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Title: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: buffcoat on April 04, 2010, 03:05:17 PM
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4490705666_e3bf83eab9_o.jpg)



A friend of mine took this in London.  My response is, "Yes, it must."
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: Steve of Bloomington on April 04, 2010, 03:26:24 PM
Now that is one case where the quotes are being used correctly.

Mickey Dolenz: so, how did you like my movie?

Moviegoer: it was 'magnificent'.
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: Christina on April 04, 2010, 04:18:19 PM
I don't have the strength to wiki that, rather I'm going to rely on dim memory: Hairspray?
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: buffcoat on April 04, 2010, 05:17:53 PM
I don't have the strength to wiki that, rather I'm going to rely on dim memory: Hairspray?

I wikied it.  You're dead on.

Better Wilbur: Christopher Walken or Mickey Dolenz?  You decide.
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Post by: JustNicole on April 04, 2010, 09:43:22 PM
My vote is with Walken. I can't imagine Dolenz being understanding the nuances of that character. Unless, of course, they let him sing "Randy Scouse Git" at some point in the show. Then, he is the clear choice.
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on March 05, 2011, 06:35:10 PM
I hate theater.
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Post by: DS1077 on March 06, 2011, 12:49:37 AM
I kind of love when stunt-casting gets applied to marginal roles.  Pulling out the star power for someone with approximately half of one song in the show, seems like a solid investment.
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: dave from knoxville on March 06, 2011, 03:09:24 PM
I don't have the strength to wiki that, rather I'm going to rely on dim memory: Hairspray?

I wikied it.  You're dead on.

Better Wilbur: Christopher Walken or Mickey Dolenz?  You decide.

Jerry Stiller
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: redmedicine on March 07, 2011, 01:45:22 PM
Looks like 2011 is going to be Mickey's year ... all of those positive vibes he's been putting out lately have come to fruition ...


http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/03/the-monkees-announce-u-s-tour-dates/ (http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/03/the-monkees-announce-u-s-tour-dates/)
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: Steve of Bloomington on March 07, 2011, 07:08:47 PM
'Hey hey, it's 3 guys who did a crappy job planning for retirement'

They should have waited for the Monkees' 50th anniversary. Why rush things?
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: buffcoat on March 07, 2011, 07:43:54 PM
I'm impressed by his orangeness.
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: cavorting with nudists on March 07, 2011, 08:23:24 PM
Looks like 2011 is going to be Mickey's year ... all of those positive vibes he's been putting out lately have come to fruition ...


http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/03/the-monkees-announce-u-s-tour-dates/ (http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/03/the-monkees-announce-u-s-tour-dates/)

One of the articles linked at the bottom of that page reminds us that, at one time, Stephen Stills was under consideration to be a Monkee.  If he'd had fuller hair and better teeth, he might have gotten Peter Tork's role.

How would that have worked?  Stephen Stills and Micky Dolenz in the same band.
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Post by: Wes on March 08, 2011, 09:02:49 AM
Looks like 2011 is going to be Mickey's year ... all of those positive vibes he's been putting out lately have come to fruition ...


http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/03/the-monkees-announce-u-s-tour-dates/ (http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/03/the-monkees-announce-u-s-tour-dates/)

One of the articles linked at the bottom of that page reminds us that, at one time, Stephen Stills was under consideration to be a Monkee.  If he'd had fuller hair and better teeth, he might have gotten Peter Tork's role.

How would that have worked?  Stephen Stills and Micky Dolenz in the same band.

I think, in this scenario, the Monkees would have ended up as Nesmith, Stills, Charles Manson on drums and Paul Williams in for Davy, thus becoming the most terrifying band to ever exist. You probably end up with Polanski guest directing some episodes of the show with this line-up.
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Post by: fonpr on March 08, 2011, 09:24:46 AM

I think, in this scenario, the Monkees would have ended up as Nesmith, Stills, Charles Manson on drums and Paul Williams in for Davy, thus becoming the most terrifying band to ever exist. You probably end up with Polanski guest directing some episodes of the show with this line-up.

Phil Spector as producer?
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: Wes on March 08, 2011, 10:49:03 AM

I think, in this scenario, the Monkees would have ended up as Nesmith, Stills, Charles Manson on drums and Paul Williams in for Davy, thus becoming the most terrifying band to ever exist. You probably end up with Polanski guest directing some episodes of the show with this line-up.

Phil Spector as producer?

I like it. They might have been just the band to pull a gun on him first.

