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The Monkees: Season 1

Davy Jones (Actor), Micky Dolenz (Actor), Alexander Singer (Director), Rated:

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Available for the first time on DVD! All episodes are in chronological order by airdate.

The Monkees scored four consecutive #1 albums and a half-dozen Top 10 singles. The Monkees Anthem "Daydream Believer" voted #3 teen idol song of all time by VH1 viewers. Original Monkees episodes are still being shown on VH1 and a new Monkees show is being developed for the fall 2003 network schedule. "I'm A Believer" was recently popularized in the feature film, Shrek. The Monkees have a dedicated fan base that continues to collect all things Peter, Davy, Micky and Mike.

5.1 audio. Play song romps feature. Commentary on Episode 1 by director James Frawley and Davy Jones. Separate commentaries on Episode 3 by Peter Tork and Monkees creator and director Robert Rafelson. Separate commentaries on Episode 10 by Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork. Commentary on Episode 12 by Michael Nesmith. Commentary on Episode 14 by director James Frawley. Commentary on Episode 15 by Davy Jones. Monkees Pilot (16 mm version). Monkees Discography. Vintage Monkees Kelloggs commercials. Separate commentaries on Episode 32 by Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork and songwriter Bobby Hart. Interview with songwriter, Bobby Hart. Monkees Memorabilia Gallery.

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 6 x 3 inches; 1.04 Pounds
Director ‏ : ‎ Alexander Singer, Bob Rafelson, Bruce Kessler, James Frawley, James Komack
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Dolby, NTSC, Box set
Run time ‏ : ‎ 13 hours and 50 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ May 13, 2003
Actors ‏ : ‎ Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Joe Higgins
Studio ‏ : ‎ Rhino Theatrical
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00006ZZ05
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 6

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Michael Patrick Boyd

Great first season

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2017

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The Monkees: Season 1 is 830 minutes and was released on DVD September 27, 2011. Include in this set are all 32 episodes on six discs. Disc 1 through five have six episodes each and disc 6 has the last two episodes plus bonus features and an interview with Bobby Hart. I enjoy watching the episodes and was shock at the opening of the show. I was so used to seeing Peter then one of the other Monkees then finally Peter is introduced. The only down side to this collection are the commentaries. The four Monkees and Bob Rafelson do not do a good job at this. James Frawley does a little better job. Not till you get to the final episode of Monkees on Tour that Bobby Hart does a great job on the commentary. The Zilch pod staff do a much better job. The Monkees: Season 1 is great to watch for those who still do not on a Blue Ray recorder. The Monkees: Season 1 DVD gets an AAAAA+++++

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A. Sprank

Great content, stupid packaging

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2016

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Great fun show, although it is a little older than me, I still can relate to the fun episodes, which always contain 1-2 great music videos of their hit songs, which were great then as now, in my opinion. This 1st season was the best of what the show offered, and the episodes seem to be complete, so I can now lay my old VCR tapes of this show to rest and watch it in GREAT quality picture, which does not appear to me to be cropped or edited to cheapen it up. Comparing them to the old tapes, they appear to me to be complete episodes, and the quality is clear as any show airing now on my dish. The bad part is the packaging, it is crappy! The disks are places one on top the other, 2 each "page" in the plastic book-type design. Mine was terribly difficult to remove from this hard plastic, I keep worrying one will snap in half while trying to wrestle it out (luckily it hasn't happened yet). I like that there is a series synopses for the episodes, it is lame when manufacturers assume you know what a show is about when you read just an episode title. However, the synopses are printed UNDERNEATH the discs so if you want to, say, find an episode you have to remove several or all of the discs just to read where to find it, which is an unbelievable chore that shouldn't have to be. But--since this is the only DVD of this show around, you don't have much choice but to deal with the stupid packaging.

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Joe O'Brien

The Monkees' terrific first season

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2019

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"The Monkees" premiered in September 1966 on Monday nights on NBC. The series was inspired by The Beatles' movies "A Hard Day's Night" from 1964 and "Help!" from 1965. It starred Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork. This was the first time a show had actors using their own names. Also, the first time there were no real older adults as regulars. The guys were all in their early 20's. In a scene in the pilot episode Mike is throwing darts a picture of The Beatles.

They played a struggling rock group living in a Malibu beach house trying to make it. They had wacky adventures every episode with Davy regularly getting a crush on a pretty young lady.They drove a cool car the "Monkeemobile" which was a hopped up Pontiac G.T.O. muscle car; which could go so fast it had a pair of parachutes attached in the rear to slow it down!!! There was a hit record made about it,"Little G.T.O." by "Ronny and The Daytonas" in 1965. The car was created by Dean Jeffries who also created "The Black Beauty" for "The Green Hornet"( Van Williams) and "Kato",(the great Bruce Lee,) the same year.

