"New Monkees" (1987) TV series

Directors:

Rick Friedberg
George Bloom

Writers:

R.B. Armstrong (writer)
Jeremy Bate (writer)

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Four teen boys share a giant house and aspirations of pop stardom.

Plot Keywords:

Teen | Remake | Diner | Wannabe | Butler

Cast

Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini		(1 episode, 1987)
Starr Andreeff	...	Carlene (1 episode)
Courtney Gebhart	...	Lisa (1 episode)
Victor A. Haddox	...	Choir Member / ... (1 episode)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Columbia Pictures Television

Trivia:

Youngest member Larry Saltis performed nearly all lead vocals for the group on both the TV show videos and its accompanying album. Marty Ross took over on only two songs, while Dino Kovas sang lead only on the theme and Jared Chandler, not at all.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Space Mutiny (#9.20)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Corner of My Eye

New Monkees were cool

I bought the New Monkees cassette in 1987 and liked it. I recall playing it quite often. The problem they had was a ridiculous press and a few loud fans of the old Monkees who somehow got their shorts in a bunch over the New Monkees. For God's sake it's only pop music but you wouldn't know that for all that nonsense that was dished out at the time over the New Monkees. Even Davy Jones complained about the New Monkees. The reality is that the old Monkees and their fans didn't want anyone crowding in on the renewed popularity the old Monkees were having in 86-87.

Anyway, the New Monkees CD is really good pop music. Larry and Marty did a good job on the vocals as well as the song Dino did. Hey it was a fun CD. It's silly that the New Monkees got hassled so much but they left good work behind. That matters.