New game: Write a synopsis for an episode of the Monkees TV show featuring this version of the group. Alternately, which episodes of The Monkees would have been improved by the Nesmith/Manson/Stills/Williams version of the band?

Examples of the latter:

Episode 9, The Chaperone, would have become "Paul Williams cannot date  a retired general's daughter unless a chaperone is present, so Manson suits up like a lady."

Episode 52 becomes The Devil and Stephen Stills: "At an eerie pawn shop, Stills unwittingly sells his soul to a devilish character (David Crosby) in order to purchase a magic poncho."

Episode 58, The Frodis Caper (aka Dencarbrimur), in which "The Monkees match wits with the insane Wizard Glick (Rip Taylor), who is out to control the minds of television viewers worldwide" is now directed by Charles Manson.

Note: Head would have been exactly the same.
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on March 08, 2011, 01:33:02 PM

Note: Head would have been exactly the same.

As would the song "Your Auntie Grizelda."
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: redmedicine on March 08, 2011, 06:15:51 PM
He's finally acheived his ambition of becoming Jimmy Cagney.  They look like a fun bunch of guys, don't they?

(http://www.glasgowvant.com/wp-content/uploads/the-monkees-tour-2011.jpg)
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Post by: Pidgeon on March 08, 2011, 06:48:03 PM
I will give Mickey Dolenz this: that weird face of his does look a little more natural now that he's an old man.
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: Gilly on March 08, 2011, 10:02:07 PM
I will give Mickey Dolenz this: that weird face of his does look a little more natural now that he's an old man.

Peter Tork looks really old. He did have a lot of radiation treatment.
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: Paul DeLouisiana on March 09, 2011, 07:37:09 AM
He's finally acheived his ambition of becoming Jimmy Cagney.  They look like a fun bunch of guys, don't they?

(http://www.glasgowvant.com/wp-content/uploads/the-monkees-tour-2011.jpg)

Davey looks like he's in the firm grip of a heartattack.
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Post by: cavorting with nudists on March 09, 2011, 08:42:18 AM

Davey looks like he's in the firm grip of a heartattack.

And that's Death clasping his shoulder on the left, come to take him on the final journey.
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: jgcomas on March 09, 2011, 09:47:38 AM
"The show must end the 28th because Micky has his bi-annual surgery on the 29th to keep his face from collapsing in on itself like so many galaxies"
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: Paul DeLouisiana on March 09, 2011, 12:27:24 PM

Davey looks like he's in the firm grip of a heartattack.

And that's Death clasping his shoulder on the left, come to take him on the final journey.

L, O, L.
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: Pidgeon on March 09, 2011, 12:32:56 PM

Davey looks like he's in the firm grip of a heartattack.

And that's Death clasping his shoulder on the left, come to take him on the final journey.

His left or ours? Because both work.
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on March 09, 2011, 01:00:29 PM

Davey looks like he's in the firm grip of a heartattack.

And that's Death clasping his shoulder on the left, come to take him on the final journey.

His left or ours? Because both work.

You people need to stop because I am laughing too hard for an office setting.
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: buffcoat on March 09, 2011, 01:37:42 PM

Davey looks like he's in the firm grip of a heartattack.

And that's Death clasping his shoulder on the left, come to take him on the final journey.



Your choices are Hell or...


























Hell.
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: dave from knoxville on March 10, 2011, 05:59:36 AM
He's finally acheived his ambition of becoming Jimmy Cagney.  They look like a fun bunch of guys, don't they?

(http://www.glasgowvant.com/wp-content/uploads/the-monkees-tour-2011.jpg)

Mickey, Davey and Alf!
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: Paul DeLouisiana on March 10, 2011, 08:26:30 AM
He's finally acheived his ambition of becoming Jimmy Cagney.  They look like a fun bunch of guys, don't they?

(http://www.glasgowvant.com/wp-content/uploads/the-monkees-tour-2011.jpg)

Mickey, Davey and Alf!

When I look at this photo of Tork all I can think of is a Christmas clothing drive at the homeless shelter.
Title: Re: Hey, hey. It's a Monkee
Post by: dave from knoxville on March 10, 2011, 10:09:19 AM
He's finally acheived his ambition of becoming Jimmy Cagney.  They look like a fun bunch of guys, don't they?

(http://www.glasgowvant.com/wp-content/uploads/the-monkees-tour-2011.jpg)

Mickey, Davey and Alf!

When I look at this photo of Tork all I can think of is a Christmas clothing drive at the homeless shelter.

I wonder if they will play MGMBT? (I bet they are contractually obligated to play MGMBT.)