FEBRUARY 17, 1973  
 
“Monkee See, Monkee Die”, Episode No. 2 of The Monkees (prod. #4705, aired on NBC September 19, 1966 and May 1, 1967), was repeated @ 1:00 p.m. EST on ABC.  
 
FEBRUARY 17, 1997  
  
Hey Hey It's The Monkees, a 60-Minute Special, first aired @ 8:00 P.M. (EST) on the ABC Television Network. This was the first network TV showing of the original Monkee quartet since the 1969 TV special 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee on NBC.  
  
The songs featured were "You and I" (Micky Dolenz/David Jones), "Circle Sky" (Michael Nesmith), "Antarctica" (Bill Martin), "Regional Girl" (Micky Dolenz), and a medley of "Last Train To Clarksville"/"I'm A Believer"/"Daydream Believer"/"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"; all were produced by The Monkees. 3 of the tracks, "You and I" (Micky Dolenz/David Jones), "Circle Sky" (Michael Nesmith), and "Regional Girl" (Micky Dolenz), were featured on The Monkees' 11th album Justus (R2 72542, released October 15, 1996).  
  
And, if you tuned in and turned on this week, these were the original commercials you would have seen: Ragu, Sears Auto Center, Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats (!!!), Pantene Pro-V Conditioners, a promo for The Flintstones (Universal, 1994), Hyundai, Tylenol, Dove Soap; Target (Club Wedd); promos for Roseanne, The Drew Carey Show, Home Improvement, Spin City and Spy City, Nissan, Aveeno Ocean, promos for The World's Deadliest Volcanoes, Volcano (20th Century Fox, 1997), Fire On The Mountain, and Happy Birthday Elizabeth, Femstat 3, Wal-Mart, and Bisquick.
 
FEBRUARY 19, 1968
 
"The Monkees In Paris" (a.k.a. "The Paris Show") (prod. #47??) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EST on NBC as the 54th episode of The Monkees.
 
The sponsor of the week was Yardley Of London™, and the featured songs were "Star Collector" written by Jerry Goffin & Carole King; "Love Is Only Sleeping" written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil; "Don't Call On Me" written by Michael Nesmith & John London; and "Goin' Down" written by Diane Hilderbrand, P. Tork, M. Nesmith, M. Dolenz & D. Jones; all produced by Chip Douglas.  
 
Trivia Footnote: This was the only episode of The Monkees in its entire second season with Bob Rafelson at the director's helm, as well as the sixth overall and last.
 
FEBRUARY 19, 1972
 
“Monkees A La Mode”, Episode No. 24 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, first aired on NBC February 27, 1967), was repeated @ noon EST on CBS, with a new song added: "Oh My My," written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim.
 
FEBRUARY 20, 1967
 
“Captain Crocodile” (prod. #4730) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EST on NBC as the 23rd episode of The Monkees.
 
The sponsor of the week was Yardley Of London™, and the featured songs were “Valleri”, written & produced by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart and “Your Auntie Grizelda”, written by Jack Keller & Diane Hilderbrand and produced by Jack Keller & Jeff Barry.  
 
FEBRUARY 20, 1971
 
"A Coffin Too Frequent", Episode No. 43 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, first aired on NBC November 20, 1967), was repeated @ noon EST on CBS, with a new song added: "Oklahoma Backroom Dancer," written by Michael Nesmith.
 
FEBRUARY 21, 1970
 
“The Chaperone”, Episode No. 9 of The Monkees (prod. #4711, first aired on NBC November 7, 1966), was repeated @ noon EST on CBS, with a new song added: "Midnight Train," written by Micky Dolenz.

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Episode No. 39, "Hillbilly Honeymoon" (a.k.a. "Double Barrell Shotgun Wedding") (prod. #47??, aired on NBC October 23, 1967 and March 18, 1968), is this week's Featured Monkees Episode.

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FEBRUARY 10, 1973

"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 @ 1:00 p.m. EST on ABC.

FEBRUARY 12, 1968

"The Monkees Race Again" (a.k.a. "Leave The Driving To Us") (prod. #47??) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. on NBC as the 53rd episode of The Monkees.

Kellogg’s™ sponsored this episode, which featured the song “What Am I Doing Hangin’ ’Round”, written by Travis Lewis & Boomer Clarke and produced by Chip Douglas.

