Podcast Valley Sunday

In 1996, The Monkees sprung back onto our television screens with Episode 781: A Lizard Sunning Itself On A Rock and it was like the boys never left us! Paco and Jef are back to talk about this crazy out-of-nowhere episode that picks up where our Monkees would have been if the show never stopped filming! It's a great concept and idea by Mike Nesmith (who also wrote and directed) and P&J ha...

It's all come down to this final episode of the Randomatic Countdown and the top ten songs! Paco and Jef swoon over their favourite Monkees songs of all time in this hit-packed episode of Podcast Valley Sunday! There are no jellies in this pack of jams and each song just gets better and better! Do you know what the number one song is? Do you agree with it? It doesn't matter cuz it's already in the...

Well, here we are in the top twenty! It's hard to believe we started waaaaaay back at number 167 and have finally made it to the home stretch! In this episode Paco and Jef break down song twenty to eleven and revel is the magic that is some of the best Monkees songs ever recorded! With series wraps on four albums, you know this list is pretty unreal...even if Paco has some issues with one of their...

Welcome back to the ongoing series of the Randomatic Countdown! Paco and Jef take you through your favourite Monkees songs that make up the thirties! Each of the boys (Davy, Micky, Peter and Mike) make an appearance as the songs keep getting better and better. There are some classic tunes, some deep tracks and some that make you go hmmmmmm... With a quick recap of what we've covered since number 5...

Apparently there was some issues with this episode so we had to re-release it! Sorry for the inconvenience and we hope you dig this fixed version... Paco and Jef are back to take you through the 30s in this episode of Podcast Valley Sunday! We're really getting to the good stuff now with some fan favourites, some deep cuts and some REALLY deep cuts! Plus some talk about the second, less known More...

Paco & Jef are back to countdown 49-40 in the Randomatic Countdown and let me tell you: there are some rippers in this set! From thoughtful Nesmith tearjerkers to rowdy rockin' Davy songs this set really gives you a little bit of everything the Monkees have to offer! P&J also talk about their experience seeing Micky Dolenz on his recent Headquarters tour in Niagara Falls. With an episode s...

This episode Paco and Jef bring us back to the final year of the Eighties when the Monkees were winding down their explosion in popularity in 1986. They talk about the Monkees appearance on the Pat Sajak Show and when they visited Nashville Now as well as give a live reaction to a video of Davy, Micky and Peter in concert in Birmingham England! There's a lot going on so hold on tight!

Paco and Jef are back to continue to move their way down the Randomatic Countdown and finally get into the double digits and along the way they each add an Honorary Slip In that was overlooked! What could possibly be left over? Will their choices jive with yours? Give Part 4 a listen to find out!

This episode Paco and Jef hit the rewind button and revisit some of the songs that they feel should have been higher in the countdown so far. They dust off a few surprises and a few that had everyone saying, "Are you serious?!" Check it out and see if you agree!

Paco and Jef are back with the third thrilling instalment of the epic Randomatic Countdown! This week we find that there are actually some gems hidden down here in triple digits as well as some grumpers that can stay down here. We also come across the song that fell the most spots out of any song on the entire countdown! What song is it? Let's just say that everyone in town knew him......

We've gotten past the bottom twenty and are now going through the next layer with songs #146 to #127! In here are some super schmaltzy numbers, some weird noise-fests, some slow jams but the one thing they all have in common is we didn't really like them that much! So dive down with Paco and Jef as they discuss some of the songs that they don't find repulsive but would still line them up on a blin...

We're back to countdown the entire 168 song Randomatic Countdown! Starting at the way back in the depths of the Jellies (they're not jams) we break down what songs we felt were the bottom of the Monkees barrel. Along the way Paco and Jef give you some insight into the songs and try to put a positive spin wherever possible (and sometimes it just isn't). Keep checking us out as we continue this coun...

Well friends, we've come to the end. It's been quite a trip...we started with a Royal Flush and ended with a Frodis Caper. We've come a long way through these 58 episodes and 15 specials...we've dived (dove?) deep into the Monkees catalogue with the Randomatic Countdown Featuring The Woolhat Of Mystery...we've reacted to live shows and side albums and we even spoke to Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz...

