Friday, October 24, 1997. A red-letter date in Internet and Monkees fan history.

[AaronHandy3]

It was a full 31 years after “The Monkees In A Ghost Town” (prod. #4704) aired first-run on NBC as Episode No. 7 of The Monkees television series.

On the very afternoon of this date, the seeds of a new Monkees fansite were sown, and of course would fully blossom over the years. I, Aaron Handy III, a Commercial Art/Visual Communications major at Delgado Community College, armed myself with a free account @ Tripod, settled down in in a computer lab, took keyboard in hand and gave life to The Monkees Film & TV Vault, a Monkees fan page (loosely patterned after Louis Colli's The Monkees Music Vault) which is a comprehensive guide to The Monkees' filmed work, on TV and the big screen, the product of 10+ long years' worth of research, and (for my money) the first-ever fully detailed account of The Monkees' film and television history. And today marks a pivotal, important, and happy event for the site: its Aluminum Anniversary (10 years!!) online!

A deeply felt thanks to all of you, for all your love, support, and many invaluable contributions which has guaranteed The Monkees Film & TV Vault's impressive decade on The World Wide Web. 10 years could not have been possible without your great patronage.


Not long after The Monkees Film & TV Vault came into being, I had a disclaimer placed under the masthead on the front page which read “Quite Arguably THE BIGGEST Monkees Filmography In History!!!” I have since removed it, as it made me sound conceited. But, interestingly enough, after 10 years' worth of numerous updates, contributions, additions, revisions and deletions down the line, The Monkees Film & TV Vault has unwittingly lived up to that disclaimer in spades. (Maybe I should think of restoring it? Nah...)

Thanks again, and Monkeemania forever!

BEGINNING OUR NEXT DECADE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB...

(FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1997—WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2007)