A red-letter date in Internet and Monkees fan history.
It was a full 31 years after “The Monkees In A Ghost Town†(prod. #4704) aired first-run on NBC as Episode No. 7 of The Monkees television series.
On the very afternoon of this date, the seeds of a new Monkees fansite were sown, which would blossom to well beyond full flower over the years. I armed myself with a free account @ Tripod, settled down in in a computer lab @ Isaac Delgado Community College, took keyboard in hand and gave life to The Monkees Film & TV Vault, a Monkees fan page (loosely patterned after Louis Colli's The Monkees Music Vault) which is a comprehensive guide to The Monkees' filmed work, on TV and the big screen, the product of 10+ long years' worth of research, and (for my money) the first-ever fully detailed account of The Monkees' film and television history. And today marks a pivotal, important, and happy event for the site: its fifteenth anniversary online! 



The very statement I made on this site's 10th anniversary in 2007, I repeat here: a deeply felt thanks to all of you, Web surfers and Monkees devotees alike, for all your love, support, and many invaluable contributions which has helped guarantee The Monkees Film & TV Vault's impressive decade on The World Wide Web. 15 years could not have been possible without your great patronage--even though some of the shine has been taken off this glorious occasion due to the unexpected passing in February of original Monkees TV cast/group member David Jones at age 66...
Prior to my creation of The Monkees Film & TV Vault, I checked hither and yon and discovered that there existed no fully detailed account documenting The Monkees' phenomenal film & TV history, in print or on The Web (and still doesn't), as a great amount of focus has been placed on The Monkees' music and their transmogrifying from a made-for-TV rock band to being a real group. That's when I myself decided to fill the void, and, in the 15+ years since, continue to do so with pride.

Thanks again, and Monkeemania forever! 



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