To be fair, nobody really knows why anything connects with the audience in the way that it does, and why one piece of pop culture entertainment becomes a phenomenon while others don't. The Monkees TV ...

Television in 1966 virtually exploded. Color TV sets were finally becoming common in living rooms across America, networks ...

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 ...

Micky Dolenz, the last surviving member of The Monkees, was part of a unique band of entertainers who continue to have a great impact on both the music and television industries for nearly 60 years.

The television Western was among the most popular sort of program to air on the Big Three in the 1960s. Even in an age of pop music, the sexual revolution, and civil rights, most audiences flocked to ...

Four years after the death of Mike Nesmith left him the last Monkee standing, Micky Dolenz says he'll be too busy singing in ...

In a computerized toy factory, the Monkees foil an efficiency expert (Stan Freberg) who wants to replace an old toymaker (Walter Janovitz) with automation. A shady PR man (Andre Philippe) kidnaps the ...

Although Dolenz, the group's drummer on the show, only learned to play that instrument after he joined the Monkees, he also could play guitar. Nesmith played guitar and wrote numerous songs, both for ...

The Monkees last surviving member Micky Dolenz is hitting the road in 2026, but he insisted it's time to "take off the black ...

No, you aren’t having a flashback. On Friday, the last surviving member of The Monkees will release his EP of R.E.M. covers. And he’ll celebrate the occasion at Wuxtry Records in Athens, legendary for ...