33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee Poster

33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee 1969

★ 3.52 votes60 min📅 1969-04-14

"Tonight's special traces The Monkees from their "creation" by a way-out sorcerer to their current eminence."

Overview

33 1⁄3 Revolutions per Monkee is a television special starring the Monkees that aired on NBC on April 14, 1969. Produced by Jack Good, guests on the show included Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Little Richard, the Clara Ward Singers, the Buddy Miles Express, Paul Arnold and the Moon Express, and We Three. Although they were billed as musical guests, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger (alongside their then-backing band The Trinity) found themselves playing a prominent role; in fact, it can be argued

Director: Art Fisher

Cast

Michael Nesmith
Michael Nesmith
Himself/Monkee #3
Davy Jones
Davy Jones
Himself/Monkee #4
Peter Tork
Peter Tork
Himself/Monkee #2
Micky Dolenz
Micky Dolenz
Himself/Monkee #1
Julie Driscoll
Herself/Sorceress
Brian Auger
Himself/Sorcerer/Charles Darwin
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Himself
Fats Domino
Fats Domino
Himself
Little Richard
Little Richard
Himself
Clara Ward
Herself