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Monkee Shines
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The Purple Flower
Monkee Shines
April 2003 Issue 55
♫ Laugh-In Re-
visited
♫ Computer Def-
initions For
Monkee Fans
♫ Famous Homes
& Hideaways
♫ The Theory Of
Evolution
♫ Peter Tork Vis-
its Brazil
♫ Uprising—The
Musical
♫ Birthdays
♫ Pen Pals
♫ And much
more!
Monkeeing Around Since 1987
Editor: Cindy Bryant With a little help from my friends
Peter Tork in Brazil
Photo by Rosinha Monkees Viegas
INSIDE:
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Table of Contents
Letter From The Editor ..................... 3
Theory Of Evolution ......................... 4
Pen Pals .............................................. 6
The ABC Dictionary For Computer
Monkees ............................................. 7
Laugh In The Second Season ........... 12
Birthdays ............................................ 15
David’s News .................................... 17
Peter’s News ...................................... 18
Mike’s News ...................................... 19
Micky’s News .................................... 20
Uprising Rocks .................................. 21
Peter Tork Visits Brazil..................... 27
Aida Is A Hit! .................................... 40
Personal Ads ...................................... 44
TVLAND Awards ............................. 45
A Beachwood Christmas 2002 ......... 46
I’ve Got A Little Song Here ............. 48
Herb
The Eyes Of A Woman In Love
L.U.V.— A Rare Oldie By Boyce &
Hart ..................................................... 49
Word Search ...................................... 50
Special thanks to: The PFG
Road Crew (Bonnie, Shane,
Kimmi, and Colleen) who are
the best family anyone could
ever have—I love you guys!, Barry Richards, Rosinha Mon-
kees Viegas, Janet Litterio,
Julie Harris, Ken and Hazel
Wilkinson and of course, The
Monkees who brought us all
together!
http://purpleflowergang.tripod.com/
In Memory of
Digpast who passed away
May 27, 2001
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Dear Gang,
Happy Spring
everyone! I am sorry to
say another fan club has ceased publication, opting
for a web site. Band Six in
England has decided to close.
Sue Waller has done a stellar
job keeping fans informed. We
are sorry to see her go and wish
her well in future projects.
At this time we still
have no intentions of ceasing
publication. As long as financ-
es allow (without raising rates),
anyone is interested, and there is news to report or stories to
tell we will continue.
Did you catch David’s
home on “Famous Homes &
Hide-aways?” Did you notice
the photo of David and daugh-
ter Jessica on the wall next to
the “Brady Bunch” jacket?
That photo was taken by our
own Bonnie Borgh at Burling-
ton Steamboat Days June 18,
2001.
Things are starting to
heat up for the summer so get
out there and have a good time.
Please let us know what kind of Monkee business you get in-
volved in. We would love to
hear from someone who gets to
see Micky in Aida. The music
is great!
Hope to see you out
there this summer!
Cindy
Just In …. According to Videoranch, Michael Nesmith will be
making a couple of public appearances. 1) David Dye will do a
radio interview with Nez on May 8th, a Thursday. David Dye's pro-
gram is called The World Cafe. More info about The World Cafe
can be found at worldcafe.org . 2) Artist-Pro magazine has done a
cover story on Nez for their May-June 2003 issue. This magazine is obtained only through subscription, not on the newsstands. Howev-
er, Videoranch.com will be selling copies of the May-June issue at
their website as soon as it comes in to them. If you want to
subscribe to Artist Pro, go to www.artistpro.com .
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4. Starring alongside Orlando
is Johnny Depp, who is
known for his excellent
work in “What’s Eating
Gilbert Grape?” 5. Leonardo DiCaprio im-
pressed us with his con-
vincing role as Depp’s
mentally challenged
younger brother Arnie and
he later stole our hearts
and left us in tears after
watching “Titanic.”
6. Bernard Fox has a brief,
yet adorable, appearance in
“Titanic” but is better
known to us as Sir Quig-gley Top and Middle Bot-
tom in “The Mon-
kees.” (Connection #2)
Therefore, Billy Boyd,
Since the last issue the
theories have been back and
forth in our emails. I hope you
have as much with this as we
do. This theory comes
from Kimmi Janvrin:
Scottish actor Billy
Boyd is Monkees related.
1. Billy Boyd stars as Pippin
in the trilogy “The Lord Of
The Rings,”
2. Billy Boyd also played the
Artful Dodger in grade
school (Connection #1) 3. One of Billy’s co-stars in
LOTR is British actor Or-
lando Bloom, who will
been seen in this summer’s
release, “The Pirates Of
The Caribbean.”
The Theory Of
Billy Boyd
Orlando Bloom
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about taking his children
on vacation in the Califor-
nia mountains. He stopped
at a gas station to get di-
rections and was helped by Michael Nesmith.
13. Michael Nesmith is a
Monkee.
Therefore Abraham
Lincoln, Tom Hanks, “Bosom
Buddies”, Telma Hopkins,
“Family Ties”, Reginald Vel
Johnson, “Die Hard”, Bruce
Willis, “The 6th Sense”, M.
Night Shamalan, “Signs”, and
Mel Gibson are all Monkees– related.
♦♦♦♦♦
Send us your The-
ories!
aka pippin Peregrin Took; Or-
lando Bloom, aka Legolas and
Lord Of The Rings are Mon-
kees related!
♦♦♦♦♦
Abraham Lincoln is
also Monkees-related!
1. Abraham Lincoln is an
ancestor of actor Tom
Hanks.
2. Tom Hanks first big break
was on the TV series
“Bosom Buddies.”
3. “Bosom Buddies” also co-starred Telma Hopkins.
4. Telma Hopkins also co-
starred on the TV series
“Family Matters.”
5. “Family Matters” also
starred actor Reginald Vel-
Johnson.
6. Reginald VelJohnson also
appeared in the “Die
Hard” movies.
7. The “Die Hard” movies starred Bruce Willis.
8. Bruce Willis also starred in
“The 6th Sense”
9. “The 6th Sense” was writ-
ten and directed by M.
Night Shamalan.
10. M. Night Shamalan also
wrote and directed
“Signs.”
11. “Signs” starred Mel Gib-
son
12. Mel Gibson once was a guest on “The Tonight
Show” and told a story
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Pen Pals Celine Allan
9208 Angora Street
Dallas, TX 75218 USA
Susan Bragga 4222 West Robin Meadows Ln
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Kathy Brewer
1198 Turkey Blind Road
Crossville, TN 38572
Maria Tereza Pinho Gomes Da
Silva
Rua Virginia Vidal No. 59
Jacarepagua Rio De Janeiro RJ
22-735-080 Brazil
Mark Ebert
2874Merrymount Ct. Apt. D
Columbus, OH 43232
James Elswick
501 W 2nd Street
South Bloomfield, OH 43103
Christina Gautreaux 1221 11th Street Lot 5
Dewitt, IA 52742
Julie Harris
PO Box 373
Baldwin, WI 54002-0373
Susan Jensen
210 Washington Street
Audubon, IA 50025-1133
Colleen Johnson 9104 Lemona Drive
St. Louis. MO 63123
Diane Klosak
2101 Nicholas Ct.
Bettendorf, IA 52722
Deborah Kolbaba
Po Box 89
Holstein, IA 51025
Joe Korowski 6 Bluebird Ln
Atkinson, NH 03911
Joyce Lopez
358 Superior
St. Paul, MN 55102
Ronda Russell
2031 Glen Avenue
Beloit, WI 53411
Diana Scharp
14850 Phelps Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
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Accelerated video adapter Quick and efficient mass pro-
ducer of VCR tapes. See Cin-
dy.
Accelerator The foot pedal on your car which you use to get
to a concert on time but see
“Clock speed”.
A drive Most common form
of transportation to and from a
Monkees’ concert.
Archive files A secure place
to store memorabilia.
Back up The band that plays
before The Monkees.
BIOS Acronym for autobiog-
raphy. See They Made A Monkee Out Of Me and I’m A
Believer.
Boot Sometimes you can’t
answer the phone without it.
See page 65 in They Made A
Monkee Out Of Me.
Bus An alternative form of
transportation to and from a
Monkees’ concert. See Shane.
Browsers Fans who look at
the merchandise table.
Caddies Previously referred to
as bellhops.
Capacity Total number of fans seated in a venue.
Chat room Similar to a green
room only via computer.
Clicking When things are
working well.
Clock speed See Kimmi.
Compatible Traveling com-
panions who appreciate the
same Monkee.
Console Compartment in your
car where “tickets” are kept.
Cursors Similar to hecklers who interrupt stage dialogue.
Dragging What you do when
you’ve ridden in a car for an
extended time.
Email 100+ electronic messag-
es from one PFG internet user
to another often containing
absolutely frivolous and inco-
herent silly blather
THE ABC DICTIONARY FOR
COMPUTER MONKEES By: Bonnie Borgh
With A Little More Help From My Friends
(Kimmi Janvrin, Shane Worden, and Cindy Bryant)
Believe it or not, the Borgh family finally left the Stone Age and
entered the Computer Age with the arrival of a new Dell computer
on January 15, 2003. In order to help those of you who may be
learning or re-learning your PC’s, the following definitions of com-
puter terms are sure to provide the Missing Links the PCs For Dum-mies manual omitted.
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Escape Reality interlude, i.e. a
concert.
Exit When you gotta go, you
gotta go.
Extended memory See “He Said/She Said” sagas.
Explorer Offspring of the
Bronco.
Gopherspace What you want
to avoid when an instant mes-
senger is making a delivery.
Icons Our guides.
Instant messenger An indi-
vidual on an immediate floral
delivery assignment.
Keyboard See Dave Alexan-
der. Memory What we wish we
had more of when it comes to
attending a concert.
Multitasking The balance
between davyjones.net and
barbie.com.
Networks A formation of two
or more Monkees’ fans.
Notebook The paper we use to
keep track of musical set list
during the concert.
On-line Monkees 24/7 infor-
mation network.
Packing list A checklist of
items to remember to bring for
a Monkees’ adventure. Peripherals A necessary form
of vision at a concert.
