In the hit 1966-1968 sitcom The Monkees (which you may recognize Davy Jones from), each episode had a classic romp in which The Monkees ran away from whomever the villain of the week was. Some episodes even included The Monkees getting into situations that involved monsters, such as "I Was a Teenage Monster" in which they run into a mad scientist who has created a Frankenstein-like monster, and "The Monstrous Monkee Mash" where the Monkees meet the Universal Monsters in a castle. The few episodes that included monsters had a "Scooby Dooby Doors" like romp in which The Monkees got into various antics running away from the monsters, while a chase song played in the background. You can view the romp from "I Was a Teenage Monster" on the YouTube video above. (Note that similarly to a few Scooby-Doo episodes from that era, there is a depiction of an indigenous chief in a way that wouldn't be seen as acceptable today in the chase scene)
Thanks to Tom Holste for inspiring the idea for this fun fact!
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James Dixon
5/17/2023 05:16:27 am
I watched one recently that had Clark Kent get stuck in a phone booth while changing into Superman, but the clothes were different.
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5/17/2023 10:29:00 am
Oh neat! I think that was a pretty common trope in the 1960s/1970s in TV shows and animation.
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