Thursday, November 29, 2018

"Monkees a la Mode"

A couple weeks ago, I watched "Monkees a la Mode" just for the sake of watching that episode.  Coincidentally, it happened to be an episode I was looking for.  I'd previously noticed that Davy does something similar to what Ringo does in the Beatles' Help!

At ~13:50, Davy is shown trying to feed a stuffed animal of a giraffe, repeatedly offering it what looks to be a piece of bread:


When he's unsuccessful, he smacks the giraffe onto the floor:


During the "Ticket to Ride" sequence of Help! (at ~40:01), Ringo is shown holding a small figure sculpted out of snow.  It pokes him on the chest, and he pokes it on the nose:


After a few exchanges, he punches it:


I'm sure this isn't the most interesting or important comparison between the Beatles movies and The Monkees, but since I finally found this specific episode, I thought I'd make a note of it.