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The Monkees Season 1

September. 12,1966

7.5

TV-G

| Comedy Family

The Monkees

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

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The Monkees

1966 / TV-G

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Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz

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The Monkees Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 32 - The Monkees on Tour

First Aired: April. 24,1967

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

Episode 31 - The Monkees at the Movies

First Aired: April. 17,1967

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

Episode 30 - The Monkees in Manhattan (a.k.a. The Monkees Manhattan Style)

First Aired: April. 10,1967

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.

Episode 29 - The Monkees Get Out More Dirt

First Aired: April. 03,1967

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

Episode 28 - The Monkees on the Line

First Aired: March. 27,1967

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).

Episode 27 - Monkee Mother

First Aired: March. 20,1967

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.

Episode 26 - Monkees Chow Mein

First Aired: March. 13,1967

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).

Episode 25 - Alias Micky Dolenz

First Aired: March. 06,1967

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

Episode 24 - Monkees à la Mode

First Aired: February. 27,1967

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.

Episode 23 - Captain Crocodile

First Aired: February. 20,1967

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.

Episode 22 - Monkees at the Circus

First Aired: February. 13,1967

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.

Episode 21 - The Prince and the Paupers

First Aired: February. 06,1967

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.).

Episode 20 - Monkees in the Ring

First Aired: January. 30,1967

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.

Episode 19 - Find the Monkees

First Aired: January. 23,1967

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.

Episode 18 - I Was a Teenage Monster

First Aired: January. 16,1967

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.

Episode 17 - The Case of the Missing Monkee

First Aired: January. 09,1967

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

Episode 16 - Son of a Gypsy

First Aired: December. 26,1966

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

Episode 15 - Too Many Girls (a.k.a. Davy and Fern)

First Aired: December. 19,1966

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

Episode 14 - Dance, Monkee, Dance

First Aired: December. 12,1966

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.

Episode 13 - One Man Shy

First Aired: December. 05,1966

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

Episode 12 - I've Got a Little Song Here

First Aired: November. 28,1966

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.

Episode 11 - Monkees à la Carte

First Aired: November. 21,1966

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

Episode 10 - Here Come the Monkees

First Aired: November. 14,1966

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

Episode 9 - The Chaperone

First Aired: November. 07,1966

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.

Episode 8 - Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth (a.k.a. Gift Horse)

First Aired: October. 31,1966

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.

Episode 7 - The Monkees in a Ghost Town

First Aired: October. 24,1966

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).

Episode 6 - Success Story

First Aired: October. 17,1966

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

Episode 5 - The Spy Who Came in From the Cool

First Aired: October. 10,1966

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 ?

Episode 4 - Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers

First Aired: October. 03,1966

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.

Episode 3 - Monkee vs. Machine

First Aired: September. 26,1966

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