At last I have some Monkees news to share. The 40th anniversary of Head will be celebrated with a special screening at Hollywood's Egyptian Theater on November 12th, 2008. The location is directly across from where the movie debuted in November 1968. Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Bobby Hart and other special guests will appear in person for a Q&A. More details to follow.

The original pilot episode will be screened from 16mm, after which a new 35mm print will be played. Then, following a Q&A with our special guests, 4 episodes will be screened from 35mm prints of the Saturday morning reruns with rare song mixes and an extended Kool Aid commercial featurette! These are not the versions on DVD. If you can make it to LA, you should be at this event! Davy will be performing two shows in the area the weekend prior to the screening.

Wish I could be there but I can't. You'll have to give us a detailed report on here the day after. Sounds very exciting!! Where's Micky?

Micky will be filming in Nashville on that date, hence his absence.

Anyone else who going??? Will someone or Rhino record this (ipod, cell etc.) and upload this online on uptube or something?!?

Give a report!!!!

June Fairchild (the jumper) will be there and possibly more on and off screen Head personnel.

Will Jack Nicholson or Teri Garr be there? Or Bert and/or Bob? Just curious ... :-)

-Debbie

When do tix go on sale? I'm already planning my flight!

I'm dirt poor, but I'm pretty sure I'm making this trip. I have so much interest in "Head" that I made a homegrown DVD commentary for it a few years back (mp3 file).
This is probably the best "Head" event I'll ever get the chance to attend, and the extra bonus material is amazing!

For only $10 you can't go wrong!

Well, I live in Florida, so it'll end up costing a little more than $10!

Dear Andrew,

I ran Monkee Conventions in Chicago from 1980-1984 and would love to find out how to buy tickets for the 40th anniversary of Head in LA. I look forward to meeting you. I live here and would also like to hear from any Monkee fans out there.

Sincerely,
Leslie (Goldberg) Zimmer
butterfly_hope@hotmail.com

Hi, Leslie

I'm a Monkees fan, and I also live in the LA area. If you go to the Web site for the theater where the screening will be held, www.egyptiantheatre.com, you will find information there about how to buy tickets. Tickets go on sale 30 days in advance, so they should be available any day now.

Hope that helps!

-Debbie

OK, let's try this again.

The Web site is www.egyptiantheatre.com

-Debbie

I couldn't find anything about find tix on the site, what a big HEAD-ache!


I think the 30 day advancement is for "members" only.

I'm traveling from Canada, and would like to secure a ticket before I book a flight/hotel of course.

Thanks, Debbie, for the info. I will keep checking the site. I would love to hear from you, and any other local LA Monkee fan, to talk about the Monkees and to meet up once were there.

Sincerely,
Leslie
butterfly_hope@hotmail.com