Trivia Footnotes: This episode saw the 18th and final appearance of the Dean Jefferies-styled/George Barris-built Pontiac GTO Monkeemobile in an original Monkees segment. It was also was the last full Monkees episode to be produced and the last filmed episode of the show to feature The Monkees running afoul of dastardly villains.

FEBRUARY 12, 1972

“The Royal Flush”, the premiere episode of The Monkees (prod. #4701, aired on NBC September 12, 1966 and May 8, 1967), was repeated @ noon EST on CBS, with 2 new songs added: "Apples, Peaches, Bananas and Pears," written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart and "Good Clean Fun," written by Michael Nesmith.

FEBRUARY 13, 1967 (Peter Tork's 25th birthday!)

“The Monkees At The Circus” (prod. #47??) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. on NBC as the 22nd episode of The Monkees.

The sponsor of the week was Kellogg’s™, and the songs of the week were “She” written & produced by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart and “Sometime In The Morning” written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King and produced by Gerry Goffin, Carole King & Jeff Barry. And if you tuned in and turned on this week, you would have seen these original commercials: Kellogg's Corn Flakes, Slicker Lip Polish by Yardley, Eyelighter by Yardley, Kellogg's Pop Tarts, Kellogg's Raisin Bran, and The Monkees for Kellogg's Rice Krispies.

Trivia Footnote: This episode marked a return to the big top for Micky Dolenz, once Corky on TV's Circus Boy (NBC/ABC, 1956-58).

FEBRUARY 13, 1971 (Peter Tork's 29th birthday!)

“The Royal Flush”, the premiere episode of The Monkees (prod. #4701, aired on NBC September 12, 1966 and May 8, 1967), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. EST on CBS, with 2 new songs added: "Apples, Peaches, Bananas and Pears," written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart and "Good Clean Fun," written by Michael Nesmith. (This episode would be re-aired again on CBS a little over a full year later!)

FEBRUARY 14, 1970

"The Devil And Peter Tork", Episode No. 52 of The Monkees (prod. #4737, aired on NBC February 5 and July 29, 1968), was repeated @ noon EST on CBS, with a new song added: "I Never Thought It Peculiar," written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart.

Interesting Note: this broadcast occurred on the day after Peter Tork's 28th birthday!

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Episode No. 27, “Monkee Mother” (prod. #47??, aired on NBC March 20 and August 28, 1967), is The Featured Monkees Episode Of The Week.

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FEBRUARY 3, 1973
 
"The Monstrous Monkee Mash", Episode No. 50 of The Monkees (prod. #4767, aired on NBC January 22 and July 8, 1968), was repeated @ 1:00 p.m. EST on ABC.
 
FEBRUARY 5, 1968
 
"The Devil And Peter Tork" (prod. #4737) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EST on NBC as the 52nd episode of The Monkees.
 
Yardley Of London™ sponsored, and "No Time" written by Hank Cicalo and "Salesman" written by Craig Smith (both produced by Douglas Farthing Hatlelid) were the featured songs.
 
It recieved an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement In A Comedy Series For 1967-68; sadly, it lost out to the Bruce Bilson-directed "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" segment of Get Smart (NBC/CBS, 1965-70). Ironically, Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso, the writing team who cowrote this and several other Monkees episodes, composed several episodes of Get Smart prior to writing for The Monkees! (Is it any coincidence that three of their previous Monkees scripts, Episode No. 5, "The Spy Who Came In Fom The Cool," No. 17, “The Case Of The Missing Monkee”, and No. 26, “Monkee Chow Mein”, were spy-oriented??)
 
FEBRUARY 5, 1972
 
"A Coffin Too Frequent", Episode No. 43 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, first aired on NBC November 20, 1967), was repeated @ noon EST on CBS, with a new song added: "Oklahoma Backroom Dancer," written by Michael Nesmith.
 
FEBRUARY 6, 1967
 
“The Prince And The Paupers” (prod. #4733) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EST on NBC as the 21st episode of The Monkees.
 
This show was sponsored by Yardley Of London™ and featured the song “Mary Mary” written & produced by Michael Nesmith.
 
FEBRUARY 6, 1971
 
“The Monkees Get Out More Dirt”, Episode No. 29 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, first aired on NBC April 3, 1967), was repeated @ 12:30p.m. EST on CBS, with a new song added: "Steam Engine" written by Chip Douglas.
 
FEBRUARY 7, 1970
 
“The Monkees Get Out More Dirt”, Episode No. 29 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, first aired on NBC April 3, 1967), was repeated @ noon EST on CBS, with a new song added: "Steam Engine" written by Chip Douglas. (And, as we all know, CBS would re-air this episode almost a full year later!)

