This Week's Monkees TV Almanac (8/6-12/06)

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AUGUST 7, 1967

“Here Come The Monkees” (The Pilot Film), Episode No. 10 of The Monkees (prod. #4091, aired on NBC November 14, 1966), was repeated @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on NBC. It is said that its soundtrack was updated to include Mann & Weil's "Shades Of Gray" in lieu of the ballad version of Boyce & Hart's "I Wanna Be Free," which was the case for the May 29, 1967 NBC repeat of Episode No. 6, "The Success Story".

Sponsored this week by Yardley Of London™, the commercials shown were Slicker Lip Polish by Yardley (:30), Oh! De London By Yardley (:30), and Clairol Midnight Sun (1:00).

AUGUST 7, 1971

"The Monkee's Paw", Episode No. 51 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC January 29 and June 17, 1968), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. (EDT) on CBS.

AUGUST 8, 1970

“The Son Of A Gypsy,” Episode No. 16 of The Monkees (prod. #4724, aired on NBC December 26, 1966 and June 12, 1967), was repeated @ noon (EDT) on CBS.

AUGUST 11, 1973

"The Monkees On The Wheel," Episode No. 46 of The Monkees (prod. #4742, aired on NBC December 11, 1967 and June 10, 1968), was repeated @ 1:00 p.m. EDT on ABC.

AUGUST 12, 1968

“The Monkees In Paris” (a.k.a. “The Paris Show”), Episode No. 54 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC February 19, 1968), was repeated @ 7:30 p.m. EDT on NBC.

AUGUST 12, 1972

“The Monkees In Paris” (a.k.a. “The Paris Show”), Episode No. 54 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC February 19 and August 12, 1968), was repeated @ noon EDT on CBS, with 3 new songs added: "Oh My My," written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, "I Love You Better," also written by Barry and Kim, and "Tell Me Love," written by Jeff Barry.

This was the only retelecast of “The Monkees In Paris” during The Monkees' Saturday Afternoon run...which occurred exactly 2 years to the day of its NBC rerun!