During a 2022 interview with Variety, Dolenz discussed how the Monkees pilot almost wasn’t picked up. “That is, until [Monkees creators] Bob [Rafelson] and Bert [Schneider], the brains of the ...

The Monkees‘ show was almost nixed before it got off the ground. That would have had a hugely negative impact on the history of popular music. It also would have changed the entire history of movies!

In 1966, the world was introduced to the television show The Monkees. While decades later bands like the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC would be put together for pop fame, the Los Angeles-born group The ...

9-11-66: Del Mar was renamed “Clarksville” for the day, as part of a promotion for The Monkees TV show, which would debut the following night. The Sunday event marked the first time the foursome ever ...

The Monkees’ TV show helped make rock ‘n’ roll a significant force on television. The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz compared the show to Friends. That might seem like a surprising comparison at first, but one ...