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I loved that programme ,it used to be on after the Banana Splits!Tralala,lalalala,tralala,lalalala etc
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Oh-Oh - CHONGO !

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http://sassy_elj.homestead.com/files/tinyglitter.gifWell Davy Jones was soo funny! And ive seen him on tv recently, still has that sense of humor. I am aware that Mike Nesmith's mom invented liquid paper, actually my mom told me that lol!




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What was it he was on? Have any of you seen them in concert. I did back in 1987 with my sisters. :)

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http://sassy_elj.homestead.com/files/tinyglitter.gifI saw him on " Behind the music ", on vh1. It was about the story on how the band got togeather and everything.
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Ok. I have seen that.

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I watched the original shows. My sister and I actually met all but Davey when they were really popular. They happened to be staying in the same hotel as our family. We were probably 6 and 8 years old and they played in the pool with us. It was like a dream come true for my sister and me.
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Ok, I am jealous.  >:(  

Seriously, that is so cool. ;D

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My sister and I do the Monkees walk all the time.
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My sisters and I used to do that all the time. But she grow apart from us and move out  years later. :'(

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I loved that programme ,it used to be on after the Banana Splits!Tralala,lalalala,tralala,lalalala etc
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OMG!!! Someone else actually remembers the Banana Splits?  Here I thought I was the only one!  My hubby acted like I was NUTS when I mentioned them to him!  And yes, they were on right around the same time (it was either right before or right after) the Monkees here too.

As for the Monkees..I loved them!  I have one or two of their record albums, one of their *shudder* 8-tracks, and now, my dear hubby got me a 4 cd boxed set of their music a couple of years ago.  It's really good!  
I saw them in concert back in like 1986 too...Mike wasn't there, but the other three were.  It was a good show, I was pretty much "voiceless" afterwards!  I had a blast!

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OMG!!! Someone else actually remembers the Banana Splits?  Here I thought I was the only one!  My hubby acted like I was NUTS when I mentioned them to him!  And yes, they were on right around the same time (it was either right before or right after) the Monkees here too.End Quote

Yeah, Marci & Zella, I remember the Banana Splits - they were great - everyone I knew wanted one of those 6 wheeled buggies they used to get around in....

Let's not forget Danger Island - "Oh oh Chongo"

FB  ;)

All together :

Tra la la, la la la la. (4X)
 
One banana, two banana, three banana, four.
Four bananas make a bunch and so do many more.
Over hill and highway the banana buggies go
Comin’ on to bring you The Banana Splits Show.  
Makin up a mess of fun
Makin up a mess of fun
Lot’s of fun for everyone.  
Tra la la, la la la la. (4X)
 
Four banana, three banana, two banana, one.
All bananas playing in the bright warm sun.
Flippin like a pancake, poppin like a cork
Fleagle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork.

Tra la la, la la la la. (4X)


Ha ! What a gas !  They were the days !  :) :) ;D ;D ;) ;) :D :D

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OMG!!! Someone else actually remembers the Banana Splits?  Here I thought I was the only one!  My hubby acted like I was NUTS when I mentioned them to him!  And yes, they were on right around the same time (it was either right before or right after) the Monkees here too.

As for the Monkees..I loved them!  I have one or two of their record albums, one of their *shudder* 8-tracks, and now, my dear hubby got me a 4 cd boxed set of their music a couple of years ago.  It's really good!  
I saw them in concert back in like 1986 too...Mike wasn't there, but the other three were.  It was a good show, I was pretty much "voiceless" afterwards!  I had a blast!
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Do you remember "Lancelot Link?"

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One banana, two banana, three banana, four...
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The Dickies did a cover of that!
Many a night I've moshed at 'Rock City' to that one!

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The Dickies did a cover of that!
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Heheh - I got that on a mix tape. The video is sometimes played here in Oz...

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Heheh - I got that on a mix tape. The video is sometimes played here in Oz...
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Let me tell you..
When you're 16 years old and you've drunk too much beer, life don't get much better than 'Banana splits' at rock city!  ;D

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And THANK YOU FUSS I thought "Oh Oh Chongo" was something I dreamed. No one has known what I was talking about for years.
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Yeah, TripsMom, I know the problems you face !

Blank looks everywhere, huh ?

Well I Know what you are talking about !

FussB  ;)

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All together :

Tra la la, la la la la. (4X)
 
One banana, two banana, three banana, four.
Four bananas make a bunch and so do many more.
Over hill and highway the banana buggies go
Comin’ on to bring you The Banana Splits Show.  
Makin up a mess of fun
Makin up a mess of fun
Lot’s of fun for everyone.  
Tra la la, la la la la. (4X)
 
Four banana, three banana, two banana, one.
All bananas playing in the bright warm sun.
Flippin like a pancake, poppin like a cork
Fleagle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork.

