« November 2023 »
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
You are not logged in. Log in
Entries by Topic
All topics  «
#HEADat55
12 years' coming!
23 Years' Running!
238 Years of Independence
24 Years Of The MF&TVV!
240 Years Of Independence
45 Revolutions Per Monkee!
47 Revolutions Per Monkee (1966-
50 Revolutions Per Monkee
55 Revolutions Per Monkee
56 Revolutions Per Monkee
57 Revolutions Per Monkee
Be My Monkee Valentine
Celebrating 27 Yrs Online
Dropping like flies...
Goodbye 2024, Hello 2025!
Happy 13th, MF&TVV!
Happy 19th, MF&TVV!
Happy 2024!
Happy 2025!!
Happy 20th, MF&TVV!
Happy 4th Of July 2022!!!
Happy B-Day, Micky!
Happy B-day, Mom!
Happy Monkee Gras!!
Happy Monkee Mother's Day!!
Happy Monkee New Year!!
Happy Monkee V-Day!
Happy Quadrangennial!!!!
Happy Quadranscentennial!
Happy Sweet 17, MF&TVV!
I KNEW I missed something...
Let the festivities begin
Many happy returns April!
Many happy returns Ringo!
Many happy returns, RIngo
Merry Monkeeristmas!
Monkee Ga Bragh!!
Rained-out!!!!!!!!!!!!
Save travels, Nez...
Say hi to David for us...
Season's Greetings!
Seasons Monkee Greetings!
Under siege from Francine
We're baa-aaaack!!
Weeee're baaaa-aack!
Blog Tools
Edit your Blog
Build a Blog
RSS Feed
View Profile
Group One
Tripod Home
Tripod Build
Register Your Domain
Group Two
Lycos Home
Lycos Search
Lycos News
The Monkees Film & TV Vault Blog
Sunday, 5 November 2023
Today's MF&TVV Updates

In honor of this month's 55th anniversary of the World Premiere Engagement of The Monkees' motion picture HEAD (which is tomorrow, actually!), The Monkees Film & TV Vault introduces a special front page, comprised of new wallpaper boasting a collage of 3 different ads/posters for the feature film, honoring the milestone. It shall run all month long, observing the anniversaries of the movie's debuts in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities, and the release of the movie's soundtrack longplayer.

Plus, this week's Featured Monkees Episode is No. 55, "The Monkees Mind Their Manor" (prod. #4751, aired on NBC February 26 and July 15, 1968). Also, revamped a plethora of items in SATURDAY AFTERNOON REPEATS.


Posted by monkeesfilmtv at 7:07 AM EDT
Updated: Sunday, 5 November 2023 7:13 AM EDT
Saturday, 4 November 2023
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 repeated @ 1:00 p.m. (EST) on ABC, with a new song added: "Steam Engine," written by Chip Douglas.
 

Posted by monkeesfilmtv at 12:56 PM EDT
Updated: Saturday, 4 November 2023 12:57 PM EDT
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
NOVEMBER 1, 1969
“The Monkees On The Line”, Episode No. 28 of The Monkees (prod. #4739, first aired on NBC March 27, 1967), was repeated @ noon (EST) on CBS, with a new song added: "Little Girl," written by Micky Dolenz.
 

Posted by monkeesfilmtv at 7:18 PM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, 1 November 2023 7:19 PM EDT
First MF&TVV Updates For November 2023
Painstakingly restructured the Table Borders and Table Widths in the Cast of Characters and Production Credits section of HEAD, to make it resemble the Production Credits sections of all the other TV episode and TV special capsules within the site.

Posted by monkeesfilmtv at 7:03 PM EDT
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
OCTOBER 31, 1970
“The Monkees At The Movies”, Episode No. 31 of The Monkees (prod. #4727, first aired on NBC April 17, 1967), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. (EST) on CBS.

 

Posted by monkeesfilmtv at 5:15 PM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, 1 November 2023 7:21 PM EDT
OCTOBER 31, 1966

“Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth” (prod. #4708) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on NBC as the 8th episode of The Monkees.

 

Slicker and Black Label by Yardley Of London™ were the sponsors, and all musical numbers written & produced by Michael Nesmith: “All The King’s Horses” & “Papa Gene’s Blues.”

 

Trivia Footnote: “Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth” was the first official Monkees episode to be produced, directed by producer Bob Rafelson. He would go on to direct 5 further episodes of the series (Episode Nos. 3, “Monkee Versus Machine”, 5, “The Spy Who Came In From The Cool”, 17, “The Case Of The Missing Monkee”, 32, “The Monkees On Tour”, and 54, "The Monkees In Paris" [a.k.a. "The Paris Show"]), 2 of which he also wrote (#32, “The Monkees On Tour”, and 54, "The Monkees In Paris" [a.k.a. "The Paris Show"]), and, of course, he went on to direct (as well as write and produce with Jack Nicholson) his first movie: The Monkees' 1968 feature film HEAD.
 


Posted by monkeesfilmtv at 5:10 PM EDT
Monday, 30 October 2023
OCTOBER 30, 1971
“I Was A Teenage Monster”, Episode No. 18 of The Monkees (prod. #4725, first aired on NBC January 16, 1967), was repeated @ noon (EST) on CBS (and just in time for Halloween, too!), with a new song added: "Good Clean Fun," written by Michael Nesmith.

 

Posted by monkeesfilmtv at 6:03 PM EDT
OCTOBER 30, 1967

"The Monkees Marooned" (prod. #4755) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on NBC as the 40th episode of The Monkees.

 

It was sponsored by Yardley Of London™, and the songs, produced by Chip Douglas, were “Daydream Believer” written by John Stewart and "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round" (in an alternate mix with an extended fade) written by Michael Murphy.

 
Trivia Footnote: This was the last filmed episode of The Monkees to feature Michael Nesmith speaking with his old voice; he went to have a tonsillectomy right after "The Monkees Marooned" wrapped.
 

Posted by monkeesfilmtv at 5:59 PM EDT
Sunday, 29 October 2023
Final MF&TVV Updates For October 2023
Trotted out The Monkees Film & TV Vault Halloween page one more time all this week, with Episode No. 50, "The Monstrous Monkee Mash" (prod. #4767, aired on NBC January 22 and June 8, 1968) as this season's final Featured Monkees Episode Of Scary Stuff!!!.

Posted by monkeesfilmtv at 8:36 AM EDT
Saturday, 28 October 2023
OCTOBER 28, 1972

The Monkees was preempted on ABC by a NCAA Football Pre-Game Show.

 

Posted by monkeesfilmtv at 8:42 AM EDT
Updated: Sunday, 29 October 2023 8:43 AM EDT

Newer | Latest | Older