Product Details

• Actors: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork
• Directors: Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Jon C. Andersen, Mike Elliot (III), James Frawley
• Format: Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Rhino / Wea
• VHS Release Date: January 22, 2002
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004RFI6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #474,208 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you like the Monkees ..., October 13, 2000

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"[e-mail]" (Plymouth, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Monkees, Vol. 15: The Chaperone/The Case of the Missing Monkee [VHS] (VHS Tape)

... this is a good one. I think "Chaperone" is among the best of them. The boys throw a party to set Davy up with the girl. Micky is at his most adorable, in drag, no less! The humor is a wee bit more sophisticated than some, if it can ever really be called that. "Missing Monkee" has just a few dull moments, and rates high on the dorky factor (but didn't we love the Monkees because they were brave enough to be dorky?) I would classify it as a Peter episode. It's the hospital one, for those of you who are trying to remember, as I was.

I am a long time Monkee fan and these episodes rate right up there.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Micky Drags & Peter Gets Kidnapped, May 31, 2000

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Michael Daly "Monkeesfan" (Wakefield, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Monkees, Vol. 15: The Chaperone/The Case of the Missing Monkee [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Two excellent first-season episodes of The Monkees are featured on Volume 15.

The Chaperone opens with a great left-field punchline - Davy meets Leslie Vandenburg (Sheeri Alberoni, former Mousketeer and the voice of Alexandra Cabot on Josie & The Pussycats), the daughter of uptight former general Harley Vandenburg (Arch Johnson, best known for his appearence in The Fugitive episode The Witch) while posing as a man taking a poll of TV shows. He naturally falls madly in love with Leslie, and ignores Peter's query, "Come on, Davy, what TV show was she watching?" To this Micky replies, "Ours, I hope."

When the boys learn from Leslie's visiting friend (Judy Murdock) that she is only allowed out to chaperone parties, The Monkees go to work. But the chaperone they manage to hire - a cockney old hag - passes out, so Micky hastily dons a wig and dress to keep the bluff going. This leads to several hilarious scenes between Micky-in-drag and General Vandenburg - "My late husband did something to help shorten the war." "What?" "He deserted!" - none funnier than Vandenburg's claim that they are engaged and will honeymoon in Venice - which sends Micky into fantasyland. Also standing out is Mike's comment that Davy's in love with his daughter, which Micky fears will make him Davy's mother-in-law.

Featured in the episode are the songs "This Just Doesn't Seem To Be My Day," a mellowed-vocals mix of "Take A Giant Step," and the Mike Nesmith soft-rock classic "You Just May Be The One." Also included on the tape is a network sponsor tag for Kellogg's, showing the Monkeemobile at Bonneville and the boys holding their sponsor's product.

In the tape's second episode, Peter is swept into the kidnapping of a famed scientist by evil Dr. Markovitch (Vito Scotti, from Von Ryan's Express) and his assistant Bruno (Vincent Gardenia). After an encounter with a slightly dimwitted nurse the boys save the day to the tune of the long-fade mix of "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone."