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The Monkees :: The Christmas Show (02x15)
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| Title: | The Christmas Show |
| Episode #: | 02x15 |
| Production Number: | 4746 |
| Original Airdate: | Monday December 25th, 1967 |
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The Monkees try to instill the spirit of Christmas in a cynical rich kid.
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Click to hear Riu Chiu
| This one Christmas episode is the only holiday-themed episode of the entire Monkees series---and it was shot in the week of Thanksgiving! It is also the only episode of The Monkees to have a special end credit.
| With "The Monkees Christmas Show," assistant director Jon (C.) Anderson directs for the second and final time on the Monkees; the first being Episode 42, "The Wild Monkees."
| The late Jeanne Sorel appeared in a February 12, 1970 episode of Bewitched (ABC, 1964-72), "What Makes Darrin Run?" with Monkee guest alum Arch Johnson ("The Chaperone").
| Butch Patrick is best known for his portrayal of Edward Wolfgang 'Eddie' Munster on The Munsters (CBS, 1964-66).
| "Riu, Chiu" is translated as "Roaring River."
| The set that was used as the Vandersnoot mansion in this episode was reused as Kibbee Manor in Episode 55, "The Monkees Mind Their Manor."
| The late Rege Cordic pops up again on this show in the next episode, "Fairytale," as The Town Crier/Narrator. Cordic loaned his voice for a number of cartoon roles including Hanna-Barbera's Jabberjaw, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (both ABC, 1976-78) and The Pirates Of Dark Water (Fox, 1991-92), and Marvel/Sunbow's Transformers (Syndicated, 1984-87). Other Hanna-Barbera cartoon voice artists to appear in guest roles on The Monkees are Henry ("Mr. Babbitt") Corden, Sherry Albertoni, Heather North, Cliff Norton, Michael Bell and Hamilton Camp: Micky Dolenz, a series regular, would also lend his voice to several Hanna-Barbera project, starting with The Funky Phantom (ABC, 1971-73).
| This Christmas segment finds Mike Nesmith being pelted with a Karate chop for the second time on The Monkees. The first was in Episode 5, "The Spy Who Came In From The Cool" during the discoteque climax in which he is slugged by enemy spy Madame Olinsky.
| Production on Episode 56, "Some Like It Lukewarm" (a.k.a. "The Band Contest"), the last episode of The Monkees Raybert Productions saw to completion, wrapped 3 days before this episode's firstrun telecast on NBC.
| This is the final appearance of Mr. Schneider, the dummy.
| Here, all 4 Monkees are seen singing "Riu Chiu" live. An actual studio version which featured Micky, Mike , Peter and producer Chip Douglas (who had previously performed it with The Modern Day Folk Quartet) was recorded August 21, 1967 during the Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. sessions and was not released until Rhino's 1990 release of Missing Links Vol. 2
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Take note of the two members of The Monkees production crew introduced by the boys during the closing credits, both of whom never recieved and screen credit: sound recordist Les Fresholtz and property master Jack Williams. Williams would cameo in 2 episodes in the last half of The Monkees second season: the Customs Man in Episode 55, "The Monkees Mind Their Manor," and the Stagehand in Episode 58, "Mijjacogeo" (a.k.a. "The Frodis Caper"), The Monkees' series finale. (At the end of "The Monkees Christmas Show" closing credit sequence, Micky can be heard shouting "Frodis Forever!," which foreshadows "Mijacogeo"). Columbia Pictures later hired Fresholtz and Williams to work on The Monkees' feature film HEAD. And artist Neko Cholis, who can be also be seen in the crowd, would later on design the cover for The Monkees Present Micky, David and Michael.
| Take note of the two members of The Monkees production crew introduced by the boys during the closing credits, both of whom never recieved and screen credit: sound recordist Les Fresholtz and property master Jack Williams
| The end credits to the "Christmas Show" credit Jill Chandler as Salesgirl, but its orginal Screen Gems storyline lists Toby Adler in the role. The storyline also reveals a different ending with the backstage crew joining in on Christmas carols.
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Mike Nesmith's rendition of "Deck Us All With Boston Charlie" is in reference to the Walt Kelly comic strip, Pogo.
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