The Monkees

1966 - 1968 TV-G 30m 7.5

The misadventures of a struggling pop group.

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/movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series. The real-life young men occasionally discuss off-camera matters with their producer, Robert Rafelson, at the end of episodes, and perform a litany engaging country-folk-rock songs each week.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Royal Flush

Aired: Sep 12, 1966

Davy rescues the Princess Bettina of the Duchy of Harmonica from drowning. Wh...

Episode 2 Monkee See, Monkee Die

2. Monkee See, Monkee Die

Aired: Sep 19, 1966

When the Monkees attend the reading of a late millionaire's will, they find t...

Episode 3 Monkee vs. Machine

3. Monkee vs. Machine

Aired: Sep 26, 1966

After Peter fails a job interview at a toy factory conducted by a computer, M...

Episode 4 Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers

4. Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers

Aired: Oct 3, 1966

Nick Trump, manager of "The Four Swine", gets the Monkees to participate in p...

Episode 5 The Spy Who Came in from the Cool

5. The Spy Who Came in from the Cool

Aired: Oct 10, 1966

The Central Intelligence Service recruits the Monkees to capture two foreign ...

Episode 6 Success Story

6. Success Story

Aired: Oct 17, 1966

When Davy's grandfather visits thinking his grandson has become a great succe...

Episode 7 Monkees in a Ghost Town

7. Monkees in a Ghost Town

Aired: Oct 24, 1966

The Monkeemobile runs out of gas in a Ghost Town, where the boys are locked u...

Episode 8 Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

8. Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

Aired: Oct 31, 1966

There are no pets allowed in the Monkees' apartment. This leads to comic comp...

Episode 9 The Chaperone

9. The Chaperone

Aired: Nov 7, 1966

The only way for Davy to date General Vandenburg's daughter is to hold a chap...

Episode 10 Here Come the Monkees

10. Here Come the Monkees

Aired: Nov 14, 1966

The Monkees' manager, Rudy Gunther, sends them to the Riverdale Country Club ...

Episode 11 Monkees à la Carte

11. Monkees à la Carte

Aired: Nov 21, 1966

The Monkees pose as the Purple Flower Gang to save their favourite Italian re...

Episode 12 I've Got a Little Song Here

12. I've Got a Little Song Here

Aired: Nov 28, 1966

Mike is fleeced by a fraudulent music publisher (Phil Leeds), but Micky dons ...

Episode 13 One Man Shy

13. One Man Shy

Aired: Dec 5, 1966

Peter falls for a pretty young debutante and needs the other Monkees' help to...

Episode 14 Dance, Monkee, Dance

14. Dance, Monkee, Dance

Aired: Dec 12, 1966

Peter wins a free dancing lesson at Renaldo's Dance Au Go Go and is tricked i...

Episode 15 Too Many Girls

15. Too Many Girls

Aired: Dec 19, 1966

A gypsy tea room owner predicts Davy will fall in love within 24 hours and le...

Episode 16 Son of a Gypsy

16. Son of a Gypsy

Aired: Dec 26, 1966

When the Monkees are chosen over Maria and her four sons to perform at Madame...

Episode 17 Case of the Missing Monkee

17. Case of the Missing Monkee

Aired: Jan 9, 1967

Peter is kidnapped, in a plot against a rocket scientist.

Episode 18 I Was a Teenage Monster

18. I Was a Teenage Monster

Aired: Jan 16, 1967

The Monkees are lured to the lab of a mad scientist, only to have their music...

Episode 19 Find the Monkees

19. Find the Monkees

Aired: Jan 23, 1967

TV producer Hubbell Benson has invited many young groups, including The Four ...

Episode 20 Monkees in the Ring

20. Monkees in the Ring

Aired: Jan 30, 1967

Crooked fight promoter Sholto tells Davy he could be a featherweight champ an...

Episode 21 The Prince and the Paupers

21. The Prince and the Paupers

Aired: Feb 6, 1967

Davy doubles for a lookalike Peruvian prince in order to win the heart of Wen...

