Favorite Episode(s). (Today)

1) The Devil & Peter Tork
2) Mijacogeo
3) The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
4) Monkee See Monkee Die
5) The Case of the Missing Monkee


My Least favorites:

1) Monkees Mind Their Manor
2) Monkees Race Again (Or Leave The Driving To Us)
3) The Prince & The Paupers
4) The Card Carrying Red Shoes

My Top 5:

1) Mijacogeo aka The Frodis Caper : They really seemed to have a good time poking fun at their own show and breaking all the rules of television here. Plus, they let Tim Buckley perform at the end.

2) Fairy Tale: Probably the most innovative episode. Loved the "Daily Nightly" clip.

3) The Devil & Peter Tork: it made the boldest statement on how the Monkees wanted to be taken seriously as musicians. I also believe the devil was clearly based on Don Kirshner, who refused to let them play, but promised them fame if they didn't complain.

4) The Picture Frame: They rob a bank and think they're making a movie. A dumb premise, I know, but as usual director James Frawley's surreal touches made it work. In the Monkee's world anything can happen and here it does.
Includes the clip of Micky's song "Randy Scouse Git", which is probably their most honest music clip since they really did play on the track. It cracks me up, too, how Mike yawns during the song and Micky reveals he's lip-syncing by covering his mouth!:lol:

5) The Spy Who Came In From The Cold: This one was just plain funny. And Davy shows his Broadway roots by performing "Swany River".

Least Favorite Episode:

1) The Monkees in Paris:just seemed like a badly improvised home movie.

Btw, "The Card Carrying Red Shoes" was Timothy Leary's favorite episode. Or at least it's the one he referred to when he wrote:

"Oh you thought that it was silly teenage entertainment? Don't be fooled. While it lasted, it was a classic Sci-Fi put on. An early-Christian electronic satire. A mystic magic show. A jolly Buddha laugh at hypocrisy. At early evening kiddie-time on Monday the Monkees would rush through a parody drama, burlesquing the very shows that glue Mom and Dad to the set during prime time. Spoofing the movies and the violence and the down-heavy-conflict-emotion themes that fascinate the middle-aged. And woven into the fast-moving psychedelic stream of action were the prophetic, holy, challenging words. Micky was rapping quickly, dropping literary names, making scholarly refrences: then the sudden psychedelic switch of the reality channel. He looked straight at the camera, right into your living room, and up-levelled the comedy by saying: "Pretty good talking for a long-haired weirdo, huh, Mr. and Mrs. America?" And then ZAP, flash. Back to the innocuous comedy."

-Dr. Timothy Leary, from the book The Politics of Ecstacy

hey i don't know about all that stuff but there just down right funny!!! i have most of there shows on tape and i can say there great!!! i love all there shows even head!! weird movie but whatever anyway long live the monkees!!!



rock on guys,rock on!