Peter Tork

PETER TORK is the poker pussed producer of preposterous
predicaments. Popular Library's 1967 book, The Monkees

Questionaires reproduced in The Monkees Photo Album, 1987
Name: Peter Halsten Thorkelson
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C.
Age: 25
Fave Pop Star: Many
Fave Actress/Actor: Many
Fave Type of Evening Out: Many
Fave TV Programme: I Spy and our own
Fave Sport: Funny you should ask
What Is Your Ultimate Ambition?  [I can't tell what this word is supposed to be]
Who, Outside Show Biz, Would You Most Like To Meet?  2 1/2 billion people
What is Your Favourite Reading Matter? words
What is Your Biggest Problem?  There is only one problem...
How Much Money Do You Allow Yourself Weekly? Whatever I need or want
Do You Spend Most On (number in order)
Clothes[ ]  Car[ ]  Food[ ]  Entertainment[ ]  Rent[ ]  Other People[ ]  Tax[ ]    -> No
If You Had Unlimited Cash What Would You Buy First?  Nothing or Everything, depending.
What Age Would You Like To Marry?  Whatever
How Many Children Do You Want?  How many fewer do you want?
If You Could Change Anything About the World, What Would It Be?  A great deal, my friends, a great deal.
Is There a Special Personal Quality You Would Like to Have?  [Same unidentifiable word as before.  Darn cursive writing!]
Is There Anything You Dislike About Your Job?  More than I dare say.

YOU INTERVIEW THE MONKEES, Monkees Spectacular Volume 1, Number 10, February 1968

1. Do you at all believe in the study of astrology?  If so, what sign do you find the most appealing for a girl?
Answer: I do believe in it, but I don't study it at all.  I've never taken it up, but I believe the practitioners of astrology can do the things they say they can do.
2. How do you feel about the hippies and the "flower children"?
Answer: I dig the hippies.  I dig 'em.  I think the hippies... well, the hippies are dead, you know that.  You knew that the hippie movement was buried and that there is nothing but long-haired Americans, and I guess that includes me.  And there you are.
3. If I were to suggest that you read "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein, would you?  If so, consider it a suggestion.
Answer: Listen, I suggest everyone read "Stranger in a Strange Land," that's my answer to that one.  I'll also consider the suggestion from you and maybe I'll go back and read it for the fourth time.
4. What fault in a girl do you find most unforgiveable?
Answer: I hope to find nothing unforgiveable.
5. What attribute do you find most admirable in a girl?
Answer: Faith.  Not necessarily faith in something, fans, it doesn't have to be.  Just plain faith.  I believe in something- I believe I'm 5'10".  I really believe that.  But genuine faith you know.  No, wait a minute, I take that back.  More than faith is a will to get it straight.  That's even more than faith, I think, in some respects.
6. Skinny girls with short haircuts are supposed to be "in", how do you personally feel about this latest craze or fad?
Answer: Well, in so far as it is a craze or fad I feel about it as I do about all crazes and/or fads which is that they are crazes and/or fads.  How do I feel about skinny girls with short haircuts?  If a girl is really pretty she looks pretty no matter what she does.


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