Crazy weird stuff from the world of Monkees!
The secret and mystical origins of Bob Dobalena...
Yes, Mr. Dobalena, Mr. *Bob* Dobalena...!
(Not to mention some neatoriffic pics of Micky and Peter shaving...)
Found inside the booklet that goes with Headquarters Sessions
Oh, what can it mean, to a Daydream Believe... Hey, what's up with his shirt?
Ever think Mick's shirt looked weird in the Daydream Believer video? Take a look at this picture.
He's wearing a backwards 8-button.
Pre-Monkees, Davy nearly played identical cousins in a show that ended up being given to Patty Duke.
Contrary to popular belief, Mike did not injure his hand with a firecracker while young. In reality, he and some other kids were breaking rocks with a sledge hammer, and he (this is so dumb...) was holding one of the rocks when the hammer came down on his hand. As I understand it, he can't make a fist with his right hand and he doesn't have use of the third finger.
(How do I know this? I read Total Control.)
I think I may know why.... well, at least, I had a middle-of-the-night musing about it. A firecracker injury is probably not easily healed, even in a hospital... But, when you are not too forthright about Mike's... less than mainstream religious beliefs, it's hard to explain why a broken hand was not set by a doctor.
Gee, "Mr. Zappa", tell us how you really feel...
"Phyllis and I both believe that marriage is a lifetime venture..."
--Mike, TiGER BEAT's Monkees Spectacular, V.1, #12 "You Interview the Monkees"
Hahahahahahahahaha....
Micky Dolenz, Tennis Pro
(Really. Post-Monkees, he played tennis professionally.)
I never knew Micky had such a thing for crustaceans...
Oo-la-la, nice legs, Mick!
Groove on over to the Monkees Name Chart in the Articles section and, if you're a chick, see how your name rates!
Mike? Hey, Mike? I could swear he was here a second ago...
This strikes me as the most senseless, useless, STUPID thing to do! It's like... the Ministry of Truth from the novel 1984! The picture with Mike AIRBRUSHED OUT is from the Monkees 20th Anniversary World Tour program, circa 1986. The ACCURATE picture is from the back of Volume 21 of the Monkees Box Set (videos).
ANSWER ME THIS: If Mike doesn't believe in hospitals and doctors as a part of his religion, why did he go into a hospital to get his tonsils out?
Peter and then-girlfriend Jennifer McLeod participated in Hands Across America on a mountaintop in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
Mike, 1986 or so: "The only bad feelings I have about the Monkees are the stupid questions I get asked about it."
In Monkees Spectacular, Vol. 1, Number 10, The Truth About Davy and Sally Field, they say Davy and Sally both aren't ready to be tied down by marriage. By this time, Davy was already secretly married to Linda. I'm not sure if Talia was born or not, but Linda was probably pregnant by then.
Janis Joplin, at some time in her life, had a crush on Peter Tork. (See Sightings for source)
Peter still wears his belt buckle on one side! (See Peter Concert Pics for proof!)
The Monkees Go Mod is a funny, funny book.
Vintage '66?
Some people actually believe our fave foursome didn't even SING on the albums. Come on, like you can't tell it's them!
Aaaaaah! My eyes! My eyes! Do you dare to look ?
I found no explanation given for this magazine cover . None of it's true, except the thing about the nuns. : )
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