 the first revolved around the song "Salesman"  used in the episodes first act to depict The Monkees being  subjugated by The Devil. "Salesman" contained a drug reference in  the third verse that NBC supposedly objected to. But according to  Peter Tork (qv), the real reason the episode was held back was  because of the gag where Mike, Davy, and Micky say "hell" and the  word is bleeped out; Peter has said that this gag was a direct  attack on NBCs Standards & Practices division.