The Monkees
Monkee Chow Mein
TV Flash files “Monkee Chow Mein” as hour 26 of 58 in the TV Flash guide — The Monkees (1966–1968) on NBC, season 1, episode 26, aired 1967-03-13, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E26: listed hour 26 of 58 in the The Monkees guide, hour 26 of 32 in season 1. It aired 1967-03-13 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Alias Micky Dolenz” (S01E25). Next is “Monkee Mother” (S01E27).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When Micky and then Peter are kidnapped by spies from Red China, it's up to Mike and Davy as the Monkeemen to rescue their friends.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Monkee Chow Mein sit in the The Monkees guide?
S01E26 is listed hour 26 of 58 — hour 26 of 32 in season 1, season 1 episode 26.
When did The Monkees S01E26 air?
Monkee Chow Mein aired 1967-03-13 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Were the Monkees a real band?
They began as a TV-created group and became real recording and touring artists with major hits. The sitcom is the origin; the chart success outran the joke, and the cast later pushed for control over the music.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Four manufactured pop idols lived in a beach house of zany edits and musical numbers — a Beatles-adjacent sitcom that accidentally became a real band. Davy, Micky, Michael, and Peter fought for creative control while the charts outran the joke. Jump-cut comedy plus earworms: the 1960s youth machine rebelling against its makers.
Four manufactured pop idols in a beach house, and the charts outran the joke. NBC's *The Monkees* (1966–1968; 58 episodes) put Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork into zany edits, romances, and musical numbers. Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider built a Beatles-adjacent sitcom that accidentally became a real band with real hits. The show won Emmy recognition for its kinetic style. The music-business story got messier as the Prefab Four demanded control. **Daydream believers, meet the television…
Filed against
- Davy Jones as Davy
Davy Jones made The Monkees a British wink in a beach-house sitcom — four manufactured pop idols, zany edits, musical numbers, a Beatles-adjacent experiment that accidentally became a real band. Jump-cut comedy plus earworms. TV Flash…
- Micky Dolenz as Micky
Micky Dolenz’s Micky drummed The Monkees’ beach house into a real band accident — 1960s manufactured pop idols, zany edits, musical numbers, Beatles-adjacent sitcom whose charts outran the joke. Davy, Micky, Michael, and Peter fighting…
- Michael Nesmith as Mike
Michael Nesmith’s Mike lived in The Monkees’ beach house of zany edits and musical numbers — 1960s Beatles-adjacent sitcom that accidentally became a real band. Davy, Micky, Michael, and Peter fought for creative control while the charts…
- Peter Tork as Peter
Peter Tork played Peter on The Monkees, the 1960s manufactured-pop sitcom of zany edits and musical numbers — four idols in a beach house, a Beatles-adjacent joke that accidentally became a real band. Davy, Micky, Michael, and Peter…