-
- Network: NBC
- Pilot was written by Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker
- Starring: Michael Nesmith, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork
- Aired: September 12, 1966 - September 9, 1968
- Show won two Emmy Awards
- Group officially broke up in 1970
- Reunion tours of the group first took place in 1986
-
-
The Monkees was an NBC television series created in 1966 about a Pop / Rock group loosely based on The Beatles. The Monkees were the first "manufactured" rock band assembled on television that became a mega-success on and off the screen.
-
The Series
The show first aired on September 12, 1966 on NBC and ran for 58 episodes. The concept of the show was to manufacture a band like The Beatles and play off of films A Hard Day's Night and [[Help!]]. Once a success on TV, the group became a real group releasing albums and going on tour. The show attempted unconventional approaches such as breaking the fourth wall, fantasy sequences, and jump cutting. Most episodes had musical breaks looking like music videos and extra clips shown at the end of each episode, usually of actor screen tests or interviews. -
Casting
The foursome were cast based on ads placed in the trade publication Variety looking for musicians to play four insane boys for a new series. Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz who were more actors than musicians had enough musical experience to carry them into the part, while Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork were both folk musicians. Once cast the four trained in improvisational comedy and were placed with the instrument in which they would play for the run of the show, even if they didn't know how to play it at first. -
-
On Twitter Powered by Twitter
-
@NYC_Paula LOVE the Monkees! I used to watch the TV show. I have their best of album, might have to listen to it now...
-
@nkotbgal21 The Monkees were in the 1960's turns out. But the Jackson's had a TV show in the early 1970's! And I love me some MJ!!!!
-
11/24/72 ABC-TV debuts its late-night Rock show, In Concert, put together by The Monkees producer, Don Kirshner.
-
@TJ_and_Momma LMAO! The Monkees is the only tv show you have on dvd!!?? No 90210, Melrose Place, The OC????
-
Listening to an all the Monkees G-Hits show streaming from The Mighty 1630 KCJJ.http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kcjj-raw #RobbSpewak
view more tweets...
-
About this page
-
Page Views0
No one is currently managing this page.
This page currently has no vertical manager.