The Beatles especially John Lennon were fans of the show and threw a party for them in London in late 1967. John Lennon said "The Monkees weren't like The Beatles at all.They were more like "The Marx Brothers" Micky Dolenz said it started out as show about a fictional group who actually became a real group who went out on tour and selling allot of records. Micky said it was like Leonard Nimoy ,( "Star Trek" was on the same time and same network,) actually becoming a Vulcan.

I'm a first generation Monkee fan watching them back when I was 11,(I'm 63 now,) getting episodes first on VHS and now on DVD and I'm still nostalgic and still love them. Their first two albums,"The Monkees" and "More of The Monkees" was the soundtrack of the first season. They both went to No. 1 on The Billboard Charts and went multi-platinum. I heard on Casey Casum's American Top 40 some years back that from 1966 when they were first released to 1976 they were the best selling albums, ( until "Pink Floyd' and "The Eagles" came along.) As of 2019 they're not on Billboard's Top 300 Albums Chart any longer. It seems people didn't start buying albums in greater numbers until the 1970's and '80's and '90's. The Beatles have 11 albums on Billboard's Top 300, more that any other artist by far.

The Monkees' first season won the "Emmy" for Best Comedy Series of 1966-'67. And, James Frawley winning The Best Director "Emmy". They did one more season, and could have done more however they grew tired of having to get to the studio at 6 A.M. and working 12 hour days. They said it wasn't as much fun for them anymore. They weren't making much money from the series either. They were making it from their record sales and concert tours. The show was a trend setter and still stands up today.

Some trivia, the producers were going to call the group "The Turtles" until they found out that name was already taken. They considered calling them "The Inevitables " Then they were going to call them "The Combo" until deciding on "The Monkees." Mike Nesmith helped to to create MTV music television. Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Michael Jackson and Kurt Kobain of Nirvana were fans in their younger days. Their music videos from the television series are viewed on You Tube. They received a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame back in 1989,(when it really meant something.) As on 2019, they have sold over 75 million records.

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Great Music and Lots of Fun

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2015

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If you grew up in the 1970's, you had already missed the original run of The Monkees on TV by a few years. But by the mid-70's this show was a staple of after-school TV (along with Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp), and could also be found wedged between the latest Saturday Morning Cartoons.

"The Monkees" were like a live-action cartoon, packed with zany skits, lots of guest stars and packed with great music. From Julie Newmar to Richard Kiel, it's a treat to see who shows up in the guest starring role, and with some of the greatest pop songs of the 60's:
Last Train to Clarksville
(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
(Theme From) The Monkees
I'm a Believer
Mary, Mary
...and so many more!! All are instantly catchy, and instantly recognizable.

If you vaguely remember watching this show as a kid, do yourself a favor, pick up this set and get transported back to those lazy Saturday mornings. It's like a time machine to a better time.

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"The Monkees" Complete First Season "NSTC Region 0 U.S import"

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2019

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Hey.Hey Were The..Well You Know The Rest,Still Not Available In The Uk,"Surprising That Several Volumes
Appeared On V.H.S,"Courtesy Of Warner/Sony Music" This Set Is "Near" Superb,Featuring all The Episodes
From The Original First Season,and Features Guest Appearances By Julie Newmar,"Catwoman In Batman"
Mike Farrel,"M.A.S.H" and a Memorable Performance By Dick,"Later Richard" Keil,"The 7 Foot Tall Yet Very
Gentle Giant Of a Man Who Had Worked Extensively In the 60s In Tv Yet Was Best Remembered as JAWS
in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker" "Who Would Later Mention How Much Fun He Had Working
With Roger Moore" Though In The Monkees Showed a Great Talent For Comedy,When The Monster Bursts
Into "Tomorrows Gonna Be another Day" With Dick In 60s Clothes "Byrds" Sunshades and Rediculous "Hippie"
Wig..Its Hilarious,Later Guest Stars Included Both "Strange" Turns By Liberache,"Smashing Up a Piano" and
Frank Zappa,"Pretending To Be Michael Nesmith/Who Inturn Is Pretending To Be Zappa",Some Print Damage
Here and There,"This Release Did appear Originally in 2011" and Does Not Appear To Have Been Restored".?
But The Trivia Menu Contains Excellent Information On The Episodes Including
Alternate Songs That Were Used/Changed Etc as Well as Who Directed Each Episode Etc Plus
The,"Plugs" For Kellogs,"Not Shown In The UK..To My Knowladge" and Commentaries By
Members Of The Band,"Sadly Peter Tork and Davy Jones are No Longer With Us"

