This Week's Monkees TV Almanac (10/24-30/04)

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OCTOBER 24, 1966

“The Monkees In A Ghost Town” (prod. #4704) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on NBC as the 7th episode of The Monkees.

The sponsor of the week was Kellogg’s™, and the musical numbers of the week were "Papa Gene's Blues" written & produced by Michael Nesmith, and "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day" written by Tommy Boyce & Steve Venet and produced by Boyce & Bobby Hart.

OCTOBER 24, 1970

"Art For Monkee's Sake", Episode No. 37 of The Monkees (aired on NBC October 9, 1967 and April 22, 1968), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. (EDT) on CBS. (Almost a full year later, The Eye Network would repeat it again, @ noon!)

OCTOBER 25, 1969

“Monkee See, Monkee Die”, Episode No. 2 of The Monkees (prod. #4705, aired on NBC September 19, 1966 and May 1, 1967), was repeated @ noon (EDT) on CBS.

OCTOBER 28, 1972

The Monkees was preempted on ABC by a College Football Pre-Game Show.

OCTOBER 30, 1967

"Monkees Marooned" first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on NBC as the 40th episode of The Monkees.

It was sponsored by Yardley Of London™, and the songs, produced by Chip Douglas, were “Daydream Believer” written by John Stewart and "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round" (in an alternate version with an extended fade) written by Michael Murphy.

Trivia Footnote: This was the last filmed episode of The Monkees to feature Michael Nesmith speaking with his old voice; he went to have a tonsillectomy right after "Monkees Marooned" wrapped.

OCTOBER 30, 1971

“I Was A Teenage Monster,” Episode No. 18 of The Monkees (from Jan. 16, 1967, NBC), was repeated @ noon (EST) on CBS, with a new song added: "Good Clean Fun," written by Michael Nesmith.