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CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL OF COLUMBIA PICTURES
INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
(JANUARY 10, 1924—JANUARY 10, 2024)
| THIS WEEK IN MONKEES FILM & TV HISTORY |
NOVEMBER 4, 1972 — “The Monkees Get Out More Dirt”, Episode No. 29 of The Monkees (prod. #4738, first aired on NBC April 3, 1967), was repeeted @ 1:00 p.m. (EST) on ABC, with a new song added: "Steam Engine", written by Chip Douglas.
NOVEMBER 6, 1967 — "The Card-Carrying Red Shoes" (prod. #4766) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on NBC as the 41st episode of The Monkees.
The sponsor was Kellogg’s™, and the song featured was “She Hangs Out” written by Jeff Barry.
NOVEMBER 6, 1968 — HEAD (prod. #8888), a motion picture starring that popular TV rockband The Monkees, had a World Premiere Engagement at the Studio Cinema and Greenwich Theaters in New York City. A gala was held at the Columbia Pictures studio on West 54th Street attended by The Monkees, Janis Ian, Andy Warhol, Boyce and Hart (who didn't contribute any tunes to the film!), Carole Bayer, Lester Sill, producers Bert Schneider and Bob Rafelson, Peter Fonda, Peter Tork's brother Nick Thorkelson, and his grandmother.
A Raybert Production of A Columbia Pictures Release, directed by Bob Rafelson (his first film), written and produced by Rafelson and Jack Nicholson, and executive-produced by Bert Schneider, HEAD is a loose theatrical spin-off of the 1966–68 NBC television series, The Monkees, and a swan song (series finale) of the show, made immediately after the end of production on the series. It featured many movie, sports and TV icons by the likes of Victor Mature, Sonny Liston, Annette Funicello, Carol Doda, Ray Nitschke, and a youthful Teri Garr (billed in the movie as Terry Garr). The songs featured in the movie were "Porpoise Song (Theme From HEAD)" by Gerry Goffin & Carole King, "Ditty Diego (War Chant)" by Bob Rafelson & Jack Nicholson, a live performance of "Circle Sky" by Michael Nesmith, "Can You Dig It" and "Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again" by Peter Tork,
"As We Go Along" by Carole King & Toni Stern, "Daddy's Song" by Nilsson, and "Happy Birthday To You" (prev. unreleased) by Patty Smith and Mildred Jane Hill & David L. Sparkman.
Trivia Footnote: The principal photography was a 3-month, 10-day shoot between February and May 1968 at Screen Gems Studios, Paramount Studios and on location in California (Gerald Desmond Bridge, Long Beach; Pasadena Rose Bowl, Pasadena; Playa Del Rey; Bronson Canyon; Palm Springs; Columbia Ranch, Burbank; Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles), Utah (Valley Music Hall, Salt Lake City), and Paradise Island, The Bahamas.. Unfortunately, a misleading ad campaign (a balding man's face? No indication of the group appearing in the film?) and a mistimed release date, due to a painfully prolonged postproduction process (November 6, 1968? Two months after The Monkees TV show's official cancellation [and the day after Richard M. Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey in a knockdown, dragout vie for The Presidency!]?) helped sabotage this otherwise fun-loving crowd pleaser, which landed with a tumultuous thud at the box-office with a meager $16,111 in ticket sales. But HEAD has over the years developed quite a cult following among moviegoers and Monkees fans.
NOVEMBER 6, 1971 — “I've Got A Little Song Here”, Episode No. 12 of The Monkees (prod. #4707, aired on NBC November 28, 1966 and June 26, 1967), was repeeted @ 12 noon (EST) on CBS, with a new song added: "Steam Engine", written by Chip Douglas.
NOVEMBER 7, 1966 — “The Chaperone” (prod. #4711) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on NBC as the
9th episode of The Monkees.
Sponsored by Kellogg’s™, this episode featured 3 songs: “This Just Doesn't Seem To Be My Day” by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, “Take A Giant Step” by Carole King & Gerry Goffin, and “You Just May Be The One” by Michael Nesmith. And if you were watching this week, the original commercials you would've seen were Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes (:30), Black Label Aftershave by Yardley (:45), Slicker Dolly Kits by Yardley (:15), Kellogg's Corn Flakes (:30), Kellogg's Pop Tarts (:30) and The Monkees for Kellogg's Rice Kirispies (:30).
NOVEMBER 7, 1970 — "Hillbilly Honeymoon" (a.k.a. "Double Barrel Shotgun Wedding"), Episode No. 39 of The Monkees (prod. #4768, aired on NBC October 23, 1967 and March 18, 1968), was repeeted @ 12:30 p.m. (EST) on CBS.
NOVEMBER 8, 1969 — "Mijacogeo" (a.k.a. "The Frodis Caper"), Episode No. 58 of The Monkees (prod. #4770, first aired on NBC March 25, 1968), was repeeted @ 12 noon (EST) on CBS, with a new song added: "I Never Thought It Peculiar," written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart.
FEATURED MONKEES EPISODE OF THE WEEK
(Updated every Pleasant Valley Sunday) |
Episode No. 35
“EVERYWHERE A SHEIK, SHEIK”
(prod. #4749, aired on NBC September 25, 1967 and April 8, 1968)
Originally Sponsored by Kellogg's™
It's a harem-scare 'em scene as David is picked out from a glossy magazine
picture as the potential future husband to a beautiful Arabian Princess. |
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The Monkees' 1968 cinematic romp, HEAD, is available for streaming on both
Fubo and Tubi!
| 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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THE TV SPECIALS |
Incudes 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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MONKEE
VIDEOS |
A detailed history of The Monkees film & TV
releases on home video, on VHS, laserdisc and digital video disc (DVD),
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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MONKEES THEMES &
PROMOS |
Includes WAV files of themes, original
promos and trailers, and commercials for The Monkees' film & TV
projects. |
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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 MF&TVV BLOG |
For the latest Monkees news, TV
and film history dates and MF&TVV updates, be sure to check it out!
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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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HERE And
HERE To Check For Annual Updates!
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BULLETIN: Due to a certain proxy error resulting from an invalid response from an upstream server, The MF&TVV Blog is occasionally unavailable.
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 established Friday, October 24, 1997, and last  Pleasant Valley Sunday, November 3, 2024.
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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