Welcome to our Monkees Episode Guide, a more or less complete guide to the late sixties television series. Please note that the songs are not necessarily the ones played during the original run. See also the second season.

Royal Flush

Davy saves a young girl from drowning. She is the Princess of Harmonica. Her Uncle, the Archduke Otto, is plotting to kill her and take over the kingdom. The Monkees go to her hotel to inform her of the plot. While the other Monkees disctract Otto, Davy plays a tape of the plot for the Princess. The Monkees try to hide the Princess until midnight when she reaches her eighteenth birthday. They are chased around the beach by Otto's henchman, Sigmund.

"The streetcar is going up the hill." -- Sigmund

Vincent Beck (Sigmund) appeared in two more Monkees episodes Son Of Gypsy and Card Carrying Red Shoes. Ceil Cabot (Chambermaid) later appeared in Success Story

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Monkee See, Monkee Die

The impoverished Monkees are left an inheirtance by an eccentric millionaire. They arrive at the spooky mansion where they are greeted by the butler and introduced to the deceased's traveling companion, Kingsley, his spiritual advisor, Madame Roselle, and his pretty niece, Ellen. Davy promptly falls in love with Ellen and the Monkees spend the night. People begin to mysteriously disappear and the mansion appears to be haunted.

"Who turned on the dark?" -- Peter

Henry Corden's first appearance. He had a recurring role as Mr. Babbit, The Monkees Landlord. Lea Marmer (Madame Roselle) appeared later in Monkees On The Line as Mrs. Smith.

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Monkee Vs. Machine

Peter applies for a job at a toy factory, but is rejected by the computer interviewer. Mike applies for the same job and short circuits the computer. The manager of the company, Daggart thinks Mike must be a genius and hires him. Mike befriends an old toymaker who is being pushed out by automation. The Monkees infiltrate the testing with child consumers to discredit the computer-built toys. Davy, Peter and Micky all pose as children and their mothers.

"It's an educational toy; teach you to kill." -- Mr. Daggart

Special guest star Stan Freberg (Daggart).

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers

The Monkees enter a talent contest. The manager of a competing band, The Four Swine, wants to prevent the Monkees from winning. He convinces the Monkees that he is in charge of their publicity for the contest and that they are contractually obligated to do whatever he says. Finally he convinces them that it would be a good publicity stunt to be kidnapped. But Davy is out when the kidnappers come so they are forced to kidnap the patrons of a nightclub.

"One thing I can't stand is late kidnappers." -- Pete

Vic Tayback (George) appeared later in Art For Monkees Sake as Chuche, and Son of Gypsy.

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The Spy Who Came In From The Cool

Davy buys a pair of red maracas, that turn out to have secret microfilm hidden inside. Two spies, Boris and Madame, pursue the Monkees. The Monkees evade them and are secretly watched by the C.I.S. (Central Intelligence Service). The C.I.S. makes very non-incriminating films on each of the guys. They agree to cooperate with the agency by getting the spies to confess. They are assisted by Honeywell, an incompetent C.I.S. agent.

"What advice would you give young people just starting out in the spy business?" -- Davy

Arlene Martel (Madame) appeared in the later episode Monstrous Monkee Mash as Lorelie. (She was also Spock's wife T'Pring in Star Trek's Amok Time). Lee Kolima (Yakimoto) appeared later as Attila The Hun in Devil and Peter Tork.

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Success Story

Davy's grandfather comes to visit from England. In order to make Davy appear successful Micky, Peter, and Mike pose as a chauffeur, a house-boy and a Chef. The deception fails because the people they've "borrowed" their costumes and props from turn up on the doorstep. Davy's granfather is convinced that he should take Davy back to England with him for his own good. Then the guys have to figure out a way to keep Davy in America.

"My family and I sleep better at night knowin' you're out there singin'." -- Mike

Ceil Cabot (woman) appeared in the earlier episode Royal Flush.

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Monkees In A Ghost Town

The Monkees get very lost on the way to a gig and end up in a ghost town. The town is a hideout for two bank robbers, George and Lenny, who capture Mike and Davy. Micky and Peter try to rescue them by posing as The Big Man and Spidere. They to are captured and locked up in a jail cell, to await the arrival of the Big Man. When the big man arrives, he is a Big Woman, who agrees to do a few musical numbers with the group before she kills them.

"You ain't goin' no place!" -- Lenny's famous line

Special Guest Stars were Lon Chaney Jr. (Lenny) and Rose Marie ("The Big Man"). Rose Marie later appeared in Monkee Mother. Len Lesser (George) was later in Monkees In Texas.

