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The Monkees Film & TV Vault's weeklong mourning period of Robert Michael Nesmith is now behind us, and The Monkees Film & TV Vault Christmas page has been reinstated.
Safe travels to Michael, Peter and David...
Episode No. 38, "I Was A 99-lb. Weakling" (a.k.a. "Physical Culture") (prod. #4757, aired on NBC October 16, 1967 and April 29, 1968), is this week's Featured Monkees Episode, with a brief tribute to the recently-deceased David Draper, who portrayed Bulk in the episode. Also made some Notes updates/tinkerings in "I Was A 99-lb. Weakling" (a.k.a. "Physical Culture"), "The Monkees In Paris" (a.k.a. "The Paris Show") and HEAD, and posted indication of this coming weekend's yet another Weekend Binge of The Monkees TV series on The Decades TV Network, possibly to honor the late Michael Nesmith.
As many of you know, another Monkee wrench has been pitched into the works: the recent death of series regular/lead guitarist Robert Michael Nesmith, 20 days away from his 79th birthday.
As a result, The Monkees Film & TV Vault Christmas page has gone black in his honor, and this shall run for a week.
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In Fondest Memoriam:
ROBERT MICHAEL NESMITH
(December 30, 1942 - December 10, 2021)
And just like that!, we're a month away from launching the year of The Monkees Film & TV Vault's 25th Anniversary Celebration!
The SATURDAY AFTERNOON REPEATS page and the list pages therein gets a font makeover (with Franklin Gothic Condensed), in addition to its 1970-1971 SEASON (CBS) and 1971-1972 SEASON (CBS) links being updated with screengrabs of variants of the CBS "eye" logo which were used those seasons.
The Featured Monkees Episode Of The Week is No. 4, “Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers” (prod. #4703, aired on NBC October 3, 1966 and May 15, 1967).
And if you've been checking the site out for a day and a half, you will notice that in the main episode, movie, TV and front pages, the once-omnipresent fonts Tahoma and Verdana have been compleetly eliminated (save for The MF&TVV Blog) to put further emphasis on the Monkees film and TV "onscreen credit" font, Franklin Gothic (Condensed, Medium and Book). Also, in all the TV episode, movie and TV special pages, all the Notes sections (Production, Trivia and Guest Cast) and related (Inconsitencies, Bloopers, etc.), the Font Size has been kicked up a point (10pt to 11pt) to make them all more readable. The reason: as we near the finish line of The Monkees' Emerald Anniversary year, 2021, the following year, 2022, is primed for the observance of another major milestone: a year in which we celebrate---Great Gosh A'Mighty, has it been that long?!---25 years since I first took keyboard in hand and gave life to that comprehensive guide to The Monkees' filmed work, on TV and the big screen we commonly know and love as The Monkees Film & TV Vault! Here is a sneak peek of its Silver Anniversary masthead:
Episode No. 35, "Everywhere A Sheik Sheik" (prod. #4749, aired on NBC September 25, 1967 and April 8, 1968), is this week's Featured Monkees Episode. Also added extra Filming Location data to Hey Hey It's The Monkees, and updated a Guest Cast Note in "Some Like It Lukewarm" (a.k.a. "The Band Contest").
