A Brief History of "The Monkees"
The history of the Monkees is very interesting for its impact during the 1960s'. The group started as a televison show, the first of its kind, depicting a manufactured image of a new rock group and its struggles. The producer of the show was in his 30s' ,he liked the Beatles, and he wanted the show to speak to teens. Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork were cast as the struggling rock group. This was the show with college-age kids with no adult authority, and the first comedy show not about a family. The Monkees was to be a comedy that was both funny and hip.
In the beginning they didn't even know each other, but that quickly changed as they spent many hours on the set. The first test pilot failed, but after adding the screen tests to introduce the actors, NBC signed on for 26 episodes. The first episode aired September 12, 1966. The ratings were not favorable at first but quickly became wildly popular,......
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