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Gift Horse

A little boy leaves his horse with Davy. The Monkees try, unsuccessfully, to hide the horse from their landlord. They try to give the horse back to the little boy, but his father won't let him keep the horse, because they can't afford it. The Monkees offer to work on the father's farm to make up the cost, but they are dismal failures as farmhands. They have one last chance to help the boy keep his horse, by having Davy ride him in a race.

"Feed the chickens to the cows." -- Davy

Henry Corden's second appearance as Babbit. Jim Boles (Farmer Fisher) appeared later in Hillbilly Honeymoon as the Preacher.

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The Chaperone

Davy wants to date Leslie, the daughter of a General, but he is admamant about only allowing her to go to chaperoned parties. The boys plan to throw a party, but they must find a chaperone. The landlord is out of their price range so they ask the cleaning lady. She agrees, but passes out before the party begins. Micky takes her place and dresses up as a woman. The General, however, becomes romantically interested in the chaperone.

"The dance in France is mainly in the stance." -- Davy

Henry Corden's third appearance as Babbit.

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The Monkees

This was the Pilot Episode. The Monkees are hired to play at a sweet sixteen party. Davy falls in love with the birthday girl. The gig is endangered when her infatuation with Davy causes her to fail a history exam. The boys sneak her out of the house to instruct her in history, by dramatising historical events, including the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. They then try to get in to the Country Club to play for her party.

"I regret to inform you that Norway has just declared war on Sweden." -- Mike

In this, the first episode filmed, the Monkees have a wood-paneled car instead of the monkeemobile and Mike is referred to as Wool-hat. When aired Mike and Davy's screen tests were added.

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Monkees A la Carte

The Monkees are playing at an Italian restaurant. Two gangsters stong arm the owner into giving them the place. The Monkees stay on as kitchen help in order to get the goods on the gangsters. The head mobster calls a meeting of all the local syndicate bosses. The Monkees infiltrate the meeting as the infamous "Purple Flower Gang". This gives them the problem of both running the restaurant and being patrons.

"I'm sorry, sir, that's not my station." -- Micky

Dort Clark (Inspector) also appeared in Picture Frame and Monkees On The Wheel

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I've Got A Little Song Here

Mike goes to a shady music publisher, Bernie Class, who claims he can get a famous actress, Joanie Jans, to sing Mike's song in a movie. But Mike must pay Class a hundred dollars. Mike hocks his guitar to raise the money. The others sneak into Class' office and find out that he is cheating Mike. Mike, however finds out from Joanie that she isn't doing his song. Micky poses as a studio bigwig to swindle back the money from Bernie.

"A bouncy tune... in The Wolfgirl Meets The Vampire In The Old West?" -- Joanie Jans

Irwin Charone (Producer) also appeared in Monkee Mayor. Larry Gelman (Director) played the salesman in the Christmas Show.

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One Man Shy

The Monkees are hired to play for a rich young lady's party, over her snooty beau's objections. Peter falls in love with Valerie and steals her portrait. She finds out and forgives him. The other Monkees try to discredit Valerie's current boyfriend, Ronnie. He tries to get back at them by challenging them to lawn games. This only annoys Valerie and she asks Peter to escort her to the party. Peter learns how to play spin the bottle.

"It always points to Davy." -- Peter

George Furth (Ronnie) was later in A Coffin To Frequent as Henry.

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Dance Monkees, Dance

Peter "wins" a free dance lesson and ends up signing a lifetime contract that he can't get out of. Micky and Mike try to help him break the contract, but both are tricked into signing lifetime agreements themselves. Davy goes undercover and applies for a job as a dance instructor. He gets the job and the guys proceed to wreak havoc with the dance school by disrupting an incoming class, accosting the secretary and impersonating The Dancing Smoothies.

"Would you show me how to do the box step again?" -- Pete

Elisabeth Camp (woman) also appeared in Son Of Gypsy as Madame Rantha. Martin Van Buren is not credited.

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Too Many Girls

The Monkees have trouble rehearsing because Davy is distracted by every girl who wanders through their apartment. The guys try to keep Davy away from girls, but their efforts are undermined by a stage mother/fortune teller who wants Davy to team up with her daughter, Fern, for a talent show. Davy is tricked into falling in love with the girl and the other three sabotage his act for the talent show so that he won't leave the group.

"I, myself, am deeply jealous." -- Micky

While doing his act as "Billy Ray Hodstetter" for the talent show, Mike sang his own composition Different Drum, which was a hit for Linda Ronstadt & The Stone Poneys.

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Son Of Gypsy

The Monkees are hired to sing at a rich woman's party. They are invited to a gypsy camp by the group of gypsies who didn't get the job. Under the guise of showing them aspects of gyspy culture the Monkees are kidnapped by the Gypsies, who want them to steal the valuable "Maltese Vulture". Peter is held hostage by the Gypsies to make certain the Monkees, accompanied by Marco the gypsy, deliver the Vulture by Midnight.