Plug and play Listen to the
Band!
Records Vinyl pressings we
used to play on stereo systems
before eight-track, cassettes,
CD’s, and DVD’s were invent-
ed.
Resolution Something you
need after a misunderstanding.
Call 563-332-9259. Scan Vision necessary to
avoid missing anything im-
portant.
String See Dave Robicheau.
Toggle Ability to coordinate
concert accessories (ticket,
camera, autograph memorabil-
ia, etc.)
View What you see at the
gates of Heaven.
User A Stepping Stone.
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Transcribed By:
Bonnie Borgh
A special thank you
to Janet Litterio for being so kind to tape and send me a
copy of the program (aired
February, 2003).
Hanover: Welcome to this
jammed-packed edition of
“Famous Homes and Hidea-
ways”.
Announcer: First stop Davy
Jones set millions of teen
hearts a flutter in the classic 60’s t.v. show, The Monkees.
David: We like to, sort of, you
know think that what we did
was quite important something
that will go on fifty years after
we’re gone.
Announcer: We’ll meet the
international icon at his private
retreat.
Hanover: Davy Jones began
his show-biz career at the age
of eleven with a role in the
long-running BBC soap, Coro-
nation Street. It didn’t take
long for theatrical agents to
discover the new talent, and
soon he was
cast as the Art-
ful Dodger in
the London pro-
duction of “Oliver!” But it was the Emmy
Award winning t.v. series,
“The Monkees” that made Da-
vy Jones a household name.
The Monkees also recorded
best selling albums. Davy now
acts in stage productions, and
he’s an avid horseman. Join
me now for an intimate visit
with Davy Jones at his beauti-
ful Pennyslvania home.
For the past fifteen years, Davy
Jones has been coming home to
this warm and inviting retreat
in central Pennyslvania. It’s a
peaceful oasis in an idyllic set-
ting.
Hanover: How did you come
to live in the middle of Penn-
sylvania?
David: Well, most people
think that I’m on the Govern-
ment Witness Protection Pro-
gram. I was here visiting a
friend who’s up the hill here
living in the mountains in a
cabin, and on the way down I
saw this house. I came in. I
Famous Homes & Hideaways
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liked it. I felt like I should be
here. It’s my little sort of Mi-
chael Jackson wonderland.
Only there’s no like, you know,
dimes to be put in. There’s no rides. There’s no sort of...I
have horses . I have a couple
cats.
Hanover: How old is the
house?
David: Uh, the house I think is
close to a hundred years old.
Hanover: Oh.
David: Yeah, it’s, it’s a wood-
en house, and it’s all been plas-
tered with hand plaster so it’s
all like about an inch thick so
when the re-wiring job starts
that’s when sort of like what
you gonna uncover next.
Hanover: You have the old
t.v. console with the radio.
David: Yeah, you notice I don’t have my like eighty-nine
inch t.v. over there. I’ve got a
little tiny t.v. up there, but...and
that does actually work, and the
records are starting to you
know sort of come back, yeah.
Hanover: We could put The
Monkees’ albums on here,
huh?
David: We’ll we could, yeah, yeah, well, they’re old enough
to be played on this, on this,
too.
Hanover: How did you go
from Broadway to The Mon-
kees?
David: I auditioned for
“Wackiest Ship In The Army,”
“Hogan’s Heroes,” um, I was
almost gonna be “Robin” in
“Batman”. All those kinds of
things that were going on in the
mid 60’s. “A Hard Day’s
Night” was on at the time, on
the screen, and the Beatles
were very popular so basically
they wanted to put “A Hard Day’s Night” on television.
Hanover: Davy, Micky
Dolenz,, Peter Tork, and Mike
Nesmith were hired, and the
show ran from 1966 to ‘68. It
earned an Emmy for “Best
Comedy Series” in it’s first
season. I love some of your
Monkees’ memorabilia here.
David: Yeah, that’s
“Headquarters”. It was the first
album that the four of us did
together in the studio without
any other musicians so it was
quite special. We like to sort
of, you know, think that what
we did was quite important.
Something that will go on fifty
years after we’re gone like The
Marx Brothers, The Dead End
Kids, The Bowery Boys, The Three Stooges, whatever, The
Monkees. You know, you
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know, you can’t throw The
Beatles in there, The Stones, or
any of those groups, but, we
were, you know, we’ll never
make The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but that doesn’t mat-
ter. You know at least if they
had one for television, maybe
we’d be in there.
Hanover: Over here you’ve
got one of your gold records.
David: Oh, yeah, right,
“Daydream Believer.” This is
quite a hit record for The Mon-
kees. I think it sold about ten million copies, and it’s still
being played so that’s kind of
cool, and hey, look at this.
This is my “Brady Bunch”
jacket. This is like, you know,
sitting on that...I used to be that
slim, I can’t believe it.
Hanover: That episode of
“The Brady Bunch” that you
did is one of the most re-run reruns that exist.
David: Marcia! Marcia! Mar-
cia! (David sings)Girl, look
what you’ve done to me. It gets
crazy, you know. I have little
kids come up and you know,
little five and six year olds, that
say, “I saw you on “The Brady
Bunch”. “I saw you on Sabrina
the Teenage Witch.” you know.
Hanover: Davy’s passion for
horses is evident throughout his
home. He’s an experienced
horseman and in his youth, he
was an apprentice jockey in his
native England.
David: I won a race in Eng-
land five years ago. Uh, my
kids said, “You’ve told us how
you do it, Dad. So show us.
Put your money where your
mouth is. So I took out my
jockey’s license, and the gates
opened, and they couldn’t
catch me. It was the biggest
thrill of my life.
Hanover: Not many people have a dozen saddles in their
sunroom.
David: I know. It’s a bit over
the top, but they’re for different
things. You know, this is like,
this is a western saddle, actual-
ly, it’s a roping saddle, it’s an
Australian roping saddle, and
this is like a child’s small sad-
dle for a child, but the idea of the saddle, it’s all a part that
sort of (inhales reflectively) ah,
you know, the whole thing
about horses and smells and
things like that. I just love it.
It’s just like, uh, it’s just been
part of my life, and so I just
continue to do it. I’ve got hors-
es running now uh hopefully
will be successful. I’ve got a
couple of nice two-year olds,
and um and um, we’re actually going to Churchill Downs and
uh going down to Florida to
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Gulfstream and uh try to follow
the path of one of these horse’s
grandmother’s who was a Tri-
ple Crown Winner.
Hanover: It’s a great house; I
love the color.
David: Yellow...yeah…(David
sings) Yellow is the color of my
true love’s hair. Yeah, same
color as my car. You wanna
take a ride?
Hanover: Oh I do...I do!
David: Okay, let’s go. The car a ‘29 Ford Roadster, it’s a
sort of replica car. It’s got a
Pinto engine in it.
Hanover: Davy continues to
perform on stages around the
world. He’s just finished a
new autobiography,
“Daydream Believin’”, and
he’s renovating this church
down the road from his home.
Plans for the building include
space for a local playhouse and
a Monkees’ memorabilia muse-um. How is it that you feel
when you come into Harris-
burg, and you’re headed to-
ward this home?
David: I’ve won. I’ve suc-
ceeded, you know. This is my
reward, and I just feel very
content. I feel like I’ve won.
(David sings) “You are my
first love, you are my last love,
you’re my forever.”
Hanover: I’ve just been sere-
naded by Davy Jones. This is a
big day.
David: Listen to this! It’s
always a big day!
Veteran PFG members may
recall Monkee Shines Issue
#17. On Page 16, Cindy Bry-
ant and I wrote our own ver-
sion of Rowan and Martin’s “Laugh In”. So, in the tradi-
tion of 1960’s vintage comedy,
I humbly bring to you once
again an updated sequel to
“Laugh In”.
What’s the news across the nation?
We have got the information
Laugh In The Second Season
By: Bonnie Borgh
“You bet your bippy! “Sock it to me!
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In a way we hope will amuse
you!
We just love to give you
our news
La Da De Da, Ladies and Gents,
“Laugh In” looks at the news!
Here with the news of the fu-
ture...
Washington, D.C., 2023, 20
years from now...Having lost
the Presidential election in
2012 and having rebounded in
2016, President Peter Tork is
now entering his seventh in-ning stretch in the White
House. Keeping the tradition
of First Family pets, President
Tork believes there is always
room for a Monkee.
Beavertown, Pennsylvania,
2023, 20 years from
now...David Jones recently
donated his infamous “Girl”
jacket which he wore during his guest appearance on “The
Brady Bunch” in 1971 to his
very own Memorabilia Muse-
um. Jones says he still knows
all the words to “Girl” but has
added a Gary Puckett riff,
“This Girl Is A Woman Now.”
The Caribbean, 2023, 20 years
from now...Micky Dolenz con-
tinues to perform solo concerts
aboard the luxury cruise ship, “The Love Boat.” Dolenz’s
show continues in the renown,
fast-paced Monkee tradition.
However, due to popular re-
quest, he decided to cut “Goin’
Down” from the set list.
Houston, Texas, 2023, 20 years
from now...Michael Nesmith’s
multi-trillion dollar theme park
and convention center is enjoy-
ing it’s tenth season of record
attendance. When asked what
attraction seems to be the most
popular, Nesmith reluctantly
admitted the classic Monkee
Mobile rides. Unfortunately,
the eight-track player no longer
works.
Muscatine, Iowa, 2023, 20
years from now...Cindy Bryant,
founder of The Purple Flower
Gang, has been the editor of
Monkee Shines for thirty-
something (thirty-six) years.
Cindy says it’s not as difficult
to find purple flowers these
days. They are instantaneously
available for a dime a dozen on-line, but they just don’t hold
water.
Baby Boomers, 2023, 20 years
from now...The Beatles’ song
“When I’m 64” has taken on a
whole new meaning. The age
has become a little too close for
comfort.
