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The Monkees
1966 - 1968 6.5 (49 votes) 2 Seasons
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Genres
Comedy Family
Networks
NBC
Created By
Bob Rafelson
Bert Schneider

The Monkees

Who's putting who on? You'll never know till you see this show!

Overview

Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series

Key Crew

Writer: Bob Rafelson, Jon C. Andersen, Elias Davis, David Pollock, Corey Upton

Producer: Ward Sylvester, Bert Schneider, Gerald Shepard, Bob Rafelson, Michael Burns

Top Cast

Davy Jones
Davy Jones

Davy

Micky Dolenz
Micky Dolenz

Micky

Michael Nesmith
Michael Nesmith

Mike

Peter Tork
Peter Tork

Peter

Seasons

Season 0 poster
Season 0 ()

No overview available.

19 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Here Come The Monkees (Pilot)

The original 16mm version of the pilot episode.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee
1969-04-14

Four individuals are brainwashed into forming a musical group, featuring guest appearances from some of the superstars of 1950s rock 'n' roll.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Opening Credits
1966-09-12

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Ending Credits
1966-09-12

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Interview With Bobby Hart

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Interview With Editor Jerry Shepard

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Vintage Monkees Kelloggs Commercials

A selection of commercials originally aired during the NBC run of The Monkees

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: The Monkees In NYC
1967-06-07

Footage of The Monkees from NBC News

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Secret Agent Sketch
1969-05-02

A sketch from The Monkees appearance on the Glenn Campbell Goodtime Hour

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Touch Tone Symphony
1969-05-02

A sketch from The Monkees appearance on the Glenn Campbell Goodtime Hour

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Interview with Billie Hayes

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Interview with Butch Patrick

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: Interview with Coslough Johnson

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Interview with Ruth Buzzie

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: Making The Monkees

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: Hey, Hey, It's The Monkees
1997-02-17

An hour-long special that aired on ABC finds Davy, Micky, Peter, and Mike looking back on the old days (with a medley of their hits) and promoting their 1996 CD "Justus" with 3 music videos from it.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: Hey, Hey We're the Monkees
1997-01-22

Through interviews and vintage film footage including the TV series, concert tours and their pioneering music videos, all four Monkees provide insightful recollections of Monkeemania before, during and after. With a special appearance by Frank Zappa, the show also includes original screen tests, outtakes, TV commercials and rare photos of the band.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 18: The Monkees - E-True Hollywood Story
1999-08-01

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 19: We Love The Monkees
2012-07-12

A look back at the story of Davy Jones and The Monkees.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1966)

No overview available.

32 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Royal Flush
1966-09-12

The Monkees rescue Princess Bettina, Duchess of Harmonica (Katherine Walsh) from her evil uncle Archduke Otto (Theodore Marcuse).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Monkee See, Monkee Die
1966-09-19

The Monkees spend the night in a haunted house to collect an inheritance.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Monkee vs. Machine
1966-09-26

In a computerized toy factory, the Monkees foil an efficiency expert (Stan Freberg) who wants to replace an old toymaker (Walter Janovitz) with automation.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers
1966-10-03

A shady PR man (Andre Philippe) kidnaps the Monkees to prevent them from winning a talent contest in order for his clients (rival band the Four Swines) to win.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: The Spy Who Came in From the Cool
1966-10-10

The Monkees get mixed up in a spy ring (Jacques Aubuchon, Arlene Martel) after Davy accidentally purchases a set of red maracas containing secret microfilm. Can the Monkees outwit two professional spies ?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Success Story
1966-10-17

Davy's grandfather (Ben Wright) visits, and the Monkees try to convince him that his grandson is wealthy and successful.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: The Monkees in a Ghost Town
1966-10-24

Stranded in a ghost town after their car 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).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth (a.k.a. Gift Horse)
1966-10-31

Davy is given a horse, which the Monkees have to hide from their landlord, Mr. Babbitt (Henry Corden). It is returned to a heart-broken child (Kerry MacLane) and father (Jim Boles) after Davy rides it to victory over the horse of the father's neighbor. Famed character actor, and frequent Bob Hope sideman, Jerry Colonna plays veterinarian Doctor Mann.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: The Chaperone
1966-11-07

Davy's feelings for retired General Harley Vandenberg's (Arch Johnson) daughter Leslie (Sherry Alberoni) leads Micky to pose as a female chaperone at a party after the real chaperone (Diana Chesney) gets drunk.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Here Come the Monkees
1966-11-14

The Monkees play a sweet sixteen party and help the birthday girl (Robyn Millan) with her studies after she falls for Davy.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Monkees à la Carte
1966-11-21

The Monkees pose as the Purple Flower Gang to save their favourite Italian restaurant from a gangster (Harvey Lembeck).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: I've Got a Little Song Here
1966-11-28