Tra la la, la la la la. (4X)
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My, you certainly are multi-talented, aren't you? ;) ;D

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My, you certainly are multi-talented, aren't you? ;) ;D
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Alas Zella !  Only I know for sure !  And I'm not saying !  ;D

FB   8)

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Alas Zella !  Only I know for sure !  And I'm not saying !  ;D

FB   8)
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Ahhh.... but I have my suspicions.... ;)

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Ahhh.... but I have my suspicions.... ;)
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Why ?  Who you been talking to then ?  If there's good stories about me I'd like to  hear them too !  :(

FB  :)

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Why ?  Who you been talking to then ?  If there's good stories about me I'd like to  hear them too !  :(

FB  :)
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Selective Amnesia? (er...comes in a nose behind Erroneous Globe....) ;)

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Hey, I love The Monkees
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You're in good company.  :)

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I met Davy Jones when I was about 9. My mother worked at a theatre and he was preforming. My mother introduced me and it was the first (and only) time I was ever speechless in my life. lol  Mickey was on General Hospital last week.


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His daughter Ami was also on it in the mid 1990's

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His daughter Ami was also on it in the mid 1990's
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Yup, I knew that but I wasn't watching the show at the time.



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Hey everyone.

I just wanted to let you know I got an autographed picture from Peter Tork and Davy Jones in the mail. Also, on September 1 2003, I am going to see Davy perform live at a casino. (finally one of my dreams is going to come true).  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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WOW hope you have fun at the concert, MonkeysGirl! I have several of thier albums! they were a great group!

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Thank you. I'm sure I will have lots of fun.

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Oh-Oh - CHONGO !
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Hey, hey, speaking of The Monkees, does anyone remember the comedy show Mike Nesmith had in the 80s? (The name escapes me.) One of the segments was "Deep Thoughts With Jack Handy", which later became part of "Saturday Night Live".
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I remember seeing it once, but I don't remember the name. I think it was a summer replacement show. They had a hilarious sketch of "Leave it to Beaver" where Barbara Billingsley unloads on Eddie Haskel, telling him what an insincere kiss he is. I tuned in in the middle and couldn't believe what I was hearing! Finally, after all these years. If only she would have slapped him....

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Hey, hey, speaking of The Monkees, does anyone remember the comedy show Mike Nesmith had in the 80s? (The name escapes me.) One of the segments was "Deep Thoughts With Jack Handy", which later became part of "Saturday Night Live".
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It was called "Television Parts"  

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Hey, hey, speaking of The Monkees, does anyone remember the comedy show Mike Nesmith had in the 80s? (The name escapes me.) One of the segments was "Deep Thoughts With Jack Handy", which later became part of "Saturday Night Live".
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Would you be referring to "Mike Nesmith's Elephant Parts"? I never saw that special, but I heard good things about it. By the way has anyone out there seen "Head",the feature length movie the Monkees made AFTER their tv show was cancelled? Didn't they also do a tv concert special called "33 Revolutions per Monkee" in the late 60's,and a "reunion" made for tv movie in the late 90's? And last but not least, who remembers the "New Monkees" tv show in the late 80's? It was abruptly cancelled after only a few episodes. And it is just as well,nobody can replace the original Monkees!  :DThanks for the memories! Sincerely,Steve.

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Would you be referring to "Mike Nesmith's Elephant Parts"?
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Trivia Tidbit: Elephant Parts won the first ever video grammy.  It was recently re-released on DVD, with new commentary.  Nez's series was called Television Parts.

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I never saw that special, but I heard good things about it. By the way has anyone out there seen "Head",the feature length movie the Monkees made AFTER their tv show was cancelled? Didn't they also do a tv concert special called "33 Revolutions per Monkee" in the late 60's,and a "reunion" made for tv movie in the late 90's?
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(Head) I have.  (33 1/3) Unfortunately, yes and it's possibly the worst thing ever aired.  (ABC special) They sure did.

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And last but not least, who remembers the "New Monkees" tv show in the late 80's? It was abruptly cancelled after only a few episodes. And it is just as well,nobody can replace the original Monkees!  :DThanks for the memories! Sincerely,Steve.
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I remember that every station in my area that had been hyping that they'd be showing The New Monkees cancelled it before they had aired even one episode.  So, I never saw it.  I hear I didn't miss much.  I have met a couple of people who said the CD was actually OK, but I've never heard it and I was still seeing stacks of their CD languishing among the dust bunnies in cut out bins as late as the mid 90s.  

As for not replacing them, Simon Fuller (the guy responsible for The Spice Girls, S Club 7, American Idol, et al) has been planning to do exactly that.  He secured the rights to the series and an all new The Monkees series was orginally scheduled to be on the NBC fall 2003 line-up.  

The first few episodes were going to be reality programming -- the casting of the series.  After that, it would have switched to a scripted format modelled closely after the original series.   I've heard some unsubstantiated rumors about problems trying to cast the series and/or Fuller hyping it before there was any ink to the deal, but I don't know the true status of the project, right now.  

I hope it's in the dumpster... it's a bad idea.  Fans of the original series aren't interested in cheap imitations.  Detractors of the original group and/or series aren't interested in anything with the Monkees name on it.  

Kids probably aren't going to be interested in a rehash of a 40 year old idea.  They might be, at first, but imagine being a pre-teen girl, totally obsessed with "the cute one" of the new series only to hear your GRANDma say, "This is so cool, I was in love with a Monkee at your age, too!"  Ouch.  On the list of the ten fastest ways to kill a fad, getting a seal of coolness from Grandma is numbers 1 through 7!!  :D