"We are all thieves at heart." -- Maria

Vincent Beck (Marco) also appeared in Royal Flush and Card Carrying Red Shoes Vic Tayback (Rocco) also appeared in Your Friendly Neighborhood and Art For Monkees Sake. Gene Dynarski (Zeppo) also appeared in Monkees Chow Mein as Toto.

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Case Of The Missing Monkee

The Monkees play at a banquet where the guest of honor is Prof. Schnitzler. The Professor passes a note to Peter informing him that he's being held against his will at the Remington Clinic. Peter is abducted and also taken to the clinic. The other Monkees go to the clinic to search for Peter. While they pose as patients and have physical therapy, Peter's memory is erased by the evil Dr. Marcovich, who is trying to smuggle the Professor out of the country.

"He's not evil... crafty and selfish, maybe, but not evil." -- Mike

Vincent Gardenia (Bruno) has a small role as a henchman.

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I Was A Teenage Monster

The Monkees go to a spooky mansion where a mad scientist has hired them to tutor his monster in music. They reluctantly agree and try to make the monster look like a rock-n-roll singer, but they can't teach him to sing. No matter, the Doctor has a plan for that himself. He drains the Monkees of their musical ability and transfers it to the monster. Eventually the boys catch on and try to reverse the procedeure.

"He looks like a long-haired, nearsighted monster with a guitar." -- Mike

This episode is spotted with movie references including those to My Fair Lady and Citizen Kane.

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Find The Monkees

All the bands in the neighborhood, the Four Martians, the Jolly Green Giants and The Secret Agents receive invitations to try out for a television except the Monkees. Unbeknownst to them the Producer has heard a tape of one of their songs and is desperately looking for them. They go to his office in hopes of getting an audition, but are thwarted when Peter gets a case of the hiccups. While the producer looks for them, the boys try to call and audition via the telephone.

"It's all your's, mate." -- Davy to Superman (waiting for the phone booth)

Joe Higgins (masseur) also appeared in Prince and the Pauper as Max.

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Monkees In The Ring

A crooked fight manager, Sholto, zeros in on Davy, tricking him into believing that he has talent as a boxer. The other Monkees try to talk Davy out of fighting. Davy wins all his fights because they are fixed. This earns him a chance to fight the champ. Sholto, knowing Davy will lose, has placed a large bet on the champ. The guys try to scare the champ away from the fight. Sholto orders his henchman to keep them away from the championship match.

"I've heard you've got a lot of pluck, I'm here to wish you luck." -- The Champ

Peter Canon (Bully) also appeared in The Devil And Peter Tork as Billy The Kid.

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The Prince And The Pauper

The Monkees go to a foreign embassy to see if they can get hired to play at a ball. They find that the foreign prince looks exactly like Davy. The prince has to get married in twenty four hours or forfeit the throne to the evil Count. The problem is that he is shy and doesn't think he can woo a bride in the required period. Davy agrees to switch places with him while Micky and Peter teach the prince how to keep a bride once Davy wins her.

"The boy stood on the burning deck. His feet were in the water." -- Davy

Davy's double for back shots in this episode was Rodney Bigenhiemer, a Los Angeles Disc Jockey. Also uncredited in the role of the poison-making lackey was stand-in David Price.

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Monkees At The Circus

The Monkees visit a circus, but the show may not go on. A rabble-rousing knife thrower, Victor, tries to convince all the performers to quit, because they haven't been paid. This makes the ringmasters's beautiful young daughter very unhappy and Davy is moved by her plight. The Monkees pose as trapeze artists, the Mozzarella Brothers, to attract the crowds that will convince the performers to stay. The performers are upset to learn the boys are rock n rollers.

"It's great, it's terrific, it's the best show on Earth!" -- Micky

By singing the theme song, briefly, Micky makes passing reference to "Circus Boy" which he had starred in as a child actor.

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Captain Crocodile

The Monkees are hired to be on a children's show, "Captain Crocodile". The star of the show is worried that the Monkees may be a management plot to ease him out, so he sabotages their appearance. They quit, but are persuaded to come back by a boy executive. Captain Crocodile sends forged notes in crayon saying that all the kids hate the Monkees. When that doesn't work he sends a troupe of unruly children to terrorize them.

"If I don't get to see the Monkees I'm going to hold my breath until my face turns blue." -- Davy

Joey Forman (Captain Crocodile) also appeared in Monkees Chow Mein as Dragonman.

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Monkees A La Mode

The Monkees are chosen by a snobby magazine to be "young people of the year". The magazine's photographer has them come in for a photo session which, between his pretension and their lack of interest, doesn't go very well. The editor rejects the writer's accurate article about the Monkees and substitutes a fabrication. The magazine comes out and all the Monkees friends are annoyed at them because of the inaccurate article. The Monkees proceed to make a shambles of the award banquet.

