The Monkees
I Was a 99-lb. Weakling
TV Flash files “I Was a 99-lb. Weakling” as hour 38 of 58 in the TV Flash guide — The Monkees (1966–1968) on NBC, season 2, episode 6, aired 1967-10-16, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E06: listed hour 38 of 58 in the The Monkees guide, hour 6 of 26 in season 2. It aired 1967-10-16 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Art for Monkees' Sake” (S02E05). Next is “Hillbilly Honeymoon (a.k.a. Double Barrel Shotgun Wedding)” (S02E07).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
With Mike missing from most of the episode, Davy and Peter try to help Micky win the girl without resorting to joining a phony health club.
Viewer FAQ
Where does I Was a 99-lb. Weakling sit in the The Monkees guide?
S02E06 is listed hour 38 of 58 — hour 6 of 26 in season 2, season 2 episode 6.
When did The Monkees S02E06 air?
I Was a 99-lb. Weakling aired 1967-10-16 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…