I remember seeing these commercials as a teen in the 60's and now yearn for those 'innocent' days that I have forever lost as an adult. In 1966, I discovered the legendary Monkees and the new girl in school who I fell in love with, Barbara Adent, and it was a time I will always cherish fondly. While those days are long gone, the memories are alive and well in my heart and soul and will be for the rest of my life. If only today's teens could experience this innocence and joy of that time.....,
@Timothy Gray Dude, did you know that according to his wife Phyllis, Mike Nesmith never spanked his kids? He would just say, "That's not cool" to the kids and try to reason with them? Just because it was the 60s and early 70s didn't mean that all parents from that time believed in corporal punishment.
@@melissacooper4282 Melissa, that's what Phillis said. She said that she would occasionally spank the kids but said that Mike just wasn't a hitting type. That's in part why the story of his putting his fist through the wall at the Beverly Hills hotel was actually unusual
I'll bet those guys sold a LOT of Kellogg's cereal, cologne, and Kool-Aid. Along with a lot of other stuff! "Helen of Troy had the face that launched a thousand ships, well Davy Jones had the face that shipped a thousand lunch boxes" - Micky Dolenz LOL
@@obscurelyvague Yep! In fact Ringo is the main figure in the commercials, trying to get his band mates back together. The Monkees keep showing up and Ringo keeps joking, "Wrong guys, but okay!"
I love these commercials! They remind me of the great things that you could get by sending in box tops and package labels. I miss those days! I miss you, Davy!
Peter Tork left the Monkees in late 68, leaving MM&D to carry on until early 70 when Mike left. The Kool-Aid commercials were a contractual obligation tied to the old tv show.
Poor Papa Nez! In that first Yardley ad he was really going for catching that young lady, only to get passed up for Davy! 😅😅😲 You can tell men wrote this stuff... 😆
MISS YOU MIKE, PETER AND DAVY. So sad tonight. Micky's alone now. Mike is gone too. Almost saw him and Micky in their last ever concert 4 weeks ago...had tickets but plans fell through. Saw them in 9th grade at the Hollywood Bowl in 1967..the Greek theater in 1988, with Mike doing a surprise appearance. Count myself lucky. Farewell, Michael...you were a fabulous musician and will be missed. :(
I loved product placement, and the show actors doing commercials! Such a good time in life! And the Monkees made me so happy 😊! I miss you Davy, Peter and now Mike 😢❤💙💖💕💗😢
1:32 I was in this commercial. It was filmed at Belmont Park in San Diego in Feb. of 1970. The park is gone but the roller coaster is still there. I remember drinking warm watery Kool Aid for two days while it was filmed. And got their autographs. Fun times for a kid.
Mike not only looks like he didn't want to be there anymore, he openly wears it on his sleeve (like a lot of the second-season episodes of the show). I'm surprised he wasn't the first one to leave, instead of Peter.
I disagree. If there's any reluctance, it's simply the serious Monkee Mike character from the TV script. Nesmith never had any problem with being a Monkee.
These TV commercials revamped my memory of; when I was listening and watching, the 1984 'Pepsi' TV commercial. The audio TV commercial narrator said what the slogan said that's; "choice of a new generation."
This TV commercial had a problem/weakness; right after when the filming process was over, this was when Michael Jackson's hair got caught on fire. Niether one of us, ever saw this error.
Lennon and McCartney NEVER hung out with Bugs, got wasted on KoolAId and played with Nerf Balls....AND...AND Snap Crackle and Pop???The Monkees BLOW the Beatles AWAY
:20 seconds in, on the calendar is my birthday! If this was the 1967 commercial, I turned Nine years old, that day. I crushed on Peter Tork as only a tween understands and why do they call it puppy love? Yet, when I grew up...it was Mickey who stole my heart. I also had the pleasure to meet Mickey and Davy who were terrifically kind and really only wanted to eat their Burger Kings, to me, when I met them a few years later and still listening to their music. I still listen. Davy, Peter...you are missed. Mickey, Mike, I hope you are well. "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times" and we thought it would last forever. Thank you, snapespatronus for this upload.
It looks like Mike had a little more fun filming some over others. But yeah, in general he wasn't much for the more commercial aspects he was expected to do. 😊
@@terrihooks5443 No, I didn't see ANY of these commercials when they were new, but the commercials for Petticoat Junction, I SAW THOSE when they were new. One of their sponsors was Ivory Soap (99/100 pure - it floats) so YES, I'm getting old...
Some guys have! Some guys never will! Love the one for Black Label with Mike running and the girl runs right past him. I remember that commercial too! It was funny.
