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The Monkees

Season 1 1966 - 1967
TV-G

  • 1966-09-12T23:30:00Z on NBC
  • 30m
  • 16h (32 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy, Family
Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series

32 episodes

Series Premiere

1966-09-12T23:30:00Z

1x01 The Royal Flush

Series Premiere

1x01 The Royal Flush

  • 1966-09-12T23:30:00Z30m

The Monkees rescue Princess Bettina, Duchess of Harmonica (Katherine Walsh) from her evil uncle Archduke Otto (Theodore Marcuse).

1966-09-19T23:30:00Z

1x02 Monkee See, Monkee Die

1x02 Monkee See, Monkee Die

  • 1966-09-19T23:30:00Z30m

The Monkees spend the night in a haunted house to collect an inheritance.

1966-09-26T23:30:00Z

1x03 Monkee vs. Machine

1x03 Monkee vs. Machine

  • 1966-09-26T23:30:00Z30m

In a computerized toy factory, the Monkees foil an efficiency expert (Stan Freberg) who wants to replace an old toymaker (Walter Janovitz) with automation.

A shady PR man (Andre Philippe) kidnaps the Monkees to prevent them from winning a talent contest in order for his clients (rival band the Four Swines) to win.

The Monkees get mixed up in a spy ring (Jacques Aubuchon, Arlene Martel) after Davy accidentally purchases a set of red maracas containing secret microfilm. Can the Monkees outwit two professional spies ?

1966-10-17T23:30:00Z

1x06 Success Story

1x06 Success Story

  • 1966-10-17T23:30:00Z30m

Davy's grandfather (Ben Wright) visits, and the Monkees try to convince him that his grandson is wealthy and successful.

Stranded in a ghost town after their car runs out of gas, the Monkees are held prisoner by bank robbers (Len Lesser, Lon Chaney Jr.) and their boss, "The Big Man" (Rose Marie).

Davy is given a horse, which the Monkees have to hide from their landlord, Mr. Babbitt (Henry Corden). It is returned to a heart-broken child (Kerry MacLane) and father (Jim Boles) after Davy rides it to victory over the horse of the father's neighbor. Famed character actor, and frequent Bob Hope sideman, Jerry Colonna plays veterinarian Doctor Mann.

1966-11-08T00:30:00Z

1x09 The Chaperone

1x09 The Chaperone

  • 1966-11-08T00:30:00Z30m

Davy's feelings for retired General Harley Vandenberg's (Arch Johnson) daughter Leslie (Sherry Alberoni) leads Micky to pose as a female chaperone at a party after the real chaperone (Diana Chesney) gets drunk.

1966-11-15T00:30:00Z

1x10 Here Come the Monkees

1x10 Here Come the Monkees

  • 1966-11-15T00:30:00Z30m

The Monkees play a sweet sixteen party and help the birthday girl (Robyn Millan) with her studies after she falls for Davy.

1966-11-22T00:30:00Z

1x11 Monkees à la Carte

1x11 Monkees à la Carte

  • 1966-11-22T00:30:00Z30m

The Monkees pose as the Purple Flower Gang to save their favourite Italian restaurant from a gangster (Harvey Lembeck).

Mike is fleeced by a fraudulent music publisher (Phil Leeds), but Micky dons the guise of a flashy Hollywood producer to get Mike's money back.

1966-12-06T00:30:00Z

1x13 One Man Shy

1x13 One Man Shy

  • 1966-12-06T00:30:00Z30m

Bashful Peter tries to win the heart of lovely debutante Valerie Cartwright (Lisa James) while dealing with her haughty boyfriend Ronnie Farnsworth (George Furth).

1966-12-13T00:30:00Z

1x14 Dance, Monkee, Dance

1x14 Dance, Monkee, Dance

  • 1966-12-13T00:30:00Z30m

The Monkees sign up for lessons at Renaldo's Dance Au Go Go (Hal March), and then find out that their contracts are for life.

A domineering stage mother (Reta Shaw) tries to use Davy to further her daughter Fern's (Kelly Jean Peters) career.

1966-12-27T00:30:00Z

1x16 Son of a Gypsy

1x16 Son of a Gypsy

  • 1966-12-27T00:30:00Z30m

A band of gypsies, headed by the powerful Maria (Jeanne Arnold), force the Monkees to steal a priceless statuette called the "Maltese Vulture."

