-off of the Emmy-winning 1966–68 NBC situation comedy, The Monkees, and the last Monkees medium to be produced using the original cast and crew, made immediately after the end of series production and released to theaters several months after the final new episode aired on NBC;
thus, it serves as a swan song (series finale) of the original Monkees series.
It featured many movie, sports and TV icons by the likes of Victor Mature, Sonny Liston, Annette Funicello, Carol Doda, Ray Nitschke, and a youthful Teri Garr (billed in the movie as Terry Garr), her first speaking role in a motion picture. The songs featured in the movie
(all produced by The Monkees) were "Porpoise Song (Theme From HEAD)" by Gerry Goffin & Carole King, "Ditty Diego (War Chant)" by Bob Rafelson & Jack Nicholson, a live performance of "Circle Sky" by Michael Nesmith, "Can You Dig It" and "Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again" by Peter Tork,
"As We Go Along" by Carole King & Toni Stern, "Daddy's Song" by Nilsson, and "Happy Birthday To You" (prev. unreleased) by Patty Smith and Mildred Jane Hill & David L. Sparkman.
Trivia Footnote: The principal photography was a 3-month, 10-day shoot between February and May 1968 at Screen Gems Studios, Paramount Studios and on location in California (Gerald Desmond Bridge, Long Beach; Pasadena Rose Bowl, Pasadena; Playa Del Rey; Bronson Canyon; Palm Springs; Columbia Ranch, Burbank; Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles), Utah (Valley Music Hall, Salt Lake City), and Paradise Island, The Bahamas.. Unfortunately, a misleading ad campaign (a balding man's face? No indication of the group appearing in the film?) and a mistimed release date, due to a painfully prolonged postproduction process (November 6, 1968? Two months after The Monkees TV show's official cancellation [and the day after Richard M. Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey in a knockdown, dragout vie for The Presidency!]?) helped sabotage this otherwise fun-loving crowd pleaser, which landed with a tumultuous thud at the box-office with a meager $16,111 in ticket sales. But HEAD has over the years developed quite a cult following among moviegoers and Monkees fans.
NOVEMBER 6, 1971
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"I've Got A Little Song Here" (#4707), Episode No. 12 of The Monkees, was repeeted @ 12 noon (EST) on CBS, with a new song added: "Steam Engine", written by Chip Douglas.
NOVEMBER 7, 1966
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"The Chaperone" (prod. #4711) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on NBC as the 9th episode of The Monkees.
Sponsored by Kellogg’s™, this episode featured 3
songs: "This Just Doesn't Seem To Be My Day"
by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, "Take A Giant Step" by Carole King & Gerry Goffin,
and "You Just May Be The One" by Michael Nesmith. And if you were watching this week, the original commercials you would've seen were Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes (:30), Black Label Aftershave by Yardley (:45), Slicker Dolly Kits by Yardley (:15), Kellogg's Corn Flakes (:30), Kellogg's Pop Tarts (:30) and The Monkees for Kellogg's Rice Kirispies (:30).
NOVEMBER 7, 1970 - "Hillbilly Honeymoon" (a.k.a. "Double Barrel Shotgun Wedding") (#4768), Episode No. 39 of The Monkees, was repeeted @ 12:30 p.m. (EST) on CBS.
FEATURED EPISODE OF THE MONKEES
(Updated every Pleasant Valley Sunday) |
Episode No. 9
"THE CHAPERONE"
(prod. #4711, aired on NBC November 7, 1966)
Originally Sponsored by Kellogg's™
When David falls for a retired General's daughter, The Monkees throw a
formal chaperone party (with Micky in drag!) just so that he can see her. |
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| THE MONKEES TV SHOW IS ON CABLE & SATELLITE! |
Tune in and turn on to The Monkees TV series on
Catchy Comedy every Pleasant Valley Saturday morning @ 7AM Central Time!
UPCOMING BROADCASTS - NOVEMBER 2026
Future airdates are extremely subject to change; click here to confirm all upcoming Monkees shows on Catchy Comedy.
ANNOUNCING THE MONKEES
ON TV: SEASON ONE!
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THE
MONKEES ON TV: Season One
is Andrew P. Sandoval's culmination of a worldwide search for
original scripts and story drafts from The Monkees television series. It features detailed analysis of how each episode was transferred from script to screen and contains heretofore unpublished information bringing you behind the scenes of each production.
Click the image of the book to learn more and order your copy today! I did! |
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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:
(Internet Archives)
MONKEES SONG LYRICS
(The Monkees Homepage!)
Jackie L. Wilson's List Of
Lyrics
to Songs in 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee (Internet Archives)
Jen Belanger's Sunshine Factory!
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 1, 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
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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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