It Also Includes The Rarely Seen Pilot Episode,2 Versions of this are Included 1 Being The Original
Unaired Version,"16mm Print Only" and The,"televised Version,"NOTE The Menu Also
Gives You The Option To,"Play The Songs Only",The Main animated Menu Is also Very Well Done
and Gives You The Option Of 2 Sound Formats,Now The Gripe Of Wich There Is Only One,The
Packaging..Its Very Flimsy Card Can Get Easily Damaged/Creased To Add To This There Is No
outer Box,Once You Have Taken Off the Shrink Wrap It Cannot Be Sealed/Closed,Obviously This
Is a Budget Re Pack of the "Record Player Box" But Rhino Should Have Had This Release With an
"Outer Box" With This Box "Inside" Sadly This Is Not.

It Is Interesting That The "Screen Gems" Logo at the End Of each Episode Is Missing Let Me
Explain,In America The Monkees Discs Were Released On Colgems,"Columbia/Screen Gems" With
The R.C.A Logo On The Labell,"Over Here They Originally Appeared On R.C.A Victor Labell" With
The,"Screen Gems" Credit In 1 Corner,Wich Puts Me To My Next Comment,To Date The Episodes
Still Remain Unreleased On Dvd In The Uk,Several Volumes Appeared On V.H.S Courtesy OF
R.C.A/Columbia Pictures International Home Video and Later On The Same Label,"But Credited To
Sony/Warner Music Video" Since The 90s In The U.S Rhino Obtained The Rights To The Series and
The Complete Monkees Back Catalouge,"Rhino Is a Subsidary Of Warner Music In The States"

It Is Also Interesting That This Season Has The,"Original" Opening Credits "These are Not The
Ones Shown Over Here In The Uk, For Some Reason When Shown On The BBC They Used
The Opening Credits That Were Used From Season..2,"These are The Ones Everyone In The
Uk Will Remember" and Have Been Aired By The B.B.C/L.W.T,"Breifly In 1984" and Channel
4,"When Repeated in 1997" To Co Inside With The Groups Reunion Tour,"With Michael
Nesmith"

Theres Really Not Much To Say On The Background Of The Group/Show as Almost Everything Has
Been Covered Just Watch and Enjoy,But There Is No Doubt That The Monkees Were Still Possibly
on Equal Level With The Beatles In Both Talent and Music and Still Remain,"As Jhon Lennon
Himself Once Quoted" "Possibly The Funniest Thing Since The Marx Brothers" yet Its Only
Really Been Since The late 90s The Monkees Received The Critical Recognition They Deserve.

Note,"This Set By Rhion/Eagle Media Is Rated N.S.T.C.,"0" Ie "Region Free/All Zones"
and Should Play On any U.K Region.2 Player, However Saying That Discs are Funny Things
So You May Need a Multi Regional Player To Watch This Set.? Also
at The Time Of Writing This Rather Belated Review,Its Now Hard To Find New and The
"Record Player" Box Set Release Is Now Selling For Rediculous Prices.

Songs Include
"Papa Jeans Blues"/"Valleri"(Minus Brass Overdub)/"Sometime In The Morning"/"Your auntie Grzelda"/
"Last Train To Clarksville","Im a Believer"/"You Just May Be The One"(Non Album Version),
"I Wanna Be Free"(Alt Fast Version" and "Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow"(Longer Organ Break)
"All The Kings Horses"(Originally Unreleased),"Words"(Ait Version Featuring Davy Jones On Drums)
Plus,"in The Original Unaired Pilot" The Songs are Performed By The Songwriters,"Tommy Boyce
and Bobby Hart"(Note..These Recordings Sound Like 45.r.p.m Recordings Played Slightly at 33,1/3)
and Its Interesting That Micky Dolenz Is Billed Under His,"Circus Boy" Billing of,"Micky Braddock"

