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The Monkees Film & TV Vault Blog
Sunday, 1 July 2007
First MF&TVV Update For July 2007
Now Playing: Breakfast With The Beatles on WTIX-FM

The First Of July for The Monkees Film TV & Vault gets rolling with Episode No. 50, “The Monstrous Monkee Mash” (prod. #4767, aired on NBC January 22 and June 8, 1968), as this week's Featured Monkees Episode.


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 9:13 AM CDT
This Week's Monkees TV Almanac (7/1-7/07)
Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: Breakfast With The Beatles on WTIX-FM

JULY 1, 1968
 
“The Monkees Race Again” (a.k.a. “Leave The Driving To Us”), Episode No. 53 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC February 12, 1968), was repeated @ 7:30 p.m. EDT on NBC.  
 
The sponsor this week was Clairol Summer Blonde/7-Up/Fab, with these original commercials shown: Clairol Summer Blonde, Ban, 7-Up, Colgate, and Fab. (Plus several Kellogg’s™ cereal packages during the closing credits!)
 
JULY 1, 1972
 
“The Spy Who Came In From The Cool”, Episode No. 5 of The Monkees (prod. #4702, aired on NBC October 10, 1966 and June 19, 1967), was repeated @ noon EDT on CBS, with a new song added: "All Alone In The Dark," written by Soles and Albright.
 
JULY 3, 1967
 
The Monkees was preempted on NBC by Baseball (Giants Versus Mets).  
 
JULY 3, 1971
 
“The Monkees Blow Their Minds”, Episode No. 57 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC March 11, 1968), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. EDT on CBS.
 
JULY 4, 1970
 
On America's 194th birthday, “Captain Crocodile”, Episode No. 23 of The Monkees (prod. #4730, aired on NBC February 20 and July 10, 1967), was repeated @ noon EDT on CBS.
 
JULY 7, 1973
 
The Monkees was preempted on ABC by Action '73.


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 9:11 AM CDT
Sunday, 24 June 2007
This Week's Monkees TV Almanac (6/24-30/07)
JUNE 26, 1967

"I've Got A Little Song Here," Episode No. 12 of The Monkees (prod. #4707, aired on NBC November 28, 1966), was repeated @ 7:30 p.m. EDT on NBC, with a new song added: “For Pete’s Sake,” written by Peter Tork & Joseph Richards and produced by Douglas Farthing Hatlelid.

The sponsor this week was Yardley Of London™.

Trivia Footnote: “For Pete’s Sake” would later be adapted as the second-season closing theme for The Monkees.


JUNE 26, 1971

"Some Like It Lukewarm" (a.k.a. "The Band Contest"), Episode No. 56 of The Monkees (prod. #4754, aired on NBC March 4 and August 19, 1968), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. EDT on CBS.

JUNE 27, 1970

"Fairytale," Episode No. 48 of The Monkees (prod. #4748, aired on NBC January 8 and June 23, 1968), was repeated @ noon EDT on CBS.

JUNE 30, 1973

"The Monkees Get Out More Dirt," Episode No. 29 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC April 3, 1967), was repeated @ 1:00 p.m. EDT on ABC.

JULY 1, 1968

“The Monkees Race Again” (a.k.a. “Leave The Driving To Us”), Episode No. 53 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC February 12, 1968), was repeated @ 7:30 p.m. EDT on NBC.

The sponsor this week was Clairol Summer Blonde/7-Up/Fab, with these original commercials shown: Clairol Summer Blonde, Ban, 7-Up, Colgate, and Fab. (Plus several Kellogg’s™ cereal packages during the closing credits!)

JULY 1, 1972

“The Spy Who Came In From The Cool”, Episode No. 5 of The Monkees (prod. #4702, aired on NBC October 10, 1966 and June 19, 1967), was repeated @ noon EDT on CBS, with a new song added: "All Alone In The Dark," written by Soles and Albright.

