Case of the Missing Monkee
- Episode aired Jan 9, 1967
- 25m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
126
YOUR RATING
Peter is kidnapped, in a plot against a rocket scientist.Peter is kidnapped, in a plot against a rocket scientist.Peter is kidnapped, in a plot against a rocket scientist.
Davy Jones
- Davy
- (as David Jones)
Valerie Kairys
- Girl in rowboat with Mike
- (uncredited)
The Monkees
- Themselves
- (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
- Banquet Guest
- (uncredited)
Jerry Rush
- Banquet Guest
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMicky Dolenz proposes using the Bat-hook to scale the building. For at least part of their original run, Batman (1966) and The Monkees were in direct competition on the same air time slot.
- GoofsFlipped shot. When Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, and Davy Jones stick their heads around the hospital door, dressed as patients, their hair is parted on the wrong side.
- Alternate versionsThe summer 1967 repeat showing replaced the song "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" with "Pleasant Valley Sunday".
- ConnectionsEdited into The Monkees: I Was a 99-Pound Weakling (1967)
- SoundtracksOld Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Swanee River)
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Foster
Performed by Davy Jones
Featured review
"The Case of the Missing Monkey," with Bob Rafelson back at the helm, is one of the standout first season entries, with veteran scene stealer Vito Scotti in fine form, kidnapping rocket scientist Schnitzler (Norbert Schiller), who slips Peter a note revealing where he's being taken; when Peter also disappears, his three bandmates try to infiltrate the clinic by posing as patients. Best remembered as the 'Japanese Sailor' in two episodes of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, Scotti even hilariously impersonates a Chinese restaurateur (Micky: "do you have Schnitzler here?" Scotti: "no, we have fried rice, chicken chow mein, won ton soup!"). Nancy Fish gets plenty of laughs as a helpful nurse who slips everyone powerful 'cough drops,' but Vincent Gardenia is sadly wasted in a throwaway thug henchman role. The lone song is Boyce and Hart's "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" (its second airing), the B-side to the current single, "I'm a Believer." Broadcast no. 17, "The Case of the Missing Monkey" was 22nd in production, filmed Nov 10-11 1966. At this point, the group had basically shot 21 straight episodes with nary a break; filming only resumed following their debut concert performance in Honolulu on Dec 3, future shows sandwiched around live concert dates for most of the next year (their second LP, MORE OF THE MONKEES, was issued one day after this Jan 9 airing, the first of the new year).
- kevinolzak
- Dec 21, 2013
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Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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