The Monkees, 2023, 20 years
from now...Nearing their 60th Anniversary in 2026, The
Monkees have discussed a brief
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summer tour to promote their
upcoming release “JUST
WHO?” They plan to record
vintage Monkees’ standards,
i.e., “Shades of Gray,” “What Am I Doing Hangin’ Round,”
and “Do I Have To Do This All
Over Again?” Generations of
Monkees’ fans are ecstatic.
Who knows? They may be
comin’ to your town!
Program note:
The Monkees (David, Micky
and Mike together and David
once alone) appeared as guests in the third season of Laugh-In,
episodes 43 and 44.
Now back to your
regularly scheduled programming…..
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May
2 Johnny Ware
Leslie Gore
3 Bert Schneider
4 Joyce Lopez
8 Brendan Cahill
9 Tommy Roe 10 Fats Domino
Donovan
12 Bill Chadwick
14 Lek Leckenby
16 Martha Magruder
19 Pete Townsend
20 Susan Cowsill
Cher
22 Trina Dolenz
23 Cindy Bryant
24 Bob Dylan 26 Billy Beck
28 Kim Boatman
29 Rik Schwinden
31 Samantha Juste
June
1 Ron Wood
Pat Boone
2 Charlie Watts
3 Janet Litterio
6 Gary U.S. Bonds 7 Tom Jones
11 Mary Ann Hart
15 Harry Nilsson
16 John Franklin
17 Ken Wilkinson
18 Paul McCartney
20 Brian Wilson
21 Ray Davies
Kathy Brewer
22 Howard Kaylan
25 Hank Cicalo 26 Annabel Jones
Deborah Kolbaba
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July
1 Ron Masak
2 Noam Pilik
Kelly Jean Peters
Winton Teel
3 Sarah Jones McFaden
Jerry Blavat 6 Pat Paulson
7 Ringo Starr
10 Hannah Borgh
12 Peter Meyerson
Joel Higgins
13 Roger McGuinn
18 Brian Auger
Dion DiMucci
Cheryl Robak
21 Barry Whitwam
22 Bobby ShermanStan-ley Ralph Ross
23 Gilberte Rheaume
24 Ruth Buzzi
25 Emily Dolenz
26 Mick Jagger
30 Phyllis Nesmith
Paul Anka
31 Gary Lewis
August
5 Billie Hayes
7 Jason Nesmith
Jack Good
8 Charlotte Dolenz
Nita Talbot
10 Ronnie Spector 13 Marilyn (Schlossberg)
La Salandra
14 David Crosby
15 Rose Marie
16 Julie Newmar
19 Hazel Wilkinson
Billy J Kramer
22 Ron Dante
26 Bob Cowsill
Joanne Jennifer Taylor
27 Chip Douglas 28 Barbara Ianolli
29 Michael Jackson
30 John Phillips
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David’s News
Visit: www.davidjones.net
Always check with venue to confirm
appearances.
April 25-28, 2003
Epcot International Flower & Garden
Fest American Gardens Theatre Disney
World Lake Buena Vista, FL 407/934-
7639
Friday-Saturday, June 6 & 7 Casino Nova Scotia Halifax, Nova
Scotia
Saturday, June 21
Chaffee Zoo Fresno, CA
Thursday, July 3
Pine Hill Lakes Park Mason, OH
Saturday, July 5
Frontier Days Arlington, IL
Thursday July 10
N. Wisconsin State Fair Chippewa
Falls, WI
Saturday, July 12
Mohegan Sun Casino Uncasville, CT
888-226-7711
Saturday, July 19 Westbury Music Fair Westbury, NY
Sunday, July 27 Riverfest Waukesha, WI
Saturday. August 2 Schuylkill County Fair Summit Station,
PA
Sunday, August 3
Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ
Friday, August 8
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Santa Cruz, CA
Monday. September 1 Flamboro Race Track Dundas, Ontario
Saturday, September 13 Belterra Casino & Resort Florence, IN
812-427-7777
Saturday, October 4
Tulsa State Fair Tulsa, OK
Look for Davy as host of
Time-Life's infomercial for the 60s'
Gold Collection on your local televi-
sion stations. Visit Time-Life's website
www.timelife.com to watch the com-
mercial, hear an audio version, or hear
an exclusive interview with Davy.
Davy Wins TVLand Award!!! Da-
vy’s Brady Bunch appearance garnered
him the TVLand Award for Favorite
Guest Performance by a Musician on a
TV Show at the First Annual TVLand
Awards Show.
Davy recommends a book by
Stu Phillips, entitled: "STU WHO?".
Stu did the background music for The
Monkees TV show.
Davy to be spokesperson for
Colonial Downs. Colonial Downs has
asked him to be spokesperson once
again for their 2003 racing season.
With Davy as spokesperson in 2002,
the track experienced a highly success-
ful season with increased attendance
and renewed interest.
Rhino plans to release the
Monkees TV show episodes on DVD.
Davy has taped a special audio seg-
ment to be included in the first collec-
tion of DVDs.
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Peter’s News
Visit: www.petertork.com
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
The Cutting Room 19
West 24th Street New
York, New York
Phone: 212-691-4065
Website:
www.thecuttingroomnyc.
com/cuttingroom.html
Wednesday, July 16,
2003
Wolf's Den at Mohegan
Sun Casino 1 Mohegan
Sun Blvd Uncasville, CT
Box office: 860-862-8499
General information: 888-
226-7711
Website:
www.mohegansun.com
Thursday, July 17, 2003
Sit 'n Bull Pub163 Main
Street Maynard, MA
Phone: 978-897-7232
(Music Line) or 978-897-
4663 (Dinner reserva-
tions)
Website:
www.sitnbull.com
Tickets $18. Music usual-
ly starts "around 9:00pm".
The venue is no-smoking
on Thursday nights.
Sunday, July 20, 2003
Woodson Terrace Days
John L. Brown Park 4300
Calvert Avenue
Woodson Terrace, MO
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Mike’s News
Visit: www.videoranch.com
There are 2 big Nez-
related DVD projects to relate
this time around. First and
foremost, the street date for the
boxed set of the Monkees' 1st season from Rhino is due out
on store shelves on May 13th.
The suggested retail price will
be $89.95. Michael has con-
tributed audio commentary
tracks to selected episodes
along with David Jones, Peter
Tork, James Frawley, Robert
Rafelson, and Bobby Hart.
Also included in the boxed set
will be the unaired 16mm ver-
sion of the pilot episode, a memorabilia gallery, and some
of the famous Kellogg’s com-
mercials.
(While we're discuss-
ing Rhino, they will also have
released yet another hits pack-
age, [due in stores 4/29], by the
time you read this. This new 2
disc set will contain some nev-
er before released, (in the
USA), backing tracks to a few of the bigger Monkees hits.)
Nez's other DVD pro-
ject is a newly re-mastered
version of Elephant Parts with
a BRAND-NEW audio com-
mentary track from Nez. The
advent of DVD entertainment was fairly new when Elephant
Parts was originally released in
this format for the first time,
and the full benefit of the tech-
nology probably was not put to
it's best use. I hear that the
new version has mightily cor-
rected that and has left it's for-
mer release in the dust.
Nez has also made
available, through Videoranch,
the entire Witchita Train Whis-tle Sings album as a down-
loadable MP3 file for only
eight dollars. It's well worth
checking out if you haven't
heard it. The price is pretty
hard to beat. You'll not find it
available on CD, or (gasp!)
VINYL for that price!
Check out Videoranch
for all the new updates, photos,
and new reviews of the First National Band albums.
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Micky’s News
Visit: www.mickydolenz.com
Beginning February Micky
will join the Cast of Elton John & Tim
Rice's musical 'AIDA', playing the part
of 'Zoser'.
Aida
04/22 - 05/04,2003,
Ohio Center, 39 E State St, Columbus,
OH 43215 Ohio Theatre Box Office:
(614) 469-0939 Broadway Series
Events: (614) 224-7654 http://
www.broadwayacrossamerica.com/
columbus/
05/07 - 31, 2003
The Canon Theatre 244 Victoria St.,
Toronto, Ontario To Order tickets Call
TicketKing at 416.872.1212 or toll-
free at 1.800.461.3333 Tickets go on
sale March 3 http://
www.onstagenow.com/ComingSoon/
06/4 - 15, 2003
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
800 Bagby Street, Suite 300, Houston,
TX 77002
(713)-315-2417 http://
www.broadwayacrossamerica.com/
houston/
06/17 - 29, 2003
Majestic Theater, 224 E. Houston
Street, San Antonio, TX 78205 (210)-
226-3333
http:// www.majesticempire.com/
ie_home.html
http//:www.broadwayacrossamerica.co
m/sanantonio/AIDA
07/02 - 13, 2003
Orange County Performing Arts Cen-
ter, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa
Mesa, CA 92626 (714)-556-2121
http://
www.broadwayacrossamerica.com/
costamesa/
07/15 - 20, 2003
Civic Theater, 202 C Street, San Diego,
CA 92101 (619)-570-1100
http://www.sdccc.org/Civic/default.asp
07/23 - 08/10, 2003 American Musical Theater, 255 Alma-
den Blvd San Jose, CA 95113
(888)455-SHOW(7469)
http://www.amtsj.org/
08/13 - 17, 2003
Weidner Center, 2420 Nicolet Drive,
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
920-465-2217 or 1-800-328-TKTS
http://www.uwgb.edu/weidner/
season_info/broadway/aida.htm
08/20 - 24, 2003
Uihlein Hall at the Marcus Center,
929 North Water Street, Milwaukee,
WI 53202 (414)-273-7121
http://
www.broadwayacrossamerica.com/
milwaukee/
Micky
09/12 - 13,2003
Frederick Brown, Jr. Amphitheater
191 McIntosh Trail Peachtree City,
30269 (770) 631-0630
http://www.amphitheater.org/
index.htmMicky Solo Show (with
sister Coco)
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Okay Gang, unless
you haven't been paying atten-
tion, or haven't been with us all
that long, you must know by
now our love of movie musi-cals. Especially unconvention-
al movie musicals. We've been
quoting from "The Rocky Hor-
ror Picture Show" and "Jesus
Christ Superstar" in this fan-
zine for years, Cindy told you
her new cinematic love,
"Moulin Rouge", in the last
issue, and now with the advent
of the movie version of
"Chicago", yet another musical,
winning best picture at the Academy Awards this year,
and Micky Dolenz's new stint
as the evil Zoser in Tim Rice's
and Elton John's "Aida", there
seems little doubt that the mu-
sical as an art form has been
taking a gigantic step back into
our entertainment lexicon re-
cently.
