Amazon.com: The Monkees, Vol. 15: The Chaperone/The Case of the Missing Monkee: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Jon C. Andersen, Mike Elliot (III), James Frawley, Bruce Kessler, James Komack, Russ Mayberry, Sidney Miller, Richard Nunis, Bob Rafelson, Gerald Shepard, Alexander Singer, David Winters: Video

The Monkees, Vol. 15: The Chaperone/The Case of the Missing Monkee (1966)

Starring: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones Director: Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork Rating

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
Language: English
Rating:
Number of tapes: 1
Studio: Rhino / Wea
VHS Release Date: January 22, 2002
Run Time: 50 minutes

Average Customer Review:

(2 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00004RFI6
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #78,003 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images? (We'll ask you to sign in so we can get back to you)

Amazon.com
Hey, hey they're the Monkees and they're cool again. So put on your green knit cap and your best striped pants and settle down for two 25-minute episodes from the fabbest four west of Liverpool. In "The Chaperone" (broadcast November 7, 1966), Davy wants to date a World War II general's daughter so he tries his hand at poll taking, magazine sales, and bomb shelter inspecting--anything to penetrate the general's protective force field. Finally the four singing roommates come up with the plan to have a chaperoned party that evolves into an opportunity for the boys to play Henry Higgins to their alcoholic cleaning lady's Eliza Doolittle, not to mention the chance to put Mickey in a dress and a wig. "The Case of the Missing Monkee" (broadcast January 9, 1967) finds the band playing a banquet until Peter is spirited away to a mental ward by the same vaguely Russian villains who are plotting to kidnap a professor. This provides a good excuse for the remaining three to scale hospital walls and don spiffy coordinated bathrobes, and the reunited four to sing their hit song "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone." --Kimberly Heinrichs

best cancelled tv shows (13)

mst3k (8)

doctor who (6)

audrey hepburn (5)

doris day (5)

jerry lewis (5)

rock hudson (5)

sandra dee (5)

should be on dvd (5)

tv series (1)

Help others find this product - tag it for Amazon search

No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?

2 Reviews

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

Average Customer Review

(2 customer reviews)

Share your thoughts with other customers:

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

If you like the Monkees ..., October 13, 2000

By	"windom@pclink.com" (Plymouth, MN United States) - See all my reviews

... 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.

Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you?

(Report this)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Micky Drags & Peter Gets Kidnapped, May 31, 2000

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

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."

Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you?

(Report this)

Share your thoughts with other customers:

› See all 2 customer reviews...

Rate This Item to Improve Your Recommendations