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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 |
JULY 7, 1973
- The Monkees was preempted on ABC by Action '73.
JULY 7, 1975 – "Tonight, on The CBS Late Movie, The Monkees get it all together in a film that's out of this world. Take off on a non-stop trip of hilarity and song with 4 young men who don't know where they're going. The Monkees are on the move in
HEAD!”
HEAD (prod. #8888), the 1968 Columbia Picture starring that popular TV rockband The Monkees, was rerun on CBS @ 11:30 Eastern/10:30 Central as part of The CBS Late Movie, opposite The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson on NBC and The Wide World Mystery on ABC. Its first-run Late Movie broadcast on CBS took place on December 30, 1974, coinciding with Michael Nesmith's 32nd birthday and David Jones' 29th; this renetworkcast coincided with the 35th birthday of ex-Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, who's mentioned in the movie.
This repeet fittingly brought closure to the group on network television and put their original hey-heyday to rest. The Monkees television series would be distributed to local markets in syndication that fall.
JULY 8, 1968 - "The Monstrous Monkee Mash", Episode No. 50 of The Monkees (prod. #4767, aired on NBC January 22, 1968), was repeeted @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on NBC.
The sponsors of the week were Walt Disney Productions (The One And Only, Genuine, Original Family Band [Buena Vista, 1968]), Ban and Hi-C, and the commercials shown were: Ban, Clairol Midnight Sun, and Hi-C.
JULY 8, 1972 - "Fairy Tale", Episode No. 48 of The Monkees (prod. #4748, aired on NBC January 8 and June 24, 1968), was repeeted @ noon EDT on CBS.
JULY 10, 1967 - "Captain Crocodile", Episode No. 23 of The Monkees (prod. #4730, aired on NBC February 20, 1967), was repeeted @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on NBC, with a new song added: "Pleasant Valley Sunday," written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King and produced by Douglas Farthing Hatlelid. This retelecast coincided with "Pleasant Valley
Sunday"'s release on the A-side of the Colgems #66-1007 single that day, b/w a newly woodshedded remake of Boyce & Hart's "Words".
Sponsored this week by Yardley Of London™, the original commercials you would have seen were: Heartbreaker Eye Compact By Yardley (:30), Glimmerick by Yardley (:30), Jimmy Durante for Kellogg's Corn Flakes (1:00), and Clairol Midnight Sun (1:00).
Trivia Footnote: During a performance on Capt. Crocodile's show, Michael fangs to The Cap, "Either you let us play, or we quit!"...a catchcry which would become alarmingly prophetic in The Monkees' knockdown, dragout, yet successful battle for the right to play their own music. Don Kirshner's ousting as a result of this had a profound effect on this episode; in the scene where The Monkees get The Crocodile Corps to sit down and listen to a story, Micky originally starts to read, "Once upon a time in the land of Kirshner..." That was when The Man With The Golden Ear was still a valid member of the Screen Gems/Monkees community.
However, when "Captain Crocodile" was renetworkcast, Kirshner was long gone from the picture, and its soundtrack was altered not just to include Goffin and King's "Pleasant Valley Sunday", but to change Micky's story introduction as well: "Once upon a time, in the land of
Schnieder..." (after creator/coproducer Bert Schnieder).
JULY 10, 1971 - "The Monkees In A Ghost Town", Episode No. 7 of The Monkees (prod. #4704, aired on NBC October 24, 1966 and July 17, 1967), was repeeted @ 12:30 p.m. (EDT) on CBS.
JUNE 11, 1970 -
"Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth", Episode No. 8 of The Monkees (prod. #4708, aired on NBC October 31, 1966), was repeeted @ Noon EST on CBS, with a new song added: "I Never Thought It Peculiar," written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart.
FEATURED MONKEES EPISODE OF THE WEEK
(Updated every Pleasant Valley Sunday) |
Episode No. 51
"THE MONKEE'S PAW"
(prod. #4740, aired on NBC January 8 and June 17, 1968)
Originally Sponsored by Kellogg's
In a variation of the classic horror story, The Monkees acquire the magic
talisman from a washed-up magician, with disastrous results! |
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| THE MONKEES - THE COMPLETE TV SERIES IS AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY! |
Rhino Entertainment has re-reissued THE MONKEES - THE COMPLETE SERIES on High-Definition Blu Ray from 2016,
struck from the original 35mm negatives and remastered in stunning HD! The set includes all 58 1966-1968 episodes, the 1969 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee TV special, the 1968 cult classic Monkees movie HEAD, never-before-seen HEAD outtakes, original Kellogg's commercials, commentaries and more surprises!
1. All 58 episodes, newly remastered in stunning HD from the original negatives for the very first time, plus the 1969 TV Special "33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee"
2. Bonus material featuring commentaries from all four Monkees, original Kellogg's Monkees commercials, and more
3. The 1968 Monkees film "HEAD" in HD with never-before-seen outtakes
4. Unique packaging including a 7" featuring "Star Collector" b/w "Goin' Down" in unique TV mono mixes
5. Strictly limited to 10,000 individually numbered sets
6. Only available at Monkees.com
Discs 1-7
• All 58 original, uncut episodes of THE MONKEES, remastered in HD from the original film negatives
• Audio commentary from all four Monkees
• NEW audio commentary from Rodney Bingenheimer, Donna Loren and "Monkee Girl" Valerie Kairys Venet
• Alternate "Saturday morning rerun" versions with 10 alternate songs and mixes
• All in the original glorious mono direct from the film audio mags
Disc 8
• The 1968 movie HEAD, in HD
• Optional DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround soundtrack
• Audio commentary from all four Monkees
Disc 9
• The 1969 NBC television special 33⅓ REVOLUTIONS PER MONKEE, restored from newly discovered video elements
• Audio commentary from Micky Dolenz
Disc 10 - BONUS DISC, AVAILABLE IN THIS STRICTLY LIMITED EDITION ONLY!
• Original screen tests
• Original TV commercial spots featuring The Monkees
• Newly discovered outtakes from THE MONKEES TV series
• Newly discovered color promo film for "Randy Scouse Git" created for TOP OF THE POPS and unseen since its original airing
• Never-before-seen backstage footage of The Monkees at the 1967 Emmy Awards
• Newly discovered outtakes from the movie HEAD
• Newly discovered outtakes from the TV special 33⅓ REVOLUTIONS PER MONKEE
• The Monkees on THE JOHNNY CASH SHOW in 1969
• The Monkees on THE GLEN CAMPBELL GOODTIME HOUR in 1969, including a medley of "Last Train to Clarksville/I'm A Believer/Salesman" and a performance of "Tear Drop City"
• The Monkees on ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN in 1969
• Davy Jones performing "Someday Man" from the 1969 TV special MUSIC BAG, unseen since its original airing
• Newly restored color promo film for "Oh My My"
This collection is strictly limited to 10,000 individually numbered boxes and once those are sold out, this edition and bonus disc will never be available again.
Click on either box image to order directly from Monkees.com!
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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 (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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Click
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, July 6, 2025.
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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