Monthly Archives: August, 2011
Michael Nesmith to make rare appearance
Former Monkee Michael Nesmith isn’t known for making many live appearances these days, preferring to do virtual shows through his Videoranch3d website. But he’ll make one at 9 p.m. Aug. 19 in Los Angeles. Nesmith will be one of the guests, along with Grant-Lee Phillips and Benmont Tench, for a show by the Watkins Family …
Monkees 45th anniversary tour of the U.S. *Canceled*
The remaining dates of the Monkees 45th anniversary tour of the U.S. were canceled Monday. No official reason was given, but informed sources said the rest of the dates were not run by the group. Reports had starting circulating earlier in the day that some or all of the dates had been cancelled. A posting on …
The Monkees Season 1 & 2 on DVD re-released
Rhino Home Video released DVD sets for both seasons of The Monkees in 2003. (Currently listed on Amazon for as much as $398 each, ouch!) According to TV Shows on DVD, Shout! Factory will release seasons 1 & 2 on September 27th, at a cost of $69.98 for each season set. No word so far …
Did Davy turn down Dancing With the Stars?
During his reported long non-stop ramble at a conference to promote his upcoming December PBS special called “60s Pop Rock: My Music” – Davy let out: ‘Hey, hey we’re the Monkees’ – it ruined my acting career, basically. All right? But that’s up to me to change that…maybe there was a phone call a couple …
MTV Turns 30, What would Nesmith say?
A seemingly little known fact in Television history, unless your a Monkees fan, MTV was born of a Michael Nesmith’s idea for Nickelodeon called “Pop Clips”. He sold the idea to Time Warner in 1980. MTV began airing at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981 with the words “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll” voiced …
TV critics recoil at Davy Jones-hosted PBS pledge-drive show
TV critics were filled with fear and loathing when they saw that PBS’s weekend press tour schedule included a little something called “60s Pop Rock: My Music” hosted by The Monkees’ Davy Jones. They protested to Kerger: “I know my affiliate would testify to the fundraising power of an instrument like the ‘60s nostalgia music …
