This is a list of episodes of the television series The Monkees which ran on NBC from 1966-1968, on Monday nights at 7:30 PM Eastern (6:30 Central).
All songs listed are from the original NBC broadcasts. Tracks with different mixes or versions as compared to the album versions are indicated.
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Debuting on September 12, 1966, the series aired on Monday nights preceding I Dream of Jeannie and opposite The Iron Horse (ABC) and Gilligan's Island (CBS).
| Episode number | Title | Air date | Plot | Notes |
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| 1 | "Royal Flush" | September 12, 1966 | The Monkees become involved in stopping an evil archduke's (Theodore Marcuse) plot endangering the life of his niece Princess Bettina, Duchess of Harmonica (Katherine Walsh).
Songs: This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day, Take a Giant Step |
Closing credits for this episode are from the syndicated reruns as the songs listed include "Apples, Peaches, Bananas and Pears" and "Good Clean Fun," per its CBS airing. "You Told Me" and "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" were featured in place of the original tracks in the Nickelodeon and MTV airings.
This episode won the 1967 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series.[1] |
| 2 | "Monkee See, Monkee Die" | September 19, 1966 | An eccentric millionaire, John Cunningham, leaves his library organ to The Monkees while leaving his seaside mansion to his grandniece Eleanor Reynolds (Stacey Maxwell), which leads his butler Ralph (Milton Parsons), spiritualist Madame Roselle (Lea Marmer), and traveling companion Harris Kingsley (Mark Harris) to conspire to scare Ellie and The Monkees out of the mansion.
Songs: Last Train to Clarksville, Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day |
The episode's closing credits erroneously list the song as "Tomorrow is Another Day"
Syndicated re-airs substituted the song "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You". |
| 3 | "Monkee vs. Machine" | September 26, 1966 | In a computerized toy factory, the Monkees foil an efficiency expert (Stan Freberg) who wants to replace an old toymaker (Walter Janovitz) with automation.
Songs: Saturday's Child (alternate vocal track), Last Train to Clarksville |
Syndicated reairs replaced "Saturday's Child" with "You Told Me" |
| 4 | "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers" | October 3, 1966 | To win a contest, the shady manager (Andre Philippe) of a rival band sells The Monkees on a publicity stunt: a phony kidnapping.
Songs: Let’s Dance On, (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone, Last Train to Clarksville |
Three of the photos on the back cover of The Monkees' first album feature scenes from this episode; two other photos are from the following episode.
First up-close appearance of Mr. Schneider, the Monkees' dummy friend. Syndicated reairs replaced "Clarksville" with "The Girl I Knew Somewhere". This is the second episode in which Valerie Kairys appears (albeit uncredited) and the first where she has a speaking role. |
| 5 | "The Spy Who Came in from the Cool" | October 10, 1966 | Foreign agents (Jacques Aubuchon, Arlene Martel) mistake the Monkees for spy contacts when Davy buys microfilm-containing maracas at a music store.
Songs: The Kind of Girl I Could Love, (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone, All the King’s Horses, Saturday's Child (album version) |
During the scene where the Monkees sing "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" the guitar Mike plays changes from a light body to a dark one from shot to shot. Davy's maracas also change from the two red ones for the plot to 4, 2 in each hand, of a different type.
The credits mistakenly list "Last Train to Clarksville" as one of the songs in the episode. |
| 6 | "Success Story" | October 17, 1966 | Davy's grandfather (Ben Wright) is coming to America for a visit and has the right to take Davy back to England with him, so the boys conspire to make Davy appear rich and successful.
Songs: I Wanna Be Free, Sweet Young Thing |
Syndicated reairs replaced "I Wanna Be Free" with an edited version of "Shades of Gray".
In the episode's closing interview tag, Davy talks about his father and how he purchased a house for him. |
| 7 | "Monkees in a Ghost Town" | October 24, 1966 | Stranded in a ghost town after the Monkeemobile runs out of gas, the Monkees are held prisoner by bank robbers (Len Lesser, Lon Chaney, Jr.) and their boss, "The Big Man" (Rose Marie).
Songs: Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day, Papa Gene’s Blues, (Theme from) The Monkees |
Syndicated reairings replaced "Tomorrow's" with the single version of "Words". |
| 8 | "Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth" | October 31, 1966 | The Monkees have a horse in their pad, no hay to feed it, and no explanation for their landlord (Henry Corden).
