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According to Andrew Sandoval's The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation, "Here Come the Monkees" - the tenth episode (and original pilot) of The Monkees series - was broadcast fifty years ago to-day (14 November 1966). It was written by Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker, directed by Mike Elliot, and featured the songs "I Wanna Be Free" and "Let's Dance On." Sandoval describes the plot as: "In the pilot episode, The Monkees land a sweet-16 gig that is soon thrown into jeopardy when the birthday girl falls for Davy."
