Click to hear Randy Scouse Git
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Click to hear Daydream Believer
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John Stewart's "Daydream Believer" was The Monkees third and final visit to the #1 spot on the charts and makes its debut appearance here. Its musical sequence was filmed during a tiring session at the Fred Nils film studios in Chicago, in August of 1967.
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This was the first filmed episode of The Monkees to feature character actor Monte Landis.
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The late Victor Tayback went on to greater fame as Mel Sharples in the 1974 Warner Brothers film, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, and in its spinoff TV series, Alice (CBS, 1976-85). He previously appeared in The Monkees episode "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers" as George, and in "The Son Of A Gypsy" as Rocco.
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Arthur Malet was seen as mortician Ted Ulam in the Oscar-winning film, InThe Heat Of The Night (1967). Malet later played Ryan on Dallas (CBS, 1978-91) and Cornelius on Ned And Stacey (Fox, 1995-97).
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In 1974, Michael Bell and Micky Dolenz were recruited by Hanna-Barbera to voice the title characters (Ernie and Todd, respectively) of Devlin (ABC, 1974-76). Bell also portrayed Les Crowley on Dallas.
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Look carefully at Michael when he says, "Oh, nobody but a fool would paint in the basement!" If you read his lips closely, you will notice that he originally said "Oh, nobody but an idiot would paint in the basement!" The offending audio had been changed for Pete's sake.
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The "Randy Scouse Git" musical romp borrows footage from the song's musical sequence, which first appeared in "The Picture Frame." The musical sequence for "Daydream Believer" is used again in "A Coffin Too Frequent."
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In the final minutes of this episode, Mike can be heard singing "Papa Gene's Blues." The song appears again in "Hillbilly Honeymoon," with an artificially extended mix.
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This episode's original synopsis reveals a deleted ending that has Micky, Mike and Davy chasing Peter, who escapes through doors and windows that are phonies when the other Monkees bump into them. Another deleted scene finds Duce and Chuche chasing The Monkees when they try to convince the curator of the painting switch, but they escape.
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At the breakfast table with Mr. Schneider, Micky, Mike and Davy eat bowlfuls of Kellogg's Corn Flakes. This is the second of four references made to one of The Monkees' original sponsors.
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Liberace is one of only seven guest stars on the show to appear as himself. KRUX-AM DJ Bob Shannon has a cameo in "The Monkees On Tour"; director Jim Frawley's appearance in "The Monkees In Paris"; Jerry Blavat has a guest shot in "Some Like It Lukewarm"; and Charlie Smalls, Frank Zappa and Tim Buckley appear in the last 3 episodes of the season.
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Old Kellogg's cereal package faces appear for the last time on the show in the end credits of this episode.
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