But yet, there's more! Re-cently, a man by the name of
Barry Richards got in touch
with Cindy regarding a musical
that he has been writing with
none other than Bobby Hart.
(Bobby, for the one or two of
you out there who are
"unschooled", played a major
role, along with the late Tom-
my Boyce, in the production and songwriting of many of the
Monkees' hits such as "Last
Train To Clarksville",
"Valleri", and "(I'm Not Your)
Steppin' Stone" among others.)
Mr. Richards provided a rare
demo recording of this musical
for her in the hopes that she
may be able to generate some
interest in it, and with special
thanks to Cindy, who provided
me with an opportunity to lis-ten to this recording, asked me
to share some thoughts about it.
So here's the scoop on what we
hope is the next big thing to hit
the stage: "Uprising"......
The Story
The major thrust of the ac-
tion takes place in the rainfor-
est of Jamura, where a medi-cine man named Kahuma leads
a tribe of native inhabitants
who have peaceably lived in
the jungle for countless genera-
tions. However, things are
Review by Shane Worden
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about to change. ITM, a large
American corporation, is
poised to clear the forest and
threaten the serenity of those
who live there. The natives are unsure of what they should do;
whether they should stay and
fight or flee and take up else-
where.
Back in the United States, a
rough 19 year old boy by the
name of Tyler Smith, (son of
ITM Chief Engineer Larry
Smith), gets himself into trou-
ble with the law while partak-
ing in a street fight outside a liquor store in which one of his
close friends winds up getting
shot and killed. A plea bargain
results in which Ty is released
into the custody of his father,
who takes Ty back with him to
the Jamurian jungle. However,
Ty's rough exterior still re-
mains, and tensions easily arise
between father and son.
After a heated argument
with his father, Ty runs into the
jungle and quickly becomes
lost. While trying to find his
way back, he stumbles upon a
group of the villagers who in-
habit the land. Muni, Kahu-
ma's daughter and tribal prin-
cess, is among them and Tyler
is instantly smitten with her.
He watches Muni for several
minutes in unobserved fascina-tion, but the situation changes
quickly when chaos threatens
the peace and Ty realizes too
late that they are all smack dab
in the middle of ITM blasting
operations.
Amidst the ensuing wreck-
age, Ty becomes critically
wounded in a heroic attempt to
save Muni. Bewildered, but
otherwise well, Muni takes Ty
back to her village where Ka-
huma and the villagers perform
a mystical healing ceremony.
Meanwhile, back at ITM base
camp, Larry places foreman
Jack Scully in charge of a
search party to find Ty.
Days pass, and eventually
Ty becomes stronger. Natural-
ly, a romantic bond between
Muni and Ty forms, breaking
down the hard exterior that had
once been so much a part of
Ty's personality. As time goes
by, Ty notices and becomes
fascinated with the mystical
powers of the villagers, prompting Muni to ask her
father to speed his spiritual
growth, who reluctantly agrees.
As Tyler grows spiritually,
it is decreed by Kahuma that
his evolution depends upon one
final test: a walk through the
mystical "City Of The Dead",
where Ty encounters supernat-
ural beings who try to persuade
him away from the spiritual path he has been taking. But
Ty passes the test, and returns
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to Muni and her tribe visibly
changed.
But all is not well. Jack
Scully, who has been looking for Ty all this time, finally
stumbles across the village. A
raid from ITM personnel erupts
in which several villagers are
either hurt or killed, and an
overpowered Ty is forcibly
carried off and returned to ITM
base camp. There, Ty tries to
explain that the natives had
saved his life, and that he must
return to be with them, but
Scully insists that the natives are hostile and that Ty has been
brainwashed. Unable to make
Scully see things as they really
are, Ty is placed under house
arrest.
After interrogating his work
crew, Larry believes his son's
story , and discovers that ITM
is planning a mercenary raid to
relocate the tribal village. Not wanting to have his son stick
around for the devastation
which surely was to follow,
Larry secretly sends Ty upriver
on a boat to an outpost where
he can secure a passage back to
the United States. Knowing
that he cannot stand and watch
the destruction of the tribe,
Larry decides to take a stand
against ITM.
Naturally, Ty decides not to
head back for the U.S., but
makes his way through the
forest yet again, looking for the
village. Far away, native war-
riors perform a war dance, and
right when Ty is about to give up hope of relocating the tribe,
he hears the music in his head,
and follows the direction it
takes him. Meanwhile, back at
ITM camp, Larry formulates a
plan to hold off the mercenar-
ies, which leads to a face off
with Jack Scully, who shoots
and kills him. Scully then as-
sumes Larry's identity, and
joins the mercenaries in plot-
ting an attack against the vil-lage. While in the jungle, the
villagers decree that they will
stand and fight.
Ty, exhausted, arrives in the
village where he professes his
love for Muni, and warns the
villagers of the impending raid.
He begs them to flee, but the
decision has been made, so Ty
joins them in their preparations for war. At dawn of the fol-
lowing day, the mercenaries
arrive and battle breaks out.
The tribe is obviously over-
powered by the sheer manpow-
er and force of ITM, but they
rely on their spiritual powers
and knowledge of the forest,
which results in heavy casual-
ties on their foe's side, as well.
For a moment, things look
hopeful for the villagers, and then in a sudden barrage, all
hope is lost.
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Surrounded by the
mercenaries, Ty reveals him-
self to their leader, and exposes
Jack Scully, who has been pos-
ing as his father ever since his death, as the imposter that he
is. Startled and doubting the
validity of their mission, the
mercenary leader calls off the
attack, which infuriates Scully
who lunges at Ty and impales
himself on one of the villager's
spears. In the aftermath of the
attack, Ty searches for and
finds Muni lying motionless on
the ground. She is dying.
As Tyler mourns, Kahuma
appears, who with the help of
the villagers, brings his daugh-
ter back to life using their mys-
tical powers. Ty, Muni, and
the tribe then reassemble in the
burned out village, and giving
thanks for their survival, pre-
pare for their long journey
ahead deep into the forest.
Over the next few years, Ty
becomes an advocate for the
rain forests of the world, and
brings national attention to the
hurtful foresting that takes
place in them. It is there that
we leave the villagers, hopeful
for a better future for them all.
The Music
The approximately 20 origi-nal compositions that comprise
the music of "Uprising" run a
very diverse gamut of musical
styles and genres. Much of the
music that takes place among
the tribal factions and leaders
has a distinct "rap" feel to it. And when you think about it,
that isn't too far of a reach.
Rap is, after all, music at a
basic, "guttural" form, but still
holding complex rhythms and
patterns that represent the sen-
timents and actions of the vil-
lagers very well. "Medicine
Man" is a very good example
of what I mean. This song ap-
pears at the beginning of the
show, and introduces us to Ka-huma and several members of
the tribe, who look to their
leader for advice on the prob-
lems they have. Kahuma re-
sponds in rapid-fire rap-like
verses which really gives the
song a unique edge.
"Missionary Position" is styled
in much the same way, and
once again features Kahuma, as
he ponders over his duties and dilemmas as a tribal chief.
Of course, a musical would-
n't be a musical without explor-
ing the world of ballads and
love songs. Naturally, the rela-
tionship which blooms between
Ty and Muni is fodder for a
number of slow, romantic piec-
es such as "Change", where
they try to explain to each other
of the world they come from, and how it is different from the
one the other knows, and
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"Once Upon A Million Years",
where the two lovers realize
how much they've grown to
mean to each other. But be-
yond these romantic pieces, there is another standout in the
"ballad" category, "Never
Said", which is a duet between
Ty and his father, Larry, and
deals with the regrets and ne-
glect ions of their strained rela-
tionship of past years.
There are also a couple of
heavy rockers which don't nat-
urally fall easily into any one
type of genre. "Klout" comes to mind immediately. This one
is a very strong, forceful song
which introduces us to the
camp at ITM and their determi-
nation to conquer whatever
they set out to do. "Dead Men
Can't Dance" is also another
powerful piece, which is Scul-
ly's one standout number in the
show, occurring right after he
shoots and kills Ty's father. This is a rocker in the grand
tradition of the 80's metal
bands to a large degree. The
most unique piece of all these,
though, is "Take What You
Deserve", which is performed
vocally by the supernatural
beings Ty encounters while
traveling through the mysteri-
ous "City of the Dead". This
song is very dark, brooding and
sinister, something that almost might have been penned by
somebody in the world of
shock rock, except without the
explicit language and sugges-
tive lyrics. That is one tune
that will stick in your mind for
quite some time!
But for my money, it is the
pop and rock compositions that
most clearly bear the imprint of
Mr. Hart's handiwork. "Fire,
Water, Earth, Air, Love" is a
good example of that. This
song originally appears during
the process of Ty's recovery in
the tribal village, but it pops up
again at several points, some-
thing of a reference point if you will, through the show. This
song, as the title suggests, is an
ode to the five basic elements
of life which the Jamurian peo-
ple celebrate. The title song of
the musical, "Uprising", is a
fast paced and lively composi-
tion, full of energy and mean-
ing, where the tribal people
decide that they have been
pushed too far by ITM and decide to stand and fight. Yet,
if there has to be one stand
alone song in this show, some-
thing that could be marketed to
radio as a single and generate
airplay, it has got to be "On
And On". This is the final song
of the musical, which shows us
the tribal people hopeful and
upbeat about who they are,
what they have accomplished,
and where they are going. Even though they have suffered
much, they remain positive,
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taking heart in the lyric "love
will lead us home again". This
is the song that everybody who
hopefully sees Uprising will
go away with playing over and over in their heads.
