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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   433 votes
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Writers:
Dee Caruso (writer) (21 episodes)
Gerald Gardner (writer) (21 episodes)
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Contact:
View company contact information for The Monkees on IMDbPro.
Seasons:
1 | 2 full episode list
Release Date:
12 September 1966 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Music more
Plot:
The misadventures of a struggling rock band. full summary
Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
The original Nutty Boys more

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 4 of 54)

Davy Jones ... Davy / ... (58 episodes, 1966-1968)

Micky Dolenz ... Micky / ... (58 episodes, 1966-1968)

Peter Tork ... Peter / ... (58 episodes, 1966-1968)

Michael Nesmith ... Mike / ... (57 episodes, 1966-1968)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (58 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Pathécolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG

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Trivia:
To cast the show, the producers placed an ad in Variety, which was answered by 437 hopefuls, all of whom were interviewed. The only one cast as a result of the ad, it turned out, was Michael Nesmith; Davy Jones was already under contract to Screen Gems, which wanted to place him in a series, while Micky Dolenz learned of the audition from his agent and Peter Tork had been referred by his friend Stephen Stills. The four actors selected had to take a six-week course in improvisational acting, taught on the set by director James Frawley. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In a number of second-season episodes, Micky's hairstyle changes back and forth from a straight hairdo to a curly "permed" look. This was due to the fact that second-season episodes were filmed at two different times, the spring of 1967 (when a number of the actual episode storylines were filmed) and then later that fall (during which time all the song performances were filmed). During the summer break, Micky let his hair grow out. The difference is perhaps most notable in the episode "It's a Nice Place to Visit," when at one moment Micky is performing a song with his hair curled, and is then seen leaving the stage with his hair straight. more
Quotes:
Peter: [as the rigged blimp carrying the muscle man floats away] Well, there he goes.
Davy: Yeah, where's that uh der-uh... der-uh blimp headed for?
Peter: [almost comically] Bayonne, New Jersey.
Davy: Bayon-Bayonne, New Jer-? You know, I used to have a girlfriend in Bayonne, New Jersey.
Peter: Anything like the Secaucus girls?
Davy: [nonchalantly] No, I don't know, her name was MaryAnn.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore? (#7.16)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
I'll be back up on my feet more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
The original Nutty Boys, 21 January 2000
Author: steve.barry from London, England

Every now and then, on TV, they repeat The Monkees, and when they do, you know you're in for half an hour of lunacy.

I've been to a few staff parties at the places I've worked over the years, and when "Here we come..." blasts out, the dance floor's always packed in seconds.

LONG LIVE THE MONKEES!

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