With a cold open with none other than Frank Zappa himself this episode hits the ground running and never stops! Peter gets put under a trance by Oraculo (Monte Landis' final appearance on the show) and the boys have to try to snap him out of it in time for a big audition - and hilarity ensues! It's also the final appearance of the Randomatic Countdown Featuring The Woolhat Of Mystery! With only th...

We're back to the sixties and The Monkees are back to being a band for an entire episode! The boys try out for a Rockathon to win $500 but to be eligible they need to have a girl in the group...cut to Ms Jones joining the Monkees! But even while pretending to be a girl Davy somehow finds a way to fall in love with one of the members of their rival band The Westminstral Abbies! Will The Monkees fin...

Welcome to New Podcast Valley Sunday! This week Paco & Jef take one last break from the Monkees series and jump ahead into the future to the 1987 short lived TV series: New Monkees! Stop rolling your eyes! P&J go through the first episode of the series "Weather The Storm", introduce you to the New Monkees (Larry, Dino, Jarod & Marty) and talk about how the series came to be and how it...

In this Peter Tork directed episode the boys find themselves in a familiar predicament when Davy must go back to England for the reading of a will and to save a village. Ripping pages out of many first season scripts, this episode has some classic moments and some great jokes. Paco and Jef walk you through this episode pointing out great set pieces (the Monkees beds look like old cars!) and some b...

The Monkees get fed up with their show and take off for Paris! While there they get chased by girls...drive a selection of tiny vehicles...romp around Paris...and that's pretty much it. But with four songs throughout the episode, a cameo from regular director James Frawley and Bob Rafelson writing and directing, this episode is a stand alone pseudo French New Wave romp that only the Monkees could...

This week the Monkees are mechanics who need to help a friend of Davy's grandfather win an auto race but end up getting a couple Nazi's mad at them because THEY want to win the race (who writes this stuff?!). Paco and Jef walk you through this (let's face it) mess of an episode that has a very loose feel but not in the good way the Monkees usually bring to the table. Within the zaniness there are...

This week Paco has some big news concerning The Monkees BluRay box set re-release & then they take through a journey to He** and back! Peter sells his soul to the Devil so he can play the harp and become rich and famous but when the time comes to pay up the Monkees try to save his soul! It's a classic episode that is jam packed with Monkees callbacks and great songs like Salesman, No Time and...

Have you ever wished that Micky would just shut up, already?! If you said yes, then this is the episode for you! Paco and Jef walk you through the tale of The Monkee's Paw where upon buying a gross dismembered monkey's paw, Micky gets three wishes...but each great wish brings with it a great bummer and Micky ends up losing his voice. Is this the end of the Monkees as we know and love them? Will Mi...

This week we get spooky as the boys find themselves in a haunted castle trying to save Davy from a whole slew of monsters like Dracula, Wolfman and Don Kirshner! (well, maybe not Don). Borrowing stock footage and costumes from past episodes, Monstrous Monkee Mash is full of great easter eggs for the Monkee fan. Be sure to stick around for the latest round of the Randomatic Countdown Featuring The...

This week Paco and Jef take on The Monkees Watch Their Feet...an episode that's hard to put your finger on and that's not a good thing. Another episode without Mike leaves Davy, Peter and Micky dealing with space aliens trying to destroy the planet. This episode is a bit uneven and Paco and Jef work their way through all the way to the Randomatic Countdown where a brand new song hits a brand new l...

This week we get a Monkees classic with Fairy Tales! The boys try their hand at some classic fairy tales and come up with a fantastically surreal moments in this episode that jumps right out of the pages on onto your colour television at 7:00pm on Monday night! With three out of four Monkees dressing up as women to a less than scary dragon, Fairy Tales is a classic Monkees episode! So hurry up and...

This wasn't an episode we thought we'd be doing and definitely wasn't an episode we looked forward to. But Mike meant/means so much to the both of us that we knew that we had to do something. Rather than just go down Mike's Wikipedia page and list off his accomplishments we decided to just chat about what Mike meant to us, some of our favourite Mike moments from the show and recap Mike's top ten s...