@TheMonkeesRock Micky would be flattered to know that you are one of his biggest fans! I met some of his family years ago and my favorite memory was meeting his mom at her home and talking about Micky, the guys and the show. She passed on about 15 years ago and was a wonderful woman. Her name was Janelle Scott. And I remember watching "Circus Boy" as a kid and enjoyed the show. I think Micky was then known as Micky Braddock. (Do not know how he got that last name.) What a career he has had!
@TheMonkeesRock Thanks for your reply to my reflections and I also wish you could have been alive at that time. But thanks to UA-cam, you can enjoy all these songs and groups. I have a niece who is almost 15 and she LOVES the oldies and HATES today's music and so-called "singers". In the late 70's, I founded a Monkees newsletter club called "Monkees Marauders United" and my three friends and I published 13 issues in the two years we were a club. God bless the Monkees and memories! Victor
Mike Nesmith once said in an interview that he thought the Yardley black label commercial they did was ridiculous. He said something like "cereal ad's i can see, But cheesy cologne, cmon man". I can see where he is coming from, The Yardley Ad does stand out here as being a bit over the top for the Monkees.
Thanks! I LOVE seeing these again!! I remember the Rice Krispies "operation" from the series original run. I'm guessing the Kool-Aid ads (including the one with the Nerf balls) were made around 1970 when the series was rerun on Saturday mornings. (You can tell from Micky's sideburns and Davy's proto-mullet. Also by the absence of Peter Tork, who had left the group at that point.) Takes me back to junior high a long time ago!
Kellogg's was the primary sponsor of "THE MONKEES" on NBC from 1966 through '68 (on alternate weeks, Yardley of London)- and as such, they were under contract to appear in "integrated" commercials for their sponsors at the end of the show. Just before the series went into repeats on CBS's Saturday morning schedule in 1969, they (minus Peter, who'd already left the group) appeared in several Kool-Aid spots for General Foods, who was also a "participating advertiser" during those reruns...
I love how from the Kelloggs ads to the Kool Aid ads, you can tell Mike is just getting progressively sick of his Monkee image. "Enerf's Enerf" indeed, Wool hat.
I disagree. If there's any reluctance, it's simply the serious Monkee Mike character from the TV script. Nesmith never had any problem with being a Monkee.
@@davemacdonald1686 That was $150,000 for two seasons, actually. Mike's contract was up in 1972. That was the equivalent of $2 million, and what a huge financial strain that was on Mike for some time to come.
Micky was the funniest in all these, he was like I know this is lame so why not make it funny, Mike just was like I feel so demoted, and Davy was just trying to be his cute charming self, Peter was just his cooky self as well
"Chloe Hoffman" Mike was much bigger than Davy. Davy was not much taller than 5 foot 3 ( my height) and he was a jockey, meaning that he had to have weighed no more than about 100 pounds soaking wet. But also though Mike had his arms outstretched as he held Davy , he had his hands resting on the shoulders of Mickey, (Or was it Peter?) so that he was not really using as much strength as balance and distribution of weight.
I remember seeing these commercials as a teen in the 60's and now yearn for those 'innocent' days that I have forever lost as an adult. In 1966, I discovered the legendary Monkees and the new girl in school who I fell in love with, Barbara Adent, and it was a time I will always cherish fondly. While those days are long gone, the memories are alive and well in my heart and soul and will be for the rest of my life. If only today's teens could experience this innocence and joy of that time.....,
The Monkees remind me of a happier time.
@Timothy Gray Dude, did you know that according to his wife Phyllis, Mike Nesmith never spanked his kids? He would just say, "That's not cool" to the kids and try to reason with them? Just because it was the 60s and early 70s didn't mean that all parents from that time believed in corporal punishment.
@@cherylhulting1301 really? I never knew that.
@@melissacooper4282 Melissa, that's what Phillis said. She said that she would occasionally spank the kids but said that Mike just wasn't a hitting type. That's in part why the story of his putting his fist through the wall at the Beverly Hills hotel was actually unusual
You can be happy again; just don't watch T.V.
@Patrick McCallum I was referring to my childhood and when I watched the reruns in the eighties. I wasn’t around when the show premiered.
Micky is awesome, I'm so glad I got the chance to meet him. He's hilarious then and now.
"will he be able to play bass again?"
"yes"
"that's kinda weird, he never could before"
Boom! Roasted!
oh yeah like micky ever could lol
I was born in 1960, I've seen half of these ads when I was a kid.
Thank you.
