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** After ''The Monkees'', Dolenz was cast as Wally, the drummer of ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids]]'' -- who bore a passing resemblance to Dolenz.
** Joey Forman guest starred in "Monkee Chow Mein" as The Dragonman, a parody of Forman's character Harry Hoo from ''[[Get Smart]]''.
* [[Channel Hop]]: The show originally ran on [[NBC]]. The Saturday morning reruns were broadcast on both [[CBS]] (1969-72) and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1972-73). Then came syndication, the 1986 [[MTV]] run, [[Nickelodeon]]/[[Nick at Nite]] in the late 80's and 90's, more syndication, and as of 2010 Antenna TV...
* [[Creative Differences]]:
** One reason that the group didn't last long past the end of the TV series was that the four members brought radically different musical preferences to the table. Tork was a folk singer, Jones favored showtunes and ballads, Nesmith favored either country-rock or straight-up country, and Dolenz was into rock and soul.
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** MTV ran a 24-hour marathon called ''Pleasant Valley Sunday'' on Sunday, February 23, 1986. The reaction was so positive that they ran a few more weekend marathons along with daily airings of the show through the rest of the year. ''Pleasant Valley Sunday'' is considered to be the event that launched their 1986 comeback.
** Antenna TV aired every episode back-to-back followed by ''[[Head]]'' on March 3-4 2012 in honor of Davy Jones' passing.
* [[Missing Episode]]: The 2-part Japanese special
* [[Name's the Same]]: The Monkees' Davy Jones is not a character from nautical folklore or ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''. However, he was responsible for another Davy Jones changing his name to [[David Bowie]].
** This was referenced in the episode "Hitting the High Seas". The ship's captain learns that one of the boys is named Davy Jones and assumes he is the descendant of the famous character from folklore - Micky quickly plays into it: "...and when he's 25, he inherits the Locker!".
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** Also referenced in an episode of the '90s remake of the Pink Panther cartoon (in which the title character was voiced by Matt Frewer). The episode had a pirate theme, so upon being threatened with being sent to Davy Jones' locker, the Panther deadpanned, "wasn't he the lead singer of The Monkees?"
* [[The Other Darrin]]: [[Frank Zappa]] (as Mike) interviews Mike (as [[Frank Zappa]]).
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: No one was happy with the band's post-series TV special ''33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee'', least of all [[NBC]], which buried it opposite the 1969 [[Academy Award|Oscars]]. On top of the hopeless scheduling, the network also managed to broadcast the show's segments out of order. No one noticed or cared, save for the boys themselves (especially Mike Nesmith, who was livid about the screw-up).
* [[Throw It In]]:
** The song "Gonna Buy Me a Dog" from the first album was intended to be a quirky novelty tune to wrap up the album on a light-hearted note. However, Micky and Davy found the song corny rather than funny, and used one take to goof off and just basically make fun of the song. This version was the one that got released.
** The band included "Band 6" and "Zilch" (both of which were short clips of the boys cutting up in the studio) in the final track listing for ''Headquarters'' to add to the off-the-wall, spontaneous atmosphere of the project.
** Ad-libs and outtakes were frequently left in the finished product. This was designed to be a part of the show from the very beginning; when they were casting the series, the producers made certain to hire actors with strong improvisational skills.
* [[Word of God]]:
** "For Pete's Sake" may have been written by Peter, but it was Mike who named it.
** "Mijacogeo" is a [[Shout-Out]] to the first names of Micky's immediate family: '''Mi'''cky, his mother '''Ja'''nelle, sister '''Co'''co and father '''Geo'''rge. The name "Frodis" came to him in a dream.
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