The Experience and final
thoughts
In the beginning of this
article, I mentioned our love of
the "unconventional". Well,
Uprising is meant to be just
that. The whole experience,
from what I understand, is in-
tended to be more than just a musical. A grand carnival at-
mosphere is envisioned for this
show, complete with games
and rides that are suitable for
the entire family. And in this
day and age, where turmoil
abounds, and images of war
haunt or television screens,
isn't it nice to think that some-body out there is trying to bring
us a truly fun, informative and
entertaining experience that is
suitable for all ages? It's an
ambitious project to say the
least, but one that is completely
possible given the right envi-
ronment and publicity. I cer-
tainly wish all those involved
with the project the best of
luck, and I hope that we'll be
able to come and be a part of Uprising very soon, wherever
it's path might lead. Here's to
you....Uprising rocks!
Bobby Hart & the Late Tommy Boyce at one of the Chicago Conventions
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10 years ago, exactly
on May 16, 1993, I had the
chance to meet a Monkee for
the very first time. It was in
Hershey, PA and Davy would be there among other celebri-
ties. It was also my first trip to
the USA and of course I was
afraid of what I’d experience
and get into. Since I was work-
ing as a German Teacher at a
private German institute, I had
to find someone to cover me
during my absence and then
put myself on the road… in this
case, in an airplane for a 12
hours flight (and God knows how many hours and miles on
the road inside the country).
To make the story short, it was
a wonderful experience which I
repeated year after year, over
and over again, with the same
enthusiasm and happiness in
my heart.
But who would be-
lieve that 10 years after that unbelievable and unforgettable
experience and after so many
invitations I had made to Davy,
Micky and Peter (and of course
Mike, but this one I haven’t
met in person… YET!) I’d
have the chance to meet a Monkee in Brazil??? Well,
stranger things have happened
and Peter Tork paid us a visit
on the week of February 10-17,
2003.
When I first got the
word that he’d be here, I didn’t
believe it. A Brazilian friend of
his, which he was correspond-
ing for the past year with, sent
me an e-mail and let me know that he’d come to Brazil in
February to see me and to play
in a fancy blues bar in São Pau-
lo, the city I live in. Since I
didn’t get this information from
him or from anyone related to
him nor found any information
on any Monkees related web-
site, I surely couldn’t spread
the word (note: I didn’t even
know they were corresponding to each other for the past year).
Can you imagine what a fuss
By Rosinha Monkees Viegas
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I’d cause with such infor-
mation? And what if it wasn’t
true??? Anyway, I asked her to
fax me the letter so I would be
able to check his handwriting or address. She then told me it
wasn’t a letter but an e-mail,
but she didn’t use to save the e-
mails she get, so she didn’t
have anything to prove me
what she was saying. Even
though she confirmed he would
arrive in early February and
sing at Bourbon Street. I
checked the site and called the
manager to ask more infor-
mation about it, but once again, no word about it, no confirma-
tion yet, nothing.
Then on January 31,
for my biggest surprise, I re-
ceived an e-mail from Peter
Tork himself. Once again I
didn’t believe it… how come?
I didn’t know he had my e-mail
address!! Anyway, the first
thing I did to confirm it was really him was to call Bonnie
Verrico, his agent at that time.
And wow, she confirmed that
he was coming to Brazil on
vacation and yes, that that e-
mail address was one of the
ones he had! You can imagine
how I felt, can’t you??? My
whole world was upside
down!!! In about a week Peter
Tork would be in town and
nobody knew anything about it! I was worried about all the
fans, the media, everybody!
We had to do something about
it!!!! But it seems he would
really come on vacation, but
play at Bourbon, where his
friend had arranged to.
I then decided to
check it out in loco and got to
Bourbon on February 4 (so far
they didn’t have any infor-
mation on their website or any
other site). I met the “Blue
Jeans Band” and they told me
that “Yes, Peter Tork will be
here next week. You can get
further information with our
agent”. I then met the agent and he said “yes, I know he’ll
be here”… I asked him how he
got to Peter and he said “Well,
somebody sent his CD, but I
haven’t listened to it yet”. Just
for the record I asked him if he
knew who Peter Tork was and
he then said “well, the only
thing I know is that he’s Amer-
ican and he wants to play for
free”… I almost died!!!!! I asked him to sit down and have
a conversation with me… I
explained who Peter Tork was
and how many people would
love to see him playing in Bra-
zil for the very first time and
how many people I was able to
let know about it and he said
“Oh my, I didn’t have any idea
of it” and asked me to be the
hostess for the night and to
promote the show.
Now we were talk-
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ing… I then started to make
plans with Iélica Lepir and
Fátima Feliciano (my
“Monkee” friends who joined
me in this craziness!!) and out of the blue I saw Ricardo Corte
Real (DJ of Kiss FM, who has
a wonderful program called
“House of Blues”)… guess
what? I jumped from my seat
and grabbed the guy by the arm
and started talking about Peter
Tork etc etc etc… in less than a
minute I convinced him to have
Peter Tork on a live interview
at Kiss FM!!!! Yeah, now we
were talking!!!!!!
I then wrote back to
Peter and let him know about
the interview and all the infor-
mation we were sending to the
press (Fatima is a reporter, so
she knew all the ways and the
right people). He was glad to
know about it, but asked me
not to interfere with the venues
his friend had previously ar-ranged to him, so I took care
not to spoil anyone’s plans not
wanting to step on anyone’s
toe… until I was aware he’d be
playing at a pizza bar 37 miles
outside the country!!!
I, then, asked a friend,
Marcos Spitzer (called “Dr.
Rock - he’s a program on TV
about Rock’n Roll and for 3
times he invited me to talk live for 1 hour about The Monkees
and it was great!!!!) who lived
in the area to check the house
and its infrastructure for the
show, but what he saw didn’t
match to what Peter de-
served… it was a good house, but they didn’t have enough
seats nor a stage or instru-
ments, plus the owner said we
shouldn’t make any promotion
about it because the house was-
n’t ready for so many people. I
didn’t like the idea of having
people playing for the local
audience, just him and his gui-
tar… it was his first time in
Brazil, for God’s sake!! I wrote
him and let him know that I wasn’t sure that would be a
good place for him to play. I
also told him that in my hum-
ble opinion, he deserved - and
could get - a bigger crowd and
a better place in town, accessi-
ble for everyone (note: Bour-
bon Street was a wonderful
place and the location was per-
fect, but the show would be
held on Tuesday night and not everybody would be able to
come to see Peter… the next
show would be on Saturday, so
we’d have people coming from
other cities, that’s why I had to
think a lot about the infrastruc-
ture and the location).
Anyway, I also said to
Peter that he could play for the
local audience in LA or any-
where else in the USA where people is already used to see
him, but not here in Brazil and
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for the first time!!! He de-
served and could get something
bigger and better!!! I really
didn’t want to spoil anyone’s
plan, but I had to give all fans the chance to meet Peter!!!
Well, Peter gave a second
thought and told me to go
ahead and to book any venue I
thought it was good for him
and his fans and then I really
started working!
Still I couldn’t believe
Peter would be coming… til I
got a phone call… it was Peter
Tork! On my mobile!!!!! This time I could confirm it was
him, LOLOL he asked me
some technical information
(voltage, power…) about Bra-
zil and how to rent a mobile
while in town. Thank God I’m
a secretary, so I could provide
him with all the information
about it. Meanwhile I was let-
ting everybody know about
Peter’s visit in Brazil… per mail, telephone, radio ads, tele-
gram, internet, everything pos-
sible (no need to say I paid
high bills this past month… but
I’d do that all over again!!!).
On Monday, February
10, at 9:05 am, I got another
call from Peter Tork… this
time he was already in town.
He told me about the flight and
once again asked me to book any venue I thought it would be
good for him. I then let him
know about the live interview I
got him for Tuesday prior to
the show and he was happy to
know about it.
No need to say I was
shaking like a tree in the
wind!!! But I had to settle
down and think and act as the
“President of The Monkees
Star Collector Fan Club”, not
as a fan! I tell you, it was pretty
hard, but I did my best!
On Tuesday afternoon
we met at Kiss FM radio sta-
tion and when I got there, he was already jamming with the
Blue Jeans Band. Although
they had just met, they were
getting along very well and it
seems they have been playing
together for years!!!! They re-
hearsed a bit before the inter-
view went on and everybody
was in a good mood. Peter
looked great, a little bit tired,
but in good shape!!! The inter-view began and it was great!!!
Note: I would like to take a
chance and thank my bosses at
PricewaterhouseCoopers who
let me leave the work earlier in
order to be at the radio station
right in time for the inter-
view!!! And also my co-
workers who covered me dur-
ing my absence!!!
After the interview Peter and the band left to Bour-
bon Street and I left back home
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to make the first review of the
interview and work on the
names for the guest list for that
night at Bourbon Street. Just
for the record: my guest list had 150 people and the house
was crowded with lots of peo-
ple who heard thru the radio
that Peter would be there (we
had around 500 people that
night).
When I got to the
house it was a strange sensa-
tion… I still couldn’t believe it
was happening! Then I saw my
friends coming, everybody with that puzzled look in their
faces and asking me “Is it real-
ly true? Peter Tork will really
be here?? In less than an hour
the house was crowded and
everybody was excited… Blue
Jeans opened the night, fol-
lowed by Kenny Brown (a
blues man from New Orleans)
who then called Peter Tork!!!
He came on stage and got sur-prised to see so many people
over there. He played and sung
some songs of his band “Shoe
Suede Blues” and certainly
some Monkees’ tunes, which
made everyone happy. If you
looked around you’d see faces
with tears rolling down, people
smiling and crying at the same
time… it was unique, it was
simply beautiful. Unbelievably
beautiful.
I then set him a table
so he could sign autographs
and asked a security guard of
the house to help me to organ-
ize the line. Everybody wanted
to see, touch and kiss Peter Tork! It was funny to see all
those reactions because I want-
ed to do the same, but wasn’t
able to do it, LOLOL anyway, I
did my best and everyone got
some precious minutes with
Peter Tork. He didn’t bother
with the flash light and was
very kind to everyone, just ask-
ing a girl to throw out a ciga-
rette before getting close to
him to take a pic, LOLOL but she didn’t mind!
