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33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee (1969)

33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee (1969)

Comedy Music TV Movie

Tonight's special traces The Monkees from their "creation" by a way-out sorcerer to their current eminence.

Release Date: 1969, April 14
Directors: Art Fisher
Countries: United States of America
Production: Screen Gems Television
Cast: Rip Taylor, Little Richard, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Buddy Miles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Brian Auger, Fats Domino, Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Julie Driscoll, Clara Ward

Overview:

33 1⁄3 Revolutions per Monkee is a television special starring the Monkees that aired on NBC on April 14, 1969. Produced by Jack Good, guests on the show included Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Little Richard, the Clara Ward Singers, the Buddy Miles Express, Paul Arnold and the Moon Express, and We Three. Although they were billed as musical guests, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger (alongside their then-backing band The Trinity) found themselves playing a prominent role; in fact, it can be argued that the special focused more on the guest stars (specifically, Auger and Driscoll) than the Monkees themselves. This special is notable as the Monkees' final performance as a quartet until 1986, as Peter Tork left the group at the end of the special's production. The title is a play on "​33 1⁄3 revolutions per minute."

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