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AaronHandy3
04-17-2006, 08:09 AM
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.

APRIL 22, 1968

"Art For Monkee's Sake", Episode No. 37 of The Monkees (prod. #4744, aired on NBC October 9, 1967), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. EDT on CBS.

Trivia Footnote: on the day that this telecast went to air, The Monkees’ fifth (and final Top 10) album, The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (Colgems #COM/COS-109), was released; it was the last original Monkees LP to be released during the original run of The Monkees TV series.

APRIL 22, 1972

"Fairytale", Episode No. 48 of The Monkees (prod. #4748, aired on NBC January 8 and June 24, 1968), was repeated @ noon EDT on CBS.