Extra Monkees TV Milestone For Last Week

[AaronHandy3]

FEBRUARY 17, 1997

Hey Hey It's The Monkees, a 60-Minute Special, first aired @ 8:00 P.M. (EST) on the ABC Television Network. This was the first network TV showing of the original Monkee quartet since the 1969 TV special 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee on NBC.

The songs featured were “You and I” (Micky Dolenz/David Jones), “Circle Sky” (Michael Nesmith), “Antarctica” (Bill Martin), “Regional Girl” (Micky Dolenz), and a medley of “Last Train To Clarksville”/”I’m A Believer”/”Daydream Believer”/”(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone”; all were produced by The Monkees. 3 of the tracks, “You and I” (Micky Dolenz/David Jones), “Circle Sky” (Michael Nesmith), and “Regional Girl” (Micky Dolenz), were featured on The Monkees' 11th album Justus (R2 72542, released October 15, 1996).

And, if you tuned in and turned on this week, these were the original commercials you would have seen: Ragu, Sears Auto Center, Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats (!!!), Pantene Pro-V Conditioners, promo for The Flintstones (Universal, 1994), Hyundai, Tylenol, Dove Soap; Target (Club Wedd); promos For Roseanne, The Drew Carey Show, Home Improvement, Spin City and Spy City, Nissan, Aveeno Ocean, promos for The World's Deadliest Volcanoes, Volcano (20th Century Fox, 1997), Fire On The Mountain, and Happy Birthday Elizabeth, Femstat 3, Wal-Mart, and Bisquick.