The Monkees had been out of production for well over a year, with reruns airing on CBS on Saturday afternoons, when the band was brought back for an NBC primetime special, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee. which, some might say, would be a spiritual follow-up to the movie, "Head", which came out after the series ended.
British singers Brian Auger & Julie Driscoll are the key players in what amounts to a plot that would've been a better fit for the series, intent on brainwashing the band for whatever.
Shindig creator-producer Jack Good co-wrote & produced the show with director Art Fisher, who would recover from this debacle and spend the 70's working for the Kroffts (i.e. The Krofft Supershow, Donny & Marie), among other gigs. The band's manager, Ward Sylvester, was promoted to executive producer for this offering (he'd been billed as a production executive, which might actually mean the same thing, on the series).
Biz-to-the-A-R-R-E. No rating.
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