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AaronHandy3
02-11-2003, 04:34 PM
FEBRUARY 10, 1973

"I Was A 99-lb. Weakling", Episode No. 38 of The Monkees (first aired on NBC October 16, 1967), was repeated @ 1:00 p.m. EST on ABC.

FEBRUARY 12, 1968

"The Monkees Race Again" (a.k.a. "Leave The Driving To Us" ) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. on NBC as the 53rd episode of The Monkees.

Kellogg’s™ sponsored this episode, which featured the song “What Am I Doing Hangin’ ’Round”, written by Travis Lewis & Boomer Clarke and produced by Chip Douglas.

Interesting note: this broadcast occurred on the eve of Peter Tork's 26th birthday!

FEBRUARY 12, 1972

“The Royal Flush”, the premiere episode of The Monkees (prod. #4701, first aired on NBC September 12, 1966), was repeated @ noon EST on CBS, with 2 new songs added: "Apples, Peaches, Bananas and Pears," written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart and "Good Clean Fun," written by Michael Nesmith.

Interesting note: this broadcast occurred on the eve of Peter Tork's 30th birthday!

FEBRUARY 13, 1967 (Peter Tork's 25th birthday!)

“The Monkees At The Circus” first aired @ 7:30 p.m. on NBC as the 22nd episode of The Monkees.

The sponsor of the week was Kellogg’s™, and the songs of the week were “She” written & produced by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart and “Sometime In The Morning” written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King and produced by Gerry Goffin, Carole King & Jeff Barry. And if you tuned in and turned on this week, you would have seen these original commercials: Kellogg's Corn Flakes, Slicker Lip Polish by Yardley, Eyelighter by Yardley, Kellogg's Pop Tarts, Kellogg's Raisin Bran, and The Monkees for Kellogg's Rice Krispies.

FEBRUARY 13, 1971 (Peter Tork's 29th birthday!)

“The Royal Flush”, the premiere episode of The Monkees (prod. #4701, first aired on NBC September 12, 1966), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. EST on CBS, with 2 new songs added: "Apples, Peaches, Bananas and Pears," written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart and "Good Clean Fun," written by Michael Nesmith. (This episode would be re-aired again on CBS a little over a full year later!)

FEBRUARY 14, 1970

"The Devil And Peter Tork", Episode No. 52 of The Monkees (first aired on NBC February 5, 1968 ), was repeated @ noon EST on CBS, with a new song added: "I Never Thought It Peculiar," written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart.

Interesting note: this broadcast occurred on the day after Peter Tork's 28th birthday!