Songs: Papa Gene’s Blues, All the King’s Horses |
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| 9 | "The Chaperone" | November 7, 1966 | David cannot date a retired general's daughter unless a chaperone is present, so Micky suits up like a lady.
Songs: This Just Doesn’t Seem to Be My Day, Take a Giant Step (single vocal track), You Just May Be the One, |
Syndicated version : "Midnight Train" replaces "This Just Doesn’t Seem to Be My Day" |
| 10 | "Here Come the Monkees" | November 14, 1966 | The boys, renowned quick-change artists, use their Monkee magic to give a cram course in history to a young girl (Robyn Millan). Songs: I Wanna Be Free (original version and fragment of album version), Let’s Dance On |
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| 11 | "Monkees à la Carte" | November 21, 1966 | A gangster (Harvey Lembeck) has taken over the boys' favorite Italian restaurant, so they disguise themselves as the Purple Flower Gang.
Songs: (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone, She |
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| 12 | "I've Got a Little Song Here" | November 28, 1966 | Monkee madness begins when Mike is conned out of $99.95 by a phony music publisher (Phil Leeds). Songs: Gonna Buy Me a Dog, Mary, Mary |
First of three episodes to feature "Monkeemen".
"Mary Mary" was replaced in syndicated reairs with "For Pete's Sake". |
| 13 | "One Man Shy" (aka Peter and the Debutante) | December 5, 1966 | Bashful Peter gets help from his fellow Monkees when he tries to win the heart of a lovely debutante (Lisa James) away from her snobbish boyfriend (George Furth).
Songs: You Just May Be the One, I'm a Believer |
Syndicated reairs replaced "I'm a Believer" with "Forget That Girl". |
| 14 | "Dance, Monkee, Dance" | December 12, 1966 | The Monkees use disguises, snappy patter, and fancy footwork to weasel out of a lifetime contract for dancing lessons at the Renaldo's Dance Au Go Go (Hal March).
Songs: I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet (original version), I'm a Believer |
In the "I'm A Believer" sequence, Mike is dancing with his real-life mother, Bette Nesmith Graham. |
| 15 | "Too Many Girls" (a.k.a. "Davy and Fern") | December 19, 1966 | An ambitious stage mother (Reta Shaw) is determined to use lovestruck Davy to promote her daughter's (Kelly Jean Peters) career. | Instead of an overdub of the recording, The Monkees are actually playing "Steppin' Stone" at the beginning of the episode. Also features Mike singing a rushed version of his own composition "Different Drum."
The original network print features Kelly Jean Peters in a bathing suit hidden by a smudged lens, but syndicated prints show the shapely Peters uncovered |
| 16 | "Son of a Gypsy" | December 26, 1966 | A band of gypsies kidnap Peter and force the Monkees to steal a priceless statuette in order to ransom him. Songs: Let’s Dance On, I'm a Believer |
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| 17 | "The Case of the Missing Monkee" | January 9, 1967 | At a rest home, kidnapped Peter and an esteemed nuclear scientist (Norbert Schiller) face a mad scientist's (Vito Scotti) insidious brain drain. |
Syndicated reairs used "Pleasant Valley Sunday" |
| 18 | "I Was a Teenage Monster" | January 16, 1967 | A mad scientist (John Hoyt) hires The Monkees to teach his monster (Richard Kiel) music—and then transplants their musical talent into the monster.
Songs: Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day, Your Auntie Grizelda |
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| 19 | "Find the Monkees!" (aka "The Audition") | January 23, 1967 | A television producer (Carl Ballantine) searches for the Monkees, who have not been invited to audition, unaware that they cannot get to see him.
Songs: Sweet Young Thing, Papa Gene’s Blues, Mary, Mary |
The closing interview tag lasted nearly three minutes as opposed to the one minute normally alloted. The interview revolved around the boys' reaction to recent clashes on Sunset Strip and the destruction of a popular night spot, an incident that Mike used as inspiration for his 1967 song "Daily Nightly". |
| 20 | "Monkees in the Ring" | January 30, 1967 | A crooked fight promoter (Ned Glass) prepares to cash in on a big bet by making Davy a chump in a bout with the champ.