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This week's Featured Monkees Episode is No. 57, "The Monkees Blow Their Minds" (prod. #47??, aired on NBC March 11, 1968).

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For The Monkees First Season Episode Index and The Monkees Second Season Episode Index, the ads heralding the World Premiere and second season premiere have been replaced by ones I modified from scanned TIFFs off microfilms of my local newspaper, The Times-Picayune.

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JANUARY 27, 1973

"The Card-Carrying Red Shoes", Episode No. 41 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC November 6, 1967 and May 6, 1968), was repeated at 1:00 p.m. EST on ABC.

JANUARY 29, 1968
 
"The Monkee's Paw" (prod. #476?) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EST on NBC as the 51st episode of The Monkees.
 
Kellogg’s™ sponsored the show this week, and the songs featured was "Words" written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, and a brief rendition (and later karaoke version!) of "Goin' Down" written by Diane Hilderbrand, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz & David Jones; both songs were produced by Chip Douglas.  
 
JANUARY 29, 1972
 
“The Monkees At The Movies”, Episode No. 31 of The Monkees (prod. #4727, first aired on NBC April 17, 1967), was repeated @ noon EST on CBS.
 
JANUARY 30, 1967
 
“The Monkees In The Ring” (prod. #47??) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EST on NBC as the 20th episode of The Monkees.
 
The sponsor of the week was Kellogg’s™, and the songs featured (produced by Jeff Barry) were “Laugh” written by H. Medress, P. Margo, M. Margo & J. Seigal and “I’ll Be Back Up On My Feet (Again)” written by Sandy Linzer & Denny Randell.
 
JANUARY 30, 1971
 
"The Picture Frame" (a.k.a. "The Bank Robbery"), Episode No. 34 of The Monkees (prod. #4759, aired on NBC September 18, 1967 and April 1, 1968), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. EST on CBS.
 
JANUARY 31, 1970
 
“The Son Of A Gypsy”, Episode No. 16 of The Monkees (prod. #4724, aired on NBC December 26, 1966 and June 12, 1967), was repeated @ noon EST on CBS.

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The Featured Monkees Episode Of The Week is No. 26, “Monkee Chow Mein” (prod. #47??, aired on NBC March 13 and July 31, 1967).

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JANUARY 22, 1968

"The Monstrous Monkee Mash" (prod. #4767) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EST on NBC as the 50th episode of The Monkees.

The sponsor of the week was Yardley Of London, and the song heard was "Goin' Down" written by Diane Hilderbrand, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz & David Jones and produced by Chip Douglas.

Trivia Footnote: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In premiered directly after the firstrun telecast of “The Monstrous Monkee Mash” on NBC. Monkees writer Coslough Johnson is the brother of Laugh-In regular Arte Johnson. David Panich, one of the writers of “Monstrous Monkee Mash,” was also a celebrated member of Laugh-In's writing staff. David Jones was later seen in a February 10, 1969 episode of Laugh-In (in which he plays Romeo to JoAnne Worley's Juliet in a Valentine's Day sketch), and The Monkees (sans departed Peter Tork) guested in an October 6, 1969 episode of the series (in which they portrayed Spirits Of '76, medieval knights, and salesmen).

JANUARY 22, 1972

“Monkee See, Monkee Die”, Episode No. 2 of The Monkees (prod. #4705, aired on NBC September 19, 1966 and May 1, 1967), was repeated @ noon EST on CBS.

JANUARY 23, 1967

“Find The Monkees!” (a.k.a. “The Audition”) (prod. #4721) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EST on NBC as the 19th episode of The Monkees.

Slicker and Black Label by Yardley Of London™ took its turn at bat this week to sponsor this segment, which featured the tunes (produced by Michael Nesmith) “Papa Jean’s Blues” & “Mary, Mary”, written by Michael Nesmith, and “Sweet Young Thing”, written by Michael Nesmith, Gerry Goffin & Carole King.

JANUARY 23, 1971

“The Case Of The Missing Monkee”, Episode No. 17 of The Monkees (prod. #4731, aired on NBC January 9 and July 24, 1967), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. EST on CBS.

JANUARY 24, 1970

“One Man Shy” (a.k.a. "Peter And The Debutante"), Episode No. 13 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC December 5, 1966 and August 24, 1967), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. EST on CBS, with a new song added: "If I Knew" written by Davy Jones & Bill Chadwick.

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