"Hillbilly Honeymoon" (a.k.a. "Double Barrel Shotgun Wedding") (prod. #4768) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on NBC as the 39th episode of The Monkees.

The sponsor of the week was Kellogg's, and the song of the week was "Papa Gene's Blues", written & produced by Michael Nesmith.

Trivia Footnote: This was the first episode of The Monkees TV series to be filmed after The Monkees completed their summer tour, as well as the episode which introduced the "new-look" Monkees, in which case they employed love beads, shades, paisley gear, Indian boots, and, in Micky's case, a huge head of curly Afro hair. As production on the show's second season progressed, Michael would also adapt to the "new-look" Monkees phase by abandoning his omnipresent wool hat in favor of shades and neckties.

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Starting today and extending all this week, we celebrate a quarter-century of The Monkees Film & TV Vault! As a result, the MF&TVV Halloween page is put away in favor of a new throwback page boasting boasting screengrabs (all captured by Smartphone from previous caches of the site from Internet Archive) displaying the many changes, alterations and facelifts The MF&TVV has undergone over the past 25 years, with The Featured Monkees Episode Of The Week being “The Monkees In A Ghost Town” (prod. #4704, aired on NBC October 24, 1966 and July 17, 1967), Episode No. 7 of The Monkees, which aired a good 31 years to the day the seeds of The Monkees Film TV & Vault were first sown.

And tomorrow, on The Big Day, a new addition to the site will be erected: a well-detailed 25th anniversary look back!

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Episode No. 18, “I Was A Teenage Monster” (prod. #4725, aired on NBC January 16, 1967), is this week's Featured Monkees Episode Of Scary Stuff!!!.

All next week long, this site celebrates a biiiiiiiiiig birthday!

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“Monkee Versus Machine”, Episode No. 3 of The Monkees (prod. #4700, aired on NBC September 26, 1966 and May 22, 1967), was repeated @ noon (EDT) on CBS, with a new song added: "Listen To The Band," written by Michael Nesmith.

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"Art, For Monkee's Sake" (prod. #4744) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on NBC as the 37th episode of The Monkees.

Sponsored by Kellogg's™, this episode featured “Randy Scouse Git” written by Micky Dolenz and “Daydream Believer” written by John Stewart. This marked the debut appearance of “Daydream Believer” (billed in "Art, For Monkee's Sake"'s end titles as “Day Dream Believer”), which would become The Monkees' third and final visit to the #1 spot on the charts.

Trivia Footnote: The firstrun telecast of this episode coincided with Beatle John Lennon's 27th birthday.

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“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 @ 1:00 p.m. (EDT) on ABC, with a new song added: "All Alone In The Dark," written by Steve Soles and Ned Albright.

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“Monkee Versus Machine”, Episode No. 3 of The Monkees (prod. #4700, aired on NBC September 26, 1966 and May 22, 1967), was repeated @ noon (EDT) on CBS, with a new song added: "Listen To The Band," written by Michael Nesmith.

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“Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers” (prod. #4703) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on NBC as the 4th episode of The Monkees.

It was sponsored by Slicker and Black Label by Yardley Of London™, and the songs featured were "Let's Dance On", "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone", and "Last Train To Clarksville," all Tommy Boyce-Bobby Hart compositions.

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