Mike is fleeced by a fraudulent music publisher (Phil Leeds), but Micky dons the guise of a flashy Hollywood producer to get Mike's money back.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: One Man Shy
1966-12-05

Bashful Peter tries to win the heart of lovely debutante Valerie Cartwright (Lisa James) while dealing with her haughty boyfriend Ronnie Farnsworth (George Furth).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Dance, Monkee, Dance
1966-12-12

The Monkees sign up for lessons at Renaldo's Dance Au Go Go (Hal March), and then find out that their contracts are for life.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: Too Many Girls (a.k.a. Davy and Fern)
1966-12-19

A domineering stage mother tries to use Davy to further her daughter Fern's career.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: Son of a Gypsy
1966-12-26

A band of gypsies, headed by the powerful Maria (Jeanne Arnold), force the Monkees to steal a priceless statuette called the "Maltese Vulture."

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: The Case of the Missing Monkee
1967-01-09

Peter becomes involved with the disappearance of the respected Professor Milo Schnitzler (Norbert Schiller) and then disappears himself.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 18: I Was a Teenage Monster
1967-01-16

A mad scientist (John Hoyt) hires the Monkees to teach his monster (Richard Kiel) music—and then transplants their musical talent into the monster. Can the Monkees get their talent back? Byron Foulger appears as Groot, Dr. Mendoza's assistant.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 19: Find the Monkees
1967-01-23

When television producer Hubbell Bensen (Carl Ballantine) hears a tape of the Monkees, he frantically stages auditions in the hope of finding them for his new television show, unaware they are desperately trying to audition for him.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 20: Monkees in the Ring
1967-01-30

A crooked fight promoter (Ned Glass) prepares to cash in on a big bet by making Davy a stooge in a bout with the champ.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 21: The Prince and the Paupers
1967-02-06

Davy doubles for a lookalike Peruvian prince in order to win the heart of Wendy Forsythe (Heather North) or forfeit his throne to evil Count Myron (Oscar Beregi Jr.).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 22: Monkees at the Circus
1967-02-13

To save a bankrupt circus, the Monkees pose as a troupe of dazzling, supreme high-wire artists from France known as the Mozzarelli Brothers, but get in trouble when their guise requires them to actually perform.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 23: Captain Crocodile
1967-02-20

The Monkees' appearance on popular children's show The Captain Crocodile Show is sabotaged by its host (Joey Forman), who fears that his guest's popularity is diminishing his own.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 24: Monkees à la Mode
1967-02-27

The Monkees are chosen as "Typical Young Americans of the Year," by Chic magazine, a haughty publication that runs a bogus article on the group moulding them into a false image of clean cut young men.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 25: Alias Micky Dolenz
1967-03-06

The police cash in on Micky's striking resemblance to imprisoned crime kingpin Baby Face Morales in an attempt to locate robbery loot.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 26: Monkees Chow Mein
1967-03-13

Peter finds a secret message in a fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant, forcing Monkeemen Davy and Mike to come to his rescue from the evil Dragonman (Joey Forman).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 27: Monkee Mother
1967-03-20

Middle-aged widow Millie (Rose Marie) moves in with the Monkees as a new tenant, resulting in the boys' trying to find her a husband.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 28: The Monkees on the Line
1967-03-27

Hired by a telephone answering service, the Monkees are soon plunged into mix-ups, hang-ups and crossed wires leading to pursuit by a crooked bettor (Milton Frome).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 29: The Monkees Get Out More Dirt
1967-04-03

The Monkees' friendship is threatened when they all fall for the same girl, luscious local laundromat proprietress April Conquest (Julie Newmar).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 30: The Monkees in Manhattan (a.k.a. The Monkees Manhattan Style)
1967-04-10

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 31: The Monkees at the Movies
1967-04-17

The Monkees have a run-in with a snobbish movie idol (Bobby Sherman) on the set as extras in a beach movie.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 32: The Monkees on Tour
1967-04-24

A mini-documentary chronicling a live Monkees concert gig on location in Phoenix, Arizona during their first public appearance tour.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1967)

No overview available.

