@@Mr85fordyota The whole point was that The Monkees were put together as a parody of The Beatles initially. But they eventually proved they were more than slapstick. They'd even gotten The Beatles' stamp of approval when The Monkees toured England. The Beatles hosted them 'n they all had a great time. John Lennon even dubbed them as the Marx Brothers of music.
For many years, I thought the title of this song was "In This Generation". It wasn't till a few years ago that I found out that it's "For Pete's Sake". Peter Tork wrote it in 1967 and, when trying to come up with a title, just thought of that common phrase.
@jeffschwartz4t.o.council-j132It was meant to be this way as The Monkees were an American rip-off of The Beatles! Speaking of The Beatles, they’d gave their stamp of approval with The Monkees and actually HOSTED them on their first tour over to England! John Lennon dubbed them as The Marx Brothers of Music - HA 😂!
Me too -- I remember watching this show as a kid and when they used this as the closing theme for the 2nd season, I remember thinking "you know the Monkees are actually a pretty decent band"
So great they made this the closing theme in the 2nd season. The Monkees wrote and played on it. A statement they could be taken seriously as musicians. Any of the bands of the time would have loved to make anything as good as this.
They were smiling because they finally dumped that rotten producer, Don Kirschner. They hated his guts, because they knew they could really write their own songs and play instruments but he wouldn't let them.
In my area this used to come on in reruns everyday at Noon. I used to come home every day for lunch during elementary school and watch The Monkees. As soon as this song ended I had to get back to school before lunch ended. Great memories of watching this fantastic funny show. And a little disappointment when this song came on signalling the show's end. They never got enough credit. Millions of fans cant be wrong though judging by all the tributes!
Yup! Written by none other than Peter Tork. Sadly the tv show producers wouldn't let him sing lead on it 😒. BTW, the title is: "For Pete's Sake" aka "In This Generation."
Always loved this ending. Great song, even though the show could be silly, funny, goofy, this song reminded you they could 'do serious' music. Ending on a serious note as really a great band.
Thanks for the great memories and that song is most relevant these days I enjoyed the monkeys growing up , and seen them in concert years ago Rip Davey and Peter😎✌👍🎼🎛🎤🎸🎹🎶🎵
*Monkees Bands from that era that named themselves after animals ALWAYS altered the spelling to make them stand out. The Beatles The Byrds The Monkees 😂 The Turtles were the exception tho ✌🏾
I had the great privilege of meeting Paul Mazursky (the co creator) back in the 90s. He said he believed that in creating The Monkees he had also created the precursor to what would become MTV years later.
As a kid in in the late 70s and early 80's i use to love this show in the summers back when summer break started june 5th and didn't end till September after labor day
RIP MIKE NESMITH!! I was not born until 1971 but I loved their TV show in reruns and it was sad it didn't run longer than 2 seasons. The closing theme song For Pete's Sake is my favorite as well in season 2 of The Monkees Shaun from California
There's something about this closing that always seemed cool. More of that late 60s psychedelic sound. From the visuals to Mickey Dolenz's vocals. They used an alternate closing to the original "intro" song.
The photo montages are just great. Along with the snappy editing and zoom ins and outs. The song and the visuals are telling us everything about these people and who they are.
The "standard" closing title from season two (1967-'68) using "For Pete's Sake" as the closing theme [minus the sponsor's products {Kellogg's cereals, Yardley logos} flashed on the sides of the screen during the first 27 seconds, as originally seen on NBC].
For Pete's Sake Pete..Damn I wish could have stayed a little longer..You in God's hands now..and the may Angles are looking over you for ever and ever..RIP..
This is one of my very favorite Monkees tune. I think there was a longer version they played in one part of their show and not the end credits. Looking for that one. I still wonder what this title besides other end credit theme.
I remember flipping channels trying to tune in the show ( like every Saturday)and being po’d because I thought I had missed it. Found out later they weren’t on anymore. BUMMER! For a 6? Year old.
I remember when I was little I would try to make all the funny faces like the Monkees and my mother once said, “Why are you making all those gyrations?” She didn’t like for me to watch the show either. However, I did anyway.
The theme song for what is happening right now today in America. The grand children of the kids who grew up listening to the Monkees are the new generation protesting all over America to stop the war in Palestine. Listen to them, America. They want peace, love, and understanding in the world.