Songs: Laugh (without background vocals on the first verse), I’ll Be Back Up on My Feet (original version) |
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| 21 | "The Prince and the Paupers" | February 6, 1967 | Davy doubles for a lookalike Peruvian prince who must find a bride (Heather North) or forfeit his throne to evil Count Myron (Oscar Beregi, Jr.).
Songs: Mary, Mary |
American disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer plays Davy's double for the "back-to-the-camera" shots. |
| 22 | "Monkees at the Circus" | February 13, 1967 | To save a bankrupt circus, the Monkees pose as a troupe of dazzling, supreme high-wire artists from France.
Songs: Sometime in the Morning, She |
The "theme song from an old TV series" that Micky sings is from his old TV series Circus Boy (1956–1958) |
| 23 | "Captain Crocodile" | February 20, 1967 | The star of a local kiddie TV show (Joey Forman), fearing competition from the Monkees, plans to scuttle them before they get started.
Songs: Valleri (original version), Your Auntie Grizelda |
Syndicated prints replaced "Grizelda" with Pleasant Valley Sunday Joey Baio, who plays the 12-year-old TV network executive, is the older cousin of actor Scott Baio. |
| 24 | "Monkees à la Mode" | February 27, 1967 | A snooty, ultra-chic magazine features the Monkees as cultured, sophisticated and impeccably dressed young men, a deception that angers friends of the boys, causes one of the magazine's writers (whose original accurate portrayal of the boys was rewritten) to quit, and launches the boys on a course to humiliate the magazine's snobbish editor. Songs: (Theme from) The Monkees (excerpts of album version), "Laugh, You Just May Be the One" |
Only episode to include the comical pose inserts of The Monkees from the closing credits.
Valerie Kairys plays Toby Willis, the writer whose story is crassly rewritten at the behest of the magazine's snobbish editor (Patrice Wymore). Kairys appeared in thirteen episodes of the series but this is the only episode where she receives an on-screen credit. It is also the second episode where she has a speaking role. |
| 25 | "Alias Micky Dolenz" | March 6, 1967 | The police cash in on Micky's striking resemblance to an imprisoned hood in an attempt to locate robbery loot. Songs: The Kind of Girl I Could Love, "Mary, Mary" |
David Jones was attending his sister's wedding in London, which explains his absence from this episode (He did show up for the tag, though). |
| 26 | "Monkee Chow Mein" | March 13, 1967 | The Monkees tangle with a Red Chinese spy ring, led by Dragonman (Joey Forman) when Peter takes the wrong fortune cookie. Songs: Your Auntie Grizelda |
"Grizelda" was replaced in the episode's syndicated run with "Words" |
| 27 | "Monkee Mother" | March 20, 1967 | When the Monkees fall behind in their rent, the landlord (Henry Corden) moves in another tenant (Rose Marie) who takes over the pad and the Monkees. Songs: Sometime in the Morning, Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) |
This was Rose Marie's second episode; her first was 'Monkees in a Ghost Town' in which she played "The Big Man."
First of two episodes to be featured entirely at the Monkees' pad. |
| 28 | "Monkees on the Line" | March 27, 1967 | Hired by a telephone answering service, the Monkees are soon plunged into mix-ups, hang-ups and crossed wires leading to pursuit by a pair of crooked bettors.
Songs: Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) |
Last episode completed for the first season as well as the last episode crediting Don Kirshner as music supervisor. |
| 29 | "Monkees Get Out More Dirt" | April 3, 1967 | The Monkees' friendship is threatened when they all fall for the same girl: a luscious proprietress (Julie Newmar) of the local laundromat.
