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I used to adore the Monkees, especially the 'late' Davy Jones. :D

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I used to watch the TV series (probably repeats, not sure!?) when I was a kid! :-D
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(The Monkees television series originally aired from 1966 to 1968. So if you were watching it in another year, then it definitely was a repeat. Remember that the Monkees band was just put together for the show, but they chose to stay together for a few years after the show went off the air)
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Yes - I wasn't watching it till maybe 1977 or 78. :-)
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Anymore captions folks, I'll pick tomorrow. :)

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"Stop monkeying round with my EB Journal, Miranda!"
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KEVP wrote:(The Monkees television series originally aired from 1966 to 1968. So if you were watching it in another year, then it definitely was a repeat. Remember that the Monkees band was just put together for the show, but they chose to stay together for a few years after the show went off the air)
The Monkees annoyed the record company so much that they created another band - "The Archies". This used animations rather than real people and session musicians so that no one could dictate terms or what songs they wanted to sing. I did like The Monkees" and have a cd of their hits.
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Archie and his friends are really classic characters from American comic books. They first appeared in a comic book called "Pep Comics" in 1941. But yes, when these characters were translated into an animated TV show in 1968, the producers of the show added a detail that Archie and his friends had their own band called "The Archies". This was then added to the comic books, which are still published.

The characters are now in a live action series called "Riverdale", which I actually haven't ever seen.
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Last I heard, THE MONKEES (TV show)'s mystique was ultimately "killed off" by their film "HEAD" (1968).
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