After signing auto-
graphs, he came on stage again
and closed the night. Every-
body stood up and danced the
whole time. Everybody had a
great time for sure. Everybody
went back home with that un-
believable and unforgettable
happy moment in their hearts. I got home at 4 am and on the
next day I was already at 8 am
in the office! Unbelievable, but
true! I still had to work on the
next venue on Saturday and so
far I didn’t have anything in
sight!!!
Then a co-worker told
me about a bar close to Price-
waterhouseCoopers. It was also
close to the subway station and really well located… it was
Wednesday and I had to teach
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Bourbon Street
All photos in this article are courtesy of Rosinha Monkees Viegas
Rosinha and Peter
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Venancio Bar
Peter and Ricardo in KISSS-FM Studio
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Rosinha and Peter
Marco, Ricardo, Peter, Jr., and Andre
Marco, Peter, Jr., and Andre
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English during my lunch time
(volunteer work) and at night I
had to make lots of calls to let
everyone know about the se-
cond show, so I checked the place on Thursday at noon. It
was hard to picture the scene
during the day, but the place
was very good and they had
enough seat for a big crowd.
On late afternoon that
Thursday I got a call from Pe-
ter Tork and let him know I
kind found a place for him to
play, but we wouldn’t be able
to have the Blue Jeans Band as he wanted, since the bar could-
n’t pay what they were asking
for, but I promised to do my
best. I also wished him “Happy
Birthday” and hoped he was
having a great time here in Bra-
zil. Back home I let everyone
know about the show, includ-
ing 2 girls who would be flying
to São Paulo and stay home
just for the weekend to see Pe-ter! It was a matter of time,
they were just waiting for my
sign to buy the ticket and
fly!!!! Thank God I had a con-
firmation and was able to let
them know about the second
show right in time for them to
buy a ticket! As you can see, I
was running against the time!!!
On Friday night I vis-
ited the place again (called Venancio Bar), this time with
Fátima. We both agreed that it
was perfect and then I started
working on getting all instru-
ments they didn’t have in the
house and started making some
phone calls. Then I met one of the owners of the house and
tried to make him understand
that a show with Peter Tork
and the Blue Jeans Band would
be by far the best show they
ever had in the house, but he
didn’t want to pay what the
band asked for (note: since
Peter came to visit the country,
he wasn’t allowed to get any
money for the shows, so he
played for free). Then I called Junior, the drummer, and we
settled to a minimum payment
so I came to the owner to talk
about the band and… I finally
convinced him have them with
Peter on Saturday night!
Yeahhhhh!!!! I then called Jun-
ior to let him know I got the
payment and also Peter to let
him know about the band play-
ing with him and he couldn’t believe it! He was very happy
and thanked me a lot. I remem-
ber he said (with that wonder-
ful low voice) “Rosinha, you
are wonderful, thank you very
much”. J
On Saturday morning
I got a visit from the girls who
came from other cities (Eva
came from Recife, about 5 hrs
flight) and Edna from Brasilia (around 3 hrs flight - this one
told me later that she cried the
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whole flight… I asked her if it
was because of Peter and she
said “nope, it’s my first time
flying and I’m afraid of air-
planes!!!”). When she came to have a picture taken with Peter,
I let him know about it and he
gave her a big hug and kiss,
thanked her for coming and
wished her a very good trip
back home… but this time she
took the bus (15 hrs!!), LOLOL
Both of them are married and
left behind their husbands with
kids and the families with that
puzzled look, LOLOLOL
Well, the show was
supposed to start at 9 pm, so I
got to the place at 7:30 pm, so
we could make the sound
check at 8… but when I got to
the house I noticed that another
show was already going on!!!
It was “Pagode”, a typical Bra-
zilian kind of music and lots of
people were dancing and the
tables weren’t set out as we agreed the night before… oh
my!!!!! Another big surprise
was on my way… one of the
guys who was dancing hap-
pened to be a big friend of
mine whom I worked with at a
bank 20 years ago!! I came to
him and after kissing and hug-
ging and a little bit dancing I
asked him what was going on
and he said that the band be-
longed to some of his friends and they were supposed to play
up to 9 pm
whaaaaaaaaaaattttttttt? I almost
fainted… I explained to him
that Peter Tork was already on
his way to make the sound
check at that very stage and that we had already a long line
in front of the house and… oh
my!!! We decided to call the
owner of the house and he said
that maybe the other owner
told the guys they could play
until 9 pm, but he would make
some phone calls and solve the
problem. Meanwhile my friend
- who knew how important this
show was for me, convinced
his friends to play until 8 pm and we both convinced the
owner to pay them for the re-
maining hour and to invite
them for the next weekend,
which they did! As you can
see, I have friends everywhere
and that’s what friends are for,
right?? J
By the time Peter ar-
rived the stage was ready for him and the tables were already
organized for the fans. I
checked the line outside the
house and we had people from
all over town and all the ages,
some of them I haven’t seen for
the past 15 years!!! Thank God
we have internet, otherwise
many of them wouldn’t be able
to be advised in time!!!
The doors were opened and in less than 30
minutes the house was already
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crowded. I had even to provide
more chairs, because the ones
we had weren’t enough as we
thought they would be! The
owner of the house couldn’t believe how many fans showed
up and how excited everybody
was for this show! Most of
them weren’t able to be on the
first one on Tuesday, so go
figure!! Even my mom came to
this show and she was one of
the most excited fans in the
audience, LOL Even my co-
workers came to me to ask
“who is that old lady with gray
hair who sings along all the songs?”… when I told them it
was my mom, they said “Ah,
we should already know!”,
LOLOLOLOL
This show was much
better than the first one since
Peter and the band were al-
ready closer to each other and
according to Peter, the energy
that came from the audience helped them to make a perfect
show. That night we had
around 350 people and I don’t
have words to describe it… it
was really perfect.
Peter and the band
played for around 35 min, then
the band left the stage and Pe-
ter played solo for around 30
min when the band came back
again and they ended up play-ing for more 30 min or so. No-
body wanted them to leave,
even them wanted to stay, but
it was almost 1 am and they
were really tired.
After the show, while I was preparing the lounge for
meet & greet the fans, Peter
showed up where I was and
stood up waiting for me. My
mom saw my face (I couldn’t
believe he was there, nor the
fans!!!), turn back and when
she saw Peter standing right
behind her, she jumped on his
neck and said “Peter! I’m
Rosinha’s mom, I love you” (of
course she said all that in Por-tuguese, but since he can speak
Spanish, it was easy to under-
stand her). I was as surprised as
him, then I asked my mom to
let him go and him to forgive
her for that, LOL but he loved
it! I then took him to the
lounge where he comfortably
sat down and signed auto-
graphs and took pictures with
the fans. Everybody had a great time.
After the meet & greet
we met backstage and made
plans for Sunday. Peter invited
me for lunch, but since I had
the girls from other cities at
home and they would leave
after lunch, I couldn’t leave
them alone, so we set up for
late afternoon, when I invited
him to go to a fancy sushi res-taurant. Then I provided a cab
for him and he left to the hotel.
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We met again on Sun-
day, late in the afternoon. I
picked him and his friend at the
hotel and drove them to the
restaurant. He then told me what he did during his stay
here in São Paulo, but I didn’t
like to know that he didn’t have
a proper sightseeing in the
city… I had previously offered
him my car and everything he
needed in order to have a sight-
seeing, but he told me not to
worry about it. Anyway, it
seems he didn’t have much
time, so we agreed that he’ll
have a good sightseeing next time he comes in town, proba-
bly later this year! J
Junior joined us at the
restaurant and it was great. We
talked about lots of things and
that was good because we had
the chance to meet Peter Tork
the “man”, not the “Monkee”.
It was funny to know that he
sometimes forgets small de-tails, something like “Jr. asked
him how many episodes the
Monkees did and Peter an-
swered 53” and I said “58” and
he kept saying “53” and I kept
saying “58”, LOLOL I then
said “Peter, you are the Mon-
kee, I’m the fan, LOLOL” and
we laughed. I also got to know
that he doesn’t like “Seinfeld”,
whom I love and some other
things we can only learn during a conversation. Peter is a very
intelligent guy and very kind,
too. He didn’t allow me to pay
for dinner. He said it was my
birthday (next day) and it was
his gift to me. I then let him
know he didn’t have any clue how happy he made me by
coming to Brazil and sing for
us and the way he treated his
fans, my friends. That was my
gift and I had to thank him for
that.
He left on Monday,
February 17, my birthday and
what can I say? I had the crazi-
est week in my life, something
I couldn’t expect or preview. But it was one of the best expe-
riences in I have ever had. One
of the best in these past 10
years of Monkeemania! Spe-
cially because I had the respon-
sibility of gathering so many
people as I could and most of
them were outside town!!! And
this time I was on the other
side, I mean, I wasn’t the fan,
but something like a manager or agent, I was working for him
and nothing could go wrong.
This time I had the chance to
show him how much I love him
and what I could do for him in
order to get a bit crowd and a
great place for him to perform
and I guess I succeed. He
thanked me a lot of times and I
know he was being true and he
knew I did my best, even
though I think it could have been better, but with just a few
days notice, that was more than
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perfect, huh???
We have been ex-
changing e-mails since then
and he asked me to work on his next tour in Brazil later this
year. He also said he couldn’t
describe in words how happy
he was to see all those people
at Venancio Bar and the energy
that came from the audience. I
guess that’s everything I want-
ed to know!!!
But nothing would
have been possible if I hadn’t
have the help and support of friends like Iélica Lepir, Fátima
Feliciano, Ana and Amélia
Gomes, Marcos “Dr. Rock”
Spitzer, the Blue Jeans Band,
Ricardo Corte Real and Kiss
FM.