Peter becomes involved with the disappearance of the respected Professor Milo Schnitzler (Norbert Schiller) and then disappears himself.

1967-01-17T00:30:00Z

1x18 I Was a Teenage Monster

1x18 I Was a Teenage Monster

  • 1967-01-17T00:30:00Z30m

A mad scientist (John Hoyt) hires the Monkees to teach his monster (Richard Kiel) music—and then transplants their musical talent into the monster. Can the Monkees get their talent back? Byron Foulger appears as Groot, Dr. Mendoza's assistant.

1967-01-24T00:30:00Z

1x19 Find the Monkees

1x19 Find the Monkees

  • 1967-01-24T00:30:00Z30m

When television producer Hubbell Bensen (Carl Ballantine) hears a tape of the Monkees, he frantically stages auditions in the hope of finding them for his new television show, unaware they are desperately trying to audition for him.

1967-01-31T00:30:00Z

1x20 Monkees in the Ring

1x20 Monkees in the Ring

  • 1967-01-31T00:30:00Z30m

A crooked fight promoter (Ned Glass) prepares to cash in on a big bet by making Davy a stooge in a bout with the champ.

1x21 The Prince and the Paupers

  • 1967-02-07T00:30:00Z30m

Davy doubles for a lookalike Peruvian prince in order to win the heart of Wendy Forsythe (Heather North) or forfeit his throne to evil Count Myron (Oscar Beregi Jr.).

1967-02-14T00:30:00Z

1x22 Monkees at the Circus

1x22 Monkees at the Circus

  • 1967-02-14T00:30:00Z30m

To save a bankrupt circus, the Monkees pose as a troupe of dazzling, supreme high-wire artists from France known as the Mozzarelli Brothers, but get in trouble when their guise requires them to actually perform.

1967-02-21T00:30:00Z

1x23 Captain Crocodile

1x23 Captain Crocodile

  • 1967-02-21T00:30:00Z30m

The Monkees' appearance on popular children's show The Captain Crocodile Show is sabotaged by its host (Joey Forman), who fears that his guest's popularity is diminishing his own.

1967-02-28T00:30:00Z

1x24 Monkees à la Mode

1x24 Monkees à la Mode

  • 1967-02-28T00:30:00Z30m

The Monkees are chosen as "Typical Young Americans of the Year," by Chic magazine, a haughty publication that runs a bogus article on the group moulding them into a false image of clean cut young men.

1967-03-07T00:30:00Z

1x25 Alias Micky Dolenz

1x25 Alias Micky Dolenz

  • 1967-03-07T00:30:00Z30m

The police cash in on Micky's striking resemblance to imprisoned crime kingpin Baby Face Morales in an attempt to locate robbery loot.

1967-03-14T00:30:00Z

1x26 Monkees Chow Mein

1x26 Monkees Chow Mein

  • 1967-03-14T00:30:00Z30m

Peter finds a secret message in a fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant, forcing Monkeemen Davy and Mike to come to his rescue from the evil Dragonman (Joey Forman).

1967-03-21T00:30:00Z

1x27 Monkee Mother

1x27 Monkee Mother

  • 1967-03-21T00:30:00Z30m

Middle-aged widow Millie (Rose Marie) moves in with the Monkees as a new tenant, resulting in the boys' trying to find her a husband.

1967-03-28T00:30:00Z

1x28 The Monkees on the Line

1x28 The Monkees on the Line

  • 1967-03-28T00:30:00Z30m

Hired by a telephone answering service, the Monkees are soon plunged into mix-ups, hang-ups and crossed wires leading to pursuit by a crooked bettor (Milton Frome).

The Monkees' friendship is threatened when they all fall for the same girl, luscious local laundromat proprietress April Conquest (Julie Newmar).

In New York City, the Monkees fend off an irate hotel manager (Philip Ober) as they help a producer (Richard Anders) get backing for a Broadway musical.

1967-04-18T00:30:00Z

1x31 The Monkees at the Movies

1x31 The Monkees at the Movies

  • 1967-04-18T00:30:00Z30m

The Monkees have a run-in with a snobbish movie idol (Bobby Sherman) on the set as extras in a beach movie.

Season Finale

1967-04-25T00:30:00Z

1x32 The Monkees on Tour

Season Finale

1x32 The Monkees on Tour

  • 1967-04-25T00:30:00Z30m

A mini-documentary chronicling a live Monkees concert gig on location in Phoenix, Arizona during their first public appearance tour.

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