As much as I love the Monkees, I didn't pay attention to this song until one day I just decided to look it up. And the lyrics are poignant to all times. In this generation In this lovin' time In this generation We will make the world shine We were born to love one another This is somethin', we all need We were born to love one another We must be what we're goin' to be And what we have to be, is free
The song was written in desperation by Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork. In the first season, the producer was Don Kirshner, and he treated The Monkees like babies on a leash. They wanted to write and play their own music, but Kirshner wouldn't let them. (Naismith wanted to beat him up.) They screamed at NBC to fire him, so they did. Nesmith and Tork wrote this to prove they had real talent. This song always stood out to me. I thought it was kind of haunting.
This is from the credits of "The Picture Frame" (a.k.a. "The Bank Robbery"), Episode No. 34 of The Monkees (prod. #4759, aired on NBC September 18, 1967 and April 1, 1968). 8-B
When the Monkees was a Saturday afternoon show these credits meant the kid's shows were over and adult shows like bowling were on. I got that same uneasy feeling. Margaret Cho got that same feeling when Soul Train came on.
😂 What did she have against Soul Train? We used to get our chores done so that when SoulTrain came on, we didn't have a thing to worry 'bout. But thb, I'd watched The Monkees in syndication as I was born in '66 'n didn't watch the show on its first run for obvious reasons 😜. By the time I started watching The Monkees, it came on daily in the afternoons in our market area in Philly.
I'm still trying to figure out why JIMI HENDRIX despised the MONKEES even tho hendrix was on tour with them for a short while after MONTEREY. The Monkees loved Hendrix tho.I thought the Monkees were the BEATLES. I was born in '63 so cut me some slack, but when the Monkees TV show aired in Chicago in 1974 on ch. 32 WFLD af 3:30PM, the closing theme song song had a different meaning than when I heard it in 1971 on Saturday mornings after watching H.R Puff N Stuff. In '74 the song seems sad now and is a cry for help as if to say: "It's to you guys to finish what has started"!!!
Well Hendrix had a 1st row perspective since they'd toured together, no matter how brief. Michel Nesmith did have a bit of an ego so who knows. Maybe at that time, Hendrix felt they were fake as the tv show producers wouldn't allow them to write or play any of the instruments so when they did play them live, they weren't a tightly playing band. At that time, ppl in the music industry looked at them (The Monkees) as singing actors 'n NOT true musicians. I suppose they were viewed as the Milli Vanilli of musicians 😂. The Beatles, however, liked them. It's said that John looked at them as the Marx Brothers of music. They understood the Monkees as being somewhat ppl parodying them.
@@scottbreseke716 Carole King and Gerry Coffin wrote it. They didn't like the Monkees' version. Her version was a despairing folk song; their was a California rock style, but that's the one that stood out.
Great song. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Peter wrote this. Peter generally played the fool, doofus in the show but the irony was quite the opposite, in real life the band considered him the brightest.
Yes...you're 100% correct on both points. He'd written the song called "For Pete's Sake" aka "In This Generation" and played the bumbling 'quiet' Monkee ✌🏾.
@Sheri451 With all the sequences, this is strobing in 1966, this was new technology. By the end of the decade, people did that a lot, and well, some substances.... (ask anyone from that era -- LOL).
I thank the Good Lord for letting me be born in this era... Rest in peace Davy and Peter... You're sorely missed
And now Mike :(
@@michaelballard4095 Beat me to it.
Best closing credits ever!!!
As if the Monkees weren't a big enough Beatles rip off already. They copy cat A Hard Days Night's ending too...😅
But its cool. I like the Monkees...👍👍
@@Mr85fordyota The whole point was that The Monkees were put together as a parody of The Beatles initially. But they eventually proved they were more than slapstick. They'd even gotten The Beatles' stamp of approval when The Monkees toured England. The Beatles hosted them 'n they all had a great time. John Lennon even dubbed them as the Marx Brothers of music.
@@Mr85fordyota The Beatles loved The Monkees; they were/are friends.
For Pete's Sake is a fantastic song. One of their best. Anybody's best.
Yup. Most of their great songs were written by others. Not this one. Peter Tork's finest hour
And his friend, Joey Richard, who co-wrote this one with Peter.@@johndalton3180
As a kid this ending always made me sad, and fast forward to 2021, it still brings a tear to my eye.
I know what you mean Alex. The tone of it is hopeful and melancholy at the same time. When I had a podcast, I used it as my closing theme song.
Agreed! The funny thing is that this song can be applied to today's generation as things haven't improved all that much 😩
You are in need of massive doses of horse tranquilizer.
I know, hearing it meant no more until the next day. So sad. 😔
We sure did our best, Alex.