26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: A Nice Place to Visit
1967-09-11

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).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: The Picture Frame (a.k.a. The Bank Robbery)
1967-09-18

Peter must prove the Monkees' innocence when they unwittingly rob a bank in the pretext of making a movie for two con men (Cliff Norton, Kelton Garwood).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik
1967-09-25

It is a "harem-scare 'em" scene as Davy faces the prospect of marriage to a lovely Nehudian princess (Donna Loren).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Monkee Mayor
1967-10-02

Mike casts his wool hat into the ring to stop a crooked construction tycoon (Monte Landis) from turning the city into parking lots.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Art for Monkees' Sake
1967-10-09

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: I Was A 99 Pound Weakling
1967-10-16

After losing his girlfriend Brenda to a muscle man named Bulk, Micky starts a health program under the guidance of fraudulent physical cultist Shah-Ku (Monte Landis).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Hillbilly Honeymoon (a.k.a. Double Barrel Shotgun Wedding)
1967-10-23

Lost in Swineville, the Monkees get caught in the middle of a hillbilly feud between the Weskitts and Chubbers with Davy staring down the barrel of a shotgun wedding to pretty Ella Mae Chubber (Melody Patterson).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Monkees Marooned
1967-10-30

Peter trades his guitar for a con man’s treasure map. On a deserted island, the Monkees go hunting for treasure—and are hunted by a mad Australian (Monte Landis) and his man Thursday (Rupert Crosse).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: The Card Carrying Red Shoes
1967-11-06

Peter is the target of a romantic prima ballerina (Ondine Vaughn) and a dastardly plot choreographed by the rest of the ballet company.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Wild Monkees
1967-11-13

The Monkees turn chicken when they unwittingly befriend the girlfriends of a tough motorcycle gang.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: A Coffin Too Frequent
1967-11-20

A mad scientist (George Furth), his goony cousin (Mickey Morton), and his dotty aunt (Ruth Buzzi) use the Monkees' pad for a séance to summon their relative Elmer from beyond.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Hitting the High Seas
1967-11-27

Thoughts of mutiny are bountiful as the Monkees try to stop the hijack of a cargo ship by a vengeful sea captain (Chips Rafferty).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: Monkees in Texas
1967-12-04

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Monkees on the Wheel
1967-12-11

In Las Vegas, the Monkees are mistaken for crooked gamblers by a roulette dealer (Rip Taylor) and policeman (Dort Clark) and try their luck at exposing the real gang (David Astor and Pepper Davis).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: The Christmas Show
1967-12-25

The Monkees try to instil the spirit of Christmas in a cynical little boy (Butch Patrick) who has soured on the whole idea.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: Fairy Tale
1968-01-08

A Monkee pantomime romp through Fairy Tale Land, introduced by a "Town Crier" (Rege Cordic), sees Peter rescuing a haughty princess (Michael) from death by her fiendish fiancee (Murray Roman).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: Monkees Watch Their Feet
1968-01-15

A documented film report by the Department of UFO Information, headed by Pat Paulsen, shows the Monkees foiling an invasion by aliens (Stuart Margolin and Nita Talbot) from Planet Zlotnick.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 18: Monstrous Monkee Mash
1968-01-22

The Monkees attempt to rescue Davy from his girlfriend Lorelei (Arlene Martel), Count Batula (Ron Masak), a wolf man (David Pearl), mummy man, and a Frankenstein-looking monster in a creepy castle.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 19: Monkees Paw
1968-01-29

A broken-down magician's (Hans Conried) magical monkey's paw starts to bring the equally broken Monkees luck... unfortunately, all bad.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 20: The Devil and Peter Tork
1968-02-05

At an eerie pawn shop, Peter unwittingly sells his soul to devilish character Mr. Zero (Monte Landis) in order to purchase a golden harp! Can Peter's musical talent save him from Mr. Zero's evil clutches forever ?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 21: Monkees Race Again (a.k.a. Leave the Driving to Us)
1968-02-12

Davy drives the Monkeemobile in an auto race when the British entry is sabotaged by Baron Von Klutz (David Hurst) and his Klutzmobile. Featuring a cameo appearance by co-producer Bob Rafelson as the "World's Oldest Flower Child."

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 22: Monkees in Paris (a.k.a. The Paris Show)
1968-02-19

The Monkees take a vacation from the studio grind and are chased (on location) all over the French Capital by beautiful girls and gendarme.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 23: Monkees Mind Their Manor
1968-02-26

Davy inherits an English manor but must first win a tournament against Sir Twiggley Toppen Middle Bottom (Bernard Fox) with lances, swords and vocal cords.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 24: Some Like it Lukewarm (a.k.a. The Band Contest)
1968-03-04

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 for her group who is also in the contest.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 25: Monkees Blow Their Minds
1968-03-11

The Monkees swing to the rescue when mentalist Oracullo (Monte Landis) gains control of Peter's mind to use him in a nightclub act. Director James Frawley appears as Oracullo's assistant Rudy.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 26: Mijacogeo (a.k.a. The Frodis Caper)
1968-03-25

The Monkees match wits with the insane Wizard Glick (Rip Taylor), who is out to control the minds of television viewers worldwide.

Runtime: 30 min

Videos

Davy Jones/Monkees 1966 Promo

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