Plot Summary: Mike falls for a phony music publishing scheme and the other three Monkees try to get his money back.

Review/Rating:

Romp/Music Scene Summaries:
-I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog: Begins with the boys in the Monkeemobile then frollicking with a bunch of dogs (including Mike's German Shepard, Fraak) in a park. Ends with the dogs driving the car (how did they DO that?) and the Monkees being taken away by the dog catcher.
-Mary Mary: Monkees run all over the studio's scaffolding and Mike works the spot searching for the other three Monkees. Micky and Davy finally come down to help Mike find Peter, and they get a gun (?) and Mike shoots him. WTF. Mike seems overly happy and Peter falls to the ground. Only then does Mike look remorseful. Then Peter steps out and the other three realize it was a dummy.

Meet the Villains: Bernard Class, the man who sells Mike on a phony music publishing scheme and takes his money.

Here He Comes To Save The Day: Peter, Micky, and Davy work together as the Monkeemen to get Mike's money back and effectively save the day.

Today's Lesson Is: Always call the Better Business Bureau when entering a new deal.

Outstanding Outfits:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

1. Micky and Davy wear matching outfits of light gray shirts and dark gray pants throughout the episode. Tres chic!
2. Micky's old-timey wear is adorable!
3. Gotta love Mike in his western-inspired gray suit. And the woolhat really speaks to the professionality of it all.
4. Monkeemen suits are always awesome for *cough* several reasons.
5. M.D.'s executive wear is just so cool. Anyone who wears red pants is automatically awesome.
6. I've always liked the shirts with buttons, but it makes me sad that the Monkees almost unanimously hated them. And check out those pants on Davy and Micky!

Catchphrases/Running Jokes:
-the mispronunciation of Mike's last name (Nishwash, Nestleroot, Nesman, Nesbaum etc.)
-Micky does his James Cagney impression (as well as Fred Astaire doing James Cagney)
-Features an appearance by the Monkeemen

Pastor Mike: No moralizing this episode, but Mike gives half of the money he got back from Class to the old man who also got taken by the music publisher.

Davy's Scale Of Obnoxiousness:
Davy was actually helpful in this episode and not too much of an attention whore. Not that obnoxious.

How Dumb Is He?: On a scale of 1 to 5, he's a 6. Seriously, Peter was just fucking stupid in this one.

For The Win: 4/5
The nice part of the ending is that both the old man and Mike get their money back, and Peter learns to fly. The only bad part is that if this were real life, someone could get sued for all this contract brew ha ha.

Line Of The Episode: "Oh, I don't know, I thought I'd just sorta sit around the house and FAIL." Mike

Quotes:

"Hello Mr. Conway? This is Mike Nesmith. Mike Nesmith! Nes-mith. Well, yeah, you probably don't remember me but we met on a bus about five years ago." Mike

"I don't like it, paint it red." Micky

"I'm proud and just a little bit humbled to say I don't know what the devil you're talking about." Joanie Jans

"Please, no fawning. Why must they always fawn?" Micky

Micky: Please, no names. It will only embarrass him and actually make an interesting anecdote to my book.
Producer: Your book?
Micky: My book, a new expose of Hollywood: the false values, the phoniness, the fakery!
Producer: Is it taking you long to write?
Micky: I don't know, I'm having it ghostwritten.

"Joanie Jans in my opinion is the finest living or dead singer alive today." Bernie Class

Micky: We're coming to tune the piano, Charlie.
Bernie Class: Three guys to tune one piano?
Micky: Yeah, well he does the black keys, and he does the white keys and I do the cracks.
Davy: It's a very tough union.

Miscellaneous:
-End credits do not include Kelloggs' sponsorship

And finally, two Mike pictures. The first one is adorable and the second one is the death glare!