This Week's Monkees TV Almanac (4/15-21/07)

From: AH3RD
Confirmed: peter
Date: 16 Apr 2007
Time: 05:38:07 -0700
Remote Name: adsl-072-156-099-024.sip.msy.bellsouth.net

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APRIL 15, 1968 “Monkee Mayor”, Episode No. 36 of The Monkees (prod. #4760, aired on NBC October 2, 1967), was repeated @ 7:30 p.m. EDT on NBC. Yardley Of London™ sponsored. APRIL 15, 1972 “The Monkees In The Ring”, Episode No. 20 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC January 30, 1967), was repeated @ noon EDT on CBS, with a new song added: "Looking For The Good Times," written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart. APRIL 17, 1967 “The Monkees At The Movies” (prod. #4727) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EDT on NBC as the 31st episode of The Monkees. Slicker by Yardley Of London™ sponsored the show this week, and, if you were watching, the only original commercial shown was Kellogg's™ Sugar Frosted Flakes (with Tony The Tiger!). The featured songs were “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You,” written by Neil Diamond and produced by Jeff Barry, and “Last Train To Clarksville” and “Valleri” written & produced by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart. The Monkees ripped on the fact that they didn't play their own instruments at their concerts at the end of this episode. Trivia Footnote: This episode's firstrun airing coincided with the 33rd birthday of Don Kirshner, former music supervisor of The Monkees TV show. APRIL 17, 1971 "Art For Monkee's Sake", Episode No. 37 of The Monkees (prod. #4744, aired on NBC October 9, 1967 and April 22, 1968), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. EDT on CBS. APRIL 18, 1970 "Hitting The High Seas", Episode No. 44 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC November 27, 1967 and May 20, 1968), was repeated @ noon EDT on CBS, with a new song added: "Oh My My," written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim. APRIL 21, 1973 “Captain Crocodile”, Episode No. 23 of The Monkees (prod. #4730, aired on NBC February 20 and July 10, 1967), was repeated @ 1:30 p.m. EDT on ABC.


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