Monkees TV Milestones Of The Week

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FEBRUARY 24, 1973

“I've Got A Little Song Here”, Episode No. 12 of The Monkees (prod. #4707, first aired on NBC November 28, 1966), was repeated @ 1:00 p.m. EST on ABC.

FEBRUARY 26, 1968

"The Monkees Mind Their Manor" (prod. #4751) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EST on NBC as the 55th episode of The Monkees.

This telecast was presented by Kellogg’s™ and featured the tune “Star Collector” written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King and produced by Chip Douglas.

Trivia Footnote: Peter H. Thorkelson, director of "The Monkees Mind Their Manor", is best known to one and all as Peter Tork. This is the first of two Monkee-directed Monkees episodes this season.

FEBRUARY 26 1972

“Too Many Girls” (a.k.a. "Davy And Fern"), Episode No. 15 of The Monkees (first aired on NBC December 19, 1966), was repeated @ noon EST on CBS.

FEBRUARY 27, 1967

“Monkees A La Mode” first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EST on NBC as the 24th episode of The Monkees.

This telecast was presented by Kellogg’s™ and featured the tunes “Laugh”, written by H. Medress, P. Margo, M. Margo & J. Seigal and produced by Jeff Barry, and “You May Just Be The One”, written & produced by Michael Nesmith.

For those of you whose TV sets were humming to the tune of this episode this week, you would have seen the following commercials which originally aired with it: Kellogg's Corn Flakes, Clairol Summer Blonde Shampoo, Score - "The 'No-Hair Cream' Hair Cream!", Kellogg's Pop Tarts, Kellogg's Raisin Bran, and The Monkees for Kellogg's Rice Krispies.

FEBRUARY 27, 1971

“Monkee See, Monkee Die”, Episode No. 2 of The Monkees (prod. #4705, first aired on NBC September 19, 1966), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. EST on CBS.

FEBRUARY 28, 1970

“Find The Monkees” (a.k.a. "The Audition"), Episode No. 19 of The Monkees (prod. #4721, first aired on NBC January 23, 1967), was repeated @ noon EST on CBS.