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The Monkees Film & TV Vault Blog
Sunday, 29 June 2008
This Week's Monkees TV Almanac (6/29-7/5/08)
Now Playing: Breakfast With The Beatles (Beatles For Breakfast!!) on WTIX-FM

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.

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.


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 8:48 AM CDT
Updated: Sunday, 29 June 2008 8:56 AM CDT
Final MF&TVV Update For June 2008
Now Playing: Breakfast With The Beatles (Beatles For Breakfast!!) on WTIX-FM

The Featured Monkees Episode Of The Week is No. 46, "The Monkees On The Wheel" (prod. #4742, aired on NBC December 11, 1967 and June 10, 1968).


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 8:41 AM CDT
Friday, 27 June 2008
Today's MF&TVV Updates
Now Playing: Help! on Sundance

Added a new Guest Cast Note to "It's A Nice Place To Visit...", added some details to "The Monkees On The Wheel"'s synopsis, and made space for an Inconsistency in “The Monkees Race Again” (a.k.a. “Leave The Driving To Us”), having transferred it from being part of a Production Note.


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 6:34 AM CDT
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Another MF&TVV Update
Now Playing: The JD The DJ Show on WTIX-FM

Made space for a Continuity Goof in "Everywhere A Sheik Sheik", having transferred it from being part of a Production Note.


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 5:19 PM CDT
This Week's Monkees TV Almanac (6/22-28/08)
Now Playing: Breakfast With The Beatles (Beatles For Breakfast!!) on WTIX-FM

JUNE 23, 1973
 
The Monkees was preempted on ABC by American Bandstand's 20th Anniversary Show.

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.

Posted by Aaron Handy III at 8:00 AM CDT
Today's MF&TVV Update
Now Playing: Live Free Or Die Hard on my DVD player
Episode No. 14, “Dance, Monkee, Dance” (prod. #47??, aired on NBC December 12, 1966) is this week's Featured Monkees Episode.

Posted by Aaron Handy III at 7:45 AM CDT
Saturday, 21 June 2008
Today's MF&TVV Update
Now Playing: Action League Now: The Series on DVD+RW

Made space for a Continuity Goof in “The Success Story”, having transferred it from being part of a Production Note.


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 8:23 AM CDT
Friday, 20 June 2008
Today's MF&TVV Updates
Now Playing: The Hot Rod Glenn Show on WTIX-FM

Discovered leftover episodes "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers", "The Success Story" and "The Monkees At The Movies" with Tag Sequences brackets at the end of the synopsis and removed and readjusted them, giving the Tag Sequences a section all their own; also updated Production and Trivia Notes in and contributed new Trivia to "The Monkees At The Movies". Plus, linked to the official website of Jay Seigal and The Tokens to "The Monkees In The Ring" and "Monkees A La Mode"; both episodes featured the tune they wrote for The Monkees: "Laugh".


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 10:12 AM CDT
Monday, 16 June 2008
Today's MF&TVV Update
Another poster JPEG is added to HEAD.

Posted by Aaron Handy III at 12:33 PM CDT
Sunday, 15 June 2008
This Week's Monkees TV Almanac (6/15-21/08)
Now Playing: The Ren & Stimpy Show on DVD+RW

JUNE 16, 1973

"The Monkees At The Movies," Episode No. 31 of The Monkees (prod. #4727, aired on NBC April 17, 1967), was repeated @ 1:00 p.m. (EDT) on ABC.

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.


Posted by Aaron Handy III at 3:40 PM CDT

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