I also want to thank
Cindy Bryant, Bonnie Borgh,
Debbie Sunseri, Debbie Garey,
Lois Wagner (God bless her!) and Maggie McManus whom I
met in Hershey 10 years ago
and who taught me how to be
around The Monkees without
bothering them or stalking
them like crazy. You are an
example of how to love some-
one without asking anything in
exchange and you have been
doing an excellent job so far.
When I was there helping peo-
ple with translation of what they wanted to say to Peter but
they couldn’t speak in English,
how to spell their names, tak-
ing pictures for those who for-
got to bring the camera… eve-
rything, I always had YOU in
mind! You did a great job and I hope I learned something! J
I also remember what
you told me when you helped
me and my friends to get close
to Davy in Hershey… you said
it was great to see The Mon-
kees thru the eyes of a fan who
hadn’t seen them before… with
Peter in Brazil I had the same
experience and I tell you: it
was great!!! Thank you all. God bless you all.
Rosinha Monkees Viegas
São Paulo, March 30, 2003
Blast From The Past: Peter at an
autograph session in Rockford, Illinois.
Photo by Cindy Bryant
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Here is the first review from Ft.
Myers:
Touring version of ‘Aida’ lives
up to expectations
Cast offers a powerful perfor-
mance
By DENISE L. SCOTT,
The musical “Aida” is
everything you would expect
from heavy hitters Elton John,
Tim Rice and Disney. Powerful
music, creative choreography,
dazzling sets and costumes,
and a storyline that alternately
makes you laugh and your heart ache.
The touring produc-
tion burst to life Tuesday night
at the Barbara B. Mann. Per-
forming Arts Hall in Fort My-
ers for the first of eight perfor-
mances running through Sun-
day.
IF YOU GO
WHAT: Elton John and
TimRice’s “Aida”
WHEN: 8 p.m. today and
Friday; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Saturday; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts
Hall, 8099 College Pkwy.,
Fort Myers
COST: $66, $56, $46, $26
INFORMATION: Tickets
can be purchased at the
Mann Hall Box Office or
by calling 481-4849. For
special group rates (20 or more people) call 489-
3033, Ext. 3122. Visit the
Web site
www.disneyonbroadway.com.
The modernized musi-
cal retells the classic opera
about a forbidden love between
Nubian princess Aida, played
by Paulette Ivory, and her
Egyptian captor Radames,
played by Jeremy Kushnier.
Ivory blends Aida’s strengths and vulnerabilities
into a believable character torn
between love and duty. Her
biting sarcasm has a funny flat
delivery, and when she sings,
the power is breathtaking.
Kushnier more than holds his
own with plenty of feisty ener-
gy. The chemistry is electric in
romantic ballad duets with Ivo-
ry, such the “Elaborate Lives” and “Written in the Stars.”
Every song Ivory
sings is a joy to hear, but the
soulful gospel “The Gods Love
The Reviews Are In!
Aida Is A Hit!!! Micky Dolenz is appearing in the road company of Aida
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Nubia” is rousing enough to
make you want to jump to your
feet. (The standing ovation
came later, sprinkled with
shouts of “Bravo!” during Ivo-ry’s curtain call.)
In the story, Radames
is unaware that Aida is of noble
blood, but is impressed
by her proud, defiant nature.
He saves her life by giving her
as a handmaiden to his be-
trothed, the Egyptian princess
Amneris, played by Lisa Bre-
scia. Brescia is a delight to
watch as she transforms Am-
neris from the bubbly, giggly, fashion-obsessed princess into
a strong, mature ruler of Egypt.
Later, after discover-
ing that Radames is in love
with Aida, Brescia gives
a heart-breaking rendition of
the song “I Know the Truth.”
Great comic timing is
provided by Eric L. Christian
as Radames’ house
slave Mereb, who recognizes Aida as royalty in the song,
“How I Know You.”
Micky Dolenz, fa-
mous for the ’60s TV show
“The Monkees,” debuted Tues-
day night in the role of
Radames’ father, the villain-
ous, power-hungry Zoser. De-
spite the camouflage of a white
wig, it was obvious the audi-
ence recognized Dolenz’ fa-
mous face by the rise of mur murs when he walked on stage.
He belted out “Another Pyra-
mid” and “Like Father Like
Son” while dancers swirled
around him to the fast-paced
rock music with funky modern
movements. Other dances re-flected Middle Eastern and
African influences.
The orchestra was
conducted in perfect sync with
the action by Steven
Cosmo Mallardi.
************
He's just trying to be
friendly, so you'll come to
watch him sing and play. Hey, hey, he's in
"Aida" Micky Dolenz, that is.
Dolenz, 58, might not
be part of the young generation
anymore, but in the minds of
millions, he's still that crazy
Monkee at the drum kit.
The actor, director,
producer and musician knows
that people may have trouble seeing him in a new
light, so he's eager to talk about
his stage role in the national
touring company of Elton John
and Tim Rice's Grammy-
winning musical.
"Most of the parts I
get offered are to play myself,"
Dolenz says during a phone
interview. "You know: Would-
n't it be great if Buffy met
Micky Dolenz at the mall? But I don't like doing that. There's
always the danger of being
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famous for being famous. I find
that terribly boring, like a danc-
ing bear."
No chance of that in
"Aida," which runs through Sunday at Birmingham's
BJCC Concert Hall. Dolenz
isn't one of the three principals,
but he's been cast in a showy
supporting role as Zoser, prime
minister of Egypt.
Dolenz has two big
numbers in the production:
"Another Pyramid," where
he urges his son, the soldier
Radames, to do everything
possible to become the next pharaoh, and "Like Father,
Like Son," where he is dis-
mayed to find that Radames
has fallen in love with the cap-
tured Nubian princess, Aida,
thereby endangering his chanc-
es to rule.
"They explained to me
that they didn't want my char-
acter to be the classic kind of
cartoon villain, twirling his mustaches," Dolenz says. "He's
power hungry and ambitious.
He thinks the ends justify the
means."
At one point, the en-
raged Zoser orders some of his
underlings to murder Aida. He
also slays another character
who gets in the way of his plan.
It's a far cry from the
genial, wacky drummer Dolenz
played on "The Monkees," a situation comedy that aired on
NBC from September 1966 to
August 1968. The half-hour
show, a fast-moving romp with
music, was based on the popu-
lar Beatles movie "A Hard
Day's Night." While critics blasted
the band, calling it manufac-
tured, and sniffed at the series
as derivative, ratings were high
for a time and fans adored
Micky, Davy, Mike and Peter.
Despite everything
Dolenz has done since then the
solo concert tours, the cartoon
voice-overs, the children's al-
bums, the series for British
television, the abstract paint-ings Monkee Micky remains
his signature role, his best-
known achievement.
He seems to have
made his peace with that, par-
ticipating in nostalgia concerts
with Davy Jones and Peter
Tork (Mike Nesmith usually
abstains), and writing a 1993
autobiography called "I'm a
Believer: My Life of Music, Madness and the Monkees."
Having a famous
name, after all, helped Dolenz
to get this job in "Aida." It also
opened the door to a previous
stint as the razzle-dazzle DJ in
a touring company of
"Grease!"
However, Dolenz is
quick to make a crucial distinc-
tion between the two shows.
"I was stunt cast in `Grease!'," he admits. "I was
thrilled to get the part of Vince
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Fontaine, but I think they were
mainly in it for the publicity.
This is the real deal. It's a real
challenge; you can't fake it.
The producers realized I could cut it as Zoser, and they weren't
afraid to take a chance."
Still, Dolenz says
even his agent was surprised to
discover that he possessed a
legitimate voice with the depth
and range necessary for theater.
"My father was a sing-
er, and he used to walk through
the house singing `Some En-
chanted Evening' back in the
'50s, doing Mario Lanza," Dolenz says. "I do that song at
my shows, too. The agent
heard me and got me this audi-
tion."
After he snagged the
part, Dolenz rehearsed daily in
New York City with the associ-
ate director of "Aida," getting
ready for his debut in late Feb-
ruary.
If the other cast mem-bers had reservations about his
attitude or skills, these must
have been dispelled when
Dolenz joined the company last
month in Fort Myers, Fla.
"He's so excited to be
doing this show," says Jeremy
Kushnier (Radames), who du-
ets with Dolenz on "Like Fa-
ther, Like Son." "He's taking it
really seriously."
The producers of "Aida" have learned to take
Dolenz so seriously, they've
offered him the opportunity to
take over as Zoser on Broad-
way in 2004.
"They tell me I'm the
first Zoser to play the part and actually have children in real
life," Dolenz, father of four,
says with satisfaction. "There's
not a lot of latitude with this
character; it's really well-
defined. But I think I'm bring-
ing a few new things to it."
Such positive feed-
back ensures that Dolenz will
be traveling across the country
in "Aida" for the next six
months or so. After Birming-ham, stops include Louisville,
Ky.; Akron and Columbus,
Ohio; Green Bay and Milwau-
kee, Wis.; San Antonio and
Houston, Texas; San Diego and
San Jose, Calif.
Clarksville, in case
you're wondering, is not on
Dolenz's tour schedule.
**********
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Hannah,
Thank you for your patience in
waiting for the computer while
Mommy and Aunt Cindy tutor
me. Janet
Welcome to Cyberspace, Bon-
nie! Who knew the IM could
be so fun?
“idolthreat”
Colleen,
******SIGH!!!!!!!!******
Shane
Kimmi,
Just keep in mind what Pippin
was when Pippin wasn’t
cool…
Shane
Bonnie,
Guess what’s coming to Wis-
consin in July? I wonder if
Frampton will come alive
then??? Shane
Shane,
Show me the
way……
PF
JanET,
If we are going to tutor you
you are going to have to
STUDY STUDY STUDY!
Your Teachers!
Jan,
Congratulations, my
friend! Well Done! Cindy
Happy Birthday Ken!
From The Gang
A tree
grows in
Louisville!
We hope!
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On March 12, 2003
TVLAND aired the 1st Annual
TVLAND Awards from 7:30 to
10:30 PM.
The first half hour was star interviews and a clip on
how the awards were made.