Other Memorable Guest Faces Include,"Vic Tayback"(The Gruff Voiced Actor Best Associated With
HOOD Roles,Check Out Star Treks A Piece Of The Action Episode),Veteran Actress Rose Marie
(Featuring a Touching Performance Of Sometime In The Morning) and The Master Of Satire
Stan Freeberg.Plus Look For The Referances To The Beatles,(In the Pilot Michael Is Seen
Throwing Darts at The,"Original" Fab Four,Its also Interesting That Even In Some Of The
"Interveiws" there Were already Referances To The Group,"Not Playing On Their Records"
Wich Michael Nesmith Already Defended WIth,"Was Asolute Rubbish" When They Played
"Live" Check Out The,"Mini Documentary" Episode,"On Tour" and You have Proof They
"Did" Play Their Own Instruments,"Again" Davy jones Is Clearly Seen Playing Drums
Despite Some Comments About His NON Musical Talents,"He Even Admits In His Original
Screen Test That He Sounded Terrible" He Actually COULD Play The Kit Quite Well While
Fellow Actor Micky Dolenz had To Get Used To The,"Snare Bass and High Hat" But Found
Himself Around The Kit Quite Smartly as Well as Becoming The Groups Most Profficiant
Lead Vocalist Leaving Multi Musicianal Talented Peter Tork (Thorkleston) on Bass,Banjo
and Keyboards and Mike,(He Preffered Michael at The Time) Nesmith On Gretch 12 String
6 String and Lead Vocals,(as Well as Both Producer and Writer Of Some Of the Groups
Possibly Best/Most Accomplished Songs) Alongside "Chip" Douglas,(Douglas Farthing
Hatfeild) Following The Departure,(Sacking) Of Don Kirshner Who Produced The Groups
First 2 aLbums)..Regarding Kirshner This Is Largely Covered In The Interesting Interveiw
With Bobby Hart.

I Know This Is a Bit Harsh But Regarding The Group Putting Their Voices On Pre.Recorded
Backing Tracks,Well Brian Wilson Did This With The Beach Boys,"Pet Sounds" Laying The
Tracks Down While The Group Were Touring,"Utilizing Top Session Musicians The Wrecking
Crew" Then adding The Vocals,"Mike Love/Dennis/Carl Wilson/Al Jardine and Bruce Jhonson
Later" Its Also Interesting That 6th Beach Boy and Session Man GlennCampbell Reportedly
Also Recorded On The Monkees Early Backing Tracks,"There Is Some Roumer Though Nothing
Solid That The Superb Guitar,"Runs" On,"Last Train To Clarksville" and,"Valleri" are That Of
Glenn Though,"as Stated" This Could Be Due To Speculation.

Hopefully Sony/Columbia,"Or Those Kind Chaps at Mill Creek" Will Re.issue Both This
and Season 2,"Complete" In One Box.

Barry J/GB/UK

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Charlie-CJ

Monkees a'La Mode - 32 classic episodes and great songs

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2006

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This is a very cute box - exactly as the Amazon photo. Downside is that it is a big cute box, 7cm x 15cm x 15cm, and mine got damaged a little in the post and required re-gluing. The actual DVD's are all in their own little cardboard miniature `Record' sleeves, great little facsimiles of the Monkees LP covers, fitted into a removable `record deck' outer cardboard case that slots into the portable `record player' box. All the episodes 1 to 32 from the first series are here, first aired from Sept 1966 to April 1967, and they are spread over 6 DVDs. The final DVD also has a few extras, like the Kellogs commercials, discography, play songs only, Monkees commentaries, interview with songwriter Bobby Hart, and a Monkees memorabilia gallery. The set also has little booklet of the chapter indexes and a short `behind the scenes' written piece that's quite interesting (I didn't realise Mickey and Davy were only 20 when picked or that the Monkees concept wasn't nicked from the Beatles film `Hard Days Night' - one of the creators, Bob Rafelson, had toured with a struggling young band in 1962 and got the idea then). See tvtome.com for the actual episode list. There is also a similar `record player' DVD set for season two.

This first season DVD set is great fun, if a little repetitive naturally being nearly 16h of episodes. My daughter (12) likes the Monkees and has watched most of the episodes - but not as much as her original 4 episode DVD `The Monkees our favourite episodes' - NTSC Region 1 locked as well - so perhaps she has suffered from Monkees overload fatigue (and she has since fallen under the spell of the Charmed ones). She also has the CD set `The definitive Monkees - limited edition' which she really likes. She became a fan after singing 'I'm a believer' in the school Choir. She really likes the Monkees humour (and also the similarly zany The Goodies at last/2nd helping UK offering). My son (10) also loves this Monkees set, although he tends to watch The Goodies a bit more. So a pretty good value DVD set in a fun package at around thirty quid from Amazon resellers.

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helen

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2018

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loved seeing these again although i can only watch on my lap top

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Leo Verhoef

The sixties all over again

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 8, 2013

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The show was broadcasted in Holland in the early seventies and I was allowed to watch it tohether with my sister as it was transmitted in the early evening (before I had to go to bed). I saw the Monkees perform live on tv in the 80's and since that moment I was searching for this on VHS and later on DVD (region 2).... I purchased a regionfree DVD-player and now I can watch the shows over and over again ...

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Brilliant!! just as advertised 😆😆

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2017

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Brilliant! !just as advertised 😆😆