If they'll buy the premise, they'll buy the bit, right?
So Peter's left to go back East to college. To study uh, to study uh, to study paleodentistry with Professor Grizelda at Miskatonic U. It is his keenest ambition to head up the glee club, and we feel certain he will one day achieve this dream, despite the Professor's weird possessiveness.
Meanwhile, back at the Malibu beach shack, Mike, Mickey and Davy get their big break…
on the Johnny Cash show.
Yep, seems Johnny's a real fan of Mike's slick country stylings and is dying to have them on the show. So…here the boys are, performing – well okay, here Mike is, performing Nine Times Blue while Mickey and Davy look on and try to nod as if they're enjoying it. This illusion is assisted, in Davy's case, by the fact that he is as drunk as a skunk, and in Mickey's case by the chemicals used to give him the white-fro and the other ones he apparently ingested shortly before taking the stage.
No doubt this is the key to appreciating country music; I shall make a note of it.
Afterwards, Johnny and the boys hang out and shoot the shit. I think Davy's coming on to Johnny, but then who wouldn't? Watch that leg, buddy! Afterward, they break into "Everybody Loves a Nut." Well, at least 10% of men do.
Then it's time for a word from our sponsors. Oops, no rest for the wicked! Looks like the boys are under contract and the studio's getting it's money's worth out of them!
Bidding Johnny a tearful farewell, particularly on Davy's part, they have to really move tail in the Monkeemobile to get to their next gig, as the warmup act at a Tony Robbins motivational seminar. With go-go dancers. If you doubt, check it out! It's summer break time, so Peter, back home for the holidays, reunites with the band. Ain't it groovy?
The fact that this video is totally out of synch with the audio doesn't actually matter; Davy was never a very good dancer to begin with, and back then they just didn't have the lipsynching technology that's enabled the rise of, say, Britney Spears. Just add lysergic acid until it all makes sense.
Then they hustle off to the studio to help Joan Crawford record a public service announcement about the importance of good housekeeping. No wire hangers! She develops an obsessive crush on Mike, so the boys pretend he's infested with constipation-causing parasites, pretend to be medics from a MASH unit, and evacuate.
Wow, after that don't we all need a good de-lousing or at least a nice Christmas carol?
Remember the eternal truths: Love is all you need, and everybody looks better in a maroon pirate-sleeved shirt.
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What a laugh! Great set of vids.
And really isn’t Davey Jones just a little bit more than creepy in these videos. brrr……
Thanks. I adore Davy, which certainly doesn’t rule out finding him creepy sometimes. Apparently he’s been a thoroughbred trainer and breeder on Vancouver Island for decades now. Sometimes he does Monkees reunion things.
Did you know:
A) Mike essentially founded MTV…golly, wonder where he got the idea?
B) Peter became a teacher of Asian music at a private school?
C) Mickey’s big break came when he got his own series as a kid: Circus Boy?
I knew I learned that shit for some reason; because one day they’d invent blogs and I would have a bloody use for it!
You know, every time I hear “She Hangs Out” I am reminded that, while most of the world knows the Monkees were cute, only a privileged few know they were sexy, too. Hawt!