The camera panned to Davy
Jones surrounded by four fe-
males. One (his daughter Talia)
was wearing the jacket he wore
on the Brady Bunch when he
sang “Girl.”
The 1st Annual
TVLAND Awards was held at
the Palladium in L.A. and also
on display were the classic TV shows cars.
The awards started at
8 PM with Sally Struthers and
Rob Reiner singing the theme
from All In The Family,Barry
Williams and Maureen McCor-
mick singing The Brady Bunch
theme, Gavin McLeod singing
The Love Boat theme, Dick
Van Dyke singing The Dick
Van Dyke Show theme, David Cassidy and Shirley Jones sing-
ing The Partridge Family
theme, the original singers do-
ing Gilligan’s Island theme,
Cindy Williams and Penny
Marshal doing the opening to
Laverne and Shirley, the origi-
nal singers doing The Mary
Tyler Moore Show theme, and Janet Du Bois singing the
Theme to The Jeffersons.
John Ritter was the
host of the Awards. We, the
viewers, did the voting by
online TVLAND. com. Presen-
tation envelopes were TV Din-
ners.
Awards:
Working Stiff: Laverne & Shirley
Innovator Award: All In The
Family
Favorite 2nd Banana: Barney
Fife (Don Knotts)
A break in the awards
showed Davy singing The
Monkees theme at the star in-
terviews.
Small Screen To Big Screen:
John Travolta
Then a clip of The
Commentary by
Julie Harris
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Brady Bunch, “Getting Davy
Jones”, and Davy and Maureen
McCormick were introduced as
Marsha Brady and her prom
date. They presented the
award for “Superest” Super
Hero: The Six Million Dollar
Man (Lee Majors).
Fashion Award: Jaques Mar-
celle
Favorite Dual Role: Barbara
Eden and Barbara Eden
Groundbreaking Role: Diahann
Carroll
Favorite Non Traditional Fami-ly: The Golden Girls. This was
presented by Vickie Lawrence
as “Mama.”
Next came a spoof of
Michael Jackson called Arnold
Jackson with Gary Coleman.
Pop Culture Award: Star Trek
Fashion Plate (Female): Barba-
ra Feldon (Agent 99)
Fashion Plate (Male): David
Cassidy (Keith Partridge)
Favorite Retro Commercial: Please don’t squeeze the Char-
min
Reba MacIntyre pre-
sented Favorite Classic TV
Theme: Georgia On My Mind
theme from Designing Women,
played and sung by Ray
Charles.
Future Classic: American
Dreams
Funniest Food Fight: Lucy and the Chocolate Factory
Crossover Award: Love Boat
on Charlie’s Angels
Legend Award: Dick Van
Dyke
Favorite Guest Appearance of a
musician on a TV show: Davy
Jones
Olde Fashioned Christmas:
James Lee Stanley does an
excellent job describing our
olde fashioned Christmases.
I Remember Christmas: Peter
Tork is the ghost of Christmas
past with these rememberings.
Deck The Halls With Sugar
Plum Faeries: James Lee Stan-
ley does a great blend of Deck The Halls lyrics and Dance Of
The Sugar Plum Faeries music.
Review by Julie Harris
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That’s What I Want For Christ-
mas: James Lee Stanley makes
a beautiful wish upon the
Christmas star.
Winter Wonderland: Pam Stan-
ley does a great job on this
one! Nice competition for
Rockin’ Around The Christmas
Tree. This has a hip Latino
style.
Flowers For The Living: A
beautiful a cappella duet for
James Lee and Pam Stanley.
This is harmony in perfection.
Let It Begin With Me: A very
nice Ballad for James Lee
Stanley with a little Bob Dylan
style thrown in for good meas-
ure.
Our Father: A very nice ver-
sion of The Lord’s Prayer with a cappella harmony.
Christmas At War: A three way
spontaneous play with Peter
Tork and James Lee and Pam
Stanley “monkeeing” around.
Bottom line:
A very wonderful Christmas
gift for their family, friends,
and fans!
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This is one of David’s own
songs which he has sung at his
“Intimate Evening” Shows. He wrote it
more than 15 years ago. Sometimes the
band changes the titles of David’s
songs….this one was affectionately
called:
Herb
(written and sung by Davd Jones)
Since you’ve been away, I’ve been
awful lonely.
I’ve been thinking only of your love.
Every single day, the tears got in my
way.
I cried until my tears turned into wine.
But I’ll survive; I told myself that I
would find a love tonight.
It was a lie.
I thought that I could brush all love
aside.
I couldn’t lose you.
Don’t go away again.
Every single day, I’ve been awful
lonely.
Hoping you would phone me, and
you’d say,
“Baby, come on home; it’s not too late
you know.”
Girl I wish I had never let you go.
But I’ll survive; I told myself that I
would find a love tonight.
It was a lie.
I thought that I could brush all love
aside.
I couldn’t lose you.
Don’t go away again.
But I’ll survive; I told myself that I
would find a love tonight.
It was a lie.
I thought that I could brush all love
aside.
I couldn’t lose you.
Don’t go away again.
Again…
Now this one is also one
David does in his “Intimate Evenings.”
He told us that it was one that his father
would sing to his mother and that it
was from South Pacific. The song
sounded familiar and we loved David’s
version so we set out to find the music.
With no luck….until we ran across the
Guys And Dolls website. The song is
actually from the movie not the stage
production and was supposedly added
especially to accommodate Marlon
Brando’s limited vocal range. It’s a
beautiful song nonetheless. But David,
it’s Guys And Dolls!:
The Eyes Of A Woman In
Love (From Guys And Dolls)
Your eyes are the eyes of a woman in
love.
You know how they give you away.
I try to deny you’re a woman in love
When I know very well what they say.
They say no moon in the sky ever lent
such a glow.
Some flame deep within made them
shine.
Your eyes are the eyes of a woman in
love
And may they gaze evermore into
mine.
Lazily gaze evermore into mine.
They say no moon in the sky ever lent
such a glow.
Some flame deep within made them
shine.
Your eyes are the eyes of a woman in
love
And may they gaze evermore into
mine.
Lazily gaze evermore into mine.
Into mine.
I love your eyes.
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Thanks to Shane Worden who
ran across this rare blast from
the past by Boyce & Hart.
Does anyone have a copy of
this?
It's been a long time gettin'
here
A change is comin' and it's
very near
A way to change things peace-
fully
And live together in harmony
Let Us Vote
It's time that we all made a contribution
Come on and let us vote
It's a solution
L.U.V., I'm talking 'bout you
and me
And changin' things peacefully
We're old enough so L.U.V.
The time is now and the feel-
ing's right To look at things in a better
light
We're old enough to lend a
helping hand
Together we can build a better
land
Come on and let us vote
It's time that we all made a
contribution Come on and let us vote
It's a solution
Everybody now...
L.U.V., I'm talking 'bout you
and me
And changin' things peacefully
We're old enough so L.U.V.
Let us vote
We're all in the same life boat
Speaking up to keep it afloat We're old enough so let us vote
L.U.V. (Let Us Vote) by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
A & M Records, 1969
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T M A S H E T R A C A L A E N O S O N G A W A P F
E D E V I L K R O T L I T T L E C S E O H S O B L
E G P D E N I F F O C I R R S U O R T S N O M F U
N N E C A R D F P I L O T E E I H A F A I R Y G S
A I T J K L I R M N O P Q R Y D T A L E S T E U H
G L E C B N A I Z H C T A W E Y X W V E E K N O M
E K R D D E F E G H C I J K N L M W N O I P O Q A
G A D C B M A N A O S Z Y X O W V U H D T S H R C
N E E F O M G D O O H R O B H G I E N E H H G I H
I W U N I T S L R Q Y P O N M L R A C E E K J I I
T V S C W H X Y L A Y O R Y Z A P B D C E L F G N
T T K R Q O P O F T N M L K J P V I S I T Y I H E
I Y S T U N V W R F X Y Y Z E A A G N I S S I M C
H J D O L E N Z E I C I P R H R G F E P D C B R A
R E C I N Y L M Q G H O S T N I O P Y Q R S O C P
E R O Y A M C E U B A A Z U Y S X G W V U C T H T
T D E E F O G C E H P I J K C L M I N O O R P R A
S B A H Z O Y A N X E W V U I C T R S D R O Q I I
N C D E T N F L T C R G H I R I E L J K L C M S N
O A Z E Y O X P N W O V U T S R R S Q P O O N T R
M B X C D D M A N Y N E F G H C I J S K L D M M E
D L I W N U D L T S E R I N G U R Q W P O I N A P
Y L L I B L L I H V W X S A E S E D O M A L A S U
Y Z M A B C D A T E X A S E W O H S L F G E H I A
R O N A M M L S L U K E W A R M K J B E C N I R P
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Royal Flush
Monkee See Monkee Die
Monkee VS Machine
Your Friendly Neighbor-
hood Kidnappers
The Spy Who Came In
From The Cool
The Success Story
Monkees In A Ghost
Town
Gift Horse
The Chaperone
Pilot
Monkees A La Carte
I’ve Got A Little Song
Here
One Man Shy
Dance Monkees Dance
Too Many Girls
Son Of Gypsy
Case Of The Missing
Monkee
I Was A Teenage Mon-
ster
Find The Monkees
Monkees In The Ring
The Prince & The Pau-
per
Monkees At The Circus
Captain Crocodile
Monkees A La Mode
Alias Micky Dolenz
Monkee Mother
Monkee Mayor
99 Pound Weakling
Hillbilly Honeymoon
Some Like It Lukewarm
The Devil And Peter
Tork
Monkees in Paris
Monkees Paw
The Monstrous Monkee
Mash
Monkees Race Again
Mijacogeo
Monkees Mind Their
Manor
Monkees Blow Their
Minds
Fairy Tale
Monkees Watch Their
Feet
Monkees Christmas
Show
Monkees In Texas
Monkees On The Wheel
Hitting The High Seas
A Coffin Too Frequent
Wild Monkees
Card Carrying Red
Shoes
A Nice Place To Visit
Word Search Find The Words in BOLD
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