"It gives you the impression you are walking upon little metal bottle tops." -- Davy

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Alias Micky Dolenz

Micky is mistaken for an incarcerated criminal, Baby-face Morales. The police ask Micky to impersonate his look-a-like in order to apprehend the rest of the gang and find the hidden loot. Micky visits Baby-face in jail to learn his mannerisms. Micky goes to the local bar where the gang hangs out and convinces them that he is their leader. The gang insists on taking Micky along with Peter and Mike, who are posing as "experts", to recover the loot.

"I said a safe place, Ruby." -- Micky

Davy did not appear in this episode because he was visiting England at the time.

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Monkee Chow Mein

The Monkees go to a chinese restaurant. Peter picks up a fortune cookie which contains part of the secret formula for "the doomsday bug". They are taken into custody by a CIS agent and informed that they are in danger from a spy ring headed up by the evil Dragonman. Micky is kidnapped by Dragonman's henchman Toto. Peter comes to rescue him and is captured, too. Mike and Davy transform into "Monkee Men" to save their friends.

"You are too short, and you have no ear for music." -- Toto

Agent Modell was played by Mike Farrell who later went on to star as B.J. Hunnicut in M*A*S*H*. Joey Forman (Dragon Man) also appeared in an earlier Monkees episode Captain Crocodile in the title role.

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Monkee Mother

The landlord gets tired of waiting for The Monkees to pay the rent and leases the house to a new tenant. The new tenant is Mille Rudnick, who lets the boys stay on as boarders. Though they all grow fond of Millie, despite her eccentricities and annoying relatives, they are dissatisfied with the arrangement. They reason that the best way to get Millie to move out is to find her a husband.

"Your eyes are like cupcakes floating in a sea of sour cream." -- Davy

Special Guest Star, Rose Marie appeared in the earlier episode Monkees In a Ghost Town. Henry Corden's fourth appearance.

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Monkees On The Line

The Monkees try to engage an answering service and end up working there. Rule number one is don't get involved with the clients. Mike gets a call from a girl who sounds suicidal, and rushes off to help her. Davy gets a message signed urgent and rushes off to deliver it in person. Peter takes a phone call that is actually a gambler placing a bet. Davy returns after having disturbed a married couple with his message, and the gamblers come looking for Peter. (Parody of Bells Are Ringing.)

"It looks like the whole world's just running around in circles." -- Mike

Lea Marmer (Mrs. Smith) appeared in an earlier episode Monkee See , Monkee Die as Madame Roselle.

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Monkees Get Out More Dirt

The Monkees go to a Laundromat and meet the stunning, April Conquest. They all fall in love with her. On the advice of a televison psychologist they all take on interests to win over April. Davy takes up modern art. Peter plays chamber music. Micky does ballet and Mike rides a motorcycle. April is smitten with all of them. She becomes ill from the resulting emotional turmoil. Out of concern for April the guys decide that three of them must step aside.

"April is the cruelest month." -- Davy

Special Guest Star, Julie Newmar (April), appeared as Cat Woman in the television series "Batman.

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Monkees In Manhattan

In this tribute to "Room Service" the Monkees go to New York to star in a broadway play. When they arrive the play's producer is about to get thrown out of his hotel due to non-payment of rent, because his backer has not yet come through. The boys stall the hotel manager until Mr. Baker's backer comes up with the money. Only Mr. Baker's backer backs out. The Monkees invade a millionaires club to find a new investor for the play.

"How hungry can they get in half an hour." -- Compton

Special guest star, Foster Brooks, reprises his usual drunken character.

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Monkees At The Movies

The Monkees are hired as extras for a beach movie. The film's star, Frankie Catalina, can't sing, can't surf and is afraid of girls, but still has a very large ego. He ridicules each of the Monkees and they plot to sabotage his performance. Frankie walks off the picture and Davy is hired to replace him. Davy's ego quickly grows as large as Frankie's was and the other three have to bring him to his senses.

"No longer shall we suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous Catalina." -- Micky

Special guest star, Bobby Sherman (Frankie), before he went on to star in "Here Comes The Brides".

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Monkees On Tour

This episode follows the Monkees through a typical day on tour. Before the concert we get to see Davy play with a swan. All of the guys do a radio show. They also go horse back riding and explore a department store. Interspersed with Concert performances: Micky looks at some architecture. Peter talks about needing a quiet place to be. Davy is interviewed and Mike rides around in a limo and contemplates success.

"Most of the javelina hogs is just fine like they is." -- Mike

The concert took place in Phoenix Arizona. Peter performs "Cripple Creek" on the Banjo. Davy sings "I Wannna Be Free" Micky sings "I Got a Woman", and Mike sings "Can't Tell A Book by the Cover".

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