I don't know if you could call the show with 'Great Caeser's Ghost" a sitcom , necessarily. Though by it's 3rd or 4th year it was certainly oriented to kids. The first year was actually a pretty violent, serious show based on the 'film noir' stylings of 40's gangster films.
"I'm a Believer' was only a drug anthem in the mind of the dude who wrote 'The Marxist Minstrels'.
The Monkees were made fun of for various reasons, but I still like a fair number of their songs, which is more than I can say for some more 'respected' groups.
Hiway29 is right.. It wasn't a sitcom. It was, though, my favorite TV show of the 50's. The star of the series didn't live to a ripe old age and even appeared in character in a I Love Lucy episode. And no.. I'm not talking about Harpo.
Are we allowed to give the answer? (remembers when he was scolded)
I never even thought of "I'm a Believer" having anything to do with drugs... especially coming from Neil Diamond. A lot of the Monkees songs were written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart weren't they? At least the popular ones like "Last Train to Clarksville"...
Rick,
Stop or your eyes will get fixed (or is that broken).
My Mom always told me "they'd get stuck like that".
Do you want someone to out and out name it? Or be a little more subtle? The character that was always spouting off the phrase was the editor of a major metropolitan newspaper. :)
Speaking of which, the first 4 seasons are now out on dvd, remastered and looking good. I would highly recommend the first b&w season, when the world and George Reeves was young.
They didn't know they were making a children's show that year. They play like a good 40's b movie gangster type film, with the Superman character taking a back seat to George Reeves no nonsense Clark Kent. It also features my personal favorite Lois Lane, Phyllis Coates. Some fairly violent, mature themes.
I just picked up seasons 3 and 4, in color. Even tho it was a different show by then, kid friendly, and sponsor Kellog's cereal friendly, it's still entertaining as heck, thanks mainly to the charm of the actors.
There's a movie coming out soon, about the life and death of George Reeves, and whether it was a suicide or murder. I've read books and articles on it, and like to believe it wasn't in him to kill himself, but it's still a mystery.
oooh oooh mista kotta!!! I know the answer to that one...
later on he wrote a song that opened up something like this:
There's somethin' happenin' here; what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there tellin' me I got to beware
Think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's goin' down...
I had a 'collection' of about 400 albums, I don't know if they were necessarily worth anything but they all were first releases. My sainted Mother sold most all of them at a yard sale when I was out WOW... somehow my 'marble' Dave Mason 'Alone Together' foldout album survived... but not my clear, colored Nazz album... oh well...
My marble Mason album went that way too. As did my Electric Ladyland British Version cover (you'd understand the "ladyland" part if you saw it) About 50 bootleg albums from The Basement Tapes to many versions of Get Back.
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I don't know if you could call the show with 'Great Caeser's Ghost" a sitcom , necessarily. Though by it's 3rd or 4th year it was certainly oriented to kids. The first year was actually a pretty violent, serious show based on the 'film noir' stylings of 40's gangster films.
"I'm a Believer' was only a drug anthem in the mind of the dude who wrote 'The Marxist Minstrels'.
The Monkees were made fun of for various reasons, but I still like a fair number of their songs, which is more than I can say for some more 'respected' groups.
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Rick,
Hiway29 is right.. It wasn't a sitcom. It was, though, my favorite TV show of the 50's. The star of the series didn't live to a ripe old age and even appeared in character in a I Love Lucy episode. And no.. I'm not talking about Harpo.
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I don't know how to say this but even when I go back I can't quite keep up.
So I'm just gonna sit here and enjoy for a moment. :)
Listening to Johnny Winter playing in I'ma Bluesman.
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And the show's name is......
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Rick,
Stop or your eyes will get fixed (or is that broken).
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Are we allowed to give the answer? (remembers when he was scolded)
I never even thought of "I'm a Believer" having anything to do with drugs... especially coming from Neil Diamond. A lot of the Monkees songs were written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart weren't they? At least the popular ones like "Last Train to Clarksville"...
My Mom always told me "they'd get stuck like that".
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Rick,
Do you want someone to out and out name it? Or be a little more subtle? The character that was always spouting off the phrase was the editor of a major metropolitan newspaper. :)
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And the "star" of the show always seemed to have a diving board handy to jump through windows...
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ChattyKathy
Yeah, that's the word, not fixed.
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Look.. Up in the Sky... Its a Bird... Its a plane...YUCK.... oh my God... Its a Bird... EWWWW
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Bluzeman
Jesus, just tell me the name of the farking show, ok?
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Bluzeman
Never mind....I looked it up.
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:unsure:
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It's Superman....oops too late.
Speaking of which, the first 4 seasons are now out on dvd, remastered and looking good. I would highly recommend the first b&w season, when the world and George Reeves was young.
They didn't know they were making a children's show that year. They play like a good 40's b movie gangster type film, with the Superman character taking a back seat to George Reeves no nonsense Clark Kent. It also features my personal favorite Lois Lane, Phyllis Coates. Some fairly violent, mature themes.
I just picked up seasons 3 and 4, in color. Even tho it was a different show by then, kid friendly, and sponsor Kellog's cereal friendly, it's still entertaining as heck, thanks mainly to the charm of the actors.
There's a movie coming out soon, about the life and death of George Reeves, and whether it was a suicide or murder. I've read books and articles on it, and like to believe it wasn't in him to kill himself, but it's still a mystery.
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George,
I bought into the music thing. I sold about 700 primo albums including many first editions partially to pay for the advanced class in 75.
I have since rebuilt much of my collection.
A few trivia Monkees factoids.
The first two albums that were made had studio musicians playing almost all of the instruments, not the monkees.
More Of The Monkees was the band's most successful album, becoming the third best-selling LP of the '60s
What famous musician almost became a Monkee?
What item was invented by a Monkee Mom?
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oooh oooh mista kotta!!! I know the answer to that one...
later on he wrote a song that opened up something like this:
I had a 'collection' of about 400 albums, I don't know if they were necessarily worth anything but they all were first releases. My sainted Mother sold most all of them at a yard sale when I was out WOW... somehow my 'marble' Dave Mason 'Alone Together' foldout album survived... but not my clear, colored Nazz album... oh well...
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My marble Mason album went that way too. As did my Electric Ladyland British Version cover (you'd understand the "ladyland" part if you saw it) About 50 bootleg albums from The Basement Tapes to many versions of Get Back.
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Dave Mason, got quite a few of his still, we collect vinyl and have mucho!!!!!
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That would be Michael Nesmith's mom who invented something no longer needed in the world of electronic communications.
(see, didn't need it to edit this 'letter')
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white-out
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Have all of the questions been answered then? :)
Cool stuff!
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A couple cartoon themes, but I didn't alter the name because they give themselves away in the songs.
enjoy
and this one
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