Mood:  cool

While Ringo Starr blows out 68 candles today, the arrangements of the Tag Sequence in the synopsis of “Here Come The Monkees” (Original Pilot Film) has been removed from its brackets and given space all its own (also updated Trivia there), and a Guest Cast Note in "I Was A 99-lb. Weakling" (a.k.a. "Physical Culture") is updated.

Posted by Aaron Handy III at 7:22 AM CDT

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JULY 7, 1973
 
The Monkees was preempted on ABC by Action '73.

JULY 8, 1968

“The Monstrous Monkee Mash”, Episode No. 50 of The Monkees (prod. #4767, aired on NBC January 22, 1968), was repeated @ 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

“Fairytale”, Episode No. 48 of The Monkees (prod. #4748, aired on NBC January 8 and June 24, 1968), was repeated @ noon (EDT) on CBS.

JULY 10, 1967

“Captain Crocodile”, Episode No. 23 of The Monkees (prod. #4730, aired on NBC February 20, 1967), was repeated @ 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, 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 repeated @ 12:30 p.m. (EDT) on CBS.

JULY 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 repeated @ 12:30 p.m. (EDT) on CBS, with a new song added: "I Never Thought It Peculiar," written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart.

Posted by Aaron Handy III at 8:38 AM CDT

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This week's Featured Monkees Episode is No. 15, “Too Many Girls” (a.k.a. "Davy And Fern") (prod. #47??, aired on NBC December 19, 1966).Also updated a Guest Cast Note in "The Monkee's Paw" concerning Henry Beckman (in light of his recent demise), and added a new Trivia Note to "Mijacogeo" (a.k.a. "The Frodis Caper").

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Mood:  sad

Another connection to The Monkees TV series leaves us...

Canadian-born actor Henry Beckman, a supporting performer in numerous TV series for 50 years, died suddenly June 17 in Barcelona, Spain. He was 86.

Beckman had supporting and guest character roles on television from 1951 to 2001. They included Capt. Roland Francis Clancey in Here Come the Brides, Commander Paul Richards on Flash Gordon, George Anderson on Peyton Place, and Detective Frank Briggs on The X-Files. He co-starred as Sandy Duncan's landlord Pat Harwell on the 1971 series Funny Face.

He was a voice actor in the 1986 National Film Board of Canada cartoon Every Dog's Guide To Complete Home Safety, which was nominated for a Genie Award -- the Canadian equivalent of an Oscar -- for best animated short film.

Beckman narrated the 2000 Cine-Groupe cartoon movie Lion Of Oz, which also featured the voice talents of Dom DeLuise, Jason Priestley, Lynn Redgrave and Bobcat Goldthwait.

Beckman appeared in hundreds of TV series, movies and stage productions. He guested on such shows as The Twilight Zone, Welcome Back Kotter, Rockford Files, Happy Days, Gunsmoke, Quincy, Ironside, Marcus Welby, Mannix, Columbo, Bewitched and The Monkees.

He had roles in at least a dozen movies, going back to the 1950s and 1960s in the likes of Niagara and Marnie. He portrayed the sheriff in the 1992 TV-movie The Man Upstairs, starring Katharine Hepburn in one of her last roles.

Beckman was nominated for a Gemini Award (the Canadian equivalent of an Emmy) for best supporting actor in 1988 for his performance as Leo in the TV-movie Family Reunion.

Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 26, 1921, he lied about his age in order to entered the Canadian military before his 18th birthday. He went ashore during the Second World War invasion of Normandy.

He married Cheryl Maxwell, a former actress and Broadway producer, in 1955. They had met that year in New York City, where Cheryl was the youngest Broadway theatrical producer known, and Henry was a Broadway and TV performer.

After their marriage, they bought The Dukes Oak Theatre in Cooperstown, New York. They sold the theater in 1957, moving to California, where the actor sought a career in front of the cameras.

The Beckmans were given the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal in 1977 for "contributions to Canadian culture and the esteem in which they were held by their peers."

Henry Beckman was predeceased by his wife Cheryl in 1998. The couple had two sons, Brian and Stuart. Stuart Beckman died in 2001.

Henry Beckman will be buried in the family plot at St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery near Sumas, Washington, just south of the British Columbia border. He had lived in the area for many years.

To absent friends...

 

Posted by Aaron Handy III at 6:15 AM CDT

Updated: Tuesday, 8 July 2008 6:27 AM CDT

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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

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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).

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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.

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

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

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