*K E DOUBLE L OH DOUBLE GOOD KELLOGS BEST TO YOU*
I'll bet those guys sold a LOT of Kellogg's cereal, cologne, and Kool-Aid. Along with a lot of other stuff!
"Helen of Troy had the face that launched a thousand ships, well Davy Jones had the face that shipped a thousand lunch boxes" - Micky Dolenz LOL
Listen To The Brand.
Back when eating and drinking sugar was ok. Nice memories.
i like watching these, I can forget two of them passed away for a little while.😢
I just realized... ...this collection needs the 90s commercials of them at Pizza Hut.
"Jinzo Clash" isn't that the commercial with Ringo Starr in it too?
@@obscurelyvague Yep! In fact Ringo is the main figure in the commercials, trying to get his band mates back together. The Monkees keep showing up and Ringo keeps joking, "Wrong guys, but okay!"
kelloggs ads make me want to eat rice krispies
For me it's Frosted Flakes. Those are so good.
My favorite was 'Puffa Puffa Rice'
@@KariaVendetta My favorite was OKs
I love these commercials! They remind me of the great things that you could get by sending in box tops and package labels. I miss those days! I miss you, Davy!
Peter Tork left the Monkees in late 68, leaving MM&D to carry on until early 70 when Mike left. The Kool-Aid commercials were a contractual obligation tied to the old tv show.
I remember the Kool-Aid commercials. Micky was such a natural on the tv screen. I bet they'd probably laugh their asses off looking at this today!
Micky's hair in the snake in a can ad.
THOSE WERE THE DAYS MY FRIEND
WE THOUGHT THEY'D NEVER END
WE'D SING AND DANCE FOREVER AND A DAY
1968 song by Gene Raskin,sung by Mary Hopkin.
Poor Papa Nez! In that first Yardley ad he was really going for catching that young lady, only to get passed up for Davy! 😅😅😲 You can tell men wrote this stuff... 😆
MISS YOU MIKE, PETER AND DAVY. So sad tonight. Micky's alone now. Mike is gone too. Almost saw him and Micky in their last ever concert 4 weeks ago...had tickets but plans fell through. Saw them in 9th grade at the Hollywood Bowl in 1967..the Greek theater in 1988, with Mike doing a surprise appearance. Count myself lucky. Farewell, Michael...you were a fabulous musician and will be missed. :(
Very creative commercial ideas with The Monkees.
I especially love Micky Dolenz with the Joy Buzzer and the Snake-in-the-can.
Ha-Ha-Ha!
I want to collect Kool-Aid packages and get a buzzer.😂
I love the part where Mike picks up Davy XD to funny!
Mike has some strong arms!
@@thedogdogification And how we girls longed to be in them! 😅😊❤❤
at what part of the video?
@@meerikorhonen5832 He does it in the first commercial, around the :27 second mark.
I loved product placement, and the show actors doing commercials!
Such a good time in life!
And the Monkees made me so happy 😊! I miss you Davy, Peter and now Mike 😢❤💙💖💕💗😢
Always loved Peter's bunny jammies.
They were Curly Howard's (3 Stooges). They filmed on the same set that the Stooges were, and some of the props were still around.
I totally forgot Mike wore the Nudie suit in a Kool-Aid commercial! And Bugs spoke to him! "What's up Mike!" Sooooo cute!!!!
Nudie, the rodeo tailor! Oh shit that's funny!
Man, I would kill to go back to the 60's...
I
Life was so much simple
Take me too...
Every night, I wish to wake up and it be 1968 again (knowing then what I know now).
I did get the joy buzzer and snake in the can along with a nerf ball. Those were the days.
1:32 I was in this commercial. It was filmed at Belmont Park in San Diego in Feb. of 1970. The park is gone but the roller coaster is still there. I remember drinking warm watery Kool Aid for two days while it was filmed. And got their autographs. Fun times for a kid.
The Nerf commercial with the Nerf balls looks like it was made in the Partridge Family house.
"E-Nerf's e-Nerf." 😀
😅😅😅 Poor Mike. But it really made for a very memorable moment.
We need these guys more then ever
Love this and miss Davy -3
Love these old commercials!
Mike not only looks like he didn't want to be there anymore, he openly wears it on his sleeve (like a lot of the second-season episodes of the show). I'm surprised he wasn't the first one to leave, instead of Peter.
I disagree. If there's any reluctance, it's simply the serious Monkee Mike character from the TV script. Nesmith never had any problem with being a Monkee.
These TV commercials revamped my memory of; when I was listening and watching, the 1984 'Pepsi' TV commercial. The audio TV commercial narrator said what the slogan said that's; "choice of a new generation."