This was my favorite part of the show, way back in the day. Not trying to be disrespectful...just really loved the music, here.
The best end credit sequence for a tv show with each funny expressive face of each Monkees member flashing by. "For Pete's Sake" is a great song, too.
For many years, I thought the title of this song was "In This Generation". It wasn't till a few years ago that I found out that it's "For Pete's Sake". Peter Tork wrote it in 1967 and, when trying to come up with a title, just thought of that common phrase.
@jeffschwartz4t.o.council-j132It was meant to be this way as The Monkees were an American rip-off of The Beatles!
Speaking of The Beatles, they’d gave their stamp of approval with The Monkees and actually HOSTED them on their first tour over to England! John Lennon dubbed them as The Marx Brothers of Music - HA 😂!
Instant childhood....i thought this song was so much cooler than the opening theme song
Me too -- I remember watching this show as a kid and when they used this as the closing theme for the 2nd season, I remember thinking "you know the Monkees are actually a pretty decent band"
And you are correct!
It was.
Yes.
I love the Monkees! I was born in 1965 so i was about 5 or 6 when their show aired in syndication and i became a huge fan! God i miss the 70's!
Don't we all.
I'm with you on that. Take me back to any day in the 1970s.
Me too! Born 1966.
Born in 64. Know how you feel.
So great they made this the closing theme in the 2nd season. The Monkees wrote and played on it. A statement they could be taken seriously as musicians. Any of the bands of the time would have loved to make anything as good as this.
They were smiling because they finally dumped that rotten producer, Don Kirschner. They hated his guts, because they knew they could really write their own songs and play instruments but he wouldn't let them.
"For Pete's Sake" my all-time favorite Monkees groove!
Peter Tork co-wrote this. Fabulous song and great job Micky 👏 👍on the vocals.
Peter Tork didn't co-write this....he wrote this himself.
Great song! Powerful it motivates me till today. Hoping for a better world 🌎
RIP Mike, Peter, and Davy
Even I thought this tune was entitled "In This Generation," but that's just part of the lyrics. This song is called "For Pete's Sake."
Dude!! Thank you for that!
😂 Yeah..."For Pete's Sake" STILL is aka "In This Generation."
This song is sooooo groovy! RIP my fave Monkee Peter!
He was mine too!
Probably my best song from the Monkees, used to watch the series on Saturday mornings in the 70's. great times.
O.K.......Now I can scratch that one off my BUCKET LIST. Always wanted to know the dang title to this song.
This is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know right? One of those things that is in the back of your head for decades finally revealed.
Love this song. Takes me to my very earliest memories as a child and watching these closing credits on TV. Magic.
In my area this used to come on in reruns everyday at Noon. I used to come home every day for lunch during elementary school and watch The Monkees. As soon as this song ended I had to get back to school before lunch ended. Great memories of watching this fantastic funny show. And a little disappointment when this song came on signalling the show's end. They never got enough credit. Millions of fans cant be wrong though judging by all the tributes!
We must be what we're
Going to be
And what we have
To be is FREE.
FANTASTIC lyrics.
Yup! Written by none other than Peter Tork. Sadly the tv show producers wouldn't let him sing lead on it 😒. BTW, the title is: "For Pete's Sake" aka "In This Generation."
Always loved this ending. Great song, even though the show could be silly, funny, goofy, this song reminded you they could 'do serious' music. Ending on a serious note as really a great band.
I remember this series first time around in the U.K., in 1967, when I was a small boy. Great memories.
That's very groovy tune 🎶😊🎶😊🎶🎶😊🎶😊🎶😊🎶🌞🌞🌞🌞💕💕
Where does the time go? It feels just like yesterday I was a young man watching this show. Always loved this song.
Always felt sad hearing this song cause that meant the end of the show...but love this song too..
RIP Davy Jones!
And Peter Tork...
@@76carmel And now Michael Nesmith 😞
Thanks for the great memories and that song is most relevant these days I enjoyed the monkeys growing up , and seen them in concert years ago Rip Davey and Peter😎✌👍🎼🎛🎤🎸🎹🎶🎵
*Monkees
Bands from that era that named themselves after animals ALWAYS altered the spelling to make them stand out.
The Beatles
The Byrds
The Monkees
😂 The Turtles were the exception tho ✌🏾
I had the great privilege of meeting Paul Mazursky (the co creator) back in the 90s. He said he believed that in creating The Monkees he had also created the precursor to what would become MTV years later.
I was born in '64 and always loved the ending credit song.
