33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee

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

APPROPIATE

1969 / 60min.

Rating3.5

Genres

Comedy

TV Movie

Music

Synopsis

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."

Directors

Actors

Rip Taylor

Davy Jones

Micky Dolenz

Little Richard

Michael Nesmith

Peter Tork

Jerry Lee Lewis

Fats Domino

Clara Ward

Julie Driscoll

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