This TV commercial had a problem/weakness; right after when the filming process was over, this was when Michael Jackson's hair got caught on fire. Niether one of us, ever saw this error.
What 1984 TV commercial had a connection to this TV commercial? Alfonso was teaching the young generation, all of these breakdancing moves.
Also I think the second season was also a darker season. It looked like the chemistry was gone then.
Lennon and McCartney NEVER hung out with Bugs, got wasted on KoolAId and played with Nerf Balls....AND...AND Snap Crackle and Pop???The Monkees BLOW the Beatles AWAY
I love the monkees.. but to be so dismissive of the Beatles is just silly, mate
Now this was real TV 📺. Missing those days. But memories like these are good to see and enjoy. Bugs Bunny and the Monkees. Oh yeah.!!!
he will for ever be in our hearts r.i.p Davey
I just hope they got big dough for doing these commercials
:20 seconds in, on the calendar is my birthday! If this was the 1967 commercial, I turned Nine years old,
that day.
I crushed on Peter Tork as only a tween understands and why do they call it puppy love?
Yet, when I grew up...it was Mickey who stole my heart.
I also had the pleasure to meet Mickey and Davy who were terrifically kind and really only wanted to
eat their Burger Kings, to me, when I met them a few years later and still listening to their music.
I still listen.
Davy, Peter...you are missed.
Mickey, Mike, I hope you are well.
"it was the best of times, it was the worst of times" and we thought it would last forever.
Thank you, snapespatronus for this upload.
MY faves was always Davy and Peter. Peter and Davy no one out there who can steal my heart except u guys. Rip. Guys look after my.mum will u...
i love the monkees :)
Loved these as a kid......still love them.
Sugar was still perfectly fine back then. MORE! MORE! MORE!
i would give anything anyone or do watever it takes to live in the 1960's
I wish to wake up and it be 1968 every single night when I go to sleep. Been doing that for at least a decade now.
Bugs Bunny as the 5th Monkee!!!
Every time I eat my rice crispies I’ll know that it’s still around because of the good ol’ Monkees!
The Monkees Rice Krispies commercial inspire you to have it for breakfast. But I love a meal of morning Corn Flakes.
"Infinite wisdom, infinite light, beauty and truth and. . . . .Nerf's enerf" - Robert Michael Nesmith
I remember all of these! Thank you for posting them. I will always be 10 years old when it comes to these four men. I love them!!!!
David’s voice was lovely. 💖
I must have watched them as a kid. I watched and loved anything with davy jones in it.
These are great!! So much better than anything post 1980. It’s never too late to start being a Monkees fan! ♥️
Great commercials!! I remember these!!
So the Monkees got to work with Bugs Bunny?Did they get his autograph? Any ego clashes?
"The Monkees! Brought to you by... sugar!!"
Bradley, Illinois... wow. What an interesting choice for a promotional address.
I'll bet Mike hated every minute of filming these commercials...
It looks like Mike had a little more fun filming some over others. But yeah, in general he wasn't much for the more commercial aspects he was expected to do. 😊
Sent in my kool-aid proof of purchase, got the joy buzzer and snake (mine came with two snakes!) in the can, and of course a nerf ball also.
I actually remember some of these commercials. I must be old...
@@terrihooks5443 No, I didn't see ANY of these commercials when they were new, but the commercials for Petticoat Junction, I SAW THOSE when they were new. One of their sponsors was Ivory Soap (99/100 pure - it floats) so YES, I'm getting old...
all the sugar on the bottom on the bowl LOL all these commercials are pretty cheezy but they shouldve showed these in the 80s with their show reruns
Life was so much simpler and easier in the 60's & 70's
Yep.B4 I made The Beeeeeeg Mistake!
I sure remember these!!
Make friends with koolaid,Make koolaid with friends...
God damn Micky Dolenz is funny as hell! And Mike and Davy were *sooooo* sexy!!!
And Peter!!
Some guys have! Some guys never will! Love the one for Black Label with Mike running and the girl runs right past him. I remember that commercial too! It was funny.
Insane too, he's a fox.
The 1st Yardley after shave ad has, by far, the best music track. Very cool and funny stuff!
RIP, Davey Jones
Thanks for posting these! It was great seeing them again!
Wonderful to see these again!!
I remember sending away for the nerf balls!!!I remember all these commercials!
