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“One Man Shy” (a.k.a. "Peter And The Debutante") (prod. #4722) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on NBC as the 13th episode of The Monkees.
Kellogg's originally sponsored this episode, which featured the songs "You May Just Be The One," written & produced by Michael Nesmith, and "I'm A Believer", written by Neil Diamond and produced by Jeff Barry, a phenomenal tune which made its debut appearance in this episode. Released as the A-side of the Colgems #66-1002 single on November 12, 1966, the song was heavily hyped by NBC, as it was used in every episode of The Monkees TV series aired on The Peacock Network in December 1966. All this, naturally, resulted in "I'm A Believer" being The Monkees' biggest hit (a 7-week stay at the top of the Billboard chart!), not to mention the Top song of 1967! "I'm A Believer" made no further appearances on The Monkees TV series beyond December 1966 (save for a brief snippet in the final minutes of Episode No. 32, “The Monkees On Tour”, the show's first season finale), but Micky can be heard briefly mentioning its title in Episode No. 38, "I Was A 99-lb. Weakling" (a.k.a. "Physical Culture"), and he also performed "I'm A Believer" in a duet with Julie Driscoll in the 1969 NBC-TV special 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee.
The Monkees' motion picture HEAD (prod. #8888) got another shot at audiences to boost ticket sales, opening in a city-wide engagement at 16 theaters and drive-ins in Los Angeles, California, 2 weeks after its West Coast Premiere there at The Vogue Theater. Added to run with the movie as a double feature (limited to the Pacific drive-ins and a handful of theaters) is the then-recent Columbia crime comedy Duffy starring James Coburn. This run lasts 6 days, then the movie would experience another new run in New York City, the site of its World Premiere Engagement.
At this point, Peter Tork had left the band and Raybert Productions had all but severed ties to the remaining trio in the wake of HEAD’s failure; their final managerial commitment to their group was to book them on Heatter-Quigley Productions' tic-tac-toe game to the stars, The Hollywood Squares (NBC, 1966-80), for Christmas week.
"The Monkees In Texas" (prod. #4761) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. Eastern on NBC as the 45th episode of The Monkees.
Kellogg's sponsored the show this week, and "Words" written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart and "Goin' Down" written by Diane Hilderbrand, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz & David Jones were the songs featured.
“I've Got A Little Song Here” (prod. #4707) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. Eastern on NBC as the 12th episode of The Monkees.
Slicker and Black Label by Yardley Of London was the sponsor, and "Gonna Buy Me A Dog" written & produced by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, and "Mary, Mary" written & produced by Michael Nesmith, were the songs used this week.
