The Monkees - "Dance, Monkee, Dance" - WFLD-TV (Complete Broadcast, 7/3/1980) 📺 🙈 🎸

Here's the complete broadcast of The Monkees episode "Dance, Monkee, Dance", as aired on WFLD Channel 32, Thursday, July 3rd 1980!

Of course, as was the case many times on WFLD, the episode is shown via a washed-out 16mm film print. This episode originally aired, in more pristine fashion, on the NBC Network (and, therefore, in Chicago via WMAQ Channel 5) on December 12th 1966 (Season 1, Episode 14).

The episode - about Peter Tork winning a quiz sponsored by Renaldo's Dance Au Go Go and being tricked into signing a lifetime contract by the dance studio's owner Renaldo (Hal March, the former host of the 1950's quiz show The $64,000 Question) and the boys' efforts to get him, and themselves, out of such contracts - also featured Karen James as Miss Buntwell and Stephen Coit who, though credited as "Timid Man" in the ending credits, actually played former President Martin Van Buren.

The songs featured in this episode - both produced by Jeff Barry - were an early, unreleased version of "I'll Be Back On My Feet Again" (written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, the latter's surname misspelled "Randall" in the end credits) and their second Number One hit "I'm A Believer" written by Neil Diamond.

This clip begins with the ending of Super Cartoon Sunrise for that morning, with voiceover (by Dr. Don Rose) promoting The Munsters for 5:00pm, followed by a station ID/promo for I Love Lucy for 5:30pm (voiceover by Jim Barton) (posted separately here:    • WFLD Channel 32 - Super Cartoon Sunri...   )

Opening "setup" act and opening titles (a hybrid of the first and second seasons) (some of the opening had to be cut due to Copyright issues)

WFLD's The Monkees "zooming" bumper

Commercial: Marriott's Great America amusement park (with assorted Warner Bros. cartoon characters) - Open daily 10am-10pm
Followed by 14 seconds of black (potential technical difficulties moment?)

Act II, beginning with credits:
Written by Bernie Ornstein
Directed by James Frawley
...and going downhill in the proceedings from there ;-) - with "I'll Be Back On My Feet Again"

WFLD's The Monkees bumper with zoom-in title and station logo - "Bullfighters Theme" (posted separately here:    • WFLD Channel 32 - The Monkees (Bumper...   )

Commercial: Waffelos Cereal with Maple Syrup flavor (and Waffelo Bill), from Ralston Purina - (C) Ralston Purina Company 1979 (posted separately here:    • Waffelos Cereal (Commercial, 1980)   )

Promos for I Love Lucy episode "Lucy Fakes Illness" for 5:30pm, followed by the All in the Family Hour leading off with episode "Archie's Weighty Problem" for 6:00pm (voiceover by Jim Barton) (posted separately here:    • WFLD Channel 32 - "Lucy & Family" (Pr...   )

Promo for the Stooges/Rascals Hour for 3:30pm (voiceover by Dr. Don Rose) (posted separately here:    • WFLD Channel 32 - Stooges/Rascals Hou...   )

PSA for YMCA Indian Guides (voiceover by ??)

WFLD Monkees "jingle" bumper with the "In Chicago the kid's choice is...Channel 32!" ditty (voiceover by Dr. Don Rose) (posted separately here:    • WFLD Channel 32 - The Monkees (Jingle...   )

Act III, during which we hear "I'm A Believer," and the denouement

The Monkees "zooming titles" bumper

Commercial: Kellogg's Rice Krispies - with Snap, Crackle and Pop witnessing Charlie rehearsing for a school play (Charlie is played by David Hollander - who was "Young boy with coffee" in the movie Airplane.) (posted separately here:    • Rice Krispies Cereal - "School Play" ...   )

Promo for The Munsters for 5:00pm, with scene from episode "Underground Munster" shown (voiceover by Dr. Don Rose) (posted separately here:    • WFLD Channel 32 - The Munsters (Promo...   )

Snipets segment "Deaf Little League Player" (can be seen on its own here:    • [broken] Snipets - "Deaf Little Leagu...   )

Yet another Monkees "zooming titles" WFLD bumper ("Beach theme")

Episode epilogue, followed by closing credits with promo for Romper Room with Miss Sally coming up next, then Lost in Space for 11:00am, Underdog for 12:00 noon and Tennessee Tuxedo for 12:30pm (voiceover by Dr. Don Rose) (posted separately here:    • WFLD Channel 32 - The Monkees (Ending...  ) (some of the ending credits had to be cut due to Copyright issues)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, July 3rd 1980 during the 8:30-9:00am half hour.

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