Posted by Aaron Handy III at 2:54 PM CDT
Today's MF&TVV Updates
Mood:  don't ask
Now Playing: The Brak Show on my Walkman

The Featured Monkees Episode Of The Week is No. 19, “Find The Monkees” (a.k.a. "The Audition") (prod. #4721, aired on NBC January 23, 1967).


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 2:43 PM CDT
Updated: Sunday, 24 June 2007 2:45 PM CDT
Monday, 18 June 2007
Tonight's MF&TVV Updates
Now Playing: The Closer on TNT

A Happy, Healthy 65th Birthday to Sir James Paul McCartney! (Yes, we still need you, yes, we'll still feed you; now you're past 64!)

New Trivia is added to “The Monkees In The Ring” and “The Monkees At The Movies”, and Trivia is updated in "The Monkees Race Again" (a.k.a. "Leave The Driving To Us").


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 6:44 PM CDT
Sunday, 17 June 2007
Today's MF&TVV Updates

Happy Father's Day, first of all!

This week's Featured Monkees Episode is No. 49, “The Monkees Watch Their Feet” (prod. #4743, aired on NBC January 15 and September 9, 1968). Also, new Trivia is added to “Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers”.


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 8:44 AM CDT
This Week's Monkees TV Almanac (6/17-23/07)
Now Playing: CBS Sunday Morning on WWL-TV

JUNE 17, 1968
 
"The Monkee's Paw," Episode No. 51 of The Monkees (prod. #476?, aired on NBC January 29, 1968), was repeated @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on NBC.
 
The sponsor this week was Lilt/Cheerios/Maybelline, and for those of you who tuned in and turned on, these were the original commercials you would've seen: Lilt Home Perms, Joy Detergent, Cheerios, Bugles, Maybelline and Solarcaine. (Kellogg’s™ and Yardley Of London™ had all but pulled sponsorship by this point, due to the announcement of The Monkees' not being renewed for a third season.)
 
JUNE 17, 1972
 
"Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers," Episode No. 4 of The Monkees (prod. #4703, aired on NBC October 3, 1966 and May 5, 1967), was repeated @ noon EDT on CBS, with a new song added: "Do You Feel It Too?," written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim.
 
JUNE 19, 1967
 
"The Spy Who Came In From The Cool," Episode No. 5 of The Monkees (prod. #4702, aired on NBC October 10, 1966), was repeated @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on NBC, with a new song added: “Randy Scouse Git,” written by Micky Dolenz and produced by Douglas Farthing Hatlelid. Kellogg’s™ sponsored this week.
 
JUNE 19, 1971
 
"I Was A 99-lb. Weakling" (a.k.a. "Physical Culture"), Episode No. 38 of The Monkees (prod. #4757, aired on NBC October 16, 1967 and April 29, 1968), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. (EDT) on CBS.
 
JUNE 20, 1970
 
"Everywhere A Sheik, Sheik," Episode No. 35 of The Monkees (prod. #4749, aired on NBC September 25, 1967 and April 8, 1968), was repeated @ noon (EDT) on CBS.
 
JUNE 23, 1973
 
The Monkees was preempted on ABC by American Bandstand's 20th Anniversary Show.


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 8:37 AM CDT
Friday, 15 June 2007
Today's MF&TVV Updates
Now Playing: The Michael In The Morning Show on Funlovin' WTIX-FM, 94.3 (New Orleans' Oldies Station!)

Trivia is added to “Alias Micky Dolenz” and "The Monkees On The Wheel".


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 7:21 AM CDT
Sunday, 10 June 2007
Another MF&TVV Update
Now Playing: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer on HBOZone

The front page has been updated to include an announcement heralding The Monkees TV show's return to cable and satellite TV this summer on Chicago-based Me-TV.


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 10:32 AM CDT
Today's MF&TVV Updates
Now Playing: Where's Huddles on my DVD-ROM

Episode No. 17, “The Case Of The Missing Monkee” (prod. #4731, aired on NBC January 9 and July 24, 1967) is The Featured Monkees Episode Of The Week. You notice that there have been table align improvements for Featured Monkees Episodes as well.


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 7:08 AM CDT

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