I just can't Stop playing it!!! DAM!!
Ditto brother
Feel a sense of understanding and peace.There is no shame in this.
It’s such an ear-worm of a song 😊!
RIP David Jones, Michael Nesmith, & Peter Tork
RIP, Michael Nesmith.
i like this theme song
RIP Michael Nesmith
Agreed....Where's the time machine?...Sucks balls right now...
🙋🏾♀️ February 2024 here ‘n it STILL sucks balls 😂
I agree with Danny.It wasn't until decades later i found out the song had a name.
As a kid in in the late 70s and early 80's i use to love this show in the summers back when summer break started june 5th and didn't end till September after labor day
RIP MIKE NESMITH!! I was not born until 1971 but I loved their TV show in reruns and it was sad it didn't run longer than 2 seasons. The closing theme song For Pete's Sake is my favorite as well in season 2 of The Monkees Shaun from California
Another '71 baby here, this was my all-time favorite song by them!
My favorite Monkees song of all time. Thanks for posting!
I just found out earlier today that Mike Nesmith passed away on December 10! R.I.P. Mike.
There's something about this closing that always seemed cool. More of that late 60s psychedelic sound. From the visuals to Mickey Dolenz's vocals. They used an alternate closing to the original "intro" song.
Love this song, my favourite Monkees song ❤
The photo montages are just great. Along with the snappy editing and zoom ins and outs. The song and the visuals are telling us everything about these people and who they are.
Love the Bass
As mentioned previously this was the episode titled, "Picture Frame". It first aired 18 September 1967.
And remember-- this song is co-written by Peter Tork. Very cool stuff - thanks for posting!
DuelFilms Co written? With who
Peter wrote it and Mike named it. In an interview, they were playing it on the tv and Peter got excited, “ I wrote that!” This song is great!
I never knew it.
Personally, I liked this closing theme better than the original.
Me too 😊
@@Motown-1966 I`m definitely agree with you.😊😇🥰❤💯
Great ending theme.
The "standard" closing title from season two (1967-'68) using "For Pete's Sake" as the closing theme [minus the sponsor's products {Kellogg's cereals, Yardley logos} flashed on the sides of the screen during the first 27 seconds, as originally seen on NBC].
For Pete's Sake Pete..Damn I wish could have stayed a little longer..You in God's hands now..and the may Angles are looking over you for ever and ever..RIP..
Now that's the song I like an love!!!
This is one of my very favorite Monkees tune. I think there was a longer version they played in one part of their show and not the end credits. Looking for that one. I still wonder what this title besides other end credit theme.
+Linda Whalen It's called "For Pete's Sake". The longer version features on the re-dubbed 1967 edit of "I've Got A Little Song Here"
+Linda Whalen It can be found on Headquarters and their box set.
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Luved the show very funny luve this song at the end
it was great show
I miss those days.
I remember flipping channels trying to tune in the show ( like every Saturday)and being po’d because I thought I had missed it. Found out later they weren’t on anymore. BUMMER! For a 6? Year old.
I remember when I was little I would try to make all the funny faces like the Monkees and my mother once said, “Why are you making all those gyrations?” She didn’t like for me to watch the show either. However, I did anyway.
That was a tease. Someone needs to make an extended version like the length of Kashmir.
Good tune for signing off.
Didn’t know what this song’s title was for years...thought it was “This Generation” or “Gotta Be Free.”
Well it's aka "In This Generation" but it's actually called "For Pete's Sake" ✌🏾!
fantástico anos rebeldes
Nice song
i have not heard this song in 35 years. I still remember all of the lyrics.
The theme song for what is happening right now today in America. The grand children of the kids who grew up listening to the Monkees are the new generation protesting all over America to stop the war in Palestine. Listen to them, America. They want peace, love, and understanding in the world.
the monkees is great
very good
perfect song for now...!
nelda blanco I totally agree
Watched this show most Monday nights on NBC right before "I Dream of Jennie".
Great song!!
Hey hey we’re the monkees
I’m a teen all over again.
Great song!!!
As much as I love the Monkees, I didn't pay attention to this song until one day I just decided to look it up. And the lyrics are poignant to all times.
In this generation
In this lovin' time
In this generation
We will make the world shine
We were born to love one another
This is somethin', we all need
We were born to love one another
We must be what we're goin' to be
And what we have to be, is free
The song was written in desperation by Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork. In the first season, the producer was Don Kirshner, and he treated The Monkees like babies on a leash. They wanted to write and play their own music, but Kirshner wouldn't let them. (Naismith wanted to beat him up.) They screamed at NBC to fire him, so they did. Nesmith and Tork wrote this to prove they had real talent. This song always stood out to me. I thought it was kind of haunting.
i love the monkees
WKRP in Cinncinatti closingwas great too.