Episode 22 Monkees at the Circus

22. Monkees at the Circus

Aired: Feb 13, 1967

When the circus comes to town, The Monkees visit The Big Top--and discover th...

Episode 23 Captain Crocodile

23. Captain Crocodile

Aired: Feb 20, 1967

The Monkees go up against a local kiddie show host, who will not let the grou...

Episode 24 Monkees à la Mode

24. Monkees à la Mode

Aired: Feb 27, 1967

The Monkees are chosen as Chic Magazine's 'Typical Young Americans Of The Yea...

Episode 25 Alias Micky Dolenz

25. Alias Micky Dolenz

Aired: Mar 6, 1967

Micky goes undercover posing as an incarcerated criminal ringleader (to whom ...

Episode 26 Monkees Chow Mein

26. Monkees Chow Mein

Aired: Mar 13, 1967

The band stumbles onto a fiendish plot at a local Chinese restaurant.

Episode 27 Monkee Mother

27. Monkee Mother

Aired: Mar 20, 1967

A new tenant, Mrs. Milly Rudnick, moves into the Monkees' beach pad. Rather t...

Episode 28 Monkees on the Line

28. Monkees on the Line

Aired: Mar 27, 1967

When the Monkees decide to get themselves an answering service, they soon end...

Episode 29 Monkees Get Out More Dirt

29. Monkees Get Out More Dirt

Aired: Apr 3, 1967

All four Monkees fall in love with the same girl, April Conquest, of the loca...

Episode 30 Monkees Manhattan Style

30. Monkees Manhattan Style

Aired: Apr 10, 1967

The Monkees travel to New York to meet a young producer, Mackinley Baker, at ...

Episode 31 Monkees at the Movies

31. Monkees at the Movies

Aired: Apr 17, 1967

The Monkees are asked to appear as extras in Luther Kramm's new beach movie, ...

Episode 32 The Monkees on Tour

32. The Monkees on Tour

Aired: Apr 24, 1967

With the scripted sitcom antics taking a backseat, this episode shows the gro...

Main Cast

Davy Jones Davy

Micky Dolenz Micky

Michael Nesmith Mike

Peter Tork Peter

Sharon Cintron Maxine

Vincent Beck Ivan

Rose Marie The Big Man, Bessie Kowalski

Claire Kelly Dr. Sisters

Butch Patrick Melvin

Elisabeth Fraser Judge

John Hoyt Mendoza

Jack Goode Lance Kibee, The Sot

Burt Mustin Kimba

Ben Wright Grandfather

Susan Browning

Susan Browning Ellen Farnsby

Pepper Davis

Pepper Davis Biggy

Nate Esformes

Nate Esformes Jose

Vincent Gardenia Bruno

Carole André Mike's girl

Booth Colman The Chief

Gene Dynarski Toto

Jacqueline deWit Kate

Jeanne Arnold

Jeanne Arnold Maria

William Glover

William Glover Crumpets

Maureen Arthur Ruby

David Draper

David Draper Bulk

Andre Philippe

Andre Philippe Trump

Ted de Corsia Frank

Reta Shaw Mrs. Badderly

Henry Beckman Manager

R.J. Adams

R.J. Adams Bobby-Poo the D.J.

Arthur Malet Curator

Valerie Kairys Toby Willis

Severn Darden J.B. Guggins Jr.

George Furth Henry

Karen Arthur Miss Buntwell

Stuart Margolin Captain

Hamilton Camp Philo

Monte Landis Zeckenbush

Joseph V. Perry Vernon

Rip Taylor Glick

Henry Corden Blauner

Bing Russell Rudy

Ron Masak The Count

Richard Anders

Richard Anders Baker

Noam Pitlik Shazar

Joe Higgins Masseur

Creators

Elias Davis

Elias Davis Writer

David Pollock

David Pollock Writer

Jon C. Andersen

Jon C. Andersen Writer

Corey Upton

Corey Upton Writer

Bob Rafelson Creator, Writer

Bert Schneider

Bert Schneider Creator

Info about The Monkees

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Genres: Comedy, Music