Songs: (Theme from) The Monkees, "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" |
Comedian Wally Cox makes a cameo in the episode's teaser, spoofing old commercials for two long-defunct detergent products: Salvo and Action. |
| 30 | "Monkees in Manhattan" (a.k.a. "The Monkees, Manhattan Style") | April 10, 1967 | In New York City, the Monkees fend off an irate hotel manager (Philip Ober) as they help a producer (Richard Anders) get backing for a Broadway musical. Songs: The Girl I Knew Somewhere, Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (with extra instrumental passage), "Words" (original version) |
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| 31 | "Monkees at the Movies" | April 17, 1967 | The Monkees have a run-in with a snobbish movie idol (Bobby Sherman) on the set as extras in a beach movie. Songs: "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (mono single version), Last Train to Clarksville, "Valleri" (original version) |
Look for Davy Jones' pre-Monkees album on Colpix in this episode! In syndicated reruns, the song "When Love Comes Knockin' (at Your Door) is listed instead of "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You". In extant versions, "A Little Bit Me..." is what is in the episode, but ends abruptly. It's possible it was a substitution, as the former song is significantly shorter. |
| 32 | "Monkees on Tour" | April 24, 1967 | A mini-documentary chronicling a Monkees concert gig in Phoenix, Arizona during their first public appearance tour. Songs: The Girl I Knew Somewhere, Last Train to Clarksville, I'm a Believer, Cripple Creek, You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover, Sweet Young Thing, I Wanna Be Free, I Got a Woman |
Given the nature of this episode, a laugh track was not used.
Producer-director Robert Rafelson shot the episode on his own time, as he was refused assistance by the studio. |
The series aired on Monday nights preceding The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, and The Champions and opposite Cowboy in Africa (ABC) and Gunsmoke (CBS).
| Episode Number | Title | Airdate | Plot | Notes |
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| 33 | "It's a Nice Place to Visit..." | September 11, 1967 | In El Monotono, Mexico, Davy is captured by a bandito (Peter Whitney) and his minions for being captivated with El Diablo's girlfriend (Cynthia Hull). Song: What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round |
Actor Godfrey Cambridge makes a cameo appearance, portraying a man collecting parking payments
First episode to feature Mike Nesmith's "new" (post-tonsillectomy) voice. |
| 34 | "The Picture Frame" (aka "The Bank Robbery") | September 18, 1967 | Peter must prove the Monkees' innocence when they unwittingly rob a bank in the pretext of making a movie. Songs: Pleasant Valley Sunday, Randy Scouse Git |
Shot at several different times, notice that Micky has long hair during the episode, but short hair during "Pleasant Valley Sunday". Also the studio in the episode is named Mammoth Studios, which is mentioned in the Season One episode "Monkees At The Movies." |
| 35 | "Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik" | September 25, 1967 | It is a "harem-scare 'em" scene as Davy faces the prospect of marriage to a lovely Nehudian princess (Donna Loren). Songs: Love is Only Sleeping (alternate mix), Cuddly Toy |
This was the first of seven episodes featuring character actor Monte Landis and the only one in which he doesn't play the villain. |
| 36 | "Monkee Mayor" | October 2, 1967 | Mike casts his wool hat into the ring to stop a crooked construction tycoon (Monte Landis) from turning the city into parking lots. Songs: No Time, Pleasant Valley Sunday |
This was the last episode shot before the group's summer 1967 concert tour. |
| 37 | "Art for Monkees' Sake" | October 9, 1967 | At an art museum, Peter copies an old painting for two guards (Monte Landis, Vic Tayback) who are actually thieves bent on snatching the real painting. Songs: Randy Scouse Git, Daydream Believer |
Liberace makes a cameo appearance |
| 38 | "I Was a 99-lb. Weakling" (aka "Physical Culture") | October 16, 1967 | To win a beautiful girl, Micky starts a health program under the guidance of a physical cultist (Monte Landis) who is a fraud. Songs: Sunny Girlfriend, Love is Only Sleeping (alternate mix) |
Michael Nesmith does not appear in this episode, though he is mentioned by name several times and the episode features two songs with Mike's lead vocals |
| 39 | "Hillbilly Honeymoon" (a.k.a. "Double Barrel Shotgun Wedding") | October 23, 1967 | The Monkees are caught in a hillbilly feud in Swineville with Davy staring down the barrel of a shotgun wedding. Song: Papa Gene's Blues (extended edit) |
Guest starring Melody Patterson, Billie Hayes, and Dub Taylor.
Stills of Micky and Mike taken during production were used on the back cover of the album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. |
| 40 | "Monkees Marooned" | October 30, 1967 | On a desert island, the Monkees go hunting for treasure—and are hunted by a mad Australian (Monte Landis) and his man Thursday (Rupert Crosse). Songs: Daydream Believer, What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round |
Burt Mustin makes a guest appearance.
The show's regular director James Frawley plays a doctor marooned on the island, while Mike's longtime bassist John London appears in a gorilla suit. |
| 41 | "The Card Carrying Red Shoes" | November 6, 1967 | Peter is the target of a romantic prima ballerina (Ondine Vaughn)—and a dastardly plot choreographed by the rest of the ballet company. Song: She Hangs Out (alternate mix of album version) |
Leon Askin makes a guest appearance. Mike Nesmith does not appear in this episode. |
| 42 | "The Wild Monkees" | November 13, 1967 | The Monkees turn chicken—figuratively and literally—when they unwittingly befriend the girlfriends of a tough motorcycle gang. Songs: Goin' Down; sung live over the instrumental track), Star Collector (without Moog synthesizer) |
Jennifer Gan plays Ann (who is one of the girlfriends of the tough motorcycle gang) |
| 43 | "A Coffin Too Frequent" | November 20, 1967 | A sinister scientist (George Furth), his goony cousin (Mickey Morton), and his kooky aunt (Ruth Buzzi) use the Monkees' pad for a séance to summon a relative from beyond. Songs: Goin' Down, Daydream Believer |
Directed by David Winters of West Side Story
Second of two episodes in which the entire duration (excluding the fantasy scene) is spent at The Monkees' pad. |
| 44 | "Hitting the High Seas" | November 27, 1967 | Thoughts of mutiny are bountiful as the Monkees try to stop the hijack of a cargo ship by a vengeful sea captain (Chips Rafferty). Songs: Daydream Believer, Star Collector |
First episode to officially not include a laugh track
Michael Nesmith was not available for filming except for a brief appearance at the beginning and the epilogue. The scene where he "goes below" was to explain his absence. The Alan Wolsky-designed front cover of The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees album uses cutouts of Michael, David, Micky and Peter from color stills of this episode. |
| 45 | "The Monkees in Texas" | December 4, 1967 | In the Lone Star State, the Monkees outwit Black Bart (Barton MacLane), his cohort Red (Len Lesser) and the gang to save Mike's Aunt Kate's (Jacqueline deWit) ranch. Songs: Words, Goin' Down (sung live over the instrumental track) |
No laugh track |
| 46 | "The Monkees on the Wheel" | December 11, 1967 | The Monkees invade Las Vegas where, mistaken for crooked gamblers by a roulette dealer (Rip Taylor) and policeman (Dort Clark), they try their luck at exposing the real gang. Songs: The Door Into Summer, Cuddly Toy |
No laugh track. Features outtakes from forthcoming episode "The Monstrous Monkee Mash" |
| 47 | "The Monkees' Christmas Show" | December 25, 1967 | The Monkees try to instill the spirit of Christmas in a cynical little boy (Butch Patrick) who has soured on the whole idea. Song: Riu Chiu (Traditional Spanish (Catalan) Christmas carol) |
No laugh track. The Monkees introduce the crew to the viewers in the tag and over the closing credits. |
| 48 | "Fairy Tale" | January 8, 1968 | A Monkee pantomime romp through Fairy Tale Land sees Peter rescuing a haughty princess (Michael) from death by her fiendish fiancee (Murray Roman). Song: Daily Nightly |
No laugh track. Radio personality Rege Cordic, who appeared as the Doctor in the Christmas episode, plays the Narrator/Town Cryer. |
| 49 | "The Monkees Watch Their Feet" | January 15, 1968 | A documented film report by the Department of UFO Information headed by Pat Paulsen, shows the Monkees foiling an invasion from Planet Zlotnick. Song: Star Collector |
Guest starring Nita Talbot and Stuart Margolin as the alien invaders. Mike appears only in the episode's prologue introducing Paulsen as well as the epilogue. |
| 50 | "The Monstrous Monkee Mash" | January 22, 1968 | The Monkees attempt to rescue Davy from his girlfriend Lorelei (Arlene Martel), Count Batula (Ron Masak), a Wolfman (David Pearl), Mummyman, and a Frankenstein-looking monster in a creepy castle. Song: Goin' Down |
No laugh track |
| 51 | "The Monkee's Paw" | January 29, 1968 | A broken-down magician's (Hans Conried) magical monkey's paw starts to bring the equally broken Monkees luck, unfortunately, all bad. Songs: Goin' Down, Words |
No laugh track; last episode to feature interview tag |
| 52 | "The Devil and Peter Tork" | February 5, 1968 | At an eerie pawn shop, Peter unwittingly sells his soul to a devilish character (Monte Landis) in order to purchase a golden harp. Songs: Salesman, Pleasant Valley Sunday (harp instrumental), I Wanna Be Free (harp instrumental), No Time ['No Time' is removed from syndication] |
Last episode to feature laugh track, though the use of the laugh track is limited in the second half due to the somber presentation of the story. The fifth episode filmed of Season 2, it was held back by NBC in a dispute over the song "Salesman" and also because of the barb by Mike, Davy, and Micky over saying the word "hell" on-air.
The episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement In A Comedy Series |
| 53 | "The Monkees Race Again" (aka "Leave the Driving to Us") | February 12, 1968 | Davy drives the Monkeemobile in an auto race when the British entry is sabotaged by Baron Von Klutz (David Hurst) and his Klutzmobile. Song: What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round |
No laugh track; producer Bob Rafelson makes a cameo appearance as the "World's Oldest Flower Child" |
| 54 | "The Monkees in Paris" (a.k.a. "The Paris Show") | February 19, 1968 | The Monkees take a vacation from the studio grind and are chased all over the French Capital by girls and gendarme. Songs: Love is Only Sleeping (album mix), Don't Call on Me, Star Collector, Goin' Down |
No laugh track. The prologue and epilogue were shot in Hollywood in December 1967 while the bulk of the episode was filmed by Rafelson in Paris in June 1967. |
| 55 | "Monkees Mind Their Manor" | February 26, 1968 | Davy inherits an English manor but must first win a tournament against Sir Twiggley Toppen Middle Bottom (Bernard Fox) with lances, swords, and vocal chords. Songs: Iranian Tango (featured in teaser), Greensleeves, Star Collector |
No laugh track. Directed by Peter Tork (credited as Peter H. Thorkleson). Also guest starring TV producer Jack Good, who wrote and directed the upcoming "33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee" special |
| 56 | "Some Like it Lukewarm" (a.k.a. "The Band Contest") | March 4, 1968 | To enter and win a band contest hosted by radio DJ Jerry Blavat, David poses as a girl and falls in love with Daphne (Deana Martin), posing as a boy. Songs: Last Train to Clarksville (at 78 RPM speed!), The Door Into Summer, She Hangs Out |
No laugh track. Last episode completed for the second season. Davy and singer/songwriter Charlie Smalls appear in the tag. |
| 57 | "The Monkees Blow Their Minds" | March 11, 1968 | The Monkees swing to the rescue when a mentalist (Monte Landis) gains control of Peter's mind to use him in a nightclub act. Songs: Valleri (1968 released version), Gonna Buy Me a Dog (instrumental track), Daily Nightly |
No laugh track. Mike Nesmith and guest Frank Zappa switch personalities in the teaser. Burgess Meredith makes a cameo appearance. Third episode produced in Season 2; the last aired episode to feature the boys' old hairstyles and the original pre-psychedelic Monkee pad.
Directed by David Winters of West Side Story |
| 58 | "The Frodis Caper" (a.k.a. "Mijacogeo") | March 25, 1968 | The Monkees match wits with the insane Wizard Glick (Rip Taylor), who is out to control the minds of television viewers worldwide. Song: Zor and Zam (Original version) |
No laugh track. Directed by Micky Dolenz
Syndicated reairs replaced "Zor and Zam" with "I Never Thought It Peculiar" Singer/songwriter Tim Buckley performs "Song to the Siren" in the tag. "Mijacogeo" is an anagram of the names in Micky's family: Micky, Janelle (mother), Coco (sister), and George (father) |
The Monkees' television series was cancelled after its second season. The group hoped to take the television show in different directions and NBC wanted the show to stay the same; both parties mutually decided to throw in the towel. After the series was cancelled NBC contracted with The Monkees to create and broadcast three longer television specials.
33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee was the first of these longer television productions. It aired on April 14, 1969. The second two planned television specials were never produced. Peter Tork quit the group between the filming of 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee and its broadcast.
The Monkees returned to broadcast television with Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees which was broadcast on ABC on February 17, 1997. All four Monkees appeared in this broadcast. The special was very similar in nature to the old television series and was in fact intended to represent episode #781 of the show. The number was an estimate of how far along the series might have been at that point in time if it was never canceled.