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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 9, 2024 22:27:12 GMT -5
It's been so long since I've seen either show I can't really remember enough details to have a strong opinion, but my impression is that Samantha was really the head of that family even though she devoted her powers to helping husband Darren in his career. One could argue that Jeanie was doing the same with Major Nelson, letting him think he was the Master even though she had all the power. But I remember her as being more mischievous and playful than Samantha, who was the protective mother of her family circle, while Jeanie was more the fantasy girlfriend, always dressed in alluring, exotic attire. But it's been so long, my memories are likely not reliable. I look forward to watching both shows again one of these days.
But no exposed bellybuttons, please! At least not until someone asked about it... Same on Gilligan's Island, especially Dawn Wells' short-shorts. Not sure what the deal was about navels.
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Post by berkley on Feb 9, 2024 23:07:11 GMT -5
I wonder what those suits who made such a hue and cry over it would make of today's rap videos and so on. Maybe some of those guys are still alive.
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Post by GoldenAge Heroes! on Feb 13, 2024 15:17:26 GMT -5
Always was a huge fan of the Monkees when I was a kid and certainly "The Monkee Show" was my top go-too re-run from yesteryear. Fun stuff. Some of those sexy ladies weren't too bad to look at either. I was definitely a "Day Dream Believer."
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Post by Confessor on Feb 13, 2024 18:18:54 GMT -5
Always was a huge fan of the Monkees when I was a kid and certainly "The Monkee Show" was my top go-too re-run from yesteryear. Fun stuff. Some of those sexy ladies weren't too bad to look at either. I was definitely a "Day Dream Believer." I loved The Monkees TV show as a kid in the 80s. They used to show it on Saturday morning kid's TV for years over here in the UK. I haven't really watched an episode since I was a lad, so I've no idea how it would hold up. I suspect that I'd appreciate it purely for the retro kitsch of it all, the mid-century footage in the location shots, and, of course, the music, even if the stories and acting was lacking. I also absolutely love the Monkees as a musical group. They may have been manufactured as a cynical Beatles copy for TV, but there was a ton of musical talent in that band. Plus, they had the cream of America's pop songwriters and L.A. studio musicians to help them create their records. I own their first 6 albums and a couple of "Best of..." compilations too. In particular, Headquarters and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. (both from 1967) are tremendous 60s pop albums. Of all the great music they released though, the Goffin-King written "Pleasant Valley Sunday" is pretty damn hard to beat...
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Post by berkley on Feb 13, 2024 19:56:41 GMT -5
I remember it being one of my favourite shows as a young kid in the late '60s but have never seen it since. I will certainly try watching it again one of these days, though, along with all the other stuff I remember liking back then.
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 13, 2024 20:34:02 GMT -5
As a bonus, Davy Jones' fame as a Monkee led young aspiring pop star David R. Jones to adopt a new stage name - David Bowie.
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Post by berkley on Feb 13, 2024 20:41:05 GMT -5
As a bonus, Davy Jones' fame as a Monkee led young aspiring pop star David R. Jones to adopt a new stage name - David Bowie.
And to abandon his dream of joining The Monkees.
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 13, 2024 20:45:32 GMT -5
As a bonus, Davy Jones' fame as a Monkee led young aspiring pop star David R. Jones to adopt a new stage name - David Bowie. And to abandon his dream of joining The Monkees.
Now that's a thought I've never had before but will now never be able to forget.
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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 13, 2024 22:25:12 GMT -5
I watched it as a wee lad, at the dawn of the 70s and when MTV started running it, in the mid-80s, when I was in college (they were touring, minus Mike Nesmith, though he joined them for a couple of gigs). I thought it held up pretty well. It worked on a couple of levels, as did Batman (first season, at least) and there was stuff you didn't get, as a kid, that hit, as an adult. They had some pretty good slapstick and satirical stuff, especially as it went along.
I watched it on DVD, a few years ago and thought a lot of it was still pretty darn good. It varies, as does any show, but it is at least fun, on the weaker episodes.
I also enjoyed he fact that, in one episode, you could see Nick Bockwinkel, professional wrestler, in his younger days, before he held the AWA World title (whose belt was the size of a serving platter). He also did an episode of Hollywood Squares, around a similar timeframe, while he was wrestling on the West Coast.
The Monkees had a few cameos of noted character actors and future famous people.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 14, 2024 0:39:46 GMT -5
As a bonus, Davy Jones' fame as a Monkee led young aspiring pop star David R. Jones to adopt a new stage name - David Bowie. Also, both Stephen Stills (then currently in the struggling Buffalo Springfield) and cult leader/murderer Charles Manson auditioned for The Monkees show, but weren't selected.
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Post by berkley on Feb 14, 2024 3:16:23 GMT -5
As a bonus, Davy Jones' fame as a Monkee led young aspiring pop star David R. Jones to adopt a new stage name - David Bowie. Also, both Stephen Stills (then currently in the struggling Buffalo Springfield) and cult leader/murderer Charles Manson auditioned for The Monkees show, but weren't selected.
How much better for humanity would it have been if Manson had been a success as a singer-songwriter or pop musician and Hitler had been a success as an artist? Perhaps they would have vented their evil and insanity in harmless verbal feuds with critics or other artists. Are there any other historical parallels or examples of this kind? Didn't Stalin start out as a priest or something? But I haven't read enough about his background to know whetherthis was something he felt as a real calling or perhaps just another road to power to him,
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Post by EdoBosnar on Feb 14, 2024 3:22:39 GMT -5
I only first watched the Monkees TV show when I was a teen in the mid-1980s (when a local UHF channel started running it), and I thought it was really good. And I suspect it holds up well, at least based on the occasional clip I've watched on YouTube. And as codystarbuck noted, some pretty interesting guest stars showed up in it:
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Post by berkley on Feb 14, 2024 3:49:36 GMT -5
I've never come across any Mike Nesmith albums in my used record/cd store excursions but every time I hear anything of his solo work I'm impressed. I'll have to start looking online.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 14, 2024 6:04:47 GMT -5
Also, both Stephen Stills (then currently in the struggling Buffalo Springfield) and cult leader/murderer Charles Manson auditioned for The Monkees show, but weren't selected. How much better for humanity would it have been if Manson had been a success as a singer-songwriter or pop musician and Hitler had been a success as an artist? Perhaps they would have vented their evil and insanity in harmless verbal feuds with critics or other artists. Are there any other historical parallels or examples of this kind? Reg Dwight wanted to write and record his own music. Unfortunately for music lovers everywhere he succeeded and became Elton John!
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Post by Confessor on Feb 14, 2024 6:12:19 GMT -5
I've never come across any Mike Nesmith albums in my used record/cd store excursions but every time I hear anything of his solo work I'm impressed. I'll have to start looking online. Nesmith's first two solo albums with the First National Band ( Magnetic South and Loose Salute) are both really good country-rock albums and very much worth hearing. The third, Nevada Fighter is a bit of a step down in terms of quality, but it's still pretty good.
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