#the devil and peter tork

[doctorqueensanatomy]

michael explodes and fucking dies

[aquarianshift]

Saul og Peter Tork | I heard there was a secret chord

Kaufman, R. (Writer), Gardner, G. (Writer), Caruso, D. (Writer), & Frawley, J (Director). (1968, February 5). The Devil and Peter Tork (Season 2, Episode 20) [TV series episode]. In R. Rafelson & B. Schneider (Executive Producers), The Monkees. Raybert Productions.

Kronberg, J. (1885). David and Saul [Painting]. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.

Ottaway, H. (1977). Nielsen’s ‘Saul and David’, The Musical Times, 118(1608), 122-124.

Shurpin, Y. (2021). What is the significance of King David’s harp?, Chabad.

Tripod. (n.d.). The Devil and Peter Tork, The Monkees TV.

[happyfoxphantom]

A little late for Halloween but too cute to not post.

[monkeesmvs]

No Time From Season 2, Episode 20 - "The Devil and Peter Tork"

[monkee-mobile]

peter having terrible nightmares after the devil and peter tork and it starts with mike climbing into bed with him late at night because he’d wake up to peter screaming and crying and then eventually all of the monkees just sleep in the same bed for a while so peter knows he’s safe

[imeminemp3]

"don't call me mister im just a kid" "GUILTY" will never fail to make me feel CRAAAZZYGYYYG

[thislovintime]

Behind the scenes during the Monkees episode “The Devil and Peter Tork.” Photos 1-6 by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images.

The episode first aired on February 5, 1968.

“The wonderful story attached to that [ song ‘Salesman’] has to do with ‘The Devil and Peter Tork.’ That song was [featured in the episode], and NBC said ‘We’re not putting that song out.’ We said, ‘How come?’ They said, ‘Because Salesman’s got drug references in it.’ In fact, it sort of does, but not directly, and it’s not approving it by any stretch of the imagination. What it really says it: Salesmen are so sleazy, they’ll sell anything. [That’s] the basic thrust of that song.” - Peter Tork, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd. 2007 liner notes

“Bert Schneider was convinced that the reason that they didn’t want that episode out was that we were challenging the notion that you can’t say ‘hell’ on television. Bert felt that they didn’t want to put the show on because they were pissed off directly and personally at having their idea of what’s right and wrong challenged. They said it was centered on ‘Salesman,’ but he thought it was a red herring.” - Peter Tork, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. 1995 CD liner notes

“In The Devil And Peter Tork.’ a second-season Monkees episode directed by James Frawley, Nesmith provides the band’s summation. [...] ‘I say that contract is null and void because in fact, Mr. Zero, you didn’t give Peter anything in return for his soul… Peter didn’t want fame and fortune, all Peter wanted was just his music. You didn’t give him the ability to play the harp. He loved the music that came from the harp. The power of that love was inside him from the first, and you didn’t have anything to do with it at all. Don’t you understand what that means when you have that inside you, what comes out? If you love music, man, you can play music. People say, “Well, I can’t carry a note, I can’t sing, I’m tone deaf.” But nobody’s tone deaf. All it takes it just love, because in the final analysis, love is power. That’s where the power’s at. And you want to tell me that you have it to him, but I know different, cause I’m a musician. And that’s really all there is to that.’ Groovy.” - Mitchell Cohen, May 1986; Then & Now… The Best Of The Monkees liner notes

[jokerlennon]

every fucking time they mention the meat locker i start losing it. i cant believe its real

[incorrectmonkeesquotes]

Peter: I really went too far with this, huh?

Mike: Oh no, no, you went too far ‘bout 3 hours ago. Now you’re just goin' to hell.

[philcollinsenjoyer]

peter tork is like if they dropped a virtuous knight from a medieval legend into a sitcom and gave him really cool clothes

[mickgaydolenz]

I need a bit of help here. So I wanna watch a Monkees episode tonight after I get off work, but if I watch in chronological order, the next one I'm on is "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers." And I'm not in the mood to see Mike, Micky, and Peter bound and gagged if I can't scream into a pillow in frustration (not getting off until 11 PM). The only other episode I can think of is "Monster Monkee Mash," but I'm not sure if I wanna watch that on my own or on a stream with friends (cause the last two we had were really fun). What episodes would you recommend? (For the record, I've seen "Royal Flush," "Monkee See, Monkee Die," "Monkees vs. Machine," "Alias Micky Dolenz," and "Fairy Tale"

oooooooooh okay the monsterous monkee mash is a great choice tbh, love that! some of my personal favs that you haven't seen yet that i'd recommend are: dance, monkee, dance, the frodis caper, monkees in the ring, monkees on the line, the picture frame, art for monkees sake, hillbilly honeymoon, and the devil and peter tork

[infinitenesmithclub]

Has anyone made a bracket tournament of the monkees episodes cause that would be fun to see

[strawberryfields4now]

wait a year ago today I started watching the monkees! here are some of the texts I sent to my friend that night:

[libramooon]

The Monkees + cheesy horror

Monkee See Monkee Die (01x02) I Was a Teenage Monster (01x18) A Coffin Too Frequent (02x11) The Monstrous Monkee Mash (02x18) The Devil and Peter Tork (02x20)

[monkeesmvs]

Salesman From Season 2, Episode 20 - "The Devil and Peter Tork"

[monkee-mobile]

oh my god i have so many WEIRD self-projection tv show monkees headcanons that I feel like i’d get yelled at for having but like, it’s all about stuff that I’ve done or literally do and cannot help. sometimes i want to share them and then freak out about backlash but i feel like any backlash would just be from ableist people.