@TheMonkeesRock Micky would be flattered to know that you are one of his biggest fans! I met some of his family years ago and my favorite memory was meeting his mom at her home and talking about Micky, the guys and the show. She passed on about 15 years ago and was a wonderful woman. Her name was Janelle Scott. And I remember watching "Circus Boy" as a kid and enjoyed the show. I think Micky was then known as Micky Braddock. (Do not know how he got that last name.) What a career he has had!
The Monkees always make me happy!!!!!!!! ☺☺☺☺☺
@TheMonkeesRock Thanks for your reply to my reflections and I also wish you could have been alive at that time. But thanks to UA-cam, you can enjoy all these songs and groups. I have a niece who is almost 15 and she LOVES the oldies and HATES today's music and so-called "singers". In the late 70's, I founded a Monkees newsletter club called "Monkees Marauders United" and my three friends and I published 13 issues in the two years we were a club. God bless the Monkees and memories! Victor
Love these commercials thanks :)
On the second kool-aid commercial I said: "OH YEAH"
did get royalties?
The Rice Krispies and Kool-Aid ads are my favourites.
I wished I'd seen them when they were on TV back then
Those poor guys, especially the things Mike had to wear for these ads.
I feel the love in the air again i only listen to 60s and 70s music not into what is playing today
Mike Nesmith once said in an interview that he thought the Yardley black label commercial they did was ridiculous. He said something like "cereal ad's i can see, But cheesy cologne, cmon man". I can see where he is coming from, The Yardley Ad does stand out here as being a bit over the top for the Monkees.
Thanks! I LOVE seeing these again!! I remember the Rice Krispies "operation" from the series original run. I'm guessing the Kool-Aid ads (including the one with the Nerf balls) were made around 1970 when the series was rerun on Saturday mornings. (You can tell from Micky's sideburns and Davy's proto-mullet. Also by the absence of Peter Tork, who had left the group at that point.) Takes me back to junior high a long time ago!
Thanks for uploading. 😀
Kellogg's was the primary sponsor of "THE MONKEES" on NBC from 1966 through '68 (on alternate weeks, Yardley of London)- and as such, they were under contract to appear in "integrated" commercials for their sponsors at the end of the show. Just before the series went into repeats on CBS's Saturday morning schedule in 1969, they (minus Peter, who'd already left the group) appeared in several Kool-Aid spots for General Foods, who was also a "participating advertiser" during those reruns...
LOVE THESE!!!
I love how from the Kelloggs ads to the Kool Aid ads, you can tell Mike is just getting progressively sick of his Monkee image. "Enerf's Enerf" indeed, Wool hat.
I disagree. If there's any reluctance, it's simply the serious Monkee Mike character from the TV script. Nesmith never had any problem with being a Monkee.
He had a problem with the ads and paid out the $150,000 remaining on his contract to get out of them.
@@davemacdonald1686 That was $150,000 for two seasons, actually. Mike's contract was up in 1972. That was the equivalent of $2 million, and what a huge financial strain that was on Mike for some time to come.
I actually remember a couple of these. I'm not sure how, since I wasn't born until 1974.
Micky was the funniest in all these, he was like I know this is lame so why not make it funny, Mike just was like I feel so demoted, and Davy was just trying to be his cute charming self, Peter was just his cooky self as well
They are basically playing the characters they played on their show.
Thanks, a lot of those I don't remember seeing, but I was young then lol.
Kind of funny they didn't sing one note of that Rice Crispies commercial!
I find it hilarious how mike could pick up davy sooo easily!!! lolololol
"Chloe Hoffman" Mike was much bigger than Davy. Davy was not much taller than 5 foot 3 ( my height) and he was a jockey, meaning that he had to have weighed no more than about 100 pounds soaking wet. But also though Mike had his arms outstretched as he held Davy , he had his hands resting on the shoulders of Mickey, (Or was it Peter?) so that he was not really using as much strength as balance and distribution of weight.
More commercials than the Beatles
That's what you get for writing your own hits, you don't have to stoop to selling others crap
How many of us wanted are parents to buy this cereal cause the Monkees did. What's cool is June 6 is my birthday
Great fun to see these , we never got them on Australia 🇦🇺 .
I used to put sugar in my Rice Krispies and Corn Flakes,probably more brands then that when I was a kid
I thought I was the only one putting sugar in rice krispies....
Never seen these, really great, of the time lol
These old Monkee commercial are great 😃 I remember Davy in the black label colonge I was maybe 5 yrs old
Love it love it love it....!!
Is it a misfortune that; no one ever bothered to, digitally restore all of these TV commercials the 'Monkees' appeared in?
Thank you
same :) I keep replaying that part :)
seems i remember some of these, but never saw all this. Never knew they made so many.
The fountain was in Friends too.