DECEMBER 4, 1967

"The Monkees In Texas" (prod. #47??) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on NBC as the 45th episode of The Monkees.

Kellogg's sponsored the show this week, and “Words” written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart and “Goin' Down” written by Diane Hilderbrand, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz & David Jones were the songs featured.

DECEMBER 4, 1971

"Monkee Mayor", Episode No. 36 of The Monkees (prod. #4760, aired on NBC October 2, 1967 and April 15, 1968), was repeated @ Noon (EST) on CBS.

DECEMBER 5, 1966

“One Man Shy” (a.k.a. "Peter And The Debutante") (prod. #47??) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on NBC as the 13th episode of The Monkees.

Kellogg's originally sponsored this episode, which featured the songs “You May Just Be The One,” written & produced by Michael Nesmith, and “I’m A Believer”, written by Neil Diamond and produced by Jeff Barry, a phenomenal tune which made its debut appearance in this episode. Released as the A-side of the Colgems #66-1002 single on November 12, 1966, the song was heavily hyped by NBC, as it was used in every episode of The Monkees TV series aired on The Peacock Network in December 1966. All this, naturally, resulted in “I’m A Believer” being The Monkees' biggest hit (a 7-week stay at the top of the Billboard chart!), not to mention the Top song of 1967! “I’m A Believer” made no further appearances on The Monkees TV series beyond December 1966 (save for a brief snippet in the final minutes of Episode No. 32, “The Monkees On Tour”, the show's first season finale), but Micky can be heard briefly mentioning its title in Episode No. 38, "I Was A 99-lb. Weakling", and he also performed “I’m A Believer” in a duet with Julie Driscoll in the 1969 TV special 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee.

DECEMBER 5, 1970

"The Devil And Peter Tork", Episode No. 52 of The Monkees (prod. #4737, aired on NBC February 5 and July 29, 1968), was repeated @ 12:30p.m. (EST) on CBS, with a new song added: "I Never Thought It Peculiar," written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart.

DECEMBER 6, 1969

“Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth”, Episode No. 8 of The Monkees (prod. #4708, first aired on NBC October 31, 1966), was repeated @ Noon (EST) on CBS, with a new song added: "I Never Thought It Peculiar," written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart.

DECEMBER 9, 1972

“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 @ 1:00 p.m. Eastern on ABC. This followed the show's 4-week hiatus due to a College Football Pre-Game Show on The Alphabet Network.

Interesting Note: during the 1972-73 season, ABC had 2 made-for-TV rock groups on its schedule: The Partridge Family (at the time in its 3rd season) on Friday nights (before it moved to Saturday nights in June '73), and The Monkees on Saturday afternoons.