View Full Version : This Week's Monkees Music & TV Almanac (4/30-5/8/06)


AaronHandy3
04-30-2006, 09:57 AM
MAY 1, 1967

“Monkee See, Monkee Die”, Episode No. 2 of The Monkees (prod. #4705, aired on NBC September 19, 1966), was repeated @ 7:30 p.m. EDT on NBC, with a new song added: “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You,” written by Neil Diamond and produced by Jeff Barry. The sponsor this week was Yardley Of London™.

Trivia Footnote: This was the very first episode of The Monkees to be rebroadcast on television...something which would become a big trend over the years!

MAY 1, 1971

"Hillbilly Honeymoon" (a.k.a. "Double Barrell Shotgun Wedding"), Episode No. 39 of The Monkees (prod #47??, aired on NBC October 23, 1967), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. EDT on CBS.

MAY 2, 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.

Trivia Footnote: The Monkees' 9th and final album, Changes (#COS-119), was released around this time.

MAY 5, 1973

"Monkees Marooned", Episode No. 40 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC October 30, 1967 and May 13, 1968) was repated @ 1:30 p.m. EDT on ABC.

MAY 6, 1968

"The Card-Carrying Red Shoes", Episode No. 41 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC November 6, 1967) was repated @ 7:30 p.m. EDT on NBC. The sponsor of the week was Kellogg’s™.

Interesting Note: this rebroadcast came exactly half a year after its firstrun airing!

MAY 6, 1972

"Hillbilly Honeymoon" (a.k.a. "Double Barrell Shotgun Wedding"), Episode No. 39 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC October 23, 1967 and March 18, 1968) was repated @ noon EDT on CBS.