You just can't keep a good man down.  Or bunch of men.  After a mere 20 years of plotting their return, (GCF note: Er, this is from the mid-eighties, can you tell?) The Monkees are back!  Back! BACK!
    Back in 1966, the show was considered a "smash-bang-crash" hit, and the guys were, uh, the most, to say the least.  And they were the scene, man.  Like they were everywhere, natch.  In like every groovy mag you grabbed, The Monkees were dropping some way-down secrets in your ears or telling tru fax with fab pix so they could drive you up the wall!  (An '80s Editor translates:  Thanks to the success of their television series, The Monkees were one of the most popular bands of the time.  They were the mainstay of many 1960's pop-culture magazines, and they supplied Monkee-hungry fans with articles containing informative articles and colorful photographs.)
    Some of these mind-blowing and hot new wild fax included Micky's feelings about computer dating: fine for others, but he preferred girls.  Har!  Davy's feelings about footwear:  "I just wear boots for kicks."  Groovy, yes?
    Since it was The Monkees' '60s show that helped make them so in with the in-crowd, we're going to take that amazing Star Hits Time Machine back... back (cue swirly pop-art designs and crazy sounds) to the year 1967!  Dig these trippy, flippy early Personal Files with The Monkees!  You'll blow your lollipop!

PETER TORK

NAME: Are you ready for my real name?  It is Peter Halsten Thorkelson. NICKNAME: My nickname is "Tork." BORN: February 13, 1944 in Washington, D.C. (The correct year is '42) FAMILY MEMBERS: John and Virginia are my parents, and I have two brothers- Nick and Christopher, and a younger sister named Ann Elizabeth. INSTRUMENTS: Guitar, five-string banjo, recorder, organ and piano.  I play French horn on the sneak. SCHOOL: Carleton College, Minnesota.  I flunked out- twice! FAVE COLOR: Bright- red, orange and yellow.

FORMER OCCUPATION: Student- sort of. HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU GOT INTO SHOW BUSINESS? 20.  I used to sing in coffee bars in Greenwich Village, New York, and instead of hats we passed bread baskets. FAVE ITEMS OF CLOTHING: Same as I wear on TV- I dig nutty shirts. FAVE GROUP: The Beatles and The Lovin' Spoonful. CRUSH GROOVE: I like girls who have smarts- not dumb, dig? MISCELLANEOUS LIKES: I love love- if you love everything, all things are possible. PERSONAL AMBITON: One day, I would like to be the President of the United States.

MIKE NESMITH

NAME: Robert Michael Nesmith.  And I hate to be called "Wool Hat." BORN: December 30, 1942 (same as Davy!) in Dallas. NICKNAME: Most girls called me "Wonderful" until they shortened it to "Wondy." INSTRUMENTS: Guitar and kazoo. PETS: A dog called Spotte. DESCRIBE YOURSELF: Would you believe I'm an introvert?  I really am. HOBBIES: Stripping down cars, hot-rodding and skate boards.

FAVE CLOTHES: Casual, like I wear in the program- jeans and boots.  NOT wool hats. FAVE SINGER: Danny Hutton. FAVE FOOD: I have a fatal weakness for Kippered guppy. MAJOR DISLIKES: TV shows, hangers-on and being called "Wool Hat"!!! CRUSH GROOVE: I like unpretentious girls- a chick is a chick is a chick. PERSONAL AMBITION: I have no ambition.  Except maybe to own a new hat.

MICKY DOLENZ

NAME: George Michael Dolenz Jr.  My father, George Sr., was a famous actor.  My real name is Havershap Spleenblaum, but you can call me Micky- with no 'e'. BORN: March 8, 1945 in Los Angeles, California. VITAL STATS: I am only seven and a half inches tall and I have red eyes and fuschia hair. MARITAL STATUS: I don't think I'll ever get married. (Wrong- Ha-Ha Ed.) (That wasn't me, I write in red. -GCF) INSTRUMENTS: Among my many accomplishments is my ability to play comb and waxed paper- and artichoke.  (Ha ha- Ha-Ha Ed.)

FAVE COLOR: Invisible. HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU GOT INTO SHOW BUSINESS? Ten.  I appeared in the TV shows Circus Boy, Peyton Place, and Mr. Novak. FAVE ITEMS OF CLOTHING: Double breasted T-shirts, casual and dressy clothes. FAVE GROUP: Alpha Centuri and the Milky Way.  Also Tamla-Motown and Australian simbong cantalas. WHAT KIND OF GIRLS DO YOU LIKE?I like girls with long hair or short hair- no matter what, I like to get in their hair.  I don't like girls who like okra.

DAVY JONES

NAME: David Jones.  My middle name is Thomas, but please don't tell.  My "nick," of course, is Davy, but my secret "nick" is Frito. (Hahahahahahaha- Ha-Ha Ed.) (I don't get it. - GCF) BORN:December 30, 1945 in Manchester, England. HEIGHT: I am five feet five inches tall.  I used to hate being short, but I don't mind it anymore. INSTRUMENTS: Guitar and tambourine. SCHOOL: Varna Secondary Modern, Higher, Openshaw, Manchester. HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU GOT INTO SHOW BUSINESS? 15.  My first public appearance was at school.

FAVORITE ITEMS OF CLOTHING: Suits (self-designed and with colorful linings).  I also like cufflinks, my ring which is white gold with a black star sapphire and diamonds and my seven foot circular bed. (That is so Austen Powers!  A circular bed?!?  Oh, man! -GCF) MARITAL PLANS: When do I plan to get married?  Well, let's see- how about 1974? CRUSH GROOVE: I have a secret crush on Barbara (sic) Streisand! FAVE DRINK: Scotch and Coke. FAVE SINGER: Tony Newley. PAST JOBS HELD:Trainee jockey- but I grew! PERSONAL AMBITION: To be a millionaire.