APRIL 14, 1973

The Monkees was preempted on ABC by Soul Unlimited.

APRIL 14, 1969

33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee, a 60-minute special in color on videotape featuring The Monkees, aired at 8:00 p.m. (EST) on NBC.

It guest-starred Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Little Richard, The Clara Ward Singers, The Buddy Miles Express, Paul Arnold and The Moon Express, and The We Three Trio. The special was sponsored by Aerowax, and the commercials originally shown were Aerowax (natch), Easy-On, American Oil, 7-Up, Woolite, and an NBC Promo for a Don Ho special.

33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee was the last performance as a quartet The Monkees ever gave. Peter Tork, reportedly suffering from exhaustion, bought out his Monkees contract @ the end of 33 1/3's production, reducing The Monkees to a trio and making 33 1/3, in its initial NBC-TV telecast (pre-empting Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In), look dated! The Monkees would not be seen on network TV as a foursome again for 28 years.

APRIL 15, 1968

"Monkee Mayor", Episode No. 36 of The Monkees (prod. #4760, aired on NBC October 2, 1967), was repeated @ 7:30 p.m. EDT on NBC. Yardley Of London™ sponsored.

APRIL 15, 1972

"The Monkees In The Ring", Episode No. 20 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC January 30, 1967), was repeated @ noon EDT on CBS, with a new song added: "Looking For The Good Times," written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart.

APRIL 17, 1967

"The Monkees At The Movies" (prod. #4727) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. EDT on NBC as the 31st episode of The Monkees.

Slicker by Yardley Of London™ sponsored the show this week, and, if you were watching, the only original commercial shown was Kellogg's™ Sugar Frosted Flakes (with Tony The Tiger!). The featured songs were "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You," written by Neil Diamond and produced by Jeff Barry, and "Last Train To Clarksville" and "Valleri" written & produced by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart.

The Monkees ripped on the fact that they didn't play their own instruments at their concerts at the end of this episode.

Trivia Footnote: This episode's firstrun airing coincided with the 33rd birthday of Don Kirshner, former music supervisor of The Monkees TV show.

APRIL 17, 1971

"Art For Monkee's Sake", Episode No. 37 of The Monkees (prod. #4744, aired on NBC October 9, 1967 and April 22, 1968), was repeated @ 12:30 p.m. EDT on CBS.

APRIL 18, 1970

"Hitting The High Seas", Episode No. 44 of The Monkees (prod. #47??, aired on NBC November 27, 1967 and May 20, 1968), was repeated @ noon EDT on CBS, with a new song added: "Oh My My," written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim.