The Monkees

tv show

poster for The Monkees

58 total episodes

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2 seasons

Who's putting who on? You'll never know till you see this show!

First Aired September 12, 1966

Overview

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 and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series.

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Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth (a.k.a. Gift Horse)

Season 1 - Episode 8 - 1h 30m

Air Date

October 31, 1966

Overview

Davy is given a horse, which the Monkees have to hide from their landlord, Mr. Babbitt (Henry Corden). It is returned to a heart-broken child (Kerry MacLane) and father (Jim Boles) after Davy rides it to victory over the horse of the father's neighbor. Famed character actor, and frequent Bob Hope sideman, Jerry Colonna plays veterinarian Doctor Mann.