Agreed!!
Agreed!!
You can’t lose with this or wkrp - both are monsters!!!
Chico and the Man had a fantastic, rocking closing theme song.
This is from the credits of "The Picture Frame" (a.k.a. "The Bank Robbery"), Episode No. 34 of The Monkees (prod. #4759, aired on NBC September 18, 1967 and April 1, 1968). 8-B
When the Monkees was a Saturday afternoon show these credits meant the kid's shows were over and adult shows like bowling were on. I got that same uneasy feeling. Margaret Cho got that same feeling when Soul Train came on.
😂 What did she have against Soul Train? We used to get our chores done so that when SoulTrain came on, we didn't have a thing to worry 'bout. But thb, I'd watched The Monkees in syndication as I was born in '66 'n didn't watch the show on its first run for obvious reasons 😜. By the time I started watching The Monkees, it came on daily in the afternoons in our market area in Philly.
incredible song yeahhhhhhhhh!
Rip Peter Tork
Love that song
Great song!
RIP PETER...
I'm still trying to figure out why JIMI HENDRIX despised the MONKEES even tho hendrix was on tour with them for a short while after MONTEREY. The Monkees loved Hendrix tho.I thought the Monkees were the BEATLES. I was born in '63 so cut me some slack, but when the Monkees TV show aired in Chicago in 1974 on ch. 32 WFLD af 3:30PM, the closing theme song song had a different meaning than when I heard it in 1971 on Saturday mornings after watching H.R Puff N Stuff. In '74 the song seems sad now and is a cry for help as if to say: "It's to you guys to finish what has started"!!!
Well Hendrix had a 1st row perspective since they'd toured together, no matter how brief. Michel Nesmith did have a bit of an ego so who knows. Maybe at that time, Hendrix felt they were fake as the tv show producers wouldn't allow them to write or play any of the instruments so when they did play them live, they weren't a tightly playing band. At that time, ppl in the music industry looked at them (The Monkees) as singing actors 'n NOT true musicians. I suppose they were viewed as the Milli Vanilli of musicians 😂. The Beatles, however, liked them. It's said that John looked at them as the Marx Brothers of music. They understood the Monkees as being somewhat ppl parodying them.
Exactly! And I had to wait another whole week to see Mickey on the screen...I lived for that moment (c'mon, I was only 8 years old)
Awesome ending
You've just witnessed the end credits to Monkees Episode No. 34, "The Picture Frame"
(a.k.a. "The Bank Robbery").
I love it
Endless Generation is a great song!
😂 The song's title is: "For Pete's Sake" aka "In This Generation" which was written by Peter Tork ✌🏾!
Nice closing theme. And on a very sad note, I heard that Davy died today (and he was only 66). May he rest in peace.
I see from the credits that Carole King helped produce "Pleasant Valley Sunday" . Never knew this.
I think she wrote the song, with her husband's help.
@@scottbreseke716 Carole King and Gerry Coffin wrote it. They didn't like the Monkees' version. Her version was a despairing folk song; their was a California rock style, but that's the one that stood out.
@@davidlafleche1142 I had not heard that Carol didn't like the Monkee's verson.
@@scottbreseke716 All writers are like that. There are very few examples of anybody re-writing anything that the author considers an improvement.
Peter Tork wrote the song and they wouldn't let him sing it.
How sad is this fact! I'm sure it was the tv show producers that blocked him.
I can’t remember him singing anything except ‘I’m Gonna Buy Me a Dog.’
It softened the blow after all of those toy commercials.
"We're the ME-SO-PO-TAAAA-MI-AAANNNS..."
Great song. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Peter wrote this. Peter generally played the fool, doofus in the show but the irony was quite the opposite, in real life the band considered him the brightest.
Yes...you're 100% correct on both points. He'd written the song called "For Pete's Sake" aka "In This Generation" and played the bumbling 'quiet' Monkee ✌🏾.
love this show
Where are the cereal boxes?
RIP Davy
@Sheri451
With all the sequences, this is strobing in 1966, this was new technology. By the end of the decade, people did that a lot, and well, some substances.... (ask anyone from that era -- LOL).
Peter and Mike don't get as much face time as Davy and Mickey.
They all get 4 seconds each.