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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

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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,

dscott@news-press.com

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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