The Monkees, Vol. 15: The Chaperone/The Case of the Missing Monkee [VHS]

Dolenz, Micky (Actor, Director), Jones, Davy (Actor), Andersen, Jon C. (Director), Rated:

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Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches; 7.36 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Andersen, Jon C., Dolenz, Micky, Elliot (III), Mike, Frawley, James, Kessler, Bruce
Release date ‏ : ‎ January 22, 2002
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ October 7, 2006
Actors ‏ : ‎ Dolenz, Micky, Jones, Davy, Nesmith, Michael, Tork, Peter
Studio ‏ : ‎ Rhino
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00004RFI6

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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

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Michael Daly

Micky Drags & Peter Gets Kidnapped

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2000

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."

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Megan Sikorra

If you like the Monkees ...

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2000

... 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.

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