Comments on: Hey, Hey, They’re the Monkees: What John Lennon had to say about the band (and much, much more)

By: BrianD

BrianD — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:33:00 +0000

Now I think I know where some of Nesmith’s $50M inheritance went:

“Time Rider (The Adventure of Lyle Swann)” 1982

Starring Fred Ward and Peter Coyote

Pretty fun movie- wish it was easier to find these days.

captcha: pictures only

By: Axelle

Axelle — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:06:00 +0000

YouTube is becoming so lame. My favorite Monkee songs are being taken off because of copyright claims.

By: cyndi

cyndi — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:15:00 +0000

AW, the memories. I remember watching reruns of the monkees as a child. When VH-1 did their retrospective of them in 1986, I then put a little boy in his baby seat to watch them. He was enthralled. This now 23 year-old guitar player still loves them. He plays their music and thinks the Beatles are a pale imitation-go figure. Hey, Hey the Monkees!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:26:00 +0000

I just saw that Davy Jones did an interview on the Smithsonian Channel blog this week. Looks like he’s promoting a new documentary.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:31:00 +0000

I just saw a commercial for Orville Redenbacher popcorn using old footage of Mr. Redenbacher and that got me thinking….

Who else has posthumously pitched products (either for their own company or just in general)? And I don’t mean commercials or ads that ran before the person died and then after… but they made new commercials using old footage or something like that, haahah.

By: michaelr

michaelr — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:53:00 +0000

My drum teacher, Sandy Gennaro from Staten Island still tours with Micky Dolenz. Infact, I just saw them perform in Dallas May 2008. Check out the pics on Sandy’s website!

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:21:00 +0000

Wow…I can’t believe you included “Riu Chiuâ€. I saw it once when I was a kid on Nickelodeon and it stuck with me. I didn’t know what it was called and have been trying to figure out it out for the past 17 years.

Thank you Mental Floss!!!!!!!!

By: gillian

gillian — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:26:00 +0000

Thanks so much for this. It was great to see the videos again — especially Riu Chiu. So beautiful!
I also saw them on that reuinion tour in 86 at what was once called Garden State Arts Center – with Weird Al opening (hahaha). My first concert ever :)
The Monkees were absolutely underrated!

By: djalicat

djalicat — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:33:00 +0000

the monkees weren’t on MTV they were on vh1. when vh1 first started (w/ rosie o’donnell as a VJ!?!) they didn’t have enough videos and showed a monkees episode and than a half hour of videos! it was awesome!
though mike nesmith sorta invented mtv!

By: headmeister877

headmeister877 — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:09:00 +0000

ONE WORD: HEAD.

LOL. Then go watch “Psych-Out” with Jack Nicholson. Thank me later.